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Mentalism, Bizarre & Hypnotism Books
by Title A-M
Art
of Cold Reading by Robert Nelson
$54.00
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Magicians
have always loved performing seance theater. But how to make it practical
and profitable has been a question unresolved — UNTIL NOW! By creating
a system of three different seances, Docc has a practical system for selling
and performing many types of seance theater. The Pocket Seance can be
performed close-up and surrounded. A spirit message appears addressed
to someone you've never met and signed by a spirit known only to the addressee!
It amazes potential buyers and sells the other seances. The Personal Seance
reveals personal information about a sitter and commands high fees. Docc's
method rivals the great mediums of the past. The Grand Seance is designed
for several sitters at once. Their fortunes are told, birthdates revealed,
personality traits given all through your spirit guide. Who makes his
presence known in a finale that will have the sitters gasping for breath!
This is the system that has made professional magicians $1,000 a session.
It was originally released with all the simple props for $350. Now you
can have this secret information for a fraction of the cost. Each seance
is fully scripted so you know exactly what to do and say. Features: *
Complete darkness is NEVER required. * All acts are instantly set-up and
taken down. * Everything travels in a briefcase. * You can perform them
anywhere. * All three seances are really a SYSTEM for making big fees.
* The system sells the shows. - No assistants needed * Nothing "corny",
the REAL stuff! * Bonus slate moves. * New billet reading methods. * The
Hilford Office Test, A wonderful way to read a person's thoughts, is also
included FREE! Fully scripted — every move and gesture is written out.
Everything you need to make up to $ 100,000 a year, and keep your day
job! 
13
Steps to Mentalism by Corinda
A
classic text by Ted Annemann, one of magic's greatest personalities. Learn
how to force everything, from cards, to colors, to numbers and just about
anything else a magician might use. An invaluable resource for every magician.
"This
material is so fantastic - I bought the rights to it!" -Kenton Knepper
The groundbreaking material contained in 7 Deceptions is in a class of
its own. After seeing these creations, Kenton Knepper was so stunned that
he actually bought the publishing rights from Luke-the first time Kenton
has ever purchased another's material. With endorsements from names like
Docc Hilford, Steve Banachek and Kenton Knepper, you can rest assured
that this is real-world material. * Stop your own pulse...with no gimmicks!
And-stop a spectator's pulse without even touching them! No stooges, confirmed
by another audience member, this is the real work! * A spectator simply
looks at a playing card and you cause them to actually forget this card-they
can't remember it! This really works! * A spectator's actual phobia is
seen to go away through a magical, psychological event. The spectator
takes home a special paper to remind them of this dramatic change. Is
it real magic? * Two different spectators see two different words on one
ungimmicked piece of paper without a single switch. You may also add to
this, causing a third spectator to read a third word. A fascinating principle
explained in full. This technique opens up many brand-new doors. * During
a palm reading, the lines on the spectator's palm apparently move and
twist on their own. A stunning combination of linguistics, psychology
and neurology. * And lots more, including in-depth extras from guest contributors
and fans of Mr. Jermay. Staplebound, 50 pages. 
An
insanely dynamic entertainer and innovator, Patrik Kuffs has made smash-hit
appearances at the Just For Laughs Festival in Montreal, the International
Battle of Magicians in Atlanta, and on such varied television shows as
Popular Mechanics For Kids, Ad Lib and Urban Magic, with David Acer and
Richard Sanders. This book, his first, contains seven eye-popping showpieces
for stage and close-up, each one ingenious, engaging and astonishing enough
to steal a show! * Under The Table: A card is folded and placed under
the leg of a wobbly table to steady it at the beginning of a show. Later,
a card is chosen in the context of another routine, then promptly vanishes.
