the reason I know whether my clients are successful, is because I offer a money back guarantee for smoking cessation when done in person. and I have only had to give the money back twice. and I tell people they can come back anytime and no one has ever taken me up on that, that’s…
Monthly Archives: September 2004
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The Race for Commercial Space Travel
by Brian David Phillips •
Vigrin Group has entered the space race . . . big time . . . I just hope that the VSS Enterprise accomplishes more than tourist junkets. It seems a shame that so far commercial space flight has been for guys who pay US$20 million tickets to get a chance to stare into space from…
Eroticatrance, Experiential Trance, Hyperempiria, Hyperacuity, and Suggested Amplified Sensory Association
Hyperacuity and Hyperempiria
by Brian David Phillips •
Discussing Hyperacuity & Hyperempiria Hyperacuity is the heightened sensitivity of the senses. This is often found in trance subjects and can be increased through the use of suggestion (a few folks have done some really interesting work with blindfolds and hearing or with sight and memory). Hyperempira is a system based on suggestions of enhanced…
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Game Show Stripping
by Brian David Phillips •
Okay . . . works for me . . . Game Show Stripping.
Hypnosis, Trance, Meditation, and The Rest
Standards within the Lay Hypnosis Community
by Brian David Phillips •
I originally wrote and crossposted this as a response to a post on the Omnigrads list (an EXCELLENT list for graduates of training programs taught by Gerry Kein) as part of a thread regarding an advertisement for a short-term hypnotherapy training course that offers certification with one of the large national organizations. I’ve removed specific…
Hypnosis, Trance, Meditation, and The Rest
Stop Smoking through Hypnotic Aversion Fantasy
by Brian David Phillips •
On one of my discussion lists, the topic of smoking cessation has come up when a woman Hypnotherapist asked about working with a fellow who came to her for hypnotic help to stop smoking. Evidently, the guy used to be quite the ladies man when young and also tentatively asked if the therapist did any…
Hypnosis in the News
Going Under: Self-Hypnosis for Pain Relief
by Brian David Phillips •
I have been reading a wonderful biography of Herbert Spiegel, best known in hypnosis circles for developing the Spiegel Eye Role Suggestibility Test, part of his Hypnotic Induction Profile (HIP). So, as this piece has certainly piqued my interest in the man’s work, I did a search for more information about his HIP to see…
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Fall Fashion . . . The Man-Skirt
by Brian David Phillips •
Uh . . . no thanks . . . Ashton Kutcher’s Fall Fashion: The Man-Skirt . . . and . . . the Utilikilt. Anyone’s guess when we’ll start seeing thse in Taipei? I won’t be rushing out to buy mine anytime soon.
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Das erotische Alphabet
by Brian David Phillips •
Not quite the “Alphabet Song” but it is an intriguing set . . . Das erotische Alphabet . . . NSFW.
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Hey George…… blow me
by Brian David Phillips •
Photognome decides to spew forth some truth . . . Hey George…… blow me . . . regarding some comments by George Lucas on the new big-ass Star Wars DVD collection which is so far overdue as to be ridiculous: From a CNN interview with Lucas regarding the “Star Wars” DVD set that just came…
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Call Girl Law . . . the Cristina Schultz case
by Brian David Phillips •
Cristina Schultz has had her money seized by the federal government even though she has not been charged with any federal crimes. Schultz worked as a very expensive escort (call girl) to pay off her loans from when she went to Stanford Law School . . . from where she graduated in good stead .…
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Trancing Drink Away . . . or . . . At Bay
by Brian David Phillips •
Resently, on the Hypnosis Technique Exchange, the group members were asked by someone who had come to the realization that he has a problem with drinking whether we would give him a script for hypnosis that would completely wean him from drinking. The thing is though that a script will not wean you from drinking…
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Double Agent
by Brian David Phillips •
Double Agent is a rather clever approach to get guys to learn a bit on how to relate to women . . . get a bunch of hot babes to go ask other hot babes on the street what guys do wrong or right when approaching or relating to women. See a bunch of clips…
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Domain of the Langren . . . down for a bit
