Mentalism & Spiritism: page 12

Many of the best mentalists consider the Jinx the most important publication. It is a treasure chest of ideas, methods, routines and commentary. A must read not just for mentalists but all magicians.

Here is the most convenient form of the Jinx to date. You will get all 151 issues including all summer and winter extras. Each issue is quickly accessible via a bookmark. You will get reproductions of all the old advertisements for the Jinx, the old three part index prepared by J. G. Thompson Jr., and a completely new 30 page index which has been alphabetized and spans all issues and extras.

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The new collection of mind-blowing English mind magic!

Once again, some of England's top mentalist's tip their mitt. Following the success of Mind Blasters we now have: Mind Blasters II - the Sequel!

• 220 pages
• 45 contributors
• over 60 sensational routines
• fully illustrated with photographs & graphics
• the price is criminally low

1. Wayne Dobson: Tax / TLC
2. Marc Paul: Square Thoughts / T.A.R.P. Squared
3. Simon Shaw: Stuck for Words
4. Mike Hopley: Crystal Clear / Beyond Chance
5. Craig Petty: Frick Off! / Psychic Paper Clip
6. John Holt: Hit List / Open...

Listen to Orville Meyer as he recalls his creation of his bullet catch method which was so masterfully performed by Ted Annemann. A rare treat for all mentalism and magic history buffs. This recording was made June 20th 1985.

Ben Robinson, an expert bullet catcher himself writes:

A sinister workhorse billet combination of Al Mann's Mag-Eye move and Millard Longman's Acidus Novus.

From the introduction:

• Emotionaler Fingerabdruck? Ein Gefühl an ein beliebiges Objekt übertragen, so dass es dort anhaftet? Ich dachte immer, solche Sachen sind reine Fiktion und noch dazu keine besonders gute.
• Er nannte das ganze ein 'Experiment'. Alles schien sehr fair abzulaufen und unter meiner Kontrolle zu sein. Es gab keine Möglichkeit für Ihn das Ergebnis zu manipulieren.
• Du kennst mich; Ich bin wirklich ein rational denkender Mensch. Ich schaue bei so etwas mit Adleraugen hin und würde sehen wenn irgendetwas Verdächtiges abläuft.
• Er folgte exakt meinen Anweisungen, meine Entscheidungen wie ich...

Featuring notes and ideas from Andrew Gerard and Dr.Bill.

• Emotional Imprinting? The energy of our feelings attaching itself to objects? I always thought this the stuff of fiction. And usually bad fiction at that.
• He called it an "experiment." Everything seemed fair and under my control. There was no opportunity for him to manipulate the outcome.
• You know me; I'm a rational person. I have eagle eyes and would have seen if anything fishy happened.
• He followed my instructions, my choices exactly as I voiced them. Everything was in my hands!
• Did I really imprint my emotions onto inanimate...

Why dice?

Barry wanted a reading system that could be performed in the hands, sitting down or just walking around, that didn't require a table or a spread. That could be done inside or outside, regardless of the weather conditions. Something that didn't get soiled, torn, blown away or that water would ruin. So cards were out. Runes and stones fit the bill, but to get different coloured ones and of the same size isn't easy. Barry needed a uniform size and nothing too esoteric. Dice fit this description and are easily available.

Long before tarot and runes, soothsayers used to cast bones,...

Some random letters are chosen to make up the initials of a fictional character out of the performer's sight. A name could be thought of from these letters, this will never be written down; it's in the mind of the spectator.

The spectator is asked to grip the performer's wrist and scream the initials in their mind. Slowly and visually the performer's veins shift and morph into the selected initials.

As an added kicker, the name can be revealed without anything being written down, they really do just think of the name in their head!!

This is powerful stuff. This isn't like Twisted...

Imagine performing a card trick for a blind person - making them the star. Actually, any unsuspecting spectator can instantly become your secret accomplice and read your thoughts. They will be able to identify the color and value of cards without looking at them. Practical and magical.

Recorded live at the Convention at the Capital 2000.

runtime: 14min 43s

Predict a matched pair from a spectator shuffled deck. The deck can be freely shuffled and cut as often as the spectator wishes.

The methodology is somewhat involved because you need a billet index, a gimmicked envelope, and a marked deck. You could do without the gimmicked envelope but the rest you will need. Nevertheless, the effect is strong.

Recorded live at the Convention at the Capital 1999.

runtime: 17min 40s

This is a mathematical based effect you do on the back of your business card that the spectator gets to keep and take home with them. Very easy to perform.

The effect was created by Raj Madhok and was originally published in Syzygy.

A spectator chooses three numbers, one related to the future, one related to the past and the third one related to the present. These are added up and match your prediction.

Recorded live at the Convention at the Capital 1999.

runtime: 8min 28s

A reading system with playing cards

This effect is entitled Anti Tarot for two reasons. Firstly, it dispenses with tarot cards, using playing cards instead; secondly, the most important card in the reading is never seen by the reader. Instead of reading the cards and telling the spectator what should happen to them, the reader hears what has happened to the spectator and tells them what their chosen card should be.

• Easy to learn and perform
• No sleight of hand or forces used
• Can be performed with a borrowed deck
• All traditional meanings for the cards explained
• Scripted reading taken...

Learn how Docc Hilford flies first class when he only has coach tickets. A crash course in palm reading spiced up with magic.

Recorded live at the Convention at the Capital 1998.

runtime: 9min 48s

Master Mentality is an important addition to the rather sparse literature available on the little-known subject of contact mind reading.

