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These are mine, what about you? 1. Practical Mental Magic 2. Ted Annemann: Life and Times of a Legand 3. Mind, Myth, and Magic 4. Cold Reading by Ian Roland 5. Psychological Subtleties by Banachek *Building blocks by Luke Jermay his strong for me as well. |
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Finnegans Wake White Goddess Dictionary Thesaurus Bible |
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Psychological Subtleties by Banachek Absolute Magick by Derren Brown Mentalism Inc. by Chuck Hickok Mind, Myth and Magic by T.A. Waters Strong Magic by Darwin Ortiz |
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Mindfreak: Secret Revelations by Criss Angel (and Laura Morton) [url=http://www.amazon.com/Mindfreak-Secret-Revelations-Criss-Angel/dp/0061137618]amazon.com[/url] |
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Absolute Magic by Derren Brown The Mind and Magic of David Berglas By Berglas and Britland The Mental Mysteries of Hector Chadwick Conjurers' Psychological Secrets by Sharpe The Jinx Magazine by Annemann - entity |
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The Four Quartets-T.S. Eliot Meditations-Marcus Aurelius Organon-Aristotle Summa Theologica-St. Thomas Aquinas Meditations on the Tarot-Anonymous |
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Corinda's 13 Steps to Mentalism Annemann: Life & Times of a Legend Artful Mentalism of Bob Cassidy Maurice Fogel: In Search of the Sensational Barrie Richardson: Theatre of the Mind (I and II) |
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Mainly Mental Act Two The Life & Times of a Legend The Secret Ways of Al Baker Artful Mentalism |
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1 Corindas 13 steps 2 Jinx(Annemann) 3)Barrie Richardsons Theatre of the mind 4)Encyclopedia of magic-Henry Hay |
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[quote] On 2007-10-27 17:38, Tony Iacoviello wrote: Mindfreak: Secret Revelations by Criss Angel (and Laura Morton) [url=http://www.amazon.com/Mindfreak-Secret-Revelations-Criss-Angel/dp/0061137618]amazon.com[/url] [/quote] I cant tell you how much that book has helped me. But for me this is number 6. doesn't make the top 5 cut...just yet. ;) |
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1. Slight of mind 2. Ted Lesley Paramiracles 3. Peek Performances 4. Derran Brown - Tricks of the Mind (don't laugh, there are some interesting ideas here) 5. Knepper Wonder Words |
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| Paramiracles, Artful Mentalism, and Theatre of the Mind (1 & 2) didn't make my top five (and probably should have), but they've been mentioned by others here, and I must admit, they're as important "must-reads" as anything out there. |
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Al Koran's Professional Presentations Mind & Magic of David Berglas Artful Mentalism of Bob Cassidy Theatre of the Mind by Barrie Richardson (both) Mentalism Incorporated by Chuck Hickok (both) |
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| A good book on reading Body Language (found in the Self-Help/Psychology section at a regular book store) would be good to add into the mix as well! :) |
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Psychological Subtleties 2 Mitox Stunners Plus Peek Performances Cold Reading (Ian Rowland) |
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Psychological Subtleties 1 & 2 13 Steps Artful Mentalism Mentalism Incoporated Maximum Entertainment |
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Paramiracles Theatre of the Mind Peek Performances Capricornian Tales Prism |
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13 Steps Psychological Subtleties Any three books by Bob Cassidy! |
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Mindreading..Knepper Real work on coldreading..Cassidy Building blocks...Jermay Psychic skills workshop..Longman Elucidator..Arcane |
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Amateur Magician's Handbook- H. Hay -It's all in here Mind, Myth, & Magick- Waters -Basically a how-to of moving from moves and techniques to actual routines Strong Magic- Ortiz -How to evaluate yourself and your magic/mentalism, and improve them both. Art of Astonishment series- Harris -The written pieces on Astonishment should be required reading. The effects themselves are varied and anybody should be able to find several somethings for them out of this. This last slot is pretty tough to fill, I haven't even got to 13 Steps, PME, anything from Banachek or Becker, etc... Hmmmm... HMMMMM... Well, in terms of impact, I am going cheat and go with a three-way tie: PS 1 and 2 (Banachek) and Rick Maue's Lecture notes from 2006 Mindvention. |
