BLESSED BY DEMONS is a HARDBACK book I have been working on for over three years. But in reality, BLESSED BY DEMONS is my life’s work (so far), and I have held nothing back! The book contains 26 EFFECTS - 13 CLOSE-UP & 13 STAGE. It is essentially two books combined.
The page count has not been finalised, but you may not be able to pick up the book with one hand without causing injury.
BLESSED BY DEMONS contains 25 previously unreleased effects.
Includes Forewords by MARK ELSDON & STEVE DELA
Below is a sneak peek at what you will find inside:
Close up & Casual
Foreword by MARK ELSDON
INVERT
A playing card prediction involving a large group. Everyone will believe they have been influenced.
SECVENTA
The participant mixes nine numbered cards, and the performer manages to predict the exact number sequence generated.
SEVEN-FOUR-SEVEN
A three-phase ring-flight mentalism routine. Yes, that was not a typo!
RUBIK’S 216 (BONUS 1)
The mentalist extraordinaire correctly guesses the colours three participants will choose on a mini Rubik’s Cube.
SLITHER
With SLITHER, you can peek information cleanly with your business cards and leave the participant with a memento of the experience. I discuss two routines that I use with this system.
DEATH BY ACID
The Performer impressively solves a game of makeshift Cluedo in only three questions.
THE CALLING
A card calling routine that is impossible to backtrack and can’t fail!
XXX (BONUS 2)
A magic trick featured in a mentalism book. This is my take on a popular marketed effect involving a black X.
CINEMATIC II
In 2021, I released CINEMATIC, which is a double movie revelation with a kicker ending. This is an updated, streamlined version you can perform anytime, anywhere.
DARK SUN
A freely selected drawing is duplicated, and the Performer proves not once but twice that the participant’s choice was influenced from the beginning.
I.S.P.
With I.S.P., in less than 30 seconds, with borrowed items, you can perform a 4-phase mind-reading routine for one or multiple participants.
WIKI-CELEB (BONUS 3)
WIKI-CELEB is my handling of the superb application by Marc Kerstein, WikiTest.
NUME SI NUME
A double name revelation. Everyone watching will think you are psychic.
PARLOUR & STAGE
Foreword by STEVE DELA
THE A-LIST
The Performer divines the name of a participant’s loved one, and as an added kicker, they also divine the name of a celebrity that only exists in the participant’s mind.
POISED
Four participants freely select a subject to think of from a face up stack of shuffled blank cards. Although the Performer never sees what subjects get chosen, the Performer divines the subject and the specific thoughts of all four participants with freakish accuracy.
MR BLACK
The Performer correctly divines four pieces of information in the cleanest manner possible! Nothing is ever written down or physically selected by the participants.
ALTERNAIL (BONUS 4)
50/50 un-gimmicked smash and stab effect that never fails! It is 100% safe, and most importantly, it doesn’t use equivoque.
THE GIRL WITH NO NAME
A spooky voodoo-style routine featuring a Victorian doll. The routine concludes with a member of the audience divining the doll’s name.
ODDITIES
A card trick that captivates and entertains everyone in the room. The perfect opener!
CASS-CADE
A four-phase test conditions mind-reading routine that lasts the entire show.
PARTICIPA (BONUS 5)
A genuine raffle with genuine prizes takes an unexpected twist.
NO STRANGER IN MOSCOW
A random stranger on the phone correctly guesses the city a person is thinking of at a live mind-reading show. No apps! No gimmicks!
MAIDENS & DEMONS
A Multiphase mind-reading demonstration with two decks of playing cards.
MIDNIGHT
A bank night-style routine where everyone wins, but the performer always takes home the top prize.
CAPSA (bonus 6)
Write down a question and I shall answer. Write down a celebrity, and I will divine their name with 100% accuracy.
SUSIE
A baffling add-a-number effect involving the entire audience and their phone calculators.
Also inside are PERFORMANCE STORIES, TIPS TO IMPROVE CREATIVITY, ADDITIONAL ROUTINES, and MUCH MORE.