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.
- 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
