The real deal . . . an actual Live Ghost Cam . . . ths is an actual feed from a live cam in Austria. It seems that several times per day, a blur can seen outside the window. If you look closely, you will see that it is really a ghost. Once you’ve seen…
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The Color Purple
by Brian David Phillips •
For those of you who use the DRTRC: Deep Relaxation Trigger Response Conditioning files, there is a new mp3 up now “The Color Purple” . . . just something to play around with. Why purple? Because it’s MY favorite color and also because I use it as a convincer strategy . . . besides, my…
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Breastphone . . . growing breasts via the ringtone
by Brian David Phillips •
Who would have thunk it? Now, women can enlarge their breasts simply by letting their cellphones ring. Hideto Tomabechi is now marketing a ringtone for cellphones that claims to increase breast size for women who listen to it. Tomabechi is best known for headline-grabbing "deprogramming" work with members of the AUM Shinrikyo doomsday cult that…
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Guarantees and Success
by Brian David Phillips •
the reason I know whether my clients are successful, is because I offer a money back guarantee for smoking cessation when done in person. and I have only had to give the money back twice. and I tell people they can come back anytime and no one has ever taken me up on that, that’s…
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Standards within the Lay Hypnosis Community
by Brian David Phillips •
I originally wrote and crossposted this as a response to a post on the Omnigrads list (an EXCELLENT list for graduates of training programs taught by Gerry Kein) as part of a thread regarding an advertisement for a short-term hypnotherapy training course that offers certification with one of the large national organizations. I’ve removed specific…
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Stop Smoking through Hypnotic Aversion Fantasy
by Brian David Phillips •
On one of my discussion lists, the topic of smoking cessation has come up when a woman Hypnotherapist asked about working with a fellow who came to her for hypnotic help to stop smoking. Evidently, the guy used to be quite the ladies man when young and also tentatively asked if the therapist did any…
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Trancing Drink Away . . . or . . . At Bay
by Brian David Phillips •
Resently, on the Hypnosis Technique Exchange, the group members were asked by someone who had come to the realization that he has a problem with drinking whether we would give him a script for hypnosis that would completely wean him from drinking. The thing is though that a script will not wean you from drinking…
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Memory Replacement Therapy and Transgenderism . . . sidebar on which is worse?
by Brian David Phillips •
More on Memory Replacement Therapy and Transgenderism . . . a question via email: Just curious, which is more dangerous (generically speaking) – ill-advised gender-replacement hypnosis? Or other-memory-replacement hypnosis? Well . . . I would suggest that memory replacement therapy as the original querant of this thread was asking for is ill-advised regardless of what…
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Hypnotize This!
by Brian David Phillips •
Some time back, I was invited to contribute to a collection of essays, papers, and induction techniques for an anthology of hypnosis lessons and textbook . . . the resulting book as it turns out is an excellent resource for hypnotists, beginner and advanced alike . . . Hypnotize This! . . . the project…
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Memory Replacement Therapy and Transgenderism . . . sidebar on responsibility
by Brian David Phillips •
More on my post regarding Memory Replacement Therapy and Transgenderism . . . which I’ve been sidebarring as folks reply. It’s been suggested that, “Perhaps the ethical fetish hypnotist would put disclaimers on their site?” This is not a bad idea . . . the “for recreational purposes only” disclaimer would protect them. However, from…
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Cheney and Bush . . . using NLP to hoodwink America
by Brian David Phillips •
The London News Review had this bit of unbiased reporting . . . Cheney and Bush: using NLP to hoodwink America . . . while I am certainly not a big fan of Bush and Cheney . . . ultra-not . . . this article is wrong in some very key areas. First, yes, while…
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Can You See The Difference?
by Brian David Phillips •
This is a tough one. It is very difficult at first too see any difference between the two photos however, once you find it it seems very noticable. It may take a minute or two to really see the difference but some folks see it right away . . . I saw it in less…
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Stage Hypnosis Ban Lifted in Kansas . . . about time!
