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teejay Inner circle Liverpool, UK 1831 Posts |
Has anybody got this?
Any views? Cheers TJ |
Sir T Special user 535 Posts |
Seems as if no one wants to write a review of this little booklet. Ok, I will step up to the plate and write it. Everything in docc's book is designed for a one-person operation. You don't need an assistant and you don't need aboulute darkness (this is a selling point for him, but I have never needed this to perform mine,so it was not an issue for me).
Docc starts off by given you a little background, in the making of a medium. His Questions and Answers are worth a look and developing! Very useful, But if you are doing seances already, been there done that, so nothing new. The Persona and personality section is lacking, best to see Eugene's book/ Docc offer's you 26 lines or 2 paragraph's on this important issue, you will need to go to other sources, if you do seance work...been there done that. Your spirit guide and how to choose him, was interesting, but is not my thing and needs to be developed more by the performer for proper use. Morals, ethics and good judgment and dress for dress for success, is standard issue information. The pocket seance: Docc suggects, "The next time you're at an intimate cocktail party bring up the subject of ghosts. . . Propse that you conduct a small seance right there." This mini/pocket seance is done with business cards and in all honesty, reads like pure corn. How he does this with a straight face is beyond me. Raising sprits is serious stuff and yet he reduces it down to a cocktail party, business card effect. Power to him if he can pull if off, but for me pure corn. Having said that, the effect it self is good and has uses, but IMHO not in the manner he says. The Grand Seance: I found this to be more like a psi-party then a seance. If your going to do a seance DO ONE! This is more of a numerology, tarot cared, cold reading, then a seance. Doable--Yes, very much so! A seance--Not my ideas of one, maybe it is for you. The personal seance: Docc warns you that if you are not well versed in cold reading to pass on this one. I like this one, but one must have the skills to pull it off. selling the seances and bonus bucks has usefull information in it. The tape recording idea is worth the price of this booklet alone. This book is not for everyone! Docc very well may have made, 1,000 in a weekend, but for most this book will read like corn. One would be better served using this book as a Psi-party rather than a seance. If you want a pack-flate seance get Brother Shadow's book. There is some useful information in this booklet!! You will use it, I feel you will use if diferently then Docc suggects, but you will use it. T |
Gordon Special user Chicago 692 Posts |
T -- Which Brother Shadow book do you recommend?
Thanks, Gordon PS: Thanks too for your thoughts on Hilford's book. |
the levitator Special user Spellbound Productions 546 Posts |
I recently purchased it and I found it useful for helping me devise the kind of show I want to promote. It's a great brainstorming tool and really helped me get the creative juices flowing. I agree wth Sir T. on the Pocket Seance. A bit corny for my tastes but a great effect and a method that has many uses. If you are looking to any kind of Bizarre intimate performance, I think you will find this booklet helpful for focusing on what you want YOUR show to be like. I personally like the idea of combining a sort of Psi party and and acutal Seance.
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teejay Inner circle Liverpool, UK 1831 Posts |
Thanks for the reviews James and Sir T
You both seem to suggest that this is a 'party' item Can it be done one to one or for small groups Thanks again Tj |
ThoughtThief Regular user 183 Posts |
Just an opinion, teejay, but I think you might get more out of Docc's "H.P. Lovecraft's at the Mountain's Of Madness" sceance booklet. Whereas the "$1,000 Secret Sceance" is essentially a dressed up office reading, the MoM booklet teaches a sceance that is much more varied and theatrical and includes divination, spirit writing, several physical manifestations (the moving, breaking, appearance and disappearance of a variety of objects, as well as the appearance of an ectoplasm-like substance) and even a bit of pulse stopping. The presentation is woven around one of the dark tales of H.P. Lovecraft called "At The Mountains Of Madness."
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Sir T Special user 535 Posts |
Mountain's Of Madness has a problem with the fact one of the need items is no longer made! One can make them yourself, buy going to heating company and getting the needed item, it can be a pain to do, but worth the time and cost.
The 1,000 seance is more of a Psi-item for me, the booklet is useful, but as I said, "Many will use it, just not in the way, Docc does." it is a nice blue print to work from and if you have the invocations on hand easy to swap out a few effects. The brother shadow book you want is have seance will travel. Packs flat and plays big. Those looking to get into Psi-parties, save yourself a lot of money get Webster book on the subject as it is the same one Mark show you on his rather expansive videos ( as good as they are, I would perfer to spend 40.00 for a book then 250.00 for videos) <kitty> |
chmara Inner circle Tucson, AZ 1911 Posts |
Have Seance -- Will Travel is one of the best books ever written to reconcile Magic, Magick and human experience of Joy and Grief I have ever read. The magic is in the mind and memory -- not the hands or gimmicks or boxes.
I waited patiently for my $1000 Seance book. And I am sure those who use this will be able to do four $250 seances a weekend (including Fridays) but I in no way find it lives up to the Hype in its ads. It is worth the price to see what is going on -- and how you want top improve or change ujp stuff for your character, personality or show. Having said that -- just remember, a solid grounding in Corrinda, Anneman -- with a touch of Andruzzi will allow you to live without this. If you do not want that much work in creativity (and Docc has invested that work) -- this is a solid shortcut to cut and dry performance -- but maybe not to repeat bookings. Like Doccs book test, for instance - it uses OK magic principles that are pretty stock -- but ordered for the convenience of the "Fries with that sir" magician. (No insult to R McD meant.) GC
Gregg (C. H. Mara) Chmara
Commercial Operations, LLC Tucson, AZ C. H. Mara Illusion & Psychic Entertainments |
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