Share on Tumblr Well . . . here we go again . . . the cat is out of the bag and it’s a happy camper . . . Many of you already know that I will be returning to Los Angeles this Summer. The event details are now online. I have two courses...
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Share on Tumblr Here’s an interesting set of stereograms . . . 3D Stereograms from Eyetricks.com . . . I think the “fantasy” one would make a great fixation object for a hypnosis induction . . . snafed from David. Share on Tumblr
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Share on Tumblr 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...
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Share on Tumblr The sky’s the limit for the month of August’s Hypnotic Video Challenge at the Society of Experiential Trance as we are exploring processes to move or change underlying drivers or response sets in a stimulus-response loop.  This can be anything from shifting submodalities around or changing driver ingredients (such as in...
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Share on Tumblr Recently, I was having a conversation with a very very good friend about the mechanics behind the famous Drug of Choice Induction/Pattern used by NLP practitioners first developed by Bandler and often used with drug addicts as a way to demonstrate that they can recreate the benefits or positive aspects of...
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Share on Tumblr One thing about the video I used in this post on hypnosis and extreme pleasure sensations is that it is a nice demonstration on how one can link suggestibility and hypnotic responsiveness to erotic response and is demonstrating how standard stage hypnosis and suggestibility testing can be converted into a consensual...
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Share on Tumblr Some more clarification on my post about Tarot Trance. Dr. Phillips, that sounds fascinating . . . but . . . I don’t know all that tarotish mumbojumbo and card meaning stuffs and really am not enough patience to learn them I guess I was not clear enough . . ....
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Share on Tumblr Cross-posting from TarotL and the Hypnosis Technique Exchange as this may be of interest to folks here as well . . . I’m a big fan of Tarot cards as a tool for introspective meditation rather than divinaroty readings . . . the cards are just so rich in archetyes and...
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Share on Tumblr A post on my free MP3 download of the Through the Gate into Tarot process, the first episode of my hypnocast, came up that the response to which is worth sharing for folks who have the same sort of questions. Brian David Phillips writes: There is a tarot process for meditation...
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Share on Tumblr On a few of the email lists I belong to of late, there has been some discussion of the nature of hypnosis and whether or not trance or critical factor bypass are the same or different monkeys. One part of the thread has been regarding hyperempiria which gets discussed quite a...
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Share on Tumblr On the Hypnosis Technique Exchange email discussion list, I asked a question about Derren Brown that wasn’t really hypnosis related . . . except that he uses trance language as misdirection for his magical effects . . . but, I wanted to know if anyone knew of a site with a...
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Share on Tumblr More from Vacations with Hypnosis: Very cool. Will you go into more detail about what you do (i.e. hyperacuity and/or hyperemperic intensity) – they sound very sexy! But what the hell are they? Thanks, Steph Stephanie, I am always talking about this. There are resources and quite a bit of discussion...
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Share on Tumblr More on hyperempiria . . . a process that works well for a wide variety of trancework contexts . . . therapeutic imagery and changework, simple recreational relaxation and imaginary freedom, entertainment, and more. Recently, on the Hypnosis Technique Exchange, Dr. Don Gibbons posted about some very interesting therapeutic and recreational...
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Share on Tumblr More on Repatterning, Repetition, Unconscious Installation. At Marknosis, Rex Karz points out that one really should state one’s outcome goal when seeking advice or the advice can’t be as meaningful or useful. Good point, the targeted outcome would make a difference . . . one would think. Rex noes that if...
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Share on Tumblr With this post, I am creating a couple new categories for Life of Brian . . . the Waking Dreams series of focused trance guided imagery brief sojourns into the imagination.  As regular visitors to my webpages at http://www.briandavidphillips.com know, I love guided imagery.  It is relaxing and quite enjoyable ....
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