Paul Brook - The Alchemical Tools

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For anyone seriously interested in Mentalism, this brilliant tome makes essential reading and explains how you can make your magic transform into bright, shining, golden miracles!

Paul shares with you some of his best kept secrets from the world of psychology, so that you never have to have a lackluster response ever again. There are over 50 Psychological Methods that are discussed in full detail, as well as powerful, practical psychological advice garnered from his years as a psychologist included in the first 250 pages. He covers everything from how you should sit or stand to what you should say. Paul also focuses on how to move your magic from being seen as ‘tricks’ to being seen as powerful miracles by your spectators. There is a full chapter on just the power of certain words such as ‘now’ and ‘and’. Everything is focused on building rapport with your spectators, and if they like you, they’ll like your magic!!

You’ll also receive a number of strong mentalism effects. When Paul finally gets to the effects, they are worth waiting for. While the effects could never live up to the pure genius of the opening psychology sections, they make a darn good attempt at it. Paul concludes this book with a collection of interesting essays and thoughts on the subject of Mentalism and Psychology ranging from the ethics of talking to the dead to spotting left-handed spectators. They are all well worth reading!

Effects Include:

At The Doors of Perception: A deck of cards is never touched by the Mentalist. The volunteer secretly selects a card and shuffles it into the other cards. After the deck has been shuffled by the person, the Mentalist is then able to remove one card from the deck; it is the spectator’s selection!

• No Forces
• No Stacks
• Genuinely shuffled by the volunteer
• Cards can be borrowed

Deuterium: A thought of card effect, where you have a 1/6.5 chance of guessing the card that the volunteer is thinking of, becomes a super miracle. The other 5.5 times it’s merely a miracle.

• No Forces
• No Pre-Show
• No Writing Down

Insightful Sequence: The numbers 1-10 are written onto 10 business cards. The volunteer is asked a number of questions in order to psychologically profile her. After some mental calculations, the Mentalist writes a secret number onto a piece of paper, then folds it up and gives it to the volunteer. The cards are also re-ordered based on the information that the volunteer provides. The volunteer then chooses what order the cards are placed in to. When the volunteer opens up the piece of paper, the number sequence of the cards matches the sequence predicted on the paper.

• No Forces
• No Switches
• The volunteer makes free choices
• Once the prediction is made, it is never touched by the Mentalist

Killer-Hertz (kHz): Five ESP cards are given to a group of four people. The Mentalist turns around and faces away from the group. Each person selects a card leaving the Mentalist with the not chosen card left upon a table. Before the Mentalist turns around he/she removes a sealed envelope from his/her pocket, and throws it onto the table. While the cards are all hidden, the Mentalist turns around and correctly guesses what every person has selected. The envelope on the table is opened by a volunteer and an ESP card, matching the ESP card left for the Mentalist, is found within. On the ESP card a note states, "I am always left with the circle!"

• No Forces
• No Pre-Show
• No Writing Down
• No Glimpses
• No Marked Cards

Thus Spake Zarathustra: Paul shares six of his most guarded and favorite cold reading secrets. If you do not include any cold reading at all, these little gems will inspire you to start doing so.