TRANCE WORKS
Advanced Topics in Hypnotism

ERNEST R. HILGARD "Divided Consciousness - Multiple Controls in Human Thought and Action"
Trade Paperback, 1986, 313pp, Expanded Edition
$35.00
$75.00 - first edition, hardbound with dust jacket
The Classic work of dissociative theory which introduced Hilgard's oft-quoted theory of the 'hidden observer in the hypnotic state. Also examines other dissociative phenomena, such as automatic writing, involuntary control of muscle movement, dreams, hallucinations, age regression and amnesia.

LESLIE LECRON(ed) "Experimental Hypnosis"
Hardbound w/DJ, 483 pages
$25.00 - hardbound copy lacking a dust jacket
Includes Milton Erickson's classic study "Time Distortion in Hypnosis" as well as articles by John Watkins on Projective Hypnoanalysis, studies of age regression, automatic writing, rapid inductions, antisocial uses of hypnosis and more. Twenty different articles lay out the state of the art. First released in 1952.

AINSLIE MEARES "Hypnography - A study in the Therapeutic Use of Hypnotic Painting"
Hardbound w/DJ, 1957, 269 pp
$39.50
One of the more unusual and uncommon titles, from the Australian therapist. Meares hypnotized his patients, and then had them express themselves through drawings and painting. The results, illustrated in this book, furnish dramatic evidence of the ventillation of unsuspected conflicts. Meares shows how to uncover these conflicts from an insightful analysis of the artwork.

F.L. MARCUSE (ed) - "Hypnosis Throughout the World"
Hardbound w/DJ, Charles C. Thomas, 1964, 312 pp
$32.50
$25.00 - an ex-lib copy
This incredible book brings together the top experts from 17 different countries to discuss the history of hypnotism in each country, and the current state of the art. The U.S. is amply represented by J.G. Watkins, and additional contributions come from Barzil, Canada, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, The Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, and the old USSR.

WILLIAM KROGER & ROBERT YALE LIBBOTT- "Thanks, Doctor, I've Stopped Smoking"
Hardbound w/dj, 1967, 101 pp First Edition Out of Print
$65.00
A very uncommon book by the ubiquitous Dr. Kroger. This book is a "how- to"for physicians who want to use hypnotic techniques to help clients stopsmoking. The book is made almost entirely of scripts and conversations tohave with your patient.

MILTON V. KLINE "Psychodynamics and Hypnosis"
Spiral Bound, 1967, 193 pp, some underlining
$29.50
A very uncommon book, featuring six articles centering around the idea of Hypnosis and Consciousness. The gem: John G. Watkin's contribution, "Hypnosis and Consciousness from the Viewpoint of Existentialism. Also articles by Kline, Seymour Halpern, Henry Guse, Jacob Conn, Ainslie MEares and Sydney Fogel.

KEVIN McCONKEY & PETER SHEEHAN "Hypnosis, Memory, and Behavior in Criminal Investigation"
Hardbound w/DJ, 1995, 239 pp
$32.50
One of the most up-to-date books you can find on the issues surrounding hypnosis and legal procedures, including admissibility of hypnotic evidence, consistency of memory reports, possibility of deception, the reliability of hypnotically recovered memory, and a broad range of other significant technical, clinical, ethical and legal issues.

NELSON HENDLER M.D. "Coping with Chronic Pain"
Hardbound, 1979, 166 pp
$15.00
A great book by the Maryland physician gives a detailed explanation of the mechanisms of pain, as well as concrete exercises and strategies that can be used to overcome chronic pain. Good as an adjunct to hypnotic pain control.

JEAN-ROCH LAURENCE & CAMPBELL PERRY "Hypnosis, Will, and Memory : A Psycho-Legal History"
Trade Paperback, 1988, 432 pp
$25.00
A comprehensive history of hypnotism which centers around its introduction and use in various legal systems around the world. This forensic archaeology follows the use of hypnotism in the courts to recall memories, as well as the use of hypnosis in the commission of crimes. Well researched, and the case histories are astonishing.

