Stanton Carlisle: Dynamic Mentalism

Isn’t it amazing how a simple phrase or idea can give you a hook? Yes, the very hook that frames a pedestrian trick and turns it into a miracle. Henning Nelms book Magic and Showmanship was full of ideas on how to find such hooks. Once you have the hook, the whole presentation falls naturally into place.

The first routine in this book by Stanton Carlisle is a great hook, even if it is for a card trick. But, you see the hook can be used for other effects where cards aren’t even used. Here the Chain of Thought effect is where a chain of spectators each add to a thought to come up with a playing card and the performer then shows a chained deck containing his prediction. One thought logically leads to the next.

This is Mentalism and Showmanship!

Contents

1 Chain of Thought
2 Predictaword
3 Predictaword II
4 The Spirits Write Again
5 The Signature Tells: Another idea for a hook if you do any type of graphology routine
6 The Zenith Question Answering Presentation
7 The Annemannesque Book Test
8 The Masks Men Wear
9 Personalizing Your Presentation
10 Thanks To Voltaire
11 Know... Will... Dare... Keep Silent!
12 Shoot to Kill! A staggering Russian Roulette presentation.
13 The Exploitation of Memory

84 pages comb bound. Edited and illustrated by Ken de Courcy.