Suggestibility Hypnosis Video (17:16, 6 megs.). I’ve been a bit absent on the ol’ podcasting front. To make up for it, this week on the Brian David Phillips Hypnocast, I am uploading a short video clip showing me doing a group demonstration of suggestibility testing. This short clip is also a test of my ability…
Monthly Archives: November 2005
Hypnocast Video Five . . .
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When it Rains it Pours or Shakes or Crashes
by Brian David Phillips •
Today was one of those days . . . or it’s been one of those semesters but today was a doozy. The day started with an earthquake that shook the house a good’n. Then I can’t get my email as the network system for the university is screwed as the optical line beteen National Chengchi…
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Paris Hilton Promotes Phone Sex For Nerds
by Brian David Phillips •
Okay, this is either very funny or very sad . . . Phone Sex for Nerds . . . while watching this, I realized I may just be in the target market and I also realized that the writers may be referencing some great literature and film but they just don’t know it the way…
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George Bush – State of the Union
by Brian David Phillips •
I missed this when it first aired . . . George Bush – State of the Union.
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Chess is Cool . . .
. . . Chess Grandmaster Alexandra Kosteniuk
by Brian David Phillips •
Alexandra Kosteniuk is quite the chess celebrity mostly because she is an internationally ranked chess grandmaster but also of late she’s been getting more press because she happens to both be a grandmaster chess player and is quite beautiful. Recently, her Chess Grandmaster Alexandra Kosteniuk Official Site has been getting more traffic than in the…
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Programmagazin
by Brian David Phillips •
Programmagazin has an online archive of more party and nightlife photos and club promotions than one can shake a stick at. Some of the albums are really quite striking.
Influence
Arnold Schwarzenegger . . . gentleman and statesman
by Brian David Phillips •
The Governor of California, a statesman. Notice his uncanny ability to pick up a new language and communicate effectively with the friendly locals of Brazil . . . Arnold Schwarzenegger: Carnival in Rio . . . Arnold Schwarzenegger stars in this this short travel log of the night life of Rio de Janeiro during the…
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Shake Shake Shake . . .
by Brian David Phillips •
We were awakened by an earthquake this morning, a bit before seven in the morning. The whole building was violently shaken and then settled quickly. I woke up completely and so did Kaye who came out of her room. Lorraine asked me “what was that sound?” and I told her it was an earthquake. At…
3D/VR/AR/360°
Burning Man 3-D
by Brian David Phillips •
One of my dreams is to one day go to Burning Man . . . and when I do go . . . I too will take along a few of my hypnodiscs and stereocameras, but until then, Harold Baize has already been there and done that with one of the most wonderful online galleries…
Tarot
Ordering the Cards
by Brian David Phillips •
Regular readers know that I collect Tarot cards and that I use them as part of an intuitive practice, usually trance related (I will be teaching an upcoming course on Metaphysical Hypnosis that incorporates a number of Tarot processes), rather than for what many consider to be fortune telling or the like. Recently on one…
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By Mal . . . Stereo Photo Gallery
by Brian David Phillips •
ByMal, aka Malcom Patterson has a wonderful online Stereo Photo Gallery filled with some truly wonderful 3D photography images. I am particularly fond of the great Renaissance Pleasure Faire sets. If you go to his main pages, you will find some very striking anaglyph sets as well.
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Kronoma Stereoscopic Gallery
by Brian David Phillips •
There are some interesting events caught via 3D photography in the Kronoma Stereoscopic Imaging Gallery. The images are sized for freeviewing but you may find yourself, like me, wishing they were a bit larger to enjoy the details along with the bright and brilliant colors.
*** Workshop Announcements
Seminar Training Schedule
by Brian David Phillips •
I am setting up my schedule for the Chinese New Year hypnosis courses I will be teaching in February just after the holiday here in Taiwan. I am emailing the group for some feedback as I finalize which courses to offer this time around. Instead of one ten day course, this year we have decided…
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PSA Stereo Division . . .
. . . exhibitions and contests available
by Brian David Phillips •
The PSA Stereo Division (Stereo Divsion of the Photographic Society of America) has some very worthwhile resources and galleries on their webpages. Of particular note for those interested in participating in stereophogoraphic (3D photography) salons or competitions is the exhibitions information which also has links to a number of 3D photography contests and galleries for…
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Gallery of Stereo 3D Photography . . .
. . . excellent examples of nature, science, and artistic 3D photography
by Brian David Phillips •
John Hart is the curator of a wonderful Stereo 3D Gallery of exhibitions of the work of various stereophotographers (3D photographers) with a variety of instruments and methods. The gallery allows you to choose from a variety of viewing methods as well for the images so you can get the options appropriate for your preferred…
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Star Wars Origami
by Brian David Phillips •
Looks pretty kool to me . . . Star Wars Origami . . . but then, that’s me.
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Batman and Robin
by Brian David Phillips •
Not the way most folks would think of ’em but makes perfect sense to me . . . Batman and Robin . . . performance set on Flickr. Check her other photography for some wonderful images as well.
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Truth In Advertising . . .
by Brian David Phillips •
What if people in advertising said what they were thinking and spoke the truth? Here, here, here, and . . . what Bill Hicks thought of the whole industry here.
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The Locks O’ Truth
by Brian David Phillips •
Okay . . . I am hopeful that no one who reads Life of Brian is ever in a situation where they really need to shoot a lock off with a gun, but just in case . . . here it is . . . How hard is it to shoot a lock off? .…
Hypnosis in the News
top terrorist ‘may be master hypnotist’
by Brian David Phillips •
I was wondering when a story like this one would begin circulating . . . top terrorist ‘may be master hypnotist’ . . . Amid fears that Indonesia’s most wanted terrorist will strike again, some police have a new theory: Noordin Top is using hypnotism to elude capture and recruit more suicide bombers. The senior…
Influence
Lie Girls . . .
. . . okay, I thought it was funny
by Brian David Phillips •
You may think it’s stupid, but I found it pretty funny actually . . . Lie Girls… call 212-875-7000 . . . every one of the statements made by the girls in the commercial is a direct quote . . . clever twist on context, wording, to influence.
Magic
Scissors-Paper-Stone – Japanese Style . . .
. . . and here is that fool
by Brian David Phillips •
Why oh why oh why . . . Scissors-Paper-Stone – Japanese Style . . . warning, disengage brain before viewing.
3D/VR/AR/360°
Polar Express in IMAX . . .
. . . milk that train
by Brian David Phillips •
Looks like The Polar Express in IMAX 3D Returns This Holiday Season for an Exclusive IMAX-Only Engagement . . . as a special event only in IMAX milking that cow once again and getting on the milktrain . . . sure, it’s an incredible experience in IMAX in 3D but it feels a little early…
Magic
David Blaine street magic
by Brian David Phillips •
Here we go . . . David Blaine on the street . . . a clip from one of his shows.
3D/VR/AR/360°, Intuitionist: Psychic Intuitionism
Medium . . . . . . 3D falls flat for many
by Brian David Phillips •
Well, the anaglyphic 3D episode of Medium . . . stereoscopic 3D psychic entertainment . . . has broadcast in the United States. I didn’t get to see it as I live overseas but among the folks in the various 3D photography groups I belong to, there is an overwhelming consensus that the 3D effects…