KENNETH S. BOWERS "Hypnosis for the Seriously Curious"
Trade Paperback, ,1976, 176 pp
$27.50
Boy is this book ever seriously mistitled. For a long time I mistook this book as a NON-serious book, when actually is is just the opposite. It reviews current clinical and experimental data to answer questions and theories about hypnotizability, effectiveness, sleep learning, dissociation, post-hypnotic amnesia, and a host of other issues. This book is so good, it is one of those rare books which begins as a paperback, and was later published in hardcover.

PETER SHEEHAN AND CAMPBELL PERRY "Methodologies of Hypnosis : A Critical Appraisal of Contemporary Paradigms of Hypnosis"
Hardbound w/worn Dust Jacket, 1976, 329 pp
$39.50
$32.50 - a hardbound copy lacking a dust jacket
A wonderful book which looks at all of the current theories of the nature of hypnotism. Covers the work and ideas of Ernest Hilgard, Ted Barber, Ted Sarbin, J. Philip Sutcliffe, Martin Orne, the London-Fuhrer design, and the validity of inference and the application of convergence strategies. If you have wanted a definitive answer to the question, "What is Hypnosis?", this book would be a good place to start.

THEODORE R. SARBIN & WILLIAM COE "Hypnosis : a Social Psychological Analysis of Influence Communication"
Hardbound, 1972, 278 pp
$32.50
Small in size but huge in stature, this book turned the hypnosis establishment on its head by denying the existence of the Trance State, and focusing its definition of hypnotic behavior in terms of Role Theory. An early and innovative work which began to chip away at the ideas of suggestion and trance which have dominated hypnotic theory from Bernheim to Hull. Uncommon.

THEODORE BARBER, NICHOLAS SPANOS, JOHN CHAVES "Hypnotism - Imagination, and human Potentialities"
Trade Paperback, 1979, 185 pp
$29.50
A classic work which challenges the traditional assumption of the existance of a special state called the "hypnotic trance", and goes on to elucidate the cognitive-behavorial view in evaluating hypnotic phenomena such as age regresssions, hallucinations, and unusual cognitive processes. A chapter on the mechanics of stage hypnotism rounds out the collection. Plus a nicely academic bibliography.

THEODORE XENOPHON BARBER "Hypnosis - A Scientific Approach"
Trade Paperback, 1969, 282 pp
$19.50
$12.00 - ex-lib, reading copy only
A now classic work of experimental hypnosis which combines keen insight, scientific rigor, and some ideas which are sure to upset the hypnotic establishment. barber examines the phenomena historically associated with hypnotism without assuming the existence of a trance state - yet he clearly knows that these phenomena exist. His experiments and explanations are a must read for anyone seriously interested in the theoretical aspects of the art of hypnotism.

IAN WICKRAMASEKERA (ed) "Biofeedback, Behavior Therapy and Hypnosis: Potentiating the Verbal Control of Behavior for Clinicians"
Hardbound w/DJ, 1976, 589 pp
$32.50
A collection of articles, with separate sections on Biofeedback, Behavior Modification, and Hypnosis. Includes Spiegel's 'An Eye-Roll Test for Hypnotizability', Zimbardo's Objective Assessment of Hypnotically-Induced Time Distortion, Spiegel's A Single-Treatment Method To Stop Smoking Using Ancillary Self-Hypnosis, and dozens of other articles of interest. A huge book.

RONALD SHOR & MARTIN ORNE "The Nature of Hypnosis - Selected Basic Readings"
Hardbound w/DJ, 1965, 504 pp,
$45.00
$39.50 - an ex-library copy
One of my favorite anthologies on the subject, this book begins withthe secret report on mesmerism by Bailly, and goes on to historical works by d'Eslon, Mesmer, Deleuse, Binet and Fere, all the way to the modern theories of Ferenczi, Hyll, Erickson,Janet , Hilgard, Pattie and others. A wonderful resource, and amust-read for a full education in the history of hypnotism.

FRANCINE SHAPIRO & MARGOT SILK FORREST "EMDR - The Breakthrough Therapy for Overcoming Anxiety, Stress and Trauma"
Hardbound w/DJ, 1995, 185 pp,
$19.50
Perhaps the most interesting form of therapy since hypnotism, read about EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) from its originator. I would love to see someone mix this stuff with hypnotism!

