Top Secret Magic - Mentalism

One of the greatest hidden writing gimmicks ever made. Predict the total of change in a spectator's pocket. The outcome of a football game. Anything you can think of can be predicted at a moments notice with this hidden weapon.

Not a Nail, boon or thumb tip but a band writer this is a band (hence the name) that fits around the thumb and therefore sits very securely. Easy to put on and off and houses a grease pencil lead which is thicker and more visible than a normal pencil!

Imagine handing out a small, official-looking book from the British Institute of Parapsychology. You freely show each page to contain several different pieces of information: a word, a time, some different-coloured shapes and some random numbers between 10 and 999.

1. The book is handed to participant number one who opens it to any page and looks at a number. He uses that number to choose a country from a list printed at the front of the book. He is asked to think about that country, its capital and any famous landmarks.

2. Participant number two opens the book at any page and remembers the word printed there. He now turns to the back of the book and 'free associates' his word with any of the objects found there.

Now, without touching or taking the book back, you can read the participant's minds and name all five items! Or you could write or draw one, two or all five of them! Or predict the final choice! The options are limitless. This is absolutely incredible and can be performed on 1-5 participants yet is small enough to fit in your shirt pocket! This custom-manufactured book will instantly become part of your working repertoire, ideal for walk-around, table-hopping or parlour and will even play for stage!

Easy-to-learn, in fact you will be performing this almost as soon as you open the package.
No peeks, sleights, cribs or 'memory work' is required. You can even be standing across the room when the choices are made and at no time during performance do you ever need to touch the book!

"If it was any cleaner, the pages would be blank. Brilliant Idea, Perfect."- Wayne Dobson

Now is your chance to perform one of the most talked about routines from the critically acclaimed "Educating Archer" DVD. John Archer's "Chinese Choice" is not just a trick - it is a powerhouse of a routine that blends comedy and mentalism to perfection.

If the name John Archer is not enough to make you buy this effect immediately then read on to find out more about this eagerly anticipated release…

Three spectators are brought on stage and invited to take a traditional Chinese meal in a way they used to do thousands of years ago…

You explain that the ancient Chinese were great mathematicians and believers in numerology. Often numbers were used to help make even the most mundane of choices. Why else would all the items on a Chinese menu be numbered? Hence you explain that you are going to show them how the ancient Chinese would decide what to do when going out for a meal.

One of the spectators is given a small packet of plastic number cards to shuffle. They now choose one person who will be in charge of the menu, while the other two are in charge of setting the amount they will pay for the meal.

The menu is shown as representing the restaurant they will visit. The three spectators are given three cards each and two of them take turns to make up three two-digit numbers.

These two digit numbers are added together to arrive at a total and a decimal point is added to form a price to spend on the meal - but alas! It is incredibly low! £1.65! The prospect of a good meal does not look hopeful!

The third spectator now adds up his three cards to come up with a number, to represent a dish on the menu. When they check out the menu they see that all other menu items are normal, however item number 15 is an 'Eat as much as you like buffet for three people, cost - £1.65.'

INCLUDES TWO CUSTOM PRINTED MENUS - A LARGE ONE FOR STAGE & POCKET SIZED VERSION FOR CLOSE UP - PLASTIC NUMBER CARDS - FULL INSTRUCTIONS & ROUTINE

Imagine having in your pocket a powerful demonstration of thought reading. Perform one on one, or on the largest stage.

Diction is based on ideas from Ray Hyman, C.L. Boarde, and several others combined with practical additions I discovered through real world performances. More importantly…you will be provided with the perfect tools to carry a monster mental effect in your pocket. What could be more innocent than a pocket dictionary? Not to mention it has over 35,000 words and definitions! Impressive.

IF I pulled out a book you have never seen before you might be suspect, but this innocent and handy pocket dictionary is completely normal and examinable! Not to mentioned it is a Webster’s New World Dictionary, which is the most commonly recognized dictionary in the WORLD.

Diction can be performed for one person at the coffee shop or for 800 people in a theater. Several subtle techniques are combined to create an unexplainable feat of mentalism.

You introduce Webster’s pocket dictionary containing over 35,000 defined words. You have a page selected by people choosing random numbers. No cards, dice, or math of any kind are used to select a page in a contrived way. Lets say page 42 is selected. The person holding the dictionary is asked to turn to that page. The performer can now instantly reveal AT LEAST TWO WORD REVELATIONS FOR ANY PAGE SELECTED. Not only that but the performer can even give details about the word and even full definitions!

