Dick Sutphen - How to Rapidly Develop Psychic Ability

Dick Sutphen - How to Rapidly Develop Psychic Ability

released on 2-cassette set in 1985

This is just what I need, a quick way to learn how to develop my psychic powers. I don't have the time or patience to invest much of my free time in cultivating my psychic powers that everyone including me supposedly possesses according to gurus like Mr. Dick Sutphen (who now goes by the name of Richard Sutphen). I don't even have much free time available nowadays.

Sutphen lays out 10 exercises for developing one's psychic powers which involve blanking one's mind for at least a few seconds. Then, Sutphen conducts hypnosis sessions for listeners to further develop and cultivate psychic powers. So, it all comes down to using hypnosis for one to have psychic abilities. It sounds like something that requires a lot of time that I don't have as I've already mentioned.

The 2nd cassette has the required subliminal programming that is almost always found on these kinds of recordings. Whenever I listen to anything with subliminal messages, I never actually hear the messages. I wonder why that is. Maybe I need psychic abilities to hear them.

Tracklisting:

Side A

1.  10 Primary Exercises to Develop Psychic Abilities  {28:07}

Side B

1.  Expansion of Psychic Abilities  {21:53}

Side C

1.  Psychic Ability Programming with Body Relaxation and Music  {20:49}

Side D

1.  Psychic Ability Programming with Music  {21:33}

Another Sutphen tape I posted a few years ago is still available.

Dr. Robert Parrish - Listen and Lose

Dr. Robert Parrish - Listen and Lose

released on LP in 1972

From looking at the album's title, you would probably think that I'm trying to turn you into a loser, you know being contrary to the pro-winning attitude championed constantly on this blog because this is a blog for winners. You could not be more wrong. In fact, the "lose" part refers to losing weight. That's what this record is all about. Yes, we here at the Basement (actually meaning my lonely self and that stray cat that keeps hanging around the porch trying to mooch food off of me) do encourage you people out there to lose some pounds if there are too many pounds.

This LP promises that you can lose weight not by going on a diet (which I always doubted would work), but by imagining yourself to be slim and trim. I think the liner notes explains this quite adequately:

All you have to do to begin this weight loss system is to listen to a recording. The recording teaches you how to relax - and then it teaches you some eating habits. You learn these new ideas quickly, simply because you are so relaxed and therefore receptive to fresh ideas. ... There is a conflict between your will power and your preconceived ideas. When you resolve this conflict, you can begin to lose weight. "Listen and Lose" doesn't give you new will power. "Listen and Lose" gives you new imagination - a new image, if you will, of yourself and a system to help you achieve this image. ... [The record] can really help you. It can open the way for you to turn the imagined image into the real image of you. All you have to do is listen.

The back cover also provides Parrish's background and credentials:

The author of "Listen and Lose", Dr. Robert E. Parrish, is eminently qualified to write about the psychological aspects of becoming slender. Through his professional experiences as a University professor and a practicing psychologist he has developed a deep sensitivity to the problems and struggles of individuals who are desirous of a change in their personal lives but who are without positive goals and a realistic workable plan.
Since 1960 he has been researching and developing procedures for relaxation, utilizing effectively the laws of suggestions, visualizing procedures, and goal setting for learning and personal development.
Dr. Parrish received his Bachelors degree, Masters degree and in 1962 his Ph.D. from the University of Oklahoma.


Tracklisting:

Side 1

1. Introduction {13:25}

Side 2

1. Procedure {20:07}

Henry Blythe - Stop Smoking

Henry Blythe - Stop Smoking

*special thanks to jay strange for this

Yes, this is another "stop smoking" or "quit smoking" album. If the other ones didn't work, perhaps this one will. Henry Blythe is a hypnotist whose method is to, of course, hypnotize you into a state where you're supposed to be suggestive to Henry's words stating that you will quit smoking. (I couldn't find anything on Henry Blythe, BTW.) Henry uses a (metaphorical) tool called a hypnotic sponge to cleanse your thoughts of desires of wanting to smoke filthy cigarettes. Will the hypnotic sponge cure you smokers? At near the end of Side 1 "Stop Smoking", Henry brings the listeners out of their hypnotic state. Henry claps but it is inaudible. However, he raises his voice when counting to five and goes into a more frantic pace which I suppose he seems to try to make up for the inaudible clap. Not sure if people came out of their hypnotic states though. ;) Side 2 "How to Relax" is I am sure self-explanatory.

