Monthly Archives: June 2006

Experiential Trance, Hypnosis Videos

Hypnocast Episode Sixteen . . .
. . . Fairy Dragon Experiential Trance . . .
. . . . . . The Magick Egg

by Brian David Phillips • June 24, 2006

Fairy Dragon Experiential Trance (The Magick Egg) (16:10, 39.3 megs.). In this episode of the Brian David Phillips Hypnocast (audioblog and videoblog podcast) we demonstate a wonderful trance process for somnambulism, suggested visual and kinesthetic hallucination, and positive state anchoring. This week, the Hypnocast is a video. This is a simple explanation and then demonstration…

Bohemian Rhapsody . . .
. . . Queen . . .
. . . because it’s sooooo beautiful and twisted all in one

by Brian David Phillips • June 24, 2006

From the notes blurb thing: Bohemian Rhapsody, written by Freddie Mercury for the 1975 album A Night At The Opera, was the first single to be issued from the album and provided Queen with their first international No. 1 hit. It has also been named The Song of The Millennium and the Guinness Book of…

Where is that place?

by Brian David Phillips • June 24, 2006

Sandy posts a question as a comment at the David’s Visit Post regarding one of the photos . . . shown here but see the original post for a clearer version and the online gallery for the best view . . . "Hey Two Magic Teachers, I am just wondering where is the location of…

Walkabout Trance Street Hypnosis . . .
. . . photos now online . . .
. . . Smirnoff Street Party with ICRT

by Brian David Phillips • June 23, 2006

As regular Life of Brian readers know, I performed Walkabout Trance style Street Hypnosis at the 100 days of Summer Kick Off Party ~ The Smirnoff Street Party as a street performer for the event sponsored by ICRT. I was moving through the crowd doing quick trance effects with street hypnosis and waking suggestion. DATE:…

Couples Hypnosis . . .
. . . begginer looking to try an interesting script

by Brian David Phillips • June 23, 2006

At my email discussion list, the Hypnosis Technique Exchange, a question was asked regarding one of my old posts here on interested in eXperimenting: Playful Sexual Hypnosis for Consenting Adult Couples which a number of folks have asked recently so I thought crossposting my response here might be helpful as well. The query begins .…

The Farmhouse . . . Stage Hypnosis Show . . .
. . . Midnight, Saturday Night, 01 July 2006 . . .

by Brian David Phillips • June 22, 2006

A couple folks have been confused by the original announcement so let me simplify and clarify some things . . . I will be performing my Brian David Phillips Waking Dreams Hypnosis Show at Midnight, Saturday Night, July 1, 2006 . . . at The Farmhouse in Taipei. The show will last for one hour…

Reminder . . .
. . . Taipei Hypnosis Workshop Meeting . . .
WALKABOUT TRANCE SPEED STREET HYPNOSIS
(Improvised Approaches to Spontaneous Trance Sessions in Unusual Contexts)

by Brian David Phillips • June 21, 2006

Quickie reminder as the original announcement was some time ago . . . On 9 July 2006, the Taipei Experimental Hypnosis Workshop will have a meeting. This month’s topic is WALKABOUT TRANCE SPEED STREET HYPNOSIS (Improvised Approaches to Spontaneous Trance Sessions in Unusual Contexts). If you live in these parts and would like to join…

Stage Hypnosis Show . . . 01 July 2006 . . .
. . . midnight, Saturday, The Farmhouse, Taipei

by Brian David Phillips • June 20, 2006

It’s official so I can go ahead and let it leak . . . I will be performing my Brian David Phillips Waking Dreams Hypnosis Show at Midnight, Saturday Night, July 1, 2006 . . . at The Farmhouse in Taipei. After the Street Hypnosis gig for Smirnoff and ICRT last Saturday, Lorraine and I…

Kaye’s Piano Recital . . .

by Brian David Phillips • June 19, 2006

Kaye’s private piano teacher (Teacher Wang) has a public recital each year for her students to perform. This year, Kaye performed a Duet (Spanish Romance Folk Song) with her classmate and friend Sun Hsiao-Han and a solo piece by Haydn. Sun Hsiao-Han, Teacher Wang, and Kaye Elizabeth Phillips. Happy Daugher (Kaye Elizabeth Phillips)…

Perceptions, Language, and Images . . .
. . . revisiting ghostly cars

by Brian David Phillips • June 19, 2006

Some folks just don’t appreciate my twisted sense of humor . . . and I don’t blame them . . . I received a coupld unhappy comments from folks who didn’t spot the clues to the ghostly car video post from folks who watched the video very intently looking for that white mist only to…

Street Hypnosis and Other Hypnotic Goings On . . .

by Brian David Phillips • June 18, 2006

For those who have asked . . . the street hypnosis gig went well. It was truly weird doing street hypnosis in a venue with music from live bands blaring all around . . . in all honesty, it was NOT really the right venue for the sort of things expected and the organization of…

