Robert T. Gonzalez discusses new studies that determine that religion can improve your self-control — even if you don’t believe in God which is a fascinating exploration. Think your beliefs preclude you from being influenced by religious thoughts? Think again. Psychologists at Queen’s University have demonstrated that test subjects who are primed to think subconsciously…
Influence
Hypnosis in the News, Influence, Walkabout Trance Street Hypnosis
Boston Police looking for Street Hypnotists who stole $160,000 Cash
by Brian David Phillips •
Boston police have put out a warning about three young Chinese women who it is claimed walked up to an elderly woman who did not know them and then hypnotized the woman to go to her home and put US$160,000 cash into a plastic bag and hand it over to the women. At least the…
Celebrity Hypnosis, Eroticatrance, Hypnosis Q&A, Influence, Special Features
The MAGICK 1000: Hypnotic Lessons from the Russian Boob Grabber
by Brian David Phillips •
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…
Animations, Eroticatrance, Influence, Metaphysical Hypnosis, Special Features
Folding Multiple Orgasms into One Another and into Themselves to create Pretty Damned Awesome Orgasmic eXperiences!
by Brian David Phillips •
Now, imagine you have one orgasm coming up over the pleasure horizon . . . now . . . imagine you can take that orgasm and you can slow it down . . . you don’t slow down the intensity, no, actually the pleasure of the experience intensifies as you slow it down, almost as…
Animations, Eroticatrance, Influence, Special Features
A Woman’s Orgasms are in Her Head
by Brian David Phillips •
You’ve heard it here before but with each new study, it seems to be that science is finding more and more evidence that it is so. Researchers suggest that the brain is the secret to female sexual satisfaction. Here’s an ABC News story on recent research into orgasm and the brain. video platform video management…
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Troxler Effect and Monsters in the Mirror
by Brian David Phillips •
Eroticatrance, Influence
Angry Underground World of Failed Pickup Artists
by Brian David Phillips •
It looks like Jezebel has discovered the secret underground world of the anti-PUA, folks who’ve paid for seminars only to fail at picking up girls . . . an underground community of PUA-guru bashing and more: The goal of the Anti-Pickup-Artist Movement, as stated on its highly official title page, is to reveal “the scams,…
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Psychedelic Trance, Psychedelic Hypnosis
by Brian David Phillips •
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 a drug high without…
Influence
Creepy People Try To Seem Normal But Fail
by Brian David Phillips •
From the moment he steps onscreen in the 1960 thriller Psycho, Norman Bates gives audiences the goosebumps. The hotel manager-turned-serial killer just seems, well, off, maybe because he’s trying so hard to appear normal. Now a new study suggests that people who fail to appropriately imitate the mannerisms of others during social interactions can actually…
Influence
How to Spot a Scoundrel: Fidgeting and Trust
by Brian David Phillips •
“Imagine the original job interview. The first one ever, back on the prehistoric savannahs of eastern Africa. It wouldn’t have been exactly like a modern job interview, because early humans had no resumes or Linked-In or letters of recommendation to guide them. There was very little in the way of personal or professional reputation to…
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Five Embodied Metaphors That Actually Foster Creative Thinking
by Brian David Phillips •
People often describe creative thinking in the form of metaphors. We talk about "thinking outside the box," "putting two and two together," and "seeing both sides of the problem." But what if we could boost our creativity by taking these metaphors literally? We know our minds interact in all sorts of interesting ways with our…
Influence
William J. Bennett misses the Point
by Brian David Phillips •
William J. Bennet has written an intriguing piece on how he believes “hookup culture is degrading to women” but he misses the point on the nature of entertainment media and the portrayal of certain consenting adult activities. The culture of “consensual slavery” as portrayed in EL James’ “Fifty Shades of Gray” has very little to…
Eroticatrance, Hypnosis in the News, Hypnosis Q&A, Influence, Special Features
Weird Psychological Truths that seem Politically Incorrect
by Brian David Phillips •
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…
Influence, Special Features
Time is RUNNING OUT to get your SOCIAL INFLUENCE video set at Pre-Release Savings!
