Kaye, Marvin: Handbook of Mental Magic
©1975 Marvin Kaye, Stein and Day Publishers, NY
Softcover, saddle-stitched, 324 pages

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Contents (from book ToC, page numbers at Chapter level):

6 Acknowledgments

11 Introduction

17 Part One: The Theory Of Mental Magic

17 1. Mental Magic—From Sorcery To Subtlety

27 2. What Attracts People To Mental Magic?

31 3. ESP Experiments In The Home
- Preparing For Esp Tests
- Testing For Telepathic Skills

41 4. Are We Mental Magicians Or Frauds?

50 5. Showmanship In The Mental Act
Working Within The Traditional Mode
Working Outside The Tradition

65 Part Two: The Practice Of Mental Magic

65 6. Essential Fingerwork And Forces
Billet Switching
The Center Tear
Deck Switching
Card Identification
Forces

82 7. Pinpointed Telepathic Tricks
Tricks Depending On Forces
- Sweet Tooth
- Spellbound
- Wayward Thought
- Reading Serial Numbers
- Book Tests
Tricks Depending on Discoveries
- Stage-Sized Book Test
- If You Have the Nerve
- Peek-a-Boo
- I'm Ok - You're Wrong
- Naming the Name
- Three-Card Divination
- Telepathy at a Glance
- Criminal Intent

112 8. Partners and Volunteers

115 9 Messages, Questions and Codes
Advanced Effects With Assistants
- The Missing Mentalist
- The Acid Test
Mnemonic Effects for One and Two Persons
Code Systems
Question Answering and Message Reading
Cold Reading

148 10 Creating Plot and Atmosphere
- Hail to the Chief
- Hello-Scene Game
- The Damned Thing
- An ESP Carnival

159 11. Predictions
Pinpointed Predictions-Forces
- Complementary Colors
- The Future In Futures
- All-Bets-Covered Force
- The Challenge Prediction
Confederates
- No Influence At All!
- Winning Combination
- A Mathematical Prediction
Predictions Based On Discovery
- An Uncomplicated Premonition
- In The Rough

192 12. Miscellaneous Mental Mysteries
Control
- Stop Me When You've Heard This One
- Schizophrenic Control
Sympathy
- Trading-Card Trade
- Sympathetic Colors
Psychometry
- Nicky Welt's Single-Hair Reading
- Special Deliveries
PK And Astral Projection
- A Shattering Thought
- In Stygian Depths

209 13. Mental Magic For Children
- Thinking On TV

215 Part Three: Related Forms Of Mental Entertainment

215 14. Super Memory And Rapid Calculation
Mnemonics: The Link System
- Try To Remember
Mnemonics: The Peg System
The Peg-System Card Deck
- Back And Forth
- A Head For Figures
- Mathematical Discovery
Rapid Calculations
- Adding Large Numbers
- Rapid Squaring
- The Magic Square Demonstration

244 15. Sightless Vision and Other Strange "Powers"
- That certain feeling
Sightless-vision effects
Onstage Demonstrations
Effects in the Audience
Publicity Stunts
Miscellaneous Wild Talents

263 16. Entertaining with Hypnotism
How to Hypnotize
Suggestions During and After Trance
Waking the Subject
Do's and Don't's
Entertaining with Hypnosis
Staging Modes
- Hypnotic Routine For Single Subject
- Hypnotic Routine For Five Subjects
Selecting Subjects
Full-Scale Hypnotic Shows
Disguised Hypnosis
Pseudo Hypnosis
- The Great Rigidity Test

287 17. Ghost Shows
Staging Ghost Shows
- Ghostly Signature
- The Blackout Routine
- One-Man Ghost Show Blackout

304 18. In Conclusion

305 Appendix: Supply Sources Of Magic Tricks And Literature
307 Annotated Bibliography
318 Glossary

Introduces the basic concepts of mind reading and mental magic for the beginning or experienced magician with emphasis on showmanship. Includes information on hypnotism, ESP, prediction, and more.