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Bananafish Elite user Simon Shaw, Suffolk, England 415 Posts |
Easy Reading by Craig Browning
Mnemonic Methods and Techniques for the Frustrated Psychic Available from Loren Tindall's MVPro shop, $65 Who am I to write a review of this? With quotes from the likes of Larry Becker, Richard Webster and John Riggs, my first thought was to not bother reviewing this item on the grounds that I didn’t feel worthy to add to what these guys had already said. However, the more I read and re-read it, the more I feel that what I have to say is actually quite relevant for the precise reason that I AM coming at it from a different standpoint. Perhaps it would help if I begin by telling you where I am at the moment with my own mentalism. I am at the stage where I am starting to get more and more paid work, both close up and stage/parlour gigs and as such I am always on the lookout to make what I do more credible, more interesting and of course more entertaining. My personal style is to start off claiming to use lesser known psychological techniques to give the impression of mind reading, but as the show goes on to do more and more effects that can’t be explained by Body Language, Muscle Reading, Suggestion or in fact any of these so called LKT’s. I appreciate that this is itself quite a controversial subject at the moment and a lot of purists out there suggest that the only way to go is to claim psychic/paranormal ability from the outset, but what I do works for me, and at present I am happy with it. So what was I looking for when I downloaded “Easy Reading”, and did it deliver? Well for starters, I wasn’t looking to become a fulltime professional Cold Reader. Let’s get that out in the open right now. In fact because of this I did have my doubts as to whether or not this manuscript was going to be for me. What I was looking for however was information that could easily be learnt and would give what I do an extra layer of credibility. One of my favourite manuscripts at the moment is a wonderful little volume by Peter Arcane called “The Elucidator”. In its simplest terms this booklet is a guide to Drawing Divinations. One of my favourite effects, for both Stage and Tables, is Andy Nyman’s “Magicians Graphology” and with the help of the Arcane book, I can carry off the first phase and give mini readings regarding the first two drawings that help me identify who drew which image. I can also apply the text of the Arcane book to the last phase where I miraculously duplicate the last drawing. So in short, with “Easy Reading” I was looking for something similar, something that would help in areas other than Drawing Duplication/Divinations, and it has to be said that I truly believe that I have hit the Jackpot with this one. Craig Browning has done an amazing job. The “ER” booklet covers techniques such as Numerology, Astrology, Tarot, Aura Reading, Colours, Gemstones, Runes and playing Cards, all of which I know will be extremely useful to me. There is still a certain amount of memory work required. I say memory work, but really I just mean there is simply such a lot of data to be absorbed. However, one of the real beauty’s of Craig’s system is the mnemonic aspect to it. This makes it that much easier to recall the information when it is needed and by just having the information there at my fingertip means that I can be that much more confident and that much more credible with the things I perform. Bottom Line Perhaps this manuscript is not for the casual hobbyist. It’s not particularly cheap and it isn’t brimming over with effects (although it has to be said that the ones included are pretty nice). However if you want to start taking your mentalism more seriously and make what you do that much more believable then “Easy Reading” is a great resource and undoubtedly money well spent. Of course it also goes without saying that if what you are actually looking for is a good sound (and easy to learn) introduction into the realms of Reading Tarot, Astrology or Numerology readings then I doubt there is any better place to look than Craig’s work. All in all, highly recommended. |
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