Mentalism & Spiritism in Magic & Conjuring: page 24

EFFECT

1. Performer shows 4 playing cards with pictures of 4 well-known persons.
2. A participant is asked to merely think of any one of the persons in her mind. There is absolutely no force at all and it is a completely free choice.
3. Performer apparently reads her mind and writes down what he reads.
4. Performer then shows what he wrote to the participant and even explains it.
5. Participant is then asked to reveal what she had in mind and she does.
6. Performer then shows her how what she thought matches exactly with what he had written and proves in multiple ways how he was all along influencing...

WHAT YOU GET

Mindset is a physical product that will be shipped to you and comes with PDF instructions that can be downloaded immediately from your digital shelf. Along with the instructions PDF, you also get a specially designed high-quality post card sized prop which is supposedly from 'Psychology Research Foundation' with an 'Occupational Mindset Test' on one side and an 'Ordinal Mindset Test' on the other side. With reasonable care, this card should last you many years.

EFFECT

1. You invite 3 participants to participate in a test or a demonstration (this can go up to 12 participants,...

WHAT YOU GET:

This is a physical product that will be shipped to you and comes with PDF instructions that can be downloaded immediately from your digital shelf. Along with the instructions PDF, you also get a specially designed, high quality, gloss laminated postcard sized (approx 4 inches x 6 inches) gimmick which supposedly is based on a United Nations report of 2020 on World Economic Prospects. With reasonable care, this card should last you many years.

EFFECT:

1. You invite a participant to take part in an interesting mind-reading demonstration.
2. You use the provided gimmick to perform...

Freakey is an ungimmicked keychain with a miracle built into it. Ungimmicked in any mechanical, electronic or magnetic way. So it will last you for many years of performances without the need for any refills or consumables. The size is about 2 inches square. So it can be easily and comfortably carried in your pocket.

But it is designed in an unusual manner. It is bound to be a conversation starter. You can carry your car keys, house keys or any other keys on this keychain.

With this keychain in your pocket, you are always ready to perform a miracle for anyone at any time and anywhere....

Darkey is an ungimmicked keychain with a miracle built into it. Ungimmicked in any mechanical, electronic or magnetic way. So it will last you for many years of performances without the need for any refills or consumables. The size is about 2 inches square. So it can be easily and comfortably carried in your pocket.

But it is designed in an unusual manner so that it first starts a conversation and then ends with a miracle. You can carry your car keys, house keys or any other keys on this keychain.

With this keychain in your pocket, you are always ready to perform a miracle to anyone...

From Unsign to Sunsign, Unmask the Unusual.

Unsign is a very special star sign divination effect that uses an innovative novel principle and a brand new method for the first time in the history of star sign revelations.

A single card (business card or poker card size) is used to reveal the star sign of a stranger. This card is freely examinable before, during and after the routine. And you can repeat the effect instantly for different participants, with different outcomes, of course.

As part of the process which takes under 45 seconds, the participant tells you a single personality...

This is a physical product which will be shipped to you. The accompanying PDF can be downloaded instantly from your digital shelf.

ESP here stands for Experiments in Synchronism Probability or in other words experiments in correlation studies. These are a set of stunning mind-reading effects couched in a pseudo-scientific presentation.

What You Get: Along with this PDF you also get a postcard-sized gimmick (4 inches x 6 inches approx) which is a high-quality and beautifully produced card that will last you a long time with reasonable care.

You can perform 3 routines using this card. ...

This is a physical product which will be shipped to you. The accompanying PDF can be downloaded instantly from your digital shelf.

Star Test has nothing to do with star signs or their divination. Here STAR Test stands for Synaptic Transmission Association Response Test. Here under the guise of a scientific (pseudo) experiment, you actually demonstrate your mind-reading abilities in a very novel and stunning manner. I like it a lot when a mentalism effect is couched in a pseudo-scientific presentation. The credibility and believability factors increase exponentially. The effects described...

The previous version of this routine, Future Test 2021 was very well received. This routine can also be performed in almost all performing situations - one-on-one, close-up, parlor, street, virtual show or even on a basic video call.

Future Test is a 'packs small plays big' kind of effect. Actually packs very small in your wallet and plays very big to a full room or in a virtual show or even over a video call. This effect is done on the back of your business card which you can later leave with the participant as a souvenir or send over to the participant's phone as a virtual image as a 'digital souvenir'. ...

This intro price will go up to $30 from May 6, 2024.

This is a physical product which will be shipped to you. The accompanying PDF can be downloaded instantly from your digital shelf.

Exact Birthday is exactly that, a novel and fantastic birthday divination tool where you can divine the exact birthday of a total stranger in under 45 seconds. A specially printed business card is all you use to achieve this. A second card with general information like zodiac signs, their date ranges, and lucky playing cards is also provided as a reference card. Pop these 2 business-card-sized cards into...

Using a couple of classic principles and an unusual presentation, a unique moment of mystery can be created for your participant at any time and anywhere. These routines work best one-on-one or to a small group. With nothing but a couple of blank business cards, which just need a simple one-time preparation, you are always ready to mystify anyone.

There are 2 routines explained and with some interesting variations. All the routines are easy and self-working but pack a solid punch in terms of impact. The unique feeling which your participant experiences will remain with them for a very long...

This is a quick, easy, direct, and impactful propless routine that you can easily carry in your head at all times, ready to deploy whenever you want. The entire routine takes up about 45 seconds to under a minute.

Based on the linked thoughts premise, you take your participant on a mental journey across the various continents of the world and you are able to impossibly reveal the country where the mental journey ends, to the utter surprise of your participant.

There are 3 routines explained. Your participant needs to have a mobile phone which can search Google. Or you can lend your phone...

Mentalism routines worked from your pockets using nothing more than a stack of double blank cards and a pen.

