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Dan_M New user Germany 63 Posts |
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On 2012-12-06 17:59, IAIN wrote: Fascinating. I will look them up for further study. To the library, Robin! |
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robinr Loyal user Greater Los Angeles area 226 Posts |
Re the several mentions of Robert Anton Wilson, I wrote an omnibus book review of all his non-fiction books to-date in 1991. Shortly afterwards he and his wife and I had an enjoyable lunch. One of the things I got a kick out of was that he liked to present himself as a sort of Mephistophelean figure, and the actual man was sort of pudgy and cuddly. If any of you want would like to read the review to learn more about his work, pm me with your email address.
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Bill Cushman Inner circle Florida 2876 Posts |
On Writing by Stephen King, and I mean for scripting and plotting routines.
Solution Oriented Hypnosis by Bill O'Hanlon. This is the best, least convoluted, explanation and teaching of the Ericksonian perspective and methods I've come across. There's more to come, but I wanted to get in on this whacky thread while I'm thinking about it. The thread, that is. |
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asanghi Veteran user Moscow, Russia 308 Posts |
Dr Bill...appreciate your getting in on this thread. Would be obliged if you could briefly describe what is the "Ericksonian perspective / method"? My vastly superior intuitive skills tell me quite a few people are wondering about this at this very moment ;-)
And congrats, btw, on the resounding success of your bill bend routine... |
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Bill Cushman Inner circle Florida 2876 Posts |
Thanks, asanghi, I'm hearing more and more great stories about how people have been using Dr. Bill's Bend. It is very gratifying.
Milton Erickson is one of the three people that Bandler and Grinder "modeled" and based their theories and methods upon when developing NLP. I have some issues with NLP and always steer people to the source material. If you are familiar with the work of Kenton Knepper and Richard Busch, they both draw deeply from Erickson's work, particularly Richard. I give a pretty good basic description of Erickson's approach in my ebook Suggestabilites. Erickson believed that we hold all the answers to our problems in our subconcious. He "rebelled" against the idea that it was a hotbed of instincts and drives, instead seeing it as great resource rather than something to be overcome. Many mentalists, knowing or not, draw from Erickson's subtle use of indirect suggestion, seeding ideas and much more. He is considred the father of modern hypnosis and is known for using a non-authoritarian approach like is so popular today among mentalists who use suggestion and hypnosis. And hypnotists who perform mentalism! I hope that helps. |
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asanghi Veteran user Moscow, Russia 308 Posts |
Thank you Dr. Bill for the informative post!
Btw, clearly, judging from the responses, Malcolm Gladwell is a favorite. As a counterpoint, I highly recommend Daniel Kahneman's "Thinking, Fast and Slow", which eloquently argues why we should NOT Blink (Daniel Kahneman is a Nobel prize winning psychologist / economist). |
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mastermindreader 1949 - 2017 Seattle, WA 12586 Posts |
Gladwell himself doesn't make a judgement as to whether we should "Blink" or not. For example, his chapter about the police shooting in New York that resulted in the death of an innocent man, demonstrates perfectly the disastrous consequences that can occur when we rely solely on our instincts.
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asanghi Veteran user Moscow, Russia 308 Posts |
Fair enough Bob. Indeed, Gladwell does say that good decision making relies on a healthy balance between "blinking" and "thinking".
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backinblack Special user 910 Posts |
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On 2012-12-06 09:52, Dan_M wrote: yeah, its a very good book.. another one is: Individualisierung als Kundenintegrationsstrategie auf Massenmärkten http://www.amazon.de/Individualisierung-......3251077X it is not this much about psychology but more about strategys for mass customization (relates more to you as a working performer / how to settle yourself in the market e.g.).. anyhow: you can get it from me 15 euro below the markt-price (i am the author).. so you can guess why I think it is good.. |
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asanghi Veteran user Moscow, Russia 308 Posts |
PS: after reading this review in the Washington Post, I ordered "The Myth of Choice" from Amazon. Fascinating stuff, and sure gives lots of fodder for framing mentalism effects. Definitely one of my best recent reads...
http://m.washingtonpost.com/blogs/arts-p......log.html |
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Dr Spektor Eternal Order Carcanis 10781 Posts |
Blood Meridian - Cormac M
VALIS - P K Dick Cosmos - C Sagan Hell House - R Matheson Script book of Quatermass and the Pit - Nigel Kneale
"They are lean and athirst!!!!"
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Lucien Astor Special user Sunken R'lyeh 661 Posts |
- "Magick in Theory and Practice" - Aleister Crowley
- "Faust" - Christopher Marlowe - "Grand Grimoire" - author unknown (Alibek the Egyptian) - "The Case of Charles Dexter Ward" - H.P Lovecraft - "Liber Null & Psychonaut" - Peter J. Carroll |
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The Lone Stranger New user 32 Posts |
I am currently enjoying a book that my kids bought me for Chrsitmas called Flipnosis by Kevin Dutton which deals with split-second persuasion. Very much along the lines of the works of Malcolm Gladwell and Richard Wiseman and if you enjoyed these two authors am sure that you would enjoy this book
Regards Kevi |
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aligator Inner circle Canada 2044 Posts |
Blink by Malcolm Gladwell is a must read for mentalists imo.
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