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| Wish I could get my hands on Pychological Sublties. Want to read it. |
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Bobs modern coin magic --uhh uhh no? ***! |
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Pure effect Practical Mental Magic 13 Steps Adams 101 Easy Magic tricks Jinx |
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[quote] On 2007-11-01 14:32, mindsynced wrote: Wish I could get my hands on Pychological Sublties. Want to read it. [/quote] It'll be out again this year (or next). I'd relax for now. Meanwhile, time for all of us 5000 or so with it to make the most of it... http://www.magicinspirations.net/pssubtleties.htm |
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Absolute Magic - Derren Brown Psychological Subtities - banachek The gift - the 14th step to mentalism - Paul brook (i really liked it) Corinda's 13 steps to mentalism Ormond McGill's Encylopedia of stage hypnosis (every mentalist should be a hypnotist.. it makes logical sense.. your rationale is that you can control the mind.. well do it!!, doesn't matter what you believe science proved hypnosis decades ago, and modern research identifies core areas of the brain using advanced MRI technology). :) |
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[quote] On 2007-11-01 16:34, linceed87 wrote: Bobs modern coin magic --uhh uhh no? ***! [/quote] Uh, that's "Bobo's Modern Coin Magic" ( good stuff) ;) |
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Someone wrote to me a while back asking about the availability of the Hector Chadwick book. I don't remember who it was. If you're reading this, contact me... - entity |
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13 steps Mind Warp (Richard Mark) Psychological subtleties Pure Effect Absolute magic |
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Tough question! Spontaneously, I would say: Bascom Jones: The compleat Magic, Vol.1-4 (does this count as one or 4?) Bernstein: Psi Kicks and or: Perception is everything Richardson: Theatre of the mind 1 Berglas: Mind & Magic of David Berglas Cassidy: Principia Mentalia |
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For Mizarrism: 13 Steps / PME / MMM (I consider that one large set of books sorta like the Bible) The Mind and Magic of David Berglas (demonstrating the power of knowing two techniques well can make you an International Man of Mystery - its all in the presentation afterwards) Maximum Entertainment (I am surprised only one person mentioned this yet - very important) 5 Points in Magic (Juan T) and Ascanio Volume 1 (I put these together as they are buddies and they sort of go together - theory and practical nuances Finally, the complete set of MAGICK (for a plethora of ideas and inspirations) ------------------- OK, I sorta cheated since the above is more than 5.... I am happy to say I own most of the sources listed by others - it really is hard to nail down the most important but really, I'd say thematically: 1 book on the Basic concepts and techiques 1 book on presentation 1 book on applications 1 book of fine tuning methods and subtleties of theatrical angles 1 book of a plethora of effects for trying out Fill the above, you are doing well. |
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Mind Myth and Magick [b]T.A. Waters[/b] -- Always discover something new or now applicable where it wasn't before... Absolute Magic [b]Derren Brown[/b] -- this blew my mind and my thinking [b]wide[/b] open... [b]Syzygy[/b] -- Some of the most innovative pieces on the planet -- amazed no one has mentioned this one... Mind and Magic of David Berglas -- incredible read, again -- forever discovering something "new"... Cloud Busting Secrets -- Jerome Finely... This book taught me what I think is the single biggest secret of the art. Applicable to all areas of performance -- not limited to cloud busting... |
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13 Steps, Corrinda 13 Steps, Corrinda 13 Steps, Corrinda 13 Steps, Corrinda 13 Steps, Corrinda |
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NLP for dummies... Annemann Berglas Mind reading by Kenton Invisible e-books by Enrique Enriquez... off the top of my head mind you.. |
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The Artful Mentalism of Bob Cassidy Paramiracles by Ted Lesley MMM by T.A. Waters Pure Effect by Darren Brown 13 Steps by Corinda |
