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Hypnosis is a mental state (state theory) or imaginative role-enactment (non-state theory) usually induced by a procedure known as a hypnotic induction, which is commonly composed of a long series of preliminary instructions and suggestions.[1] Hypnotic suggestions may be delivered by a hypnotist in the presence of the subject, or may be self-administered ("self-suggestion" or "autosuggestion"). The use of hypnotism for therapeutic purposes is referred to as "hypnotherapy".

The words 'hypnosis' and 'hypnotism' both derive from the term "neuro-hypnotism" (nervous sleep) coined by the Scottish surgeon James Braid around 1841. Braid based his practice on that developed by Franz Mesmer and his followers ("Mesmerism" or "animal magnetism"), but differed in his theory as to how the procedure worked.

Contrary to a popular misconception - that hypnosis is a form of unconsciousness resembling sleep - contemporary research suggests that it is actually a wakeful state of focused attention[2] and heightened suggestibility,[3] with diminished peripheral awareness.[4] In the first book on the subject, Neurypnology (1843), Braid described "hypnotism" as a state of physical relaxation accompanied and induced by mental concentration ("abstraction").[5]

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First Apocalypse

Clues to human extinction are discovered in the Dinosaur's apocalypse. TVPG | CC
First Apocalypse
Clues to human extinction are discovered in the Dinosaur's apocalypse.

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Seven Signs of the Apocalypse
The Seven Signs are clear: We will be struck by deadly plagues, famines and earthquakes... The sky w… TVPG | CC

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Nostradamus Effect: The Apocalypse Code

Sir Isaac Newton is one of the greatest geniuses in history, but few know that he also predicted a s… TVPG | CC
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Nostradamus Effect: The Apocalypse Code

Sir Isaac Newton is one of the greatest geniuses in history, but few know that he also predicted a shocking new date of the Apocalypse. Though famous for discovering gravity, calculus, and the basic laws of universal motion, Newton possessed a very dark and mysterious side. Thousands of his private papers, only recently made available, reveal a man secretly obsessed with alchemy and Biblical prophecy.

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Nostradamus Effect: The Rapture

When millions of people all over the world vanish, a biblical prophecy that has come to be known as … TVPG | CC
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Nostradamus Effect: The Rapture

When millions of people all over the world vanish, a biblical prophecy that has come to be known as the Rapture will be fulfilled, and a floodgate of horrors will be opened on those who are left behind. The Apostle Paul foresaw a moment when all Christians would suddenly be caught up into the air with their Messiah. This would occur prior to the final outpouring of God's wrath upon the wicked. Even Native America Hopi predicted the faithful would be taken off the Earth in advance of a final war between good and evil. Many claim that all of the events that presage the Rapture have already happened. Does this mean that the Rapture is almost upon us? If so, we are now on the threshold of an Apocalypse.

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Nostradamus Effect: 2012 Extinction

The Maya, an ancient South American culture, predicted that time would end in a violent apocalypse o… TVPG | CC
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AN ALL NEW SURVIVAL EXPERIMENT BEGINS TUESDAY, JULY 27 AT 10PM ET/PT

What would you do in the wake of a global catastrophe? Even if you survived it, could you survive the aftermath?

Season Two of THE COLONY introduces viewers to a new group of volunteers with differing backgrounds, skills and personalities, to bear witness to how these colonists will survive and rebuild in a world without electricity, running water, government or outside communication. Over the course of 10 episodes, the colonists — who include a construction foreman, teacher, carpenter and auto mechanic — must work to utilize and strengthen their exploration, technology and survival skills in ways they've never had to before. THE COLONY features on-going commentary and input from experts in homeland security, engineering, psychology and the medical community, with expertise and insight into what the future could look like after a biological disaster.

Filmed on 10 acres of abandoned neighborhood on the Gulf Coast of Louisiana, THE COLONY'S simulated environment had been left decimated by Hurricane Katrina, a naturally occurring disaster zone that was slated to be bulldozed and turned into a public park. Empty buildings, weedy streets and the backwoods are all the colonists have to work with as they scavenge essentials for survival from their surroundings while fending off threats such as wild animals and malicious outsiders.

Throughout this season, the colonists face daunting physical and emotional challenges as they attempt to survive in a world void of all the niceties they've ever known, including environmental dangers such as disastrous weather and indigenous wildlife.

THE COLONY begins with the volunteers facing a 72 hour isolation period to psychologically shift their perspective from our modern world to the end of the world. Shortly after the integration into the colony, the threat of survival becomes imminent as hostile outsiders push them into a physical confrontation. How do the colonists respond and will their newfound skills be enough to protect their supplies and lives?

http://dsc.discovery.com/tv/colony/about/colony.html

Set in the present day, Survivors is a BBC drama series that focuses on the world in the aftermath of a devastating virus which wipes out most of the planet's population. Deprived of traditional 21st Century comforts - electricity; clean running water; advanced technology - the resilient group of survivors at the heart of the series face terrible and unexpected dangers. With no society, no police and no law and order, they now must struggle to find food and water under the ever present and deadly threat of other survivors.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/survivors/about.shtml

Show Schedule

Episodes in the next 2 weeks

1. Wednesday, Jul 21, 10/9c Volcanic Winter: TVPG
2. Wednesday, Jul 21, 11/10c Mega Drought: TVPG
3. Wednesday, Jul 21, 12/11c Krakatoa's Revenge: TVPG

http://www.history.com/shows/mega-disasters

82_28 wrote: They made it popular and they also made brainstorming torture lucrative.

Montag wrote:I recently watched the movie The Road, also there was, of course, 2012 and the Book of Eli (which I haven't seen). Can't think if there's been another one recently. Is this pure entertainment/fantasy or will the crash be coming soon? I suppose this can be perpetually debated, but this doesn't really seem to be discussed much/at all in the 'mainstream', but Hollywood seems to be making something of it.

Wombaticus Rex wrote:
Is it really anything new? IMDB will yield you a 10 page list of TEOTWAWKI movies dating back to the dawn of cinema. Ragnarok, baby!! Humans REALLY like to fantasize about burning it all down.

End of the World Movies: Does the PTB Know Something?

Simulist wrote:Oh, they know something alright: they know that keeping the public in a perpetual state of confusion and dread is beneficial to them.

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Harry detonates the bomb exactly at the deadline, causing the asteroid to split in two and miss the Earth by 400 miles, at the cost of his own life. The remaining crews of Freedom and Independence return to Earth as heroes.
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