What makes this album better is that Henry wants you to show his picture while you are playing his record. The liner notes explain:

Place the portrait of Henry Blythe on the front of this sleeve on a table or mantle shelf and sit in an easy relaxed position facing the portrait whilst the record is being played.
Choose a room for this Hypnotic Treatment where you are not likely to be Disturbed. Follow Henry Blythe's spoken instructions very intently and BELIEVE that he is actually in the room with you, that it is not merely a photographic face and a recorded voice - but that he is in the room with you in SPIRIT - a BLYTHE spirit.
You will be astonished at the results.
Play this record EVERY day for FOUR days and treat very seriously this genuine effort to STOP YOU SMOKING.

I think that is an awesome idea. Why don't more people tell their listeners or readers to place their picture while listening or reading? I am printing out copies of Henry's portrait. I want to hang it on my wall. I can have the spirit of Henry with me most of the time. I may even print out a small copy of Henry's portrait to carry around in my wallet so I can have Henry with me all the time. If you didn't know Henry was a hypnotist, one could guess that he is a distinguished gentleman. He looks like he could be a Nobel-prize winning scientist or an acclaimed author of some brilliant novel or some sort of intellectual. You can put a picture of him on your wall and impress people by telling them what I said in the last sentence. They'll be impressed and yet no one will really know. I think Henry was aspiring to be idolized and maybe now he'll get his wish.


This post includes bonus material. The track is a collaboration between jay strange and The Bevis Frond (calling themselves The Bizaardvarks) named "The Hypnotic Sponge". It is a psych/stoner piece sampling Henry Blythe. Great stuff! "The Hypnotic Sponge" is from the compilation Woronzoid released in 1989 on vinyl.

Tracklisting:

Side 1

1. Stop Smoking {10:33}

Side 2

1. How to Relax {9:42}

Bonus Track

1. The Bizaardvarks - The Hypnotic Sponge {8:40}

Dick Sutphen - Chakra Balance

Dick Sutphen - Chakra Balance

Dick Sutphen is an expert on metaphysics and a hypnotist. He has written a lot of books and recorded a lot of cassettes and CDs. He also offers services such as private past-life and spirit-contacting therapy, personal "phone-coaching" and seminars to medical professionals on how to use his "life-changing techniques".

Mr. Sutphen has a weekly radio show, "Dick Sutphen's Metaphysical World", which is available for download on the Contact Talk Radio site.

On this cassette, Dick guides listeners on how to balance their chakras through hypnosis to achieve improved health and vitality and heightened awareness. What are chakras, you ask? According to the website, Eclectic Energies, they are:

...centers of energy, located on the midline of the body. There are seven of them, and they govern our psychological properties. The chakras are located on the lower part of our body are our instinctual side, the highest ones our mental side.

The chakras can have various levels of activity. When they're "open", they're considered operative in a normal fashion.

Ideally, all chakras would contribute to our being. Our instincts would work together with our feelings and thinking. However, this is usually not the case. Some chakras are not open enough (being under-active), and to compensate, other chakras are over-active. The ideal state is where the chakras are balanced.

The site linked above offers a chakra test to determine if your chakras are open, under-active or over-active.

On Side A, as already mentioned, Dick explains how to cleanse and balance one's chakras in a soft slow-paced voice. His voice is combined with a heartbeat and vibrato-tones. On Side B, the person speaking is not Dick, but some woman who is not credited anywhere. She guides listeners to engage in meditation to balance the chakras to achieve higher awareness.

Important Note: A Basement of Curiosities along with Mr. Sutphen emphasizes that this tape should not be played while driving your vehicle.

Tracklisting:

Side A

1. Hypnosis Programming {29:34}

Side B

1. Directed Meditation {22:12}

Gil Boyne - Mind Power Cassettes

Gil Boyne - Mind Power Cassettes

Gil Boyne is a certified hypnotherapist. He is not some average hypnotherpaist, he is one of the pioneers of the profession of hypnotherapy and a true master of hypnotherapy (other hypnotherapists say that he is the greatest of all time). Gil Boyne has been awarded "Man of the Century" by the International Hypnosis Hall of Fame in 2000. Many hypnotherapists have been molded and developed by Gil Boyne in his courses.