Impossibly, a spectator retrieves the card under the table-leg and unfolds
it, showing it to be his selection! * Invisible Touch: A spectator secretly
marks one finger on a drawing of a hand. A second spectator is asked to
extend his hand, when suddenly, he feels something touching a finger,
though there is nothing near it! The finger, of course, is the same one
secretly marked by the other spectator! * French Lint: A clean lint roller
is used to collect DNA left behind by a chosen card, only to result in
the name of the card mysteriously forming in lint on the roller! * Temporal
Anomaly: Two watches are borrowed from the audience, then both are set
randomly by two different people. When the two times are revealed, THEY
MATCH! And so much more! Seven By Patrik Kuffs is an inspired collection
of close-up, stage and mental miracles, rich in their simplicity, remarkable
in their effect! Written by David Acer, illustrated by Joey Incollingo.
Number Two in the critically acclaimed Seven By Series. 
Never before has the Clip-Board been exposed to such a Variety of tests.
Not just simple ideas, but fully expanded plots that can add new dimension
to your mental presentations. This book is crammed full of novel and exciting
concepts, conveniently broken down into seventeen categories - Numbers,
Cards, Food, Money, etc. This breakdown acts as an index to the contents.
For instance, if you need a presentation for a bankers' luncheon, simply
turn to Chapter 5 - Money - and select one of the effects found there.
This is a unique book, extensively illustrated throughout, which opens
up a great new field for the mentalist. 
This
manuscript details the use of one of the most storied and effective magic
marking systems available, the boon. From the construction of a boon to
the proper uses and routines, this booklet has it all. The magic that
can be achieved with this little item is truly breathtaking. You can perform
high-level mentalism and impossible predictions that will get people talking.
The
latest book from the fertile mind of Ronald J. Dayton (a.k.a Kotah) is
a collection of dark stories and poems entangled in a web of magic. Some
120 plus pages of material for the Bizarrist. Twisted, and thought provoking
stuff. Dark but real, pages from the tests of life. Tales that will touch
emotions, and possibly a nerve or two. Things which once heard, will not
soon be forgotten. Presentations gathered over the past three years and
all released in one book for the very first time. A Darker Light is sure
to please the dark side of your performers soul. Come, walk this shadow
path, bathed in a darker light. In its glow you will come to know magic
differently. This is the best of Dayton, at Dayton's best! The imagery
of words used as tools of creative inspiration. Here is what James Luce
had to say after reading this book: "I Just wanted to announce my most
joyous experience I had when reading Brother Kotah's new book "A Darker
Light. All I can say is wow! He has created works which will tug on hearts
and intrigue the mind with the vivid imagery of his story telling. Among
my favorites are Amanda's Last Breath, a heart jerker where meaningful
words are manifested from the loss of someone special. Oh What a Tangled
Web... where a spiders web is a metaphor for lies. This ends with a visual
surprise! Money Does Not a Restless Spirit Soothe, Where the spirits of
mistreated workers comeback and avenge an insult the company ensues upon
their families. It is obvious from reading Ronald J. Dayton's creations
that he is a very talented writer and cares deeply about his art. You
can count me amongst his fans. May your inquisitive mind bloom and creations
blossom." This excursion into the world of Bizzarism is a collection of
powerful but simple bizarre effects as well as poems and stories useful
for atmosphere and just plain getting you in the ookie mood. Set to release
in February, this book features over 30 bizarre effects presented in story
form. Not for the novice, this book simply hints at methodology, preferring
instead, as with all good bizarre magick, to focus on the presentation
and mood. Bizarre magick seems to be the final progression for many entertainers.
We grow tired of amusing only ourselves, and seek to add real power and
amazement to what we do. As we venture into the work of magick, with a
K- the real stuff, we often find that our traditional performances shift
as well. We move from one who simply does tricks, into the ranks of one
who entertains, and that dear friends is real magic! A Darker Light will
be printed in soft cover 8.5" X 11" format, and is sure to please the
dark side of your performers soul. 
Finally
available in America! Following the success of Pure Effect , Derren Brown
offers a detailed study of the most difficult task facing any close-up
magician: how to make magic convincing. This is a rich and witty journey
through the thinking of Britain’s foremost current magical performer,
whose television specials have revolutionized mentalism and drawn massive
viewing figures. Absolute Magic offers the profoundest thinking, expressed
in the most memorable and vivid prose, and is a necessary modern classic
for the magician or mentalist striving to make his performances more powerful.
