The Structure of Magic: A Book About Language and Therapy v. 1 (Structure of Magic)

"A bit more readable compared to "Patterns of the Hypnotic Techniques of Milton H. Erickson" but still not terribly well-written.

I'd give it 3.5 stars."
~ Written on 2008-06-12

"I think if you are to approach this book from the angle of it being a 'journey to nlp', maybe you wont ever get there. It can be kinda tricky like that. But having done some proper homework, i found that this book was indeed written after Bandler and Grinder had successfully modeled Erickson's approach. A quick Google and we find "In 1974, Bandler and Grinder began to make a model of the language patterns used by Perls, Satir and Hypnotherapist Milton H. Erickson, which they published in their books 'The Structure of Magic Volumes 1 & 2 (1975, 1976)...". But sometimes it's easier to just believe something without doing homework! As for whether you will become a 'Derren Brown' (whatever 'that'/he is!), well, NLP is all about modelling, so who can say what's possible given some good tools, right? Some review rs may posses a talent for clairvoyancey. lol but whatever. This is a great book, and one written by some of the true geniuses of our time.

The journey to NLP? Nah, just enjoy the NLP journey!"
~ Written on 2007-01-28

"This is one of the standard indispensable NLP texts. It mostly deals with the relationship between linguistics and perceptions and explains the Meta Model in detail. Some useful transcripts of therapy sessions are also included.
The Appendices set out Deep Structure, Surface Structure and the Meta Model in linguistics notation. This all looks like gobbledegook to me but those of a scientific background or with a particularly visual preference may find it useful."
~ Written on 2004-04-11

"This book demands a lot of understanding, but will be very rewarding when you study it and put it in context with all the rest of the stuff you really understand about NLP... In summary, not a good first book to read on the topic - but a cracker to get down to the bedrock, when you get fed up with some of the glitzier lightweight stuff on this topic"
~ Written on 2002-01-26

"most enlightening book i have ever read... hard reading for sure but the more i read the more inspired i became... this isn't just a book on linguistics... its a book about how we influence each other intensionally or otherwise... the language patters we use are truely magical, i wish i'd known sooner... was that impressed that i went straight on a seminar with one of the authors, RB, Paul McKenna and some other bloke who was really good as well (look up NLP on the web)... this is a book not to be missed!.. wanna read the next one ASAP!... this book should be on schools national cariculum!"
~ Written on 2001-10-19