The New Encyclopedia of Stage Hypnotism

The New Encyclopedia of Stage Hypnotism (1996)(2009 Edition)......Page 1
Also by Ormond McGill......Page 7
Table of Contents......Page 10
Foreword - Gil Boyne......Page 22
Preface - Martin Roberts......Page 25
Part One: Mastering Hypnotism......Page 27
Preface - Ormond McGill......Page 28
ADVANCE THROUGH THESE FIVE STEPS......Page 29
Introduction......Page 31
Characteristics of Hypnosis......Page 32
Some Theory on Hypnotism......Page 34
02: The Power of Suggestion......Page 37
03: Presenting Suggestions that Influence......Page 41
Means of Increasing the Influence of Suggestions......Page 42
04: Your Hypnotic Power......Page 45
Phenomena of Hypnosis......Page 50
Posthypnotic Phenomena......Page 53
Q. What Constitutes a Good or Bad Hypnotic Subject?......Page 55
Q. Can a person be hypnotised against his/her will?......Page 56
Q. Are women more easily hypnotised than men?......Page 57
Q. Does intelligence aid hypnosis?......Page 58
Learning How to Use the Power of Suggestion......Page 59
Test One: Muscular Relaxation......Page 60
Test Two: Drawing a Person Over Backward......Page 61
Test Three: Drawing a Person Over Forward......Page 63
Modus Operandi for Performing the Test......Page 66
09: The Art of Waking Hypnosis......Page 70
Harry Aron's Arms-Rising-and-Falling Test......Page 76
Hands and Fingers Testing......Page 77
De Waldoza's Show of Waking Hypnosis......Page 79
Stiffening the Subject's Leg......Page 82
Stiffening the Subject'S Arm......Page 83
Causing the Subject To Forget His N arne......Page 84
Stuttering Test and Name Amnesia......Page 85
The Hand-shaking Test......Page 86
Fastening a Stick to the Subject's Hands......Page 87
Making it Impossible for the Subject to Stand Up From His Chair......Page 88
Variation and Amplification of the Various Tests......Page 89
Learning How to Hypnotise by Hypnotising......Page 91
The Depth Levels of Hypnosis......Page 92
Hypnotism and the Suggestion of Sleep......Page 95
Stage Dismissal Decorum......Page 99
The Questions of Amnesia......Page 100
On Concluding the Show......Page 102
The Sleep Mood......Page 104
The Hypnotic Induction......Page 106
French Hypnotist Emile Coue......Page 110
14: Awakening the Subject......Page 111
15: The Ormond McGill Method......Page 113
16: The Relaxation Method......Page 119
Performing the Muscular Relaxation Test......Page 120
17: The Ideomotor Method......Page 124
The Interview......Page 128
The Induction......Page 129
The Awakening......Page 137
The Rehypnotisation......Page 138
A Pot-pourri of Hypnotising Methods......Page 141
19: The "Eye Blinking" Method......Page 142
20: The "Visual Imagery" Method......Page 144
21: The "Clock Dial" Method......Page 146
22: The "Light and Shadow" Method......Page 148
23: The "Body Rocking" Method......Page 151
24: The "Loss of Equilibrium" Method......Page 152
25: The "Pendulum Over Spiral" Method......Page 155
26: The "Arm Levitation" Method......Page 157
27: The "Candy Induction" Method......Page 161
28: The "Fatigue Out-of-Focus" Method......Page 163
The Music Method of Hypnotic Induction......Page 165
30: The "Outside/Inside" Method......Page 167
31: The Biofeedback Method......Page 169
32: The "Acupressure" Method......Page 170
33: The Marx Howell Nonverbal Hypnotic Induction......Page 175
Chakra Colours......Page 178
Hypnotic Method......Page 181
35: Ormond McGill's "Guardian Angel" Stage Hypnotism Method......Page 184
36: A Condensation of 95 Methods of Hypnotising Gathered From Around the World......Page 186
Method One - The "Eyelid Fixation" Process......Page 187
Method Two - The "Sleep Formula" For Deepening Developing Hypnosis......Page 188
Method Three......Page 190
Method Six......Page 191
Method Nine......Page 192
Method Fourteen......Page 193
Method Sixteen......Page 194
Method Eighteen......Page 195
Method Twenty......Page 196
Method Twenty-Four......Page 197
A1ethod Tzventy-Seven......Page 198
Method Thirty-One......Page 199
Method Thirty-Five......Page 200
Method Thirty-Nine......Page 201
Method Forty-Two......Page 202
Method Forty-Seven......Page 203
Method Fifty......Page 204
Method Fifty-Two......Page 205
Method Fifty-Five......Page 206
Method Fifty-Seven......Page 207
Method Fifty-Nine......Page 208
Method Sixty-Four......Page 209
A1ethod Sixty-Six......Page 210
AJethod Sixty-Eight......Page 211
Method Sixty-Nine......Page 212
Method Seventy-Two......Page 213
Method Seventy-Four......Page 214
AJethod Seventy-Six......Page 215
A1ethod Seventy-Seven......Page 216
