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Mythology CODEX Contents<\/div>\n
OK so here is the exhaustive contents listing for Mythology CODEX: there\u2019s no spoilers as such but if you want to have the experience of just reading the book and discovering everything cold, you can skip this.<\/div>\n
Foreword<\/div>\n
I got my friend DMC to peruse the book and pen a foreword between international flights and whatever it is he does (still no clear idea). The foreword is so positive I initially assumed he was being sarcastic \u2013 tbh he might be but I\u2019ll take it.<\/div>\n
Mitox<\/div>\n
(the first three sections of the book are the core texts from my first three books Mitox, Yokai and Mokele, with all the card stuff and Quinta stuff excised and quarantined in their own sections \u2013 you\u2019ll see)<\/div>\n
Equifinque<\/div>\n
This is a fast, funny, stupid close up mentalism piece that might be my favourite opener. Eric Dittleman did it on national breakfast TV in the US, Harry Lucas did it on his TV show in Germany \u2013 I\u2019m sure someone did it on TV in Greece? TBH if you just google one of those and watch it, and you read the name, you know the trick. But get the book anyway YEAH?<\/div>\n
Left Brain, Write Brain<\/div>\n
You engage the punters in a simple experiment to test the intuitive abilities of their left and right brains \u2013 they are inexplicably able to discern the two digit number and simple shape you are thinking of, with no gimmicks or gaffs \u2013 fully impromptu.<\/div>\n
Premise Notes<\/div>\n
I introduce a feature of my books here \u2013 weird little premise ideas that are like presentational snacks that can frame your performances. They are intended as just little ideas or starting points and they litter the book \u2013 I\u2019m not going to detail them here, there\u2019s nothing much to say about really.<\/div>\n
Atypical<\/div>\n
You hand two punters an envelope each \u2013 each envelope has nothing more than the word PARTY written on it, and the instruction that within the envelopes there are photos of two very different parties. With no further clues, the punters are able to intuit details of the parties within that you prove are right. Bit of a weird one this one.<\/div>\n
Atypical Hybrid<\/div>\n
This effect is an evolution of the previous one, and uses a kind of pseudo\/nearly instant-stooging trick to let a spectator join you and get an insight into how you do what you do.<\/div>\n
I\u2019d Rather Not<\/div>\n
A ballsy AF dodge that you can use to get out of jail free (metaphorically) when everything else has gone wrong.<\/div>\n
Signature Effect<\/div>\n
A punter picks an autograph from a book filled with them and you are able to mentally divine the person they are visualising.<\/div>\n
Life Before Death<\/div>\n
A slightly macabre premise.<\/div>\n
Power In Speech<\/div>\n
A little discourse on increasing the efficacy of your spoken delivery \u2013 a few pointers to concentrate on.<\/div>\n
Conjoination<\/div>\n
A premise<\/div>\n
Ten Top Ideas For Creating Effects<\/div>\n
A listicle of ten concepts I use when I\u2019m creating effects. Am I a hypocrite to sell a huge book of effects, and then dedicate part of it to a text pretty much saying \u201cmake your own effects ya lazy bum\u201d? Yes. Yes I am.<\/div>\n
Knowledge 3<\/div>\n
A nice little close up piece that you can carry with you all the time that uses a kind of weird little verbal force with a 100% mechanical method to back it up. I use this a lot.<\/div>\n
Mental Conflict<\/div>\n
What even is this? It\u2019s like a piece of presentational semantics? A visual gambit to explain stuff? It\u2019s not a trick, but there\u2019s a trick to it.<\/div>\n
Thumbscrews Booktest<\/div>\n
Thumbscrews used to be my showstopper, it\u2019s what I consider a classic piece of Phill Smith mentalism \u2013 you have this stupid presentation that is really interesting, it takes up space and time and entertains and ALSO has a really beasty revelation with a method that is a Herculean brain flex and absolutely zero gaffs or gimmicks \u2013 it\u2019s designed to FEEL real. I still love this piece, but it\u2019s more of a middle piece now, it\u2019s more about going on a journey than the final punch.<\/div>\n
Friend or Foe<\/div>\n
Friend or Foe is structurally a Living and Dead Test, using a totally ungimmicked pad and pen, that you can do anywhere and anytime, with borrowed props etc. It\u2019s got a really nice presentation and it\u2019s trivial to do \u2013 if you want to do graphology but you want to HIT every time, this is your piece.<\/div>\n
Pressure<\/div>\n
A premise that is really evocative but the physics is wrong. That\u2019s called artistic license, deal with it.<\/div>\n
Surveyor\u2019s Matrix<\/div>\n
A weird little personality test turns into a whole audience revelation with an amusing applause cue built in.<\/div>\n
Yokai<\/div>\n
News Deck<\/div>\n
