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kenllh New user 96 Posts |
Anyone can recommend?
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kamiruaga New user The Basque Country (N. Spain) 69 Posts |
Hi!
In this thread you'll find quite a few. http://www.themagiccafe.com/forums/viewt......5&29 Best,
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Peo Olsson Inner circle Stockholm, Sweden 3260 Posts |
I would recomend to start with the two basics: Annemann's Practical Mental Effects, and Corinda's 13 Steps To Mentalism.
Peo
Pictured to the left my hero and me during FISM 2006 in Stockholm.
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joeyjojo Regular user uruguay 126 Posts |
Ther is also a good karl Fulves book about mentalims that can be done inpromtu. it is old looking but good and cheap.
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MarkusT New user Germany 54 Posts |
Look at Bob Cassidy's website.
'The Library' is very helpful. |
kenllh New user 96 Posts |
Is syzygy good?
what about mentalism inc? |
sludge Special user milton keynes, england 530 Posts |
Kenllh,
It depends upon what you have read before. If you are new to mentalism then start with Annemann's Practical Mental Effects, and Corinda's 13 Steps To Mentalism. If you are not new to mentalism then syzygy would be a good buy and mentalism inc would be a good buy for an experienced performer,. However, if you were not new to mentalism you would know that already... |
Peo Olsson Inner circle Stockholm, Sweden 3260 Posts |
SYZYGY - The First Five Years (CD-ROM is also included), is exellent.
But not for a beginner. Plus it is a very expensive book, but worth its price. Peo
Pictured to the left my hero and me during FISM 2006 in Stockholm.
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rowdymagi5 Inner circle Virginia 3624 Posts |
Good Books?
Stunners Plus 7 Deceptions Paramiracles All of these are not only great for info, but fun to read too. |
Erik Anderson Regular user Des Moines, Iowa 171 Posts |
Annemann's Practical Mental Effects and Corinda's 13 Steps To Mentalism are certainly foundation works. I would also recommend T.A. Water's Mind, Myth, and Magick. His digressions in many ways are more valuable than the effects.
Bob Cassidy has an approach to mentalism that is certainly worthy of study. The Art of Mentalism is a gold mine of information and approaches. I would recommend picking up a copy of the Digital Pantagram and the Jinx (which material for Annemann's Practical Mental Effects came from) both on CD Rom. The price for either of these can't be beat. (However, I still prefer cracking open the books themselves.) For cold reading, anything by Herb Dewey. His stuff comes up on eBay and is woth watching for. While it may have more value as a primary source to backtrack center tear related methodology, Al Mann's Purloined Thought is worth it's weight in gold, but it is not the easiest to find. And then I would consider Larry Becker's Stunners Plus and the compiled SYZYGY newsletters. Both are wonderful resources for both methodology and original approach. Certainly it is not an exhaustive list, but these seem to be the works I am picking up time and time again while others sit on my bookshelf far less perused.
Erik "Aces" Anderson
"I never let my schooling get in the way of my education." ~ Mark Twain http://www.acesanderson.com |
Harris0n Loyal user leeds uk 290 Posts |
I recommend having a good look through the archives of the Magic Café.
Also, click on the First Year Archive at the top right of this page. There's a wealth of information there and you'll find your question has been answered many times before, often by some of the greatest minds in mentalism...
"There are times when the truth is necessary and times when myth-making is necessary." Nick Cave
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kenllh New user 96 Posts |
I have seen practical mental effects before.
I was hoping for something heavier than that, but since you guys said that mentalism inc is for the experienced, and syzygy seems too expensive, do you have anything in the middle? somwehere between beginner and amateur. tnks. |
Erik Anderson Regular user Des Moines, Iowa 171 Posts |
Kenllh,
Don't discount Practical Mental Effects. Magicians are often less than satisfied with it because the methods seem "old" while, in my experience, those truly doing mentalism appreciate it because method is less important to the success of mentalism than presentation. Your method of couse must be solid but you presentation is absolutely what sells it. You have to ask yourself, if those who are successfully doing mentalism (not mental magic) swear by it, do I need to look at it differently? I say this with all due respect to you because that is exactly what happened to me. I was a magician doing mental magic and had little use for the book, but at some point I had a shift in my perspective. It made sense and I started doing "mentalism." Then I had a whole different view of the book (and others). I wish I could describe it better.
Erik "Aces" Anderson
"I never let my schooling get in the way of my education." ~ Mark Twain http://www.acesanderson.com |
Cornelius Loyal user Canada 213 Posts |
Practical Mental Magic and Corinda are really all you need to start a career in mentalism.
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magiker Loyal user Sweden 283 Posts |
Theater of the mind is also good.
Magiker
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Scott Xavier Inner circle 3672 Posts |
We need a button here at the Café that just lists every book that we think is good, because this is like beating the perverbial dead horse.
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altoni New user 74 Posts |
Theater of the Mind by Barrie Richardson is a wonderful book.
Al |
Christian New user Continental Europe 55 Posts |
My recent favourites are Theatre of the mind and Mentalism, Inc.
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