The Transparent Hypnotist

Art by alicepopkorn.

Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy, oh boy…it is All Hallows’ Eve. Happy day (and night) all! It is good to be back and raring to go. Since my favorite holiday is occurring on a Friday, I am forgoing the 10 Questions with Hypnotists to bring you Ellie’s Favorite Five Scary Sites. I know it has little to do with hypnosis, but I hope you will forgive this one jaunt off topic. I need to get into the spirit of things for the party tonight.

1. Room 237 Origins - No this is not some elite spa, but scary stuff from the mind of my friend Jack. He has dedicated several blog post leading up to the culmination of tonight.
2. Hotel 626. This is old news (Jack did a marvelous piece about it), but it still delights me in unholy ways. It’s a game, but be warned - I have had nightmare’s from it (yeah, it is that intense). The site opens at 6:00 pm. DO check in.
3. In the Shadows - A Place to View Etsy’s Darker Side. Sarah, a polymer clay artist herself, posts about the eclectic darker art on Etsy. Its spooky to see her picks.
4. Jarek Kubicki. Designer Depot recently featured the wonderful artist. Jarek’s photographic images are haunting in a sensual way, but they also belay the horror or sheets gone astray that turn into other worldly ideas.
5. Darkness Radio. I met these gentlemen at the Louisville PAranormal Conference this year. They do a wonderfully entertaining radio show about paranormal subjects. These are things that go beyond fiction.

Image from the US Fish and Wildlife Service

Well, it is time to resurface for a bit of blogging air. Many, many thanks to Rose, Terry and Michael for guest blogging the past week. Michael, I love the nothing induction. Thanks for sharing!!!!

And it is late to be posting today, and for that I do apologize. I ended up on the road for a good part of the day and planning for tomorrow’s holiday. Crazy stuff!!!

I had a great trip and was able to spend some time with family members. I also tried something completely new, but hypnotic none-the-less. Birding. I went birding. Yes, I sat very still (freezing) on the edge of a forrest, blending in with the fall foliage. Perhaps a burning bush would have been better camouflage considering the red nose I developed.

When I first realized that this was an early morning fate of mine, I found myself a little resistive (and for no known reason). The whole idea of siting out in the field, collecting the morning dew on my hiking clothes with my aunt and her walker seemed very unglamorous compared to the pancake breakfast the rest of the family was having. But, my aunt, ever the Audubon gal, decided this would be just the thing for her niece who was reported to be a hiking fiend.

And as we sat there amongst the trees and the silence, the occasional random bird call, and the thermos of hot coffee, I began to get the flow of the morning. Why, this birding thing, it was quite a bit like meditation. One takes a pair of binoculars and begins not only to focus on the variations of color and sound, but focus the mind into a state of pure concentration. As I handed back the optics to my aunt, I watched her for a few moments. Sure enough she had lost track of time and place and was answering my chattering whispers with trance-like “um-hums.”

It then occurred to me to try an experiment with her. This particular aunt is ever one to moan about her aches and pains. I have often offered to work with her on pain management, but she is not too keen on my brand of hocus pocus (as she calls it). But here she was, already in her own sort of hypnotic state. What did I have to lose? Carefully, I continued whispering to her. She was definitely in another state of reality (I asked her if she would like chocolate syrup on her club sandwich at lunch, to which she replied “um-hum.”). Continuing on, I gave her a suggestion that when she returned home from bird watching, she would be pain free for the rest of the day. She seemed not to notice.

Finally, my cell phone range and it was my uncle calling to check on us. It was time to rejoin humanity. I would love to say that as I looked up, there was the elusive red-headed woodpecker (birders, I apologize, I really know not what I speak of). Alas, nothing. My aunt made a few quick notes in her log, handed me all of the gear (okay, the ATB binoculars are tres cool) and proceeded to position herself in her walker. Was there a ah-ha moment when she threw the walker away? Nope. She and I made our slow progress back.

I put away our gear, washed up and sat down at the table. No, my aunt did not ask for chocolate sauce for her club sandwich. Instead she was all bright and cheerful, telling everyone that we saw this bird, heard that bird, and what a great morning it was.

The rest of the day was peaceful. My aunt remained cheerful. Dinner came and went and before I knew it, I was falling asleep on the couch. It was not until I stood in my jammies, brushing my teeth, that I realized my aunt had not complained once about her pain since returning from our birding adventure.