This is a manifesto for performing excellence, not a mere collection of
routines. Those who study it carefully will find much practical information,
not only on close-up magic (Derren’s emotion packed presentation for the
floating ring, for example) and mentalism, but also his unique approach
to theatrical pick-pocketing.Originally privately published by the author,
Absolute Magic was only available directly from Derren via his password
protected web site. Those fortunate few who were able to negotiate the
web site and place their order have cherished their copies. With his performing
career no longer affording him the luxury of filling orders, he has authorized
its publication and the book is now available. “If the author’s previous
book, Pure Effect, was a challenge to the status quo of close-up magic,
then Absolute Magic is an outright call to arms… he wants not only to
alter the way we do our art and work, but he wants to transform the way
we think and feel about it. ...Mr. Brown also possesses considerable experience
with pick-pocketing, a subject he explores in some technical as well as
theatrical depth. There is some pragmatic contents of the book, which
still serves as a vehicle for Mr. Brown’s thoughtful consideration of
artistic issues.” -Jamy Ian Swiss, Genii Magazine March 2000 Here is an
excerpt from the book, cited in the Genii review, as characteristic of
its contents: “Have the courage to think from this starting-point, and
to leave ninety percent of your repertoire behind you. Then go out to
perform fresh and eager to improve even more, and from the moment you
arrive, invent and walk your own prestige Carry it around with you with
the quiet nature of the man confident in his authority. Communicate it
thoroughly and subtly before any magic begins. You are not a juggler,
nor a mere amuser of the middle-classes: you are a magician. The main
task of that wonderful job is to lift people out of themselves. You are
a connection to a wondrous world, and if you forget that and just become
a mingling trickster, then you are undercutting yourself, and denying
yourself the shiver of an unrivalled type of job satisfaction. In keeping
with our model, it is vital that you transport people: that in some sensitive
way you challenge the comfort of the social context. In places where the
posh gather and talk about silly things, you must gradually, softly, sound
a bass note that rumbles. You act with caution, and you pace the mood
of the event (and you don’t cloud that judgment by swigging too much of
the Champagne yourself), but you remember that you are there to create
magic… and you bide your time.” Warning: This is not a book for the casual
reader nor one who is easily offended! 251 pages, cloth bound. 
"This Material Is So Fantastic - I Bought The Rights To It! Only once
before have I paid to write and publish someone else's ideas. The first
time was some unknown performer at the time named 'Luke Jermay' and the
book was the now-classic '7 Deceptions'. This is only the second time
I bought the rights to the material of someone else. That ought to tell
you a great deal." - Kenton Knepper This is the inside, practical, real
work of "Kentonism" and "Telepathy In Action" taken to new heights and
performed with greater ease and comfort than ever before. If you like
"Kentonism" or "Telepathy In Action", this is a MUST HAVE book. What IS
the Act of Imagination? Do a full hypnosis type act without any hypnosis,
stooges, trick props, or set-up. People may think they have become furniture,
see themselves without pants - any number of wild seemingly "hypnotic
demonstrations" are performed without paid helpers or real hypnosis. This
is the full act just as Enrique Enriquez has performed it around the world,
in theatres, living rooms, art museums and television. You get all the
details of the act Enrique is performing to this day to gather fame and
honor worldwide. Psst! It's EASY. But it will take practice. PLUS Enrique
also tips for the first time his classic blindfold portrait effect with
all the touches and details only he alone can tell. Draw accurate portraits
of unseen people, even if you are not an artist! AND Kenton tips his special
duct tape blindfold designed for Enrique's act as well. Your head is down,
eyes to the floor the entire time, duct tape all over your eyes and nose.
No nose peek, no seeing through the blindfold either. REALLY. Of course
there's a secret - and Kenton finally reveals it here for the first time
here. Many have raved about this gem. We know that once people read this
work, the buzz will be all over the place, just as it was with 7 Deceptions.
This book will change how we do Kentonism, TIA and hypnosis on stage forever.
It isn't easy to impress Kenton, and nearly impossible to get him to buy
the rights to anyone else's work. Learn why Kenton spent a great deal
of time and money to get this material into print. If he believes this
much in the material, you can imagine how thrilled you are going to be!
