HAPPYINDEPENDENCEDAY! Happy Independence Day to all my American friends, family, and random strangers . . . and to those of you who are not American, that’s okay, Happy Fourth of July to you just because it’s there. On this day, many Americans reflect upon flag and country and what it means to be American and…
Influence
Eroticatrance, Hypnosis in the News, Influence, Special Features
HypnoStrippers . . . using hypnosis to get more tips from lapdances!
by Brian David Phillips •
Honestly, when I first read that a hypnotist was making the news in regard to his use of hypnosis to help strippers earn more money, I assumed he was using hypnosis to help the girls become better dancers via performance enhancement hypnosis techniques . . . personally, I have helped quite a few actors, dancers,…
Hypnosis in the News, Influence
What is the difference between LOVE and LUST?
by Brian David Phillips •
Dr. Judith Orloff discusses the difference between LOVE and LUST and how you can tell which you are in. Some things to note? Signs of LUST: You’re totally focused on a person’s looks and body. You’re interested in having sex, but not in having conversations. You’d rather keep the relationship on a fantasy level, not…
** Special Student Series, Influence
Case Histories Interview with Kate Atkinson and Jason Isaacs
by Brian David Phillips •
I admit it, I absolutely love Case Histories (http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b011w4g0), the BBC television adaptation of the first three of Kate Atkinson‘s Jacskson Brodie novels (see http://www.kateatkinson.co.uk). Jason Isaacs is absolutely wonderful as Brodie. The man is a powerful and highly skilled artist and craftsman as his acting shines through beautifully. Yes, I am talking about the…
Influence
Army Deploys Psy-Ops on U.S. Senators
by Brian David Phillips •
See http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/another-runaway-general-army-deploys-psy-ops-on-u-s-senators-20110223 for the story on how a general ordered the use of psy-ops on visiting senators in order to get more funding (the officers in charge of psy-ops refused as it violated US law but they were then punished). Go to http://www.briandavidphillips.com/training/powerinfluence.html and register now to learn how to use influence effectively. – Brian
** Special Student Series, Hypnosis Videos, Influence, Special Features
Hypnomagickal Deception
by Brian David Phillips •
I have posted on Keith Barry and his use of suggestion with mentalism before. Barry bills himself as a hypnomagician and he can be a lot of fun to watch in action. He combines genuine hypnosis effects with the illusion of same via mentalism (mental magic). In addition to his stage shows and various television…
** Special Student Series, Influence, Special Features
Robert Cialdini on Science of Social Influence, the Principles and How YOU can Use Them
by Brian David Phillips •
In an interview with Netherlands Television, Robert Cialdini overviews a number of the important principles of social influence. Cialdini is a widely respected authority on social influence. If you use social influence in any context – and you DO, socially and in business and in a whole lot of places you may not realize, any…
Influence
Slutwalk comes to Delhi
by Brian David Phillips •
Yes, it is official, there IS going to be a Slutwalk in Delhi, India! See http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/10/new-delhi-slut-walk-sexual-violence-protest-india-_n_874460.html and http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5i8tzBRdaDiyZwLLH84xG1R4TlxSA?docId=CNG.4b51b056239693ce4c4888dc9ef63302.1a1 and http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/307789 for the scoop. In my previous piece Support Your Local Sluts . . . Slutwalks gone Viral now International – Women Reclaiming a Word and an Identity at https://briandavidphillips.net/2011/06/06/slutwalks/, I suggested that I would not…
Influence
How To Trick People Into Thinking You Have Big Boobs
by Brian David Phillips •
Jenna Marbles teaches you how to trick people into thinking you have big boobs . . . aimed at women, obviously. Actually, the title of her video doesn’t do it justice. She has some really interesting comments before she gets into the boobilicious section of various techniques girls use to make their boobs look bigger.…
Influence
Support Your Local Sluts . . . Slutwalks gone Viral now International – Women Reclaiming a Word and an Identity
by Brian David Phillips •
According to Jessica Valenti in her excellent piece for the Washington Post (http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/slutwalks-and-the-future-of-feminism/2011/06/01/AGjB9LIH_story.html – seriously, go read it), Slutwalks have not only gone viral and international, they may very well be the future of feminism as young women march to reclaim a word that represents an identity but also defuses that word in what I…
Hypnosis in the News, Influence, Special Features
medical science proves that fearing illness makes your illness worse
by Brian David Phillips •
Well, a recent study pretty much proves what hypnotists have known for a very very long time . . . what you believe can kill you. The study has shown that fear can make an illness much worse. Over two years, hospital employees conducted a study that measured the fear of death of a group…
Influence
Influencing Generations through Poetic Rap, Gil Scott-Heron the God-Father of Rap Passes
by Brian David Phillips •
Gil Scott-Heron, the oft-acknowledged God-Father of Rap, has passed at sixty-two. His poetry and music goes beyond one genre and some of his beat-poems will live on . . . stamped into the psyche of generations who may not even be aware of the legacy their own word raps carry. Certainly, his The Revolution will…
Influence
Advertisers can create False Memories
by Brian David Phillips •
At io9.com, Esther Inglis-Arkell writes about a recent study that demonstrates how how skillful advertisers can word-jack your brain and create false memories. Yes, you read that right . . . thanks to recent academic research, advertisers now know how to push your brain buttons to create product-associational false memories . . . yep, false…
Eroticatrance, Influence
Six Intimate Details You Can Know About Someone Just By Looking At Them
by Brian David Phillips •
As always, Cracked takes a look at real science studies and then presents them in a humorous way . . . well, here are Six Intimate Details you can know about a person just by noticing their physical sets . . . http://www.cracked.com/article_19194_6-intimate-details-you-can-tell-just-by-looking-at-someone.html: Is She Interested In You? Look at Her Feet Does She Have…
Influence
Persuasion Study Discovers Keys to Success in Getting People to Do What You Want!
