On 13 July 2014, Brian David Phillips conducted an online workshop on DIFFERENT ECSTATIC STATES: Multiple Contexts for Ecstatic Trance (From Bliss to Ecstatic Joy to Erotic eXperience and Beyond) via online webinar chat. The DIFFERENT ECSTATIC STATES online webinar session is an introduction to concepts and methods related to DIFFERENT ECSTATIC STATES, Multiple Contexts…
Yep, it’s true. Stress Kills and it does it big time . . . and to top off the non-joy that is stress, if it doesn’t kill you, it will fuck you up big time. Next time you’re stressed out, maybe just grab someone you love for a cuddle session. “It may just save your…
My students at the university are learning magic tricks which they teach to their classmates . . . the prestidigitation kind not the occult . . . the exercise is intended to give them experience in demonstrational speaking, the act of teaching a skill to others, while signposting the importance of critical thinking. Too many…
A very effective way to ensure that someone will reliably re-enter hypnosis after the first session is to give them a Post-Hypnotic Suggestion for hypnotic reinduction, that is they will re-enter hypnosis, deeper and more reliably each time. This is usually tied to a trigger phrase or construct but – between you and me –…
What is a Wedjat and why is there one on our webpages and whatever does an ancient symbol of the six senses have to do with the theory and practice of contemporary experiential hypnosis? Watch this video and find out! Brian David Phillips discusses the ancient symbol of the six senses, the Wedjat, as adapted…
Some folks claim hypnosis is a trance and others say all trance is hypnosis while others say sombunal trance is hypnosis. Some folks get rather angry about their definitions. In a sort of rant, Brian David Phillips discusses the differences between hypnosis and other forms of trance as well as the various signs of a…
Continuing a bit with our illustration that Suggestibility IS Hypnosis (see https://briandavidphillips.net/2013/07/15/suggbreastinflate/ for the earlier Breast Inflator installment), here’s some MAGICKAL FEATHER fun. She put that feather where? So, what can you do with waking suggestion? Well, you can do a LOT . . . evidently you can have a rubber nose . . .…
Some hypnotists use Suggestibility Tests to determine if someone can be hypnotized . . . uh, nope . . . the Suggestibility Effect IS Hypnosis. If someone is responding to your suggestibility effect, they are already hypnotized. There is no need to stop and start over with a formal “induction” you’re already good to go.…
SPECIAL HYPNOSIS WORKSHOP EXPERIENTIAL SELF-HYPNOSIS Methods of Autosuggestion and eXperiential Intensified Imaginative Response 13 July 2013 : Kaohsiung focused trance hypnosis workshop in EXPERIENTIAL SELF-HYPNOSIS Methods of Autosuggestion and eXperiential Intensified Imaginative Response Rev. Dr. Brian David Phillips www.briandavidphillips.com brian@briandavidphillips.com 13 July 2013, 14:00-17:00Waking Dreams, Kaohsiung NT$500 pre-pay or NT$800 at the door. You must…
Let’s play a game . . . here are some fun mind melting optical illusions that you can play with. TIGER KITTY LOVES YOU WARPED CHAIR PEGASUS RUBIK’S CUBE GOES DIMENSIONAL ENDLESS CORRIDOR I’ve shared a variation of this one in a previous post but here it is in this megapost version. Cover the center…
On 21 April 2013, Brian David Phillips conducted an online workshop on Introduction to GUIDED IMAGERY: eXperiences in Guided Trance via online webinar chat. The GUIDED IMAGERY online webinar session is an introduction to concepts related to guided imagery, focused trance, and experiential hypnosis methods to create experiential imagery experiences for a trance partner or…
I knew there was a good reason to like Heather Locklear . . . not that I have ever needed more reasons to like her anyway. Locklear looks great . . . so when the 51-year-old actress was cornered by ambush paparazzi TMZ and asked the secret of her aging gracefully, she frankly told the…
Essential to human survival early in life is the ability to form a secure bond in infancy. It has been said that babies who receive food, water, clothing, and all their basic physical requirements but lack human connection do not thrive. Why is attachment so intrinsic for people? Our species are a social bunch and…
In the Experiential Hypnosis and Beyond group on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/groups/experientialtrance/), a question was asked about mastering the hypnotic gaze as a means of becoming a good hypnotist: “I had done a basic course in India and we were told to do Trataka Eye Gazing Exercise, Gazing on black spot, Gazing on Flame of candle this…
Here’s the question: Can a man orgasm and ejaculate from hypnotic imagination alone? No touching, just erotic suggestion. Short answer: Yes. The next two images are protected for Premium and Platinum Premium members only as they are very very NSFW (Not Safe For Work) so if such images offend you, please do not scroll further.…
Can you guide another person into a powerful orgasm from a whisper alone? Short answer, yes. Long answer, see the products below or take one of my upcoming live seminars on the subject . . . I have events scheduled in Taiwan (Taipei), Australia (Sydney and Melbourne), and the United States (Las Vegas). If you’re…
Reality Rendering David Brager This piece was originally written and posted to his Srypnosis site by David Brager many years ago. It is reproduced here by permission. His roleplay related pieces were formerly archived on my old related site and since that site is now defunct, I have moved them here for obvious reasons. I…
On 2 September 2012, Brian David Phillips conducted an online workshop on HYPNOTIC D/S: Erotic eXperiential Hypnosis and Consensual Power eXchange via online webinar chat. The HYPNOTIC D/S online webinar session is an introduction to concepts related to hypnotically creating states of surrender, desire, love, belonging, service, and more in one trance partner to another…
Okay, so some of you may have seen the video floating around of a Russian fellow touching the breasts of 1000 women . . . it’s a countdown as he works his way to 1000 women’s breasts he touches. The video is of Sam Nickel who did the bit as an election stunt during the…
I know you’ve seen ’em . . . in the bathroom at night, looking into the mirror and you notice the reflection looking back at you doesn’t seem right . . . there’s something off about that face, it’s staring at you . . . and the eyes aren’t your eyes, they’re the eyes of…
Your relationship is on the rocks. Begrudgingly, you and your significant other visit a marriage counselor in the hopes that there’s still something left to salvage in your relationship. You both spill your guts and admit that the love is gone. The counselor listens attentively, nodding her head every now and then in complete understanding.…
Human nature is one of those things that everybody talks about but no one can define precisely. Every time we fall in love, fight with our spouse, get upset about the influx of immigrants into our country, or go to church, we are, in part, behaving as a human animal with our own unique evolved…
Can someone be hypnotized to do things against their will or best interests? Essentially, does nonconsensual hypnosis exist? Short answer, no. Long answer, yes . . . but. Of course, regardless of whether or not there really is a workable form of nonconsensual covert hypnotic brainwashing there will always be idiots and evil dicks who…
So many folks assume that as you get older, your sex drive dwindles until it finally just lets go and is done with it. Certainly, I know I’ve heard that from folks who thought they were the ones who knew what they were talking about but really they were talking about their own personal experience…
For those who have been asking . . . I am editing our comprehensive SOCIAL INFLUENCE & COMMUNICATION video course and the editing will be done soon (very soon). Actually, the folks who are attending the WALKABOUT TRANCE THREE and EROTICATRANCE TWO events in Los Angeles in February will be the first ones to whom…