by Brian David Phillips •
Some evil toadey has hacked my Domain of The American Werewolf sites and so they are down for a bit as I get things all spiffed up and reformatted . . . please be patient . . . certainly was a shocker when I found I was getting write file errors as the forty gigabyte…
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Sex with Strangers
by Brian David Phillips •
Sex with Strangers . . . note that Calvin and Julie are still married but Sara has since lost her job as a student teacher when her school found out about her lifestyle choices. It’s not like she was teaching her religion or lifestyle to the kids. Moral perpitude rules have a place, but not…
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Grab Your Ass
by Brian David Phillips •
Corbett is suggesting that if you can’t go up those long MRT steps, perhaps you should Grab Your Ass . . . I’m thinking, that looks awfully weird . . . the video is quirky and strange particularly for its seriousness . . . I suspect the system would work much better though if instead…
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Creepy Teachers Who Need An Angry Mob Kickin’ Their Butts
by Brian David Phillips •
Noah posts about a teacher who was attacked by a mob after he used scissors to cut the ears of a slew of students because they were not able to memorize religious verses to his satisfaction. A number of the kids were barely over six and required stitches. The teacher’s defence? “As the students were…
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Konfusion
by Brian David Phillips •
Konfusion is an An Abstract Strategy Dice Chess Game I created some time ago which a number of you may enjoy. This game is a simple chess variant which uses a 10X10 checkered board and dice instead of a standard chess board or pieces. The game can be played with two to four players. The…
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Face of Tomorrow . . . redux
by Brian David Phillips •
Here is something that may or may not be of interest to some of you . . . as many of you know, I teach Contemporary Literary Theory and Criticism at the undergraduate and graduate levels at the university . . . and . . . in today’s theory course, the discussion of Liberal Humanism…
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Of Prostitutes and Big Boobs
by Brian David Phillips •
Hmm . . . mixed signals here . . . the Pentagon like big breasts on female soldiers but male soldiers who see prostitutes get prosecuted. Remember, the Pentagon’s much ridiculed recruitment device of offering to pay for breast enlargement surgery for women who joined the military? Now, the Pentagon plans to punish prostitution ‘johns’…
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FB versus FWB . . . or . . . the demise of the FB
by Brian David Phillips •
Noelle Hancock notes changes in culture and how the Fuck Buddy has been replaced by the Friend With Benefits . . . much to her chagrin . . . Farewell, My Fuck Buddy . . . Farewell, My Fuck Buddy I hadn’t had sex in two years, and it was starting to consume me. So…
Hypnosis, Trance, Meditation, and The Rest
Memory Replacement Therapy and Transgenderism . . . sidebar on which is worse?
by Brian David Phillips •
More on Memory Replacement Therapy and Transgenderism . . . a question via email: Just curious, which is more dangerous (generically speaking) – ill-advised gender-replacement hypnosis? Or other-memory-replacement hypnosis? Well . . . I would suggest that memory replacement therapy as the original querant of this thread was asking for is ill-advised regardless of what…
Eroticatrance, Hypnosis: Entertainment, Stage, and Performance
Evidently . . . Aaron is a Sick F**k . . .
by Brian David Phillips •
Exile posts at HypnoFocus a tirade by a woman who attacked him as the world’s worst sort of scum, a sick f**k who gives legitimate hypnosis a bad name . . . the dialog is on his site in message #670 . . . You’re a Sick Idiot . . . the thing is, she…
Hypnosis Reviews, Hypnosis, Trance, Meditation, and The Rest
Hypnotize This!
by Brian David Phillips •
Some time back, I was invited to contribute to a collection of essays, papers, and induction techniques for an anthology of hypnosis lessons and textbook . . . the resulting book as it turns out is an excellent resource for hypnotists, beginner and advanced alike . . . Hypnotize This! . . . the project…
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The Overwhleming Wisdom Of Graydon Carter
by Brian David Phillips •
Via Gawker . . . The Overwhleming Wisdom Of Graydon Carter . . . Vanity Fair is hosting a political debate and these are editor Graydon Carter’s words on John Kerry: “Kerry’s windsurfing, going skiing, and his sports equipment is too tight. I think he’s too fit. He’s got one of those stomachs where the…
