Mentalism & Spiritism in Magic & Conjuring: page 25

Code Red, from a non-mentalism perspective, has several meanings, including being a code used in hospitals to alert staff to various emergencies. The use of codes is intended to convey essential information with zero misunderstanding so that errors can be avoided. Within hospitals, codes can be posted on placards throughout the hospital, or even on employee ID badges for ease of reference. Code Red in hospitals is certainly an established protocol. Within mentalism, however, I first introduced Code Red in my performance in 2014, so it is a new concept. As the technique’s originator, I define...

It's Not Just A Rock: A rock becomes something more...

This takes "One Hotter Coin" and "Energy Hand" and puts them on steroids. Perfect for one-on-one demonstrations; you'll get a rock to heat up, cool down, throb around, and finally make an everlasting change - in both the rock and the participant. And you don't switch rocks for the change. This is all part of "ONE HOTTEST COIN" and you'll absolutely love these presentations.

Sally Sells Seashells: A walk along the beach...

An enchantress, a walk along the beach, and some elemental magic all combine for a fun situational routine....

The Magician That Became The Mentalist, is a collection of workable material and ideas that I have created over the past few years. I share with you some of my most used, original routines that I use in the real world. I also share some of my thoughts on mentalism and magic. This includes the importance of performance, dual reality, simplicity, and much more. In this ebook you'll find useful effects and advice, whether you are a magician, mentalist, or in between! I even share a new principle never before seen in mentalism or magic. A principle I named the "WatchStop" principle that can be adapted...

This product bundle includes three items, with more than 15 effects that can be carried in your pockets.

Cool Mysteries impromptu, requires no special props or preparation. The two other ones need some one-time preparation (only one effect needs a special gimmick): Pocket Mysteries, Hot Mysteries.

CONTENTS

COOL MYSTERIES

• Elimination
• The bills trips mystery
• Hands off my Lady!
• Guess my card
• Take my order
• Any candy at any number

• Monty Hall dilemna (V1)
• Flash at Carnival, Nice 1932
• Free will ( V1)
• Color healing
• SVP

• The hypnosis system
• The die is cast
• Chair'Z ...

[Eddie Joseph and George Armstrong both published this effect in 1949 under the same name: Premonition. The effects are identical and the methods are also pretty much identical except some minor details. Since George Armstrong describes his inspiration and when and where he developed it, while Eddie Joseph does not, I believe George Armstrong to be the inventor of this method. George Armstrong's inspiration was an effect from Greater Magic by Bill McCaffrey. But already Hofzinser has a similar routine Domination of Thought from his Card Conjuring.

A spectator names a card. He is asked to take a pack of cards from the table, remove them...

[Note: Rohit Gupta contacted us in 2018 that he created and published the same method in 2014, predating this publication. We checked and he indeed published it at that time and should therefore be credited as the originator of this method. Rupesh Thakur maintains that he independently created the method, which for anybody who is familiar with Facebook would not be that hard.]

Casual predictions:

Predict anything you want. From a visit to a planet of choice of your friend, to presidential elections to rugby matches, to superbowl results, to even a sweet little prediction if your newborn baby is going to be a girl or a boy - surprise your spouse, or grandma. Imagine making a prediction to your mom what dish she will cook tonight. Long ago before she even enters kitchen. From all types of fun little sweet predictions to serious professional predictions.

Corporate predictions:

How about you predicting a business meeting outcome? How about prediction...

Honesty. Integrity. These words form the foundation of our society. Without people being honest and without people having integrity, our world would crumble into a place of bad intentions and negative actions. In this routine, you will apparently hypnotize a spectator to not resist lying, even when pressed to tell the truth. Good thing it’s just “hypnosis”, as your power to control the intentions and actions of people in this act will have people believing that you can truly alter the way in which society operates in a world characterized by both truth and deceit.

Specifically, you...

It is impossible nowadays to be a magician or mentalist and not perform an effect with a phone, smartphone, ipad, laptop, etc. It is also perfectly justifiable to use it as a prediction, as an out, a cueing system, a cribsheet, a storyboard, etc.

This bundle is about phones, but it also contains original effects, ideas and principles, sometimes combined with classic ones, and some of them can be applied to your existing routines, or sometimes without a phone. The Mimosa principle will transform your smart phone into an extremely powerful tool that you can use as a multiple out system or emergency...

Coffee, Coffee, Coffee! is a small collection of routines and effects from the published works of Dale A. Hildebrandt. From the eBook Triceratops comes "Baking Soda and Vinegar", an Oil and Water-themed effect; as well as "Devilish Plus"; which includes multiple ways to handle "Devilish" from the eBook Risk & Reward along with comments from Caleb Strange on how to get the most out of the method. Also along with Caleb Strange comes an interesting effect titled "Dogtagged" originally published in Cereal Is Good eBook; as well as being collected in The First Five eBook. "Dogtagged" is a perfect opener for the bizarrist or mentalist...

In this 40 minute instant download video Scott explains and demonstrates how to manufacture the Empty Multiple Out Envelope, a utility device he has been using in both his close up and stand up performances for years.

If you can use a pair of scissors, you can make The Empty Multiple Out Envelope.

With a couple of envelopes and a pair of scissors, once you have watched this video you will be able to manufacture one of these deceptive envelopes in less than a minute. Finally Scott will teach you the simple handling required using different styles and sizes of envelope, along with two of...