This is a selection of the the most audience friendly, commercial and easy to perform routines from Minimalistic, Metaphysical Mentalism volume one and two. Regardless of performance style or level of competency everybody will get something from this ebook.

Minimalistic: using simple elements with little embellishment

Metaphysics: Meta meaning over or beyond and physics meaning the physical, material world. Thus, the combination refers to such concerns that are beyond or transcend...

A selection of 40 unpublished mentalism routines from the fertile mind of Ian Adair.

• Foreword / Steve Short
• All Because of a Toy Box of Magic!
• Introduction
• Fourtell
• Winner/Loser Challenge
• Breaking News!
• Calendar Calculation
• Chinese Post Prediction
• Digging For Gold
• Rings & Ropes 'Just Chance'
• Birth Date-Data
• B-Line Prediction
• Baby Gag Key-Ring Fob
• Happy Holidays
• A Choice Between Two
• Any Page Number Book Test
• Easy-To-Make Thumb 'Pen' Writer
• Comedy Thought Transference
• IncREDible PREDiction
• Star Selection
• Dead & Alive Revised
• Heads Or Tails?
• Mind-Boggling Balloons
• Stamp...

Leo Boudreau's books have been out of print for a long time. Now that they are available again electronically, a new generation of magicians can learn and study the subtle methods Leo developed to produce true miracles. Some have said that his effects are the next best thing to real mind reading. I fully agree with this statement. The way he finds out which item the spectator selected is so subtle that it appears as if he is not doing anything. Here is a quote from Leo which Al Mann included in his introduction to Psimatrika:

"I can give a deck of cards to a person and tell him to secretly...

The Universe focuses upon one primary method, indexing, and several of its applications. While the effects all appear to be different from an audience’s perspective, they are, in fact, all variations upon the same methodological theme.

1st edition 2005; 27 pages

This was Larry Becker's first book which is now available in a new layout and design as ebook. Anybody into mentalism knows the name Larry Becker who was one of the most creative forces during the 70s, 80s, and 90s. Unbelievable are his accomplishments and honors. He was winner of the "Mentalist of the Year Award", "PEA Achievement Award", "Milbourne Christopher Foundation Literary Award", "The Lederman Award", he was inducted into the "SAM Hall of Fame" and the list goes on.

Here are some of his best routines. Study them! Learn from them! This is the best of the best mentalism has to offer...

"This is brilliant" - Bob Cassidy

David Numen describes his thoughtfully engineered center tear variation. He uses many photos to communicate the subtleties clearly.

As an application for his center tear David describes a Living and Dead Test.

And as a bonus he teaches you a wonderful book test. In terms of what the audience will see and recall this is pretty much similar to the Canasta Book Test in effect but quite different in method. A page number and a line number are chosen freely by two spectators - both choices unknown to the performer. A third spectator is asked to select a book (or they...

Imagine a deck that secretly tells you both the identity of a thought-of card and that card's numeric location, either in that deck or in another deck. Think of all the memorized deck applications this would simplify.

No memory work.

No tricky calculations to arrive at the card’s location.

Think of the myriad mentalism applications. A spectator peeks at any card in the deck and you instantly know what the card is and at what number it resides from the top or bottom of that deck or another deck. What's more, you obviously never see the back of the peeked card, which eliminates the...

Watch Larry Beckerʼs reputation making, edge-of-your-seat performance of this acknowledged classic, recording live at a real world, after-dinner performance.

Next, sit in on a private round table discussion covering a full explanation of this death defying presentation, including the uncut and unrehearsed crucial preshow interview and participant instruction.

Nothing is omitted. Every aspect from weapon selection to safety precautions is covered in complete detail. There is even a special selection of hilarious out-takes!

Even if you have no intention of performing this spine-tingling presentation,...

Emotional:

Imagine an effect which gives you an opportunity to give a 100% accurate reading on your spectator. The spectator is asked to think of one of seven emotional words. The performer gives a highly accurate reading and as a bonus the performer reveals the thought of word as well.

Harmless:

Harmless is a Russian Roulette type of effect. The spectator is asked to examine six cards, each one has the word 'Click' on one side and 'Bang' on the other. Six envelopes are examined and any card is placed into any envelope as the performer explains that each card represents a bullet and...

These two techniques are amazing, pack small, play huge mentalism effects that are reputation makers. These two effects are shot live in Chicago and teach expert handling of two miracles.

X and A - An instant close up or stage question and answer.

"This is the best Q and A I've ever seen!" - Magician Mark Bond

"This fills a gap in the mentalism q and a market! Truly Awesome." - Kevin Viner

1 to 100 spectators are asked to write down questions covertly. Even though these questions are sealed inside an opaque security lined envelope, the mentalist can access whats written on...

[Note that this method is not the method Richard Osterlind uses for his trademark penny bend effect.]

Imagine being able to bend a borrowed and signed spectator's penny, in their own hand in a visual manner. Your audience sees the penny bending in their hand!

You'll learn a secret technique to get a penny to bend as well as make it bend visually for the spectator. This method was inspired by James T. Cheung and Mentalism Plus. (Another description of the same method can be found in Steve Pellegrino's The Underground Penny Bend PDF.)

Does not use:

• pre-bent coins
• any kind of bending gimmicks which need to be palmed or introduced and ditched secretly

An improvised technique for the HEADS or TAILS plot, or else, as it can be done with any flat object, like an index card or a piece of paper for instance with a different information on each side (that can be different than HEADS or TAILS, and allow a more captivating story than a binary game or a bet).

Effect (as perceived by the audience):

• "Please take a coin, toss it, and watch secretly which side is up"...
• "There is no way anybody here can know if you lie or tell the truth"...
• "Now, if you want, you can turn the coin over. You can do it covertly, as many times as you want."