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Word SightDevin KnightBased on the original Al Mann Lexicon Phenomena, but greatly improved and so far advanced it fools those who know the original effect. Now you can make this up using your own computer for a fraction of buying it new already made up. Imagine revealing two FREELY thought-of words from across the room using an ungimmicked dictionary (you will have to paste two pages with word lists at the very front and two pages at the very end of the dictionary). Imagine doing this 15 feet away and never touching the dictionary during the presentation. Devin Knight's Word Sight allows you to reveal two words, sight unseen, that... | ★★★★★ $18 to wish list | |
Word of MindTerri RogersA spectator is handed a theatrical review sheet and is asked to choose one of the hundreds of words that make up the various articles. There is no restriction of choice and the word is not written down. It is merely thought of by the spectator. When the spectator is ready the mentalist begins to concentrate and slowly, letter by letter, reveals the mentally chosen word. It is that direct. A spectator things of a word and you reveal it. The spectator can choose a different word and you can repeat the effect right away. Simple to learn, simple to perform, devastating in effect. What more... | ★★★★★ $10 to wish listPDF & EPUB | |
Whacked: a book test for the working performerMark ElsdonDesigned for the serious working performer, 'Whacked!' is a 10 minute mind-reading routine which revolves around Dave Gorman's best-selling comedy book Googlewhack Adventure. If you've no idea what that is, you can bring yourself up to speed by heading over to www.davegorman.com This second edition manuscript gives full details of Mark's script and psychological approach – which is one of the things that lifts Whacked head and shoulders above so many other book-tests. The presentation has been honed over many, many performances for a wide variety of audiences, which ensures that the routine... | $25 to wish list | |
Unlocked BooksRobert D. LaRue, Jr.Discover and process natural force books. In his "Autome" book test video, Max Maven demos a book test and a forcing method. What he does not do is explain how to find and process books other than the one he demos. That's what this manuscript does. My process, including all the required worksheets, teaches how to use almost any 300+ page popular novel, in any language, as natural force books. The Effect: The mentalist introduces three popular paperback books and hands them out to the audience. As the books are examined, the mentalist has members of the audience record several random numbers.... | $25 to wish list | |
TrinitiesMichael DanielsTrinities is a two-phase mind-reading routine. In the first phase, the mentalist correctly divines attributes (colour, suit, value) of playing cards which the spectator has shuffled, dealt and covered with his hands while the mentalist has turned away. In the second phase, which can be performed alone, the spectator forms a page number by combining the values of freely selected cards from the deck. Without the mentalist seeing, the spectator then opens up and freely examines an eBook (standard PDF) from a collection of classic literary works stored on a computer, eBook reader or smartphone.... | ★★★★★ $10 to wish list | |
Transcendental Book TestStanley CollinsEffect: The book of love poems may be given for examination, opened at any page by a spectator, and whatever the number of the page is selected, spectator counts the words of this number and remembers same. Performer then picks up a paper and pencil, and predicts the word selected. This can be repeated with a different word. Note: You will receive the force book (Anthology of Love Poems by S. Wynne Burne) as PDF. The easiest way to use it is to load it onto a phone, tablet or eReader and present it that way in electronic form to the spectators. Alternatively you can print and bind it at a... | ★★★★★ $10 to wish list | |
Top Ten Travel Book TestPaul RomhanyAn amazing three phase book test designed for walk-about and close-up magicians that will fit in to your pocket. Great for restaurant workers, street performers, trade shows and private party magicians. This book test would normally sell for up to $100, but Paul has put it out as a PDF ebook to keep the cost affordable to magicians. In this package you get everything you need to do this book test.
