Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2001 17:57:46 -0500 Subject: Denny & Lee Newsletter-Bruce Bernstein & Other Mentalism Well, I am back from Las Vegas after two weeks. I have been trying to catch up with everything including emails, backorders, new orders, etc. There is just so much to list that I have decided to break these new arrivals down into categories, either by creator's name or by subject matter. We'll start with Bruce Bernstein effects since he just lectured here at our studio last week while I was still in Vegas. Below is a listing of the Bruce Bernstein products currently in stock: CENTER TEAR TECHNIQUE by Bruce Bernstein-$7.00 A complete treatise on Bernstein's impromptu center tear routine. Expertly detailed in every way. Can be done surrounded, with borrowed materials, and no evidence of trickery can be found. Hands are totally empty both before and after the tear. No unusual tears or moves which seem illogical or out of place. No switches, no forces, no confederates, no impression devices. This looks like pure mind reading at its best. PSYCH-OUT by Bruce Bernstein-$10.00 Here is the complete Bruce Bernstein version of the famous Ten Card Poker Deal. Two hands of poker are dealt under the fairest possible conditions. Spectator is allowed to change hole cards, choose which cards he wants from face up cards, exchange complete hands, etc. The spectator ALWAYS loses. The routine builds to a sensible climax. No sleight of hand involved and entire routine can be done with any deck of cards at any time with no preparation other than removing the cards used from the deck. BERNSTEIN ON NUMBER PREDICTIONS by Bruce Bernstein-$8.00 For the sincere mentalist here is a complete overview of number predictions from the mind of Bruce Bernstein. The classic effect of having spectators freely choose numbers and add them together then have the total match the mentalists prediction has always been a strong effect. Here is a booklet of methods, history, recent improvements, etc. A great effect in any mentalist's program complete with all the work. TWENTY EFFECTS FOR PSYCHIC ENTERTAINERS by Bruce Bernstein-$17.50 An intriguing book of mental effects by the creator of "Couples" and the "Bernstein Center Tear Technique." 20 practical, straightforward, and direct routines. No need for billet switches, stooges or codes, or special equipment and all are one man effects. Half of the effects can be done totally impromptu including Bruce's impromptu book test. While this is not a book for the beginner, a minor background in the traditional skills of the mentalist will be sufficient. PSI-KICKS by Bruce Bernstein-$30.00 Bruce Bernstein has released this book with the experienced mentalist in mind. Here are some terrific mental feats with some "lateral" thinking. Contents contain 20 effects and routines including Impossible Bank Night, Thoughts on Nail Writers, Hummer Psychometry, Logical Headline Prediction, Emergency Mentalism, Psychological Card Force, Mentalist's Insurance Policy, Thought's on Nelson's Best Kept Secret, and much more. Methods are, for the most part, bold and simple. Most material is of the 100% sure category while there are some items that allow you to "go with the flow" and take a chance for some maximum impact. CLASSICS by Bruce Bernstein-$15.00 Bruce Bernstein has collected 7 of his finest mentalism creations over the past 20 years. These are the effects that have been consistently mentioned by other performers and creators as their favorites. Contents include Trans-Premonition, Thought Card Across, Bernstein Center Tear, Couples, Scripted Thoughts, All Shook Up, and Masklyn's Ring. PERCEPTION IS EVERYTHING by Bruce Bernstein-$20.00 Here is Bruce Bernstein's newest book containing 6 of his finest mentalism creations including two brand new effects titled Pseudo-Telepathy and The Ritual. Bruce considers these to be two of his finest creations ever! Also included is The Opener (how to open a show with psychological forces), and three effects from his book Psi-Tech which is long out of print. Barrie Richardson, Ted Karmilovich, Richard Busch, and Charles Pecor all recommend this book highly. GOING SOUTH WITH HIS SECRETS by Bruce Bernstein-$10.00 Here is Bruce Bernstein's lecture notes from 1994. 