Scientists have successfully used a form of gene therapy to activate "junk DNA" in an effort to cure forms of autism and have evidently found a way to study an interesting subspecies of the human evolutionary tree . . . resurrecting a subspecies that died off in our past. What they are calling homo sapiens…
Monthly Archives: April 2009
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LIFETRANCE seminar DVD set now LIVE!
by Brian David Phillips •
Here we go! The LIFETRANCE DVD set is now on pre-release sale. This is the seminar that a LOT of folks have been asking for a DVD program of for years . . . so, we've finally built a good one for you (filmed in India). The seminar covers: Past Life Regression Christos Variation (hypnotic…
Celebrity Hypnosis, Hypnosis Videos, Hypnosis: Entertainment, Stage, and Performance
Hypnotic Racetrack
by Brian David Phillips •
Get on your horses and brace for the race . . . we're off for a hypnotic visit to the racetracks in this video. Of course, if you are reading this post via a stream on the likes of Facebook or elsewhere, you need to go to the original blog at https://briandavidphillips.net/ to view the…
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A Pakistani Underworld . . . fetish goes international business
by Brian David Phillips •
This video story from the New York Times on two brothers in Pakistan who have built a multi-million-dollar business selling fetish fashion items to Westerners (they say some 70% of their customers are Democrats in the US) is fascinating to be sure . . . http://video.nytimes.com/video/2009/04/27/world/1194839708301/a-pakistani-underworld.html . . . the only folks who actually know…
Celebrity Hypnosis, Hypnosis Videos, Hypnosis: Entertainment, Stage, and Performance
Happy Balloons Hypnosis
by Brian David Phillips •
Arm levitation (especially as imagined as balloons attached to the arms) is a common hypnotic suggestibility test or effect. However, I like to associate it to a positive emotional state – Happy Balloons – and convert into the induction proper. This video demonstrates what I mean. Of course, if you are reading this post via…
Celebrity Hypnosis, Experiential Trance, Hypnosis Videos
Hypnotic Sensations
by Brian David Phillips •
Experiential hypnosis is basically what hypnotists often term as somnambulism, a deep trance state in which a person experiences suggestions intensely as if they are real. In this video, we see a short demonstration of experiential hypnosis and hypnotic sensations as the trance partners are guided through positive affective states, sensations of smell and physical…
Experiential Trance, Hypnosis in the News, Hypnosis, Trance, Meditation, and The Rest
Maximizing Your Brain’s Potential During the Recession and Beyond
by Brian David Phillips •
Srinivasan Pillay writes in the Huffington Post (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/srinivasan-pillay/the-science-of-visualizat_b_171340.html) on the advantages of using visualization to help one get through the recession. This isn't just another fluff piece on positive imagery, this is a brain scientist's take on the benefitst of visualization and the science behind all that fluffery that turns out to be less fluff…
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One Eyed Monster
by Brian David Phillips •
Nope, not a song from the B-52's . . . something else . . . something frightening . . . something incredibly realistic . . . . . . or not . . . Ron Jeremy may not be God (despite the webpages that say so) . . . but . . . this looks…
Hypnosis Reviews, Hypnosis Videos
eXperiential Ecstasy . . . LAST DAY, LAST DAY, LAST DAY
by Brian David Phillips •
You are running out of time . . . only one day left . . . PreSaleExPERIENTIAL ECSTASYEngineering Positive Emotional Flood States342 min. (Four DVDs) This DVD set explains and demonstrates a number of processes through which a hypnotist can engineer experiential ecstasy or positive emotional flood states such as bliss, delight, or even erotic…
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Facebook Manners and You
by Brian David Phillips •
Do you have good Facebook Manners? Timmy and Alice need to learn some. It's a cute video. I like the way they've created 1950ish computers and digital cameras. The "electric friendship generator" is an awesome idea. All the best,Brian (If you are reading this blog post via a stream, go to https://briandavidphillips.net/ to access the…
Celebrity Hypnosis, Hypnosis Videos, Hypnosis: Entertainment, Stage, and Performance
Hypnotic Name Change
by Brian David Phillips •
Time for a bit of hypnotic name change fun. Of course, if you are reading this post via a stream on the likes of Facebook or elsewhere, you need to go to the original blog at https://briandavidphillips.net/ to view the embedded video. This video is clipped from the production footage from an appearance I shot…
Celebrity Hypnosis, Hypnosis Videos, Hypnosis: Entertainment, Stage, and Performance
Number Amnesia converted into the Happy Finger
by Brian David Phillips •
Folks who have participated in my hypnosis workshops or who have purchased some of my hypnosis training DVDs and, of course, regular readers of Life of Brian are very familiar with the PHILLIPS HAPPY FINGER (https://briandavidphillips.net/2007/12/happy-fingers-a.html) hypnotic sequence which takes suggested number amnesia and then converts it into a positive affective anchor (the complete sequence…
Cosplay
Gorgeous Tiny Chicken Machine Show
by Brian David Phillips •
Because you really need to experience the joy that is the Gorgeous Tiny Chicken Machine Show in all its Asian glory . . . Having lived in Taiwan for twenty years (yes, I've been on this happy island for two decades), I have been in situations that have felt very close to exactly what Rick…
Eroticatrance, Experiential Trance, Hypnosis in the News, Hypnosis, Trance, Meditation, and The Rest, Influence, Psychecstatic Engineering Psychological Psychedelic eXperiential Ecstasy, Walkabout Trance Street Hypnosis
Power of the Imagination
by Brian David Phillips •
Recent studies may be showing that the mantra of "if you can imagine it, you can experience it" often used by folks who practice hypnosis or eXperiential forms of trance such as the ones I specialize in seems to not go far enough and may be giving way to a new principle that takes it…
Influence
Panda Mating tips for the Taipei Zoo
by Brian David Phillips •
Most of my readers at Life of Brian know that I live in Taipei, Taiwan (those that don't aren't really what one would consider careful readers or they are flat our newbies into our world of organized chaos or chaotic organization). Well, as some of you know . . . and the folks in Taiwan…
Hypnosis Videos
Engineering eXperiential Ecstasy DVD set pre-release sale ends this week!
