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Here is a stunning ten-minute routine for the magician to use as an encore at the end of his or her regular act. The performer demonstrates with devastating correctness that he can read the collective minds of several spectators.

In a very informal and impromptu style, the magician offers to read the minds of the spectators. He asks the audience to think of a question, name, relationship, number, color, etc. They are asked only to THINK these thoughts. Without further ado, the performer proceeds to call spectators by name, telling them of the exact thoughts in their minds at the moment, answering...

• Subliminal Parapsychology
• Mental Elimination
• The Great Lottery
• Mental Count Formula
• A Quickie
• Fortune Telling By Cards
• A Human Lie Detector
• Hi, There, Princess!
• No Carbon Impression
• The Unaware Confederates
• Reading Cards Behind Your Back
• Think Of A Card
• A Playing Card Book Test
• Enough Of A Good Thing

1st edition 1980, 24 pages; 1st digital edition 2017, 20 pages.

After working a few card tricks, how many times have you been asked "Can you tell fortunes with cards?" Fortune telling with cards has always been interesting; but, how many of us have wanted to spend the time to learn and memorize the meanings of all the playing cards? I would dare say, very few of us. Besides, there is no trick to it.

Now you can say, "Yes." Not only that, but you can actually tell people how many brothers and sisters they have, how many children they have including their gender, number of pets and the month of their birthday, including their current age (without doing...

This is a collection of clean, crisp and cool calendar routines which will baffle and startle your audience. They can live in your wallet or pocket and are ready for anytime and anywhere performance.

There is nothing to memorize and no complex math. All the systems are easy and self working. You will be able to start doing these within 15 minutes of reading the instructions. The routines are as follows.

1. Roman Enigma - The performer claims to have photographed an ancient rock engraved inscription from recent secret Roman excavations which gives him the weird and inexplicable power to...

The secret book of the mental profession that teaches the mentalist or psychic to "read" a person "cold" with no gimmicks, no advance knowledge, and no preparation.

The Art of Cold Reading is the learned ability to cleverly read another "from the cradle to the grave" - and without important error. It is amazingly easy - if you understand the technique and methods. Possess it and you are always prepared to give readings - any time, anywhere, for fun or for profit.

The inner secrets of "cold reading" have been closely held and guarded for many years. Knowledge of this kind has been passed...

One of the very few magic acts designed for a woman, but this one is a honey. Based on the Charles Adams cartoons, the character of Vampira is indicated by the sketch. The magic she does is quite simple and mostly standard, but the presentation is wild and horrendous, and what you'd expect from a Vampire. Once the material is assimilated, the tricks could be changed to suit the individual. All patter and presentation is given, plus the details of the wonderful costume and make up, also music, lighting, etc. With a little work, the idea can be transferred to a male character. Great for Halloween,...

This ebook is also part of the collection Strange Secrets 1.

• Introduction: Points On Presentation And Patter
• Feeling The Spots
• Reading The Cards
• The Lip-Reading Test
• Important Features
• Hints About Blindfolding
• The Master's Touch
• Reading Dates On Coins, Numbers On Bills, Etc.
• Miracle Color Vision
• Reading "Ordinary Printed Matter" With The Fingertips
• Here's Your Card
• Snappy Number
• Psychometry
• In Conclusion
• The Si Stebbins Pre-Arranged Pack

1st edition 1948, 42 pages; 1st digital edition 2017, 19 pages.

Bold, entertaining mentalism. That's the David Hoy approach.

This is the book that introduced the amazing Tossed-Out Deck and the Hoy Book Test to psychic entertainers, who made reputations for themselves with these two effects alone!

Inside you'll find:

• The Bold Approach
• Dr. Rhine Improved
• Dated for Destiny
• We Now Give You Our Correspondent
• By Gosh! It Moved!
• A Nervy Switcher
• The Bold Book Test
• Pocket Book Miracle
• The Tossed-Out Deck
• Hurling the Headlines
• Four Minute Spellbinder Blindfold Act
• Appendix
• About the Author

Erik Jan Hanussen was an Austrian Jewish, hypnotist, mentalist, occultist, astrologer and clairvoyant performer who in his role as the man who predicted the rise and fall of Adolf Hitler, became known as the prophet of the Third Reich.

In 1930 during a court case in which Hanussen stood accused of professional misrepresentation and fraud, Erik declared the only way to break what was proving to be a judicial logjam, was for him to recreate his psychic experiments live in the court room. The following day he presented a routine which would dramatically change the remainder of his life, he...

The most comprehensive and authoritative book on sealed billet reading, as employed by mentalists, magicians, and office mediums.

Divided into three sections, this ebook deals with methods used by office mediums (section 1), stage mentalists and psychic entertainers (section 2), and a bonus section on how to maximize revenue from shows with a secret tip for selling 'back of house' books and merchandise (section 3).

SIXTEEN methods are described and explained in detail as used for private office work. Many of these are adaptable to mentalist and magic uses, and can be presented without...

This ebook is an edited and slightly abridged version of material which originally appeared as "Psychic Magic" in six volumes. From the preface by Percy Abbott:

23 leading authorities on mentalism collaborated to make this the largest and best of the fabulous series of "Miracles in Mentalism" books.