1. The most important prop is this Webster’s New World Pocket Dictionary. Note that this dictionary is ideal for carrying in your pocket and repeat use. It is NOT a paperback. Unlike most paperback dictionaries it won’t fall apart and become warn quickly due to its plastic cover. Feel free to toss it in the audience if you like. It will take a good lickin’. It can also be examined.

4. BONUS ROUTINE Emotional Reaction Book Test. Inspired by Larry Becker, Dany Tong, David Hoy, and Dai Vernon.

".....I couldn’t believe how devilishly simple and yet so powerful it was. The best part is that I was able to do it within minutes of opening the package. I couldn’t wait to do it for the guys last night because this is a must have. Very clever indeed Mr. Kranzo."- Aaron DeLong

”Simple, practical, strong, and fits in your back pocket. What more could you ask for?”- Lee Asher

Psign - A prediction, quick and to the point. A large board is displayed, back - out. A spectator selects one of eight different designs, which proves to be the very one printed on the front of the board. The participant can stay seated in the audience - leaving the performer alone on stage at the finish, to accept all of the applause!

E.S.Perfect has been a best selling packet ESP effect for well over 6 years! On this DVD Peter Nardi teaches his full routine including all the tips, ideas & subtleties that has help put this effect into the working repertoire of many professional performers! The DVD also covers some of Peter Nardis other presentations using the principle; including his pet routine Perfect Poker, an absolute killer of an effect that uses the popular poker theme.

Routines included on the DVD, E.S.Perfect, Win Lose Or Draw, Right Choice, Perfect Poker and the effect that started it all Peter Nardi and Mozique’s Beyond Belief. The DVD comes complete with all the cards to perform the fantastic E.S.Perfect effect and full instructions on how to construct the gimmicks for all the other effects performed.

Price: £18

Mental Yarn - Bill Goldman

Another box of things that I forgot I had... And this is a corker! This was the original release here in the UK.

Mental miracle suitable for stage, close-up, and even the phone or internet! (I was originally "sold" this over the phone!!!)

The magician asks a spectator to think of an object from a printed list. The selection process is extremely fair. Yet, even before the spectator makes her selection, the magician knows what object she is destined to pick! This is thought reading the way it was meant to be.

The above is the basic effect of Mental Yarn. Direct, stunning mind reading. However, there are many different ways to present the effect. For example, two spectators can assist the magician, each one selecting a different object. Of course, the magician reads both of their thoughts.

The trick is suitable for use on stage, close-up or even over the phone or the radio! In fact, Bill Goldman has closed many a contract by performing Mental Yarn on the phone with prospective clients. Mental Yarn has even been performed on the BBC and stunned Millions of viewers!

Fits in your pocket, yet large enough to play on stage. Extremely easy to do.

This is GOOD!

Price: £6

Reflecta-Thot 2 - Ken Driscoll / Larry Becker

Ken Driscoll has modernized and perfected this classic Larry Becker mentalism effect. Ken has made the effect a little more commercial for the walk-around, close up, and platform performer. He combines both classic patter from Becker, as well as his own suggestions, leaving the performer with several options for a great performance.

The Effect?
A booklet of "Parapsychology Testing Vocabulary Words" is handed to a participant. From among the words in the booklet, the participant thinks of one. The "man of mystery" then accurately reveals the definition of the word.

Price: £10

The O’Connell Mentalist Pad

The quality and the design of the Mentalist pad will allow it to be freely handled and written on by your helpers.

Have three or more people write a number on the pad, hand the pad to another person is asked to add up the numbers and call out the total. The total matches your prediction.

To purchase see our Jerry O'Connell wallet page here

PSIMBOL Deck - Vernet

You show forty white cards with different shapes printed on them, shuffle and place them face down on the table. You ask a spectator to cut off a small packet of the deck, look at the shape he cut and remember it. Next, ask him to shuffle the packet. Then ask another spectator to take the balance of the deck from the table and place it in his pocket. All these actions are made with your back to both spectators.