ROBERT BAKER - "They Call It Hypnosis"
Hardbound w/DJ, 1990, 313 pp
$32.50
If you read this book first, you might wonder whether or not hypnotism actually exists! Baker takes from his starting point the fact that all hypnotically produced phenomena can be created WITHOUT the trance state. So what then IS this hypnotism? A wonderful book.

DR. DAVID F. TRACY "The Psychologist at Bat"
Hardbound w/DJ, 1951, 158 pp
$75.00
Dr. Tracy, well known for his books on hypnotism, was appointed as the team 'psychologist to the St. Louis Browns', the old baseball team. His job? To use hypnotic techniques to improve their sports play. This book is the story of his days with the Browns. Hard to find.

ANDRE WEITZENHOFFER "Hypnotism - An Objective Study in Suggestibility"
Hardbound w/DJ, 1953, 380 pp
$50.00
$45.00 - a hardbound copy lacking a dust jacket.
The classic work that stands proudly in every Hypnotist's collection. Both theoretical and experimental in nature, Weitzenhoffer puts the myths and methods of hypnotism through rigorous scientific scrutiny, twenty years after Hull. One of the great experimental works in the field.

KEVIN McCONKEY & PETER SHEEHAN "Hypnosis, Memory, and Behavior in Criminal Investigation"
Hardbound w/DJ, 1995, 239 pp
$32.50
One of the most up-to-date books you can find on the issues surrounding hypnosis and legal procedures, including admissibility of hypnotic evidence, consistency of memory reports, possibility of deception, the reliability of hypnotically recovered memory, and a broad range of other significant technical, clinical, ethical and legal issues.

DONALD WILSON, M.D. "Natural Bust Enlargement with Total Mind Power"
Hardbound w/DJ, 1979, 41 pp
$35.00
A hard-to-find book on one of the forbidden topics in hypnotism - the use of hypnosis to increase breast size. (Even Milton Erickson believed this was possible!). From the author of Total Mind Power.

CLARK HULL - "Hypnosis and Suggestibility: An Experimental Approach"
Hardbound, 1933, 416 pp
$75.00
$37.50 - a trade paperback copy
This book single-handedly pulled hypnotism into the modern age. Hull and his associates at Yale University (Erickson was his student) were the first to use the standards of Experimental Psychology to investigate hypnotic phenomena. Topics include Waking Suggestion, Recovery of Lost Memories, Dissociation, Heightened Suggestibility, Post-Hypnotic Phenomena, and Non-Prestige Suggestion. A classic!

LEON CHERTOK & ISABELLE STENGERS "A Critique of Psychoanalytic Reason - Hypnosis as a Scientific Problem from Lavoisier to Lacan"
Hardbound w/DJ, 1992, 319 pp
$35.00
Translated from the French Le Couer el la raison, this is perhaps the most interesting, serious, and thought-provoking intellectual piece on hypnosis published in the last twenty years. The authors see hypnosis as defining the boundaries of the psychoanalytic theories as they trace the opposition to hypnotism from Freud to Lacan. They posit that hypnosis presents problems which confound traditional methodologies, and at the same time, test the limits of those methodologies. Intense, intelligent, and recommended.

WILLIAM J. BRYAN JR. "The Chosen Ones : The Psychology of Jury Selection"
Hardbound w/DJ, 1971, 438 pp First Edition - self published
$65.00
$50.00 hardbound copy lacking a dust jacket (first edition)
$35.00 - Hardbound w/DJ - reprint edition
Written by the former head of the American Institute of Hypnosis, and the prolific author of Legal Aspects of Hypnosis and Religious Aspects of Hypnosis, this was one of the first books on how to pick a winning jury. Bryan helped lawyers such as F. Lee Bailey and Melvin Belli to select juries for some of their more famous cases, including the Sam Shepard Case and the Coppolino case. Uncommon.

JOHN F. SCHUMAKER "The Corruption of Reality - A Unified Theory of Religion, Hypnosis and Psychopathology"
Hardbound w/DJ, 1995, 289 pp, Review Copy
$25.00
The Australian psychologist brings together theories of religion, hypnosis and psychopathology as expressions of the unique human ability to modify and regulate reality, traced to the brain's capacity to process information along multiple pathways. An original contribution which is often intellectually fascinating, and always thought-provoking.

