Mentalism & Spiritism in Magic & Mentalism

Away With Words is a collection of mentalism and mind-reading effects built on the most underestimated tool a performer has: language itself.

Across these pages, Luke Jonas argues that the strongest mind reading isn't built on gimmicks or hidden technology, but on the careful use of spoken and written words - the rhythm of a sentence, the construction of a question, the choice of a single phrase that lets a spectator believe they have given away more than they have. The effects taught here are practical, tested, and intended to leave a memory rather than a trick.

Inside, you'll find...

A hard-to-find title, now available again to a new generation of performers and their audiences.

Psychic entertainers and mentalists: Make money telling fortunes with a deck of cards and this book. Many professionals have been doing this for years... and making big money at it. Now you can, too, but only if you have a card reading system that looks and sounds legitimate. Written by Robert A. Nelson, owner of the Nelson Enterprises mentalists' mecca, and a performer himself (as Dr. Korda RaMayne). Unlike other books on the subject, Nelson includes his own professional shortcuts to get you...

Imagine this ... information is written on a paper, it is then folded multiple times until it's 1/9th of the original size, and then it is locked into itself.

Despite the information being covered with two layers of paper from one side and six layers from the other, you still manage to access the center with just one single tear.

Here are its features:

• Wide writing area.
• Takes 3 minutes to learn.
• No fiddling for opening up the paper.
• You can show the paper front and back during the tear.
• You can also steal the center right after the 1st tear and open it with one hand.

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The Reverse Force is a fantastic new force which is not known to have been used in the field of magic so far.

This is very easy to use and is very powerful. Once you understand the basic principle, you can start applying it in a multitude of ways in various tricks. This is a multi-use force to have in your toolbox.

The Reverse Force is so simple that it is explained in just a single sentence. The rest of the pages in this ebook are filled with a dozen killer routines using the Reverse Force. You will surely come up with several...

This intro price will go up to $30 from May 12, 2026.

A Surprise Gift worth $18 is included inside. It's like immediately getting back double the return for what you have invested in.

The One is a single poker size card which is a powerhouse of killer routines. With just this one card in your wallet or pocket, you are always ready to perform upto 30 minutes anywhere, anytime to anyone.

Of course, you can print this card in any size comfortable for you. The size can be business card, poker card, index card, post card, A5, A4 or A3 depending on your performing situation and readability...

There are many versions of Danson's 'Diary Trick' and I like to think that my version has much to recommend it. A spectator is handed a diary and on looking through it will soon see that every date has a playing card written next to it. The spectator looks up her own birthday date and remembers the card written against it.

A blue deck of cards is shown and there is seen to be one red backed card in it. This is the card that is in the diary next to the magician's birthday date. This odd backed card is left in the deck which is shuffled. Using the spectator's birthday date, cards are dealt...

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Hey, don't get too excited. You don't have to undress either yourself or others, I promise. Here NuDe Readings stands for Numeric Deck Readings.

Here are the details. These are some extraordinary and highly unconventional but killer card routines which automatically deliver powerful and high impact readings without you requiring any skill in the readings field at all, whatsoever. All these effects generate what I call "Self Working Readings" But, of course, if you do have reading skills, then that would be a bonus.

All you need to perform...

Okay, first up let me explain the title of this ebook. It is not about my 18th birthday. Not at all. I've passed that little milestone ages ago. Like a couple of hundred years ago. On a more serious note, this is my 18th release related to birthday divinations and zodiac divinations. Yes, already 17 releases done and this is the 18th one. So My 18th Birthday is actually my 18th birthday divination method.

The core method is the Dual Quantum Principle, an advanced and revolutionary principle and will be a game changer when combined with the standard binary method. As far as I know, this...

You are asked to perform magic. But you are alone and deckless. Meaning you do not have anything on you. Except just one single card.

You take out this card, face down and propose to do an interesting experiment. You place this card on the palm of a participant or on a table, face down and start your experiment. You ask the participant to think of a card and a number in a very fair manner. After this you ask the participant to turn over that single card. On the other side of the card is a grid of cards with the positions numbered. You say that you had randomly shuffled a deck of playing...

A number of spectators appear to demonstrate some psychic ability when they create magical moments that reveal colours randomly assigned to them, and which, in theory, they should not be able to know had been allocated to them.

Simple to do, this is a nice laid-back mental/magic routine designed for parlour performance and which requires just a few simple props that you will probably already have or which you can easily acquire or make.

