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Six Appeal
Overall customer rating: ★★★★★reviewed by Steven Pellegrino (confirmed purchase)
Rating: ★★★★★ (Date Added: Wednesday 01 November, 2023)
This is a fantastic effect! Just watching the demo gave me several presentation ideas. It's easy to do, so all you have to do is concentrate on your presentation.
There is a bit of DIY to make this, but it is simple and within everyone's ability to put together. It took me less than 30 minutes to assemble everything.
While it can be performed anywhere in your show, Six Appeal will be my new opener for my stand-up show. It gives you a chance to interact with multiple audience members without having to get them on stage.
You won't be disappointed with this purchase!
ER Diary
Overall customer rating: ★★★★★reviewed by Patricia Ireland
Rating: ★★★★★ (Date Added: Friday 27 October, 2023)
This ER Diary is full of interesting tidbits from the iconic show! These are things one would not know just from watching the series. I suppose the use of pseudonyms is necessary to avoid lawsuits…and many of us can figure out who the cast or crew member is anyway.
Forbidden Wisdom
Overall customer rating: ★★★★★reviewed by Anthony Ward (confirmed purchase)
Rating: ★★★★★ (Date Added: Wednesday 25 October, 2023)
I bought this booklet from lybrary.com. The booklet contained some very useful information on psychic reading methods and was well worth the money spent on the purchase. One particular method which I will use teaches how to obtain some one's date of birth. Another was how to do a psychic reading using normal playing cards.
Magic with Giant Cards
Overall customer rating: ★★★★★reviewed by Francesco Nicolo (confirmed purchase)
Rating: ★★★★★ (Date Added: Friday 20 October, 2023)
No illustrations. The author provides some tips but the text is too succinct and thus it is not very helpful. I do not recommend it, despite the good rating.
Showmanship for Magicians
Overall customer rating: ★★★★★reviewed by Joseph Stringer (confirmed purchase)
Rating: ★★★★★ (Date Added: Thursday 19 October, 2023)
Copperfield has lived an amazing life putting these 3 books to life.
Magic by Misdirection
Overall customer rating: ★★★★★reviewed by Joseph Stringer (confirmed purchase)
Rating: ★★★★★ (Date Added: Thursday 19 October, 2023)
Change your magic, give it depth and strength. This trilogy will do that for you!!!
Impossible Ball in Jar
Overall customer rating: ★★★★★reviewed by David Nethery (confirmed purchase)
Rating: ★★★★★ (Date Added: Thursday 19 October, 2023)
This caught my attention because I was looking for a method to pass a ball into a jar or bottle, so on an impulse I took a chance on this trick. It turns out to have some weaknesses. I'm sort of embarrassed that I didn't watch the video several times and more carefully consider those weaknesses before I paid $10 for this single trick (there are whole books with dozens of tricks on Lybrary.com for $10 ... I should have stuck with buying a book). The biggest weakness is that you are required to use a draped table and a hat (although an alternative handling using a change bag is given. If you don't have objections to using a change bag, it is ok.) The author says he has done it just using a suitcase table instead of a draped table.
I can't recommend this trick.
Florentine Coin Assembly - Music Act
Overall customer rating: ★★★★★reviewed by Daniel Vicars (confirmed purchase)
Rating: ★★★★★ (Date Added: Thursday 19 October, 2023)
Love it! Beyond my capabilities (so far...), but I am just picking up magic again after a short hiatus of....oh, about 40 years! Nerve damage in my right hand is somewhat limiting, but I believe I can perform the moves needed. And will need to find proper music.
CCC End Phase
Overall customer rating: ★★★★★reviewed by Kevin Bryan (confirmed purchase)
Rating: ★★★★★ (Date Added: Wednesday 18 October, 2023)
This is a great addition to the original effect. Highly recommended.
Derby
Overall customer rating: ★★★★★reviewed by Kevin Bryan (confirmed purchase)
Rating: ★★★★★ (Date Added: Wednesday 18 October, 2023)
Nice effect but does require a secret setup.
Abbott Magic Catalog #23 1987
Overall customer rating: ★★★★★reviewed by John D. Bain (confirmed purchase)
Rating: ★★★★★ (Date Added: Saturday 14 October, 2023)
Thank you for your wonderful service. I have received the digital download that you provided and am enjoying it immensely. The circumstances of my hard copy purchase - you are aware of - but your consideration and generosity have overcome the downside. My greatest gratitude. John D. Bain
The Mystical Cartomancy Chart
Overall customer rating: ★★★★★reviewed by David Burmeister (confirmed purchase)
Rating: ★★★★★ (Date Added: Saturday 14 October, 2023)
I believe that every mentalist needs this. It is a VERY UNUSUAL approach to giving a card reading with a tic sheet and the only memorization needed is pretty much for the scripting of the performance. You don't have to remember playing card meanings or Tarot card meanings. This is only for playing cards. Personally I suggest printing the tic sheets off so the spectator or client can take something personal with them. This isn't for everyone but I give it my highest rating. I don't buy much anymore since I'm retired but it is a nice Birthday present from my wife.