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Thrifty TelempathyKen MullerThis is a 'stand-alone' application for situations in which no printed novel is common or available. This unique approach gets around the "your book" taint of a standard book test and features the "Mental Test Posture" and Beta Framing. Maximum flexibility for a variety of venues and audiences. The recommended "best place to start" in the Series. (All author proceeds support the woodHenge Wildlife Sanctuary.) 1st edition 2021, PDF 22 pages. | $15 to wish list | |
The World's Best Psychic Book TestsBurling HullBook tests comprise some of the most stunning effects in the mentalist's arsenal. Here, completely explained, are many of the cleverest, most transparent mental demonstrations ever assembled. Selling for the equivalent of over $50 in today's buying power when it was first released, this manuscript contains some of the most jealously guarded secrets ever developed for apparently reading the minds of your spectators in a clear, convincing manner. Not just bare bones descriptions, Hull provides complete patter and the thought behind the workings for several outstanding tests using books... | ★★★★★ $12 to wish list | |
The Ultimate Page ForceDevin KnightHow a page is forced during a book test is the most important part of the test. Unfortunately, most page forces are sadly lacking. Most appear contrived. Dice are rolled to determine page numbers, playing cards are used or math is used to determine a random number. This not what a real mind reader would do. Other methods involve mis-calling numbers. If the audience realizes that the mentalist knows the page number, then the effect has dropped a few levels. Many people have read in books about secret cue lists and realize if the mentalist knows the page number, then he may have memorized the... | ★★★★★ $5 to wish list | |
The R.B.M.T. - ridiculously ballsy magazine testChristopher BolterWhat Happens: The mentalist displays four or five current popular magazines. They are handed out and freely examined. One is chosen by an audience member and he or she is asked to peruse the magazine. Next they are asked to decide on a page with lots of text, they do so and proceed to remove the page from the magazine. This is repeated with the other magazines until there are four or five random pages from each magazine. Next the audience member's with their respective pages are instructed to turn them landscape and tear them in half. Place the two pieces together and repeat, and repeat... | $15 to wish list | |
The Psychic PencilGeorge Ernest ArrowsmithA seemingly "impossible" book test. George Arrowsmith wrote: A worthwhile exercise for a Mentalist is to set himself a problem that seems unsolvable and to wrestle with it, and to go on wrestling until a possible (and practical) solution is found. "All things are possible to him who keeps on trying" … Here, then, is such a problem that occurred to the author. A word had to be chosen from a book, one of several, and all of them had to be genuine and unfaked in any way. The word was to be freely selected from any line on any page of the book. This word had to be encircled by the pencil... | $9.50 to wish list | |
The Master Key: book testTerri RogersThis is probably the finest book test using special books that has ever been released. This is a remarkable set of three books which allow you to do four different book tests:
The Master Key book test runs like this: A spectator has a completely free choice of any of the three different books. Then they can also... | $150 to wish list | |
The Lexicon PhenomenaAl MannPlease keep in mind that you only get the instructions, not the Reader's Digest Enrich Your Word List booklet, not the ungimmicked Webster's New World Dictionary and no prompter cards. However, the instructions will allow you to adapt this effect to any dictionary in any language. This 1976 Al Mann Exclusive is widely regarded as one of his most ingenious book tests. From an "Enrich your vocabulary" list inside the covers of a dictionary, two spectators secretly agree to think of one of 400 word pairs. Each thinks of one of the words, looking it up in the dictionary to be certain of its meaning.... | ★★★★★ $75 to wish list | |
The Bookworm DeckDavid DevlinIf you liked Bookworm: The Ultimate Impromptu Book Test Act, then you will love The Bookworm Deck. An entire "Word Test Act" combined into a single deck that you will always carry with you. Not only can you now perform the "Bookworm Act" without having to borrow three books, you can perform the act in absolutely any venue, including walk-around, table hopping, and even stage situations. The entire act is kept in your pocket. The Bookworm Deck also makes the act much easier to perform. Here is the act: The performer borrows three business cards and a pen (obviously, he can use his own if the items cannot be borrowed). The performer... | ★★★★★ $25 to wish list | |
The BookbearerMystic AlexandreA presentation for any book test that uses the flashback method. Have you heard of the Bookbearer? This is a storytelling, bizarre presentation to be used with any book with the "flashback" principle. If you own such a book, you could use this. I see many performers using such books, some presentations are good, but most are not as they merely riffle the pages, tell the subject to stop them and remember the first word on the page, and then reveal it. Bah. Here you will tell the brief story of the Bookbearer, and in the end, either subtly suggest you're the actual Bookbearer. Or that you're... | $5 to wish list | |
The Book Without WordsMihwonkuoy RefizulThe real secrets on how to become the greatest magician in the world. Dedicated to the discerning conjurors, the cheaters, the liars, and all other lost souls - whatever age, who want to impress, manipulate, and magish other people for profit, fun, or just entertainment. Included is a very clever and creative book test, for all of you who require a strong effect to justify the purchase. The truth is delivered as a satire, which makes it a fun read, but at the same time delivers a profoundly deep and true message.
