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Al Mann - a bibliography http://www.zem.demon.co.uk/almann.htm Al Mann - a bibliography 50 MIRACLES WITH THE 5-STAR MIRACLE DECK FOR THE MENTALIST 1985 - "50 MIRACLES WITH THE 5-STAR MIRACLE DECK FOR THE MENTALIST". As with all of Al Mann's works, every aspect of mentalism is incorperated in this Manuscript. From Prediction Mentalism to E.S.P. mentalism. include: THE CLASSIC EFFECT PREPARING THE 5-STAR MIRACLE DECK A HISTORY TRIMMED CARDS STABBED! IN MINIATURE CONTACT NON-CONTACT COUNTING HEADLINES POKER POINT BLANK, AND MUCH MORE 101 Psychic Tests Ungimmicked bucket placed over your head, yet you still and can name playing cards placed on top of bucket while on your head! 1 di 55 19/02/2007 9.48 Al Mann - a bibliography http://www.zem.demon.co.uk/almann.htm Do the standard blindfold effects using a metal bucket over your head . People stand beside you and hold up fingers and yet you tell them how many. Fingers are placed beside the bucket, NOT BELOW IT! Super fooler! While blindfolded thread 15 threads thru a needle while they watch! Learn the secrets of vest turning, causing a chalice to break by thought, various ways of making a ghost appear including little known methods that sold for more than the book! Fingertips Ghost: Sit in a dim room with the sitters, they see ghosts come from your hands and float in the air! NO hidden gimmicks, no assistants, no cloth, all explained in the book CAUSE FLASHES OF LIGHT TO SHOOT FROM YOUR EYES, WITHOUT ELECTRONIC DEVICES! Learn how to create beautiful and safe mid air explosions in the seance room. Take a huge knife and hold an apple with great force you hit the apple which gets cut in half, but the psychic's hand is unharmed! Make messages appear on your arm in REAL BLOOD, YES YOU READ THAT RIGHT, IN YOUR REAL BLOOD. Al Mann reveals this little known secret. Inside secrets of Stigmata, show a piece of cardboard and wash hands to show nothing there, place your hands on the cardboard and they leave imprints in a bloody red! Learn how to hypnotize Rabbits, Chickens, frogs, guinea pigs, birds, snakes, yes even a lobster! Secrets revealed for the first time that appear to show your psychic powers. Strangulation Test! Tie a rope around your neck and a dozen strong mean try to chock you to death, yet fail! Bend steel bars with your hand, break solid bricks with your bare hands. Anyone can do this once you know the insider secrets. Drive Nails into wood with your bare hand! Then extract them with your fingertips! A great psychic publicity feat, AL shows you how to actually pull a BUS or Truck with your teeth! You can do this too! It's easier than you think! A CAR is driven over the psychic without INJURY! Psychic places his finger on his forehead and the stronger man can't lift it off! The Orange Test: Show a bunch of oranges and have someone sign there name on one with a magic marker, all the other oranges along with the signed one go in a bag. Without looking, you reach into the bag and remove the signed orange! Acidus Acidus - A method for thought reading. Acidus is the key to varied miracles. It can be used in a design duplication effect or in a question answering act, or the living and dead test.This is book No.100 of a limited edition of 200 books. Acidus 2 2 di 55 19/02/2007 9.48 Al Mann - a bibliography http://www.zem.demon.co.uk/almann.htm Acidus Plus ACIDUS PLUS; A METHOD FOR THOUGHT-READING. In this manuscript AL MANN has not only reworked his original billet work, but has also INCLUDED OTHER TECHNIQUES that have been sent to him by other MENTALISTS. The result is the DEFINATIVE WORK IN BILLET MENTALISM! MILLARD LONGMAN'S ACIDUS NOVUS AL MANN'S THE AZONIC FORCE THE HUGHES MOVE FROM THE THIRTEEN BOB HAINES' SHADES OF BERT RESSE THE AZONIC RENT A COMPLETE HISTORY OF ACIDUS PLUS AL MANN'S THE SECRET OF ABONUTICHUS. AL BAKER MANUSCRIPT Ted Annemann writing in Jinx No 19 alludes to an obscure Al Baker manuscript that Annemann had seen when he was 17 years of age, at which time the manuscript was already old. The manuscript contained some of the first writings by a well experienced and well informed magician. It was called “Al Baker’s Mental Effects”. This was a remarkable collection of ideas and fabulous routines aimed especially at the mentalist/magician. Although it featured Al Baker’s Billet Reading Extraordinary, each effect in the book was a feature item. AL BAKER’S BILLET READING EXTRAORDINARY THE BILLET TEST THE LIVING AND DEAD TEST AL BAKER’S TWO PERSON SLATE TEST THE PACK THAT CUTS ITSELF MINDREADING