Enrique Enriquez is a student of Kenton Knepper and has performed the
world over with the material in this book. Now it can be yours Pages 44
When Barrie Richardson's Theater of the Mind was published in 1999,
it drew immediate acclaim from mentalists and magicians, professional
and amateur alike, and quickly became a bestseller. In it, Richardson,
a longtime professional performer and speaker, exhibited an unerring track
record for fashioning astonishing effects and routines, dressed in powerful
and engaging presentations and supported by ingenious, practical methods.
In Act Two, Barrie Richardson shows that he has lost none of his gentle
thunder. His new book features 54 tricks, ideas and routines, with all
the attributes for which his work has become known and admired. Most include
full presentations that use humanity, humor and an unfaltering sense of
drama, that culminate in feats that are clearly impossible and thoroughly
amazing. Along with some of his most prized routines, Richardson includes
valuable examples taken from his professional repertoire of motivational
talks for public and business audiences. The scenes in Act Two amount
to what might be called a modern "miracle play." Here is a scant sampling
of the action: • Spectators name any card and a position in the deck.
They count down to that position in an isolated pack and find their card
at the precise number they chose. The performer never touches the cards,
there are no forces or switches, and the deck is ungimmicked. • Remarkable
new billet techniques are applied to ordinary business cards and Post-It
notes to create astonishing effects of mind reading. • A deck of cards,
shuffled by two spectators, mysteriously separates into reds and blacks
in their hands, while the performer tells of mysteries experienced on
Mt. Kenya at the equator. • Various feats of superhuman memory and rapid
calculation convince audiences of the performer's extraordinary mental
powers—and their own. • A strange solid form materializes under an ungimmicked
cloth napkin, and then just mysteriously melts away. • The true and complete
method is revealed for the ancient Jar of Rice Suspension, presented to
a tale of training and accomplishment in China. • Ground-breaking methods
are explained for the divining of one or several mentally selected cards.
• Also included are three new deck-switches, done while standing, that
require no sleights or use of pockets; a deck that secretly unshuffles
itself after being mixed by a spectator; and many more mysteries using
coins, bills, magazines, marbles, rope and more. Frequently, sequels fail
to live up to their predecessors. That is not the case here. You won't
want to miss Act Two. A quality hardcover, 382 pages of baffling and practical
material, loaded with full presentations. 
In
1968, Al Koran's Professional Presentations was published by Harry Stanley
in London. This highly sought after book has now been reprinted by Martin
Breese. Here it all is. The Gold Medallion, Ring on Stick, Birthday Card
Trick, Book Test, Torn & Restored Cigarette Paper, Black Magic, Encore
Card Stab, Doodles, Princess Card Trick Plus, Nap Hand Deal, Double Thought,
Card Prediction, Sure Fire Force, The Flying Ring (today known as Ring
Flight), The Pendulum Tells, Double Deal, and the Note Under the Cup.
Enough great magic in this one book alone to perform an entire show. A
classic!! 80 Page Hardbound. 
Here are the mental feats that have astounded both television and live
audiences, as well as amazed professional magicians and performing mentalists
for years! In this giant book, you will find the best of Burling "Volta"
Hull, with material taken from his many writings and custom creations,
including his Course in Mentalism. Four big chapters include - Amazing
Mental Feats, with more than twenty-four presentations; The Invisible
Hand Writes, dealing with slate effects and fully explaining the "Volta"
spirit slate writing method; The Second Sight Act which is fully detailed
with various methods of handling; and The Question Answering Act, with
fourty-nine different methods explained, including the "Volta" Super-Professional
Mentalism Course, plus the Ultra Question Answering Act - With No Questions
Written as a bonus. Hundreds of hours were spent reading through thousands
of pages of effects, letters, testimonials and advertising, to find the
best effects. The material was then edited and streamlined, to provide
you with direct, concise instructions, without losing any of the subtle
working details.
BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND This Kenton classic has
been praised by many performers as one of the important works which helped
create their own character and the way they think about magic and mentalism.
