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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...

A number of original and unique pieces for modern mentalists, mystics and magicians interlaced with thought provoking essays on elevating performances and building your show from the ground up, regardless of whether you are a stage or close up performer.

With a focus on applicable theory as well as routines and acts, this ebook compiles several years of unpublished thoughts, explorations and the interpretation of advice given throughout Christopher's time so far working in television, on theatre stages, cabarets and close up engagements.

Astral Psychometry (the ebook) explores the 'why'...

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...

After reading this ebook you will be able to divine the words selected at random from any borrowed dictionary or book; deal four straight winning hands of Blackjack without sleight of hand; teach anyone how to read minds convincingly in just 30 seconds; sense colors merely thought of; transform a borrowed pack of cards into a bizarre impression device.

Several effects in this ebook require what Leo calls The Nothing Book. It is a hard cover book with empty pages. You can also use an empty notebook.

first edition, 1989, The Rustic Press, Arlington; 128 pages.

5. Introduction
1. STRANGE TALES ...

Delusions is a practical, zero fluff, all situations mentalism book chock full of mind miracles. Heres what you get:

OVERLY HYP’ED:
Sequel to HYPED, COMPLETELY clean and easy to perform! Test conditions card delusion. The performer borrows a deck of cards from an audience member. The deck of cards is freely shuffled by a random spectator. The deck is cut and shuffled as freely and as many times as the spectator would like. Another cut is made by the spectator, and this time rather then completing the cut it is marked. A sealed envelope is noted on the table. When the envelopes contents...

Some random letters are chosen to make up the initials of a fictional character out of the performer's sight. A name could be thought of from these letters, this will never be written down; it's in the mind of the spectator.

The spectator is asked to grip the performer's wrist and scream the initials in their mind. Slowly and visually the performer's veins shift and morph into the selected initials.

As an added kicker, the name can be revealed without anything being written down, they really do just think of the name in their head!!

This is powerful stuff. This isn't like Twisted...

The Contents Herein Are For Psychic Entertainers Who Want To Come Across As The Real Thing.

For the most part, these routines will not come across effectively unless they are presented with an air of believability. If you don't intend on presenting these as real demonstrations, please do not purchase this manuscript as there will be, with a couple of exceptions, little information of use to you.

I am involved in the metaphysical community and these have all been demonstrated in that environment. Not to be taken lightly.

The following will probably be received as a controversial statement,...

A 77-page overview and discussion of the perennially popular Magic Square and some of its family. Variations, tricks and applications aplenty. Simple, practical and workable stuff. No complex formulas required. Nothing beyond low doses of basic arithmetic.

• Squaretro
• Squareone
• Altra Square
• Altratoo
• Instant
• Alternative Instant
• Altra-La-La-La-Lee
• Patterns
• Place That Number
• Duplexing
• Fromto
• Howtosquare
• Howsquare
• Squaretooit
• Colour Me Square
• Squarefect
• Squarecast
• Origeightor
• Origeightors Creed
• Origeightor Plus
• Crossing Outlines
• Four-ther-more
• Graphive
• Graphorward
• Sevensquared ...

A 100% improvised and hands-off original routine with business cards.

Diabolik:
Effect: Two spectators (one liar and one truth-teller) draw two different objects (or names, words, etc.) on a business card. They swap their cards and pens as much as they want (or they are shuffled by a third spectator), and hide them between their hands or in their pockets. It is impossible (really) for you, to know which spectator has which drawing, which pen they used, who lies and who tells the truth, etc. You really know nothing. And yet, with only one question, innocent and justified, to only one spectator,...

Structured Imagery is a simple concept with the capacity to take any mindreading effect and elevate it to the next level. How? By adding layers to expand whatever a spectator is focusing on to create multiple levels encompassing visual imagery, smells, tastes, sounds, and emotions. It's a technique that enables the performer to reveal multiple pieces of very specific and detailed information a spectator is only thinking of, thoughts that were never written down or spoken.

"A brilliant piece of psychic theatre. In Structured Imagery, Scott gives you a new toolset that allows you to reveal...

Broken
This is the launching point of the journey. Don fuses the essence of powerful theatre with mystery entertainment to open your eyes and ears to a new way to approach your performances.

"Most mentalists know Don Theo knocked it out of the ballpark with his introductory book Teardrop. However, Theo's 'Broken' makes his first treatise now seem like a bunt. 'Broken' is a beautiful, artistic work that forces the actor in each mentalist to rise to the surface and make some very necessary waves within our art." - Mick Ayres

Svenvelope
The star of the show, this jawdropping three phase routine...

• Play to win - beat your opponent every time!
• Play to lose - lose every single time!
• Match them - whatever your opponent chooses, you choose the same!
• All done REAL TIME like a regular game of Rock, Paper, Scissors!

• No stooges
• No dual reality
• No set up
• No pre-show work
• Easy to learn

Progressive anagrams

In Null Fraser shares his work on the progressive anagram. However, as we have come to expect from his previous releases, this is not the standard fare or typical approach to this system. In fact, you wouldn't even recognize the classic tool at play in these effects from the performance, unless their secrets were revealed to you fully.