One of the most visual and comical mental effects you will find. Invite three people to help you. These are not stooges and there has been no pre-show work.

Mentalist states that the two most talked about things among strangers are the weather and sports. They go hand-in-hand, as the weather often affects sports. You then show a CD prediction and place it in a CD player. You say this contains a prediction that will hopefully match a weather forecast the spectators will form at random.

You ask the first person to name one of his favorite sports. Assume he says: Golf. This is written on...

Professional mediums, corporate espionage experts, and unfriendly governments all have something in common. They want information: yours!

Protect yourself from the secrets of professional data thieves and along the way, you'll begin thinking of way to adapt these devious methods into harmless, yet entertaining routines for your mental or psychic act. Be sure to read it all, as there's a nifty treat for stage mentalists in the conclusion.

Originally published at $15, this revised and expanded edition is priced low through an exclusive arrangement with Lybrary.com and the author.

1st...

Clearly Mental contains 11 entertaining mental routines, including a subtlety used by one of America's most prominent performers to ensure that a beautiful woman is selected as a volunteer.

Inside these 58 pages, McCarron explains not only routines, but 30 additional ideas for coming up with your own custom-crafted effects.

The Name Game - Reveal the names two spectators are trying hard not to think of.

Easy Money - Two spectators take turns attempting to exchange their $1 bill for a $5, $20, or $100 bill.

Autograph Party - Audience members write the names of their favorite celebrities...

[Note: This effect was already part of Mentalism Games.]

From the audience point of view, this effect will look completely improvised as you present it with nothing. Just their fingers and yours. It really blows people's minds (laymen and magicians alike).

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 even though your hands were apparently in full view all the time.

Voodoo finger: A variation to give away your business card.

1st edition 2015, 13 pages.

Paul Voodini presents The Voodini Steps to Mentalism, his own very personal take on the classic 13 Steps to Mentalism by Toni Corinda. Taking the original 13 Steps to Mentalism's chapter headings as his starting point, Paul takes us on a journey through his unique approach to mentalism and mind-magic. Packed full with routines and presentational ideas, The Voodini Steps also features real world performance advice and anecdotes from his time as a professional entertainer.

This is a full length, 351 page publication, containing a lifetime's worth of information on areas as diverse as the use...

What do you do when the luggage containing your props goes to Murcia as you arrive for an important show in Madrid?

How would you cope if you arrived at a venue and the client, who booked you for a close up strolling performance, suddenly changed his mind and asked you to perform a full stand-up/cabaret set?

Learn how seven years of performances for unforgiving holiday makers on the Spanish Costa del Sol club circuit have shaped Scott's mentalism performances to ensure all his routines are interactive, fast paced and personal, and can be performed in almost any environment.

In this...

Instantly give any spectator psychic powers! This is a stage size version of Devin Knight's best-selling Poker Tells. Considered by many to be one of his most baffling effects to date. This new version uses jumbo 5 x 7 inch playing cards so it can be seen from a stage. No longer a close-up item, but a stand-up item of mentalism that will fry any audience. The handling is different from the close-up version, so if you want to do this on stage, you need this PDF.

The performer states that some card players seem to have psychic abilities. These card players can correctly sense the cards in an...

This powerful utility will transcend a simple magic effect, or allow you to innocently bring something mental, emotional, strange, during a normal conversation, or an act.

• It seems to bring a plausible explanation to people's choices.
• It will provide misdirection or a logical disconnect, or another layer of deception.
• It will prepare your audience for a bigger "surprise".

From the twisted mind of Dale A. Hildebrandt comes a collection of 13 items for your perusal.

1st edition 2015, 27 pages.

[Note: This effect was already part of Mentalism games.

Effect: A spectator names any card, and you immediately produce it from your pocket.

Or: You write two cards on two business cards, put one in each pocket, and the spectator has to guess at least one of them. (It can be repeated right away if you want).

The method is 100% surefire and practical. There is no math, no probabilities, a little bit of memorization, but it is almost "intuitive". It is not difficult but needs a bit of rehearsal at the beginning, like for everything. It looks casual, completely impromptu, or even improvised, but you will have to do a onetime preparation with...

The Monty Hall problem is a famous one in probability. It is based on a TV game from the USA called "Let's make a deal" (1963). It is named after the original host of this show. Inspired by this game, here is an original effect and a great plot for stage, parlour or close up. This unpublished method is easy to do and costs nothing. There is no maths or memorization or difficulty of any sort. It does require some one-time preparation, but just with some index cards, a sheet of paper (for the list of prizes), and a normal pen, nothing else. It can be adapted to your style, venue, weddings, birthday...

Written by Craig Browning for the sake of educating those curious about the art of mentalism as it pertains to the world of theatrical magic.

1st edition 2011, 46 pages.

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...

Checkout Chi is the first new effect from Ben Harris in ages. And, it's been worth the wait.

Checkout Chi will drop the jaws of your audiences when YOU PAY for the restaurant bill, bar tab, groceries, gasoline, movie tickets, or what have you--WITH YOUR MIND. No cash, no credit cards, just your mind!

And, it's genuine: The vendor gets paid. A receipt is issued. All is above board.

Seriously, this is the kind of impromptu magic that makes reputations. The moment arising from a real-world situation (having to pay the bill), and the solution (paying the bill with magic), proving your mastery...