Monthly Archives: March 2005

Hypnosis, Trance, Meditation, and The Rest

Expectation, Imaginative Involvement, and Hypnosis

by Brian David Phillips • March 30, 2005

In a discussion at Hypno-Sex which continues in the Hypnosis Technique Exchange, Richard Rumble wrote: With any stage show.. the EXPECTATION of the group that gets them into the hypnosis.. NOT the induction you use…. If you have really preped up audience that is ready to go… you can tell them that as they come…

Dave Elman Induction Modified for Groups

by Brian David Phillips • March 30, 2005

In a discussion at Hypno-Sex which continues in the Hypnosis Technique Exchange: Since the Dave Elman Induction is back as a topic, this is a good time to broaden the question. Has anyone adapted the Elman Induction for groups or for a stage show? Yep, been there, done that . . . a LOT. 🙂…

Installing False Memories . . .
. . . Approaches to Intensified Imaginative Hypnotic Experiences

by Brian David Phillips • March 29, 2005

Responding to a post after my own heart . . . well, parts of it anyway . . . certainly the intention of creating a positive trance-based experience as a context for a recreational intensively imagined experience for entertainment for the Hypnosis Technique Exchange: How easy to install, how convincing, and how long lasting are…

Hypnosis For IBS . . .
. . . controversial?
. . . . . . NOT!

by Brian David Phillips • March 29, 2005

Local 10 on Florida, has a blurb regarding Hypnosis For IBS. While it’s great that they are giving some coverage to this very important treatment modality folks need to know about (IBS hist more and more people every year), this comment is a bit off-center: Hypnosis For IBS . . . Hypnosis is a controversial…

More Ado About Nothing . . .
. . . of HypnoTheRapist and client sexual conduct

by Brian David Phillips • March 29, 2005

More reflection regarding the Hypnotists Facing Tighter Scrutiny…. post (also posted here). In the Omnigrads group associated with this blog, the question was asked . . . "Just a thought. I wonder how may other professional have had sex with their clients?" A lot. There are also some very profound examples of this. One of…

Hypnosis . . . for changing bad habits . . .
. . . stop smoking to much much more . . .

by Brian David Phillips • March 28, 2005

A nice piece on how hypnotherapy can really help: She tried the patch. She tried the gum. She even went cold turkey. None of it worked for New Iberia resident Theresa Flash, who had been smoking about two packs of cigarettes a day for 35 years. But, for the last five months, she’s been cigarette…

Relaxation Techniques Work

by Brian David Phillips • March 28, 2005

Been there, done that . . . no big surprise here . . . Relaxation techniques help columnist avoid road rage, other signs of stress: An Australian newspaper columnist says some deep relaxation techniques have “significantly reduced my stress levels and altered the way I am looking at the world.” After deep trance session with…

3D Round Three . . .
. . . anaglyph or polarized?

by Brian David Phillips • March 28, 2005

While the upcoming 3D revolution sounds exciting, 3D Round Three: This time, it’s digital, this doesn’t sound so promising: Theatergoers still have to wear those familiar cardboard glasses with red-and-blue cellophane, although backers of the new technology say it doesn’t cause the eyestrain common with past 3D efforts. I really hope they’re not actually going…

Of Hypnosis Training . . . and . . .
. . . Progressive Relaxation . . . and . . .
. . . how long does it take?

by Brian David Phillips • March 27, 2005

Be forewarned . . . this is yet another one of my rather longwinded rants regarding training curriculum and competence . . . Recently, on the Marknosis list, a young man from Hong Kong posted a query about hypnosis training programs. I thought my response might be of interest to some of the folks on…

Hypnotic Reflections: Past Life Regression as an Agenda

by Brian David Phillips • March 24, 2005

Stephanie Rothman is wondering about Past Life Regression as an Agenda. One way I handle such requests is to frame it that I do NOT do pastlife regression as a stand-on-its-own therapy approach. I would agree, that having an agenda – pastlife, alien abduction, childhood sexual abuse, or any other agenda – isn’t going to…

Omni Hypnosis blog . . . open forum . . .

by Brian David Phillips • March 24, 2005

Some of you may not know it, but Gerald Kein has started a blog (yes, I’ve already added it to the hypnoblogs list at Life of Brian). The Omni Hypnosis Training Center blog is now at http://omnihypnosis.blogspot.com and Jerry is taking a new and exciting approach to his blog. He is using it as an…

Hypnotists Facing Tighter Scrutiny….

by Brian David Phillips • March 24, 2005

See my post at the Omni Hypnosis Training Center Open Blog for a link to the article on hypnotists facing spell of scrutiny which was recently posted to the Omnigrads email discussion list for graduates of the various Omni Hypnosis Training Center certification programs (as anyone who knows me or who has read even a…

