This month’s theme for the Hypnosis Technique Exchange is Building Erotic Sensitivity and Response through Hypnosis. A member of the group posted a very good point about this being a relatively simple process and that scripts have their place as a learning tool while the actual process should be based upon individual attention and running…
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Dream Machine
by Brian David Phillips •
A Japanese toymaker is marketing a Dream Machine which helps sleepers choose their dreams. It sounds a lot like a simple voice recorder hooked up to a brainwave entrainment or mind machine that lets you select musical background and record names and keywords that are played back in some sort of hypno-sleep patter. Gadget May…
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DRTRC . . . upgrades
by Brian David Phillips •
I have finally got an upgrade to the server for the DRTRC (Deep Relaxation Trigger Response Conditioning) site. So, those of you who have been getting umpteen million 404s while trying to get to the MP3s for that and the guided imagery mp3 site should now be able to get the files without too much…
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Sex and Psychological Operations
by Brian David Phillips •
Sex and Psychological Operations is a rather interesting piece by Herbert A. Friedman that is a look at historical wartime use of sexually explicit material in propaganda. After you read this thought-provoking essay, go here. Same trick, different dogs. Both sites are inappropriate for folks who are bothered by obscene images or ideas (war being…
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Trance versus Hypnosis
by Brian David Phillips •
When asked what hypnosis is, a number of folks will tell you it’s deep relaxation or trance or the like. There are a number of hypnotists who disagree. I’d like to jump on the “Trance does not equal Hypnosis” bandwagon if I may. Part of the problem is that trance and hypnosis have been defined…
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Spot the Fake Smile!
by Brian David Phillips •
Can you Spot The Fake Smile? This is an interesting test of how well you can tell when a person is presenting you with a fake smile or a genuine one. Go ahead and see how good you are. The test shows you a series of twenty persons. You will see each image in turn.…
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Bully Bosses
by Brian David Phillips •
Benedict Carey at the New York Times takes a look at
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NLP Curses
by Brian David Phillips •
Crossposting from one of my discussion lists . . . David Barron’s posted his ad for his new “NLP Curse” blocking product and so here’s my take. Others are free to agree or disagree. It’s been called an “oustanding ad” and, yes, in terms of straight out use of language to create demand, I agree,…
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Is all hypnosis self-hypnosis? Is all self-hypnosis hypnosis?
by Brian David Phillips •
On one of the email discussion lists I belong to, Jonathan Chase has stirred up some controversy – as he often does – with his assertion that self-hypnosis is not the same as hypnosis that is, when folks use self-hypnosis they are not really entering hypnosis as the classic signs of somnambulism are not present…
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Derren Brown . . . The Magic Doll
by Brian David Phillips •
First, let me make it clear that while I think Derren Brown is a WONDERFUL performer, he’s not what he says he is . . . and that’s okay. In his act, he claims to be using suggestion or psychology alone to accomplish his feats when in fact he also uses trickery. As he is…
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More on Triggers and Sleight Triggers
by Brian David Phillips •
I’ve received a few questions about the recent entry on Life of Brian: Triggers and Sleight Triggers in Trance Phenomenon and Hypnotic Response and there’s one bit I can answer right away: I noticed the use of double spacing (ie ” ” opposed to ” “) before and after each leading word… I took this…
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Tongue Untied . . . Cunnilingus for the Uninitiated
by Brian David Phillips •
Hmmmm. I’m not sure I agree with the premise inherent in the title of She Comes First: A Sexual Manifesto That Inspires Men To Give And Empowers Women To Receive. Personally, I would rather both persons do a bit of giving and receiving. We don’t redress inequity with further inequity. Giving and Receiving should be…
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Improving Social Confidence
by Brian David Phillips •
A thread in one of the many email lists I belong to is about improving social confidence. Here is my response (with the attributions removed from quoted material, see the original posts if you need them). Ok, I’ve been doing some of the relaxation techniques to increases calmness, but what are some ways to increase…
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Subliminal Content?
by Brian David Phillips •
Does this video have subliminal content of some sort? Is that an NLP (neurolinguistic programming) type sleight of mouth, rather hand, method to install a response or is it a triggered response mechanism? Notice when the crowd applauds. In any case, she makes her point really well and slips in the crux very neatly.
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O . . .
by Brian David Phillips •
Turn the volume up on your speakers. Make sure you’re relaxed and in a comfortable position. Breathe in deeply a few times and with each deep breath, relax, really relax. Let yourself feel loose, limp, and relaxed. Enter the zone. Breathe in, breathe out, relax deeply, six to nine times. Really let go. Now watch…
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Eliza, Computer Therapist
by Brian David Phillips •
Eliza, Computer Therapist . . . online therapy at it’s well . . . something: ELIZA emulates a Rogerian psychotherapist. ELIZA has almost no intelligence whatsoever, only tricks like string substitution and canned responses based on keywords. Yet when the original ELIZA first appeared in the 60’s, some people actually mistook her for human. The…
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The Fat Epidemic
by Brian David Phillips •
Interesting take on the so-called obesity epidemic.
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Pills or Talk Therapy? Those aren’t the only two choices!
by Brian David Phillips •
The New York Times reports on a study between medicating with Prozac and psychotherapy for troubled teens . . .
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When Two Become One. . . One and One is Two as One
by Brian David Phillips •
My submission to the Hypnosis Technique Exchange Monthly Challenge (June 2004) is now up. Each month, hypnotists and other trancewrights are asked to create a piece related to the theme. Submissions are taken from the first through the fifteenth with voting afterwards until the ned of the month. Since this month’s theme is Improving Relationship…
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Medical Issues and Hypnosis
by Brian David Phillips •
I originally posted this little tirade at TranceTraining, an email discussion list I run related to hypnosis in Taiwan. This is not the first time I’ve heard of a couple local hypnotists claiming they can cure cancer. It really pisses me off. There are reputable studies which strongly show that hypnosis helps a great deal…
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3D Mind as Part of a Hypnotic/Trancework Process
by Brian David Phillips •
3D Mind is a process taught by Tom Vizzini that operates rather quickly and elegantly for dealing with drivers that operate behind fears, compulsions, habits, whatever. It’s an simple procedure that works quickly in an eyes-open associated manner. It’s actually quite fun to run folks through it and notice how their bodies and attitudes immediately…
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The Spiral . . . hypnotic experiments number two
by Brian David Phillips •
I don’t know who Dr. J.H. Rabailkal is but he claims that this online experiment in hypnmosis will “clear your spirit of all fear” and allow you to “discover your inner self.” Further, he says that “at the end of this experiment in self-hypnosis you will have acquired valuable experience.” He got that last bit…
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Hypnotic Hand . . . drug experience without the drugs
by Brian David Phillips •
This is an old optical illusion. It is not really hypnotic, but it uses some of the old tropes associated with hypnosis. Give it a go . . . digital trance hypnotic drug experience without the drugs. It can be fun. If you listen to a hypnotic induction while looking at the pattern, you will…
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Post-Election Stress Syndrome
by Brian David Phillips •
The Taipei Times reports that election stress is being researched. The number of depression and anxiety patients in Taiwan jumped by ten percent around the time of the election. Taiwanese stressed out by the aftermath of the presidential election are becoming the subject of academic study, with professors and analysts using psychological and evolutionary theory…
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Certification or Not . . . Hypnosis Training
by Brian David Phillips •
Recently, at the Hypnosis in Taiwan mailing list, we’ve been discussing a bit about training and certification for hypnotists. I am reminded of a fellow who for years would decry that certifications are not worth the paper they are printed on and that the only thing they’re for is ego and bilking the public and…