Contact mind reading is generally believed to be almost impossible to practice and hard to learn. Stanton Carlisle demonstrates that this is not at all the case. His instructions share all the secrets of a successful performance and the techniques to learn and master this art.

I consider this the most important work of Stanton Carlisle. He shares many bits and tips of the business of mentalism in general, not just the techniques and methods to become...

Here are 25 tricks with ESP cards. Some are impromptu (marked below with a single star), some require a bit of preparation (marked below with two stars), and a few require more involved preparation such as gimmicked cards (marked below with three stars).

Most are suitable for jumbo ESP cards as well as regular poker or bridge sized cards. And most use only a single deck of ESP cards.

1st edition 1978; original 29 pages; PDF 32 pages.

4. Dedication
5. Contents
6. Author's Preface
7. Foreword
8. Guessing Gordon*
9. Psycho-Symbol*
10. A Five Star Miracle**
11. The Magical Match-Maker**
12. Mental Simplicity*** ...

1st edition 1980; original 36 pages; PDF 44 pages.

5. Contents
6. Dedication
7. Foreword
8. Preface
9. One Out Of Five?...It's THIS One!
15. Living And Dead Test....No.1,269!
18. Prelude To The Classic Book Test
21. The Classic Book Test
25. Brain Echoes
31. The 'Escee' Bluff Switch
34. The Astromental Prediction, Mark 1
37. The Astromental Prediction, Mark 2
39. The Master's Miracle Reading
44. Conclusion

After Stanton Carlisle retired due to a back injury he wrote this book and shared his professional mental routines. Carlisle has performed all of these effects many times during his professional career. They are well polished and worth your time of study.

1st edition 1980; original 53 pages; PDF 56 pages.

4. Dedication
5. Contents
6. Foreword
7. Author's Foreword
8. Thoughts Winged Flight
12. Mind Control ... In Action
17. Psycho-matic
20. The "Bent Medium's" Switcheroo
27. Money Making Mentalism
31. Astrological Signs and Symbols
33. How to Tell Fortunes with Dice and Dominoes
36. The Day for Any Given Birthdate Formula ...

Effect:

One to four spectators choose a design out of a choice of 16 designs. The performer either reads their minds or has their choices predicted in advance.

The method is a clever combination of known mentalism principles.

You will receive a manuscript of 7 pages explaining various routines for O'Daneven's Secret. You will also receive a printed cardboard similar to the cover image of this product. (This is the original print run Al Mann made. It is therefore an original Al Mann item.) To assemble the prop there is a bit of cutting and gluing necessary but nothing a second grader...

Eight strong and wonderful mentalism routines.

"Key Caper" for example is a completely ungimmicked version of Annemann's "Seven Keys To Baldpate". The method is simple and easy, a piece of beautiful clever mentalism.

"Music in the Air" makes use of a cigarette lighter that plays a tune when lighted. I have never seen such lighters. They are probably out of fashion these days. However, the effect could very easily be modernized and used together with a ring-tone on a cellphone. The effect is the following. You show a packet of cards, each one has a different song title printed on it. Your...

Bob Cassidy teaches a three part routine where each part's method cancels the other to leave the audience without a clue to how this is possible. One of the methods used is an adaptation of a Royal Heath idea. Thus the name of this ebook. The methods are very general and can be adopted to many personalized and customized routines.

"I believe that The Heathen Devices are my greatest contribution to close-up mentalism." - Bob Cassidy

A spectator is handed several dice - anywhere from...

Techniques and effects for the modern mentalist.

"Dee has outdone himself with this one. It is literally filled to the brim with practical working material. One of the best mentalism ebooks I've read in a long time." - Matt Mello

• Esoteric - Impromptu Wallet Peek:
  A number is thought of by a spectator and written upon a business card. This card is slid face down into the magician's wallet and the wallet closed so that there is no way for the magician to see what is written.

  The magician hones in on the spectator's thoughts and commits to what he thinks by writing it on a business...

THE ONLY VERSION OF THE CLASSIC PUZZLE EFFECT THAT APPEARS TO BE A NEAR TEST CONDITIONS IMPOSSIBILITY.

The method used in Puzzled is completely original with Bob Cassidy. It is based on an "out-of-left-field logical disconnect" that will positively fool anyone who sees it.

The premise of the effect was created by the late English mentalist, Romark, back in the 1970's. A few years ago there was a minor hissy fit in the magic world about the creation and ownership of a jigsaw puzzle effect involving an image of the Mona Lisa. (But apart from the fact that the effect used a jigsawed version of...

URV is a remote viewing presentation involving complete audience participation. In a series of tests replicating actual remote viewing experiments the audience is able, under what appear to be strictly controlled conditions, to perform amazing accurate remote viewings of hidden target photographs.

Such effects are rare in mentalism and have an extremely powerful impact. They not only provide a unique experience for any intelligent audience but serve to greatly enhance the mentalist's credibility.

Two versions of the routine are described. One is designed for use with a single participant...

The Question Answering Act - or "Audience Reading" as it is more commonly called today - has always been the major effect in mentalism. Q&A, while arguably the most powerful and memorable effect in mentalism, is rarely seen today because it does not fit into the "body language/perceptionist" persona and style - its only explanations would appear to be pure mind reading or, as it was originally presented, communication with the spirits.

Here, in this ebook for the experienced mentalist - is a complete collection of original modern methods and, more importantly - presentations - for this classic...