Magic & Conjuring: page 361

Would you like to be able to connect with someone on a purely mental level? Monks in India have reportedly been able to meditate and attain a trance-like state that allows them to tap into someone else's consciousness. With cerebral connection, you will be able to display your monk-like properties, and in the process, amaze your spectator with something that cannot be explained.

You write something down on a piece of paper. It is a number between 1 and 100. You leave this paper face down on a table. You will not touch this paper, ever again...and it will not be switched. This paper is your...

Have you ever wanted an electronic impression device but they were just outside your price range? In this exclusive video, top mentalist Scott Xavier shows you the electronic impression device he bought from Staples for under $100. In fact, at the time of this writing, Ebay is selling them for $59. It is casually examinable and invisible. You'll learn to perform Q and A and fourth dimensional telepathy with a pen, clear clipboard, and a sheet of paper. All impressions are sent wirelessly to your cellphone using Bluetooth! Doesn't your mentalism need a boost?

1st edition 2017, length 14 min

A study in thought prints.

• Mastic Mysteries
• The RMS Principle
• The Deluxe Jupiter Gimmick
• The Gemini Slate
• Donovon's Dust
• Cero-Mentics
• Thought Prints
• The Fellow Traveller
• The Million Dollar Gimmick
• The Unseen Specter
• The Inverted Mark
• The Mediums Tablet...Plus A Bonus... The Book From Sumer! Which combines the elements of a books test with thought prints!

A clever idea by Bruce Cervon to reverse a card during a cut.

runtime: 2min 10s

Tips on performing and presenting the chair suspension illusion

This ebook is jammed full of information, tips on presentation, safety, routine ideas as well as step by step coverage of the best way to perform this illusion. This is one of the ONLY books in the history of magic devoted solely to helpful information on the performance of this classic illusion.

Find out how to add this illusion to any show and to add value to your client in the process. This illusion has been a classic of magic and can add tremendous value to your show at a fraction of the cost of some of the larger illusions...

A simple chair test.

A very simple and practical chair test with three participants.

• It can be performed close-up, at a restaurant or dinner table, a bar, etc., or even on stage or TV
• Impromptu
• Easy reset
• OK for strolling too

[The basic effect is included in Pocket Mysteries, and in Cool Hot Pocket Mysteries.

Watch Max Maven perform a very similar effect. (Max Maven never published his method thus his method could be different how Gerard does it.):

1st edition 2016, 17 pages....

"A clever effect that genuinely plays big, so many layers and moments that will leave any audience perplexed." - Marc Spelmann

"Nique has created a strong routine, that is very portable, well thought out and very solid. His manuscript is clear, illustrated and informative. If you enjoy chair tests, you will enjoy this." - Chris Rawlins

"Nique has come up with a very well constructed chair routine... that doesn't involve chairs. He has taken some tried and true methods and blended them into a worker routine. I'm sure many will be pleased with this routine. The bonus here is that it...

• Introduction
• Preparations For A Chalk Talk
• The Lazy Man’s Chalk Talk
• Evolution Pictures
• Roman Art
• Upside Down Stunt
• Holiday Suggestions
• The Circle, The Triangle, And The Square
• Easy Human Figure Drawing For Chalk Talks
• Chalk Talk Phases Of The World War
• A Novelty Telephone Stunt
• Coloring A Picture
• A Youthful Chalk Talker

1st edition 1926, 101 pages; digital edition 2017, 75 pages.

This is by far one of the best methods ever conceived for the classic cards across trick. It is also one of U. F. Grant's best card effects for stage. The method is completely different from Zen's Fifteen Card trick in that no duplicate cards are used.

One regular deck is used and only two unprepared personal size envelopes. There are no stacks of any kind. Finally, there is no palming of cards as in other methods. The method is very easy to do and a feature for stage that is a real fooler. Just one regular deck and two envelopes, along with a pencil to sign the cards will give you a real...

Basil Horwitz - the South African mentalist - released in the 1980s seven of his treasured mentalism routines and the impact was phenomenal. There are few mentalists in the world who have not heard either the recordings or read the text which was published later. Several professional and famous mentalists use the material straight from these recordings. Each of the seven effects has been used somewhere in the world on TV.

If you would like to read a lot more about Basil's routines then see the 6 volume ebook series Mental Magick.

[For volume 2 of this recording click here.

This is a licensed reproduction of the famous Magicassette and MagiCD...

This is the second volume describing seven brilliant mentalism effects. Basil Horwitz is one of South Africa's most successful insurance salesmen. His success is almost 90% due to a magical approach explained on these recordings.

[For volume 1 of this recording click here.]

This is a licensed reproduction of the famous Magicassette and MagiCD series created by Martin Breese - now owned by Lybrary.com.

Details a true story of Himber challenging Dunninger. Al takes this as inspiration to think about challenge type of effects where somebody challenges you to read his mind.

Note that this manuscript comes unbound in a package of loose sheets, the way Al Mann stored them. You can bind them anyway you like, or leave them unbound, perhaps only hole punch them and put them in a binder.

10 pages

Script: David Britland: Narrator: Dave Kelly: Producer: Martin Breese

You have probably read all of the books on Chan Canasta and now you can actually hear Chan Canasta performing some of his classic effects on this amazing recording.

In fact this is a complete program on Chan Canasta. It draws on Martin Breese's extensive archive of sound recordings of Chan Canasta.