AJethod Seventy-Nine......Page 217
Method Eighty-One......Page 218
Method Eighty-Two......Page 219
Method Eighty-Four......Page 220
Method Eighty-Six......Page 221
Method Eighty-Seven......Page 222
Method Eighty-Nine......Page 223
Method Ninety......Page 224
Method Ninety-Three......Page 225
Method Ninety-Five......Page 226
The Posthypnotic Method......Page 228
The Toothache Method......Page 229
The Release-From-Tension Method......Page 230
From Waking Hypnosis Into Profound Hypnosis On The Instant!......Page 231
Two "Sleeper" Methods of Instant Hypnotism......Page 233
The "Hypnoheat" Method......Page 235
Hypnotic Physical Movement Responses that Increase Depth of Hypnosis......Page 237
Fractional Hypnotism Technique......Page 238
More on Somnambulism......Page 241
Rounding Out Your Hypnotic Knowledge......Page 242
39: Hypnotising Children......Page 243
40: Hypnotism and the Sense of Time......Page 247
41: Woman's Place in Hypnotism......Page 249
The Magnetic/Mesmeric Method......Page 251
The Blue-Light Method......Page 254
Hyperaesthesia of the Senses......Page 256
ESP Experiments in Hypnosis......Page 257
Do Not Boast......Page 260
Producing Anaesthesia......Page 261
Keeping Others from Influencing Your Subjects......Page 262
Subtle Symptoms of Hypnosis......Page 263
Hypnotising by Telephone......Page 264
The Crystal Ball Method of Hypnotising......Page 265
Causing the Subject to Blush......Page 266
On the Use of Passes......Page 267
Awaken Subjects with Confidence......Page 268
Vitality Hypnosis......Page 269
And now, practise, practise, and practise!......Page 275
Now, read, read, and read!......Page 276
Part Two: Entertaining with Hypnotism......Page 277
Preliminaries to the Hypnotism Show......Page 279
44: An Introduction to Entertaining With Hypnotism by Gil Boyne......Page 280
45: First Understanding......Page 282
Qualifications of the Hypnotic Entertainer......Page 283
Advantages of the Hypnotism Show......Page 284
Performing Attitude......Page 285
Audience Acceptance......Page 286
Subject Welfare......Page 288
The Stage Situation......Page 289
Group Size, Age, and Sex......Page 290
Group Hypnotism......Page 291
One Thing at a Time......Page 292
Keeping the Subjects Entranced......Page 293
Deliberate Faking......Page 294
Be Alert on Stage - Always......Page 295
Rule 1: Never clown......Page 296
Rule 5: Interest your committee......Page 297
Emphasise your Hypnotic Effects......Page 298
The Skeleton of the Hypnotism Show......Page 299
Tip 2: Subject Double-talk......Page 301
Tip 4: Involve Yourself in the Action......Page 302
Tip 5: The Suggestive Value of Pantomime......Page 303
50: Hypnotic Show Programming......Page 304
PROGRAMME: "HYPNOTIC MARVELS"......Page 306
The Hypnotism Show......Page 309
The Ormond McGill Introduction......Page 310
The Pat Collins Introduction......Page 313
Motivation 3: To Find Serenity......Page 315
Motivation 4: Just For the Fun of It......Page 316
Hand-placement Deception......Page 317
The "Can't Drop a Pencil" Method......Page 318
The "Imaginary Rubber Band" Technique......Page 319
Handlocking on the Entire Audience......Page 320
The "Flame Under Water" Visualisation Method......Page 323
Unexpected Mass Hypnosis......Page 324
54: The Committee on the Stage......Page 326
The "Mood of Meditation" Induction Method......Page 328
A Rapid-Fire Method to Initially Hypnotise the Committee......Page 330
The Nonverbal Method of Initial Induction......Page 331
On With the Show......Page 333
First Group Experiment: The "Hypnotic Mood" Test......Page 334
First Individual Experiment: The "Posture Swaying" Tests......Page 337
The "Falling Forwards" Test......Page 340
The Sitting Test......Page 341
Second Group Experiment: The "Committee Sitting" Test......Page 342
Second Individual Experiment: "Muscular Catalepsy"......Page 343
Third Group Experiment......Page 345
Fourth Group Experiment......Page 346
Further Waking-Hypnosis Experiments with Individual Subjects......Page 348
Fifth Group Experiment......Page 355
Group Hand-Raising Test......Page 357
The Cigarette Test......Page 359
Group Hypnotising from Audience......Page 361
The "Revolving Arms" Test......Page 363
The Canary Test......Page 364
The "Instantaneous Hypnotism" Test......Page 366
The Amnesia Test......Page 367
The "Motion Picture" Test on Committee......Page 369
Posthypnotic Climax to the Show......Page 370
The Tex Morton Posthypnotic Climax......Page 374
The Michael Dean Posthypnotic Climax......Page 375
The Dance Contest Climax......Page 376