Derby
Overall customer rating: ★★★★★reviewed by Richard Southall (confirmed purchase)
Rating: ★★★★★ (Date Added: Friday 13 October, 2023)
This is such a good trick. It's almost totally hands off, with a huge level of audience participation possible. While I have enjoyed performing it for a single spectator and received great reactions this is even better when you have three or more spectators assisting. The way it is described it requires quite a bit of table surface but I have drawn the race course on a page of a notebook for close-up performances and you could use material and velcro and perform it on stage. This could also fit in very nicely in a bunco routine or any gambling routine. I don't normally write reviews but I felt I had to review this versatile gem of a trick. I am not familiar with Toni Koynini or whether they have produced any other ticks but I can't wait to see what else they can come up with!
Helicopter Card
Overall customer rating: ★★★★★reviewed by george woo (confirmed purchase)
Rating: ★★★★★ (Date Added: Friday 06 October, 2023)
The Helicopter Card taught by D. Angelo Ferri, IMO is the BEST technical card trick ever! Mr Ferri is a great teacher and goes into a deliberate and careful study of this challenging effect but once mastered will have a special trick that will amuse and confuse all that witness it. Highest Recommendation!
Miss Taylor's Wish and Desires Postcard
Overall customer rating: ★★★★★reviewed by Dave Arch (confirmed purchase)
Rating: ★★★★★ (Date Added: Wednesday 04 October, 2023)
I really like the fact that you’re showing your spectator a supposed artifact (the postcard) - taking the heat off you as a wonder worker. You’re just showing them an odd curiosity and demonstrating how it tells the fortune surrounding the person’s wish or desire. The follow-up use of actual playing cards for continuing the theme is also a worthy addition. Best shown in a social setting and presented in a conversational style. I am pleased with my purchase.
The Ritual of Destiny
Overall customer rating: ★★★★★reviewed by John Kauth (confirmed purchase)
Rating: ★★★★★ (Date Added: Wednesday 04 October, 2023)
There is so much possibility here. The recording is old-sounding and scratchy. A woman's voice directs the ritual with the four cards, and her instructions are easy to follow. The person holding the cards gets to make a number of choices along the way to get to the outcome if a wish will come true. This would be great around a table with each person having their own packet of cards. No two people will move the cards the same way as there are many choices. So many ideas come to mind to use the Ritual of Destiny as part of a much larger routine. You would have to add your own story and perhaps not use the recording since different cards would be used. This could be done with four Tarot cards without the recording. I have to be vague here not to give away the method or result. If you are having a Halloween party, as this review is being written in October, this would be a fun little routine. Turn the lights down low, light some candles, and play the Ritual of Destiny. If you are looking for a showstopper, do not get this. It is a nice little routine with an interesting twist - the recording.
Autobend Silverware
Overall customer rating: ★★★★★reviewed by Andrew Baroch (confirmed purchase)
Rating: ★★★★★ (Date Added: Friday 29 September, 2023)
By far the best spoon-bending information on LYBRARY.COM: how to easily acquire some special gaffes and how to present. Gaffes needed are on Amazon for peanuts.
I found out THIS SPOON BENDING PDF. WAS THE BEST METAL BENDING offering on this site by reading the hardback book, "Bend it Like Geller." The technique and handlings explained here for $8 are explained in MORE detail than in the $45 book. You owe me! You owe me! :)
Listen and It Will Speak
Overall customer rating: ★★★★★reviewed by John Kauth (confirmed purchase)
Rating: ★★★★★ (Date Added: Wednesday 27 September, 2023)
I am a 74-year-old Buddhist and amateur mentalist who mainly performs for older audiences. Sometimes, I give talks on Buddhism and incorporate a little mentalism if appropriate. Other times I perform a 30-minute or so mentalism routine. My performance persona when doing a mentalism routine is what you would expect from a Buddhist doing mentalism. Low key in a Max Maven sort of way. Mentalism does not rely on flashiness or card flourishes, or sleight-of-hand skills. Most mentalism relies on simple methods. Presentation is far more important than method. Listen and It Will Speak is 100% presentation. If you are not an excellent storyteller, this effect is not for you. If your mentalism style is not the quiet presentation style of a Max Maven, this effect is not for you. But if you are that rare individual who can act and tell an interesting story, then this may be a good opening effect. At its heart, it is a simple card revelation, simple and really nothing but add the story to it, and it really becomes something. In addition to the script, a few interesting false cuts are explained that may give this some extra value.
