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Mostly Mental By Alan Jones

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Mostly Mental By Alan Jones
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The title of this ebook says it all really. It's 'mostly mental' and as such focuses on the performance of psychological illusion. It's not an ebook full of tricks and new methods, but a series of reflections and thoughts which include sections on NLP, Hypnosis, Linguistic Ambiguity, Performance Analysis, RAW Mentalism (Random Acts of Wonder) and so on. Of course there are some effects within the two-hundred or so pages and they are all drawn from Alan's working repertoire.


This book is about the performance theatrical Mind Reading and Mentalism. It is written by a professional performer for professional performers. Whilst it contains what could be considered as 'effects' or 'routines' the core of this book is about the philosophy and psychology of performance. Kenton Knepper has said of this book ... “I see your work as an asset to many sincere performers. Your approach is not for the mildly curious, nor should it be." To re-interate 'this is not for the mildly curious' and is aimed at the sincere performer. Alan Jones presents a fascinating lecture giving valuable ideas about magic and performance relating to his interests and training in NLP and education. Alan's presentation is humorous, eye opening and well worth every magician's attention. I thoroughly enjoyed it." - Eugene Burger “I really enjoyed reading your book. The first card effect is Gangbusters. The Theory is Great Too” - Jeff McBride


TOPICS

Statement of Intent Who the Hell Am I ??C Why this Book?

Magic Happens A thought about Magic

Spell Craft ??C Foreword Some background and initial thoughts

So you want to be??. Putting Mentalism into context

Just because?? It's not only about tricks??

Completely Cold Mind Power Thought Reading with no pre-show

The Map and The Territory Language and Understanding

Focus and Attention Thoughts about mis-direction

Astro-Logical Diving an individuals likes and birth-sign

The Meta Model Language Patterns

Looking Ahead A consideration of the one-ahead principle

The Spect-Actor The role of the spectator

Predestination Another 'chair' routine

The P's of Perfection A framework for developing routines

Mentalism is about??. Information and Pre-Show Thoughts

Chance, Choice, Foresight A prediction effect

Sleight of Mouth Hypnotic Language Patterns

Star-Tarot Discovery of an individuals birth-sign

Extra-Terrestrial Location My favourite card routine

The Experience of Magic What is it all about and a 7 Keys Routine

Anchoring Enriching your performance

Methods needing Routines A number trick and two card forces

Thoughts on Hypnotism What is it, basic induction patterns

First Crush My favourite close-up routine

Transformational Magic The meaning and value of your magic

Are You Psychic? An excuse to practice cold reading

Simplex Psuedo-Psychometry Yet another method with performance tips

Hypno-Trickery A take on pseudo-hypnosis routines

RAW Mentalism Some thoughts on impromptu Mentalism

Cold Enough More "Cold Reading" Hints

Say Goodnight to the Magician Reflections on doing magic differently

References Some useful resources

What's in a Word End Piece ??C Reclaiming Mentalism

1st edition 2013; 215 pages.

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This product was added to our catalog on Friday 20 May, 2022.