This manuscript contains entirely new ideas and presentations that turn the basic concept of the anagram on its head to create a streamlined and efficient way to divine information.

No letters are spoken out loud and there is no...

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.

In his guise as mentalist, mind reader and psychic entertainer, Scott is always on the lookout for routines that use innocent looking, common and recognizable props, which can be adapted for use in stage and close up environments.

In the following pages you will find a number of real world routines using UNO cards. Available from most toy stores and regularly advertised on TV, if you perform any kind of mentalism, you will find them perfect as a substitute for playing cards or ESP cards.

All the routines in this ebook have been tried, tested and refined over years of performance. As well...

"Just got them. Great! Love all the effects inside. Beautiful thinking with the two number predictions and the drawing dupe is a gem and so easy to put together. Real winners!!" - Greg Arce

"Sage advice and mind-boggling performance material of value to all. Highly recommended!" - Ben Harris

This eBook contains professional mentalism routines from my current shows including:

Summing Up...

An easy number prediction with a kicker ending.

I have been using this number prediction for the last 3 years as an opener. It can also be performed off the cuff as a piece of impromptu mentalism that...

As mentalists, we constantly hunt for new ways to gather the secret thoughts of our audiences. We force the people we meet to think in particular ways, or find deceptive techniques to find out thoughts when we give them free reign on what to create in their minds. This manuscript deals with a solution for the latter concept.

"In the words of Borat; I LIKE!!!" - Ben Williams (Creator of Labelled/Re-Labelled)

Benefits:

• Very Organic, in terms of props and method
• Easy to do, with expansion possibilities (peeking multiple thoughts) when you become more dexterous with the gimmick. ...

Secrets, principles, tricks and psychology for the modern mentalist

For the modern mentalist finally a complete treatise on the methods of mentalism that speaks to you. The ebook aims to practice, the way in which achieve the effects. In this ebook you can find the principles used in mentalism, forcing, multiple outputs, the choice of magic, the technique of step ahead of the viewer, the dual reality that the subliminal suggestions. You will learn the effects of the great mentalists, touch a person at a distance (3 methods), revealing the pin of a credit card or the phone of a friend and...

After a long time of experimenting and searching for the best and easiest way to peek at the spectator's deepest thought written on a business card, Mark has come out with two completely different and deceptive methods fully described in this eBook, with crystal clear photos and step-by-step instructions.

The Perfect Peek

The Perfect Peek allows for a secret full card peek, without folding or tearing. Uses only a very few steps, is clean in the execution, and is highly deceptive. The effect takes advantage of old principles combined with clever handling to create a lethal peek. Easy...

A small collection of three effects. First one out is an invisible cuing system, that can be used for spectator as mind reader effects of all kinds. They see writing appear on a card and then vanish.

Second one, and definitely a favorite, a memorised book effect. Any person selects a page in a book, you proceed with memorising it, you close the book and put it aside. Ask someone to name a "line number", and someone else to name a "word number". You think. You write. And place your writing out of sight. Take the book again and show that the word at the designated position is, say for example,...

What do you do when asked to perform something new and amazing?

Do you have enough mentalism on hand to pack small and still have a 45 minute show? The latest book by Dr. Zodiac entitled 365, will train you to be ready for a full show anywhere and at anytime.

Effects taught:

Spin and cause to fall just about any pen. Similar to the PK Pen but a revolutionary new concept.

PK Taste X-Periment. Cause the thought of candy flavor to transfer from one persons mind into another's.

888-BER-GLAS. Still another take on the Dr. Zodiac any card at any number effect. Ideal for stand up or...

5020 explores the thought of human lie detection.

With shows like "Lie to me" and "The Mentalist" in vogue at the moment, realistic demonstrations of similar abilities are also becoming ever more in demand. Here we have a direct, to the point three phase lie detection effect. You will appear to genuinely have this ability if you so wish.

The performer removes two cards from the deck; upon one’s face he writes “Truth” and the other “Lie.” These cards are to be used in an experiment of psychological lie detection.

The performer holds the cards face-down. The spectators are...

"Well, I have to say this is one of the best and cleanest methods I have seen in a long time for gathering unknowable information. I WILL use this and will have a blast doing so. I must thank Nefesch for releasing this as it is absolutely impromptu, and gives me a tool to use when someone asks me to perform some mentalism on the spot. I am a magic creator who loves psychokinetic, fire, and obviously supernatural looking effects, and this will join the ranks of those illusions. The spectator will feel it is absolutely impossible. That launches it into the realm of the supernatural...therefore...

A compilation of select pet effects and touches. These notes are a precursor to Kannon's upcoming physical book "Nothing To See Here" and include some select pieces of his work, to introduce himself.

For readers and those wishing to make their performances more emotional and personal: You'll find the highly praised "Happy Place" script, a way of forming deep rapport and connection with your participants and people you share your mentalism with.

"I LIKE IT! and you can quote me on that" - Bill Montana

His "Coin Oracle", you haven't seen anyone use anything like this, it's highly...