Away With Words is a collection of mentalism and mind-reading effects built on the most underestimated tool a performer has: language itself.
Across these pages, Luke Jonas argues that the strongest mind reading isn't built on gimmicks or hidden technology, but on the careful use of spoken and written words - the rhythm of a sentence, the construction of a question, the choice of a single phrase that lets a spectator believe they have given away more than they have. The effects taught here are practical, tested, and intended to leave a memory rather than a trick.
Inside, you'll find a body of work covering linguistic principles drawn from Lewis Carroll to modern mentalism, the author's Number Word Principle (a development of Looch's Master Word Principle), and a sustained essay on the art of missing - on what to do when a routine doesn't land, and why the recovery may matter more than the hit.
The ebook also includes contributions from Ben Cardall and Wayne Goodman, with a foreword by Peter Nardi.
Away With Words is for performers who believe that the most enduring magic doesn't ask the audience to be fooled, but to be moved.
Table of Contents
- Foreword written by... Peter Nardi
- Introduction
- The Art Of Missing
- Mirror Image
- The Hangman's Reveal
- The Word That Never Was
- The Number Word Principle
- Memory Methodology, Written by Ben Cardall
- The Power of Silence, Written by Wayne Goodman
- In Closing
- Credits and Acknowledgements
1st edition 2021, PDF 74 pages.
word count: 11773 which is equivalent to 47 standard pages of text
