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I'd also like to chime in late. Yes, I am an atheist. That's coming from someone who was seriously considering becoming a priest when I was 15 to 17 years old. To be honest, it took me 25 to 30 some odd years to realize that I am an atheist. I will not go through the whole boring story...

Guys, it's called "Somniloquy" and it's a real medical condition: http://www.webmd.com/sleep-disorders/excessive-sleepiness-10/talking-in-your-sleep

Popping in for a reply to this. You have some good books to start with and what Kevin said about "The Encycolpedia of Stage Hypotism" is true. I still recommend the hypnosis section of Derren Brown's book "Tricks of the Mind". Very concise, accurate, honest and pretty much all you really...

Hypnosis through chat rooms and over text is not something anyone's really devoted a web page to or any instructions to, but it's certainly not new at all. Actually, it's how I met my girlfriend. :) But I think we have a misunderstanding. I never said a "long drawn out induction", I said...

I kind of skimmed this thread, but I've done this type of hypnosis a lot before. It's nothing new, sorry. Part of what hypnosis is is concentration. What is happening is nothing different from reading a good book. If you keep that in mind, you can easily make any kind of induction over...

Reality is truth. There is no changing it. One can believe that I "controlled" e.g. hypnotized someone into seeing something that is not there, but in reality, it isn't there. Period. Let's get this right. We FOOL people. We are all con artists. We all lie, we all cheat, we all play...

Sheesh. Ever read a book and really get into it? Ever watch a movie and feel what you've just seen? Ever drive for a long time, lost in thought and suddenly you say to yourself "Wow. That was a fast trip."? Congratulations. You were in a "trance". That's all hypnosis is. It's...

I recommend Deep 3 by Bro Gilbert http://www.penguinmagic.com/product.php?ID=1940 and Poetry Reading by Alvo Stockman http://www.penguinmagic.com/product.php?ID=1752 Both are intimate and powerful.

This: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAVjF_7ensg This brings me to tears. The scope of what we stupid little lifeforms took 3.8 billion years to evolve and learn to make something that enables us to see a bunch of galaxies 47 billion light years away. So many galaxies with stars and...

Yes, it's a form of hypnotism. But then again, as I've been saying for ages on this board, hypnotism is like going to the movies: it's all desire, suggestion and a willingness to believe on the spectator's part. For example, in my shows, I do walk around hypnosis between performances. I find...

lol Agreed. Not for this site. :-) But I'd still like to make a text entry into this contest.

Or text? One thing I do very well is rant.... ETA: Actually, direct videos, but they are of an "adult" nature.... Don't think I can enter that.....

Listen to Steerpike. NLP doesn't do what it claims to do. Don't spend the money. If you want to get an idea of how Derren does it and want to spend money, then get Derren's book. That's all the NLP you'll need.

I have a vimeo channel, but I've posted everything there on here for various contests and stuff. It's at http://www.vimeo.com/user129045 I hesitate to list my youtube channel because, well, quite frankly, it's very "R" rated......

Congrats to the both of you. May you always be happy.

I didn't get to see all the submissions, but am I the only one who didn't use cards? My son still doesn't see what moves I did. :-) (My video (already submitted) Http://www.vimeo.com/5562340 with four slieghts)

This contest is kind of like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2azeC57Fn4c Anyway, here is my entry. It's still converting as I type this. The link is http://www.vimeo.com/5562340 Hope you like it.

(My bolding) Sorry, this is what I just don't get: Why is this frowned upon? And why is this a big deal in denying it? We are supposed to keep our secrets secret. Our job is to entertain the audience, whatever audience we choose to cater to and the audience we get. If that audience...

Oh, okay. My mistake. Please accept my apologies. :)

I feel that the idea is to entertain the audience, not to show everyone how awesome you are. That's why I don't get the attitude against magicians who use stooges or even camera tricks. The idea is to get the people to watch and enjoy. To me, the limit is trying to convince people to...