by DrTodd » Jun 21st, '07, 08:43
Naked Mentalism: Stripped of Method
by Jon Thompson
£29.99 at stores.lulu.com/booksbytomo
This new book on mentalism has received a lot of pre-release publicity and now it is officially available!
Written by Jon Thompson (aka Tomo) author of Poker Faced (a staple effect in my walk around work) and The Stripper Deck (you never knew the humble Stripper Deck could do all that), Naked Mentalism brings you the science behind many popular pyschological forces, effectively taking Psychological Subtleties to another level.
Tomo takes you through the way the human mind 'freely associates' different thougts in ways that we as mentalists can 'prime' for maximum impact.
The Naked philosophy is one that is dedicated to producing inexplicable mental feats with no appraent method. Tomo provides an expanded set of things that can be 'forced' in ways that make you look like a genuine mind reader. Once sccussfully internalised, these thougths, words, and ideas will become second nature. Moreover, you will be able to walk into a performance sittuation with new found confidence knowing the odds that lie behind the forces.
The most powerful section of the book is the Naked Book Test, which is an anytime, anywhere book test. You can literally walk up to someone in the park reading a book, ask them to select a word, and get the word correct!
The principles in the book will take study. Apart from some of the more common forces, this is not material that can be performed immediately. Careful study and practice is required to benefit from the powerful ideas contained within this book.
If you like Banachek, Knepper, Harling and Nyrup, et al., then this book is certainly for you!
10/10 all the way!