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by Virginia Satir (Foreword), John Grinder (Author), Richard Bandler (Author), Gregory Bateson (Introduction)
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35 of 38 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Hard work, but rewarding - the real deal, 26 Jan 2002
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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
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22 of 24 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars A book in understanding the construct of subjective langauge, 11 Aug 2000
This book is definately not for the beginner to NLP or linguistics. Even for the more adavanced, it is a book that needs reading not once, not twice, but three times before a true understanding of all the concepts can be grasped. It is essentially for those people that are studying NLP or are counsellors/therapists and are looking into ways of understanding others better as well as improving their own communication techniques in helping others develop.
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27 of 30 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Foundations of NLPtm ... useful but linear., 14 April 1998
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The Structure of Magic is an apt title for this book. It is in fact about the magic that occurs when extraordinarily gifted therapists interact with clients. It's a bit hard to read and dense otherwise I'd give it a 10. Using unique and powerful frames of communication these individuals are able to create transformational change within their clients worldview. Bandler and Grinder unpack the elements and structure of these frames of communication using sophisticated and sometimes profound linguist tools. They treat the communication as an algorithm of both the verbal and non-verbal components that form the cognitive structure of the worldview which is in place and from which the communication flows. Then they reveal how the 'magicians' of therapy they've modeled design and implement transformational interventions. The premise they offer and support is that in the very structure of the language used, the entirety of the worldview is present - as well as the keys to creating rapid and lasting transformational change. They present an entire heuristic model of language using this structure to design and implement change of this magnitude as well. In the process of doing this they also reveal some keys to self-examination that serve to expose the worldview the reader is operating from when the reader applies them targeting themselves as the subject. Overall the foundation material that led to the development of NLPtm is present in this book and its sister volume Structure of Magic II. With this material, that forms what the authors call the Meta-Model(tm), and the material in Patterns of Milton H. Erickson Vols. I & II, the basis of conversational hypnosis, the authors define NLPtm as a distinct and operational technology of its own. I highly recommend this book and the others mentioned here as the background material to what the authors present in their books, Frogs into Princes and Tranceformations. NLPtm is and experiential technology and as such operates within the real time process, Frogs and Tra! nceformations offer the reader some insight to this experience. Structure of Magic I & II, and Patterns I & II are the linear supporting material to what happens in these experiences and how they are designed and implemented. It is for this reason as a trainer of NLPtm I find that they are best read in reverse chronological order starting with Frogs into Princes, then Tranceformations followed by Structure of Magic I and Patterns I in order. Enjoy the material and most of all try applying it if you really want to gain a sense of what Bandler and Grinder created ...
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4.0 out of 5 stars The Structure of Magic by Richard Bandler & John Grinder
Although good, this offering is more technical and probably not as useful as Richard Bandler's later work "Guide to Trance-formation"
Published 1 month ago by George Morris

3.0 out of 5 stars Not an easy read
Not the best read I've ever purchased but does include some useful information. Having been on one of John Grinder's NLP courses I am surprised just how badly written this book... Read more
Published 9 months ago by Swiftbrook

3.0 out of 5 stars OK, but could have been so much better...
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.
Published 13 months ago by J. Alan

5.0 out of 5 stars The journey to NLP? Nah, just enjoy the NLP journey!
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. Read more
Published on 28 Jan 2007 by Jordiss Lazara

5.0 out of 5 stars Indispensable
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. Read more
Published on 11 April 2004 by kc_edwards

5.0 out of 5 stars wow!
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... Read more
Published on 18 Oct 2001

4.0 out of 5 stars Puzzling read for new people.
Challenging and puzzling read for people new to neuro linguistic programming aka NLP. Bandler and Grinder plot a course to the heart of therapy through heavy analysis of... Read more
Published on 5 Jan 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars most amazing book
This is the most amazing book I have read ever! I an not a psychotherapist. Yet I have read this book again and again. Read more
Published on 28 Jan 1998

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent and Important, if at times dense, book
This is the first "NLP" book, and is a look at the language used by some great psychotherapists (Milton Erickson, Virginia Satir and Fritz Perls). Read more
Published on 14 Oct 1997

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