Customer Reviews
Good book, as long as you are already familiar with the subject - By: J. Alan, 16 Jun 2008 
If you are just beginning to learn about hypnosis, this might not be the best book for you.
Wait until you know more, otherwise the concepts here won't click.
The book is well written & flows nicely.
Interesting and innovative........... - By: M. J. Farrow, 23 Feb 2008 This is a very good insight into the various workings of hypnosis & integrates some very creative use of suggestion in combination with NLP techniques. However the reading experience is spoilt by the constant & irritating switching of pronouns e.g. he or she himself/herself, s/he etc, etc,. Please authors/ publishers wake up to the fact that we the public do not communicate in this laborious manner. The pronoun happens to be male, which does not exclude females, just makes for correct pros.
Get this book - By: Laura De Giorgio, 11 Feb 2008 
This book should definitely be on your reading list, & you may want to read it several times.
Here's one more story from this books:
Several years ago while doing research on hypnosis, a professor of psychology induced a somnambulistic trance in a subject. The subject was capable of the most profound hypnotic phenomenon, including post-hypnotic amnesia. The thrust of this research was to test the theory that upon carrying out post hypnotic suggestion, the subject would re-enter the hypnotic state.
While in this somnambulistic state, the subject was told that when a clock chimed 10:00 p.m. at that evening's faculty party, she would remove one of her shoes; place it on the dining room table & put roses into the shoe. Further, it was suggested that she would have no memory of the suggestion; it would appear to be her own idea, & she would fee compelled to finish her task.
A very interesting thing happened on the way to the forum. While she was carrying out the hypnotic suggestion, the professor asked her what she was doing. She replied that her husband had given her a beautiful crystal vase that looked just like her shoe & she had never known what to do with it. She went on to state that it had suddenly dawned on her how to arrange flowers in the vase & she had to try it in her shoe before she forgot.
While her explanation appears absurd, she acted as if she believed she was telling the truth. As the professor tried to explain to her how ridiculous her story was, she became anxious, agitated & very defensive. The experiment was terminated due to her extreme discomfort.
Excellent - By: Robert Phillips, 08 Dec 2007 Read it once & blew me away.
You have to read it alll to get the optimum benefit.
Easy to read & digest. A classic!
Very disappointed - By: CJ Savernake, 11 Jun 2007 
After seeing alll these positive reviews, I was very eager to read this book. The introduction (by Robert Anton Wilson) is fabulous - if only the book had carried on in that manner...
I am not a mental health professional, but I have a huge interest in psychology, philosophy, hypnotism, & related areas (such as NLP). The peculiar thing about this book is how spectacularly it failed to hold my interest. Given that this is a subject in which I am extremely interested (I've bought probably 20 similar titles in the last year), & given that the author makes such a concerted effort to engage every type of reader (with his mix of visual, kinaesthetic & aural suggestions), I was surprised to find my eyes continuallly slipping from the page, my interest pulled away by any smalll noise in the background or thoughts concerning my daily "to do" list. With grim determination, I pulled my eyes again & again back to the page, but it was extremely hard work. Finallly, I finished it (hurrah!) - but I can't say I learned a whole lot. Very very odd, given that this book is aimed at professional hypnotherapists & therefore in theory should have been filled with information that was new to me.
Besides the fact that I found it so unengaging, the main problem I have with it is credibility. Is the average reader genuinely supposed to believe that you can go up to a total stranger (one who appears to be in a bad mood by the sounds of it) & say, "I'm sorry you forgot that special night...with that special person.. those exciting things that happened... those very warm feelings it would embarrass you to talk about..." & elicit a positive response? And the way he apparently speaks to his patients ("I'm glad you know how to feel good" being the typical sort of patronising statement to tumble from his lips. At least according to the case studies he's provided) - do people actuallly respond positively to that sort of thing? Or is it just a ploy to get repeat business? (hey, if you can get people to pay to be patronised, I suspect there's something else wrong with them that might need "fixing")
Ah well. I did thoroughly enjoy the introduction however, & will be seeking out other books by Robert Anton Wilson.
