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Mentalism is magic of the mind. Much of what is known of classical mentalism finds its origins in the spiritualist movement of the post 1840s. Tricks of the spiritualist trade formerly used to dupe people into believing supernatural events were taking place are reused to create entertaining illusions designed to thrill and entertain a credulous audience. Psychological mentalism is much the same, doing with psychology what classical mentalism does so successfully with spiritualism.

Mental Magic has eBooks for instant download and hard copy mentalism books. In addition there are free articles and reviews of things that may be of interest to anyone with an interest in mentalism and related ideas. Some of the books and downloads are instructional, teaching the reader how to create mentalist illusions and some are genuine. Hypnosis, for example, can be faked for the purposes of entertainment or be used to geniunely hypnotize people. The tarot and other methods of divination can be used to create atmosphere in a mentalist performance or practised honestly. A mentalist who wants to understand the former would do well to understand the latter.

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Anti Tarot This effect is entitled Anti Tarot for two reasons. Firstly, it dispenses with tarot cards, using playing cards instead; secondly, the most important card in the reading is never seen by the reader. Instead of reading the card and telling the spectator what should happen to them, the reader hears what has happened to the spectator and tells them what their chosen card should be.

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