Hypnocast Episode Fifteen . . .
. . . Happy Finger Anchor Process

by Brian David Phillips • June 18, 2006

Happy Finger Anchor Process (9:41, 38.9 megs.). In this episode of the Brian David Phillips Hypnocast (audioblog and videoblog podcast) we demonstate a simple trance process for somnambulism, suggested amnesia, and positive state anchoring. This week, the Hypnocast is a video. This is a simple explanation and then demonstration of a straightforward process I use…

Ghost Stories and Car Adverts . . .

by Brian David Phillips • June 17, 2006

This bit is an examble of how reading or hearing about something sets up our expectations and influences our experience. The question becomes, if you are not exposed to the so-called ghost story setup, would you then feel the same experience? In any case, I believe the story that frames the experience of the video…

Women’s Brains React Surprisingly Fast to Erotic Images

by Brian David Phillips • June 16, 2006

The no-brainer just got brainier. While previous studies have shown that men tend to react more powerfully to sexual images than women, a new study shows that women’s brains react very quickly to erotic images . . . much faster than any other stimuli and on a par with and sometimes faster than men’s brains.…

Superman . . . stereoscopic

by Brian David Phillips • June 15, 2006

Superman Returns opens in IMAX here in Taipei the day before we come back from our Taidong trip so we won’t be seeing it on opening day. We’re looking forward to it . . . although the decision to make only PART of the movie 3D seems silly to me . . . I guess…

David’s visit . . . good times . . .

by Brian David Phillips • June 14, 2006

My former friend now very very good friend, David Fontenot (aka Fonteneau), a hypnogroovy guy, visited us last week and we had a wonderful time. While I have known David for some time, this was actually the first time we have met face to face and everything clicked just as we expected it to. From…

Hypnosis to Boost Student Creativity

by Brian David Phillips • June 13, 2006

Dr. Rong Seng Chang uses "scientific hypnosis" to help student in the engineering program boost their creativity in order to solve engineering and other problems . . . hypnosis to boost student creativity . . . this reminds me of how a number of "big name" hypnotists got inspired by hypnosis. One example was an…

Men Likely to Think of SEX at First Meeting . . .
. . . duh!

by Brian David Phillips • June 13, 2006

Yes, it has now been confirmed . . . men really do think of sex when they meet women . . . men are much more likely to think of sex when first meeting a woman then women think of men . . . we now have a bona fide study which proves what we…

Street Hypnosis Performance . . .
. . . ICRT’s 100 days of Summer Kick Off Party . . .
. . . The Smirnoff Street Party

by Brian David Phillips • June 12, 2006

Yes, you read that right! I will be performing Walkabout Trance style Street Hypnosis at the 100 days of Summer Kick Off Party ~ The Smirnoff Street Party as a street performer for the event sponsored by ICRT. I will be moving through the crowd and doing quick trance effects with street hypnosis and waking…

Stage Hypnosis Seminar . . .
. . . quite the hypnotic blast!

by Brian David Phillips • June 12, 2006

Well . . . it was fun, it was informative, it was educational, it was entertaining . . . it was a BLAST! My Introduction to Stage Hypnosis seminar finished late Friday evening after a week of intensive information and training. We had a great time. The class was five evenings within a week and…

Election Fraud and Propaganda . . .

by Brian David Phillips • June 6, 2006

My colleague at the university, Erick Heroux, has some worthwhile comments on Election Fraud and Propaganda well worth noting . . . inlcuding a very telltale graphic of the numbers of viewers of the major American networks who believe the United States presidential election was stolen and those who don’t . . . click on…

Famous Navels . . .

by Brian David Phillips • June 6, 2006

Okay . . . I want to know . . . how come MY belly button is not featured at Famous Navels . . . oh, wait a minute . . . I’m not a hot perfect body babe like most of the women featured there . . . being a rotund guy, most folks…

“All Pretty Girls Should Be Spanked One Day” . . .

by Brian David Phillips • June 6, 2006

You know . . . if you really think about it . . . and I have . . . he makes perfect sense . . . well, maybe not perfect sense . . . but I sure can see his point. Just next time, he might want to ask permission first . . .…

Tonight . . . Entertainment Hypnosis . . .

by Brian David Phillips • June 5, 2006

Tonight . . . the Stage Hypnosis Course begins . . . it looks like it’s going to be a gooooood one! I finished the manual in all it’s goodness, over four hundred pages, and we’ve got a special guest coming in from the United States just for the event, a professonal hypnotist who many…

Batwoman is a Lesbian!

by Brian David Phillips • June 4, 2006

It’s official! Batwoman is now officially a lesbian! Read the news here. Now, if only they would come out and admit that Batman is gay . . . come on DC, everyone knows he is . . . all the signs are there . . . the promiscuous lifestyle to hide it, the inability to…