Anyone can be hypnotized. But not everyone experiences the state that they want. We’ll look at concrete methods, including direct and inferential suggestion, of working with subjects who seem lowly

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Visions of erotic violence or sinister control dominate our movies and fantasies. From chainsaw disembowelment to death to formative sexual trauma, many of our most delicious fantasies are unsafe or

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In our 201 class we begin with the presumption you know how to get someone into a basic hypnotic state. If you don’t…don’t worry. It’s easy to learn and we’ll

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It’s not uncommon for people new to hypnosis to find themselves dependent on scripts written by others, or a magic charm like induction that works…sometimes, though they don’t understand why.

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I don’t feel a connection with leather tradition and I’m not interested in Gor. Is there D/s for the rest of us? Traditions of power exchange with a strong ownership

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“I was too badly burned…I’ll never do that again.” Many of the old norms and assumptions about power exchange relationships seem custom designed mask massive insecurity, defense mechanisms, and codependence.

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From marks to hard limits you know how to negotiate a BDSM scene. But Power Exchange is not sceneplay. Is their bank account, child, transportation, and job just an afterthought?

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So you’re already at home with the idea that sex and death are an erotic core of our culture. You’ve watched the slasher films, you’ve come to peace with those

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The seething sexuality of slasher films and Suicide Girls illustrate that concepts of death and sex are inseparable in our minds. But Death is the ultimate “no fly” zone of

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