The remaining days with her were also fairly pain free (or she did not bother reporting it if so). She wants to go birding with me again. Apparently I now need to get my own gear (who would have thought?). My uncle happily admitted that those “wonderful binoculars” I was impressed with were his hunting ones. My aunt had apparently absconded with them. He hinted that he would like a new pair of Nikon’s All Terrain Binoculars (Christmas will be here before we know it, don’t cha know). He even sent me an email on how to get Free ATB Pro Gear, ie. my own stuff, if I bought him the binoculars before December 31 (depending on the kind you buy, you can get a $25 or $50 gift card when you buy a pair of Nikon ATB binoculars).

That night, as I dozed off to sleep in the guest bedroom, book still open to the page I was reading, my aunt walked in and stood beside the bed. Fearing that another early morning of sitting in the cold woods was about to be proposed, I did the cowardly thing, I faked complete sleep.

“Ellie,” she whispered, “are you awake?” No response.

“Ellie, in the morning you will buy your uncle his own set of binoculars and you will feel wonderful.”

With that little suggestion, she crept of of the room.

photo by .betty b. on flickr

It’s early evening as I write this, and I still have no idea what to blog about today.  So I’m blogging about not knowing what to blog about.

Which reminds me of an induction I wrote some time ago called “Think of Nothing.”  It goes like this:

I wrote it as an exercise, but the result turns out to be a surprisingly effective induction.  There are elements of confusion and it engages the imagination well enough that it seems to work for a broad group of people.

The lesson in there, I suppose, is that sometimes even when you have nothing to say, it can be worth saying it anyway.  ;^)  Fortunately this ends my watch, so you needn’t fear you’ll be reading my grocery list tomorrow.

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photo by Immanuel Giel, Wikipedia Commons

Her name is Bojana, which she tells me is as common in her homeland of Serbia as Mary or Jennifer would be in the US. Her English is quite good but she apologizes for it anyway with a nervous laugh.

We talk for a little bit to help settle her down. I keep an eye on the Skype window, though, to remind myself that while it may only be early evening for me it’s well after midnight in Serbia. Soon enough Bojana seems to be relaxing a bit. It’s time to begin.

The induction goes well.  I can hear her breathing slow and deepen and her verbal responses take on that dreamy tone that confirms she’s making good progress.  We transition into a brief deepener, a countdown disguised as a walk down a corrider inside her mind (an image I shamelessly borrow from Terence Watts).  And then, because Bojana had asked for this session because she was having difficulty reaching beyond a moderate trance depth on her own, I move on to my favorite deepening exercise, which I learned from Brian David Phillips.  The method involves having the client imagine a control panel with three large knobs or dials, each of which is set to zero now and has 10 positions.  The client turns the first knob him/herself, going twice as deep with each click; I turn the second, sending the client three times deeper with each click; and we turn the last one together, going five times deeper with each click.

We get as far as the sixth click on the first dial, then suddenly Bojana stops me.  “I’m sorry,” she says.  “I hit the wall again and came out.”  She sounds frustrated and apologetic at the same time.

“It’s perfectly okay,” I tell her, staying in voice, and before she can pull herself out completely I talk her back into trance.  She wants it, so it’s not very hard to get her heading back down, but obviously a change in tactics is in order.

Erickson teaches us to use what the client brings to us.  Bojana had brought a wall; okay, why not?  I tell her to gently allow herself to approach the wall, close enough to touch it, and describe it to me in detail.  It’s old, she says.  Huge.  Made of big, rough stones, like the wall of a castle.  Which gives me an idea.

Every castle, I explain to her, is equipped with secret exits so that the ruler can escape in an emergency or sneak soldiers in to recapture a fallen stronghold.  I suggest that she feel around the wall, looking for that faint seam or loose stone that, when pressed, causes the secret door to open.  We’ve already established that this is her wall, her castle, so she has every right to enter.  Bojana feels around for a minute, poking and prodding the wall, and sure enough she discovers a small hole concealing a button.  Pressing the button causes part of the wall to open.

Bojana steps inside.  Today’s goal has been achieved.

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Good morning!

More on the title in a moment.  First, I feel a duty to carry on in Ellie’s Monday tradition by calling out some hypnosis news from the past week.

The Good

From livingstondaily.com comes a story on a Community Health and Fitness Fair hosted by the Hamburg Kiwanis Club.  It’s coming up this Saturday, November 1, so if you live near southeast Michigan it might be a good chance to introduce some people to the benefits of hypnosis.

