Mentalism & Spiritism in Magic & Conjuring: page 53

From the beginning of mentalism, there have been only two ways that a skilled mentalist can appear to read minds. Either tell them what to think or find out what they're thinking after the fact. In this video, you'll find standard card techniques that will allow you to appear to read minds by peeking secret information that's been written down.

The first effect is a play on the standard Desire effect. Five spectators record destinations they want to go on vacation and one by one using simple card techniques you can peek the information LIVE! Next you'll learn a basic center tear, an impromptu...

"Dee Christopher has taken the Brainwave effect to new heights with his new effect. I looked for the R/S... There was nothing. He fooled the hell out of me." - Alan Rorrison

InsaneWave is Dee Christopher's evolution of the BrainWave effect. The classic effect is that a named card is the only card in the deck with a different coloured or contrasting back design.

Dee wanted to take the effect further. Dee loved the image of spreading a deck and having multiple cards with different backs. He began work on forging a solution with several thoughts in mind.

• He wanted this deck to be normal, so...

Link is Nefesch's adaptation of Corinda's "De profundis" routine which can be found in his Thirteen steps to mentalism book, Step Four (predictions), page 105 and 106. If you are familiar with this routine, then here is Nefesch's adaptation: Link can be performed with ANY ROPE! it can be performed WITHOUT the need of any apparatus, without the need of gimmicking anything, and with a less than 30 seconds set up!

The ebook explains the easy handling and methodology and it includes more than fifteen different routines that can be performed using this method, the method is guaranteed to work....

"Jose has created something wonderful here; using a mixture of subtleties to achieve a clean, realiable piece of mentalism that your audience will remember for a long time!" - Peter Turner

"Jose has melded a neo-classic and classic method and has created a routine which opens the door to manipulating people's memory about what actually happened (and when). This is a great example of a logical disconnect and a subtle presentation that maximizes the effect of both principles. A worker!" - Sean Waters

"So simple and devious! Jose has taken two common concepts, and blended them into an extremely baffling...

On the table are 6 cards and a set of cards in a card box. The spectator calls a number from one to six. The magician counts to the associated card and points with the finger to the card. Let's say the spectator chooses the number five and chooses with that the 4 of diamonds. No force required, the spectator has a FREE choice (like the effect name).

Now you open the card box (which was lying on the table) and all cards are blank (or white whatever you want to call them) except for one, the card the spectator chose. The blank cards can be properly investigated by the spectator.

The benefits...

In recent years magic has experienced a renewed and keen interest in mental, bizarre and storytelling magic. Magic that does more than just fool the eyes and mind, magic that tugs on the heart strings, that stirs arcane fears and longing, magic that grabs the audience and won't let go. Sometimes the experience is light and airy, sometimes it probes a bit deeper and provokes self analysis and even resolve, sometimes it is just plain spooky.

David Goodsell and the late Larry White spent three years of their lives gathering the best of this kind of magic in their unique Oracle Magic Magazine...

This is a weird book that mixes black magic, superstitions, charms, divination, signs, omens, hypnosis ... and conjuring. You can find next to each other things like "how to make persons at a distance think of you" and "how to perform the Davenport Brothers' Spirit Mysteries". Probably it is most useful for finding interesting story lines.

1st digital edition 2012, 63 pages.

A Lightning Rod to the Spirits contains four exciting new routines, routines that are proud to have their feet planted very firmly in the world of Bizarre Magick! Utilising the most common and simple props (a thumb tip for example and a magic colouring book - not to mention a frying pan!), these routines will take your audience on a genuinely freaky journey. There are no half measures here - these routines are designed to actually spook an audience!

The routines feature at their core common, everyday items such as a watch, a sachet of salt, a child's colouring book and yes, a frying pan....

Devin Knight has created another hit with Four Told 2 the modern symbol edition. This is mind reading at its best, and allows you to read four minds at once. This new improved version is better and has a streamlined method that requires NO secret adding of numbers.

It does away with the pad and uses just a few index cards, which are handed to the participants as predictions. It does away with old fashion ESP symbols and takes the effect into the 21st century by using modern up to date symbols. Two different presentations for both stage and close-up are included in this new release.

The...

A box is given to anyone you want (the chief of police, the major, a TV producer, etc.) This box is sealed and it will be opened some days later. The box will never be touched again by you or anybody else involved in the stunt.

The day that the prediction will be opened, lets say you are performing at the radio while there are live people waiting to see the box opened, you ask the radio audience to call in to the radio station, they will be taking part in a mind experiment in which they will have to make some decisions that will create at the end a random event, which when the box is opened...

[Important notice: these lecture notes contain only abridged directions for the effects. Just the basic method is revealed. The regular PDFs contain more detail and sometimes charts you can print out. Consider these lecture notes as an introduction to the effects. You may wish to buy the full PDF after reading these notes, but at least you will know how the effects work.]

The lecture notes from Devin's lecture at the 2011 Mindvention. Many of these were sold separately as PDFs that would cost you threes the cost of these notes. A real bargain.

• Blindsight 2 - Give anyone psychic powers instantly
• Tarot Fold Told - A version of Four Told using Tarot Cards
• Double Coincidence - A thought of word is found circled in a dictionary
• Word Sight - Reveal two words just thought of and never written down
• No Touch ACAAN - A version of ACAAN where you never touch to deck
• Double Clip Line - An improvement over the old UF Grant idea

1st edition 2011, 47 pages....

King Solomon bound 72 spirits in a brazen vessel, the Babylonians let them out again. Now you can demonstrate the mysteries of the Spirits of the Brazen Vessel.