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The Book of Book Tests 2Rachel ColombiniCONTRIBUTORS:
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The Book of Book TestsRachel ColombiniA unique and popular subject like the Book Test is analyzed here in 20 routines by such great contributors as: Ian Adair, Howard Adams, Len Belcher, Tan Hock Chuan, Rachel Colombini, Tom Craven, Maurice Fogel, Karrell Fox, Karl Fulves, Richard Himber, Arthur Setterington, Walter Sleight and Nick Trost. In the standard effect (sometimes done as a prediction) a spectator opens a book to a page and concentrates on a word (or three words or a full line). The mentalist, standing some distance away, is able to reveal the word the spectator is thinking of. Of course, as per many classics, variations abound and Rachel has tried to keep this variety... | ★★★★★ $10 to wish list | |
The Big Story!Graham HeyA book test, a 3-card trick, and a 5-envelope impossible selection routine - all self-working. A prediction envelope is placed on the table, along with the performer's favorite novel. The spectator is handed a magazine that has had the staples removed and is asked to select any one of the double pages she likes. It's a free choice. She is then asked to add all the page numbers together. Let's say the number totals 170. She turns to page 170 in the novel ... and the prediction reveals which city is mentioned, the make of car which is talked about, and the unusual word on line 4! In fact,... | $10 to wish list | |
Telepathy Once RemovedKen MullerTelepathy above and beyond a book test. Innovative methods, sleights, and stratagems. Once Removed offers a novel approach to demonstrating telepathy between two people. It allows a performer to receive multiple mental images from an audience volunteer, based on a freely selected book never read by either person before. Move beyond any book test to an astonishing telempathic experience. This is the master guide for the Once Removed Series from which A Novel Thought, Engage, Thrifty, ABAT and Steroid Telempathy evolved. This ebook includes all of these applications, plus the concepts and theory behind Beta Framing, Imbed, Tritech, Book... | $55 to wish list | |
Steroid TelempathyKen MullerThis is a 'stand-alone' application using a standard book test in a two-phase presentation that can greatly enhance its impact and astonishment. The book test must be of a novel "can be passed out" variety book. This can easily segue into Thrifty or Basic Telempathy. ABAT experience is recommended but not essential. (All author proceeds support the woodHenge Wildlife Sanctuary.) 1st edition 2021, PDF 19 pages. | $15 to wish list | |
Snip-Snip Want Ad TestUlysses Frederick GrantThe Snip-Snip Want Ad Test is the a sensational, simplified, baffling and easy to present effect. No switching, palming, sleight of hand or advance preparation is needed. Guard the secret well. I have seen professional mentalists pay $100 and more for secrets far inferior to this. Your audience will not believe it. Neither would you if you were not in on the secret. Effect: A single column of want ads cut from any newspaper is freely shown. It is not gimmicked or prepared in any way. Holding the strip vertically, you start to snip ads from the bottom of the strip, one at a time, until a spectator... | ★★★★★ $3 to wish list | |
SkullduggeryLeo BoudreauAfter reading this ebook you will be able to divine the words selected at random from any borrowed dictionary or book; deal four straight winning hands of Blackjack without sleight of hand; teach anyone how to read minds convincingly in just 30 seconds; sense colors merely thought of; transform a borrowed pack of cards into a bizarre impression device. Several effects in this ebook require what Leo calls The Nothing Book. It is a hard cover book with empty pages. You can also use an empty notebook. first edition, 1989, The Rustic Press, Arlington; 128 pages.