Tum of the Century Hypnotism Stage Show......Page 378
Hypnotism Show Routines......Page 379
The Hypnotic Exercisers......Page 380
The Rowing Test......Page 381
The "Elixir of Youth and Old Age" Test......Page 382
Asleep in the Audience......Page 384
The Frankenstein Monster......Page 385
The Seasick Test......Page 386
Money, Money On the Floor......Page 387
The Flying Saucer and a Trip to Mars......Page 388
The Hindu Rope Trick......Page 390
School Days......Page 391
The X-ray Glasses......Page 392
Being Great Movie Lovers......Page 394
Impersonation of Various Things in Operation......Page 395
60: Ideas From the Jerry Valley Show......Page 396
The Rhythmic-Breathing Hypnotising Method......Page 397
Some Jerry Valley Hypnotism Show Routines......Page 398
61: Ideas From the Pat Collins Show......Page 402
The "Progressing to Sleep" Hypnotising Method......Page 403
Sexy Reactions......Page 405
Concluding Her Show......Page 406
Hypnosis, in one form or another, has always been with us......Page 407
62: Ideas From the Martin St James Show......Page 408
The "Triple Response" Induction......Page 409
The "Picnic in the Country" Test......Page 410
The "Horse Race" Test......Page 411
The Hypnotic Band......Page 412
63: Dr Flint's Hypnotic Routines Modernised......Page 414
Subjective Response To Routines......Page 422
A Compilation of Successful Hypnotic Routines......Page 423
Odd and Even Hypnotic Experiments......Page 426
Perform a "Three-Ring Circus"......Page 434
The "Hypnotism Blood" Test......Page 437
The "Human X-ray" Test......Page 438
The "Heart and Pulse" Test......Page 439
The "Flame-Resistance" Test......Page 440
The Famous "Cataieptic Body-Rigid" Test......Page 441
The Rock-Breaking Test......Page 444
Hypnotism Show Stagecraft......Page 445
The Chairs......Page 446
The Curtains......Page 447
The Lights......Page 448
The Mike......Page 450
Special Stage Effects......Page 451
The Hypnotic Wand......Page 453
Hypnotising with a Flashlight......Page 455
Hypnograph Buttons......Page 456
The Hypnotic Spiral......Page 457
Electrical Hypnotism......Page 458
The Brainwave Synchroniser......Page 459
The Brainwave Synchroniser Stage Show Hypnotism Method......Page 460
Stage Assistants......Page 466
The Hypnotic Gaze......Page 467
The Taste-Test Secret......Page 468
Challenge Hypnotism......Page 469
A Stage Presentation of Challenge Hypnotism......Page 471
Hypnotising a Vase of Flowers......Page 472
Hypnotism Show Miscellany......Page 473
69: Hypnotising Animals......Page 474
A Clever Way to Gain Rapport......Page 477
Making it Impossible for a Subject to Rise from the Floor......Page 478
Making a Subject Lose His Sense of Direction......Page 479
Making it Impossible for a Subject to Bend His Leg......Page 480
Comments on the Mercuric Chloride Method of Hypnotising by Barry Brilliant......Page 481
Grant's Hypnotism Over Earphones......Page 483
Introduction......Page 486
The Dr Q Direct Cue Method......Page 487
Dr Q's Hypnotic Routine......Page 490
Nightclub Performing Situation......Page 493
Nightclub Hypnotising......Page 494
Hypnotism and Alcohol......Page 497
Nightclub Showmanship......Page 498
Hypnotism Show Business......Page 499
Window Cards and Posters......Page 500
Newspaper Stories......Page 505
Magazine Articles......Page 509
Hypnotic Photographs......Page 511
Radio Spots......Page 512
Radio Interviews......Page 513
Television Interviews......Page 515
3. Setting the Window......Page 516
4. Additional Advertising......Page 517
6. Window Sleep Details......Page 518
7. Presentation of the Window Sleep......Page 519
8. Concluding the Window Sleep......Page 520
The "Window Sleep" via TV or Radio......Page 521
The Hypnotic Fisherman......Page 527
The Hypnotic Three-Ring Circus......Page 528
In Conclusion......Page 529
75: How to Avoid Hypnotic Lawsuits......Page 530
76: The Stage Hypnotist and Hypnotherapy......Page 536
The American Medical Association and the Hypnotism Show......Page 537
The Formula of Yoga Nidra......Page 539
Returning from Yoga Nidra......Page 545
Exit! Exit! Exit!......Page 547
Initial Comments......Page 549
Introduction......Page 550
Gil Boyne's Rapid Stage Hypnotism Induction......Page 551
Hypnosis Deepening......Page 552
On Into the Show......Page 554
Performing Some Individual Tests......Page 560
Climaxing the Show......Page 564
The Posthypnotic Topper......Page 567
Now the Bits You Don't See on TV by Paul McKenna......Page 569
Bibliography......Page 578
Ormond McGill's Self-Realisation Audio Cassettes......Page 580