According to his website: Gil Boyne has made numerous original contributions to the contemporary practice of hypnotherapy. He has brought to the counseling professions an awareness of the "inner wisdom” of the human psyche. He teaches that the “inner creative mind” not only knows all the questions but knows all of the answers as well.

Recently, I found a cassette with a couple of Boyne's self-hypnosis programs. He teaches the listener the art of self-hypnosis on side 1. On side 2, he helps the listener learn the secrets of success and overcome the mentality of the willingness to fail.

I think I ought to play this tape during sleep especially side 2 as I feel like I am going to be successful and wealthy just by listening to side 2. I should have it played every night with headphones or earbuds on just like what happens to the children as they are subjected to hypnopaedia or sleep-teaching in Brave New World. I learn that desiring wealth then increasing my wealth is spiritual fulfillment and will become my destiny.




Tracklisting:

Side 1

1. Self-Hypnosis Training {15:07}

Side 2

1. Secrets of Success {18:38}

Barrie Konicov - Subliminal Insomnia

Barrie Konicov - Subliminal Insomnia

Usually I don't try to put my visitors to sleep on this blog. I hope that everything or at least just about everything I post is exciting and engaging on some level. However with this post, I'm going in a different direction. Maybe one of you is having trouble going to sleep. After listening to this tape, that should not be a problem. You'll never need sleeping pills again. Yes, the intention of this tape is to aid people in going to sleep. But, speaking from personal experience, there are other reasons people can fall asleep easily when listening or hearing this tape.

Barrie Konicov, who regularly releases tapes all containing subliminal messages pertaining to different subjects and who was featured in a previous post, this time attempts to help the listener sleep. As with the previous post, side 1 of the tape has new agey music with sounds of the ocean in the background. The music is actually a little better on this tape than on the Stop Smoking tape. Then on side 2, Barrie does his thing.

The listener is supposed to hear subliminal messages while listening to the music on side 1. I don't hear any messages, but about seven minutes into it, I'm knocked out cold. About side 2, actually I never made it all the way through. I think I'm usually asleep half way into Barrie's message. It may be his voice that does the job. I also get the impression that Barrie may be a bore. He seems to be someone who keeps droning on about whatever he is talking about. Barrie doesn't really need to try to offer suggestions for relieving insomnia. Barrie could talk about anything such as how mortgage rates are calculated or what wine to match with which meat or something interesting like the Dadaist movement for example and the listener could still be asleep in no time from having to listen to Barrie.

(yawn) I think I'm getting sleepy from writing this post. If you need to get some sleep, give this tape a try. I guarantee it will work. (falling on the keyboard zzzzzzzzzzzz)

Tracklisting:

side 1

1. Subliminal Series {35:19}

side 2

1. Health Series {33:52}

Tom Massey - Guided Visualizations

Tom Massey - Guided Visualizations

Let Tom Massey, clinical hypnotherapist, help you to become happy, prosperous and healthy with his soothing voice accompanied with lovely new age music playing in the background.

Tom has a website and from it, I learned this about Tom: Tom Massey is an author and speaker who inspires, informs, and enlightens with his dynamic teaching style and poignant stories that paint word pictures of optimism for the future. He has a high-energy presence that engages people to reach for the best in themselves!

In addition to writing 6 books on personal development and leadership, Tom has more than 20 years experience in helping individuals and organizations optimize performance, as he lives and breathes the strategies he shares.

Interestingly, there is little mention of his background in hypnotherpy other than the "About Tom Massey" page says that he is a certified clinical hypnotherapist. He does have a Bachelor's degree in management from my alma mater, the University of Oklahoma and a Master's in Business Adminsitration from Oklahoma City University. Afterwards, he obtained a Doctorate in Naturopathy and a Ph.D. in Natural Health from Clayton College of Natural Health in Birmingham, Alabama. Apparently there is not a naturopathy program available at the University of Oklahoma or at Oklahoma City University. I'm guessing that hypnotherapy classes are taught at the Clayton College of Natural Health. Anyway, I'm sure that Tom learned all he knows about the art of increasing wealth from the institutions in Oklahoma already mentioned.

