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Bored of mad, bad, dangerous hypno-guru and hypnotherapy blah? Come join us in our library for reflections on books spanning the scientific and obscure, classics and fiction. Or check out our interviews with hypno-heroes of academia and performance.

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A DOSE OF SCIENCE

A DOSE OF SCIENCE

The Emperor’s New Drugs: Exploding the Antidepressant Myth – Irving Kirsch

BooksAmy Marlowe29 July 2020Irving Kirsch, placebo, placebo effect, antidepressants, science, academia

NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART

NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART

The Power of Mesmerism: A Highly Erotic Narrative of Voluptuous Facts and Fancies – Anonymous

BooksAmy Marlowe15 July 2020Mesmerism, porn, erotica, hypnosis, passes, trance

A RETRO HYPNO TIME-CAPSULE

A RETRO HYPNO TIME-CAPSULE

Hypnosis: Fact and Fiction – F L Marcuse

BooksAmy Marlowe1 July 2020Freud, Clark L Hull, Trance, Mesmer, Puységur, stage hypnosis, past-life regression, future-life regression, F L Marcuse, G H Estabrooks

DRAWING CONCLUSIONS

DRAWING CONCLUSIONS

Hypnography – Ainslie Meares

BooksAmy Marlowe17 June 2020Ainslie Meares, Hypnography, hypnotic drawing, Freud, Jung, hypnoanalysis, telepathy

THE POWER TO DISAPPOINT

THE POWER TO DISAPPOINT

Telecult Power: The Amazing New Way to Psychic and Occult Wonders – Reese P Dubin

BooksAmy Marlowe3 June 2020Occult, Reese P Dublin, The Secret, laws of attraction, leprechauns

LIFE, DEATH, AND SOMETHING IN BETWEEN

LIFE, DEATH, AND SOMETHING IN BETWEEN

Tales of Mystery and Imagination – Edgar Allan Poe

BooksAmy Marlowe20 May 2020Fiction, Mesmerism, Edgar Allan Poe, Charles Dickens, Wilkie Collins, George du Maurier, Chauncy Hare Townshend

WHY SCIENCE MATTERS

WHY SCIENCE MATTERS

Are you prepared to throw off anything and everything you think you know about hypnosis in order to actually know?

Kev Sheldrake19 May 2020science, hypnosis, Richard Dawkins, Zoltan Dienes

WHAT WAS HEAD HACKING?

WHAT WAS HEAD HACKING?

The pioneering hypnosis company Kev co-founded with Anthony Jacquin

Kev Sheldrake18 May 2020Head Hacking, Anthony Jacquin, Kev Sheldrake, Irving Kirsch, street hypnosis, magic, magician, Jonathan Chase, Derren Brown

WHAT IS HYPNOSIS?

WHAT IS HYPNOSIS?

Kev discusses the non-scientific and scientific theories, and explains all in this 17-minute read.