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Pure effect - Derren Brown Chan Canasta book by David Britland Psychological Subtleties - Banachek Prism - Max maven Building Blocks - Luke Jermay Peek Encores - Richard Busch I know that's 6, but I could not narrow it down any more. |
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Siddartha by Herman Hess The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho Illusions by Richard Bach The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle The Animated Man: A Life of Walt Disney by Neil Gabler |
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| Don Theo III - great taste in books mate. |
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| Thanks Mescalito. I forgot to include The Inner Game of Tennis by Gallwey. It's a [b]great[/b] book for mentalists. |
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No mention of The Black School ... I'm deeply hurt. Here's my list: The Black School - ALEXANDRE Leap of Faith - J ack Galloway Erotic Seance - Anabelle The Mental Mysteries of Hector Chadwick - Hector Chadwick The Act of Imagination - Enrique Enriquez |
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I find it interesting that, 3 or 4 years ago, most every such list contained "The Color Series." They were legend when they were difficult or expensive to get, and rarely seen on these lists now that Prism is widely available. Likewise, a lot of books on these lists are expensive or difficult to get. My own Favorites are Artful Mentalism Perception Is Everything Psychological Subtleties Mindsights And finally, in the "I know something you don't know" spirit that drives our art and which I alluded to in my opening comments: Anything that I have that you might not be able to get your hands on. Ryan, The Abnormalist |
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On 2007-10-27 17:38, Tony Iacoviello wrote: Mindfreak: Secret Revelations by Criss Angel (and Laura Morton) http://www.amazon.com/Mindfreak-Secret-Revelations-Criss-Angel/dp/0061137618 [/quote] I cant tell you how much that book has helped me. But for me this is number 6. doesn't make the top 5 cut...........just yet. ;) [/quote] This SEEMS like an unusual choice? Books for laypeople aren't usually useful to Mentalists i.e shuteye material. Is this one different? :) |
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[quote] On 2007-12-19 13:11, ALEXANDRE wrote: No mention of The Black School ... I'm deeply hurt. Here's my list: The Black School - ALEXANDRE Leap of Faith - J ack Galloway Erotic Seance - Anabelle The Mental Mysteries of Hector Chadwick - Hector Chadwick The Act of Imagination - Enrique Enriquez [/quote] Why name your own book?? |
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[quote] On 2007-12-20 13:39, MichielTummers wrote: Why name your own book?? [/quote] Why question Alexandre? |
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| What do you mean? |
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[quote] On 2007-12-20 13:57, MichielTummers wrote: What do you mean? [/quote] What do you mean by 'what'? Surely you mean 'how'? And what about my question: [quote] [quote] On 2007-10-27 17:38, Tony Iacoviello wrote: Mindfreak: Secret Revelations by Criss Angel (and Laura Morton) [url=http://www.amazon.com/Mindfreak-Secret-Revelations-Criss-Angel/dp/0061137618]amazon.com[/url] [/quote] I can't tell you how much that book has helped me. But for me this is number 6. doesn't make the top 5 cut...just yet. [/quote] This [b]seems[/b] like an unusual choice? Books for laypeople aren't usually useful to Mentalists i.e shuteye material. Is this one different? |
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[quote] On 2007-12-20 13:39, MichielTummers wrote: [quote] On 2007-12-19 13:11, ALEXANDRE wrote: No mention of The Black School ... I'm deeply hurt. Here's my list: The Black School - ALEXANDRE Leap of Faith - J ack Galloway Erotic Seance - Anabelle The Mental Mysteries of Hector Chadwick - Hector Chadwick The Act of Imagination - Enrique Enriquez [/quote] Why name your own book?? [/quote] Because it's one of my top five favorite books for mindreading this being Christmas and all ... and also because it is a book born to belong in such a list. Had you read it you would have listed it. Consider it for 2008! |
