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hjelm Regular user Sweden, Borlänge 112 Posts |
"Most underrated books" are discussed somewhere else in The Magic Café but I'm not interested in that. I want to know the "Most underrated mentalist books".
hjelm |
Mystery Loyal user 248 Posts |
Er, difficult one...The mistake I made when I was starting in mentalism was to underrate books on MAGIC and this was a big mistake, even though I only perform as a mentalist.
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hjelm Regular user Sweden, Borlänge 112 Posts |
Maybe Osterlind's Making Magic Real is one of the most underrated books. It's so short, only 20 pages. But it is really good!
hjelm |
Bambaladam Special user 636 Posts |
Real Mental Magic by McGill, especially if you aren't a card magician.
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Looch Inner circle Off by 3362 Posts |
I enjoyed Marc Paul's lecture notes, don't really hear many comments about this?!
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BonzoTheClown Regular user 176 Posts |
The Tarbell series, although it focuses primarily on magic I see people in this forum daily who want to be the best, jump in at the deep end, but don't even know the basics.
Absolute Magic, everyone focuses on Pure Effect, probably because it's the one with the tricks in. Hardly ever see Cassidy's Art of Mentalism mentioned, nor his e-book Fundamentals. Both good reading for those wading into the icy cold waters of mentalism. Marc Climens |
Karswell Regular user 156 Posts |
Syzygy,
It only seems to get a very occasional mention in passing, so much so I thought there was a conspiracy to keep it quiet! Nick |
dpe666 Inner circle 2895 Posts |
There is! Shhhhhhhhhhh!
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Karswell Regular user 156 Posts |
Ack... me and my big mouth.
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david_a_whitehead Inner circle USA 2122 Posts |
Book of Haunted Magick, it is well received but not many people talk about it at all.
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DaveS Veteran user New York 329 Posts |
I agree with David about Rick Maue's work. I'd also add The Mental Magic of William Larson Sr contains some wonderful material but is rarely mentioned on this forum. And, although not a mentalism book per se, Harry Lorayne's How to Develop a Super Power Memory is a bible of mnemonic techniques that can be used to enhance the performance of virtually every aspect of the mentalist's craft.
DaveS
We shall not cease from exploration/And the end of all our exploring/Will be to arrive where we started/And know the place for the first time. (TS Elliot)
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landmark Inner circle within a triangle 5194 Posts |
Al Koran's Legacy. Pretty inexpensive and some great commercial stuff. (BTW my copy is inexplicably missing page 100. I'm wondering if anyone else has that problem.)
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Darko Dojin Regular user DGAF 163 Posts |
Leading with your head by Gary Kurtz is perhaps the single finest book on the actual mechanics of performance.
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Sir T Special user 535 Posts |
It is my personal belief, that John Riggs has the most underrated material on the market. Well worth your time and investment, However be warned some of the materaial is repeated in different books.
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Necromancer Inner circle Chicago 3076 Posts |
I shouldn't tell you this, but...
Thompson and Rutledge, Between Two Minds
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procyonrising Special user New York 698 Posts |
I made a lot of money with nothing more than Lee Earle's Classic Reading (literally, thousands of $$$).
The Shiels Effect is also something I think more mentalists should read. Lastly, everyone loves Corinda, but I think the best part of the book (and the most underrated) is the interview with Fogel. |
DangerMouse Special user LONDON CITY 509 Posts |
I hated Between two minds I got it second hand at a magic convention. Really didn't like it.
My most underated book is probably full facts by Ian Rowland.
Cheese is nothing but thick milk.
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