Mind Magic & Mentalism For Dummies Book & DVD By James Clark - Original Printing For Sale

Mind Magic and Mentalism For Dummies Book & DVD By James L. Clark.
The beginner\'s guide to mental magic. No rabbits. No wands. Just dozens of first-rate effects, illusions, and tricks guaranteed to amaze. Mind Magic & Mentalism For Dummies pulls back the curtain and introduces the secret world of mentalism for the first time. With this book and the included DVD, budding practitioners have everything they need to master some of the most astounding illusions imaginable from exercising psychic powers and reading minds to harnessing mental energy to control fire and bend metal from across the stage. Each effect in the book is presented from three perspectives: what the audience sees, how the trick is performed, and how to present it in a way that thrills spectators, making it the comprehensive, essential guide to blowing your audience away. Perform dazzling illusions that will leave your audience breathless and cheering for more. Put the rabbit back in the hat, toss the magic wand in the trash and let Mind Magic & Mentalism For Dummies show you how today\'s most successful masters of mental illusion achieve the amazing effects that have made them famous.Mentalist James Clark pulls back the curtain to reveal the secrets behind dozens of big-league tricks and effects, from mindreading to mind control, clairvoyance to bending metal with the power of your will. He describes each trick from ALL three perspectives: how the audience sees it; how it\'s done, and how to enhance the effect with good old-fashioned showmanship. Get in on the act - learn all about mentalism, how it differs from visual magic and how mentalists exploit quirks in the way the human brain works to create illusions Become an overnight sensation - quickly master a few basics and then project your thoughts to an entire audience or predict the date on a coin in someone\'s pocket Add to your routine - work with cards and slates, write without being detected, perform book-based effects and master the power of the peek to pull off amazing up-close tricks See without seeing - learn how to read while blindfolded, demonstrate paranormal abilities and predict the future with astonishing results Ply the mystic arts - discover how to push a needle through your arm and heal instantly, conjure spirits and perform other mind-blowing illusions handed down through the ages.Bonus DVD-ROM includes The author performing many of the tricks found in the book so you can get a handle on what the audience sees. Open the book and find: Dozens of effects - and how to perform them Tips on using showmanship to enhance any illusion. The ins and outs of card forcing and other \'hands-on\' tricks The ways in which television \'psychics\' fool their audience. How to bend spoons and forks using the powers of your \'mind\' How you can \'predict\' the future. How to hold a seance and conjure spirits Cool stuff we can\'t even tell you about. Learn to: Pull off dozens of effects and illusions Work with coins, slates, cards and other hands-on props Bend spoons, speak to the dead, and hypnotize your audience Improve your performance skills with the bonus DVD-ROM.This book and DVD is a collectible that has sold for over $800 that I have seen, and also I\'ve heard of other\'s paying $1,000 for this collectible.This book and DVD is new, making it even more rare.