- From Sleepingirl:
- Learn Hypnokink - A simple, free resource for learning erotic hypnosis. START HERE
- Two Hyp Chicks Podcast - a stunning, sometimes hilarious, sometimes messy podcast by Sleepingirl and her slave CC. GREAT hypnosis resource STRONGLY RECOMMENDED
- Book: The Brainwashing Book: Hypnotic, Erotic Behaviorism and Beyond by Sleepingirl - From Sleepingirl's Website
- Book: Kinky NLP: Neuro-Linguistic Programming for Erotic Hypnosis - From Sleepingirl's Website
- sleepingirl at Gumroad - Sleepingirl's gumroad list of writings and other resources
- sleepingirl at Patreon - a lot of wonderful, well-thought-out work on hypnosis. This content is absolutely worth the cost of the paywall for anybody truly interested in hypnosis.
- Me. I have Hypnosis Content now.
- My YouTube Channel!
- My ongoing series of hypnosis education video shorts called "Hypnosis Is..."
- A li'l playlist that I'll be adding to called "Consent and Negotiation"
- A really new playlist: "Hypnosis Q&A"
- My YouTube Channel!
- From Mark Wiseman:
- Book: Mind Play: A Guide to Erotic Hypnosis by Mark Wiseman - From Amazon. Considered by many to be the Bible of erotic hypnosis. It's an important read even if my own hypnotic practice has diverged from this path in significant ways. It is still an excellent primer and guide to the kind of erotic hypnosis practiced by a lot of folks in our community. You'll meet folks who quote it chapter and verse. STRONGLY RECOMMENDED
- Book: The Mind Play Study Guide by Mark Wiseman - From Amazon - an even deeper dive into the subjects covered by the first book.
- "Hypnosis for BDSM: A Beginner's Guide with Mark Wiseman" - an extensive interview with Mark Wiseman
- Books from Milton Erickson:
- My Voice Will Go With You: The Teaching Tales of Milton H Erickson (edited by and with commentary by Sidney Rosen)
- The Wisdom of Milton H Erickson
- Hypnotic Realities (with Sheila Rossi and Ernest Rossi) STRONGLY RECOMMENDED
- Hypnotherapy: An Exploratory Casebook (with Ernest Rossi)
- The Collected Works of Milton H Erickson MD (edited by Ernest Rossi, Roxanna Erickson-Klein & Kathryn Lane Rossi)
- Books from from Richard Bandler and John Grinder
- Frogs Into Princes: Neuro-linguistic Programming
- Trance-Formations: Neuro-linguistic Programming and the Structure of Hypnosis STRONGLY RECOMMENDED
- The Structure of Magic, Vol. 1: A Book About Language and Therapy A Book About Language & Therapy / A Book about Communication & Change
- The Structure of Magic II: A Book About Communication and Change Volume 2
- From James Tripp:
- Book: Hypnosis Without Trance: How Hypnosis Really Works
- James Tripp on You Tube STRONGLY RECOMMENDED
- Book from Dave Elman:
- Hypnotherapy - it's an interesting read from a historical standpoint. If his description of the famous induction that bears his name doesn't talk you out of doing it, nothing will...
- Book from Steven Heller & Terry Lee Steele:
- Monsters and Magical Sticks: There's No Such Thing As Hypnosis? by Steven Heller & Terry Lee SteeleFrom
- Mike Mandel:
- Mike Mandel on YouTube - his hypnosis training channel. So much great information here. STRONGLY RECOMMENDED
- His demo of the Dave Elman Induction: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5rXsq3ZL9o
- Anthony Jacquin:
- Reality is Plastic (from Amazon - Kindle or Print)
- His Instagram. STRONGLY RECOMMENDED
- From Kinkyboys Podcast:
- Episode 34: Hypno – The Kinkyboys podcast - their episode on Hypnosis
- Episode 54: Hypno 2, Going Deeper – The Kinkyboys podcast - a SECOND episode on Hypnosis. These guys like hypnosis.
- Episode 79: Brainwashing - with me, my boy Status and Hairyhypnotist. This was SO MUCH FUN.
- From Pup Amp:
- Other stuff
- Youtube video describing modifications to the Elman induction for group and online induction purposes - this has worked well for me on Skype/Zoom calls (edit: but I don't do the Elman anymore, soooo...)
- YouTube lecture about the Esdaile State - with Jason Linett (edited)
- The Betty Erickson Induction - https://edwardtraversa.com/the-betty-erickson-3-2-1-self-hypnosis-method/
- YouTube channel for Igor Ledochowski STRONGLY RECOMMENDED
- This is a pretty well-written explanation of eye accessing cues. Knowing how to read the representational systems used by your subject as they think their way through life could be a really helpful tool in hypnosis, allowing us, as hypnotists, to be able to join our subjects where they are - which is a key to establishing rapport and congruence. I'm a long way from being fluid in this practice myself - for instance, I may have the information about how to read my subject but it's still sometimes awkward for me to smoothly change modalities midstream so that I'm appropriately pacing my subject. But I'm confident that with practice, practice, practice... https://www.mindtools.co.th/personal-development/neuro-linguistic-programming/nlp-eye-accessing-cues/#:~:text=First%2C%20eye%20accessing%20cues%20are,posture%2C%20gestures%20and%20breathing%20patterns.
- https://hypnosisforguys.com/index.php - An online community/hookup site for queer male erotic hypnosis. It has it’s limitations and faults for sure, but it’s the biggest gayme in “town”.
Note:
A lot of the older writings on hypnosis (work by Milton Erickson, Dave Elman, Bandler/Grinder) are pretty cringey in a lot of ways. There's a fair amount of misogyny living in their work. Some slippery ethics. But if you really want to go deep down into the hypnosis rabbit hole, read that work. There's so much fundamental information (particularly in Hypnotic Realities and Trance-Formations), that it would be silly not to hold your nose and read it anyway. But consider this a strong content warning.
The thing is, though? The "people who teach hypnosis really well but who make me super uncomfortable" list doesn't stop with all those mid-20th-century straight white guys. There's plenty of that to go around right now.
You know who doesn't make me uncomfortable? sleepingirl. I'm such a fanboy. Her take on hypnosis is profound, well-researched, and authentic to her own experience. I haven't found anything of hers I haven't benefited by.