Now ask the spectator to mix his packet face up on the table. Just now, you turn and explain that you will show the cards from the table, one by one, and at the exact moment he sees his shape he has to think "this is my shape." Finally you take out a note pad and draw his chosen shape.

Price: £12

Psi Mind Deck - Vernet

You give an envelope to a spectator with a prediction. You then show a deck of white cards with printed shapes (all different). You shuffle them very well and also give them to a spectator to shuffle. Then you wrap the cards with a rubber band and while the spectator is on the other side of the room you ask him to lift up any cards and remember the shape. Finally, ask the spectator to name the chosen shape and open the envelope revealing the matching prediction!

Price: £12

Ultimate Flashback - Larry Becker

THE LAST WORD IN BOOK TESTS

If you thought the original Flashback was great...Wait until you see the Ultimate Flashback version. Included are four new and examinable paperback novels plus a copy of an unpre¬pared Webster's Dictionary. And a fifth paperback designed exclusively to perform the "Hoy Book Test" without having to miscall the selected page number. Here's a brief description of some of the incredible effects you'll be able to perform:

• A spectator concentrates on the first word on any page in any of the five paperbacks provided. Instantly the performer can reveal the word the spectator is thinking of.
• The spectator can point to any word in a paragraph on the selected page and you can proceed to discern it.
• The spectator concentrates on a proper name elsewhere on the page and you can immediately reveal it.
• The spectator merely thinks of a word on the next line and you've pre¬dicted its location in an unprepared dictionary.
• You and a spectator freely select identical words in each others book .
• Three spectators each think of a word in their freely selected book and you instantly reveal all three words.
• This is the greatest version ever of the Hoy Book Test, without having to miscall the selected page. In addition, you reveal the spectator's thoughts.... not just a single word.

Naturally you wouldn't do all of the above effects in a single performance, but, you could. And there's more. Those of you who own the original "Flashback" you will appreciate the fact that the words selected in the new Ultimate Flashback books consist of five letters or more. No sweating over the discernment of a two or three letter word. Without question, there's no finer word or book test anywhere. Larry swears by it and so will you!

Price: £85

Radar Deck - Richard Osterlind

The Radar Deck is an amazing tool that allows you to predict playing cards that your spectator's have merely thought of. Suitable for all performing venues - close-up, platform or parlour - The Radar Deck will be a highlight of your show once you harness its diabolical secrets.Besides the very special Bicycle-brand deck, you'll also receive a twenty-page booklet that details the exact routine Richard Osterlind uses in his professional work along with all of the handling nuances that have made The Radar Deck such a powerful part of his shows.

Price: £16

Heirloom - Jamie Badman and Colin Miller

Imagine an effect that packs in to your wallet, taking up very little room. An effect that packs such a punch when you perform it that your spectators get goosebumps just thinking about it. Imagine an effect that people talk about for years to come.

'Heirloom' is all of this. It is a 'Mental/Magic' kind of effect, suitable for casual performance, table-hopping, strolling magic and more. It comes with a very strong presentation that will captivate your audience and lead to a shattering climax. It could possibly be the greatest performance piece you ever own! The 'Heirloom' is a old sepia photograph. Of your Great Uncle Charlie - a superstitious old gambler. The photograph clearly shows a prediction made by the spectator to be 100% correct. And... it can always be examined. 'Heirloom' takes the whole concept right to the very edge; the new ideas introduced will blow your audience away. The presentation, which you are given in full, delivers an emotionally charged moment of astonishment to your spectators and shows no mercy!

This is the first and only time Kenton Knepper has authorized his principle for use in an effect. You will fool magicians who already know this principle with 'Heirloom'! And what's more, just look at the quality of the work involved. It is beautiful.

Heirloom includes high quality props and a full description of the 'Kolossal Killer' principle and a completely scripted presentation for the effect that will absolutely blow your audience away.

Price: £20

Heirloom Wallet

Finally we can offer you a brand new custom designed leather wallet for use with the best-selling Heirloom trick.

This wallet has been specially designed in black leather to make performing the effect easier than ever before. And a special built-in feature allows you to show the wallet empty after you remove your prediction, elimnating any doubt in your spectator's mind!

After the phenomenal success of Heirloom, we are very excited about the new companion wallet, which will also come with additional ideas and routines that will enable you to perform a number of high-impact, killer mentalism effects.

Your "Heirloom" just wont be complete without it.

