Mentalism & Spiritism in Magic & Conjuring: page 14

A classic text that exposes the actual methods employed by fraudulent mediums and psychics!

Written by a lawman-turned psychic detective, this is the real work that lays bare how unscrupulous operators fleeced their victims while posing as mediums and spirit guides. Robert A. Nelson, purveyor of all things psychic, praised this work in his early catalogs.

Descriptions and methods described include:

• Spirit Paintings
• Spirit Table that Talks
• Mental Thought Projection in Lighted Room
• Producing Spirits in Vacant Room
• Materalization Seance
• Mental Telepathy - Second Sight Reading
• Parlor Clairvoyance ...

Spirit materialization and fraudulent mediums.

A record of research and experiment in a much-talked-of realm of mystery, with a review and criticism of the so-called spiritualistic phenomena of spirit materialization and hints and illustration as to the possibility of artificially producing the same.

Excerpt from the author's preface:

Predictions are one of the most important plots in mentalism. As a performer you want to be ready to make a perfect prediction any time any where. And you want it to be simple, clean, and unsuspicious.

Imagine being able to make a prediction without any force, without any switch, with borrowed items, without any suspicious movements. Spot is a 100% impromptu way to make a prediction of any kind:

• ESP symbols
• Initial names
• Numbers
• Dates
• Playing Cards
• Etc.

The method behind Spot is so simple, so easy and yet so deceptive and powerful....

The owners of this ebook can get Square Thrills for a special price.

Many powerful secrets. Hidden deep inside a code grid. The code which is many centuries old. Finally revealed. For your performance pleasure.

You will learn 11 secret principles. Along with 18 amazing and baffling routines. Some interesting variations and many valuable tips. One M.A.D (Map of Active Destiny) Printable Prop.

After learning these secret principles and routines you will be able to create many more of your own routines. Easy self working mystic mentalism.

Once you learn these automatic secret principles, you can...

If you already own Square Skills or purchase along with this, you can get this ebook for $6 only. And the owners of this ebook can get Why A Magic Square Should Not Be a Magic Square for half price.

Many enigmatic secrets. Hidden deep inside the 'Circle of Fate' for many centuries. Now rediscovered, repackaged and revealed for you.

You will learn 5 simple, self working secrets of the 'Circle of Fate'. You will also learn 11 stunning routines. You also get the 'Circle of Fate' printable prop.

Fully automatic and self working routines. So you can fully focus on your presentation. Very novel presentations are included along with scripting and patter. Easy...

SQUIDS is a manuscript that covers the power of ambiguous phrasing, psychological forcing and psychological subtleties to these five detailed effects. All these effects are built with true psychology in mind obviously backed up with foolproof magical methods

• Regress your self: an effect similar to what Derren Brown performed in His Evening of Wonders, where a spectator reads the minds of three people from the audience.
• Spectator as Mindreader: where a spectator reads your mind whilst dealing cards. You can proof you actually selected thought of card
• Forcing an American Icon: You show 30...

Big, visual effects that make mentalism suitable for stage, platform, or club use. No card tricks, nail writers or close up pads. Instead, forty colorful and powerful mental effects in all categories from a Bargain Prediction Chest to ESP.

From the note to the reader by North Bigbee:

There is no argument about the dilemma faced by many newcomers to mentalism. Are mental effects best presented as natural phenomena of the mind, or as examples of rare paranormal or supernatural abilities?

Most of today's mentalists use the "mental skill" as opposed to the "psychic gift" approach, but only rarely are they particularly consistent about it. Even Joseph Dunninger, the pre-eminent mentalist of the twentieth century, sometimes made conflicting claims. While he stated that his thought reading skills were "scientific" and not those of a fortune-teller or psychic, his promotional materials often...

Larry Becker is an internationally recognized power house of mentalism. He has created some of the most baffling and amazing mental miracles and has performed his brand of mentalism all over the world. His innovations and creations are many. In these videos he will perform and teach several of his masterpieces.

• Tri-Coinetic: Three envelopes each contain a different coin. An audience member names what coin he thinks is in each sealed envelope. When the envelopes are opened the named coins are dumped out.
• Visual Aid: A spectator holds a twenty-dollar bill while you read their mind and write...

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...

Star Struck is the latest small manuscript authored by Dale A. Hildebrandt. In this ebook, you will learn:

• How to prove that you have previously predicted the star sign of a total stranger inside a packet of 12 Zodiac Sign Cards.
• Also included is Dale's very moving effect "Star Child" which becomes a familial legacy passed down through the generations from parent to child. ("Star Child" has been previously published.)
• A take on a psychological force, with an ingenious two-way out, framed around UFO's and secret government projects. (This presentational framework has been shared by Dale...