PHILIP H . MELANSON, PhD "The Robert F. Kennedy Assasination - New revelations on the Conspiracy and Cover-Up"
Hardbound w/DJ, 1991, 363 pp
$25.00
Was Sirhan Sirhan the unwitting pawn in a hypnotic plot to kill Bobby Kennedy?   Did the Los Angeles Police Department hide evidence that Sirhan was in a trance when captured?  A fascinating look, including in-depth coverage of hypnotist William J. Bryan, the Candy Jones Case, and the interesting exploits of the author as he tries to uncover the long buried secrets of the second Kennedy assasination.

ALAN W. SCHEFLIN & JERROLD LEE SHAPIRO "Trance on Trial"
Hardbound, 1989, 338 pp
$35.00
$22.50 - a trade paperback copy
Writen primarily for clinicians who practice hypnotherapy, Trance on Trial offers a comprehensive evaluation of the use of hypnosis in the courts, as well as practical strategies for maximizing the legal rights of clients while minimizing the liabilities of practitioners. Identifies common legal pitfalls and ways to avoid them, and contains a good history of the legal use of hypnosis.

LEON CHERTOK (ed) "Psychophysiological Mechanisms of Hypnosis"
Hardbound, 1969, 207 pp
$39.50
A compendium of papers presented at an International Symposium sponsered by the International Brain Research Organization in 1967 in Tourtour, France. Participants from around the world discuss physiology, experimental psychology, psycholanalysis with hypnosis. Of particular interest are the contributions from the Soviet Bloc.

K. PLATONOV "The Word as a Physiological and Therapeutic Factor"
Hardbound w/DJ, 1959, 451 pp.
$95.00
This hard-to-find book was first published in Russia in 1930, later revised in 1955 and finally translated and published in English by the Foreigh Languages Publishing House in Moscow. It details the author's experimental and clinical work with hypnosis under Pavlov. They measured physical responses to suggestions, and the book contains various Soviet methods of suggestion,
induction, hypnosis, and psychotherapy. A treasure! Only 1,000 copies were printed.

EUGENE E. LEVITT, HAROLD PERSKY, JOHN OPAUL BRADY 'Hypnotic Induction of Anxiety - A Psychoendocrine Investigation"
Hardbound w/DJ, 1964, 134 pp
$35.00
$17.50 - a spiral bound copy
A monograph which looks at thepsychological and biological changes which accompany affective arousal induced experimentally by hypnotic techniques. Yeah, so what these guys did was hypnotize people, scare the bejeezus out of them, and monitor their blook pressure, plasma hydrocortisone, and hormone levels, as well as perform various psychological tests.  Who says that Experimental guys are no fun?

HELEN PETTINATI (ed) "Hypnosis and Memory"
Hardbound w/DJ, 1988, 301 pp
$35.00
Issues concerning memory have been stimulated by the use of hypnosis from its beginning, from the natural occurance of hypnotic amnesia, to the hypermnesia aspects of age regression. This book uses the hypnotic experience to go to the core of the concept of memory itself. With contributions by the likes of Kenneth Bowers, Ernest Hilgard, Martin Orne, Lawrence Kolb, and Peter Sheehan, the articles run the gamit from hypnosis in the courtroom, to post-hypnotic amnesia, age regression, recovery of memory in combat victims, and experimental models of memory construction.

WHITNEY HIBBARD & RAYMOND WORRING "Forensic Hypnosis - the Practical Applicaton of Hypnosis in Criminal Investigations"
Hardbound w/DJ, 1981, 353 pp
$39.50
A great textbook on the use of hypnosis in a forensic setting, both by the legal profession and by law enforcers. Special attention is paid to hypno-investigations, and a full complement of techniques is discussed. Lots of examples and references to case law.

JESSE E. GORDON (ed) "Handbook of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis"
Hardbound w/DJ, 1967, 653 pp Out of Print
$32.50
$27.50 - Hardbound copy lacking a dust jacket. Excellent Value.
One of the better compendiums of hypnotism materials. Includes Frank Pattie's incredible history of hypnotism (his knowledge of early works is phenomenal), Hilgard, Shor and Barber on hypnosis research, plus articles by Gil and Brenman on the Metapsychology of Regression and Hypnosis, and pieces by C. Scott Moss, Leiws Wolberg, William Edmonston, Ted Sarbin and many others.