Tom wants to make it clear on his site that he has more than 20 years of experience as a business leader, a consultant for corporations and a motivational speaker. Tom has a brief edited video of himself giving one of his motivational speeches in a normal voice. That would be cool if he used his monotone hypnotherapy voice (as he does on this tape) in his speech. People may be more likely to remember "eight things to repeat everyday in business".

At the time he recorded this tape, he must have lived in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He presently lives in Norman, Oklahoma if his address on his website is correct which by the way I'm very familiar with Norman, OK.

Now for some word pictures for a happy, prosperous and healthy you.

Tracklisting:  (links will be back soon)

Side 1

1. Guided Visualization for Happiness & Prosperity {29:57}

Side 2

2. Guided Visualization for Perfect Health {32:29}

Barrie Konicov - Stop Smoking

Barrie Konicov - Stop Smoking

Almost all of the first side of the tape consists of sounds of the ocean and boring run-of-the-mill easy-listening music. The second side is where Barrie helps you hypnotize and program yourself to not ever pick up a cigarette and light up. You're not supposed to play the second side while driving your car, but Barrie says you can drive while listening to the first side. Barrie's only joking, right? There's no way I would play the first side while driving. I don't want to doze off and crash into someone/something. Supposedly, the first side is supposed to contain subliminal messages within the water sounds and the substandard music. I'm more likely to stay awake with the second side. That's not really saying much though. Barrie does drone on with only the sounds of the ocean in the background.
I wonder how much these "quit smoking" tapes and records really helped someone to kick the habit. I've been fortunate not to have become a cigarette smoker, but I know plenty of people who used to smoke who had struggled mightily to quit. No one I know mentioned any "quit smoking" recording as a factor in aiding to free themselves from this addiction. Maybe a former smoker has used this recording or a similar recording to help kick the habit. Perhaps one of these recordings are helpful for someone trying to quit smoking.

According to Barrie's website, all of the over 160 self-hypnosis tapes designed "to assist you in changing, modifying, and improving your life" contain boring run-of-the-mill easy-listening music and sounds of the ocean on the first side and Barrie hypnotizing you on the second side. Barrie's self-hypnosis tapes covers subjects besides smoking such as acne, astral projection, bust enlargement (gotta track that one down; just to show people there are things like this that actually exist, of course), drugs, goal setting, insomnia, procrastination, remote viewing, study habits, weight loss, etc. It's too bad that there's no self-hypnosis tape for paying your taxes as maybe Barrie could have self-hypnotized himself to not avoid paying his fair share and defrauding the government by telling people how to evade the IRS.

Tracklisting:

Side A

1. Subliminal Persuasion {28:10}

Side B

1. Self-Hypnosis {28:21}

Dr. Michael Dean - Dr. Michael Dean's Hypnosis Record

Dr. Michael Dean - Dr. Michael Dean's Hypnosis Record


Dr. Michael Dean is the "only hypnotist in show business with a legitimate Doctor of Philosophy Degree." That's what the liner notes on the back cover says so it has to be true. On this record, Dr. Dean wants to use the power of hypnotism for more than entertainment purposes. He wants to help you lose weight, remember everything, gain self-confidence, do better at school, stop smoking, etc. Coincidentally, those are things I need help with except for stopping smoking which I do not even bother to think about picking up a cigarette. The eyeball on the cover is key. Look at the eyeball. Dr. Dean wants to help you be happy and successful. Look at the eyeball and listen to his voice.



Dr. Dean also wants to teach you how to hypnotise yourself. He wants you to be happy and successful. You can do all of these yourself. He wants you to be self-reliant not rely on some show business hypnotist to hypnotise you to happiness and success. I'd rather hear his voice when I want to be hypnotised. He has a very pleasant and soothing voice. I don't want to hypnotise myself anyway. How do I get myself out of the hypnotic state?

I shall stop writing this post. I'm going deeper and deeper into sleep with each breath that I take. I'm going deeper and deeper into sleep with each breath that I take. Way down. I'm going deeper and deeper into sleep with each breath that I take. Way down. My eyes are getting heavier and heavier with each breath that I take. the more deeper and deeper into sleep with each breath that I take

Tracklisting:

Side 1

1. Weight Reduction, Stop Smoking, Self Confidence, Memory... {24:14}

Side 2

1. Self-Hypnosis {25:14}