Monthly Archives: August 2007

Eroticatrance, Experiential Trance, Hyperempiria, Hyperacuity, and Suggested Amplified Sensory Association, Hypnosis Reviews, Hypnosis, Trance, Meditation, and The Rest, Hypnosis: Entertainment, Stage, and Performance, Influence, Interactive Drama, Magic

Bookstore Now Online

by Brian David Phillips • August 30, 2007

We’ve added a bookstore to our webpages. You can go directly there via the pages at http://astore.amazon.com/shakespeareeclec or just click on the bookstore link in the sidebars here or at our main pages at http://www.briandavidphillips.com for convenient access. Not a lot there right now, but we will be adding new products and categories over time…

Tickle Tickle . . . bartender hypnosis

by Brian David Phillips • August 29, 2007

My friend Aaron (Hypnofocus, HypnosisFetish, and HypnoSlave) is visiting my friend David (Azure Mind Changes and Fun2Hypno) in Atlanta and between the two of them, they’re as interesting a pair as one can find . . . they’re also both very accomplished street hypnotists, the sort of folks who will hypnotize anyone, anytime, anyplace, anytrance.…

Shadae . . . Shadow Creatures

by Brian David Phillips • August 26, 2007

I suppose shadae is one way to call shadow creatures, a romantic name with occultish feel . . . they’re the things in the corner of your eye on a dark gloomy night . . . the ones that don’t go bump in the night as they have no real form or substance, they are…

Why Girls Like Pink

by Brian David Phillips • August 25, 2007

So there really are some biological differences in color preference . . . Why Girls Like Pink . . . while everyone likes blue, women tend to like redder shades and men the greener spectrum. Girls really do prefer pink. Ling speculates that the color preference and women’s ability to better discriminate red from green…

Hypnotic Video Challenge category at Life of Brian

by Brian David Phillips • August 25, 2007

I’ve added a new category to Life of Brian . . . the HYPNOTIC VIDEO CHALLENGE . . . this way folks who are interested in participating in the challenge . . . that means you . . . will have another convenient way to get to the challenge background posts (with the example videos)…

Boris Kobe Concentration Camp Tarot

by Brian David Phillips • August 25, 2007

A colleague at the university sent me a link to a very interesting Tarot deck created by Boris Kobe when he was a prisoner in Allach Concentration Camp around 1945 . . . see here . . . it’s a chilling reminder of life in the concentration camps as well as an intriguing example of…

Actor Aaron Eckhart stops Smoking and Drinking with Hypnosis

by Brian David Phillips • August 25, 2007

Hollywood actor Aaron Eckhart used hypnosis to kick his smoking and drinking habits. He credits hypnosis with the change and says he would use hypnosis for therapeutic change if needed . . . Aaron Eckhart is a Changed Man Thanks to Hypnosis. He is enthusiastic about his lifechange and the quality of his life has…

Cynical Shyness . . .
. . . When Shyness Turns Deadly

by Brian David Phillips • August 19, 2007

While not exactly about hypnosis, this piece on cynical shyness and how it can lead to violent outbursts is fascinating . . . When Shyness Turns Deadly . . . obviously, if it’s gotten to the point of random school shootings then shyness has gone way too far by a bunch. However there are early…

Hypnotic Video Challenge . . . send in your submission!

by Brian David Phillips • August 18, 2007

If you haven’t sent in your submission for this month’s Hypnotic Video Challenge, then do ahead and do so now! The current theme is rather open-ended so a whole lot of stuff will work for it . . . stimulus-response and shifting submodalities . . . a whole batch of processes or techniques are fine,…

Thomas Jefferson . . .

by Brian David Phillips • August 16, 2007

Italian Politician calls for “Ethnic Cleansing” of Gays

by Brian David Phillips • August 16, 2007

This guy has no sense . . . Italian politician calls for “ethnic cleansing” of gays- from Pink News- all the latest gay news from the gay community . . . The northern Italian city of Treviso has witnessed mass demonstrations after the deputy mayor called for the ethnic cleansing of homosexuals. Here’s the video:…

Comic World Taiwan 16 . . . cosplay!

by Brian David Phillips • August 14, 2007

Last weekend, Aug. 11-12, 2007, the Phillips family headed off to the Comic World Taiwan 16 comic book and cosplay convention held at National Taiwan University in Taipei. Kaye went with friends on both days while Lorraine and I were there just the Saturday. Kaye cosplayed as a character in the manga/anime Reborn and spent…

Stop It . . . therapy

by Brian David Phillips • August 12, 2007

HYPNOCAST Updates and Revisions and Big Overhaul Coming Soon!

by Brian David Phillips • August 11, 2007

Yep, the Hypnocast has been missing in action for a bit . . . but . . . look for a flurry of activity beginning 15 Sept. 2007 . . . that’s when a bunch of changes will take place. We will begin broadcasting the Hypnocast on a REGULAR basis. That’s right, no more on…

Game Time!

by Brian David Phillips • August 9, 2007

BLISSNOSIS Cancelled

by Brian David Phillips • August 8, 2007

BLISSNOSIS CANCELLED It is with great regret that I must make the following announcment . . . I am very deeply sorry to inform you that the BLISSNOSIS risque hypnosis show for Aug. 17 has been cancelled. The venue just called us tonight to let us know that they mistakenly double-booked performers on top of…

Doe this REALLY happen to a LOT of people?

by Brian David Phillips • August 5, 2007

I must be living in a cave ‘cuz I didn’t know this was quite so common as Brett Ratner says it is . . . Revelations: Open-Minded Brett Ratner Amused By Prankster Tranny Who Blew Him.

Rajan and His Evil Hypnotists . . .
. . . street hypnosis fun

by Brian David Phillips • August 5, 2007

Sometimes you just have to sit back and enjoy some weirdness. Well, that is pretty much what Rajan and His Evil Hypnotists is all about. The premise is pretty straightforward, Rajan and his band of hypnotists (Rajan, Hypnogirl, Binde, and Hypnokid) hypnotize folks to go out into the world and do strange things. Speaking of…