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 material here is more powerful and independent of Dark Horizon. The basic theme here also is that of languages. But the routines here are more self-working. The impossible twists and turns in the novel presentations render a more stunning impact. And in spite of such seeming impossibility, the performer is able to accurately divine the language being thought of by the participant.

No sleights. No pre-show. No stooges.

The innovative interlocking construction of the language lists is what drives the routines. The performer can fully focus on the presentation. The 4 language lists...

This is a stand-alone version from the book, Run Silent, Run Deep. Complete with full assembly instructions and full performance instructions. Simply print out the glorious color templates to create your own STAR DECK.

This effect DOES NOT require the use of Silent Running (although it can be enhanced with it). So, you do not need SR, or RSRD. This is completely self-contained. The clever deck does ALL the work for you.

It's a lovely effect where your spectator predicts an amazing moment in human history. That is, the moment of FIRST CONTACT with alien beings. Your audience member will predict the year, the month and the...

EFFECT: The performer hands an envelope to a spectator to hold. The performer then removes a deck of cards from its case. The cards are not playing cards, however. In this deck, each card bears the name of a state in the United States. The performer thumbs through the deck allowing the spectators to see that all of the cards are different (when I do this, I even tell them that in order to have a full, 52-card deck, I have added Washington D.C. and Puerto Rico). The deck is then divided into 4 approximately equal piles. A spectator now selects one of those piles to use in the experiment, and...

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...

"I really admire Jeff Stone's approach to mentalism. His effects are not only especially powerful but also clear and undeniable. And his presentations provide strong theatrical themes while leaving plenty of room for the reader to bring their own unique style. You're in for a real treat." - Jay Sankey

"Stone Cold Mental has solid usable effects for stage and close up. I’ll be using the effects, and I predict you will too." - Joe Diamond

In this series, I'll share with you my personal collection of mentalism I've built up over the past decade and a half or so. The 13 items to follow...

After nearly two years since volume I was released, the long-awaited sequel is finally here. In this second volume, you'll find ten effects in five different categories, namely ESP, Tarot, "Words", "Spirits", and "Luck". Plus 3 bonus ideas including an effect specifically for magicians as well as my presentation for Max Maven's brilliant effect B'WAVE, and a brand new take on the PATEO force.

Also included you'll find 16 QR Codes with links to video footage, a secret website full of all kinds of goodies and downloads, and a whole bunch of other stuff. Plus, you'll get full access to 4 custom...

Join me as I continue to share with you my personal collection of mentalism effects and routines from the past decade and a half or so.

In Volume Three you'll find a wide variety of routines, including effects with ESP cards, Tarot cards, and themes relating to fate, dreams, celebrity crushes, jellybeans (yep, jellybeans!) and a whole bunch more.

Plus, you'll get full access to a custom web app that lets you create your own forcing matrix along with an anagram generator, and a couple of other goodies including printouts of one of the props you'll need.

Continue with me on the journey...

• The Enigma of #23
• Epilogue to 23
• Interlude - The Reverend Dr. Bob's "Bank Nite"
• Signed Twice
• The Art of Pre-show: Creating the Best Impression
• BONUS: THE Ultimate Mind Trip

1st edition 2002, 20 pages.

This is a collection of the following titles:

• Thrilling Magic by Leonard H. Miller
• Super Sensitive Fingertips by Howard P. Albright
• Map Mirako Act by Vin Carey
• Mindreading for Two People by Sydney de Hempsey
• Super Memory Plus by Gerald Kosky
• Forbidden Wisdom by Howard P. Albright
• Thought Wings Onward--Part One by Eddie Clever

PDF 122 pages

This is a collection of the following titles:

• Needle Routine by M.S. "Doc" Mahdendra
• Super Psychic Mental Effects by Howard Albright
• Sand Painting by Howard Mel Melson
• Simplified Memory Act by Samuel Shapiro
• Dwarf Act by Richard Merry
• X-Jargon by Wallace Lee
• Thought Wings Onward--Part Two by Eddie Clever

PDF 123 pages

This completes the series with

• Character Reading by R.S. Glover
• Astrologia by Howard P. Albright. A "sealed message" psychic routine completely detailed and incorporating the Automatic Prompter--an invaluable aid in delivering a convincing and unusual psychic reading. Techniques and presentations that appear nowhere else.

1st edition 1984; PDF 72 pages

A great audience participation effect. Ideal for corporate shows and parties.

EFFECT: Several spectators are asked to think of an unusual job that they have held during their career. Another spectator thinks of an unusual occupation that he or she has never held.

The spectators write their jobs on any paper. They place their folded billets in a bowl or basket in plain sight.

The performer then reveals the strange but true occupations and identifies which of them is the false one, as well! A solid 4-6 minutes of mental fun for any act. Plays big, packs small. The gimmick (yes there is...