How to be a Mentalist

By Ian McCoy

/ men- ta –list / noun

“Someone who uses mental acuity, hypnosis and/or suggestion

A master manipulator of thought and behavior”

This is actually a good definition of what a mentalist is – but it is not a full definition. It is the definition given to a fictional character on a rather good American crime drama – “The Mentalist” - which follows former "psychic" Patrick Jane (Simon Baker), who is now a consultant to the fictional California Bureau of Investigation (CBI), using the highly developed observational skills he previously employed to "read" peoples' minds

It is a great show – and has been well researched. This book will not turn you into Patrick Jane – even Simon Baker is not as cool as Patrick Jane! However it will enable you to be a mentalist – a real mentalist – and in that sense you will be closer to Jane than our man who plays him – Mr Baker.

Mentalism or Mind Reading is the most exciting performing art. Once you dazzle your friends, family and acquaintances with a series of devastating seemingly psychic feats – they will forever hound you until you agree to give an encore. Wherever you go you will be pursued, pested and plagued by people who yearn to see you perform. It will change your life forever.

Book Me is a routine whereby you will learn how to determine what word some one is thinking of, while at the same time determining the author that is on someone else's mind. There are two stunning routines using playing cards whereby you seem to make predictions which inexplicably come true. You are also taught how to accurately guess the number someone is randomly thinking of - using dice. In another routine a spectator takes an imaginary journey to their favourite place - whereupon you guess this exact location. And finally - perhaps the most ambitious routine - and one any professional would be proud of - The Tarot Prediction - whereby you are able to give someone a complete "psychic" reading - while accurately and inexplicably guessing information which you should not know.
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EVERY ROUTINE IN THIS BOOK WILL ALSO BE SHOWN ON VIDEO WITH AN ONLINE LINK– so as well as reading this revolutionary material – you will also have access to live performances and explanations. In essence – you are getting a free dvd! .

So prepare to learn some of the most powerful and closely guarded secrets in mentalism. You will be equipped with an arsenal of stunning and devastating mindreading effects that you can unleash on your audiences – large and small. Once you start there is no turning back. The existence you have known up until now will be changed forever.

When you have studied the routines and bits in How to be a Mentalist – and perform them – some people will ask you if you have “psychic power”. I suggest you answer – “no – not really” – then add while tapping your forehead – “the secrets are all up here”. Now that would make Patrick Jane smile.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Ian McCoy
• Release date: Nov 15, 2012
• ISBN: 9781301129331

Ian McCoy

Ian McCoy (www.ianmccoy.com) is a master magician and mentalist, a motivational speaker and teacher, a published author, a musician, singer/songwriter and a writer/journalist.For over a decade he was one of California's top magical acts and performed all around the world for blue chip companies, Hollywood celebrities, a cruise line, Las Vegas hotels and thousands of private individuals. . He also set up magic classes and camps teaching children of all ages throughout the Bay Area of San Francisco. He relocated back to the UK seven years ago and has performed around Britain and on TV.Ian is also a credentialed high school and junior college teacher in both the UK and USA. He has degrees in history and politics and post graduate degrees in education and theology. He is the published author of the book Magic in the Center : God Consciousness and You a work in Philosophy that examines the concept of the Soul. He has also developed an online environmental news and information service with his brother and sister called just4theplanet . Ian is lead writer.Ian's keynote speech Magical Values is a call for people to be their best. It is truly inspirational and incorporates entertaining magic and mentalism to illustrate some perennial wisdom and motivate his audience.In his Kindle books on the art of Mentalism and Mindreading, How to be a Mentalist , How to be a Mentalist II, How to be a Mentalist: Time Flies and In Mind, Ian takes his 35 years study and experience to teach this fascinating art. Every technique and performance has a video link. So as well as reading, the student gets to see both performances and live explanations.His related book Memory teaches incredible techniques to develop your mind to it's full potential.Ian has also published two books on the art of card magic under the title McCoy's Miracle's: World Class Card Magic and one book on mentalism with cards: McCoy's Miracles: World Class Mentaism with Playing Cards. As with his other work - they all have video links to performance and explanation.Ian's book Angels: An insight into their Existence, taps his academic insights from theology, science, philosophy and history. It is a fascinating study.Ian has two publications on the person of Jesus Christ.The Historical Reality of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ examines just that and argues that historians while agreeing with the historicity of Christ's life and death - have been blinded from the historical truth of the Resurrection by a philosophical stance that can not be justified. His other work Jesus Christ: Magic Man? examines the ministry of Jesus through his miracles.In his book the Atheism Myth Ian gives a robust defence of Theism - as a response to the militant atheists led by Richard Dawkins.Ian's largest and most ambitious project The True Magic: God, Mind, Consciousness and You is an all embracing piece drawing on all disciplines in defence of Theism.

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How to be a Mentalist

Ian McCoy

Copyright 2013 Ian McCoy

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Table of Contents

Introduction

Another Definition and some advice

Book Me

Someone thinks of any author. Another person thinks of a word from a book. The mentalist is able to correctly discern both the word and the author thought of.

Mental Stop

A spectator deals from a shuffled deck and stops whenever she wants and checks the last card. The mentalist shows the palm of his hand – it has that very card written on it.

Imaginary Journey.

Someone is asked to take an imaginary journey to any place in the world. The mentalist has a sealed envelope. When it is opened – the name of the spectator’s imaginary destination is clearly written.

Mental Dice

A spectator thinks of a random number using three dice. The mentalist correctly guesses the number.

Tarot Prediction.

After giving a psychic reading to a spectator the Mentalist correctly guesses a tarot card the spectator is thinking of. Finally he shows a prediction – it has the spectators favourite colour, her mothers first name and her favourite place clearly written.

An Amazing Coincidence

The mentalist and a subject each think of a playing card. They both take their cards from a deck. They match – the mentalist and subject have both thought of the exact same card.

About the Author

Other Books by Ian McCoy

How to be a Mentalist

Introduction

If I asked many people what a mentalist was, they may come up with the following description:

/ men- ta –list / noun

"Someone who uses mental acuity, hypnosis and/or suggestion

A master manipulator of thought and behavior"

This is actually a good definition of what a mentalist is – but it is not a full definition. It is the definition given to a fictional character on a rather good American crime drama – The Mentalist - which follows former psychic Patrick Jane (Simon Baker), who is now a consultant to the fictional California Bureau of Investigation (CBI), using the highly developed observational skills he previously employed to read peoples' minds

After a serial killer named Red John murdered Patrick Jane's wife and daughter, Jane dedicated his life to hunting down and killing Red John. To that end he gave up his lucrative pretence of being a psychic and joined the California Bureau of Investigation (CBI) as a consultant to the team responsible for investigating the Red John case, led by Senior Agent Teresa Lisbon. Using Jane's exceptional gift for observation and his mentalist tricks, the team is able

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