New Scientist (sorry, it’s a paid article) posted a piece on 10/15 which, from the abstract I can see, looks very positive about the increasing uses of hypnosis in conjunction with medicine.

And from NaturalNews.com, you can read about how hypnosis is being used to help children and teens who suffer from dyspnea, a disease of the airway, lungs, or heart.

The Bad (as in cool)

From Ben-Gurion University of the Negev by way of medicalnewstoday.com, there’s a short piece about a study in which hypnosis was used to induce synesthesia — that is, one sense triggering another in odd or interesting ways.

Along the same lines, Wired reports that another group of psychologists have used hypnosis to give people the ability to see numbers as colors, which is also a form of synesthesia.

Which brings me to …

The Weird

A hypnotist friend of mine sent me a missive that’s been circulating around the ‘Net recently and accuses Democratic Presidential candidate Barak Obama of using Ericksonian covert hypnosis techniques to “override the voters’ rational judgment” and compel people to vote for him in the upcoming US Presidential election.  Included with the email was a 67-page PDF that discusses what “covert hypnosis” is, talks a little about Erickson and his methods, and then goes on to detail several speeches of Obama’s and point out the embedded hypnotic commands.

To a degree the piece is interesting because, when you peel away all the alarmist rhetoric about subverting the democratic process and the gross overstatements of how universally and irresistibly effective these techniques are, the document does illustrate some habits and behaviors that may partly explain how Obama was able to rise from relative obscurity to his present position in just a few years.  Whether he uses these techniques deliberately and with malice aforethought, as the document author claims (and I can’t help but imagine the writer adjusting his tin foil hat every so often while typing it all out), or whether they are habits he learned and uses unconsciously, Obama is definitely skilled in the arts of persuasion.  And while I remain among the undecided as far as my personal vote goes, the whole thing does have me thinking:  if I had a job where my success depended on persuading 535 other people, each of whom has his/her own and probably conflicting agenda, to do things my way, wouldn’t it help to have Erickson’s natural ability?

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Though Spring is the traditional time for cleaning and renewing, I find myself more and more preoccupied with thoughts of retooling.  Some of those thoughts are focused on my practice, such as my recent decision to begin accepting credit cards.  Others involve doing a ground-up redesign of that vital current-day marketing tool, my website.

I blame Scot Giles.  The presentation he gave at this summer’s NGH Convention on how he uses technology in his practice riled up my inner geek.  Rev. Giles describes his method as an ideal micropractice — meaning he uses technology as much as possible so that he can avoid hiring staff and spending his time on things other than working with clients, resulting in lower fees for the clients and more effective use of his time.  In addition to learning about Rev. Giles himself, his practice, and his background, clients who visit his website can also book and change appointments (including viewing what times are free on his calendar), fill out his intake form, download his Client Bill of Rights and other interesting and important documents, even obtain some free sample MP3 sessions.

By comparison, my site is a series of fairly plain HTML pages that I maintain using a copy of Dreamweaver so old that it still bears the Macromedia name and logos.  I do have a few downloadable files including a couple of MP3s, but nothing near the level of service and sophistication that Rev. Giles shows to the world.  Which, considering that in the day job that pays my bills I happen to be a pretty serious IT geek, is starting to bother me a bit.  Hence the urge to retool.

As I look around, though, most of the hypnotists’ sites that I find are much closer to mine in terms of functionality than to Rev. Giles’s.  Mostly static pages describing the hypnotist’s approach, answering common questions and misconceptions, discussing the various applications of hypnosis.  A few include a Client Bill of Rights (something NGH strongly encourages) and a form for sending email to the hypnotist.  A number of them offer CDs or downloadable recordings, either as free samples or with a shopping cart system for accepting payments.  Which leads to my Sunday Question for you all …

How do you use technology — particularly with regard to your website, but also in the office — to help manage and promote your practice?

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by Terry O’Brien

“Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men?”
“The Shadow knows”

With that, one of the most successful pulp characters was introduced to the radio and magazine audience. Even today, that phrase is recognized and the character remembered: the Shadow, who possessed the hypnotic power to “cloud mens’ minds”.

But the Shadow has had a convoluted history: he didn’t always have that power; in fact, he wasn’t a pulp character in the first place!

