Synopsis
Where were you on September 11, 2001? Almost everyone can recall where they were. Few can say they were in the land which many feel was responsible for this tragic day. Few could say they were in Baghdad. And few could say what Iraqi's were feeling on this day that would forever change the course of World history." Before the Iraq war it would seem impossible for an American to go to Baghdad. However in April of 2001 Larry Garrett, world known hypnotist was invited by the previous Iraqi Government to come to Baghdad to hypnotize a business man who had difficulty walking. His medical staff said there was nothing wrong with his leg and their patient felt he needed to be hypnotized to walk easier. After Larry arrived he found out who this important business man was and why he had difficulty walking. It was Uday Hussein. "Larry Garrett was so successful THAT he was invited a second time. This time he arrived in Baghdad on September 9th, 2001." Imagine traveling to Baghdad, Iraq on September 9, 2001 and not realizing what is about to happen? "You are in a land that few Westerners could travel to." Imagine that in the very moment the Twin Towers are falling to the ground you are sitting with one of the most feared people in the world watching this devastation on Iraqi TV. You are helpless and trapped in a land unsafe at any time. You are unable to call your loved ones at home and unable to speak of what you are really feeling to anyone. You are in a land of 18 million people and not one familiar face. Imagine being the only American in Iraq on September 11, 2001 and you can t go home! This riveting story will captivate you and keep you turning each page to find out what will be next. Over 50 photos will visually take you to a Baghdad which no longer exists.
About the Author
Larry Garrett is a Certified Consulting Hypnotist with the National Guild of Hypnotists and has been in practice since 1970, operating the largest and most sophisticated hypnosis center in Chicago. He has received worldwide recognition for his outstanding contributions in hypnosis, including the 1991 Metzinger Award (which has only been presented six times) for contributions to the field of hypnosis. He was named Hypnotist of the Month and featured on the cover of the September 1991 issue of Journal of Hypnotism. Larry also has received the highest of awards from the National Guild of Hypnotists including, The Rexford L. North Award and the President s Award, also prestigious awards of which only a few have been issued in 51 years. For 26 years, Larry was an instructor of hypnosis at Morton College and Wright College, offering the first hypnosis class in Illinois at a community college. He is a consultant and instructor to many doctors, dentists, psychologists, lawyers and other professionals in the art of hypnosis for their respective fields. Regularly, Larry facilitates courses and workshops at many community organizations and private groups. He has lectured, taught and demonstrated hypnosis at over four hundred colleges, universities and high schools in over thirty states. He has trained many Chicago area police departments using hypnosis to aid in recall and investigative work. A few of the many corporations that Larry has worked extensively at for smoking cessation and stress management programs are: Baxter, R.R. Donnelley, ADP, General Motors, Kodak, World Book and Borden Foods. His publicity has included appearances on over three hundred radio and TV talk shows and many featured articles have been written about his work in hypnosis. In 1976, Larry wrote a featured column on hypnosis. A first for a Chicago newspaper. Larry began using electronic methods of hypnosis in 1974 and incorporated these techniques, utilizing the most modern equipment, to aid in the success of his clients. He has hypnotized an estimated sixty thousand individuals, including many celebrities, professionals, and public officials who fly in from various parts of the world to be hypnotized by Larry Garrett. Larry is the only American hypnotist to be invited by the Iraqi Government to Baghdad to hypnotize a government official. Larry was born in Chicago Illinois. Even as a child he was well aware that he was curious of how the mind worked. Once he found what hypnosis had to offer, he had developed a love and longing to understand the workings of the human mind. There is little that Larry has challenges with when it comes to using hypnosis on his clients. To sit down and spend an hour talking with Larry will generate an intuitiveness that is Larry s trademark. He has had a background in Amateur Radio, crafts, remodeling and rehabbing and began one of the most successful community block clubs in northwest part of Chicago. For the past 14 years, he has chaired this community group, writes and publishes a monthly newsletter with a circulation of 4000 to be distributed throughout the community. He has been cited, and commended by Mayor Daley, many aldermen and even has marched in anti gang marches with Governor Blagovich. He is respected by his community and peers for being honest and of great integrity. Larry Garrett writes a column in the National Guild Hypnosis Journal for the past 18 years. He has written over 175 articles as well as many periodicals related to hypnosis and other topics of the mind. Larry has the philosophy that if it is difficult, then he will make it easy. He has been trained to operate his own consciousness in a positive way letting nothing hold him back. There is little that he sets out to do that he doesn t have the ability to accomplish.
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