McGill, Ormond: The Art of Stage Hypnotism ©1975 Ormond McGill Hardcover, w/dj, 405 pages

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Contents:

1 Preface

11 Section One: Beginning The Practice Of Hypnotism

11 Introduction

15 1 Successful Ingredients For Personal Influencing
18 2 Four Simple Tests in Personal Influencing
35 3 How To Secure Subjects For Personal Influencing
37 4 Further Experiments in Personal Influencing
48 5 How To Hypnotize
60 6 Additional Methods of Inducing Hypnosis
75 7 Phenomena of The Hypnotic Trance
86 8 How To Awaken The Hypnotized Subject
89 9 The Relaxation Method of Hypnotism
99 10 The Master Method of Hypnotism

115 Section Two: Advanced Practice Of Hypnotism

117 11 Observations On Hypnotic Theory
125 12 Characteristics of Hypnosis And Phenomena
131 13 Presenting Suggestions That Influence
137 14 The Art of Waking Hypnosis
145 15 Further Waking Suggestion Experiments
155 16 Some Modern Methods of Hypnotizing
169 17 The Brain Wave Synchronizer Method of Hypnotizing
184 18 Techniques For Deepening Hypnosis
189 19 Depth Levels Of Hypnosis
194 20 The Question Of Amnesia
198 21 Hypnotism And The Suggestion Of Sleep

202 Section Three: Hypnotism On The Stage

204 22 Audience Acceptance
207 23 Performing Attitude
209 24 Beginning The Hypnotism Show
213 25 Inviting The Committee On The Stage
216 26 The Committee On The Stage
223 27 The Initial Hypnotization Of The Committee
227 28 Staging The Hypnotism Show

231 Section Four: Hypnotic Show Programming

238 30 Routines For The Hypnotism Show
250 31 More Routines For The Hypnotism Show
263 32 Ormond McGill’s Hypnotic Routines
285 33 Dr. Flint’s Routines Modernized
295 34 Climaxing The Hypnotism Show
298 35 Beware The Subject Heckler
300 36 Tricks Of Pseudohypnotism

311 Section Five: Special Hypnotism Features

313 37 The Bridey Murphy Experiment
317 38 Hypnotism And The Sense Of Time
320 39 LSD And Hypnotism
323 40 The Art Of Meditation
333 41 Oriental Hypnotism
340 42 Woman’s Place In Hypnotism
342 43 Hypnotism in The Night Club Field
351 44 The Stage Hypnotist And Hypnotherapy
354 45 The AMA And The Hypnotism Stage Show
356 46 How To Avoid Hypnotic Lawsuits
365 47 Advertising The Hypnotism Show
388 48 The Window Sleep