DET SGT CHARLES DIGGETT & WILLIAM MULLIGAN "HypnoCop"
Hardbound w/Dj, First Edition, 1982, 226 pp Out of Print
$25.00
Written by the former official hypnotist of the New York Police Department, and a veteran of 33 years on the force, this book has the real life stories of hypnotism used in a forensic setting. Watch as Diggett wins over even the most suspicious officers by using hypnosis to uncover details in case after baffling case.

CHARLES TART "States of Consciousness"
Trade Paperback, 1975, 305 pp
$15.00
From the author of Altered states of Consciousness and Transpersonal Psychologies comes this scholarly book that looks at the topic of consciousness itself, from waking consciousness to hypnosis to dreams to meditation to drugs to emotional states and more.

JEAN DAUVEN "The Powers of Hypnosis"
Trade Paperback, 1980 (1965), 255 pp
$10.00
Translated from the French in this English paperback. A remarkably well illustrated book on hypnotism with sections on history, practice, and therapeutic use.

ERNEST R. HILGARD & JOSEPHINE HILGARD "Hypnosis in the Relief of Pain"
Hardbound w/DJ, 1975, 262 pp
$29.50
In this book two distinguished researchers present a considered assessment of the role of hypnosis in relation to pain as based both on studies in the experimental lab and in clinical practice. A classic.

JOSEPHINE R. HILGARD, M.D. "Personality and Hypnosis - A Study of Imaginative Involvement"
Hardbound w/DJ, 1970, 304 pp
$37.50
Trade Paperback, 2nd edition, 1979, 309 pp,
$22.50
It has long been known that some people are more hypnotizable than others, but the nature of the personality ifference between the more and the less hypnotizable had remained illusive until this experimental study, first published in 1970. A classic.

C. SCOTT MOSS - "Hypnosis In Perspective"
Trade Paperback, 1965, 196 pp
$17.50
A general textbook on hypnotism, including recent experimental data regarding working with children. Covers induction, theories of hypnosis, waking hypnosis, antisocial activities, Role-Taking theory and other topics.

WILLIAM EDMONSTON "Hypnosis and Relaxation"
Hardbound w/DJ, 1981, 255 pp,
$29.50
What IS the difference between the hypnotic trance state and mere relaxation? This is the question these researchers set out to answer in this experimental work. They determine a methodology and give results of tracking physiological changes for each state.

E. FROMM & R. SHOR "Hypnosis: Developments in Research and New Perspectives"
Hardbound W/worn dj, 1979 793 pages!
$29.50
Yes, its almost 800 pages, 22 separate articles on the current state of hypnosis, from New Theories to Surveys of Broad Areas (Hypnosis and Sleep, Hypnotic Amnesia, Hypnosis and Creativity) to Lines of Individual Research (Depth Meaasuring, Hypnotic Programming Techniques in Psychological Experiments) by some of the leading experts in different disciplines: T. X. Barber, Ted Sarbin, Charles Tarte, Ernest Hilgard, Martin T. Orne, and others.)

GALINA VINOGRADOVA "Saint or Satan - the Life and Times of Russian's New Rasputin"
Trade Paperback, 1996, 217 pp, translated by the author, NEW COPY
$18.95
This is the incredible story of Dr. Anatoly Kashpirovsky, who conducted mass TV healing sessions to audiences of the millions throughout the Communist bloc. Despite his miracle cures and his vast devoted following, he was banned bvy the authorities and accused of hypnotizing the nation.

WILLIAM J. BRYAN "Legal Aspects of Hypnosis"
Hardbound, 1962, 282 pp
$26.50
A fascinating book which covers various aspects of the use of hypnotism within the legal and penal system. Includes chapetrs on crimes committed by hypnotic subjects (and they said it couldn't happen!), analysis of a Psycho Killer, court decisions on hypnosis, winning cases with hypnotism, hypnosis and law enforcement, international law and hypnotism, and hypnotism in the penal system.