Miss Taylor's Wish and Desires Postcard
Overall customer rating: ★★★★★reviewed by John Kauth (confirmed purchase)
Rating: ★★★★★ (Date Added: Wednesday 27 September, 2023)
I am a 74-year-old amateur living in a senior apartment building and enjoy occasionally performing for the residents. The most asked question first: Is it worth the price? Yes. The postcard is nicely designed to look like something out of the 1920s. It can be printed as is, but with some arts and crafts, it can be antiqued to look genuinely old. The method is simple, clever, and easy to learn. The card reading is simple and easy to memorize. It is a nice little routine around a table for one person or an intimate group. Since the reading with the postcard is personal to the person being read, the choices made with the postcard can be hidden from other viewers. The routine can then be performed for others at the table. There is no equivoque, and the choices are straightforward. The reason for hiding the postcard choices if the effect is to be repeated is not to influence the choices others make at the table. The effect certainly is not a closer, but it is worth the price as an icebreaker.
Vulcan: spoon bending
Overall customer rating: ★★★★★reviewed by Andrew Baroch (confirmed purchase)
Rating: ★★★★★ (Date Added: Wednesday 27 September, 2023)
I feel insulted. He had the frickin' gall to sell this. You can't see what look like literal baby spoons. He has no entertainment skills, uses the word "amazing" multiple times -- when he doesn't know a thing about presentation, misdirection -- and he's got one expression on his face. He's not amazed. Dee Christopher stands beside him -- looking ...not amazed. Terrible. If I could get a refund, I'd ask for it.
Spoonology
Overall customer rating: ★★★★★reviewed by Andrew Baroch (confirmed purchase)
Rating: ★★★★★ (Date Added: Monday 25 September, 2023)
Man, THIS IS NOT WORTH THE $. I FEEL RIPPED OFF, WATCHING HIM DOING ZERO FOR MINUTES ON END.
Just Think
Overall customer rating: ★★★★★reviewed by Darius Acuna (confirmed purchase)
Rating: ★★★★★ (Date Added: Saturday 23 September, 2023)
Pretty cool concept! I'm more experienced as a close up mentalist - an amateur who has frequent experience with impromptu demonstrations and readings - not minding making the big claims, so this is something more my style. I don't think it takes guts, as much as it takes speed.
You NEED to be fast in your answer, and you gotta be very comfortable doing this sort of thing regularly outside of mentalism. I wouldn't say this is for the bold as much as it's for the quick-witted mentalist who can operate without a script, since, that IS what you're doing.
Also, to those being mad about this being reused work, it says so in the description who is credited. I really didn't mind that especially since that's a very uncommon thing in our community. I appreciate the lack of plagiarism and transparency in the ad copy. For those who know about it, you're just getting someone's commentary, and I think that's worth $8. You might not, but we can't deny the main idea is pretty dang cool.
Trip Mentale
Overall customer rating: ★★★★★reviewed by Alexander Crowley
Rating: ★★★★★ (Date Added: Thursday 21 September, 2023)
Bhe che dire... Prodotto interessante che merita di essere letto. Nonostante vengono spiegati dei metodi classici del mentalismo che chi mastica un po' sa, comunque ho trovato interessante lo schema presentato da Emanuele. Naturalmente come ogni effetto richiede un minimo di preparazione per essere padroneggiato, quindi non perdete le speranze voi che acquisterete questo materiale.La cosa che ha più suscitato il mio interesse è stato la presentazione originale presentata da Emanuele, perché non è la classica presentazione fine a se stessa che spesso siamo abituati a subirci, ma bensì si lavora molto con la fantasia degli spettatori che se hanno una buona immaginazione, riescono anche a sentire e percepire i suoni e i luoghi da loro pensati, come se fosse una sorta di "ipnosi". Quindi è una cosa VERAMENTE STRONG per chi assiste. Bravo Emanuele!
The Bammo Full-Deck False Shuffle
Overall customer rating: ★★★★★reviewed by Christian Mach (confirmed purchase)
Rating: ★★★★★ (Date Added: Sunday 17 September, 2023)
A little disappointed because I bought this PDF for the false shuffle, and I think it is not well explained. By watching the video on Lybrary, I saw that it looked like a shuffle I already knew, but I supposed there was an extra subtlety, and indeed, there is an extra subtlety. But I do not understand the explanation. So I captured the video and I watched it in slow motion, but from what I saw, it seems that there are 2 cards that are really shuffled. So, I'm going to contact Mr. Bob Farmer for more explanations. However, the "super closer" routine is well explained and contains some good ideas from Bob Farmer.
The Master of Misdirection
Overall customer rating: ★★★★★reviewed by Terry Terrell (confirmed purchase)
Rating: ★★★★★ (Date Added: Saturday 16 September, 2023)
D. Angelo Ferri's aka Dennis Barlotta is one of the few qualified to teach Slydini's material. This material compliments the Slydini Concepts course