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Simplex Magazine TestDevin KnightThis routine has been part of my act for the last 20 years. An easy and novel way of performing a magazine test without any specially printed magazines, duplicate pages, external cue lists, or memory work. All you need are two magazines that you can get in any grocery store. A spectator chooses one of them and another spectator calls out a page number. He turns to the page and notes the first word on the page. The performer then reveals the word with NO FISHING or can show it was previously predicted on a white board. No secret peeks or sleights, it's self-contained and so easy to do. You will... | ★★★★★ $6 to wish list | |
Scripted #13: The Dictionary TrickLarry BrodahlAn easy-to-make and easy to perform version of a book reading test. You can not only tell them the word they're thinking of, but you can even tell them how many characters are in the word - and it's all easy. No forcing. One of the more difficult tasks facing magicians is coming up with scripts - of any sort. And explaining why someone is picking a word from a dictionary so that you can read their mind is - at best - difficult. Well, the author of How To Write A Script used his methodology to write a script that successfully explains - and conceals the secret - to perform the dictionary test. He even explains... | $10 to wish list | |
Sanitized TelempathyKen MullerThis is a 'stand-alone' application as a variation of Thrifty Telempathy for use in a "no-touch" or social distancing environment, to include senior centers and venues with physical disabilities. It features several mechanical forces in place of Beta Framing including the "Manna Concept" that will be new to many performers. (All author proceeds support the woodHenge Wildlife Sanctuary.) 1st edition 2021, PDF 18 pages. | $15 to wish list | |
RhymeTime SublimeDr. Bill CushmanGenesis: In the beginning there was Mick Ayres' award winning RhymeTime. In 2002, Mick Ayre's won a Linking Ring Award for Mentalism from the International Brotherhood of Magicians for his effect RhymeTime: You openly display a list of common words. A guest is asked to mentally choose any word and then to create a word in her mind that rhymes with her selection. Without hesitation you name the word she just created in her mind! You may repeat RhymeTime immediately with another guest and reveal a completely different word. At the end (of his wonderful manuscript), Mick wrote: "I feel... | ★★★★★ $10 to wish list | |
PYO Book TestDee Christopher
The book test is a classic in mentalism and mental magic. Every professional show demonstrating the power... | ★★★★★ $19.98 to wish list | |
Premiere Book TestEdwin A. FrenchPerhaps the simplest and most sure-fire of all book tests, using three unprepared books. Can be performed as a one-person or two-person test. The original manuscript sold for the equivalent of $19 when first introduced and has been out of print for years. Now available once again at a very reasonable price as ebook. The author claimed that the bold method and presentation created more favorable talk than anything else he presented. You, too, can create a "buzz" of publicity when you perform it. If working as a two-person effect, there are no codes used. Can use any girl as the medium. A great... | ★★★★★ $4 to wish list | |
Of Words and WizardsAl Mann
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Nonpareil Book Mystery: A Holiday in MoroccoStanley CollinsThis is a digital reproduction of a progressive anagram based book test. It includes a handwritten letter by Stanley Collins to a Will, the instructions, and the force book titled A Holiday in Morocco by S. Martin. Effect: Spectator chooses three cards from a deck of cards. The first card determines the page, the second the line number, and the third the word. Spectator looks up the word in A Holiday in Morroco book. You are able to determine the chosen word letter by letter. Stanley Collins uses an alphabet deck to reveal each letter. 1st edition ~1920; PDF 21 pages. | $10 to wish listPDF_facsimile | |
Newspaper TestGerard ZittaAn improvised book-test with a borrowed newspaper. There are dozens of newspaper tests or predictions, but this one is different, improvised, and will be remembered as hands-off.
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Newspaper DivinationDevin KnightThis is one of the most amazing things you will ever see. Looks like real mind-reading. A spectator is given a copy of a newspaper. It can be your local paper. The paper is not gimmicked in any way. The spectator chooses a paragraph from the front page. No force. He reads the first few words and spells each word to himself. The magician instantly reveals the words the person read. This is a little-known principle that Al Mann developed in 1979 that will fool magicians. It's a show-stopper. Use any newspaper. No pre-show, done on the spot with any person. Can be done long-distance over zoom calls.... | ★★★★★ $12 to wish list | |
Magic of the MindLewis GansonThis is a wonderful collection of some of the best mental magic published in The Gen. CONTENTS: Section One - Predictions
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Magazine Memory: The Secret Notebooks of Mr. Hyde Volume 2Timothy HydeThe Magazine Memory effect is a highly entertaining, high energy, astounding feat of mental prowess that audiences love. It has been a feature effect for many high profile performers, yet little has been written about the effect until now. Timothy Hyde has used the routine to close his show for many years. Performing on luxury cruise ships, corporate events and at theatre shows around the world he has explored the routine in great depth. In the classic form of the effect, pages from a current issue magazine or newspaper are distributed into the audience. Audience members randomly call... | ★★★★★ $30 to wish list | |
LiebraryJosé PragerThis is an ebook test. Yes, not a book test done with actual paper copies, but rather a book test done with ebooks, PDF ebooks that is. The advantage here is that you can perform it wherever you have your smartphone, tablet or iPad with you. (For another ebook test see Dracula Ebook Test.) Effect: A spectator selects any one of seven ebooks, turns to the page of his/her choice as you look away. The spectator concentrates on one word and you name it, even though you don't know the page and there is no fishing. You will get the following ebooks:
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