Magazine publishers Street and Smith wanted a mysterious announcer to host their radio dramas based on their magazine Detective Story Magazine. The result was the Shadow, who would introduce the stories on radio: other candidates for the character’s name were “the Inspector” and “the Sleuth”. They received an immediate and unexpected success: buyers began asking the newsstands for the “Shadow” magazine. Seeing an opportunity, Street and Smith asked pulp writer Walter Gibson to create the character for the new Shadow Magazine.

A prolific pulp author, Gibson was also a stage magician and hypnotist and a close friend of magicians Dunninger and Thurston. Using the pen-name of Maxwell Grant, Gibson would eventually write 282 of the 325 stories published, writing one almost every two weeks: guest authors wrote the remaining stories, which included Lester Dent, author of the Doc Savage novels. (The Lester Dent / Doc Savage connection with the Shadow is also curiously coincidental: Superman’s secret identity of Clark Kent came from Doc Savage’s first name of Clark and the Shadow’s first name of Kent.) He also ghost-wrote books on stage magic with such luminaries as Harry Houdini, Harry Blackstone and Joseph Dunninger, and wrote or co-wrote (with his wife) a number of books on magic, yoga, and psychic phenomena, including a book on hypnosis entitled “Hypnotism Through the Ages”.

Gibson created the Shadow, based, he said, on Bram Stoker’s “Dracula” and Edward Bulwar-Lytton’s story “The House and the Brain”. Secretly, the Shadow was Kent Allard, aviator, but he took the name and persona of playboy Lamont Cranston to mingle with the upper-class: he would take other identities in his war on crime. He was a mysterious figure that dispensed justice in the traditional pulp style, depending on his powers of stealth to appear from the shadows.

When the Shadow returned to radio, several changes were made. Gone was Kent Allard, the Shadow was always Lamont Cranston. Added was the character of Margo Lane, the Shadow’s feminine sidekick, who would eventually become part of the pulp magazine stories. And, most importantly, to explain his preternatural ability to conceal himself, he was given the hypnotic power to “cloud mens’ minds” that he learned in the Orient: that power would eventually find its way back into the pulp series, as well. The radio stories include at least two stories involving hypnosis and mental control, one where the antagonist hypnotizes an entire audience in order to kidnap the state governor to have him release his brother who is currently sentenced to be executed that night, and another whose antagonist possessed mental powers of psychic domination. Both were stopped by the Shadow, of course.

After the war, the pulps declined but were not forgotten. In the 1970’s, DC Comics revived the Shadow (and another pulp hero, the Avenger) in a short-lived but well-received series. The Shadow of the comics was an amalgamation of both the radio and pulp characters: he did not have the “power to cloud mens’ minds”, preferring to rely on his twin .45 automatics, but he did wear a curious girasol (red fire opal) ring that he used as a hypnotic focus, once owned by Rasputin and reputed to be the source of his hypnotic prowess. The title featured the work of comics artist Wm. Michael Kaluta, the definitive Shadow artist.

The 1994 movie was also an amalgamation of the radio and pulp characters: this time, the hypnotic powers were emphasized, especially since his (re-occurring, from the pulps) enemy Shiwan Khan also employed such powers of the Mystic East. Kaluta would also draw the comic adaptation of the movie.

Locations: Ewloe, Flintshire and Ruthin, Denbighshire

Cyber Location: www.markdarlington.com

1.  Are you a full time hypnotist, part-time or hobbyist?

I’ve been a full time Hypnotherapist for just over a year now. It often feels like more than full time though as I run two busy practices, host a radio show, write, conduct seminars and am passionate about self-development. I attend courses at least four times a year to make sure I’m using all the most up to date methods.

2. Do you specialize in any type of hypnosis?

My “specialty”, if you like, is to incorporate different therapeutic and psychological approaches into my hypnosis sessions depending on what the client needs. I’m a big believer that the client knows themselves better than anyone else does and so spend a great deal of time really listening to them and especially the specific language that they use to describe what’s going on for them. This helps me to tailor each session for each individual for more rapid, permanent results – that’s my specialty.

My main client base (around 80%) is people suffering from anxiety, panic attacks, stress and those “stuck” in a place where they don’t want to be emotionally. I also deal with fears, phobias, stop smoking and weight loss.

