Year: 2014

Count Alessandro di Cagliostro’s biography is shrouded in mystery. As far as it is known today, this was an assumed name for Giuseppe Balsamo (2 June 1743 – 26 August 1795), so we’re dealing with two names allegedly being the same person,or not! One was the “hypnotist” – although this…

   By Don Stikvoort Then there is Bramwell. John Milne Bramwell, 1852-1925, again a medical doctor from Scotland! You will remember that the other hypnosis demonstration I performed was by another Scottish surgeon James Braid. What’s with Scotland and hypnosis , whisky? His book “Hypnotism: its history, practice and theory“,…

 By Adriana James and Don Sikvoort James Braid (1795 -1860) was a Scottish surgeon and according to Wikipedia a “gentleman scientist”. In 1828 he moved to Manchester England and opened a medical practice focusing on surgery. Charles Lafontaine (Swiss mesmerist) performed a public performance in Manchester which intrigued Braid, although initially…

This article is the first in a series of five videos about a great but mostly misunderstood art – hypnosis. Two of our very knowledgeable and highly experienced Hypnosis Master Trainers graduated this year at the end of the Hypnosis Master Trainer Program through The Tad James Co. Both of…