Monsters and Magical Sticks: Or, There's No Such Thing As Hypnosis by Steven Heller

Product Description

If you want to know how hypnosis really works (and, no, it has nothing to do with waving of hands or other similar nonsense), you will want to read this book. If you want to know the "magic" behind Ericksonian techniques and Neuro-Linguistic Programming, you have to read this book. From one of the true masters of hypnotherapy, this is one book that can really change your life!!
Product Details
Amazon Sales Rank: #53498 in Books
Published on: 1994-12
Number of items: 1
Binding: Paperback
192 pages
Editorial Reviews

Robert Anton Wilson author of Prometheus Rising
I've been practicing hypnosis all my life and didn't know it. And so have you!!

Zanne Marie Gray, BookReview.com
One of the most important books you will read in your lifetime.

Andy Bradbury, author of Develop Your NLP Skills and NLP for Business Success
I really do think it is that good...
Customer Reviews

A CHATTY PRESENTATION
This book has a very chatty style; you could almost imagine the author reading it to you or chatting to you as you go through it. It has some good case studies which highlight clearly the information but is not for the beginner. Perhaps it is for the new practitioner. It would also be very useful for any prospective or new parent to read as it gives an incredibly interesting view on how hypnosis happens naturally in the world and so how we are influenced from being children!
GREAT BOOK - very interesting and easy style to read,

Monsters and Magical Sticks
This is a very cool book about inducing Hypnosis where "traditional" inductions fail. It is directed at hypnosis professionals, but certainly an interesting read to anybody interested in the phenomenon it is to many.

First, Steve wrote it in a very relaxed and sometimes funny way. It is laced with examples of his own experience where his unconventional approach worked with subjects that claimed they could not be hypnotized. It does not attempt to over-explain and theorize neither hypnosis by itself nor the described approaches.

Steve starts out arguing that we all experience hypnosis every day in all sort of settings, also comparing Learning with Hypnosis. He then excurses on conscious output systems and unconscious processing systems. This becomes a key concept for almost everything that follows. It is described in an easy to understand form, but I am sure will still be not so easy to put to use. The last concept he introduces are Anchors, and again he brings several case studies how he used anchors to interrupt the patient's belief system and show them to break out of established negative patterns.

Steve's "method" (if you could actually call it that) is based on Erickson's teachings. At the core is the insight that a left-brained approach to problems introduced by the patient's right-brain processes will likely not give the desired results. I am certain you will be able to attest to this insight after you read this book - NOW.

hyp hypnotist
Many years ago when Steve first published this book I owned an original copy signed by him. I cherished this book. It is a bit difficult for the lay person reading but once you take the time to read through the pages your life will be positively changed.