Unlock the power of hypnosis to deepen your spiritual practice and connect with the divine in a profound way. In this comprehensive guide, we explore the connection between hypnosis and spirituality, the benefits of using hypnotic techniques for personal growth, and precautions to take when incorporating hypnosis into your spiritual practice. Discover the incredible potential of hypnosis to transform your mind and enhance your spiritual journey.
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Shake it Off: How Ecstatic Shaking Practices Can Supercharge Your Mental Health and Happiness
by Brian David Phillips •
Unlock the transformative power of shaking phenomena and trance practices in this extensive essay. Explore the positive psychological, emotional, and social benefits of traditional spiritual rituals and contemporary secular adaptations. Discover the profound effects of shaking experiences in shaker communities, the cultural significance of whirling dervishes, and the theological framework of Pentecostalism. Dive into the ecstatic and transformative aspects of shaking, understanding the psychological and physiological mechanisms behind positive trance experiences. Compare the benefits across different practices and explore their potential for personal growth, self-discovery, and enhanced well-being. Delve into the therapeutic applications of shaking for stress reduction, emotional regulation, and resilience. Finally, explore the relevance of shaking practices in secular contexts and the call for further research in diverse populations. Unleash the power of shaking as a gateway to transcendence and holistic well-being.
Religion, Seiðr, Völva, Trance Shaman
Transform Your Life with Active Prayer: Connecting with the Divine in a Direct and Meaningful Way
by Brian David Phillips •
Unlock the transformative power of active prayer and deepen your connection with the divine. From historical roots to contemporary practice, discover the benefits of focused trance for direct ecstatic experience of the divine in this comprehensive guide. Enhance your spiritual awareness, intuition, and emotional well-being through a variety of practices including meditation, breathwork, ecstatic dance, and visionary art. Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced seeker, this guide will help you incorporate active prayer into your spiritual practice and connect with the divine in a direct and meaningful way.
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Bene Gesserit Litany Against Fear
by Brian David Phillips •
Brian David Phillips creates a brief guided trance experience based upon the BENE GESSERIT LITANY AGAINST FEAR from the DUNE novels by Frank Herbert. The litany itself isn’t a typical guided imagery experience but a bolster against fear. For our purposes, some liberties have been taken with the form. Within the novels, the Litany Against…
Psychecstatic Engineering Psychological Psychedelic eXperiential Ecstasy, Religion
Stages and Philosophy of the LSD Experience
by Brian David Phillips •
In the first video here, Krystle Cole of Neurosoup discuss the four stages of the LSD experience. LSD is also known as lysergic acid diethylamide, LSD-25, or acid. LSD trips usually last for around 12 hours. Still, this can be divided into several unique stages because of the distinctive effects. It is important to have…
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The Monomyth: Mythic Structure or the Hero’s Journey Model
by Brian David Phillips •
Prof. Brian David Phillips discusses the MYTHIC STRUCTURE or the Monomyth or the Hero’s Journey Model of literature, film, and psychological transformation as adapted from the work of comparative mythologist Joseph Campbell. Students in my literature and film courses as well as a number of other courses that I teach at the university or various…
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Myths, Shamans and Seers
by Brian David Phillips •
As many of you know, I have a particular interest in ecstatic trance, of many types, and have done quite a bit of work in comparative trancework and my work with the Centre for Universal Loving Tranceformation reflects an open sense of spiritual tranceworking as I firmly believe too many of us in contemporary society…
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Loki’s Testicles Tug-O-War Fun Sort of True Story Time
by Brian David Phillips •
Welcome to Sort of True Story Fun Time . . . sit back and enjoy a traditional tale of THJAZI, LOKI, SKADI, AN INVISIBLE ROPE, A GOAT, LOKI’S TESTICLES, A VERY STRANGE GAME OF TUG-O-WAR, SOME GOLDEN APPLES, and special guest appearances by Thor, Odin, Idun, Njord, and Many Others. Be sure to let Marvel…
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Aurasight Webinar Audio Recording
by Brian David Phillips •
On 10 March 2013, Brian David Phillips conducted an online workshop on AURASIGHT: Seeing the Colors of the Soul via online webinar chat. The AURASIGHT online webinar session is an introduction to concepts related to magick, focused trance, and experiential hypnosis methods to perceive personality constructs or soul colors employing adaptations of occult processes with…
Animations, Religion
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by Brian David Phillips •
Animations, Religion
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Sigil Trance Process How-To Video
by Brian David Phillips •