• Let your audience feel the power of invocation
• Communicate with the guardian spirit of a magic mirror
• A volunteer becomes transfixed by the mirror, and starts to describe visions
• Spectator makes an impossible revelation

[Please note that for one part of the routine, a glass moving effect, you will need to buy a particular product. This manuscript does not explain how this part of the routine works.]

An ebook about Chaos Magick and Druidry.

In this ebook you will find a creative fusion of Druidry and Chaos Magick, inspired writings and ritual. All of this is necessary, none of it is needed! Julian Vayne author of Now Thats What I Call Chaos Magick says: "Okay perhaps 'the magick that can be written about is not true magick' but Rob Chapman comes closer than most to successfully describing the indescribable."

1st edition 2012, 45 pages.

Two different effects in one!

One of the most novel effects you will see. Something totally unique...combined with a new principle in mentalism that will delight even seasoned pros. This is release five in Devin Knight's Psychic Sight Series.

MIRRORED THOUGHT

The first effect is one that Devin has used to fool well informed mentalists in the past. Two spectators are brought on stage. Neither is a stooge nor has there been any pre-show work.

The first spectator freely selects a word from the stack of word cards. There is no force of any kind and the mentalist really does not know...

"You only have to look at the list of contributors to know this book is special. I'm thrilled to find that they all love this effect as much as I do. I don't think a book paying so much attention to a single effect has ever been published before." - Richard Webster

Mental Epic is one the most powerful effects in the mentalist's repertoire. Compiled and edited by Paul Romhany, Mental Epic Compendium, is packed with over fifty-four routines and ideas for this classic effect. Hen Fetsch invented the board in 1954, and over the past five decades it has undergone many different variations, however most...

This has been the opening routine for Paul's Mentalism show for corporate events and cruise ships. Included are two different methods, one for stage and the other for the solo performer. Includes diagrams of props, the complete script and full instructions.

The magician shows a gift box, and talks about how he bought this gift for his four-year-old niece for her upcoming birthday. He then talks about 'coincidences' and wants to try an experiment. Audience members are asked to call out any color, any amount of money, a ladies name and a 'gift' is selected. The selections are written on a...

"I honestly wouldn't be surprised to see this employed as standard practice with psychological forces in the years to follow – It would be ridiculous not to use it. If there is a PS4, this deserves a chapter in it." - MagicAtlas from the Magic Cafe

"Bill was kind enough to send me a copy of Direct, and I must say I like it very much. I tried it few times and it worked each time." - northerwarrior from the Magic Cafe

"Well thought out. I think it's one of those things that many can put into their arsenals and use at the appropriate moments." - Greg Arce

"I enjoyed reading through Direct...

Paul Romhany has produced the most comprehensive collection of material for the performer who wants to add mentalism in their show from pre-schoolers to high school students. Everything from walk-about routines to birthday party routines to parlor and even stage routines for the family entertainer. Over 265 pages which include a collection of essays on how to perform mentalism for children, plus over forty effects from performers around the world including: Mark Strivings, David Kaye, Tim Mannix, Paul Romhany, Richard Webster, Andrew Gerard, Wayne Rogers, Tony Binarelli, Bev Bergeron, Jim Kleefeld, Keith Field, Danny Archer, Jack Dean, Greg Arce, Anthony...

Volume 2 is larger and has more routines, tricks and advice than volume 1. This has over 55 routines direct from professional performer's repertoires. Everything from walk-about to stand-up shows. Many with props you can make yourself, or have in your cupboard.

"When Paul asked me to contribute to volume 2 I jumped at the chance .So here we are with another volume chock full of advice, tips, scripts, routines and tricks to entertain children and families with. Use them well." - Bill Abbott

This completes the two volume set for performers who want to add some mentalism in to their show. Anybody...

This ebook does not teach the actual Dream Prediction effect but it is filled with bonus routines and ideas for those that own Paul's original Dream Prediction routine. If you perform any type of confabulation routine then you will certainly get ideas from this ebook, but not the working or method used for Dream Prediction.

1st edition 2010, 30 pages.

A compendium of Sherlock Holmes inspired bizarre and story-telling magic utilizing playing cards, pendulums and other common objects. This collection of four routines will take you and your audience to a world of London fog, Victorian mystery, and self-working wonders.

Written in Paul's usual engaging and entertaining manner, the routines featured use nothing but self-working techniques which allows you to concentrate on performance and setting the right atmosphere.

Routines featured are:

Dr. Bell's Party Piece: Arthur Conan Doyle's inspiration for Sherlock Holmes, Dr. Joseph Bell was...

Particularly noteworthy is Marvoyan's headline prediction which is fully explained in this ebook.

• Publisher's Introduction
• Author's Foreword
• Hypnotic Geometry! Spectators think they signed a square, but instead find it was the circle. Great for business card magic.
• Triple Alternative: magician ends up with the money
• Mental Poker: remove the four aces from a borrowed deck while blindfolded
• Minds in Control: woman selects the message written by her significant other
• Pocket Psychometry
• Mind Over Matter
• My Bold Prediction: headline prediction
• Science Fiction Prediction
• Impossible Money ...

You know how very successful those tricks are in which seemingly the spectator "does it all himself." He gets a kick out of it, his friends love it because they hope he will mess it up, and you get all the credit for having a fun show. Here's an ebook full of mental tricks and stunts that the audience does. All you have to do is give them the first push or so. Let 'em do it!

Effects taught:

• The Floating Table
• Burning Four of Five Envelopes
• Rabdomancy
• A Daylight Darkroom Seance
• A Few Words About the Cordless Microphone
• Poker Chip Prediction
• An Uncanny Divination
• The Proper Balance ...

29 effects with Tarot cards.

Here is what Richard Webster had to say about it: