Monthly Archives: October 2005

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Ideokinesis . . .
. . . clarifications and whatnot discussion on . . .
. . . Workshop on Utilizing Ideomotor Effect and More

by Brian David Phillips • October 31, 2005

A few comments, queries, and clarifications from the Hypnosis Technique Exchange related to the upcoming workshop on UTILIZING IDEOMOTOR EFFECT (Using Programmed Unconscious Movement within Trance Sessions) . . . Oh Brian, you keep teasing with these announcements. you’re too far away. You’re welcome. 🙂 Actually, I thought I was just the right distance from…

Samhain Salutations . . .

by Brian David Phillips • October 31, 2005

Happy Halloween from Kaye and the rest of the Phillips family! Kaye carved this Jack-o-Lantern for her Halloween party last weekend. She had more than a lot of assistance from her English tutor but it’s still a pretty special deal. When I grabbed my digital 3D camera rig (Loreo+Digital_Rebel), the lighting was too low to…

Which Vampire Personality Are You? . . .
. . . Dracula

by Brian David Phillips • October 30, 2005

You scored as Dracula. You are the smooth sexy cool Dracula. Patient and lustful. If you were any cooler youd be ice. Great style with a way of seducing those around you. And three brides who wouldn’t want to be him. Dracula, 80% Deacon Frost, 75% Blade, 67% Louis, 58% Armand, 58% Spike, 58% Marius,…

Hypnocast Episode Nine . . .
. . . Secrets of the Six Step Reframe

by Brian David Phillips • October 30, 2005

Secrets of the Six Step Reframe (17:16, 6 megs.). In this episode of the Brian David Phillips Hypnocast (audioblog podcast) we examine a straightforward, simple, but powerful NLP process that utlizes parts and trance without formal induction. I will explain the background to the process and then we will go though a brief guided imagery…

Serenity . . . great science fiction

by Brian David Phillips • October 30, 2005

Daniel Carlson of Slowly Going Bald writes an entertaining review of Serenity which is worth the look-see. Calson doesn’t think much of most scifi but comes in raving on this one. See the whole review for yourself . . . noting that his final sentence is the kicker, "It’s a touching, human story, with brilliant…

Who Would A Thunk It Dept. . . .
. . . 80% of gay porn performers are straight?

by Brian David Phillips • October 30, 2005

While I can see the numbers being reversed as a large number of the guys in straight porn are bisexual and play both markets . . . but this is just beyond the realm of what one would expect . . . Czech gay porn biz seen as business opportunity for high number of heterosexual…

Taipei Hypnosis Workshop Meeting . . .
UTILIZING IDEOMOTOR EFFECT
(Using Programmed Unconscious Movement within Trance Sessions)

by Brian David Phillips • October 29, 2005

On 20 November 2005, the Taipei Experimental Hypnosis Workshop will have a meeting. This month’s topic is UTILIZING IDEOMOTOR EFFECT (Using Programmed Unconscious Movement within Trance Sessions). If you live in these parts and would like to join us, contact me. The Taipei Experimental Hypnosis and Trancework Workshop is the largest English-language hypnosis practice group…

Society and Marriage . . .
. . . global changes

by Brian David Phillips • October 29, 2005

A recent study on Society And Marriage – What Are Global Changes? demonstrates that since 1950, the nature of marriage has changed in the world and is continuing to change in perhaps quite profound ways. Some highlights: Specialists of the Institute of Comprehensive Social Studies (Modern University for the Humanities) have carried out detailed analysis…

Hypnosis Good Before Surgery . . .

by Brian David Phillips • October 29, 2005

A small study out of Yale University has found Hypnosis Good Before Surgery. The study was specifically to test the effects of hypnosis for stress and anxiety levels right before outpatient surgery. They used a forty-five minute session for stress reduction and found that anxiety and stress levels for those who went through the process…

Life of Brian . . . short downtime

by Brian David Phillips • October 29, 2005

The folks at Typepad going to be doing some upgrades and system thingies so . . . Saturday night between the hours of 9PM – midnight PDT, we have scheduled downtime to complete some of these activities. The upshot is that during that time, Life of Brian may or may not be online and may…

ETA Presentations . . .
. . . of guided imagery and roleplaying

by Brian David Phillips • October 28, 2005

For those of you who are in Taiwan, I will be presenting two papers with workshops at the 14th International Symposium and Book Fair on English Teaching sponsored by the English Teacher’s Association of the Republic of China held in the Chien Tan Overseas Youth Activity Center in Taipei. Both of my presentations are on…

truly, Ron is God . . .

by Brian David Phillips • October 28, 2005

It just caught me in the right moment but I think THIS is a WONDERFUL image! Really catches the spirit of the meme. Wow. While he may not be "God" with a big "G" he certainly is a god, perhaps a minor dionysian deity associated with Priapus and the Nymphs. Nice work. He may not…