As many regular readers know, I have an interest in adapting traditional or ancient trance methods into contemporary hypnotic technique. One area I am particularly interested in is that of metaphysical trancework. Here’s a nice process that works very well in terms of shifting underlying drivers for behaviors and creating new driver states for positive…
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Hypnotically Shapeshift How-To Video
by Brian David Phillips •
Many cultures throughout history have developed a belief in shapeshifting . . . the ability of a shaman or occultist or someone with some other power or means to shift into the form of another creature. This is a good thing. Animal spirit guides, totems, and more are healthy vehicles for introspective self-discovery. Likewise, the…
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Ecstatic Core Webinar Audio Recording
by Brian David Phillips •
On 2 December 2012, Brian David Phillips conducted an online workshop on ECSTATIC CORE: Core Personality Mythic Transformation via online webinar chat. The ECSTATIC CORE online webinar session is an introduction to concepts related to hypnotically guiding trance partners through an experiential trance process accessing the core personality for shifting and mythic restructuring for worthwhile…
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Active Prayer Webinar Audio Recording
by Brian David Phillips •
On 18 November 2012, Brian David Phillips conducted an online webinar on ACTIVE PRAYER: Direct Divine Ecstatic eXperience via online webinar chat. The ACTIVE PRAYER online webinar is an introduction to concepts related to focused trance for the direct experience of divine ecstasy. Essentially, the hypnotist provides guidance into experiential trance for metaphysical introspection and…
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Hypnoshifting Webinar Audio Recording
by Brian David Phillips •
On 2 September 2012, Brian David Phillips conducted an online workshop on HYPNOSHIFTING: Anthropomorphic Eroticatrance Alchemical Tranceformation via online webinar chat. The HYPNOSHIFTING online webinar session is an introduction to concepts related to experiential focused hypnosis in order to guide a trance partner into the experience of shifting their physical body into an anthropomorphic form…
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Hypnotic D/s Webinar Audio Recording
by Brian David Phillips •
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…
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Why are there Gay Men and Gay Women?
by Brian David Phillips •
Okay, this isn’t some big diatribe about rights or religion or anything of the sort . . . I’ve written plenty of those so you can go check them out on your own. Instead, here, we ask the question as to why are there gays and lesbians in the first place? Seriously, if the primary…
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Mr. Burns, Bart Simpson, and Post-Apocalyptic Awesome
by Brian David Phillips •
If you like, you can say this is not awesome . . . if you like . . . you’d be absofuckinloutely wrong but you can still say it. Yes, Mr. Burns: A Post-Electric Play is a stage drama that takes place just after the apocalypse with a group of survivors who amuse themselves by…
Hypnosis in the News, Influence, Religion
Religion can Improve Your Self-Control — even if you don’t believe in God or the gods
by Brian David Phillips •
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…
Religion
Studies Show Homophobes are Gay
by Brian David Phillips •
On the heels of the recent study that found a significant number of men who self-identified as straight and expressed extreme anti-gay opinions had sexual arousal responses to gay porn while straight men who did not express such opinions did not have arousal response to the same porn (while having arousal to hetero porn that…
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SOUL GAZING – 8 July 2012 – Free Online Webinar
by Brian David Phillips •
FREE ONLINE HYPNOSIS WEBINAR SOUL GAZING Seeing into the Eyes of the SpiriteXperiential Soul Gazing for Lovers and Beyond 8 July 2012 : Free Online Webinar free online hypnosis webinar in SOUL GAZING Seeing into the Eyes of the SpiriteXperiential Soul Gazing for Lovers and Beyond Rev. Dr. Brian David Phillips www.briandavidphillips.com brian@briandavidphillips.com 8 July…
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No God Spot . . .
by Brian David Phillips •
Scientists have speculated that the human brain features a “God spot,” one distinct area of the brain responsible for spirituality. Now, University of Missouri researchers have completed research that indicates spirituality is a complex phenomenon, and multiple areas of the brain are responsible for the many aspects of spiritual experiences. “We have found a neuropsychological…
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eXperiential Channeling Webinar Audio Recording
by Brian David Phillips •
On 4 March 2012, Brian David Phillips conducted an online workshop on EXPERIENTIAL CHANNELING: Connecting with the Higher Self within Oneself and beyond Oneself via online webinar chat. The EXPERIENTIAL CHANNELING online webinar session is an introduction to concepts related to ideomotor automatisms and channeling experiences as well as concepts related to channeling the unconscious…
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Teen Exorcists
by Brian David Phillips •
So, Anderson Cooper has jumped on the exorcism bandwagon and hosted Bob Larson and his teen exorcists . . . the same ones we’ve discussed before in regard to a teen exorcist reality television series. Cooper is a bit out of hid depth here but he gives it a go. How the Teens Got Involved…