The 1st edition of the German-version of this book was sold out in six-weeks. The book is currently on its second printing and the English-version is finally available. It is published by Manipulix Publishers of Lalling, Germany and has an excellent foreword by Germany's foremost mentalist, Ted Lesley.
"Something from Nothing" explores the topic of cold reading on a very practical level. The title was chosen to express the idea that the mentalist should be able to come on stage unaided and, with nothing in hand, simply read a spectator's mind.
Many topics are explored including: performance philosophy, precognition, telepathy, body language, voice inflection, developing one’s intuitive sense, deductive reasoning, cultural anthropology, muscle reading, equivoque, casual observations, contact mind reading, medical observations, the skillful use of personal charm and psychology forces. The book also contains horoscopy and tarot cards notes.
"Something from Nothing" comes with a large glossary of mentalist terms, an extensive mentalism bibliography and a collection of cold reading one-liners.
This 148-page, hard covered text has already been praised by Europe’s top mentalists. The book’s dustcover was designed by Joseph Mein, one of New York’s up incoming graphic artists.
While a sizable body of literature devoted to mentalism was produced in the past hundred years, little has stood the test of time. Among the scant amount that stood the test was written by Max Maven.
Writing under the name of Phil Goldstein, Maven created one of the largest, cleverest and most influential bodies of work in the field, stretching from the latter part of the twentieth century into the twenty-first.
His star rose early, with the publication of five slim collections, each packed with innovative and performance-caliber mentalism. These booklets, which have become widely known as "The Color Series," contained items such as "Desire", "The Spirit is Willing (to Write)" and "Four-sided Triangle"- items that have become modern classics in the field. Maven produced the Color booklets in small quantities and, despite ongoing popular request, refused to reprint them. They have become highly sought after, fetching prices in the hundreds of dollars.
At last, after a quarter of a century, the entire Color Series is again available; all 53 effects, newly illustrated by Ton Onosaka, 240 pages in hardcover. Welcome to a classic reborn.
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Finally after sleepless nights, award winning Psychic Entertainer Peter Arcane offers you The Elucidator - 'the perfect companion for design divination'.
The Elucidator follows in the footsteps of The Arcane Approach, Zodiac KeyWords and Knucklebones (written with David Lesault). It offers practical usable information in a format that is easily understood.
Be warned this is not a book full of tricks for the hobbyist.
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Back in Print!
This third volume of Invocation and The New Invocation marks the end of an era of sorts in the short history of bizarre magick. One way of defining an era is through the actions of one or more persons who played a significant role in shaping it. The one figure that stands plainly at the head of the bizarre magick movement of the 1980's is the editor of these pages, Masklyn ye Mage. For fifty-five bimonthly issues, in something more than nine years, ye Mage energized and influenced the field; and considering the handful of readers and contributors who make up the microcosm of bizarre magick, one can only wonder at the devotion that was shown by this man. This book contains the final 25 illustrated issues that were archived.