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OMG, I cannot believe more people [b]did not[/b] mention... .Mind, Myth, and Magick By : T.A. Waters. To me it's the New Testament of the Anneman and Corinda Book. I don't have much books, as I learn more by Video / DVD. My Top 3 Mentalist are Osterlind, Banachek, and Brown, and [b]in that order[/b]. Okay with the few books (like 12 on Mentalism I do have), my top five in no order are.... 1. Mind, Myth, & Magick - T.A. Waters. 2. 13 Steps - Corinda 3. Practical Mental Effects - Anneman 4. Paramiracles - Ted Lesley 5. Mentalism With You In Mind - Craig Karges (This is a gem even if the manuscrpt is 52 pages. Like the Hector Book, this or him, I [b]rarely[/b] ever seen mentioned. Other books I have, I might as well name them as I only got a few, are: 1. Theater Of The Mind 2. Prism 3. Peek Performances 4. Larry Becker's World Of Super Mentalism 5. Tarbel only 4 & 6. As far as DVD'S I tell you Osterlind's and Banachek's are [b]tough to beat!!![/b] |
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I am going to assume that you intend this listing to be magic/mentalism books and not books released to the general public. Here goes in no particular order: 1) Psychological Subtleties 2) Maximum Entertainment 3) Mind and Magic of David Berglas (I sold mine but cried every minute packing it) 4) Wise Guy 5) Expert Coin Magic (It don't make sense to some, but to others it does.) That's my list of favorite books for mindreading available to the magic community. Items such as short run editions and material available to the general public at stores like B&N, Borders, and the like are not included here. |
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Maximum Entertainment Magick Absolute Magic The Jinx Final Curtain |
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13 Steps Maximum Entertainment Peek Encores Magic and Showmanship Pure Effect 1st Printing Only |
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In the spirit of non-conjuring books, everything by Carlos Castaneda. Jack Shalom |
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I enjoyed the Don Juan books, but had personal issues with the drug references. Not a Peyote person. :cucumber: |
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Psychological subtities corinda's 13 steps building blocks mind reading by Kenton Knepper prism psychological subtities 2 7 deceptions coral fang wonder words |
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My favorites are: Paramiracles by Ted Lesley. Annemann - The Life And Times Of A Legend by Max Abrams. Mind, Myth & Magick by T.A. Waters. 13 Steps To Mentalism by Corinda. World of Super Mentalism Book Two by Larry Becker. There are so many fantastic books out on the subject of mentalism but these are the ones that I frequent in my magic book library most often. |
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[quote] On 2007-12-21 06:49, ALEXANDRE wrote: [quote] On 2007-12-20 13:39, MichielTummers wrote: [quote] On 2007-12-19 13:11, ALEXANDRE wrote: No mention of The Black School ... I'm deeply hurt. Here's my list: The Black School - ALEXANDRE Leap of Faith - J ack Galloway Erotic Seance - Anabelle The Mental Mysteries of Hector Chadwick - Hector Chadwick The Act of Imagination - Enrique Enriquez [/quote] why name your own book?? [/quote] Because it's one of my top five favorite books for mindreading this being christmas and all ... and also because it is a book born to belong in such a list. Had you read it you would have listed it. Consider it for 2008! [/quote] I will do Alexandre. didn't mean to teaseyou or something(my english isn't that good. I just was really interested in why naming your own book) can I be bought on your website? anywayz my list(hopefully you like it aswell: -Pschology for Dummys - NLP for dummys - 13 stps to mentalism - the dance - practical mental magic |
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13 Step to Mentalism-Corinda Paramiracles-Lesley Mind, Myth and Magick-Waters Prism-Maven Practical Mental Magic-Annemann AJ |
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| I always find it interesting when this question is asked that rarely do I see a book mentioned that I have always considered second only to Corinda,and that is The Handbook of Mental Magic by Kaye. Don't be misled by the title. It is a very comprehensive book for mentalists not magicians. |
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13 Steps To Mentalism by Corinda Annemann - The Life And Times Of A Legend by Max Abrams (my good friend and legal colleague who is no longer with us in body) Mind, Myth & Magick by T.A. Waters Prism by Max Maven Stunners Plus by Larry Becker |
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Does Annemann - The Life And Times Of A Legend by Max Abrams, contain everything within the book Practical Mental Magic, or would you advice to get them both? Tjernobyl |
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13 Steps Psychological Subtleties Maximum Entertainment Prism Mentalism Incorporated |