1st edition 2026, video 17:17.

Two sets of 7 cards are shown. One pile has pictures of the logos of 7 of the most common social media platforms. The other set has the names of these platforms written in words on the cards.

Two spectators who do not know each other are invited to see whether they can connect via the same social media platform. The pile of cards with names on them are shuffled and spread face down. Spectator 1 can touch the back of any one of the cards – it is a genuinely free choice. The selection is placed aside unseen but in view.

The pile of logo cards is shuffled and spectator 2 names any number...

A simple, multifaceted routine you can carry in your wallet. Four blank cards, eight words, multiple revelations and much more. Names, places, emotions, objects, lies, truth and more.

"I've just bought and read both Moniker and DDT - Fantastic stuff." - Timon Krause

"It is clever, and I like it a lot! Especially as it uses something which I really like and use in different and various routines of my own." - Jan Forster

Basic Moniker
A spectator mixes four cards. Each card has two common names written on it. She thinks of one of the names while the performer's...

Originated by Val Andrews. Edited by T. A. Whitney. The perfect test for the performer who wants to create a name as a mentalist. A true classic of mentalism. Use it for parlor or stage. It involves a number of slates and blank business cards. Everything appears fair and straightforward.

A spectator thinks of a number. Another thinks of a card (no force). The number and card are used to locate a word in a large dictionary. All of this is predicted by the mentalist.

A tried and proven winner from the mind of Val Evans, as revealed by his performing partner, Dr. Gene Okkah.

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Can you demonstrate your psychic powers with undeniable proof? Can you show your special mind skills in an absolutely convincing manner? With Credit Card Yantra, this is possible. Nowhere do these exquisite routines feel like tricks but feel like some mysterious phenomenon.

You do not need to have my earlier releases on this subject - Credit Kard Tantra and Credit Kard Mantra to perform these routines.

A Yantra is a geometric "machine" from occult traditions composed of patterns, symbols, lines, colors and numbers etc, often contained within a square. There is...

This bundle collects all five titles from the Audacious series, presenting a unified body of work focused on practical magic and mentalism. The material emphasizes clarity of effect, economical methods, and tools designed for real-world performance. Across the series, you will find card magic, mentalism routines, ACAAN work, wallet-based methods, and peek techniques, all intended to integrate smoothly into a working performer's repertoire.

Audacious
A collection of card and mentalism routines built around psychological forces, structured reveals, and audience interaction. The material...

This is a brief but neat introduction and explanation of two-person codes by a scientist. It goes beyond the classic word lists and includes inflection, pauses, and tone variations.

1st edition 1921, PDF 7 pages.

Is it Coincidence or Clairvoyance between the Couple? The outcome is too impossible to be mere coincidence and so clairyoance has to be the only answer. Consciously, a husband and wife may agree or disagree on several things. But after a certain period of companionship, their subconscious minds are mostly in sync and in perfect harmony.

Anniversary Holiday is a set of routines ideal to be performed for any wedding anniversary couple. The theme is that of an impossible coincidence between the couple which results in an unexpected holiday destination and the only explanation can be subconscious...

Using a freely chosen number of dice, the spectator ends up selecting the same symbol as the performer.

The spectator cuts a deck of ESP cards as many times as desired. The performer then removes five different symbols from the deck. He shuffles this small packet slightly before placing it in front of the spectator. As he does so, he explains that numbers follow us throughout life, marking every step of our fate.

To illustrate, he points to five dice on the table and asks the spectator to choose any number of them. The chosen dice are rolled, and their total becomes a number - for example,...

"This is staggering in its brilliance." - Marc Salem

"What a great idea! Bravo!" - Luca Volpe

CalendarX is a novel and fascinating concept. You just have to print out this 2026 calendar in whatever size you want and you can perform several effects throughout the year using this innovative calendar.

You can do coincidence effects, pin reveals, ACAAN effects, book tests, prediction effects, birthday divinations, add a number effects, diary effects, tossed out type routines, envelope routines etc. This will be a very handy tool for you to carry with you all through the...

Imagine four helpers who each secretly select and mentally store a symbol from a group of sixteen unique characters. Only they know what they chose. Now imagine a mentalist who determines the symbol each participant selected by merely observing the scrambled sixteen symbols. That's it!