You tear up a piece of newspaper and every person on the front row gets a little piece \u2013 you have them each memorise a word off their piece and you go along the line and tell them ALL what they are thinking. No gaffs, no gimmicks (I\u2019m going to be typing that a lot this evening), just a bit of heavy lifting earlier that day.<\/div>\n
Be Here Now<\/div>\n
Again, not a trick or a premise, just a little note on the power or importance of mentalism.<\/div>\n
Possibility & Implausibility<\/div>\n
Musings on unlikely things<\/div>\n
SIRVA<\/div>\n
This is a trick, but you absolutely mustn\u2019t do it like one \u2013 you lead a remote viewing exercise that culminates in a bonkers hit and then a revelation so disruptive you might as well just go home, it\u2019s huge. My bud Anton basically told me off for including it because it should be a standalone workshop but it\u2019s not and also he\u2019s too late because it was in Yokai years ago, keep up dude.<\/div>\n
Futurism<\/div>\n
A weird premise.<\/div>\n
Control Zone Nail Bend<\/div>\n
You show a solid nail that is die straight, drop it into a punter\u2019s hand, and when they open their paw up it\u2019s bent. MAGIC. It\u2019s a really nice little method that I use to make up for my pretty dreary sleight of hand.<\/div>\n
The Interview<\/div>\n
Another piece where a minimal method forms the backbone of a quite funny and engaging piece of performance nonsense with an amusing revelation at the end.<\/div>\n
Information Theory<\/div>\n
Another weird premise. (They\u2019re all weird really I\u2019m just going to skip saying they are weird now, just assume they are all weird AF)<\/div>\n
Mokele<\/div>\n
The Biz<\/div>\n
If I want to know what someone is thinking, The Biz is the method I use. THE METHOD. I know loads of Center Tears, I\u2019ve got stacks of wallets \u2013 they are all gathering dust. The Biz is all you need and guess what: No gaffs, no gimmicks, nothing to make, no sleight of hand, all procedural, it\u2019s awesome and I love it.<\/div>\n
Give Me Props<\/div>\n
Notes on the impact that your use of props can have on how your audiences read your performance.<\/div>\n
The Broken Jewel<\/div>\n
A totally normal premise.<\/div>\n
Fenestrate<\/div>\n
A drawing duplication thing that\u2019s kind of a bit like Sneak Thief (you know what I mean) but not really? THIS ONE USES A GIMMICK GUYS I DID IT. I DO KNOW ABOUT GAFFS.<\/div>\n
Universal Principles of Design<\/div>\n
I\u2019ve got this incredible reference book on design that I recommend to EVERYONE and In Mokele I took a few examples and wrote up how using design thinking can improve your mentalism.<\/div>\n
Punsutawney<\/div>\n
A standard premise.<\/div>\n
Universal Principles: Crashing and Burning<\/div>\n
If you perform regularly you are going to make mistakes. Things will go wrong. How can design thinking help you minimise and mitigate the impact of this outcome?<\/div>\n
DBag Drawing Challenge<\/div>\n
This is a proposition bet kind of effect that I use a fair bit and if you want, you can abuse to never buy another drink.<\/div>\n
Universal Principles: Simplify and Clarify<\/div>\n
Using design thinking to streamline your presentations to improve audience experience and perception.<\/div>\n
Elegant Truth<\/div>\n
Just some premise.<\/div>\n
Concept Deck<\/div>\n
What if you could do cool card tricks but instead of just cards, you could use concepts\u2026 I love using this approach, it\u2019s a really powerful way to build effect.<\/div>\n
Universal Principles : Building the Experience<\/div>\n
What ideas from the world of design are there that can help build and develop the impact of your material.<\/div>\n
Globetrotter<\/div>\n
A premise that\u2019s pretty close to what I actually perform with.<\/div>\n
Reader\u2019s Digest<\/div>\n
A different application for the concept deck approach.<\/div>\n
So What?<\/div>\n
A simple recursive technique to analyse and improve your effects.<\/div>\n
CDC Drawing Duplication<\/div>\n
A tongue in cheek effect that uses a bit of a gag to actually get a really strong outcome.<\/div>\n
Tech<\/div>\n
A premise that was a letter.<\/div>\n
Five steps to a Powerful Premise<\/div>\n
My approach to building premises that hook punters and engage their brains.<\/div>\n
Abducted<\/div>\n
A premise FROOOM SPAAAAACE<\/div>\n
Cards<\/div>\n
I split all the card material out into its own section because although I love card mentalism not everyone does, so I thought I should corral it all together in one place.<\/div>\n
Whittle<\/div>\n
A chosen card is lost in the deck and the spectator makes a series of free choices that result in finding their card in impossible circumstances\u2026<\/div>\n
Edge of a Whisper<\/div>\n
A spooky card effect with a cool presentation and an even cooler method.<\/div>\n
Gravity<\/div>\n
I\u2019m ridiculously pleased with the method for this one, it\u2019s such a fooler \u2013 NO-ONE has a chance.<\/div>\n
Namerology<\/div>\n
You do a simple numerological reading that unfolds into a card reading that you had predicted from the start.<\/div>\n
Tourbillon<\/div>\n
A super unnecessarily complex effect that is perfect for sinking people who know too much\u2026<\/div>\n