3. Is there any type of hypnosis you do not do? Why?

I don’t do “stage hypnosis” or any other hypnosis purely for entertainment. Not particularly as I have any views for or against it, but my reasons for becoming a hypnotherapist were all around touching as many people’s lives in a positive and helpful way as I can. I prefer to use my skills in a therapeutic way.

4. Do you use self-hypnosis regularly in your life? If so, how?

I use self hypnosis to prepare me for the day and to relax me in an evening as often as I can.

My favorite time to use self hypnosis, however, is at the dentist. I had a horrible experience at the dentist when I was six years old, which left me with a huge fear. I only got rid of that during my training while working with another trainee. Now I use self hypnosis instead of pain relief. My dentist was amazed when I had some root canal work carried out using hypnosis instead of anesthetic.

5. Describe your hypnosis office or work setting.

I’m fortunate to work from two wonderful places in North Wales, UK.

I split my time between seeing clients in my consulting room at home in Ewloe, Flintshire and one in Ruthin, Denbighshire. Both spaces are minimal, neutral but warm and homely with the most comfortable chairs I have ever sat in and some art on the wall. When I was furnishing my new room in Ruthin I found “The” chair and had to buy one for each room - it was that wonderful.

6. Describe a typical day in your life.

I’m generally up early and spend an hour from 8am responding to emails, updating my website www.markdarlington.com and preparing for the day ahead over breakfast. I’ll then walk my son to school and see my first client at 9.30am. I work Monday to Friday 9.30am to 4.30pm and the occasional Saturday morning.

On a Tuesday it’s “media day”. I record my “Positive Habits” Radio Show with my fabulous producer Gill Roberts. The show goes out every Sunday and Wednesday on www.wrexhamfm.com and is also transcribed and podcasted for anyone who can’t listen live. I spend the rest of the day writing articles and self help guides.

7. Where did you get your training in hypnosis and are you certified?

I initially trained in NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming) with Paul McKenna. UK readers will instantly know Paul and readers in the USA may have seen his show “I Can Make You Thin” on TLC. I was also lucky enough to train with Richard Bandler, John LaValle and Michael Neill (who is just fantastic, check out www.geniuscatalyst.com to see for yourself).

I also trained in and studied various other psychological approaches before completing my Diplomas in Clinical and Advanced Hypnosis and my Hypnotherapy Practitioners Diploma.

So yes, you could say I’m extremely well certified.

8. Most fabulous hypnosis technique you use?

I’m careful not to have a favorite technique as I am aware of other people who will try to shoehorn their favorite techniques into as many client sessions as possible regardless of what the client needs, just because the hypnotist loves it.

Therefore, in my opinion, the most fabulous hypnosis techniques are the ones where the client gets maximum benefit and results. There’s nothing more satisfying or magical in this profession than seeing success for your client.

9. Worse moment ever in a hypnosis setting that ended up being a valuable learning experience.

I remember early on in my career having five appointments booked in for the day. Each new client shared their own traumatic story with me, all obviously in a terrible place in their lives and desperate for help. By the end of the day I was physically and emotionally exhausted and started to question whether or not I could cope with that kind of experience on a regular basis.

However, within a few short weeks the change in each person was amazing. It was wonderfully uplifting to see how far they had come.

So now, when I’m with a client telling me a traumatic story, I focus on where I know they will be in just a few weeks time.

10.  Any words of advice to potential clients or other hypnotist.

Clients:

• Before committing to any form of treatment, make sure you meet your therapist.
• Be sure that you’re comfortable with them and have confidence in them.
• A personal recommendation is great, however if that’s not possible always check their qualifications.
• Ask lots of questions and feel comfortable to call them back to ask the questions you forgot to ask at your first meeting.
• If you’re unsure about anything during your treatment be confident to bring it up. A good therapist will be pleased you did.

Therapists;

• Only ever deal with issues within your realm of expertise.
• Listen fully to your clients, they hold the keys to their well-being.
• Hypnosis on its own is not a “cure all”, use complimentary techniques and/or professionals for your clients’ sakes.
• Did I mention listen fully?!

My first introduction to hypnosis
by Kate Beaven-Marks

Photograph by net_efekt

How a work colleague brought hypnosis into the conversation, I cannot remember, but, at some point, whilst chatting and drinking coffee, he said he “did hypnotherapy” and that it was good for relaxation…

Relaxation sounded ideal, as I was facing some oral surgery (bone graft) and was a little ‘concerned’ (okay, getting really nervous!) in the days leading up to it.