Tarot . . .
. . . of email lists and blogging categories

by Brian David Phillips • October 28, 2005

I have been asked to join the team of moderators for the TarotL email discussion list. This is one of the largest and most respected tarot discussion groups around. I feel honored to take on the task of becoming a co-moderator for the list. You will also note that I have added a Tarot category…

Vanishing Point . . .
. . . How to disappear in America without a trace

by Brian David Phillips • October 27, 2005

Interesting read . . . Vanishing Point: How to disappear in America without a trace . . . sad that some folks get pushed against a wall of abuse to the point that this seems to be their only option. There are always other options, always . . . unfortunately, they’re not always clear to…

What Are The Keys To Your Heart?

by Brian David Phillips • October 27, 2005

The Keys to Your Heart You are attracted to good manners and elegance. In love, you feel the most alive when your lover is creative and never lets you feel bored. You’d like to your lover to think you are loyal and faithful… that you’ll never change. You would be forced to break up with…

Naked Nazi provokes Hong Kong fury

by Brian David Phillips • October 26, 2005

This is something those of us who are waiguoren living in Asia, particularly those of us from the West, just don’t get . . . the fantasy and attraction of Nazi paraphrenalia for the young here . . . yet another bout . . . Naked Nazi provokes Hong Kong fury . . . this…

sometimes you just have to wonder . . .
. . . court rules Kansas can’t single out gay sex

by Brian David Phillips • October 26, 2005

John Hanna reports for the Associated Press on a recent ruling in which the Court Rules Kansas Can’t Single Out Gay Sex. In its laws regarding underage sex, Kansas had a stiffer penalty for underage homosexual sex than it does for underage heterosexual sex. The Kansas Supreme Court rightly ruled that a state law as…

Past Life Regression

by Brian David Phillips • October 24, 2005

I received an email asking for information and my take on past life regressions. Since I get this sort of query every once in awhile, I am posting my response here as well . . . "Hi Brian, two people have called and want a past life regression. I’m actually certified in this, but I…

Hypnocast Episode Eight . . .
. . . Into the Garden of Delights

by Brian David Phillips • October 23, 2005

Into the Garden of Delights (19:55, 7 megs.). This episode of the Brian David Phillips Podcast is one of my favorite guided imagery processes. Imagine yourself walking through the ancient gates into a garden paradise where the Goddess receives you and bestows a gift of perfect love upon you. Ishtar, Belit, Mylitta, Aphrodite, and the…

High Priestess . . .
. . . Which Tarot Card are You? . . .
. . . . . . starting to see a trend

by Brian David Phillips • October 22, 2005

I’ve been playing a bit with my Tarot cards, images, and processes lately and so when I stumbled on an online thingie to determine Which Tarot Card are You?, I naturally gave it a go . . . not the result I was expecting, but one that I certainly understand and can I agree with.…

optical illusion . . .
. . . what you see or don’t see

by Brian David Phillips • October 22, 2005

Here is a particularly powerful optical illusion which demonstrates that what we see or don’t see isn’t always what is or isn’t there. If your eyes follow the movement of the rotating pink dot, you will only see one color, pink. If you stare at the black + in the center, the moving dot turns…

Automatic Drawing . . .
. . . Lady of the Land

by Brian David Phillips • October 21, 2005

The image above is an example of one of my various experiments or explorations with automatic drawing, it is titled Lady of the Land and was created via a process of allowing the pen to unconsciouslly be directed in the creation of the image. The title of the piece was created via automatic writing in…

Dr. Zomb . . .
. . . we will miss you . . .
. . . in memoriam, Ormond McGill, 1913-2005 . . .
. . . Dean of American Hypnotists

by Brian David Phillips • October 20, 2005

I am saddened to report that Ormond McGill passed away in his home in the US, on Wednesday, October 19, 2005. He has been affectionately known as the "Dean of American Hypnotists" for a number of years due to the high respect that so many people pay him. He’s been around for a very long…

Welcome to Reality . . .

by Brian David Phillips • October 20, 2005

You know, this looks like it’s very sad and that the average American may just be as stupid as a posthole digger . . . who should we invade next? . . . however, in all honesty I get some of the same sort of geographic silliness from students here when asking them about countries…

Kitkast one . . .
. . . something new added to podcasting . . .
. . . hmmmmmmm

by Brian David Phillips • October 19, 2005

Now that I-Tunes allows folks to play with video, we’re going to see more folks adding in video to their podcasts . . . Ms. Kitka makes an interesting go of it with her first episode of the Kitkast . . . some blogging points as well as a very nice interview with Seska that…