To the right, there I am in all my digit ratio glory. You can’t see it clearly but the ring finger is pretty close to the same length as the middle finger (slightly shorter) and quite a bit longer than the index/pointing finger. By the way, my wife and daughter also have longer ring fingers,…
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Bring Your Husband to Heel
by Brian David Phillips •
The television program Bring Your Husband to Heel has pissed off a lot of men and enamoured a lot of women (who would be equally pissed off if it were about training wives) . . . but the program seems to be just the sort of thing I would be interested in. Basically, each week…
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optical illusion . . .
. . . what you see or don’t see
by Brian David Phillips •
Here is a particularly powerful optical illusion which demonstrates that what we see or don’t see isn’t always what is or isn’t there. If your eyes follow the movement of the rotating pink dot, you will only see one color, pink. If you stare at the black + in the center, the moving dot turns…
** Special Student Series, Influence
Overcoming Social Anxiety via RPGs . . .
. . . pretty much my life
by Brian David Phillips •
This reads so true to life it is uncanny . . . Geek Overcomes Social Anxiety By Turning Life into RPG. And, when I mean true to life, I mean my life . . . yep, my life in high school and university, didn’t really level up past that stage until I hit graduate school…
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Overcoming Shyness through Theatre Training
by Brian David Phillips •
A bit that caught my eye in the second installment of the Cliff’s List Seminar Report: “Shyness can often be mistaken for aloofness. A great way to get over shyness is to take stage theater classes.” While I would indeed advocate the idea that folks should take acting classes . . . it would not…
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Einstein and the Seance
by Brian David Phillips •
Einstein attended one seance . . . spooky at a distance . . . sounds familiar: Upton Sinclair had sent Einstein a copy of Mental Radio before his arrival in the US. Einstein was a great admirer of Sinclair’s previous, muckraking works and offered to write an open-minded, if ultimately non-committal, preface. The two became…
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Big Red Button . . .
. . . an excellent example of influence
by Brian David Phillips •
Notice how some things are just plain compelling? You will . . . Big Red Button. Go ahed, press it, I dare you.
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Stage Fright . . . trancework
by Brian David Phillips •
Lyn Gardner writes in the Guardian Unlimited that not all right on the night. The piece discusses stage fright and how some actors have overcome it . . . of particular interest is Daryl Hannah’s success with hypnosis in overcoming her own stage anxiety. While the article does not intend to, it over simplifies some…
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T R A N C E P L A Y
Hypnotic Holonovels and Games and Art – Trance-Based Hypnotic Virtual Reality
by Brian David Phillips •
Discussing a response to his book on using hyperempiria/hypnosis for consensual adult sexual imagery (available here), Dr. Don Gibbons wrote: Voila, mes amis. We have all the mastery we need right now to knock the socks off of Hollywood! We can not only guide our participants through an experience of being Harry Potter jousting on…
** Special Student Series, Influence
Our Moral Values
by Brian David Phillips •
George Lakoff has an interesting take on Our Moral Values as liberals must reposition and reframe their approach so as to combat the Strict-Father ideals of the neocons and religious right. It’s partly a matter of self-critique and parly a matter of reframe and influence. While I don’t buy some of the specifics, the general…
** Special Student Series, Influence
When “Normal” People Become “Monsters”
by Brian David Phillips •
The New York Times has an excellent brief essay reviewing landmark studies that showed the Fine Line Between `Normal’ and `Monster’. In 1971, a Stanford University study by Dr. Philip G. Zimbardo involved a group of twenty-four students were randomly given the roles of prisoners and guards in a study that simulated prisons. The study…
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FGI21 When Two Become One
by Brian David Phillips •
When Two Become One Audio Recording – 35 minutes, 16.6 megs. In this very special trancework session, Rev. Dr. Brian David Phillips guides participants through a very powerful intimacy enhancement process intended for multiple partners in a committed relationship, couples or multiple partners. WARNING: Do NOT use this process if with persons you have just…
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FGI20 Future English
by Brian David Phillips •
Future English Audio Recording – 13 minutes, 7.2 megs. Special trigger response guided imagery file in which you travel to the future, just a few short weeks and discover your future self and feel good about improving in your English fluency. Discover how to truly enjoy using English. Special binaural beats are played in the…