CARD TRICK 3 di 55 19/02/2007 9.48 Al Mann - a bibliography http://www.zem.demon.co.uk/almann.htm The Alpha Files This spiral bound book was published in 1995 and is 26 pages long. It is in good condition. I quote from the cover: “The astonishing secrets of Psychic metal bending as performed by Steve Shaw (Banacheck) and Richard Osterlind. Most of the secrets appear in print for the first time. The Test of Time Matter In Orbit The Bends, and Melt Down by Steve Shaw The Spoon Bend and The Remote Psychic Power by Richard Osterlind. Plus the account of James Randi’s psychic sting operation call Project Alpha which shook the world of the parapsychologists. The Apodosis THE APODOSIS (NE PLUS ULTRA READING METHOD). Included are effects using THE CENTER TEAR METHOD! ANNEMANN'S "NE PLUS ULTRA READING METHOD NOTHING MORE BEYOND EXPOSURES, AL BAKER'S MASTERWORK THE IMPROVISITOR FLIGHT OF THE PHOENIX THE UMBRELLA MOVE THROUGH THE MAGIC DOOR, AND MUCH MUCH MORE ARCA Mystery Box The mentalist calls attention to a small cardboard box that is sealed with rubber bands and sitting on the table. He asks anyone to call out a number and a second person to call out a word. Mentalist picks up the box and removes the rubber band and lid. You DO NOT STICK YOUR HAND INSIDE THE BOX NOR DO YOU TOUCH THE SLIPS. Any person can remove the slips and open them. They contain the exact word and number just called out! Very, Very, Strong! Any thought desired by the mentalist will appear inside he sealed and ungimmicked box. The message can even be inside a sealed envelope! Baffling beyond words. The position of any playing card called by the audience can be predicted inside a sealed deck! The name of a lady-love called out plus a red rose can be found inside the box! There is NO limit to number of miracles you can do with this Arca works almost automatically. The spectator can unknowingly pull off the gaff. 13 effects are described including book tests, 4 di 55 19/02/2007 9.48 Al Mann - a bibliography http://www.zem.demon.co.uk/almann.htm HEADLINE PREDICTION PEGASUS PAGE TELEPORT A TORN BILL NO SLEIGHT OF HAND OR BILLET SWITCHING INVOLVED. All the work is nautural and made openly. Even if they burn your hands with their eyes nothing will be revealed. Axel Hellstrom The Life and works of Axel Hellstrom. Contents include: Hellstrom's history Axel Hellstrom's mnemonic system other performers Hellstrom & Houdini & the S.A.M. The Bert Reese Docimasy The fabulous exploits of Bert Reese-Wonder Worker. Many insights and secrets of his work NEVER BEFORE REVEALED. His routine. His Life. His billet technique is a classic that has never been bettered. It stands leagues high over any other billet presentation yet conceived. With the information contained in this book, the reader can duplicate the Bert Reese act and create AMAZEMENT LIKE NEVER BEFORE!Bert Reese earned a high fee and associated with the elite of the world. THE CONTENTS: Bert Reese Fortune Teller Reese and Houdini Reese and Aleister Crowley Reese and Edison Reese Billet technique in Detail 5 di 55 19/02/2007 9.48 Al Mann - a bibliography http://www.zem.demon.co.uk/almann.htm Reese in Action The umbrella move in Action The pellet switch -4 versions Reese and the center tear Plus much more. The Black Box The Black Box. Dunninger's Billet Box Pad, with Modern Method By Richard Osterlind, This book is devoted to this secret gimmick in the form of a writing pad, that Dunninger originated and has comlpete directions for making your own of this neat little device and uses by Richard Osterlind. Copyright 1990. The Book of Life With this secret you are able to give powers to members of the audience! Some of the effects possible: One person in the audience secretly draws a simple design of his choice on a slate. Anything! While another member of the audience draws a design which is a duplicate of the first design! NOW HEAR this! Mentalist doesn't know the design until both slates are shown to the audience. This is the first time you see them too! No preshow work, no carbons, no coaching. You really don't know what designs the people are drawing til shown to you and the audience. The Answer: A question is written in the book of life by a spectator. Another spectator is given the power to be a SEER by the performer. The 2nd person correctly answers the first person's question! YET THE REST OF THE AUDIENCE INCLUDING THE MENTALIST DOESN'T KNOW WHAT THE ORIGINAL QUESTION WAS! The book also contains bonus material on giving private readings.
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