Price: £32

Special Deal - Buy Heirloom and Heirloom wallet together

Price: £50

Although the Heirloom wallet is out of stock we do have the Jerry O'Connell ShoGun wallet!

Digital Feedback - Richard Osterlind

Richard Osterlind's DIGITAL FEEDBACK takes the traditional add-a-number routine into the 21st century. Imagine two groups of spectators, each multiplying two 2-digit numbers on a pocket calculator to arrive at a totally random 4-digit number. The performer writes a prediction and sets it aside. He then begins to slowly reveal the numbers that make up the 4-digit products arrived at by the spectators. The mulitplication is then done by longhand to show that the calculator's products were correct. For the mind-numbing finish, the two products are added together and found to match the performer's prediction.This routine, originally featured in Osterlind's Dynamic Mysteries, has not been widely performed due to the difficulties in obtaining the proper apparatus. Now, with DIGITAL FEEDBACK, you'll be able to add this powerful routine to your own show.

You receive the very special scientific calculator, hand-modified by Richard Osterlind, plus a manuscript which describes this powerful routine, in addition to other possible effects. Please don't confuse this with other calculators that have been on the market. The DIGITAL FEEDBACK calculator is totally examinable and will function normally, yet its secret will allow you to do very extraordinary things!

Price: £38

The Xpert - Neil Tobin

Discover An Indispensable New Utility Device for Mentalists and Magicians. One that's already being used by performing mentalists and magicians who appreciate its understated power and seemingly limitless possibilities. Utilizing the subtle principle illuminated in Kenton Knepper's manuscript, X, and launching it into the next dimension, the Xpert makes possible a wide variety of miraculously direct and virtually sleight-free effects, including:

Out of Body Xpert: A borrowed coin is chosen from a handful of change, marked with a participant's initial, has its date noted, and is tightly held in anybody's hands- yet the performer invisibly extracts the coin; it is soon found in the pocket of another participant some distance away!

Xpert Epic: The performer clearly and boldly numbers the blank sides of three postcards one through three. Picking up each numbered postcard in proper sequence, the performer shows the number on top and then writes his thoughts beneath. At the conclusion, all three postcards are shown to have correct predictions and may be given away afterward. No forces necessary.

Xpert X-ed Card:A card is freely selected (no force) and kept facedown while its back is visibly marked with a bold X. The cards are mixed, and the performer not so amazingly locates the X-ed card. But then comes the surprise-although the performer is no sleight-of-hand wizard, he is a mentalist: the X-ed card is turned face up to reveal the words "My Prediction" printed on its face. All the cards may be examined or given away. Instant reset, ends clean, no switches.

Xpert Vampire Hunter: A participant selects and signs a card to represent her in the role of "vampire hunter." To represent a vampire, another card is signed with an ankh, the ancient symbol of the immortal; it is then lost within a packet of cards. The participant inserts here card face up into the packet anywhere she chooses: if she's a successful vampire hunter, the vampire will be found just beneath her card. But when the cards are spread, the vampire card is gone! Yet she's successful after all-her signed card is turned over, and inscribed on its back is the vampire symbol! This card is given to the participant as a truly bizarre souvenir. No specially printed cards, no palming, no swamis. You receive the staple-bound, 16-page, illustrated manuscript and gimmick.

"The Xpert device is the missing ingredient to my work on the X principle. No working magician or mentalist doing any X work can afford to be without this!" -Kenton Knepper

"Neil Tobin's device is an astounding accomplishment and will be embraced by magicians and mentalists - I love it!" -Ben Harris

Diceman - Andy Nyman

The performer explains that he's trying something new in his life-he's given up making decisions for himself and instead rolls the dice and let's chance decide his fate. A spectator is handed a red die and asked to give it a roll to decide how the rest of the time they spend with the magician will go. Let's say the spectator rolls a five. The performer then displays his "options cards," six laminated and numbered cards with different actions on their backs. The performer lays all six cards down on the table in a row and requests that the spectator turn over the card which matches their rolled number. The spectator turns over the card numbered five and it says "Be Nice" on the back. "It'll be tough, but I'll try." says the performer. Of course, everyone is wondering what's written on the backs of the other cards...when they're turned over each and every other card says "KILL!" across the back! "I'm so relieved, I couldn't go through last night again!" Comes complete with laminated cards, metal carrying case, felt slip cover, die and detailed, fully-illustrated instructions.