by Brian David Phillips •
This is news to me . . . good news! From the AP, 14 Sept. 2004, hypnotism ban lifted, fairgoers are spellbound. This is very good news as the old law was based upon prejudice and misconceptions that are just plain ridiculous . . . they were allowing hypnotherapy and recreational hypnosis but not stage…
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Memory Replacement Therapy . . . sidebar
by Brian David Phillips •
Let me clarify one thing, when discussing Memory Replacement Therapy and transgender or other issues, I was not meaning to imply that recreational transgendered imagery is in anyway wrong or a bad thing or that the fetish folks are bent too far out of shape . . . there are folks who seem to enjoy…
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Memory Replacement Therapy
by Brian David Phillips •
Every once in awhile, I receive a request via email that just doesn’t work on so many different levels. Often, I file these away and even more often I just move them into inbox file thirteen. Today, I received the following query: "Dear, Prof. Phillips, I am a transgendered person and have always had the…
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Loss
by Brian David Phillips •
My sincere and heartfelt condolences to hypnotist, hypnoAsia member, and father, Hsu Ming on the most unfortunate loss of his daughter. He was in Athens helping an Olympic archer with hypnosis when he received the news and has cut the trip short. I am very sorry to hear of your loss. Our prayers are with…
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Hypnotic Foamy
by Brian David Phillips •
This is really rather cute . . . HYPNOTIC FOAMY . . . via HypnoFocus.
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Mentorship and Hypnosis Practice
by Brian David Phillips •
Currently in discussion at HypnoAsia . . . Actually, you have given me a very interesting idea. In the medical field, they typically work in teams for many operations. Yes, but for most consulting work it is done one-on-one. In cases where a patient is seen by more than one physician, the junior doctors always…
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Hypnotic Progression, Future Life Progression, and Parallel Life Connection
by Brian David Phillips •
I am crossposting this from the Hypnosis Technique Exchange after having been offline for a number of days (we had been thinking about switching ISPs so one thing led to another and we made the switch earlier than we had originally anticipated . . . this does mean some good things within the next couple…
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Hypnosis Workshops in Taipei
by Brian David Phillips •
Recently, we’ve had a run of folks signing up for the Taipei Hypnosis practice workshop that I run in Taipei. The workshop is an informal group that meets roughly monthly in my home to run through various hypnotic processes and to practice and experiment. I run the bulk of the sessions and membership is open…
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Inadvertent Hypnotic Self-Seals
by Brian David Phillips •
I am crossposting this from the Hypnosis Technique Exchange . . . as that’s where I tend to discuss this stuff in the first place. There has some discussion recently on one of the umpteen milliion email lists I belong to regarding the plight of a young woman who participates in recreational online chat hypnosis…
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Handclasp Conversion Hypnotic Induction
by Brian David Phillips •
The handclasp/locking induction is a classic. It is basically a suggestibility test that has been converted into an induction. It can be done straight or with another set as a rider. Recently, someone on one of the many lists I belong to, someone wrote of having trouble finding the induction described online or of finding…
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Vicarious Experiential Memory Machine
by Brian David Phillips •
Vicarious Experiential Memory Machine . . . real experiences through Hypnotic Games and Films and Literature and Entertainment . . . and a whole lot more! You want to play a game? How about if you could play a video game or watch a movie or look at a photo album or read a good…
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Breast Enhancement via Hypnosis
by Brian David Phillips •
On one of my umpteen discussion lists, a woman in her late forties asked about using hypnosis for breast enhancement. Basically, she has lost a lot of weight and has found her breasts shrinking along with her waistline and wonders if hypnosis can help regain support since a number of studies have shown that hypnosis…
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Of Tribes, Trance, and Creating Memes
by Brian David Phillips •
Dr. Omed asks What’s your tribe? in an excellent essay on memes, early man, art, fear, and trance states. His points on penis cutting and rites of passage as a way to focus concentration and accept suggestions as well as the phenomenon of Hell Houses is very well taken. These folks may believe they are…