Cyberhypnosis, Cybertrance, Online Hypnosis . . .
. . . possible, impossible, and inbetween

by Brian David Phillips • March 22, 2005

Cross-posting from the Hypnosis Technique Exchange . . . responding to a post from another list . . . I’m curious is it even possiable to hynotize someone from an email Yes. If you go get the Wendi Friesen book Hypnotize Your Lover you will find a chapter on hypnotic love letters written by yours…

Taipei Hypnosis Workshop Meeting . . .
METAPHYSICAL HYPNOSIS
(Past Life Regression, Contacting the Higher Self, Astral Projection,
Associative Hyperempiric Tarot Meditation, and Much More)

by Brian David Phillips • March 21, 2005

On 17 April 2005, the Taipei Experimental Hypnosis Workshop will have a meeting. This month’s topic is METAPHYSICAL HYPNOSIS (Past Life Regression, Contacting the Higher Self, Astral Projection, Associative Hyperempiric Tarot Meditation, and Much More). If you live in these parts and would like to join us, contact me. The Taipei Experimental Hypnosis and Trancework…

‘blog’ revolution in China

by Brian David Phillips • March 21, 2005

Xiao Qiang posts an online version of his essay, The ‘blog’ revolution sweeps across China, some thought-provoking reading. Elsewhere on his blog, Fighting for Freedom of the Keyboard, examinse how totalitarian governments deal with dissent within the blogosphere. Not happy reading.

A Little Magick Goes a long way . . .
. . . Ostara, blessed be . . .

by Brian David Phillips • March 21, 2005

Sometimes, you just need to add a little magick into your life . . . This was taken during one of our student interactive dramas. Happy Ostara, everyone.

Hypnosis for Relaxation . . .
. . . check your stress at the door

by Brian David Phillips • March 21, 2005

Ray Routhier writes of his experience with a hypnotist for stress relief and relaxation . . . check your stress at the door. The account is a first-hand description of his earlier misgivings and misimpressions and then a description of the session itself and how much it helped him. I had hoped to fall into…

Suggestion without Hypnosis . . .
. . . take your clothes off and crawl around on all fours . . .
. . . . . . and don’t mind me taking all these photos

by Brian David Phillips • March 20, 2005

As we’ve been discussing on a number of email lists the case of the British hypnotist working in the US who had inappropriate consensual sexual relations with his clients, I thought folks might be interested in a case where the use of waking suggestion is very obvious . . . a bit of Cialdini’s law…

“They’ll have to pry my 3D glasses from my cold dead fingers.”
– James Cameron

by Brian David Phillips • March 20, 2005

Nice quote from James Cameron about shooting movies in 3D . . . Globetechnology: Filmmakers hawk new 3D technology . . . “I can’t shoot in a lesser format,” said Cameron, who is filming the science-fiction adventure “Battle Angel,” in 3-D. “I believe that 3-D is absolutely the future. … They’ll have to pry my…

“Star Wars” Goes 3D . . .
. . . is there a 3D rennaisance in the offing?

by Brian David Phillips • March 19, 2005

This is very very good news . . . “Star Wars” Goes 3D (March 18, 2005). 3D films coming out from George Lucas (maybe my daughter will finally like the original Star Wars films as all of the movies are slated for 3D release from Lucas). James Cameron (Battle Angel, in addition to his Titanic…

The Which D & D Class am I Test

by Brian David Phillips • March 18, 2005

Been taking a LOT of these things lately . . . OKCupid! The Which D & D Class am I Test . . . SorcerorYou scored 22 Holy, 28 Tactful, 50 Natural, and 65 Arcane! If you ever take the time to explore your potential you will have one of the greatest magical reservoirs at…

Slut . . . uh . . . almost not . . .

by Brian David Phillips • March 17, 2005

Not quite the score I expected . . . Not even the score I was hoping for either. 🙂

Zombie Survival Scenario Test . . .

by Brian David Phillips • March 17, 2005

Okay, I suck . . . You made it. Barely.Congratulations! You scored 85%! Whether it was the fact that you could run faster, or were just plain lucky, you made it out alive. Even you aren’t sure why. But you’re sure as hell not going back, or risking your ass for anyone else from now…

Lord of the Rings musical announced

by Brian David Phillips • March 16, 2005

You know you want to see this . . . Lord of the Rings Musical . . . After setting cinema box office records around the world, “The Lord of the Rings” is to take to the stage as a musical, the producers announced to Reuters on Tuesday. The show, based on the fantasy classic…

Role-Playing Stereotypes

by Brian David Phillips • March 16, 2005

What’s your Role-Playing Stereotypes? Here’s mine . . . Find your Role-Playing Stereotype at mutedfaith.com. Found via Prismfire who happens to be a Pleasure Slave and fits the bill . . . well, in the good way.