24 pages, 10 items. Contents include Personal Attachment, Cold Reading, You Are What Eats You, Symbolic Match, Pennies from Heaven (great stunt), Mentalist's Card Thru Table, Masklyn's Ring, Utility Mental Routine, Impromptu Number Prediction, and A Few Thoughts on Magicians and Mentalists. LINKING PIN ROUTINE by Bruce Bernstein-$15.00 Bruce Bernstein has an incredible four phase linking pin routine. This routine comes with the two 3" safety pins and a 17"x22" poster with seventeen line drawings that you can spread out and learn from. No need to turn pages. Two safety pins link and unlink in slow motion right before your eyes. As a finale, a spectator's finger ring is caused to unlink from one pin and then visibly link onto the other pin. Bruce also explains how both pins can be passed for examination without switching out any pins. A real foolr that is not difficult to perform. PSI-DECK by Bruce Bernstein-$100.00 Here is an effect that Bruce Bernstein has been performing for 15 years in select groups. The secret has been closely guarded by him for many years. He has kindly allowed me to carry a limited number of these specially made decks. Listen to this effect: Three spectators are asked to participate in an experiment. A deck of cards is spread and shown to be mixed and different. The deck is then wrapped in a rubber band and handed to the first spectator. Spectator merely lifts the corner of the deck, peeks at a card, and remembers it. The same deck is then handed to the 2nd spectator who does the same and remembers his card. With no questions asked, no pumping, and no fishing you can immediately name the two peeked at cards. The 3rd spectator is handed an envelope which contains a prediction. You explain that you will deal cards from the same deck one at a time and very slowly. The spectator is told to say stop whenever they choose to do so. The card in your hand is then turned over and shown to be the card that matches the prediction in the envelope. This is clean and straightforward. This specially constructed deck does all the work and is made to resemble a bicycle deck of cards. This deck actually forces all three cards. The two peeked at cards will be the 7 of Clubs and the Queen of Hearts. The prediction card will be the 2 of spades. EVERYTIME!!!! For those who want other cards for repeat performances or just for more flexibility, we also offer a two deck special for $175.00. The second deck will force the 5 of Diamonds and 6 of Spades as the two peeked cards and the 3 of hearts as the predicted card stopped at. For the serious worker, this can be a reputation maker. For the casual performer or hobbyist, the price may be a bit steep but when you see the work on this deck, you will see why!! OF SPECIAL INTEREST TO MENTALISTS!!! We have only a few remaining copies of some out of print and hard to find books on mentalism. Once they are gone, there will most likely be no more. PURE EFFECT by Derren Brown-$40.00 Subtitled Direct Mind Reading and Magical Artistry, this is the new mentalism book everyone has been talking about. Even Jamy Swiss gave this book a terrific review. Chapters include Making Contact, Working with the Spectator-In Mind, Risk and Delight, Zamiels' Card, A Three Card Routine, Magicall, Moves and Sleights, and a full chapter on Direct Mindreading containing five startling effects and the theory of this field of mental magic. This book is a real winner and you will hearing about Derren Brown in the near future. MAKING CONTACT, THE REAL SECRETS OF CONTACT MINDREADING by Satori-$25.00 This award winning German mentalist has released the most detailed work on this field ever. 68 pages of the real work. Introduction and bibliography by Max Maven. MIND WARP by Richard Mark-$25.00 This out of print book has now been re-released in paperback! Eight chapters of mental presentations from Richard Mark. Here you will find his "Fantasy House Clearing Sweepstakes," his selected word prediction from torn newspaper strips, Celebrity Identity Routine, and much more. Over 40 great mental effects and routines from the Richard Mark approach. COMPLEAT INVOCATION by Raven & ye Mage-$125.00 This long out-of-print classic work on bizarre magic by Tony Raven and Masklyn ye Mage was first published 13 years ago in two volumes. It has just been reprinted in a single 900 page volume containing all 16 issues of the original Invocation and issues 1-36 of the New Invocation. This is destined to become a highly sought after work very soon as ONLY 400 copies were printed. THE ABOVE FOUR BOOKS ARE CURRENTLY BEING SEARCHED FOR BY MAGICIANS AND ARE HARD TO LOCATE. YOU WILL BE SEEING THEM ON EBAY SOON FOR HIGHLY INFLATED PRICES. =========================================================================== DENNY & LEE MAGIC STUDIO 325 South Marlyn Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland 21221 410-686-3914 * 410-686-6953 fax 1-888-207-8374 ORDERS ONLY Hotline --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Open every day 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Visa, MasterCard, Discover, American Express Accepted! 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