to hypnotise Bermudian audiences at the Clayhouse Inn for the third year in a row.

The Irish-born hypnotist was discovered by club owner Mr. Choy Aming three years ago practising his craft at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas.

Although he says that he has always been able to perform hypnosis, Mr.

Sinclair said he began mesmerising audiences about 20 years ago.

He described hypnotism as a technique that relaxes a person's body and, more subtly, compromises their ability to make sound judgments.

"It does not inhibit your moral code, but that can be bypassed with a little trickery,'' Mr. Sinclair said.

"You cannot make a woman take off her clothes in full view of an audience with just hypnosis if she does not want to. Hypnosis is just relaxation. But if you tell her that she is alone in her bedroom, that's different. Under hypnosis, she cannot tell that I am lying and she will do it.'' Mr. Sinclair said "the show is always a lot of fun and a great laugh''.

He claims that he once witnessed a woman in Halifax go back to another life.

"She began to speak a language she couldn't possibly know and she thought that she was one of the witches in Salem. She named places and dates that were all later verified.'' Reviews from his past shows, such as in Trinidad and Ireland, report packed theatres. Joe Dermody of the Cork Examiner said: "It's roly-poly ribaldry at its best.'' One of Mr. Sinclair's most popular gags and one that Bermudian audiences may remember involves a leprechaun -- an invisible "friend'' he places in the hands of selected audience members during the show.

"One Bermudian lady laughed so hard she had seizures and had to be taken to the hospital, so I guess the show must be funny,'' said Mr. Sinclair.

Mr. Sinclair's gig is not all fun and games, however. He also offers a therapy clinic designed to help people with problems such as smoking, weight loss and phobias. One of Mr. Sinclair's first clients was Mohammed Ali, the heavyweight boxer whom he helped lose weight for a fund-raising effort. The show will run until early July.