Ormond McGill - The New Encyclopedia of Stage Hypnotism

The New Encyclopedia of Stage Hypnotism

Ormond McGill

Crown House Publishing Limited

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Ormond McGill 1996
First published 1996: reprinted 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008 and 2009.

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13 digit ISBN: 9781899836024 10 digit ISBN: 1899836020
LCCN 2002117315

Anyone using any of the techniques described in this book does so entirely at his or her own risk: the publishers cannot be held liable for any loss, damage or injury whether caused or suggested by such use or otherwise

Printed in the United States of America

Also by Ormond McGill

The Encyclopedia of Genuine Stage Hypnotism The Art of Stage Hypnotism
Professional Stage Hypnotism

Hypnotism and Mysticism of India Hypnotism and Meditation
Religious Mysteries of the Orient (Ron Ormond co-author) A Better Life Through Conscious Self-Hypnosis Psychic Magic
How To Produce Miracles (also in Signet Paperback)

Entertaining With Magic
Science Magic:101 TricksYou Can Do Balancing Magic and Other Tricks
Alfred Binet On Hypnotism
Power Hypnosis Hypnotherapy
Real Mental Magic
Grieve No More, Beloved

ORMOND McGILL
Dean of American Hypnotists

Advisory Board: American Council Hypnotist Examiners (ACHE) National Guild of Hypnotists (NGH) Washington Hypnosis Association (WHA) Staff: Hypnotherapy Training Institute (HTI)

Dedication

This book is dedicated to the memory of my delightful wife
DELIGHT McGILL
whose bright spark of creativity has contributed so much to the art of stage hypnotism

Foreword

No man in the history of hypnotism has had more impact on stage hypnotism than has Ormond McGill. Hundreds of professionals have profited by his works.

In 1947, Ormond McGill wrote his original Encyclopedia of Genuine Stage Hypnotism, which was published by Abbotts Magic Company of Colon, Michigan. The book has gone through five editions and has become known as a bible for stage hypnotists. It presents his work in the field from 1927 to 1947.

In 1970, he wrote The Art of Stage Hypnotism, which presented his work from 1947 to 1970. The first edition was published by Lloyd Jones Magic Limited of Oakland, California, and the second edition by Borden Publishing Company of Alhambra, California. The book is now out of print, and is a collectors treasure.

A check with the Library of Congress in Washington, DC, reveals that no copyright was ever obtained on the original book, and in 1977 a revised, copyrighted version of the first Professional Stage Hypnotism.

Currently, Ormond McGill has Hypnotism, which is all-inclusive of his previous works combined with much new, up-to-the-minute material added for todays mastery. Its coverage is encyclopedic in scope: Part One dealing with Mastering Hypnotising and Part Two dealing with Entertaining With Hypnotism, providing a book that is paramount in its field.
edition

written was published, entitled,
this masterwork on Stage

Ormond McGill was a pioneer in presenting hypnotism on television, and his contemporary work in hypnosis has earned him the reputation of the Dean of American Hypnotists, through an international reputation gained by his many performances and his excellent books on magic, hyp- notism, meditation and mysticism, East and West. During the last decade, Ormond McGill, in addition to his stage performances as a certified clin- ical hypnotherapist, has turned his attention to instructional seminars introducing innovative techniques of Power Hypnosis Hypnotherapy.

I am pleased to write the Foreword to , which joins the ranks of classical literary achievements in the domain of hypnotism. As the late Percy Abbott (ABBOTTs Magic
Capital of the World original publishers of the first edition) stated back in 1960, Ormond, you and I will pass away, but there will always be an Encyclopedia of Genuine Stage Hypnotism.

I believe it!
Gil Boyne, President,
American Council of Hypnotists Examiners (ACHE), 1994
Ormond McGill on television with Art Linkletter in 1944, proving People Are Funny on the national Linkletter show.
Preface

This book has been long in the process of research, assembly and finally production. Gil Boyne in the Foreword to this book outlines the history of previous works by the author which have in themselves contributed to this compendium or encyclopedia of stage hypnosis. Work began on this project during the mid nineteen-eighties and the last piece of new material was added in early 1996.

This book could only have been produced by Ormond McGill whosepersonal knowledge of the subject is unsurpassed by any other living soul. Ormond at the time of publication is in his eighty-second year. During his life he has been an avid observer of the world about him and the people who populate it. He has been blessed with a memory for detail which is quite staggering. It is this wonderful memory of the hypnotic acts that he has witnessed coupled with an enquiring mind that have provided him with the knowledge to enable him to produce this outstanding work. Add to this his awe-inspiring knowledge of the world of magic, ESP and east- ern religions and you have a recipe for something very special indeed.

Whilst Ormond is probably best known in North America, he has travelled the world widely, both performing and training others in his art. In 1995 he visited London, England, and conducted a number of workshops there. On the last night of his visit he gave a demonstration of his skill as a stage hypnotist by presenting his act to over one hundred students from his workshops. No one left the auditorium that evening without a profound respect for a true artist and a supreme performer. Later in 1995 he was the star guest of the National Guild of Hypnotists where he again presented his act but this time also with a number of his magic routines added for good measure. These shows left many of us hoping that we could be half as good as Ormond one day but, please God, long before we have reached his age!

Some of the acts and techniques described within the book are from Australia, England, Italy and other countries outside North America. It is therefore perhaps fitting that the production of the book itself should have been a collaborative venture by people and organisations from sev- eral nations. The author of course is an American, and indeed a major part of the original editorial work was undertaken by Abbotts Magic Company of Colon, Michigan. Further work was then undertaken by The AngloAmerican Book Company in Wales.