Here are some highlights: Spoon Bending Parties -- A detailed examination
which many mentalists have asked Kenton to share with them alone, or keep
to himself. How to get others to do metal bending in their own hands in
a Psi-Party atmosphere. Bent Cent - This popular piece is still being
sold as an individually marketed item to this day. Learn how to make your
own and save money too. The Linguistically Twisted Kenton Tarot Trick
- A popular effect for mentalists and weerdists. A classic. Flower Psychological
Forces as a Readings - including a seeming personality test. Packet Trick
Readings - Is it a packet trick or a reading? It's a lot of fun, and surprising
too. There's more than meets the eye here. Enchanted Flower Production
- Another marketed effect that is tipped in this manuscript. A no palming,
no holder spring flower production that has fooled many well-versed performers.
It’s EASY. An amazing invention, you can make yourself. As you can see,
"Enchanted" is a wide and eclectic blend of magic, mentalism, essays on
enchantment, psychology, linguistics and loads more in one place. Most
of all, this manuscript has gained acclaim and status due to the other,
non-trick material, it contains. This work will push and challenge you
into reconsidering who and what you are, as well as what you do. Beautiful,
poetic, miraculous, memorable magic and mentalism that is very different.
"Enchanted Evening" has enchanted many of our best performers, and changed
how we view ourselves and our art. As one friend put it, "It’s as eclectic
and as interesting as you Kenton -- it’s pure Kenton, but everyone will
benefit from it greatly whoever they are". We say if you like Kenton,
you’ll love this! Over 60 full size pages 
Here
is the complete story of one of the most influential magic writers and
editors of all time-the history of Theodore "Ted" Annemann. Every published,
and many unpublished, creations of Annemann have been gathered for
this unprecedented work, then edited and placed in their proper chronological
order. This huge book contains extensive commentary, which clarifies hundreds
of details about his tricks, his contemporaries and the man himself. It
is as entertaining as it is informative. Annemann's influence on magic
even after his death is explained, as well as the complete genealogy of
his creation The Jinx Magazine and all its descendants. Also included
are performance photos, family photos, publicity material and much more.
Without question this is the largest collection of Annemann memorabilia
ever to be printed. And for the first time, see the extended photo sequence
of Annemann performing his death-defying Bullet Catch! These are merely
a few of the features to be found in this comprehensive coverage of Ted
Annemann. The scope of the material would take pages to describe. This
indispensable book will be of interest to every magician, whether historian,
collector, card worker or mentalist. A lifetime of magical creativity
contained in one volume. 622 pages, hardbound with dustjacket. 
Yigal
Mesika is an incredibly talented young magician from Israel. He has created
many powerful new effects with the loop. He also found it necessary to
improve the quality of the loop and so, for the past seven years,Yigal
searched until he found a better way to manufacture the loop. The product
you see here can be stretched up to 400% of it's original size and is
perfectly suited, in strength and invisibility, for the routines found
in this book.Until now there has been very little information available
on the loop and that kept the subject relatively unknown and rarely used.
The aim of this book is to guide you through the techniques of working
with the loop, as well as to give you some applicable routines for stage,
close-up and mentalism. Most of the effects were created by Yigal Mesika.
The rest of the effects, as indicated, were compiled from the repertories
of working magicians, Yigal's friends. 
You
need not be the seventh son of a seventh son, or be born with a 'veil
over your eyes' to be a successful clairvoyant or private reader. The
art of cold reading is the learned ability to read another person 'from
cradle to grave' without important error. You can soon learn to read people
- giving them readings that will astound them - sensational revelations
that will long linger in their minds. There is no preparation, no apparatus
nor any written questions. This book reveals many of the inner secrets
of the cold reader. It is a comprehensive enlightenment on the subject,
meant to supliment, rather than supplant earlier works. Much of the secret
information is taken from the inner sanctorums of many leading readers,
based on years of successful experience. The Art of Cold Reading is a
complete text, teaching the Art of Cold Reading. It should prove invaluable
to the novice as well as the experienced reader. 
Sequel
To the Art of Cold Reading by Robert Nelson
Get
your hands on Guy's latest metal-bending lecture notes, giving you inside
information and an expert's insight into a variety of metal-bending effects.