ERNEST R. HILGARD "The Experience of Hypnosis"
Trade Paperback, 1965, 353 pp
$17.50
A shorter version of Hilgard's classic work "Hypnotic Susceptibility", is a carefully crafted work of experimental hypnosis which investigates susceptibility, induction, age regression, recovery of early traumatic experiences and more.

ERNEST R. HILGARD "Hypnotic Susceptibility"
Hardbound w/DJ, 1965, 434 pp
$45.00 (dust jacket is uncommon)
$32.50
A longer version of "The Experience of Hypnosis"? Nope, just one of the best works of experimental hypnosis ever published. Hilgard and co-worker Weitzenhoffer examine individual differences in hypnotizability, as well as ability to exhibit various hypnotic phenomena, such as age regression, hypermnesia, posthypnotic amnesia, analgesia, hallucinations and hypnotic dreams.

SIMEON EDMUNDS "The Psychic Power of Hypnosis"
Paperback, 1975 (1968)63 pp
$7.50
This English import concentrates on the occult tradition of hypnotism. Discusses psychic phenomena, mesmerism, the paranormal, clairvoyance, and reincarnation.

ORMAND MCGILL "Hypnotism and Meditation"
Trade Paperback, 1981, 99 pp,
$6.95
The classic stage magician and hypnotic mystic writes this Operational Manual for Hypnomeditation. Use hypnotic meditation for self transformation.

CIBA SYMPOSIA "Mesmerism"
Pamphlet, 1948, approx 30 pp
$32.50
The March-April issue of Ciba Symposia is completely dedicated to mesmerism. Includes Mesmerism in Primitive Societies, Mesmer and Animal Magnetism, From Mesmerism to hypnotism, and Hypnosis and Modern Psychiatry. Uncommon

GROUP FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF PSYCHIATRY "Medical Uses of Hypnosis"
Wrappers, 1962, 66 pp
$19.50
A Symposium devoted to promoting the medical use of hypnosis. Includes Ralph Kaufman on history of hypnotism, Lewis Wolberg on classical clinical uses, Harold Rosen on Therapeutic Considerations, Martin Orne on Problems and Research areas, and a reprint of the 1958 report on the Medical Use of Hypnosis from the Council of Mental Health. Also contains a position paper regarding hypnosis from the American Psychiatric Association from 1961.

BRADLEY KUHNS "Hypnosis and The Law"
Hardbound, 1981, 218 pp
$22.50
A book of hypnotic techniques for use in legal and criminal applications. Covers hypnotism for memory recovery, hypnotism in the coutroom, and hypnotism and the polygraph. Out of Print.

GERALD S. BLUM "A Model of the Mind"
Hardbound w/DJ, 1961, 229 pp
$37.50
Through a series of hypnoticaally controlled experiments, Blum tries to create a detiled theory of human thought, feeling, and sction which stresses those mental functions occurring between stimulus and response. A fascinating work of brain detective investigation and experimental hypnosis.

WILLIAM KROGER - "Childbirth With Hypnosis"
Hardbound w/worn dj, 1961, 216 pp First Edition
$20.00
$7.00 - trade paperback copy
The author of the Bible of hypnotism writes this small book about using hypnotism and self hypnosis to assist with painless childbirth. Includes scripts that can be use for pregnant moms-to-be.

ROBERT HUFFMAN & IRENE SPECHT "Many Wonderful Things"
Hardbound, 1970 (1957), DeVorss & Co, 377 pp
$12.50
Written during the regression craze brought on by the Bridey Murphy case, this book focuses on spiritual use of age regression Published by the premier New Age publisher, even back in the fifties!

MILTON KLINE (ed) "A Scientific Report on 'The Search for Bridey Murphy'"
Hardbound w/DJ, 1956, 224 pp
$22.50
Back in 1956 the Bridey Murphy case caused quite a stir among the general public, and the media was alive with stories of hypnotism, past life regression, reincarnation, faith healing, and the like. This book attempted to put a serious scientific face on the hubub. Articles by Bernard Raginsky, F.L. Marcuse, Margaretta Bowers, Arthur Shapiro and Milton Kline.