Florida<\/div>\n
A proposition bet kind of a thing with a weird method<\/div>\n
Visionary Journey<\/div>\n
If there was one card effect that was maximum Phill it would be this I guess \u2013 you create a context for a brief fortune telling voyage based on a randomly chosen playing card that you are able to then reveal that you had predicted from before the whole thing started.<\/div>\n
Grandmaster Easy<\/div>\n
GME was an ebook that I released that is a fascinating self-working ACAAN (with two decks). It\u2019s a really strong piece that crushes audiences. If you don\u2019t have an ACAAN but fancy doing one with absolutely minimal effort, this is it.<\/div>\n
Passport to Marked Cards<\/div>\n
When we released the DMC ELITES marked deck, so many people asked if we had a book of effects using the deck \u2013 we didn\u2019t but we worked hard on developing the material until we eventually DID have a book \u2013 we made this little book, and all the content is right here \u2013 my favourite material with the marked cards. There\u2019s a few killer KILLER pieces here, including stuff I can fool people with, even if they 100% know I\u2019m using a marked deck. This section has about 8 tricks using the deck (works with any marked deck pretty much).<\/div>\n
Passport to ALPHAS<\/div>\n
The same thing as above, but with the DMC ALPHAS deck, our marked letter deck. The effects are all hard hitting and baffling, and very simple to do. It included Hands Off, DMC\u2019s next level finisher with the deck. I lectured it the other day and it was close to the strongest thing I\u2019ve ever done, it was ludicrous.<\/div>\n
Miscellaneous<\/div>\n
This is the stuff that didn\u2019t fit anywhere else, and new stuff.<\/div>\n
Convergence<\/div>\n
This is a weird routine using Wikipedia, but\u2026 the real Wikipedia.<\/div>\n
Dressed to the Nines<\/div>\n
A simple routine where you build a simple image from a normal magazine with the help of spectators, only to reveal that you have predicted the image from before the whole thing started.<\/div>\n
Creativity and Creation<\/div>\n
A few ideas about being creative. People think being creative is some ladida artsy fartsy idea, but it\u2019s not, it\u2019s a mental tool that is an increasingly important part of ANY professional toolkit.<\/div>\n
Interl8ced<\/div>\n
This was an ebook I released, basically it\u2019s a simple approach to using a very simple binary method to figure out what item from a set of 8 a person is thinking about. Interl8ced was weirdly controversial when it came out, but it\u2019s just a way of taming an existing method to make it EASY to understand and EASY to incorporate into your own routines.<\/div>\n
Quinta<\/div>\n
OK so this is just one little section of this table of contents but Quinta is a book that I released that was hundreds of pages explaining exactly how my utility numerical force works and loads and loads of effects illustrating and expanding the concept. Five items, any five items \u2013 you can force the one of your choice. It\u2019s my FAVOURITE thing and I\u2019m pretty sure that of everything that I\u2019ve created Quinta is the one that will endure and people might actually be using in decades to come. This one.<\/div>\n
Conversion<\/div>\n
Thoughts on using magic effects and transferring them to mentalism.<\/div>\n
Signemonic<\/div>\n
Lots of people have star sign progressive anagrams \u2013 I\u2019ve explained the exact mnemonic that I use to memorise mine.<\/div>\n
Structural Beauty<\/div>\n
Just weird really.<\/div>\n
Bracket Battle<\/div>\n
My dark secret skill\u2026 also an explanation of how to actually use PATEO reliably.<\/div>\n
Resonant Contexts<\/div>\n
This is a list of different contexts that you can use to build your own routines and effects \u2013 my friend Pete said it was basically a cheat sheet for hard hitting mentalism. I\u2019ll take that.<\/div>\n
Target Number<\/div>\n
My routine incorporating the whole audience in a peculiar number based piece divining a number that is personal to each of them. Super simple to do and almost impossible to backtrack.<\/div>\n
Itchy Kids<\/div>\n
A couple of simple two person psychic routines that are so asymmetrical you can teach your kids to do them, including my answer to the classic \u2018black magic\u2019, bafflingly flexible and with almost no restrictions.<\/div>\n
Fastext<\/div>\n
A weird time delayed AAA booktest with any softback book and an actually weird method that every time I do it I\u2019m slightly surprised is real and actually works.<\/div>\n
Silver Line<\/div>\n
A little premisey kind of story.<\/div>\n
Stegosaurus<\/div>\n
My trick Stegosaurus is a word divination piece that I released a few years back. It\u2019s huge and I love it and the way it works is really cool.<\/div>\n
Drinks for Einstein<\/div>\n
Imagine The Trick That Fooled Einstein except with no counting and with glasses of water instead \u2013 that.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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