Be a Life-long Learner — READ BOOKS ON HYPNOSIS and Hypnotism.

Read as many books by stage hypnotists as you can buy. There are many to be had in paperback. Also, read all you can on hypnosis — the history, the science and art behind hypnotism. You want to discover the learning curve that a stage hypnotist climbed to learn the flow of a good show. You’ll soon realize that there’s very little originality in stage shows these days. Most stage hypnotists working today hobble together their shows from routines borrowed or taken outright from others. While many do the very same shows that their instructors do. BORING! Still, there’s much you can learn by watching other stage hypnotists work.

So, buy every DVD performance you can secure right now before you become known and most of your competition refuses to sell you their DVDs.

 

 

If there is a local hypnotist travelling through your area or in residence at a club or theatre then go and see every show. It’s expensive but it’s schooling. Go and take mental notes, study them, think what you would do and how you would say things, look at how that stage hypnotist handles him or herself on stage. Watch for what they do well and poorly, with an eye towards avoiding the same mistakes or bad habits. Believe me, after you’ve seen a handful of shows or watched hours of videotapes you’ll begin to recognize and separate the good from the bad and the embarrassingly ugly.