So, two days later, at 8pm on a cold rainy Thursday night, I arrived at his consulting room. I don’t know quite what I was expecting. All I knew about hypnosis was what I had seen on TV, which was Paul McKenna (stage hypnotist in the UK in the 1990’s) and I SO was not the type of person to be doing silly things (think ‘tense, reserved and highly analytical’ and that was me). I was beginning to wonder what on earth I was doing there.

Well, the consulting room was about 10ft x 10ft, cream painted walls, with an oak bookcase, filled with odds and ends, photos and a couple of candles, three chairs (one a recliner), a blue rug and a pine cupboard (containing case files – I found out later). There were several hypnotherapy qualification certificates and a couple of pictures, one of a candle (yes, great for eye fixation inductions) and one of a beach scene (good for ‘seeding the imagination’). It has changed since, but I can still picture it as clearly today as I saw it then. I guess that was my first example that images laid down at times of great stress are often very vivid to recall!

A detailed case history took about 40 minutes, and then he started to talk about hypnosis, and talk, and talk…I think by the time he finished I had a great overview from the history of hypnosis to the techniques of the current day. Looking back, I think he was waiting for me to relax, but my right hand was still firmly gripping my left wrist and I was just as tense as when I had walked in. I still didn’t know exactly what to expect…..

Anyway, he gave me the option of ending the session or ‘doing some work’. Surprising myself, I said we would carry on. So, I was asked to recline back in the chair, uncross my ankles and rest my hands on my legs… and then he said I could keep my hands crossed if I wanted (so I did) and then close my eyes….

About forty minutes, one classic permissive induction and staircase deepener down marble stairs into a sunken garden and two metaphorical stories later, I opened my eyes when I was told to and proceeded to indignantly argue that he wrong about one of his stories. About three minutes later than that, I paid my money and was ushered out of the door.

I can still remember driving home feeling ‘spaced out’. I know now that if I go into deep hypnosis I tend not to wake up fully unless there is lots of energy in the awakening.

As to the finger marks on my arm the next day… well the rest of me may have relaxed beautifully, but that death-grip hold on my wrist had stayed throughout and left me with some clear finger marks on my wrist and forearm… The spaced out feeling also stayed with me, all of the next day and gradually disappearing over the weekend.

Fortunately, the relaxation also stayed with me. On the Monday my blood pressure and pulse were the best they had ever been. Amazing really as it was the morning of my surgery!

The surgery went well and I spent my recovery time reading all about hypnosis. That first session and every subsequent session I have experienced, have been great learning experiences. All the good and useful techniques and tips enhance my own practice. Anything that doesn’t work as well is also worth experiencing to know how to avoid potential pitfalls with my clients.

From the very first session, I can reflect and know:

1. If your client has a body position going into hypnosis then it can stay like that throughout. So the classic feet uncrossed, flat on the floor (if not reclined), hands relaxed and apart all have a sensible basis.
2. Make sure your clients know what to expect if they have never experienced hypnosis before.
3. ALWAYS make sure they are fully, fully wide awake if they are going to drive home.

What still surprises me, having been hypnotized hundreds of times during classes when training and later when ‘playing’, is that I never got that ‘spaced out feeling’ for three days again and no two hypnotic experiences have ever been exactly the same, even with the same hypnotist and pretty much the same words.

That first session was the start of a fascinating journey which has not only improved my health and well-being and changed the way I think and act, but has given me the ability to help others every day.

Photography by lorenzo cuppini // busy

Well, I am taking my rose colored glasses and going out into the world again. This time rather than reclusing, I am going to merge, blend and lose myself in the crowd. For those who read this often, you know that I am ever one to get restless (seems like once a month) and need a change of pace.

But, that does not mean you need a vacation from me or at least the transparent hypnotist. I have a week or more of fun planned to keep you entertained.

Beginning tomorrow, Kate Beaven-Marks’s will share her first experience with hypnosis.

The Friday 10 Questions will be with hypnotist and radio personality Mark Darlington.

Esoteric Saturday will be covered by Mr. Hypno-media himself Terry O’Brien.

Then Michael Raugh will have the blog until October 29.

After that? There maybe a few surprises still lurking in the guest postings…

Again please feel free to comment. I will either have open commenting while I am gone or someone will release them for me.

And you never know, I’ll be lurking in the shadows and catting around…