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FGI19 Past Lives Past Loves
by Brian David Phillips •
Past Lives Past Loves Audio Recording – 13:00 min., 3.1 mb. Travel to a time and place long long ago and imagine yourself experience a positive moment of perfect love in a past life. NOTE: This exercise does not imply nor does it endorse belief in reincarnation, that is something for your personal faith. This…
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FGI18 Healing Cells
by Brian David Phillips •
Healing Cells Audio Recording – 8 minutes, 3.9 megs. Your imagination can allow you to experience powerful feeling sensations within your body and within your cells. From the Expanded Guided Imagery and Trancework collection. Included here is the audio recording for streaming play (please note, you must be a Basic Member of the site to…
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FGI17 Shapeshifter
by Brian David Phillips •
Shapeshifter Audio Recording – 10 minutes, 4.9 megs. Take a journey into the imagination and experience the shape of the animal guide,, as your imagination allows you to experience the feelings of shapeshifting into an animal form. From the Expanded Guided Imagery and Trancework collection. Included here is the audio recording for streaming play (please…
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FGI16 Mythic Earth
by Brian David Phillips •
Mythic Earth Audio Recording – 12 minutes, 5.8 megs. Step into the realm of the imagination into the Mythic Earth, a fantasy world of elves, dwarves, and creatures of the fantastical imagination. From the Expanded Guided Imagery and Trancework collection. Included here is the audio recording for streaming play (please note, you must be a…
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FGI15 Temple of the Goddess
by Brian David Phillips •
Temple of the Goddess Audio Recording – 12:42 min., 3.1 mb. Enter a secret garden where the hidden temple of the goddess awaits and be granted a special gift of love. From the Expanded Guided Imagery and Trancework collection. Included here is the audio recording for streaming play (please note, you must be a Basic…
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FGI14 The Garbage Can
by Brian David Phillips •
The Garbage Can Audio Recording – 6:08 min., 1.6 mb. Put all your worries, fears, and stresses into a garbage can and watch them float away, great for centering and calming. This recording is an adaptation of a script by Maureen Murdock from her wonderful “Spinning Inward” collection. From the Expanded Guided Imagery and Trancework…
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FGI13 Peace Shield
by Brian David Phillips •
Peace Shield Audio Recording – 11:58 min., 2.9 mb. Build a Peace Shield which represents yourself. This recording is an adaptation of a script by Maureen Murdock from her wonderful “Spinning Inward” collection. From the Expanded Guided Imagery and Trancework collection. Included here is the audio recording for streaming play (please note, you must be…
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FGI12 Master Teacher
by Brian David Phillips •
Master Teacher Audio Recording – 10:14 min., 2.5 mb. Choose a specific skill you would like to improve and meet your Master Teacher deep within the enchanted woods where your teacher will help you master the skill. This guided imagery is an excellent way to demonstrate the value of imagery in improving skills through use…
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FGI11 Brain Retrieval System
by Brian David Phillips •
Brain Retrieval System Audio Recording – 5:43 min., 1.5 mb. Tour your brain and it’s memory retrieval system. This piece is excellent for students to use prior to a studying and taking tests. Others can use it to help with recalling information for public presentations and the like as well. This recording is an adaptation…
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FGI10 Lotus Flower Meditation
by Brian David Phillips •
Lotus Flower Meditation Audio Recording – 8:25 min., 2.1 mb. Imagine a beautiful lotus flower residing in your heart as you use special loving healing energy to open the petals. This recording is an adaptation of a script by Maureen Murdock from her wonderful “Spinning Inward” collection. From the Expanded Guided Imagery and Trancework collection.…
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FGI09 My Descendants
by Brian David Phillips •
My Descendants Audio Recording – 8:16 min., 2.1 mb. Travel forward in time to the time and place your descendants will live. Meet one of them and learn about their way of life. This recording is a radical adaptation of the “My Ancestors” guided imagery script by Maureen Murdock from her wonderful “Spinning Inward” collection.…
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FGI08 My Ancestors
by Brian David Phillips •
My Ancestors Audio Recording – 8:16 min., 2.1 mb. Travel backward in time to the time and place your ancestors lived. Meet one of them and learn about their way of life. This recording is an adaptation of a script by Maureen Murdock from her wonderful “Spinning Inward” collection. From the Expanded Guided Imagery and…