Trance-Formations: Neuro-Linguistic Programming and the Structure of Hypnosis by Grinder, John; Bandler, Richard; Andreas, Connirae - 1981

Moab, Utah: Real People Press. Good+ 1981. First Printing. Softcover. Acidfree tite 1st prtg in color-illus wraps that are edgeworn & scratched on back, namestamps inside; 16pp lite u-lined, not clearance or discard. Mails from NYC within 12 hours! ; 0.75 x 9.00 x 6.00; 255 pages; You can quit smoking, lose weight, banish a phobia or leap to a new level of competency more quickly & easily than is commonly believed by activating the potential of your own mind using hypnosis & the cutting edge technology of neuro linguistic programming (NLP) . Feel free to leave any previous ideas & beliefs about hypnosis & NLP here as you learn the exciting possibilities of engaging the potential of the human mind. Bandler’s lecture style is easy to read w/ many experiments to try out. Learning NLP you can do anchoring, light or deep trance inductions, reframing, & other phenomenal occurrences. Also discussed is natural states of trance as well as phony mind readers. Putting you in a light trance during the intercourse of the book, you become unconsciously aware of how to hypnotize anyone, & when practiced, all unconscious information becomes conscious. So then you know it all! Excellent book, well written with wit & practicality. If you have not already bought 'Frogs Into Princess, ' Structure of Magic 1&2, ' Patterns 1&2, ' & 'Reframing, ' you may be advised in the course of reading to read it. In this book the training transcripts of B & G come together to unpack the material they uncovered when they modeled the genius of medical hypnotist Milton H. Erickson. It presents the entirety of the conversational hypnosis model that Erickson employed to sensational results with patients. They present their own model as they go too. As is typical, the information is presented with a bit of irreverence for the medical & academic establishment. While poking fun, B & G make their points about how to use this material in all forms of learning & therapeutic contexts. Simply put there is no better introduction & reference to the model then this. Get the book & read it through - then after you've "experienced" it, go & re-read it to "get it". Most readable & accessible book on conversational hypnosis. Bandler never ceases to amaze me! This definitive guide to Ericksonian hypnosis by B & G is superb. They explain how to induce trance & the language patterns to use. They also dispel some myths & discuss how we all go into trance every day -- while we drive, as we doze off, or when we daydream. If you are a Ross Jeffries fan, even he recommends reading it. Superb introduction to being in hypnosis, July 28, 2000 Reviewer: Joseph Riggio Ridgewood, NJ USA -#… There is no doubt there are at least 5 readings worth of material here for you. First is the general pattern of induction that Richard & John use. Often times this is language based (words) however it is in no way limited to language as they also offer non-verbal techniques. You'll find as you read that the real success is in the deep pacing that they are both masters of using. This alone will keep you entranced. While the induction techniques are most useful they are also in some way the least relevant. The question for me regarding hypnosis has always been: "Utilization?" How does one utilize the hypnotic state. This is where this book truly shines. From their examples on specific utilization to generative utilization you'll be returning again & again. #As in all the B & G books after "Structure of Magic" & "Patterns of M. H. E. " this is an edited transcript. …You'll get the influence of the editor (again Steve Andreas) coming through. Read the book as though you were attending a lecture. Just read it through. Then after you have, notice how they (B & G) generated in you the state they're describing. This is what you're reading it for ... To have the state experience so that you too can lead others to it. Then read it again ... Noticing as you enter the states of awareness induced what's leading you there. Then again, noticing how you're being set up to be led. Then again, again unpacking the structure of what's happened & happening inside… .