Originally
published by CW in 1984, this extraordinary book sold out quickly and
has been unavailable in hardbound ever since. The Wait Is Over! Robert
Cassidy's The Art Of Mentalism has long been described as one of the books
comprising the 'bible of mentalism'. Ground-breaking and ageless insight,
methods and effects that will not only stimulate you but increase your
worth as a performer. More than 90 pages of select material in a neat
8 1/2" x 11" format. This is a bona fide find for those in the know. 
It
has taken more than twenty years, but Bob Cassidy, a founding member of
the Psychic Entertainers' Association and one of the most influential
and colorful creators of modern mentalism, has finally written a worthy
successor to The Art of Mentalism! When the latter was first published
in 1983, it was immediately recognized as a classic in the field and is
on the "top ten" lists of many leading mentalists. We predict that this
volume will eclipse the acclaim as the first. The first half of the book,
reprints his Art of Mentalism 2 (a complete professional performance thoroughly
explained), and his four Principia Mentalia volumes. As if that were not
enough, the second half gives permanent form to 3 limited distribution
manuscripts: Theories and Methods for the Practical Psychic Strange Impressions
But Stranger Still
...just
pure mindreading! Inspired by Ray Grismer's "What's my sign," (a routine
in which the magician is successfully able to guess the zodiac sign of
an onlooker after a few questions) Phantomas has created another practical
version of the "Progressive Anagram." Very easy to remember. After a little
practice, you will be able to tell your spectators their sign, simply
by "reading their minds!" 
Put
your audience in a mild trance and they'll actually see what you describe!
At last, a handling of the classic Ball & Tube trick that will leave spectators
gasping. In this routine, you'll be able to: change a steel ball bearing
into a crystal ball without any switches, make the ball shrink without
falling through the tube (and without using the gimmick!) and the effect
will even happen under close observation and in the spectator's own hands!
A truly magical effect, and that's not even the best part-after you have
demonstrated the antics of the ball & tube, your audience will be in a
mild form of trance, making them ready accept to such suggestions as:
"you will be able to FEEL the coin leave your hand," "you will actually
SEE the card change before your eyes," etc. and the amazing thing is that
they will experience what you're simply suggesting! A hit of Docc's lectures
for over 15 years, and now all the details are available in this staplebound,
23-page booklet. 
You
magically sink a ball into a brass tube again & again.Now let the spectator
try. Impossible, the spectator can't sink the ball into the tube! The
steel ball won't fit. Solid brass and Steel construction. 
Murderous
Mentalism That Will Kill Your Audience! This bizarre booklet contains
five of Docc's strongest effects, straight from his personal arsenal.
These are tricks he's performed for live audiences for years. Band of
the Hand is a murderous group of five increibly different and original
mental effects, far removed from the "I know what you're thinking" type
of mental tricks. Contains: * Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper - a complete
seance in your pocket! * A Study in Scarlet - Take your audience through
the dark in search of a murderer with the light of a single match! * Swamp
Water - Demonstrate control over pure evil contained in a jar of water
which reveals things no one knows! * Nightmare Coins - Turn a dream into
a tangible nightmare that you can hold! * Murder by Mail - Prove that
you possess powers that can actually kill someone! WARNING: You may not
want to perform this effect, it's too strong! "The Nightmare Coins routine
has found a permanent place in my close-up show." -Allen Zingg-Editor
of Vibrations "I can't perform Murder by Mail anymore-it's just too strong!"
-Jim Magus "Docc, Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper, take people to the edge
of danger and bring them back safely!" -Tony Andruzzi 
This
is a book of sensational effects for close-up, club and stage mentalists,
with detailed and fully described methods for twenty-nine effects by twenty
top mentalists. Truly a unique compilation of superb mentalism. Dedicated
to the late Ed Mellon, a foremost exponent in the art of mentalism. The
Best of Mental-Wise contains time-tested and audience approved effects.
These include work in Impromptu Mentalism, Close-up Mentalism, Club and
Stage Mentalism, Metalism with Cards and Two Person Mentalism. 