"It's a killer. You know those tricks you have in the back of a drawer? This is the opposite." -David Regal

Pat Page, Ali Bongo, Aldo Colombini, David Regal, Aaron Fisher, Paul Wilson, Greg Wilson, Danny Buckler, Andrew Goldenhearsh, John Lenahan among others!

Just Imagine... A spectator just NAMES a playing card, and you have the correct card in your wallet! YOU ARE ALWAYS CORRECT! It is the ultimate card "out" for close-up work. A spectator can mess with you all they want - RELAX - you can still produce a playing card from your normal wallet, as absolute proof that you knew their card all along! Kolossal Killer has become a classic piece of mentalism as well - used by such pros as Larry Becker and Jeff McBride. It's a full blown stage effect, with nothing but the minds of the audience and your everyday billfold! NO Forces. NO Gaffed Wallet. NO Sleight of Hand, NO 52 Card Index (Not 26 cards either)... Whatever they name, you are right! Simple, direct, awe inspiring magic and mentalism - the kind you have come to expect from Kenton Knepper. PLUS With this - Kenton's original version - you can do effects even the expensive gaffed wallet versions simply cannot do! AND you will receive complete routines, right out of Kenton's act. This couldn't be easier or more diabolical. Only a very select few have been privy to Kenton's original version of Killer - until now. THIS IS YOUR CHANCE! Get the complete original work with all the devious touches in this manuscript (just add your own billfold and cards). Forever more you will have a truly ground-breaking reputation maker, not "up your sleeve", but in your own wallet!

How could anyone improve on the Original Kolossal Killer manuscript? Kenton has! This manuscript contains what Kenton believes to be to the most impressive and entertaining versions of Kolossal Killer ever! Here you will find versions that outdo the original! These methods include ways to do Killer without using a wallet, methods that allow you to hand the spectators the wallet, gaffs so the wallet would be truly empty, and much more. There are even ideas from the late Doug Henning that Kenton couldn't keep to himself, as well as contributions from many others.

Please note... You need to have read "Kolossal Killer" to be able to utilise this.

Imagine being able to name a card a spectator has chosen without looking at the cards. You just look in their eyes and name it as if you were reading their minds! Or, imagine standing on a stage and allowing a spectator to choose a handful of cards from a jumbo deck and naming the cards he holds one at a time. They'll swear that you're even able to tell which one they're looking at. Or, imagine being able to tell which two cards a spectator has chosen and placed into two pockets...even though he doesn't even know what they are. What's more, you'll even be able to tell which card is in which pocket.

These are not pie in the sky ideas. Every one of them is possible with the Osterlind Breakthrough Card System. It's a stacked deck but, unlike other cyclical stacks, defies detection by even the most astute spectators, with absolutely no tell-tale number or color sequences. Even a skilled mathemetician would be unable to unravel its diabolical secret, yet you'll learn it in no time flat and use it for the rest of your performing life. Since the publication of the slim manuscript that originally introduced Richard Osterlind's system to the magic and mentalism communities, he's developed learning aids, performance tips and, most significantly, killer effects that will literally leave your audiences speechless. None of this additional information was in that little book but it's all here now in one place, ready for you to put right into your act. These are the same effects Richard Osterlind uses for corporate audiences all around the world...and now they can be yours. It was a breakthrough in card magic in 1983...and it's only gotten better! Softcover, fully-illustrated manuscript.

A simple but necessary accessory for every mentalist. Imagine holding a small card at fingertips and asking a spectator to call out a name or number etc. And handing them the card and having the answer written on it! Well with this LITTLE gimmick you can. You get a 4 of the gimmicks, spare lead and a booklet of ideas and routines. With a little practice you'll have them believing you're an all seeing omnipotent being. What more can you ask for ?

These gimmicks are the most powerful tools a magician or mentalist can use. It's really very difficult to believe that with such a little and inexpensive gimmick, you can produce the quality and the quantity of effects that look like real miracles. You can write letters, numbers, check marks, etc.surreptitiously, in front of the audience, giving the impression that it was written well before the event or effect. It gives you limitless possibilities. These writers are refillable and include a pin to help extract the lead and Instructions. These quality Vernet Writers are available in two different styles (sold separately):

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