by Brian David Phillips •
Last Chance! H Y P N O T I C SOCIAL INFLUENCE Amazing Pre-Release Sale! https://briandavidphillips.net/2012/03/03/dvt35-social-influence/ It’s here and it’s on sale but time is running out! The comprehensive seminar on SOCIAL INFLUENCE is NOW on video! Social Influence Video Set H Y P N O T I C SOCIAL INFLUENCE https://briandavidphillips.net/2012/03/03/dvt35-social-influence/ The Pre-Release Sale…
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Social Proof and Influence
by Brian David Phillips •
Want to increase you influence? Throw in some social proof into the mix and watch your social influence mojo go up. In this brief lecture excerpt, Dr. Gino Dante Borges highlights how social proof plays a role in social influence/persuasion. This is from a speech Borges presented to executive mba students at St. Mary’s University.…
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Joshua Bell and the Subway Story
by Brian David Phillips •
So, the story has begun circulating again out there in interwebs land . . . sometimes with the names and locations sometimes as an anonymous tale . . . but while it reads like any other semi-inspirational thingie, this story has a difference, it’s actually true and not just manufactured to fit someone’s philosophical agenda.…
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Compliance Director Heckled for Truth in Filmmaking
by Brian David Phillips •
Craig Zobel, director of the new film Compliance, was heckled after the screening of the film at Sundance as some folks found the portrayal of a young woman being sexually abused too powerfully misogynist and what some viewers found to be so extreme as to be unbelievable. However, Zobel’s story of a woman sexually abused…
Influence, Religion
Being Religious increases Self-Esteem or Lowers It
by Brian David Phillips •
There’s a belief that religious people have higher self-esteem than folks who are not religious and according to a recent study this is absolutely true some of the time but not for the reasons folks might think. A recent study found that religious persons living in a country that is predominately religious have much higher…
Influence
Accepting Evolution has more to do with the Gut than the Mind
by Brian David Phillips •
A recent study on whether or not people accept the explanation of Evolution or Intelligent Design or possibly any other explanation of where it all comes from and how we came to being shows that reasoning has little to do with but that the real test is one’s gut feeling or intuitive emotional response which…
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Social Influence Webinar Audio Recording
by Brian David Phillips •
On 15 January 2012, Brian David Phillips conducted an online workshop on SOCIAL INFLUENCE: Introduction to Hidden Persuasion Operators via online webinar chat. The SOCIAL INFLUENCE online webinar session is an introduction to key concepts explained along with the discussion of basic tenets of social influence and social psychology. This downloadable recording is the complete…
Experiential Trance, Hypnosis Videos, Hypnosis: Entertainment, Stage, and Performance, Influence, Special Features, Walkabout Trance Street Hypnosis
Mr P does Walkabout Trance at the Edge
by Brian David Phillips •
Street Hypnotist Mr. P demonstrates some Walkabout Trance style hypnosis at The Edge by hypnotizing a young woman in the shop. He’s got some skills. One thing I like about the video is that he shows a genuine engagement and fun with the process. When Meg shows that she is an obvious high responder during…
Eroticatrance, Influence, Special Features
Why Girls Hate Each Other
by Brian David Phillips •
Everyone’s favorite “blonde making videos in her bedroom” Jenna Marbles has some strong points regarding why girls are culturally conditioned to hate one another . . . competition and more . . . well worth the watch. So, watch it. And, yes, that Catapocalypse is indeed coming . . . soon . . . so…
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SOCIAL INFLUENCE – 15 Jan 2012 – Free Online Webinar
by Brian David Phillips •
FREE ONLINE HYPNOSIS WEBINAR SOCIALINFLUENCE Introduction to Hidden Persuasion Operators 15 January 2012 : Free Online Webinar free online hypnosis webinar in SOCIAL INFLUENCE Introduction to Hidden Persuasion Operators Rev. Dr. Brian David Phillips www.briandavidphillips.com brian@briandavidphillips.com 15 January 2012 , 10:00amTaipei Timehttp://tinychat.com/bdp Not sure of your local time? http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Social+Influence&iso=20120115T10&p1=241&sort=1 Use hidden influence operators . .…
Influence, Special Features
Chris Hedges on Influence, Information, and Declining American Empire and more
by Brian David Phillips •
An excellent interview of Chris Hedges on the C-Span book.tv author’s focus well worth the listen. Hedges is a complex author who explores information and propaganda and more. In this interview, he takes questions from the audience and responds regarding issues that are far reaching and diverse. Very much worth watching . . . regardless…
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Social Influence and Communication video course editing
by Brian David Phillips •
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…