Description

This book is written by Ormond McGill (June 15, 1913 – October 19, 2005), a famous stage hypnotist and magician. It is a how-to for feats of showmanship, suggestion, and illusion.Contents include:Thought Discernment: Someone just thinks of either their right or left hand, you guess which hand. Telepathic Card Selection: person removes any 5 cards from a deck. She holds these in a fan , with their backs towards you. She thinks of one. You pull it out of the fan. Hypnotic Tricks: make people feel itchy, make them feel they have a bug in their ear, and make them rise off the floor. Mesmerism: Visible astral radiations. You hold your fingers together, tips touching. As you pull them apart, ectoplasm is seen between fingers. No gimmicks. Yogi Power: The old pulse stopping trick, plus the amazing temperature rising trick. Your temperature goes from 98.6 to 98.8Spiritism: People sit around a table sance style, the table moves in different directions. A pendulum is in a glass bottle in the middle of the table. It moves in response to questions.Occult Phenomena: Make a person see a vision of their own brain. Make your eyes glow in the dark.Miracle Pendulum: A pendulum is held over a person’s hand. It answers yes or no questions by swinging in different directions. Whole chapter on this great effect.