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This is the fourth release in the Coffee Break Mental Magic series and features two very special routines plus for the first time, a short story on a magical theme!

Paul Voodini presents the Story Teller's Oracle. This is a dice based reading system that is totally original and works in a way that has perhaps not been explored before. The system is pleasingly easy to master meaning memory work is kept to a minimum (no need for hidden cribs or sheets of numbers!), all of which allows the performer to concentrate on presentation, atmosphere, and engaging the sitter.

Paul is also delighted...

After being forgotten for a century and a half, the mythical lost text of Victorian Spiritualism 'The Spirit-Medium's Secret Friend' has finally been revealed to Paul Voodini, shown to him in dreams and meditations by his spirit guide Nero Wolfe.

Really??? No, of course not. But what then is this PDF titled The Spirit-Medium's Secret Friend? A labour of love? An intricate back-story for those with eyes to see? A plot for any number of routines? Or simply a fascinating insight into the shadowy world of the Victorian spirit-medium? You decide. Come empty handed and take from this text that...

This is the fifth edition of the Coffee Break Mental Magic series and features a spooky routine based around the ghost stories of author M.R. James! When a collector of occult and esoteric books visits a small bookshop in the English village of Castleton, he could not have predicted that a demon would later be sent to kill him! However as a student of the occult, the book-loving collector is not as easy to kill as might be expected!

This is an enthralling story-telling routine that utilises a thumb tip bill switch or classic billet switch (or even a change bag). It is beyond the scope of...

Bibliotheque - of books; a library or depository of wisdom...

Bibliotheque - direct, classic mind-reading wrapped in a silky dust jacket of cold reading and personality profiling...

Bibliotheque - a three stage routine for stage or parlour where the hits just keep getting bigger and bigger!

Pick a book, any book!

The performer is joined by a volunteer in front of the audience. She fairly chooses a book from those on display, and from there she and the audience are taken on a journey of discovery. The performer supplies a stunning character profile, a quick reading, and then plucks...

This manuscript features six routines from Paul Voodini, all utilizing a marked deck. As well as fully explaining the routines, Paul also discusses many subtleties that allow the performer to use a marked deck with confidence and the 'tricks of the trade' that mean the spectators never suspect for a moment that there is anything 'funny' about the cards.

The routines included are:

The Keeper of Secrets. The performer is able to correctly divine a chosen card despite the spectator desperately trying to keep its identity a secret.

Thought Transfer. Performer and spectator work together...

Inspired by the classic 13 Steps to Mentalism, Step #9 Mediumistic Stunts is Paul Voodini's very personal look at the world of seance and paranormal entertainment. This extensive manuscript looks at Ouija boards and glass moving, the use of pendulums, table-tipping, red light phenomena, the spirit conductive rope, and the black out seance.

Although Paul has previously written extensively on the subject of seance and paranormal entertainment, this is all new text with Paul going into great detail on many aspects that he has never talked about before. Whether you are an experienced seance...

The very soul of cold reading and what it means to be truly psychic. A guide for mind-readers, mentalists, and psychic entertainers.

Affinity is a new way of looking at readings that takes the positive elements from both the esoteric world and the cold reading/mentalism world and molds them together into something new - a 3rd Way.

Being a mentalist and a magician who spent a large portion of his formative years believing in the esoteric and the paranormal, Paul Voodini has always carried with him elements from that world and these elements have often seeped (and in some cases crashed)...

21 is a fascinating reading and character analysis system for mentalists and mind-readers based around the card game Blackjack. It is a mesmerising game of fate and fortune that combines the cool world of the casino with the intriguing feats of the psychics. With the 21 system you will decipher the character, understand the person, and foretell their decisions!

21 is a fun and versatile system, equally at home with both in-depth one-to-one readings and more entertainment based group readings and character analysis. Everyone enjoys the occasional gamble, and with the 21 system the choices...

