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Hypnosis in the News

You’re Feeling Sleeeeepy . . .

by Brian David Phillips • January 19, 2005

Christine Parrish writes of her experience with a group hypnosis demonstration . . . you’re feeling sleepy . . . the article is clear and straightforward and from the sound of it, the hypnotist is competent and informed with a good presentation of clearing up myths and then rolling into suggestibility testing and then an…

IQ and Marriage . . . Smart Men Get Married Smart Women . . . uneven odds

by Brian David Phillips • January 19, 2005

Don’t tell me this doesn’t suck . . . a lot . . . high IQ cuts women’s marriage prospects: High IQ cuts women’s marriage prospects . . . a high IQ is a hindrance for women wanting to get married while it is an asset for men, according to a study by four British…

Girlfriends Hired to Stop Nagging

by Brian David Phillips • January 19, 2005

This is so real, it hurts . . . girlfriends hired to stop nagging: Agencies in China’s Chengdu city are offering rented girlfriends to bachelors who need someone to show off to relatives during the coming Chinese Lunar New Year, state press reported today. “Love agencies are springing up in Chengdu offering an invaluable service…

Self-Hypnosis Study Shows Kids Helped . . . but study has some problems

by Brian David Phillips • January 18, 2005

Children’s and Teens’ Health: Self-hypnosis . . . a recent study of children with a certain congenital defect that requires yearly embarrasing and painful invasive procedures showed that children taught self-hypnosis were in less pain and their procedures went faster. Only one child had to be held down in the hypnosis group while five were…

Tranceplay . . . good times

by Brian David Phillips • January 17, 2005

The TRANCEPLAY workshop was a wonderful experience! On 16 January 2005, the Taipei Experimental Hypnosis Workshop met. This month’s original topic was to be TRANCEPLAY (Improvisational Creative Playfulness and Hypnotic Induction and Imagery) but as we has a very large group, much more than originally planned at twenty-plus participants shoved into our living room, I…

Eccentric Genius . . . Hypnodisk

by Brian David Phillips • January 13, 2005

Much koolness. The Hypnodisk from the folks at Eccentric Genius is beautiful. I don’t actually need one, no, not really, I know deep down in my heart that it’s only intense overwhelming desire . . . but it feels like I neeeeeed it. The hypnodisk is a longtime staple for cheezy hypnotists and a bit…

Axe Feather . . . enjoy

by Brian David Phillips • January 13, 2005

Enjoy . . . AXE FEATHER.

Brain Damage . . . the masturbating boys or the idiots who condone them?

by Brian David Phillips • January 13, 2005

Who has more brain damage? The boys, the police, or the vendors who support their actions? Skirts are not sexual invitations. Masturbating boys cause a stir. Less-ons, more-ons, and moronity.

Does Marriage Suck . . . or, does Jake?

by Brian David Phillips • January 13, 2005

Replying to Jake’s incredibly insightful comments to Are "F Buddies" Better than Marriage?. Evidently being happily married is a crime as is being a gamer or having cats. Thanks for pointing these things out to me, Jake. Who woulda thunk it? Jake, I’ve been married eleven years and so far my opinions haven’t changed. I’ll…

Hypnosis Marketing Tips

by Brian David Phillips • January 12, 2005

Craig Eubanks has started an interesing blog on Hypnosis Marketing Tips . . . some very useful tips in there for practicing hypnotists.