MARTIN M SEGAL "The Questions They Ask About Hypnosis"
Pamphlet, 1975, 70 pp
$7.50
Although you wouldn't know it from the title, this pamphlet also covers the answers, as presented by this Florida hypnotherapist. Introduction by Frank Caprio.

SEAN KELLY & REID KELLY "Hypnosis : Understanding How It Can Work for You"
Hardbound w/DJ, 1985, 250 pp
$19.50
$10.00 - a trade paperback copy
Based on Dr. Kelly's succesful practice at Boston's famed Beth Israel Hospital, this book brings you right into his office, including verbatim accounts of how hypnosis is induced and used. Dozens of case histories about the medical uses of hypnotism, and an intriquing report on how hypnosis is used in detective work and the courtroom.

TAYLOR & BONGER "Clinical Applications of Biofeedback Therapy"
Hardbound, 1976, 116 pp
$15.00
For a small book, this one is packed with info. Covers Background of Biofeedback therapy, Instruments used, Biofeedback in Psychotherapy, and Specialized Therapeutic Applications in Bioffedback Therapy. Well illustrated, written for the professional.

EUGENE B. BLOCK "Hypnosis: A New Tool in Crime Detection"
Hardbound w/dj, 1976, 240 pp,
$19.50
$12.50 - an ex-library copy
Hypnosis has played a major part in some of the best known crimes of this century - the kidnapping of Jimmy Hoffa, the assassination of Robert Kennedy - and was effectively used by F. Lee Bailey in the Sam Sheppard murder case and the trial of the Boston Strangler. In the book, researcher Block guides us through the battle for legal acceptance and the significant contributions that hypnotism has made to law enforcement.

HARRY ARONS "Hypnosis In Criminal Investigation"
Trade Paperback , 1973, 211 pp
$19.50
The first book about the application of hypnotic techniques by the police, attorneys, and those defending criminal suspects. The second printing of a classic work.

LESLEY KUHN (ed) - Modern Hypnosis
Hardbound, 1947, 349 pp
$19.50
$7.50 - a paperback copy
A compendium of articles showing the state of the art at mid century. Includes two classic articles by Erickson - "Concerning the Nature and Character of Post Hypnotic Behavior", and "An Experimental Investigation of the Possible Antisocial Use of Hypnosis" as well as 16 others, including the original Davis and Husband Hypnotic Susceptibility scale.

C. SCOTT MOSS "The Hypnotic Investigation of Dreams"
Hardbound w/DJ, 1967, 190 pp
$25.00
The first half of this book is an experimental examination of the ability of hypnosis to induce dreams, and of the differences between the dream state and hypnotism. The second half reprints 12 articles about hypnotism and dreams, from Erickson, Brenman, Barber, Tart and others.

LISETTE SCHOLL "Hypnovision"
Hardbound w/DJ, 1990m 240 pp
$15.00
An interesting mix of holistic medicine, the Bates method, and hypnotism to cure a wide variety of vision problems. Lots of scripts for working with vision issues, including regression.

REIFF & SCHEERER - "Memory and Hypnotic Age Regression"
Hardbound w/dj, 1959, 253 pp
$25.00
A study which concentrates on hypnotic recall of the early years of childhood. Theoretical and experimental in nature, the authors perform a number of tests to determine the facts involved in the accuracy of hypnotically recovered memories.

WOLFE & ROSENTHAL - "Hypnotism Comes of Age"
Hardbound, 1948, 272 pp , foxing
$15.00
This book traces the development of hypnotism from Mesmer to its therapeutic use at the end of WW II. In depth section on the work of Lewis Wolberg written back when it was contemporary.

ANDREW SALTER "What is Hypnosis"
Hardbound w/dj, Ex Lib, First Edition, 1944, 88 pp
$17.50
$15.00 - Hardbound w/o dj
Salter attempts to answer the question "What is Hypnosis". Salter's answer is clear: it is not suggestion, it is a Conditioned Response. Pavlov, pure and simple. Salter had quite a give-and-take with Erickson - this is his side of the story.

FRED FRANKEL : "Hypnosis - Trance as a Coping Mechanism"
Hardbound w/DJ, 1976, 185 pp, in print for $46.95
$27.50
$19.50 - an ex-lib copy lacking a dust jacket
Frankel reintroduces and reshapes a concept originally introduced at the turn of the century: that hypnosis is especially helpful in the treatment of clinical conditions that are in some ways related tot he client's capacity to enter a trance.