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Am I the only one here who's read "Maurice Fogel - In Search of the Sensational"? I agree that Marvin Kaye's book is underrated and in my opinion Prism is overrated - but then I don't do "mental magic". My top four would be: 13 steps Practical Mental Effects Mind, Myth and Magick Mind Reading (Knepper) I'm struggling with the fifth. It could be Kaye, the Fogel book, Act Two, Tarbell... If you count E-books it would be Switchcraft. I'll say all of Karl Fulves's Dover books. Barry |
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Barry, Thank you so much for recommending Switchcraft. I appreciate it very much. Elliott [quote] On 2008-09-30 04:38, mindmagic wrote: Am I the only one here who's read "Maurice Fogel - In Search of the Sensational"? I agree that Marvin Kaye's book is underrated and in my opinion Prism is overrated - but then I don't do "mental magic". My top four would be: 13 steps Practical Mental Effects Mind, Myth and Magick Mind Reading (Knepper) I'm struggling with the fifth. It could be Kaye, the Fogel book, Act Two, Tarbell... If you count E-books it would be Switchcraft. I'll say all of Karl Fulves's Dover books. Barry [/quote] |
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Yeah, but Switchcraft isn't a book, any more than the Tarbell Course is "a" book. Switchcraft is in competition for Best Mentalism Encyclopedia Set. *jeep! --Grandpa Chet |
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Sigma - Paolo Cavalli The Safwan Papers - Bryn Reynolds Switchcraft - Elliott Bresler Paramiracles - Ted Lesley 13 Steps - Corinda |
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[quote] On 2008-11-06 20:01, Dynamike wrote: The Safwan Papers - Bryn Reynolds [/quote] An HONOR, but nahhh... (perhaps if the list was of the YEAR,,,perhaps....) Thanks, Mike, but I will respectfully disagree. SOme of your other choices are great reads, though!) Top 5 of ALL TIME? I'll have to give this some thought and chime back in soon. Like most, I doubt if I can narrow it down that much. Bryn |
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Here is mine for your consideration: Sensational Mentalism Books - Robert Nelson/ This was my first taste of mentalism when I was a kid ordering tricks from the Tannen's mail order dept. Those books had an impact on me. Mind, Myth and Magick -Waters/ Can I say anymore? Mind Reading- KK/ There is a lot of material in here that many of the " shut eyes " use in there work. Kenton has done his homework. Also, EE's reading presentation is excellent, a new approach IMHO and I use a modified version of this in my work. Divine Intuition - Lynn A. Robinson / No, this isn't a book on mentalism but in my work doing readings..the book is a Godsend of information and quotes and soundbytes and just common sense info. Lynn is a reader from the Boston area ( maybe TonyEye knows her ), and she knows her subject inside and out. Invaluable!! Stunner's Plus - Larry Becker/ Lot's of ingenious methods and routines in this book. This book leans more on " Mental Magic " rather then old-school mentalism but when I doing performance mentalism, I used a lot of the material. I guess those are my top five but I have to say that I read a lot of spiritual type of books and these books bring some sense of contentment in my life. Some of these books are Ask and It Is Given, Conversations with God, Illusions, The Seth Material, The Secret, The Divine Matrix, The Artist's Way, Dr. Wayne Dyer's books, 100 Ways to Motivate Yourself and many others. Rick~ |
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13 Steps by Corrinda (How could anyone leave this out) The Alchemical Tools by Paul Brook Mind, Myth & Magick by T A Waters Stunners Plus by Larry Becker Psychological Subtleties 1-2 by Banachek (I can't believe I lost my PS Volume 1. NO!!!) That sums it up for me. |
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I've grouped a couple of books together in order to keep it a top [i]five[/i] list. As of right now (changes with the weather) Artful Mentalism of Bob Cassidy + Cassidy's Fundamentals Richard Osterlind's Trilogy + Mystique Theatre of the Mind I & II (Specifically II) Perception is Everything + Psi-Kicks Paramiracles Honorable Mention: Stunners, Plus!, Peek Encores |
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13 steps by Corinda The Jinx by Annemann Theater of the mind (both books) by Richardson Handbook of mental magic by Kaye Prism by Max Mavin |
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13 Steps Practical Mental Effets Mind, Myth, and Magick Theater of the Mind I Theater of the Mind II |