Animated Fansign

by Brian David Phillips • January 12, 2005

Okay, this is not the typical everyday fansign. This one is cute. There are single image and a large version for the animation in the gallery. Quite an interesting set. Others are also encouraged to join in. Have fun and please do . . . remember . . . send in your fansigns by emailing…

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 • January 12, 2005

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…

Derren Brown . . .
Something Wicked

by Brian David Phillips • January 12, 2005

Everyone’s favorite street mentalist is at it again . . . pissing off a whole new country and upsetting a whole bunch of fundamental beliefs. Ah, that’s the spirit. Brown just had yet another controversial program last weekend . . . I live on the wrong side of the planet so I didn’t get to…

Play that song . . . piano girl

by Brian David Phillips • January 9, 2005

My daughter, Kaye Elizabeth Yi-Chi Law Phillips, performed tonight. She was WONDERFUL! I’m not just gushing because I’m some foolish dad who only sees starlight in his daughter’s eyes and moonbeams in her smile . . . well, okay, I am a gushing foolish dad . . . but she was still WONDERFUL . .…

Christina Aguilera . . . right or both?

by Brian David Phillips • January 8, 2005

Okay, Christina, we can see the one on your right . . . but does the left one also have similar adornment? Inquiring minds want to know . . . either way, it’s, er, they’re . . . lookin’ good.

PSP . . . drool drool drool

by Brian David Phillips • January 7, 2005

Pardon my drool . . . Sony’s PSP is next level in handheld 3D gaming . . . I know I don’t really NEED one of these puppies but I’m awfully sure I’m going to NEEEEEEED one as soon as they hit the street in these parts. Game console, MP3 player, movie player, and a…

Wang QingSong

by Brian David Phillips • January 7, 2005

These are wonderfully creative . . . Wang QinSong. The viewer is very clever. See his personal site here.

Learning Self-Hypnosis

by Brian David Phillips • January 6, 2005

As to a recent question on learning self-hypnosis and the nature of the process. Self-hypnosis in and of itself is an interesting animal. Some folks are just naturally gifted at trance thought and so they have no difficulty at all getting “there” . . . wherever “there” or “here” really are. However, anyone and everyone…

3D Mind and Hypnosis

by Brian David Phillips • January 6, 2005

There’s a bit of discussion lately asking about Hypnosis and the 3D Mind Technique. I’ve discussed this before but it’s worth bringing up again . . . I’ve used 3D Mind with folks a number of times. Like many, it isn’t my first and foremost intervention of choice but it is a nice handy tool…

Female Pleasure

by Brian David Phillips • January 3, 2005

Someone’s asking about Female Pleasure and the function of the orgasm. Orgasm and Climax are not actually the same thing. It is possible to have one without the other, albeit in males they are almost always together. The neat thing about orgasm is that it isn’t merely a physical phenomenon. It has very real mental…

how to get a binlang girl, internet cafe chick, etc

by Brian David Phillips • January 3, 2005

Okay . . . how to get a binlang girl, internet cafe chick,etc. Ran the Man posted a ten point system which involves handing over NT$30,000 for a lady’s undying devotion. There really are easier systems for getting hot women. One, be a hot guy. Two, be a rich guy. Three, be both hot and…

What it takes to REALLY keep a man (or a woman)

by Brian David Phillips • January 3, 2005

What it takes to REALLY keep a man (or a woman) is the topic of the day over at Forumosa . . . hmmm. There is a seminar series by Mark Cunningham called Build a Better Girlfriend which addresses some of the issues being discussed here. The guys who went to the seminar thought it…

Are “F Buddies” Better than Marriage?

by Brian David Phillips • January 3, 2005

On Forumosa, there is currently a discussion that asks the question are "F buddies" a better option than marriage? . . . Taiwanese girls are very much into marriage as a way of getting security and safety. Try argue with them… Better keep a good explanation up your sleeve in order to keep them off……

Kung Fu Student

by Brian David Phillips • January 3, 2005

Corbett posts some amazing animated gif files of the Kung Fu student! Koolness.

Stop Smoking . . .
for Karl

by Brian David Phillips • January 3, 2005

Hey, Karl . . . listen to these while staring at this and this. It can’t hurt and just may help. The Garbage Can imagery here will most certainly help. One helpful strategy is to stop thinking about stopping smoking and start ccncentrating on being a non-smoker . . . focus on the positive outcomes…