Mentalism & Spiritism in Magic & Conjuring: page 28

Scott has a working repertoire of approximately fifty routines which he mixes and matches as the occasion arises. He has chosen some of his favourites for these lecture notes.

• Introduction
• Playing cards in Mentalism (a discussion)
• Nonverbal Communication
• Sealed Thoughts
• Five Keys to Dreamstate
• Wordology
• The Time Traveller
• Zenner-Phobia
• Traffic Lights Revisited
• Pure Mentalism (a discussion)
• The Eternal Triangle
• Multi-Tarot

1st edition 2008, 48 pages.

The presentation of a magic effect is linked to many aspects, from the personality of the performer to the type of audience, to the type of show to be staged. Mentalism is only a pretext, it lends itself better than other spells to the discussion, especially on the definition of the character, the construction of the story, on the revelation. What we will analyze is not only useful for those who want to be a mentalist, but it is a stimulus to the realization of any magical effect and to improve one's communication process, with anyone on any subject. It's a mini-course in communication/NLP...

The last few years have been a bit complicated for everyone, due to events that have influenced the lives of all of us, inhabitants of planet earth. We struggled, we resisted, we got out. And, I must admit, even with some positive notes! Our passion, Magic, has taken a few hits, from the point of view of activities and communications with the public; in some cases - as in mine - it has also acquired new operating methods.

Driven by friends and acquaintances, I started looking for effects to offer over the phone; to give them meaning, in addition to the difficulty of writing the story perfectly...

A confidential report, intended only for those who are serious about the mental profession. Learn the correct techniques of presentation, teaching what to do and what not to do for successful mentalism. A must-have book for every mentalist and magician. These lessons will make you a better performer, enhance your reputation as an unusual entertainer and enable you to collect higher fees.

PARTIAL CONTENTS:

THE SERIOUS BUSINESS OF MENTALISM - Mentalism as a profitable business - The Mentalist's Sole Aim - The Effort to Deceive - The Challenge to the Spectator - Mentalism vs. Magic - Perfection...

1. Telepathy in the Third Dimension
5. The Bullwhip Approach
10. Under the Table
13. Split
16. Thought Card in Pocket

Effect 1: Impromptu Pin Guess

Imagine walking up to a random spectator and instantly reveal the PIN Code that they generated, moments back, without any funny business, the spectator never says or writes any digit of the pin code.

• Totally impromptu pin Reveal.
• A relevant plot, no pre-show involved.
• Zero memory works
• Spectator never says or writes any digit of the pin code
• 100% correct all the time
• Less memory work for spectator
• Practical to perform

After a bit of chatting with your participant, you take the cards from the card case and hand it to your...

Eight strong and wonderful mentalism routines.

"Key Caper" for example is a completely ungimmicked version of Annemann's "Seven Keys To Baldpate". The method is simple and easy, a piece of beautiful clever mentalism.

"Music in the Air" makes use of a cigarette lighter that plays a tune when lighted. I have never seen such lighters. They are probably out of fashion these days. However, the effect could very easily be modernized and used together with a ring-tone on a cellphone. The effect is the following. You show a packet of cards, each one has a different song title printed on it. Your...

The content of this publication collects the notes of a conference held some time ago to friends and colleagues, dedicated to the problem of "truth / lie". The book, published in Italy, has had a flattering success in bookstores: I think it is right to share the content also in the English language.

A good mentalist must necessarily acquire a good knowledge of the messages of the body and interpret the moods of the viewer to best conduct the effect. An excellent mentalist is always able to understand if the viewer is sincere or if he is lying, often leaving him the possibility to choose...

After Stanton Carlisle retired due to a back injury he wrote this book and shared his professional mental routines. Carlisle has performed all of these effects many times during his professional career. They are well polished and worth your time of study.

1st edition 1980; original 53 pages; PDF 56 pages.