by Brian David Phillips •
You are running out of time . . . PreSale ExPERIENTIAL ECSTASY Engineering Positive Emotional Flood States 342 min. (Four DVDs) This DVD set explains and demonstrates a number of processes through which a hypnotist can engineer experiential ecstasy or positive emotional flood states such as bliss, delight, or even erotic arousal. The DVDs contain…
Hypnosis Videos, Intuitionist: Psychic Intuitionism, Metaphysical Hypnosis
Shapeshifter . . . animal essence variant process
by Brian David Phillips •
Most regular readers of Life of Brian know that I have an interest in taking traditional metaphysical processes and creating contemporary trance techniques. In this video clip, I guide a trance partner through a variant of the Shapeshifter process that allows a person to model positive resources or attributes from archetypal animal concept/constructs. The video…
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Good Luck, Kaye!
by Brian David Phillips •
Today, my daughter, Kaye (http://www.kayephillips.com) begins a three-day intensive examination process as she takes the Joint Music Specialty High School Examination. She's finishing junior high school this year and Taiwan has an education system that requires that kids take a unified entrance examination for high school to compete for spots in the schools (basically, kids…
Hypnosis Videos
Confusion Hypnotic Induction
by Brian David Phillips •
The "Roll the Hands Induction" is a classic variant of a type of hypnotic induction that is very worthwhile for working with analytical types, people who have difficulty shutting off that part of the mind that keeps careful and critical watch over every step of the process. In this video, I decided to use this…
Celebrity Hypnosis, Hypnosis in the News
Look into My Eyes . . . hypnosis in the news
by Brian David Phillips •
The Times Online has a piece on hypnosis (http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/health/article6054142.ece) worth the looksee. It begins with a bit about Lily Allen's weightloss via hypnotherapy (down two dress sizes) and then seques into a number of positive benefits of hypnosis: "There were shrieks of disbelief when Lily Allen revealed that her dramatically slimmed-down figure was not the…
Hypnosis in the News
Arachnophobia . . . banished
by Brian David Phillips •
Arachnophobia can be pretty scary stuff . . . and I don't mean the bad movie of the same name but the real thing, a fear of spiders which can be quite the disability for a whole lot of folks. The Herald has an interesting piece on how hypnosis has been proven to be very…
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Amazon and Odd Ideas about Adult and Non-Adult Content . . . evidently Heather can’t have two mommies but parents can happily incoculate their children from the gay virus
by Brian David Phillips •
So, I first saw the news via Susie Bright (http://susiebright.blogs.com) and Tristan Taormino's (http://www.puckerup.com, http://www.openingup.net) facebook twitters (yes, the new facebook status update is twitterish, but I like it more) . . . Amazon has decided to remove books with adult content from front page searches and the ranking system (which also means that you…
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Hey There Cthulhu
by Brian David Phillips •
Because sometimes, you just have to praise Cthulhu (if you're reading this via a stream, go to https://briandavidphillips.net/ for the embedded video). Eben Brooks performs his filk live of Hey There Delilah with a Cthulhu twist that is witty, fun, and frightening all rolled up into one tunefully tasty morsel of madness. You can listen…
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Chinese Poetry with Elvis
by Brian David Phillips •
Because . . . sometimes we just have to. Elvis does Tang Poetry . . . the video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Clzj4NLosUs). All the best,Brian
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Snarky Tofu on My Several Worlds (Joshua Samuel Brown interview worth the looksee)
by Brian David Phillips •
One of my favorite writers and friend Joshua Samuel Brown (http://www.josambro.com) – the link is also in the "favorite authors" sidebar on my blog – is a difficult person to pin down, not that I would really want to engage in same-sex semi-nude wrestling with the guy in order to pin him, I gave that…