by Brian David Phillips •
When you’re persuading someone to do something, what you say isn’t necessarily as important as how you say it. If you want to sound convincing, it’s all about sounding as natural as possible…or at least learning how to fake it. That’s the finding of the University of Michigan’s Jose Benki, who studied 1380 total calls…
Influence, Intuitionist: Psychic Intuitionism, Metaphysical Hypnosis, Tarot
Chely Wright is a Voodoo Lovin’ Jezebel
by Brian David Phillips •
Talk about mixed messages! Chely Wright‘s music video for her song Jezebel is full of the suckers. So, we’re supposed to feel sympathetic for her character who is seemingly only fighting to keep the love of her man but in doing so she humiliates, tortures, and drenches the “other” woman all through the power of…
Influence
What if Fairy Tale Weddings were real?
by Brian David Phillips •
What if Disney style Fairy Tale Weddings were Real? Oh, right, they are. 🙂 Let me clarify . . . this is not my image, reposting it from numerous sites picking up on it (most missing the point or context). Nope, this image is not real either, but it is funny and more importantly it…
Influence
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gaining power through “Magickian” Friends invoking Djinns, Devils, Demons, Sprites, and Other Otherworldy Baddness
by Brian David Phillips •
I doubt that even one tenth of one percent of one half of one eighth of a percent of the charges being leveled against Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his buddies are true but truth is not the defining issue as several of his inner circle have been arrested for being magicians consorting with djinns…
Influence
Cambodian Ting Mong Scarecrows use Firepower and More to Protect Your Home from Evil Spirits
by Brian David Phillips •
A whole slew of websites, including mine, have recently picked up on the “Cambodian scarecrows keep out malicious spirits using ghost bazookas” post from io.9 with the image of a bazooka-wielding scarecrow fending off evil spirit encroachment. Most of the repeat posters are going with the tee-hee-ain’t-them-silly slant ignoring the source material that io9 cited…
Influence, Special Features
Cats Use Embedded Commands within Purrs . . . manipulating owners via a sort of Feline NLP
by Brian David Phillips •
Why do cats purr? Cats are clever creatures and a study by Dr Karen McComb, at the Centre for Mammal Vocal Communication Research at the University of Sussex, demonstrates just how clever they can be. Within their purrs, cats embed hidden frequencies that cause their owners to respond, secretly manipulating their owners into providing food.…
Influence, Special Features
The S From Hell . . . when corporate logos cause phobic reactions and scare the bejeepers our of people
by Brian David Phillips •
This may be a bit beyond creepy, but the old classic Screen Gems logo – with the “friendly” red letters on a yellow background and a “happy” moog synthesizer tone – used to frighten the willies out of some folks, enough to be uncommon but not rare and given the number of kids who watched…
Influence
Late Bloomer . . . if Lovecraft taught Sex Education
by Brian David Phillips •
What if one could capture the horror of an HP Lovecraft story within a high school sex education class? What if . . . one has: That video is disturbing on oh so many levels, brilliant stuff. – Brian
Eroticatrance, Hypnosis Videos, Hypnosis: Entertainment, Stage, and Performance, Influence
Nonconsensual Hypnotic Seduction and the CIA
by Brian David Phillips •
According to a number of sources, in declassified documents from the era of the CIA’s various MKULTRA projects, at least one CIA hypnosis instructor routinely bragged of his ability to use hypnosis in order to take advantage of girls, tricking them into having sex with him. One of his reports includes the following: “On 2…
Influence
Seduction Lesson from Oglaf
by Brian David Phillips •
Oglaf.Com is a fantasy webcomic that is rather more than a whole lot on the Not Safe For Work side of things and is hilarious . . . in a more than bawdy sort of way. In this episode, we discover the art of seduction in action: Actually, while this is meant to be humorous,…
Influence
Neil Scarytrousers Gaiman wants to make Children Cry
by Brian David Phillips •
Neil Gaiman wants to make children cry with his upcoming episode of the new Doctor Who television series . . . see http://io9.com/#!5792879/neil-gaiman-explains-why-his-doctor-who-episode-is-a-game+changer for more. Watch the video interview, read the story, and be sure to devour the comments. The new season of Doctor Who starts this weekend so frabjous day! As regular readers know,…
