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HOW TO START HYPNOTISING

Honest, simple, practical advice for the aspiring mind controller

MiscellaneousKev Sheldrake20 February 2024hypnosis, hypnotist, hypnotism, trance, inductions, state, role-play, Martin Orne, Stanley Milgram, Derren Brown, CIA, mind control, phenomenological control

CHOOSE THE DEVIL YOU DON'T KNOW

The Devil and All His Works – Dennis Wheatley

BooksAmy Ellingham14 February 2024Devil, Dennis Wheatley, hypnotist, hypnosis, Harry Price, Reverend Montague Summers, Rollo Ahmed, Aleister Crowley, Derren Brown, Paracelsus, Mesmer, Puységur, SG Soal, Occult, Satanism

YOU'VE BEEN TRILBY'ED

The Hypnotic Tales of Rafael Sabatini – Donald K Hartman (editor)

BooksAmy Ellingham31 January 2024Rafael Sabatini, Donald K Hartman, Trilby, The Trilby Connection, Svengali, Trilbyana, George du Maurier, Felix Moscheles, murder, suggestion, bible

NOT SO HYPNO

Hypno-Trix: A Complete Act of Fake Hypnotism Without Stooges – Val Andrews

BooksKev Sheldrake17 January 2024Val Andrews, magic, magician, mentalism, stage hypnosis, Edwin Hooper, Ian Adair, The Supreme Magic Company, animal hypnosis

THE GAME OF HYPNOSIS

Are you playing ‘The Game of Hypnosis’ – or are you being played?

MiscellaneousKev Sheldrake8 January 2024trance, Danny Boyle film Trance, Scooby Doo, The Manchurian Candidate, Dean Koontz novel False Memory, V K Kumar, Stephen R Lankton, academia, science, suggestion, hypnokink, hypno-kink, role-play, sleep, hypnotic sleep

PEOPLE IN GREY

The Woman in White – Wilkie Collins

BooksAmy Ellingham1 January 2024

CHRISTMAS SPECIAL!

The Hypnotist: A Spellbinding Novel of Reincarnation and Evil – Brad Steiger

BooksAmy Ellingham25 December 2023Brad Steiger, bible, religion, rapture, hypnotist, past-life regression, Star Maiden, Flower Children, aliens, messiah, Jesus, Derren Brown, Christmas

ABRACADABRA 2.0

Cosmic Pancakes!-themed hypno-‘art’ using Midjourney – back by popular demand

MiscellaneousAmy Ellingham13 December 2023AI, artificial intelligence, Mesmer, Derren Brown, Paul McKenna, hypnosis, aliens

CURIOUS, BUT NOT SO MUCH AS TO CHANGE MY MIND

Hypnosis For The Seriously Curious – Kenneth S Bowers

BooksKev Sheldrake22 November 2023Kenneth S Bowers, Theodore R Sarbin, William C Coe, state, statist, hypnosis, role-play, trance, suggestion, Graham Wagstaff, Theodore X Barber, Nicholas Spanos, John Chaves, Zoltan Dienes

DERREN BROWN IS A MAGICIAN

Kev on why Derren Brown can’t tell you his secrets!

Miscellaneous, NewsKev Sheldrake12 November 2023hypnosis, trance, state, statist, academia, psychology, magic, magician, science

MISS AMERICANA & THE HEARTBREAK PRINCE

The Control of Candy Jones – Donald Bain

BooksAmy Ellingham9 November 2023Candy Jones, Donald Bain, G H Estabrooks, CIA, Project MK-Ultra, MK-Ultra, Operation Mindfuck, Long John Nebel, split personality, Jessica Arline Wilcox, Harry Conover, hypno-kink, Dr Gilbert Jensen, William S Kroger, perimenopause, menopause, Adam Curtis

IF LIFE IS A STAGE, THEN HYPNOSIS IS A ROLE

Hypnosis: A Social Psychological Analysis of Influence Communication – Theodore R Sarbin and William C Coe

A MENTAL PLAN

Death in the Mind – Richard Lockridge and George H Estabrooks

BooksAmy Ellingham1 November 2023Richard Lockridge, G H Estabrooks, CIA, The Manchurian Candidate, post-hypnotic suggestion, mind control, Milton Erickson, Robert W White, John Milne Bramwell, Nazis, Wesley Raymond Wells

A THOUSAND TIRESOME MONKEYS

Hypnotism – Peter Casson

BooksAmy Ellingham25 October 2023Peter Casson, stage hypnosis, hypnotism, hypnotist, stooge, TV hypnosis, Federation of Ethical Stage Hypnotists, FESH

HOW TO REPLACE YOUR TAPE RECORDER WITH A FRIEND

Hypnosis with Friends & Lovers – Freda Morris

BooksKev Sheldrake18 October 2023Freda Morris, heterohypnosis, self-hypnosis, sex, hypnosis, trance, state, NLP, Ericksonian, Dave Elman, mutual hypnosis

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