Paul Voodini presents The Voodini Steps to Mentalism, his own very personal take on the classic 13 Steps to Mentalism by Toni Corinda. Taking the original 13 Steps to Mentalism's chapter headings as his starting point, Paul takes us on a journey through his unique approach to mentalism and mind-magic. Packed full with routines and presentational ideas, The Voodini Steps also features real world performance advice and anecdotes from his time as a professional entertainer.

This is a full length, 351 page publication, containing a lifetime's worth of information on areas as diverse as the use...

Charlie Charlie & Other Spooks is a collection of bizarre magick and paranormal entertainment routines subtitled 'Contemporary Bizarre Magick for the Modern Era'. The routines, ideas, and presentations contained within take their inspiration from modern urban myths and legends.

There are three main sections to this ebook. The first section covers the Charlie Charlie spirit communication phenomena that has been sweeping the internet in recent times. Paul Voodini takes the original idea, thoroughly explores it, and offers new insights and presentational angles that enable to performer to take...

In 2011, Paul Voodini changed the face of the Q&A show with his groundbreaking Pure Q and A. Returning to the arena of the Q&A show, Paul now brings us 3rd Dimension Telepathy: Q&A for the Naked Generation!

Imagine an ungimmicked Q&A show with no one-aheads, no stooges, no pre-show, no peeks, and no electronics! Now imagine that same Q&A show, but utilising imagery from a classic two person telepathy show. The performer and a legitimate volunteer work together to answer questions posed by the audience, questions that are genuinely unseen and unknown to the performer.

Paul also covers the use of Tarot...

In this brand new manuscript, Paul recounts some of his greatest triumphs and most terrible failures as a performer! It is perhaps a little known fact that Paul started out as a children's entertainer, before moving into the realms of mentalism, tarot and palm reading, and seance and paranormal evenings. Here Paul relates tales from all areas that he has worked in. These are stories that will amuse and fascinate you, but they also act as lessons and learning opportunities too.

To the experienced performer, this manuscript will raise smiles of familiarity, whereas to the new performer or...

Paul Voodini presents Victorian Seance and the Birth of Mentalism, recounting the rise of Spiritualism in the 1800s, the antics, tricks, and techniques of the fraudulent mediums, and how this led directly to the birth of that branch of the magical arts known as 'mentalism.'

This detailed manuscript outlines and explains such techniques and methods as mesmerism and hypnosis, table-tipping, slates, automatic writing, book tests, 'reading' techniques and Q&A, spirit manifestations, the Ouija board, and much, much more. The text also touches on escapology, quick change, and other magical techniques. ...

Available at last! Paul Voodini's semi-mythical PDF The Secrets of the Mesmeric Seance is a tour de force, covering routines, presentations, and demonstrations for the mystery entertainer, all centered around the themes of mesmerism/hypnosis, paranormal activity, and seance. The routines and presentations are all fully scripted and explained in detail.

Detailed contents: inductions with magnet and magnetised objects, induction with animal magnetism, magnetic attraction on dowsing rods and pendulums, creating 'magical objects' and allowing clairvoyance, using mesmeric inductions to enhance...

Paul Voodini presents five perfectly frightful presentations for the haunted key. Stories to chill the blood, prick at the conscience, and send shivers down the spine, all eloquently scripted in the inimitable Voodini style.

Contained within this PDF are presentations for ornate haunted keys, and presentations for the more common 'ordinary looking' haunted key. These are stories you will take delight in telling, and your audiences will be mesmerised and terrified in equal measure.

If you have a haunted key that is currently unused, or if you want some truly novel and inspiring presentations...

Available now - Voodini's Ten Steps to Tarot Mastery. In ten simple steps, this PDF will take you from a nervous beginner to an experienced Tarot card reader, and more than that - you will be able to go out and deliver readings after the very first chapter.

