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Frank and Diego, thanks a lot, tremendous and exactly what I'm looking for.:) Anyone else? It would be a shame if we were all so forward looking that we lost the roots of our art.

Hellion

As a hypnotist myself I fully agree Mark, there's no hypnosis other than self-hypnosis. Unfortunately even many modern how to's are full of misinformation to keep the myth of hypnosis alive and well. There are only a handful of books that deal truthfully with it. McGill, Harling & Nyrup, and Ban...

LOL! Excellent stuff guys:)

Do I also detect by some of your tones here that the insanity that is the Magic Cafe is less than popular?:)


Hellion

Sorry to slightly duplicate an entry I made into another thread, but after talking about women in hypnosis I realise that the market and number of performers in mentalism/hypnosis has shrunk massively in the last 40 years. Where there were once tens of excellent acts doing the cabaret and club circu...

Hi everyone, thanks for getting back to me. Sorry about the late response,I'm never sure on Forums whether I'm meant to post and step back until all have put in their comments or just keep talking. Very interesting replies, I think the answe is simply that it depends who you are and who you're hypno...

PMS wrote:Osterlind take using a steno index pad is something to consider.
Besides not looking like a prop, you reveal the weakest prediction first.

Agreed. Clean and easy, and very convincing. Osterlind still has some of the best methods:)

Hellion

I loved Sleight of Mind, possibly the best book on hypnosis I've read. The most truthful certainly. I got Mischief recently (as above, it's both Sleight of Mind and Geist together), I like it a lot. I'm glad to see that the hypnosis stuff has been broadened in it a good deal, the thinking is still c...

Definitely. Brilliant idea:)

Hellion

Hi everyone, a first time poster.:) I'm intrigued. My main work is a kind of hypnosis/mentalism thing. I do a little bar work, small venues, some street work if I can get a nice day and a good feeling crowd. Recently I was discussing the hypnosis side of things with a mentalism friend,and we began t...