Ronning Guide to Modern Stage Hypnosis
by Geoffrey Ronning, Wendy Ronning, David Botsford, Chris Frolic, Blaze Driscoll, Richard Cole, Terry Davolt, Chris Morrison, Michael Thomas, Clarke Tuitele
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Author: Blaze Driscoll, Chris Frolic, Chris Morrison, Clarke Tuitele, David Botsford, Geoffrey Ronning, Michael Thomas, Richard Cole, Terry Davolt, Wendy RonningEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Published)
Published: 2008-01-10
ISBN: 0971292981
Number of pages: 386
Publisher: Westward Publishing
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Book Review: This Book should be Renamed
Summary: 2 Stars
This Book should be renamed `A Brief Introduction to Stage Hypnosis' because that is all it truly is, a Intro Book.
I was rereading the reviews on this book and felt that there needs to be a true balance with his work. I became interested in Hypnosis about a year ago and this is one of the first books that I bought, only because it was up there on the amazon list and had so many positive reviews. When I got it in the mail I was excited, I read through it with a pen and notebook but after a few days it ended up on the shelf where it remains. To be totally honest this book only introduced me to some minor concepts and terms, that as a beginner I didn't know, like `pre talk' and `inductions' but that is it, any serious student who is truly doing their homework and research into the subject matter will quickly see that it falls short on so many other issues.
The NLP stuff is superficial at best and can be found by scratching the surface of any NLP book. I was disappointed further with his book after studying "Hypnotherapy" by Dave Elman and realized that his EKG Induction is nothing but a rewritten work of Dave Elman's masterpiece.
Again any diligent student will see the difference between a book written by a man of Knowledge and Experience like Elman, Dr. Preston, Mcgill, Dr. Kappas and Boyne and one who is only trying to fill a hole in the market place with loose sand rather than firm concrete.
After reading many other Books on the history, theory, and practice of all forms of Hypnosis I likened Ronning to be like an old time wild west Snake Oil Salesman whose skilled pitch is better than his empty product.
I bought real full-length Stage Hypnosis Shows from other Hypnotist off the Internet and E bay. I spent hours breaking the shows down and learning from them and I cannot find one Geoff Ronning show to study. There is none on the internet nor at his website. A Real Teacher, a Real Artist will be proud of his work and his work will stand as his testimony, other people opinions is secondary to the original work.
In the beginning I spent a lot of my hard-earned money on his products. I have his EKG DVDs and his home study course and I examined them and dissected them and quickly moved on to higher learning stuff and found his products to be exactly only `intro stuff', no real meat and potatoes.
I would give his book 2 stars because His marketing advice is much better than his Hypnosis advice. By reading between the lines I could tell that he has more experience in marketing than in Hypnosis. This book is an Ok read but will eventually take up space in your library, it is not for the serious student.
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