Books: Mentalism

"This stuff is fun to read, and fun to do."
- Max Maven

In Mentalissimo, John Bannon brings his talents to bear on mentalism and mental magic with playing cards. "I do card tricks, have a keen interest in mentalism and am a fanatic about the construction of magic tricks. For me, a book like this is just...

Stone Cold Mental Volume III

Join me as I continue to share with you my personal collection of mentalism effects and routines from the past decade and a half or so.

In Volume Three you'll find a wide variety of routines, including effects with ESP cards, Tarot cards, and themes relating to fate, dreams, celebrity...

This is the book that Richard Osterlind has been writing in his head for five years...and it's available at last.

Metalblast contains not the methods, but the real secrets of metal bending. In this exciting new work, Richard Osterlind discusses the mindset of the metal bender and the key ingredients necessary to make an...

The Very Modern Mindreader - 10th Anniversary Edition

The Very Modern Mindreader was the first publication from Osterlind Mysteries and was a huge success. Over time, Richard has improved on many aspects of the material.

This 10th anniversary edition of our classic work has been enhanced considerably. The line...

In this exciting new book, Richard Osterlind talks about the use of words and language with profound insights into the applications for mentalism. Richard reveals his own methods for talking about our art, using words in mentalism procedures, getting spectators on stage, dealing with the entire audience, applause cues, and so much more....

A lifetime of secrets from one of mentalism's underground legends!

Over the last 25 years, Doug Dyment has been performing his unique and powerful mentalism around the world. Yet, for the most part, his material has been kept private - except for a few limited release manuscripts that are long out of print. Now, Vanishing Inc....

John Leung is one of the most respected legendary mentalist in China. And he is also a college teacher.

John have performed over 700 hundred shows over the last ten years.

The effects in this book are some of the creations from John's working materials,all of them are tested in real performance to real people. John put...

Ian Adair's Mind Blowing Mentalism features 40 mentalism routines and ideas from the brilliant mind of Ian Adair.

The effects within this 144 page book are published for the first time.

There are some real gems here that are not to be missed.

The Acidus legacy continues!

Millard Longman has long been one of the moving forces in modern mentalism! His Acidus Novus and Acidus Globus have become classics. There is hardly a mentalist alive who doesn't use one or both of these in actual performances!

Millard doesn't put out material often but when he does, it...

A book you cannot afford to be without!

There are many principles used in mentalism that are ageless. One cannot be a serious mentalist without a thorough knowledge of these subjects. One of these is the use of the crib. Cribs are often an integral part of book tests, expanding anagrams, card effects and a vast amount of mentalism...

Ravi Mayar has been secretly working on a body of work in the field of pseudo Hypnosis for the past couple of years. He recently shared an effect from this work with Fraser and instantly blew him away with how effective, devious and outright clever it was.

Performing over the phone Ravi was able to cause Fraser not to be able to...

Asi Wind and Vanishing Inc. present one of the most comprehensive explorations ever written about a topic that is far too often overlooked by magicians and mentalists.

One of the most widely-respected magicians and thinkers in the industry, Asi Wind offers an in-depth look at the art of pre-show with Before We Begin. He shows...

by Docc Hilford

"Yang is the male. It is white and the sun. But Yin is the woman. It is BLACK and the MOON." - Lao Tse 660 B.C.

For the mentalist, PREDICTING THE FUTURE is where reputations are made. And BEING CONTEMPORARY is where the higher fees are found. The current craze in the New Age world is the Chinese...

Are you able to know beforehand the outcome of random events or influence on them?

If you wanna learn new existing ways to create precognition experiences, this Book is for you.

Effects that are tested in the real world and probed as effective and meaningful.

Contents:

First...

"Aazan is a deep thinker and has a wonderful understanding of how our audiences think too. Lucky for us he shares his insights in this important book. Justification is an extremely useful tool in the creation of believable miracles and Aazan has crafted some really excellent ideas. There are loads of books about HOW to do what we do but...

"Holy sh*t! I'm completely blown away. I thought this was going to be a small little manuscript. There is so much information here!

"While this is not meant to be a complete encyclopedia of "living and dead tests"......it's very close!

"Dozens and dozens of routines and ideas are taught. To me many of the little...

by Jack Kent Tillar

Once or twice every century, a new principle is discovered in our mystery field. In 1972, Jack Kent Tillar's Blister Effect was first published in Tarbell Volume 7. Harry Lorayne wrote, "As far as I know, this principle is new to magic." The effect is that a performer mysteriously makes a blister appear...

IT'S ONLY A DREAM... is a dream come true! Every-one dreams. Some remember their dreams, and many forget them. Some have nightmares and others nothing but pleasant dreams. IT'S ONLY A DREAM will help you entertain your audience with a new and exciting demonstration that captures their dream experiences.

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Oculus 2 is an updated handling on the prop-less date of birth divination. Included are various direct prop-less methods as well as a streamline handling with playing cards.

There is no explaining each of the card values or the need for the spectator to take out multiple cards from the deck or the need for peeking cards or...

The Blood Fest of the Sun teaches you the amazing effect of igniting an unprepared piece of paper. This manuscript is very direct both in its methodology and presentation.

Great for Bizarre Magic, or Mentalism.

Historically, fortune tellers are perceived as turban wearing crystal ball readers.

Contemporary Western images of fortune telling grow out of folkloristic reception of Renaissance magic, specifically associated with Romani people. During the 19th and 20th centuries, methods of divination from non-Western cultures, such as the I Ching,...

Propless mentalism is at its high peak right now and Perna came to seal the deal with this one.

In Bottoms Up you'll learn how to perfectly guess a thought-of drink the spectator was about to order.

Magic and Mentalism nowadays is primarily performed at bars and restaurants, making a drink divination the most organic...

In this special collectors edition box set, you'll discover over 30 effects on essential plots in the art of mentalism.

Legacy is a refined collection of Peter Turner's best material. Commemorating 10 years of originality that has helped reshape the mentalism space forever.

In this special edition box set, you'll...

"One of the coolest pieces of prop-less Mentalism I've seen. It felt so free and easy that I honestly thought I was messing things up and was making my own free choices, right up until Fraser told me the number I was just thinking of."
- Paul Brook

3CSC
Propless Security Code Guess
In 3CSC...

A beloved mentalism text is finally available again after being out of print for many years.

"One of the great unsung heroes of original and fooling magic."
- Derren Brown

The Mental Mysteries of Hector Chadwick became an underground sensation when it was first self-released in the late 2000s. Hector's...