Extracts of my book and my blog about mentalism, hypnosis and mnemonics.

 

Moi en photo avec le grand magicien Gérard Majax.

I will give you extracts from my book Initiation au mentalisme, à l'hypnose et à la mnémotechnie but you can also go to my very comprehensive blog on mentalism where everything is automatically translated into English.

Preface (to be read absolutely!)
Why a new book on mentalism? It seems a lot in France currently and the amateur or the professional no longer need to go to the sources of English.

It seems a lot and, paradoxically, maybe too! I revisit my journey from the moment I discovered for the first time a great book of mentalism: it was Mind, Myth and Magic by T.A. Waters. What mistakes are made in my quest for effective works that would enable me to truly execute mental tricks! I would like to spare the reader of this study all this research, all these disappointments, all these expectations.

That is why my book is deliberately built to be a path whose ramifications I will give you. The ultimate goal is of course to make a show (see examples of shows by great French mentalists, No. 26 of the table of contents). In the first place, you will have to find good books that offer serious and well-explained tours (cf. the three bibliographies, n ° 5, 6, and 7, the article on Vincent Hedan n ° 16, on Max Maven n ° 21, on Douceurs mentales and S & D, simple and direct mentalism n ° 15). You will have to study the great principles of mentalism (like cold reading   11 and 12, double reality   14, folding Acidus Novus   2, etc.).

I advise you to start with the classics of mentalism, the chair tests n ° 10, the Bank Nights n ° 4, the game Al Koran n ° 3, the book tests n ° 8, the newspaper tests n ° 25. I give you all the bibliographic tracks to choose the version of the tour that will suit you best but I do not give you the explanation of the tours that you will be able to know by buying the books that you desire of the authors quoted. Afterwards, it will be up to you to create and innovate when you feel sure of you.
Perhaps some lists will surprise you like that of the French-speaking mentalists n ° 21 but it may be profitable to know the names of the actors when watching a movie! Moreover, for me, it is interesting to see statistically the richness of mentalism in France.

Note also that there are two extras in this book, two parallel domains described in detail, which are very important in mentalism: 3 chapters on hypnosis   17, 18 and 19, which is a formidable weapon and quite Simple to learn and a chapter on mnemonics n ° 24 which will allow you to perform surprising tricks but also to have a better memory on a daily basis.

Good courage, good work and welcome to the wonderful world of mentalism.

I continue my series on electronics in mentalism ! (part 3)

 There are many ways to achieve the tour "In Which H and" to  know how your hand witness hid a small object. Today, I propose that electronic versions, often more expensive but more reliable.

1) Sixth Sense v.2,5 (Hugo Shelley) (320 euros)

Sixth Sense helps you through an electronic sensor to locate a piece (magnetic) located in the closed hand of the viewer. You can even know whether the battery side or the part face side is facing up according to the pulsations of the detector.

2) UFO 4 (Labco Magic) (700 euros)

For me, a more efficient and more reliable electronic sensors objects. It benefits from RFID technology. It will detect many objects, a tea bag among others, an ESP symbol chosen by a spectator, a play, a ball, etc.

3) Probe Rhinesense mk 4 ,  ($ 500) (for the moment, the object is no longer in stock)

It gives a viewer an ESP deck of cards. The mentalist's back is turned while the viewer puts the cards in his pocket. The mentalist turns and  guesses right away  that he has chosen. A tour created by Dave Everett and Sean Taylor.

4) Finders Keypers (ProMystic) ($ 399)

The mentalist guess how closed hand is a key.

5) I-Know (Magic Wagon) (420 euros)  

A great tower that has many possibilities. The feature of this product is that you can now achieve this effect to the other end of the room and with borrowed objects.
I-Know is an electronic device that does all the work for you, in fair conditions:
 - You allows the use of ordinary objects that can be borrowed from the spectators (coins, rings, keys, etc.).
 - You're absolutely never next to the spectator during the performance.
 - the effect can be repeated immediately to other borrowed objects.
 - with the vibrating housing, you may actually turn with blindfolded.

It allows an incredible effect  of "In qui hand"  :  while the magician's back is turned, a spectator is invited to conceal a folded note in one hand and a ring in the other. Without looking back, the magician is able to reveal in whose hand is the ticket and where is the ring!