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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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BIOLOGY LESSON

BIOLOGY LESSON

Scientific Hypnotism – Ralph B Winn

BooksAmy Marlowe22 March 2023Ralph B Winn, Melvin Powers, hysteria, Charcot, Salpêtrière School of Hypnosis, psychoanalysis, Christian Science, Freud, murder, oneirosis, drugs

PREACHER MAN

PREACHER MAN

Hypnotism and the Power Within – Dr S J Van Pelt

BooksAmy Marlowe8 March 2023Dr S J Van Pelt, Dr Sydney James Van Pelt, UK Hypnotism Act 1952, Ralph Slater, British Journal of Medical Hypnotism, British Society of Medical Hypnotists, hypnosis, Christian Science, Freud, psychoanalysis

PLOT TWIST

PLOT TWIST

Hypnotism, Hysteria and Epilepsy: An Historical Synthesis – E M Thornton

BooksAmy Marlowe22 February 2023E M Thornton, hypnotism, epilepsy, hysteria, autism, ADHD, neurodiversity, mesmerism, magnetiser, Salpêtrière School of Hypnosis, Charcot, Donato, Donatism

YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE

YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE

Seeing The Unseen: A Past Life Revealed Through Hypnotic Regression – Ormond McGill

BooksAmy Marlowe8 February 2023past-life regression, Ormond McGill, magician, stage hypnosis, mentalism, Bridey Murphy, Spiritualism, metaphor, Martin Roberts

AN ENLIGHTENING READ

AN ENLIGHTENING READ

Mesmerism and the End of the Enlightenment in France – Robert Darnton

BooksAmy Marlowe25 January 2023Robert Darnton, mesmerism, Mesmer, mesmerist, French Revolution, Marquis de Puységur, Royal Commission, somnambulism, clairvoyant somnambulist, clairvoyance, astral projection, Spiritualism, martinism, Swedenborgianism, hypnotism, James Braid, Madame de Girardin

NO NOSTRADAMUS

NO NOSTRADAMUS

Hypnosis in Everyday Life – Francis J Avison (“Jayson – The Hypnotist”)

BooksAmy Marlowe11 January 2023Francis J Avison, Jayson – The Hypnotist, self-hypnosis, suggestion, firewalking, Andrew Scull, Melvin Powers

SPANOS, OH WHERE ART THOU?

SPANOS, OH WHERE ART THOU?

Hypnosis and Imagination – Edited by Robert G Kunzendorf, Nicholas P Spanos, and Benjamin Wallace

BooksKev Sheldrake28 December 2022Carleton UniversityNicholas Spanos, Robert G Kunzendorf, Benjamin Wallace, Peter Sheehan, Graham Wagstaff, James R Council, Irving Kirsch, Steven Jay Lynn, Joseph P Green, Judith Rhue, William C Coe, Donald Gorassini, Helen Crawford, imagination, Anthony Jacquin

BLACK SHEEP

BLACK SHEEP

The Law of Suggestion – Santanelli

BooksAmy Marlowe21 December 2022Santanelli, James H Loryea, James Minnock, Gurdjieff, stage hypnosis, hypnotic horse, hypnosis

DREAM A LITTLE DREAM OF ME

DREAM A LITTLE DREAM OF ME

The Search for Bridey Murphy – Morey Bernstein

BooksAmy Marlowe7 December 2022Morey Bernstein, Bridey Murphy, past-life regression, hypnosis, Ruth Simmons, Virginia Tighe, J B Rhine, Edgar Cayce

JUDGING A BOOK BY ITS FONT

JUDGING A BOOK BY ITS FONT

The Silent Brain: Explorations In Hypnosis – Garry R J Craven and Penny A Craven

BooksKev Sheldrake23 November 2022Garry R J Craven, Penny A Craven, hypnosis, trance, past-life regression, mesmerism, inductions, scales

EVERYTHING ABOUT YOU SO SEXY

EVERYTHING ABOUT YOU SO SEXY

Sex Therapy – Irving Kirsch and Brenda Smith

BooksKev Sheldrake16 November 2022Irving Kirsch, Brenda Smith, sex, Freud, Masters and Johnson

MEASURING UP

MEASURING UP

Master Course in Hypnotism – Harry Arons

BooksAmy Marlowe12 November 2022Harry Arons, trance, Melvin Powers, Rasputin, stage hypnosis, hypnosis, hypnotism, hypnotherapy, Charcot, hysteria

VOMIT ON PAPER

VOMIT ON PAPER

Comply With Me: Trump’s Hypnosis Toolkit Exposed – Lisa Morgan

BooksKev Sheldrake9 November 2022Lisa Morgan, Donald Trump, hypnosis, UK Guild of Hypnosis Practitioners, handshake induction, trance, NLP, Neuro-linguistic programming

INCONVENIENT WOMEN

INCONVENIENT WOMEN

The Mad Women’s Ball – Victoria Mas

Books, FilmsAmy Marlowe2 November 2022Victoria Mas, Andrew Scull, Charcot, psychiatrist, psychiatry, hypnosis, hysteria, Salpêtrière School of Hypnosis, Louise Augustine Gleizes

A LOT TO ANSWER FOR

A LOT TO ANSWER FOR

How to Hypnotize and Self Hypnotize – Ralph Slater

BooksAmy Marlowe26 October 2022Cheltenham Race CourseRalph Slater, 1952 British Hypnotism Act, Diane Grace Rains-Bath, feminism, dorgi