This manuscript is close to eighty pages long, and gives you all the information, technique, and confidence you need to become a truly first rate Tarot card reader. Written in Paul Voodini's usual engaging and entertaining manner, this PDF is aimed at the mentalism and magic community, so you know you're getting real world advice and knowledge...

Everything you need to know to start with palm reading - tips, tricks, and techniques. Additionally Paul teaches how to combine palm readings with close-up magic and mentalism to give added resonance and meaning to your routines.

Introduced by Luke Jermay (and with a cameo from magician Wayne Fox), this is a professionally produced video, packed full with information, routines, and real-life performances.

When working at wedding receptions, corporate events, and dinner parties, why is it that Paul Voodini always has crowds of spectators around him? Why is it that long after the "regular" magicians...

The general effect and principle of Muscle Reading is that a person merely thinks of any object and you take hold of his wrist or hand and lead him to the article he is thinking of.

In this improved method, we have overcome several obstacles to insure picking out the right subjects so you cannot fail. As anyone giving public performances wishes to be sure he will be able to accomplish what he starts out to do, this is a big asset. We also have found a good reason for holding the subject's wrist, and last but not least have a practical apparent non-contact method. This throws the audience...

Spooky effects and tips to help magicians create a Halloween atmosphere.

These are effects compiled from TOPS magazine, all suitable for Halloween. The ebook consists of three sections:

1. SPOOKY MAGIC EFFECTS: Actual effects you can make or add to your Halloween show.
2. HALLOWEEN STORIES and REVIEWS: Seances, magic spook shows, and scary stories in magic.
3. REST IN PEACE TRICKS: If there is a graveyard of magic tricks then this is it.

1st digital edition 2011, 273 pages

This lesson in telepathic experiments makes mind reading an understandable and practical thing. A method of reading one's thoughts that you can learn and apply. The secret mental equipment needed for your success as a mental performer. The late Axel Hellstrom, a German mental marvel, astounded the entire scientific world with his uncanny ability to read the thoughts of a person with whom he was in contact and to interpret these thoughts correctly. He would execute mental (not written) commands with lightning rapidity - find hidden articles wherever they were secreted - deliver sealed messages...

Add a little POW! to your readings.

Typically readings can be intense, or at least you can be dealing with intense emotional situations. It can be difficult to guide the person you are reading for as they can be too closely involved. They literally cannot see the wood for the trees!!

By sparingly and wisely adding the information found in POW! to your reading process, you can softly 'nudge' their thinking and encourage the sitter to look at situations in their life in a completely different light.

What you'll find in POW! are Quotes, Proverbs and more which have been carefully selected,...

KAPOW! picks up where Peter Arcane's POW! left off.

It offers 250 inspirational quotes, proverbs and sayings which cover 25 traits of the Minor Arcana and more - Peter also covers the most popular topics of Cold Reading.

Used with care, and sprinkled lightly through your readings KAPOW! will make you a true Superhero.

What's been said so far about KAPOW!...

What you get here is not an updated version of POW! No! Much better! This is a perfectly made follow up. - Rudolf Künzli

I was amazed at the new insights I gained from KAPOW. This is essential reading for anyone who uses Tarot...

Long out of print - now for the first time in eFormat. Over the last 11 years Peter Arcane's Zodiac KeyWords has become a bit a cult classic. Initially limited to 50 copies its long been sought after. Well now it's been released in electronic format for the enjoyment of those that perform miracles and missed out the first time round.

Zodiac KeyWords picks up where Ray Grismer's What's my sign? drops off.

What do you do once you know their sign?

Within the pages you'll find a technique that will allow you to take those next steps and present yourself as someone who has more than an understanding...

Peter Arcane first shared Quick Jumps Lazy in his 2004 Twisted Mind lecture notes.

Having refined the routine over the last 10 years he now shares with the fraternity his thinking behind the basic effect and more - isograms, panagrams and much much more...

The alphabet will never quite be remembered in the same way ever again!

1st edition 2004, 1st digital edition 2014, 17 pages.