In this revised and expanded edition, you now get 49 new and original mental and psychic effects, routines, and suggestions covering the full range of impromptu, club, radio, TV and stage presentations. This wealth of new and original material has been audience-tested and proven as worthy of inclusion in your program. This one volume alone contains sufficient sensational mental and psychic effects for several programs. Many of the presentations contain...

There has never been such a complete and thoroughly accurate exposé of the inner workings and guarded secrets of the professional medium, psychic and healer.

Describes how fake psychics get their certificates, making them immune from police interference. How anyone can obtain such a certificate. Explains how mediums and psychics work in "closed" towns so city authorities can't touch them. Includes sample ads as used by the phony seers, fake diplomas, how and where the psychics get their business, and how mediums can even work spare time and still make big money. Shows how the psychic obtains...

Sm'ash is an effect where you reveal spectators selection by rubbing ash on their hand. Imagine doing voodoo ash trick on spectators hand. With this gimmick you are able to do that. It is easy to construct and use the gimmick. Once you learn the method you are able to develop your own variations. Consider:

• Easy to create and use.
• Use any coloured powder in place of ash.

1st edition 2017, length 11 min

From the introduction:

You, too, can be a successful predictionist!

Publicity, such as headline news and front page stories are the lifeblood of modern show business. Super Prediction Tricks are proven top notch publicity-getters. Properly executed, they are the easily arranged and assured method of getting sensational publicity and news stories - publicity worth thousands of dollars.

This ebook of predictions and sensational showmanship has been eagerly accepted and highly praised by the members of the profession. You, too, will cherish it and utilize many of the fine effects. Hail to the man or woman who does...

Ploy is a way to indirectly obtain a piece of information your spectator is only thinking of without them ever having to say it out loud or write anything down.

You perform a thought of card effect where a card is taken out of a deck of normal playing cards, you either guess it exactly or get very close and are then able to automatically and effortlessly divine other information your spectator is merely thinking of, such as, which colour they are focusing on or their star sign, etc.

No this is not the usual ploy of writing on the faces of the playing cards to force a thought but is actually...

Paz is from the creative minds of Adrien Lochon and Fraser and is an ingenious way of divining the star sign of a spectator you have only just met.

They simply tell you which areas of their life they would like you to focus on during their reading; Involving Past, Present and Future aspects of their life, specifically. You are always able to not only give an accurate reading of the spectator but always end your demonstration with a perfectly clean divination of their exact star sign.

No letters or characteristics are named and nothing is written down or physically selected. This relies...

Learn the inner secrets of how to make a living as a mentalist or psychic entertainer. The commercial side of this highly lucrative business is revealed in its entirety: contracts, bookings, advertising and exploitation in theaters, clubs, hotels, casinos, fairs, and in private practice.

The entire range of opportunities for psychic entertainers is discussed at length, and with one thought in mind: to make money! Whether you are new in the business or a seasoned pro, this ebook will mean extra dollars to you.

If you're on the sidelines now, watching others make real money in this profession,...

The Smagorad is a legendary magick book whose very content was thought to be able to affect the course of the cosmic universe. Its secrets were believed so powerful that they could alter the natural elements.

• Dedicated To The Scribes
• Introduction
• The Dream
• The Psychic Detective
• Just In Case
• "The Shining!"
• Pop Psychology
• Divine Madness
• Nimbus
• Ekkballo!
• The "Subliminal" Force
• The Mysterious Visitor
• A "Key" Lesson...
• Cube3
• Pyrocentric Tear
• Cliptomaniac
• Post Mortem

6 easy Native American themed mentalism routines.

This eBook first released in 2006 disappeared a year later and returns now in its original form. So what is a Pow Wow?

Pow Wow is the Native American people's way of meeting together, to join in dancing, singing, visiting, renewing old friendships and making new ones. It's also a time to renew thought of the old ways and to preserve the rich Native American heritage. The word powwow in itself is from an Indian word that has been Anglicized. It comes from the Algonquian term "pau-wau" or "pauau", which referred to a gathering of medicine...

Here are more new, original and sensational mental effects, brought to you by many foremost mentalists. A wide variety of time proven, audience tested effects are included. Several of the effects were formerly catalogued and sold by their originators for several dollars each. Now get them all in this fine ebook, the second in the series of "Miracles in Mentalism."

Take a look at what's included:

1. Subliminal Perception (Syd Bergson)
2. One is Face Up (Dr. Stanley Jaks)
3. Facsimile (Gene "Phantini" Grant)
4. ESP Coincidence (Bob Nelson)
5. Musical Thoughts (R. W. Grosholz)
6. Alphabetical Perception (Dr. S. P. Thornton) ...

Would you like to open the secret notebook of a successful medium and psychic reader? To study and absorb the personal notes and information gleaned as a result of years of experience? Would you like first-hand observations and instructions on how to give successful "psychological readings?" To know what to anticipate when a client enters your office? To know what type of reading to give for the satisfaction of the subject? To discover how and why the client is so easily fooled? To learn the closely guarded bits of "business" that build private readings and reputations?

The information contained...

The 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...