4. Dedication
5. Contents
6. Foreword
7. Author's Foreword
8. Thoughts Winged Flight
12. Mind Control ... In Action
17. Psycho-matic
20. The "Bent Medium's" Switcheroo
27. Money Making Mentalism
31. Astrological Signs and Symbols
33. How to Tell Fortunes with Dice and Dominoes
36. The Day for Any Given Birthdate Formula ...

More wonderful and baffling routines by the creative mind of Larry Becker.

1st edition 1981; original 66 pages; PDF 52 pages.

6. Monte Inferno
9. Ultimate Matrix
12. Flip-Flop Flush
15. Bucking The Odds
18. The Stress Test & The Black Spot
22. King's Row
24. Heads Or Tails
27. Money Monte
29. The Little Black Book
33. Headliner
35. Mind Blaster-Stage Version
37. Edmund E.S.P. Tester
40. Dynamation
42. Impromptu Espitome
44. The Conversion Principle

The title sums up the spirit of the guide, in fact with this eBook the purpose was precisely to give an overview of the art of mentalism, talking about the techniques used, psychology, cold reading and much more, not getting lost in descriptions of details that only the individual performer can and must necessarily learn and refine by trying and trying again.

For this reason, no room has been given to the presentations. It seems a paradox not to mention the presence of an illusionistic effect when this is probably more than 90 percent of the effect itself, but, as said little, the presentation...

Finger games:

• The 4 fingers game: Another method for "Equifinque" (Phil SMIFF)
• Finger burn: Ask a spectator to show you any finger and put it over a candlelight or an invisible lighter. Your same finger will carry a blister.
• Voodoo finger: A variation to give away your business card.

• Hold on to your card: An impossible IN SPECTATOR's HANDS transposition.
• Magic mushrooms: A short-term-memory test where you show the same card to different spectators, and they forget it after showing them some psychedelic images!

  The two following sections describe an effect that looks...

Join Peter Turner in an exploration of "Observational Mentalism". If you like mentalism that is simple and uses less known psychological techniques, this is for you. Observe, watch carefully for subtle cues and read minds like no other. Open your eyes, open your mind and get this eBook full with new applications and effects that look incredible and at the same time, credible mentalism. Not just ideas and routines from Peter, but also contributions from Fraser Parker, Ben Cardall, Kenton Knepper and more.

1st edition 2016, 130 pages.

This ebook teaches the illusion of hypnosis; you don't need to be a hypnotist to perform these mind blowing effects.

Hypnosis is one of the purest and real forms of mentalism; in essence you are apparently a true master of mind control, with the ability to make anyone do anything you wish. With great power comes great responsibility. From mentalism effects with a hypnosis flavour, to self working hypnosis-esque miracles, it's all in here. If you have followed the rest of the monthly course volumes, you'll know that each month is packed with effects, routines, principles and ideas from a range...

Throughout the duration of this volume Peter pays tribute to the giants that have come before us.

Too many times the classics are dismissed as outdated or no longer relevant because of the props utilised in those texts.

In this volume Peter examines routines by Orville Meyer, Martin Gardner, Theodore Annemann, Bev Bergeron, Bob Cassidy, Michael Mence, Corinda and Richard Osterlind to open the readers eyes to just how relevant a lot of the classics are today whilst adding a twist and update to those ideas and routines.

This may be your favorite volume from the series.

1st edition 2017, 126 pages....

• Introduction
• What is Dual Reality?
• Common Misconceptions
• Trust Your Instincts
• The Borrowed Deck of Cards
• Forcing a Playing Card
• How Do I Construct Dual Reality Routines?
• The Book of the Fallen
• False Telepathy - Fraser Parker
• The Human Pack of Cards - Marc Paul
• Deja Words - Luca Volpe
• IPI: Instant Pseudo Induction
• Printed Confabulation - Pablo Amira
• B.A.W. Book Test
• Taste Conditions - Morgan Strebler
• Conclusion

1st edition 2015, 61 pages.