JULIAN JAYNES "The Origin of Conscious in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind"
Hardbound w/DJ, 1976, 467 pp (Out of Print in Hardback)
$17.50
$12.50 - a trade paperback copy
Julian Jaynes examines three forms of human awareness - the bicameral or god-run man; the modern or problem-solving man; and contemporary forms of throwbacks to bicamerality: hypnotism, schizophrenia, poetic and religious frenzy, among other phenomena. A unique and bold theory of consciousness and hypnosis.

E. FROMM & R. SHOR "Hypnosis: Research Developments and Perspectives"
Hardbound W/dj, 1972 656 pages, front free end paper missing
$27.50
Yes, its over 650 pages, 20 separate articles on the current state of hypnosis, from New Theories to Surveys of Broad Areas (Hypnosis and Sleep, Hypnotic Amnesia, Hypnosis and Creativity) to Lines of Individual Research (Depth Measuring, Hypnotic Programming Techniques in Psychological Experiments) by some of the leading experts in different disciplines: T. X. Barber, Ted Sarbin, Charles Tart, Ernest Hilgard, Martin T. Orne, and others.)

SIMEON EDMUNDS "Hypnosis - Key to Psychic Powers"
Paperback, 1971 (1968) 63 pp
$7.50
This English import concentrates on the occult tradtion of hypnotism. Discusses psychic phenomena, mesmerism, the paranormal, clairvoyance, and reincarnation.

SIMEON EDUMUMDS "Hypnotism and E.S.P."
Trade Paperback, 1969, 180 pp
$12.50
For a long time, the phenomena of hypnosis was closely tied to all things paranormal, like telepathy, mediumship, telekinesis, clairvoyance and the like. Of course, nowadays we don't believe in this stuff (do we?). This book looks at the connection of hypnotism and E.S.P, as well as other interesting topics such as dissociation, multiple personality, reincarnation, and other things spiritual.

EDITH FIORE "Encounters"
Hardbound w/DJ, 1989, First Edition, 342 pp
$17.50
Using hypnosis as a therapeutic tool, Fiore has found many of her patients 'remembering' what seem to be abductions by aliens in spacecrafts. In Encounters she shares her extraordinary findings.

JOHN G. FULLER "The Interupted Journey"
Hardbound w/DJ, 1966, 320pp
$16.50
Two lost hours aboard a flying saucer are recovered in one of the first books to use deep hypnotic trance to elicit a tale of UFO abduction. Transcripts galore.

WHITLEY STRIEBER "Communion"
Hardbound w/DJ, 1987, 299 pp, First Edition
$15.00
Okay, just one more about alien abduction. This author, aided by memory recall under deep hypnosis, documents a series of elaborate personal encounters with intelligent nonhuman beings in his isolated cabin in upstate New York.

MICHAEL KAROLY "Hypnosis"
Paperback, 1961, 190 pp
$10.00
Filled with case histories, this British import introduces hypnosis to the general population, and it has a really cool cover too! The practicing hypnotherapist includes his own theories about the structure of the mind.

STEPHEN MARTIN "Hypnotism Simplified"
Wrappers, no date (1930's), 60 pp
$9.50
An early manual of hypnotism from England. How to hypnotise, stages of hypnotism, suggestibility, and other topics.

LEE PULOS "Beyond Hypnosis"
Trade Paperback, 1990, 132 pp
$10.00
From the Canadian psychologist and past presidend of the Canadian Society of Clinical Hypnosis, comes the modern book about the trances we experience in everyday life. Of special interest is the author's notes on working with athletes. Also covers imagery, self-talk, affirmations, communicating with the subconscious mind, induction techniques, and the history of hypnotism.

GARY SCHWARTZ & DAVID SHAPIRO "Consciousness and Self-Regulation"
Hardbound w.DJ, 1976, 400pp, Ex-Library copy
$17.50
A collection of articles about self-regulation, altered states of consciousness, biofeedback, hypnosis, and the like. Includes Hypnotic Susceptibility, EEG-Alpha, and Self-Regulation.

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