You will hear Canasta live and then you will be given a complete description of each effect by the narrator. The book test, for example, can be heard exactly as it was performed more than forty years ago and then each move is carefully...

The download DVD is a complete Chan Canasta television broadcast from a 1960's BBC TV Show. You see a professional entertainer perform, how he controls his spectators, and how he builds up the effects.

Chan first performs a few card effects and closes with a book test. In the beginning spectators take a few cards each and Canasta divines which cards each one has. Then two spectators take one card from a full deck each and they magically take the same card. Later a spectator takes two cards from a deck and puts each one in one of his pockets, without Canasta looking, but again Canasta knows...

The download DVD is a complete Chan Canasta television broadcast from a 1960's BBC TV Show. You see a professional entertainer perform, how he controls his spectators, and how he builds up the effects.

Chan first performs a few card effects and closes with a book test. In the beginning spectators take a few cards each and Canasta divines which cards each one has. Then two spectators take one card from a full deck each and they magically take the same card. Later a spectator takes two cards from a deck and puts each one in one of his pockets, without Canasta looking, but again Canasta knows...

Chan Canasta (1920 to 1999) was something of a TV sensation in the 1950s as one of Britain's leading mentalists. His blend of psychology and traditional conjuring which he called psychmagic, was a breath of fresh air. This beautifully ebook is a unique record of his mentalist effects and unique entertaining style.

"Martin has excelled himself with the production values. It looks beautiful; maybe it is the most attractive looking book I have ever seen. If you are interested in Canasta then you will have to buy the book." - Peter Zenner

"I'm not sure that there have been other books quite like this....

This is the long-awaited follow up to the first volume. It is a quality soft back publication, perfect bound. It contains a lot of information that arrived too late for inclusion in the first volume. We are grateful to all those who have helped us produce this set of books on the Remarkable Chan Canasta.

• Publisher's Introduction
• Further Discoveries by David Britland
• Chan Canasta article (reprinted from Magic Magazine)

The first volume can be found here: Chan Canasta: A Remarkable Man Volume 1

1st edition 2001, 45 pages.

This book could fetch hundreds of dollars on ebay. It was very hard to find a copy. The book was shrouded in mystery. The few that had a copy didn't tell what it was. Many who didn't have one, wanted it badly. Now the wait is over...

Martin Breese reprinted this one of a kind book. And the one of a kind Martin Breese let me reproduce it as ebook.

Given the recent popularity of psychological methods in mentalism, the Book of Oopses was decades ahead of its time. Most effects use psychological quirks and biases to predict your entirely 'free' choice. It is eerily disturbing how easily we...

This book could fetch hundreds of dollars on ebay. It was very hard to find a copy. The book was shrouded in mystery. The few that had a copy didn't tell what it was. Many who didn't have one, wanted it badly. Now the wait is over...

Martin Breese reprinted this one of a kind book. And the one of a kind Martin Breese let me reproduce it as ebook.

Given the recent popularity of psychological methods in mentalism, the Book of Oopses was decades ahead of its time. Most effects use psychological quirks and biases to predict your entirely 'free' choice. It is eerily disturbing how easily we...

Este libro se basa en una idea completamente nueva e inusual. Contiene una colección de excitantes efectos de lectura mental en los que el Libro mismo hace el rol de intérprete. Tú, el Lector, eres el espectador de la actuación del libro para cada efecto, para decirlo de alguna manera. Seguirás una serie de instrucciones simples y claramente escritas que te llevarán a escoger una carta, un número, un símbolo, un nombre, etc. Luego, tras seguir las instrucciones, continuarás a la página indicada y para tu total mistificación y diversión, encontrarás que el libro sabe exactamente...

"The Attention to detail is excellent, as is the routine, which has a superb script and presentation!" - Peter Duffie

"Wonderful routines and such a well written book. You did a fantastic job!" - Rick Roth

"...a piece of beauty. This really is phenomenal!" - Kyle MacNeill

A Demonstration Of Precognition And Chance, Using Tarot Cards And Ancient Tokens

The Effect

Proposing to reproduce an ancient divination ritual, a volunteer is asked to freely choose some areas of life that she is particularly interested in (like the ones looked up in a horoscope).

As an aid for later visualization, tokens are...

James Harto successfully performed this two-person-code mind-reading act together with his wife Catherina Wren for many years.

From the introduction:

1st digital...

The more episode bundles you buy the cheaper they get. For each additional bundle you add to the cart you get a 6% discount on the total. If you buy two bundles you get 6% discount. If you buy three bundles you get 12% discount, four bundles 18% a.s.o. If you would put all 11 episodes into your shopping cart you would get a whooping 60% discount or a total of merely $17.56.

These two episodes have been digitally restored and remastered. Each episode has had the major clicks, pops and distortions removed while preserving the vintage sound.

The Black Steps
In this thrilling episode, the...

The more episode bundles you buy the cheaper they get. For each additional bundle you add to the cart you get a 6% discount on the total. If you buy two bundles you get 6% discount. If you buy three bundles you get 12% discount, four bundles 18% a.s.o. If you would put all 11 episodes into your shopping cart you would get a whooping 60% discount or a total of merely $17.56.

These two episodes have been digitally restored and remastered. Each episode has had the major clicks, pops and distortions removed while preserving the vintage sound.

The Ominous Sahara (aka The Ominous, Deadly Sahara)...