• Introduction
• What is a Drawing Duplication?
• Do You Have To Be Artistic To Perform a Drawing Duplication?
• Drawing Duplications
• Psychological Drawings
• The Wash Principle
• Abstract
• Abstract Association
• Pencil Reading
• Indexing
• Wish You Were Here
• Back to Indexing
• A Glimpse Back at History
• Simple Stage Duplication - Pablo Amira
• Symbolic Audience Duplication - Pablo Amira
• Double D - Mijrin Al Hajri
• NightSky - Dee Christopher
• Final Thoughts

1st edition 2016, 63 pages.

This is the 6th Volume of Peter Turner's Mentalism masterclass. This Volume is about numbers. This is the only volume where Peter talks about his feelings and thoughts during the creation procedure so you have a chance to step in Peter's everyday life for some moments. As always Peter's teaching is very enjoyable to read and very easy to understand.

Effects included:

Serial Killer: This is a prediction effect with a very cool story around it. The spectators make all the choices they can change their mind as many times they wish. This effect is very clean it packs small and plays huge. ...

This volume is about Character building and Storytelling. From one of the world’s top mentalist probably this is one of the most valuable information you can learn. In this volume Peter Turner talk’s about the following topics:

• Why is finding your character is so important?
• Do you have to tell stories in your act?
• How to construct a story
• Philip Larkin’s rule of thirds
• Do people believe it?
• What makes someone fake?
• Being believable
• PDE vs. MDE
• The Fortune Cookie
• Little methaphorical moments
• Beautiful symphony
• The Approach
• The Shakes

1st edition 2016, 48 pages.

MOVE OVER 13 STEPS...
The modern secrets of mentalism have been kept locked away to a select few. That is until now. Unlike other bibles of mentalism that came before, you will learn modern 21st century techniques for all the great effects of mentalism.

Easy to learn with full color photos and embedded Quicktime video clips! There's no fluff in this manuscript. It was written by a collaboration of mind reading experts.

You'll learn to:

• Melt coins into liquid metal in a spectators hand
• Learn the basics of bending metal and learn a new twist that looks truly psychic (with video) ...

Until a few years ago it was possible to propose an interesting effect, using a euro banknote (any), which the spectator took out of his wallet. The serial number consisted of a letter, which identified the country, and a series of numbers; the essential feature was that each country had its own control code; by removing a number it was possible, through a procedure that we will see later, to identify it.

Then new banknotes were printed, with a new type of serial number (before it had a letter, which indicated the country; now it has two letters, the first identifies the country, the second...

Paul's highly thought of small print run hardcover book of 2012 now available as an ebook. 154 large pages, packed with information on the subject matter. Mainly focusing on playing cards but there are also chapters on ESP cards, number cards, alphabet cards, design decks etc.

Yes, some effects are fully described but the book is primarily a great reference source with discussion and recommendations of effects within the various categories of mentalism with cards.

Here are a few comments on the book...

"I'd be astonished if you didn't unearth some really terrific effects here that...

It's all in the Head - Lecture Notes

"Genuinely fabulous!" - Ken Dyne

Get ready to step inside of Stefan Olschewski's head. In this ebook, you will find lots of content from his professional repertoire. Nothing is held back. Stefan even shares an exclusive idea that got him standing ovations when he did his lecture in Austria, something that has never happened before in the 35 years history of the respective club.

Here is what you will find inside:

• 51 pages full of mind blowing mentalism
• 44 photos and drawings explaining everything in great detail
• Professional effects from Stefan's working...

Mentallica is a series of hard-hitting effects drawn from Harris' one-man show: Hellucinations.

"If you like clever and practical ideas, this ebook has them. Even for effects utilizing marketed props, Ben's alternative presentations lift them up to a new level of application. If you appreciate creative ideas because this will spur you on to thinking of alternative applications for the many props that are lying idle in your magic drawers, then this book is highly recommended for you." - John Teo

The majority of effects are new presentations and uses for existing props like: The Mother...