The combined talents of these two writers bring you thirteen diabolical
and simple-to-do mentalism effects in one incredible book! Most of the
items use cards, and there is also a rope-tie and an interesting effect
using coins. You'll learn Into the Mirror, Superman's Eyes, Bogus and
ten other sensational routines! This easy-to-read, easy-to-do mentalism
book will be a great addition to your magic library! 
This
booklet covers every nuance of billet work. Allen Zingg not only covers
peeks, but several other billet techniques. Also included with Allen's
general explanation of billet work are several routines, so you can get
to work right away. Contents Include: - The Natural One-handed switch
- Driv-In Movie - Coordinated Two-Hand Switch - The Automatic Fold Switch
- The Power of Imagination - Suggestion! - Five Important Questions Bonus
Techniques and Routines: - Pivot Billet Switch - The Pivot Pass - Personality
Palm - Psychometric Palms 
Imagine being able to name a card a spectator has chosen without looking
at the cards. You just look in their eyes and name it as if you were reading
their minds! Or, imagine standing on a stage and allowing a spectator
to choose a handful of cards from a jumbo deck and naming the cards he
holds one at a time. They'll swear that you're even able to tell which
one they're looking at. Or, imagine being able to tell which two cards
a spectator has chosen and placed into two pockets...even though he doesn't
even know what they are. What's more, you'll even be able to tell which
card is in which pocket. These are not pie in the sky ideas. Every one
of them is possible with the Osterlind Breakthrough Card System. It's
a stacked deck but, unlike other cyclical stacks, defies detection by
even the most astute spectators, with absolutely no tell-tale number or
color sequences. Even a skilled mathemetician would be unable to unravel
its diabolical secret, yet you'll learn it in no time flat and use it
for the rest of your performing life. Since the publication of the slim
manuscript that originally introduced Richard Osterlind's system to the
magic and mentalism communities, he's developed learning aids, performance
tips and, most significantly, killer effects that will literally leave
your audiences speechless. None of this additional information was in
that little book but it's all here now in one place, ready for you to
put right into your act. These are the same effects Richard Osterlind
uses for corporate audiences all around the world...and now they can be
yours. It was a breakthrough in card magic in 1983...and it's only gotten
better! Softcover, fully-illustrated manuscript. 
The
Book Of Haunted Magick contains a total of fifty items, including routines,
utility moves and essays. Many of the items can be used for intimate close-up
performances or for larger stage shows. Regardless of what type of audience
you perform for, you will find material in The Book Of Haunted Magick
that you can add to your working repertoire right away. 
Contained within this tome are the detailed secrets of six mentalistic
miracles. Beyond his original creations, Docc adds new presentations and
method variations to the rich ideas of Ted Annemann, Henry Hardin, Orville
Meyer, David Berglas and Al Baker. The combinations produce performance
pieces that entertain with a 10,000 volt shock. Bartender’s Nightmare
– The mentalist proves his third, or pineal eye can see through human
flash and bone as easy as glass. The bartender holds any coin in his fist.
There’s no peeks nor force of the coin. While blindfolded, the mentalist
draws an accurate picture of it, including the denomination and the date!
Crystal Vision – Two numbers, representing the month and day a person
was born is written on the back of a business card. The card is folded
and torn in half. The participant holds the side with t he month in one
fist and the day in the other. The mentalist looks into a crystal ball
and reveals details about the person’s life, including his birth date
yet he never looks at any part of the card. Ghostotal – A person thinks
of a large number. Another person thinks of a small number, then follows
the group’s instructions regarding adding, subtracting, multiplying and
dividing his number. At the end of the random procedures, the mentalist
reveals both chosen numbers. The final climax comes when it’s discovered
that both numbers are identical! Match-Matical – A completely new slant
on a masterpiece. Three people choose a specific number of matches from
a matchbook and hide them in their fists. The mentalist reveals all three
chosen numbers in different ways. The first by automatic writing. The
second by a bizarre burn on a paper. And finally, ashes spell out the
last number in a very spooky manner. All with almost no preparation. In-nile-lation
– Docc found a new twist in the Nile. A person thinks of a number and
without writing anything, keeps it in mind. There’s no force, it’s a free
mental selection. People in the audience ca