Everything can be examined. No forces of any kind. Symbols are selected from four sides of four cubes or blocks. Cubes are randomly mixed and the order of display selected by a participant.

There are two presentations offered. A parlor version uses 2" blocks or cubes. A close-up version uses four dice....

An original matching game the performer can never lose, thanks to his sixth sense.

The performer claims to possess a sixth sense and says that this demonstration will prove its existence.

First, he removes a set of twelve playing cards from an envelope. Six of them display the name of a sense - sight, smell, hearing, taste, touch, and E.S.P. - while the other six depict these senses with images: an eye, a nose, an ear, a mouth, a hand, and a brain.

Then, following the performer's instructions, the spectator shuffles the cards as many times as he likes. Once he is finished, the performer...

Unlock the real methods used by professional spirit mediums in 1905 and 1906, revealed in remarkable detail by one of magic's great thinkers: David P. Abbott. This volume brings together his classic writings on spirit slate-writing and billet tests, exposing the actual systems, psychological subtleties, and secret maneuvers that mediums relied on to produce their "miracles." Though more than a century old, these techniques have lost none of their power - they remain fully practical today and are still capable of baffling even the most observant spectators.

For the modern performer, this...

Sealed message reading and prediction.

"PANACEA is wonderful... it's a very strong piece of work and one that I've been using quite a bit as of recently, thank you again for that!" - Jerome Finley

"Panacea - f***ing awesome! (Quote me!)" - R. Lee

The reader invites the sitter to write a detailed question on a blank index card or business card. A security envelope or coin envelope is initialed by the sitter, and the question is sealed inside the initialed envelope. It is kept by the sitter, never to be touched by the reader again.

The reader then writes a prediction...

Vision Touch is a routine where the line of sight of a participant meets the performer's sense of touch which in turn leads to a colorfully amazing revelation.

In a way, this is delicious old wine packed in a fantastic new bottle. A classic principle is couched and disguised in an enhanced Stroop Test to give out absolutely stunning results.

There is a quick one-time preparation that requires just a couple of double blank cards. Personally, I use postcard-sized cards, but you can use any size of double blank cards that suit you. The preparation will take just a few minutes and once done,...

Effect: A spectator shuffles the deck, freely selects any card and looks at it. They put the card in an envelope. The friend is facing away from the spectator. The friend reveals what card was chosen without looking at the envelope or asking any questions.

Description: Do have that friend that wants to learn a trick? This is the perfect effect. Your friend is the star, and with the secret Crib they do not have to remember anything. You are helping them so they don't feel intimidated. This is a fun effect that leaves the spectator amazed.

• This is a great party trick.
• This can be done...

How the mediums produce their "manifestations".

In this article from 1893 from the Chicago Tribune, August Roterberg explains some of the tricks and techniques used by fraudulent spirits.

• Mediums Have an Easy Thing
• Other Ways of Doing the Trick
• How Spirit Questions Are Answered
• People Easily Deceived
• Mediums Exchange "Tests"
• Example of Cool Effrontery
• Uses of Luminous Paint
• Conjurers Only Need Natural Means

1st edition 1893, PDF 6 pages.

A prediction effect with ESP cards that fits in your pocket.

The performer invites a spectator to take part in a brief experiment in intuition. He removes a small packet of cards from an envelope, holding it face down as he explains that it contains all five E.S.P. symbols.

After confirming that he has no way of knowing the order of the cards, the spectator freely names a number between one and five (inclusive). Let's say he chooses four. The performer counts the cards and removes the one corresponding to that number – let's say it is the Circle. The remaining four cards are clearly...

A unique principle is used to get an invisible and completely propless star sign divination method which is quick, easy, elegant and highly effective. There is no long drawn process here. The presentation here is not the typical astrology based one but goes on the lines of brain functions, human mind and general psychology. The sun sign reveal comes most unexpectedly as a surprising finale.

This method is completely different from any of my other over dozen star sign divination methods. And you do not need to own any of these ebooks to be able to use the method in this ebook.

If you...

This is a guide on performing Identity Aura Readings, outlining a system for interpreting auras based on the colors associated with the letters of a person's name, insuring a unique and repeatable reading for every sitter.

It combines elements of color theory, numerology, tarot, Richard Webster's Psychometry, and astrology to create distinctive readings based on a person's name.

It provides a personal keepsake for clients, making it less likely they will discard the reading. The readings can be presented as psychic or psychological, and can overlap with other systems like tarot...