Jerome Finley-Forbidden Mentalism PDF
Jerome Finley-Forbidden Mentalism PDF
Jerome Finley-Forbidden Mentalism PDF
Though the core concepts, techniques and approaches have essentially remained
the same through the years, I‟ve since gone back over this unique offering and
made expansions whenever necessary and where applicable to reflect important
changes and vital developments as my own learning has evolved, my growth
progressed and my experience deepened over the ten (+) years I‟ve spent since
those early formative outings using these techniques in practically every
imaginable setting in my role as a professional psychic and spiritual worker.
It is my hope through reading this book that you will discover your own form of
“Forbidden Mentalism”, that is, mentalism without limits (art without the
„potential‟ negative influence of one‟s personal ethical bias or forced social
taboos).
This is strong mojo intended for an equally strong hoodoo; please DO keep this
point in mind as you begin carefully studying and considering the contents of this
book.
Go well,
JDFMM.
ADVANCED HYDROMANTIC PSYCHOMETRY,
SCRYING & CLAIRVOYANT WATER READINGS
***
One of my favorite methods and preferred oracles for delivering strong psychic
readings is to practice, for real, scrying with a clear glass filled with drinking
water.
The actual presentation given here is simple and elegant – it also requires the
reader to REALLY listen to their natural knowing and intuition throughout the
reading dialogue and process.
I begin with the glass filled about halfway full of water. I start the dialogue by
bringing my client‟s attention to the glass of water and I smile while asking them,
The answer received at this early juncture tells me quite a bit about the person I‟m
reading. One thing is clear – the answer given here is indicative of what my client
WANTS me to think of them and how they wish to be perceived by me during our
first moments together.
For example, if they wish to come across as an optimistic individual and impress
me with their positivity (or spirituality, good attitude, etc) they always tell me the
glass if half full, of course.
I hardly ever take the answer given to me at face value and usually read the client
OPPOSITE of the answer they‟ve just provided me with.
If my client says the glass is half empty, I speak in the reading about how they‟re
very genuine in their approach to life, a committed realist in a sense, not a negative
person by any means (albeit others may have called them cynical at times), though
well aware that the truth often hurts and that life isn‟t always fair (etc).
For the “half full” people I speak about their inner nature and how they would
LIKE TO BE more positive in their life approach and general attitude/outlook as
this sort of positive growth is a large part of their nature, though even for as
positive and conscious of others as they are now, they have a darker side as well
and it often gets the better of them despite their best attempts to avoid it or hide
from it.
The “half full/half empty” question is nothing more than a cute way to begin my
water-readings. Please don‟t put too much stock in it – I‟ve included it here as an
example showing readers HOW to begin acquiring information to use during your
readings with even the simplest tools, questions, approaches and character
observations.
Nothing is meaningless. There isn‟t anything in the world or in other people which
doesn‟t speak volumes to the astute psychic reader and spiritual worker.
Everything is an oracle.
However you personally choose to begin the reading is perfectly fine, naturally.
Once ready to begin the actual reading dialogue and process I start by gazing into
the glass of water and preparing my mind to receive visions from my creative
unconscious.
To prepare my mind I begin by taking a few deep breaths as I focus on the watery
contents and reflective surface of the crystal/glass. Still breathing deeply I enter
into an OPEN-EYED VISUALIZATION PROCESS wherein I simply imagine the
7 primary colors of the rainbow in order (substituting “indigo” and “violet” for the
color purple, for the sake of simplicity):
RED
ORANGE
YELLOW
GREEN
BLUE
PURPLE
WHITE
It only takes me a few deep breaths and still moments before I‟ve turned the water
in my scrying glass a dark red in my mind‟s eye…and then onto orange…and then
yellow.
I continue in order, travelling through the color spectrum as I gaze at the glass of
water, turning it different colors in my mind‟s eye and imagination. This does a
few things for me.
1. It fits the traditional process of scrying, water and crystal gazing and staring
into reflective surfaces for the purposes of divination and receiving helpful
information from the unconscious in the form of visions, metaphors,
symbols, feelings, memories, energy and emotions.
2. By going through the color sequence and deep breathing first and foremost, I
can practically guarantee that my intense, rich inner images are forthcoming.
I‟m entering a light, trance-like state and accessing my subconscious mind
and thus all of my creative, visionary (clairvoyant), imaginative and intuitive
abilities simultaneously.
This is a lot easier than you might imagine; simply stare into a glass of water or
other suitable object (candle flame, crystal, mirror, etc) after gently moving
through the above scrying preparation and allow yourself to just NOTICE and
OBSERVE the mental pictures, images, thoughts, feelings and impressions that
begin to surface and appear within you as you do this and in the minutes following.
These seemingly random “bits of information” are not likely to be literal events or
automatically meaningful insights to your client, but must be interpreted like a
proper dream or described as a story, life lesson or metaphor in order to make
sense.
Also, everything you see, hear and feel while scrying should be described aloud
and in vivid detail. You need to be as rich, colorful, creative, descriptive and
imaginative as possible throughout this process and really FEEL and sense these
inner visions and impressions fully as you‟ll automatically give them to your client
with a much richer meaning and greater context when you do.
Many people mistake scrying for something they‟ve seen in Hollywood movies
and even readers often expect their vessel to be filled with dancing images and
dreamlike scenery. While I can honestly say this can, will and does happen at
times, it‟s NOT ALWAYS LIKE THIS!
Scrying is a very subtle art…a form of meditation and contemplation wherein the
actual “images” surface more on the interior planes and inner mind of the reader.
Instead of looking for images in your scrying vessel and speculum, simply notice
the various thoughts, feelings and images that occur to you ON THE INSIDE.
These are the images you seek and work with while scrying.
It‟s practically impossible for these inner pictures and images to NOT occur;
they‟re typically generated very easily, naturally and automatically within the
reader during the scrying and divination experience.
Scrying is about taking some quiet time and really becoming AWARE of what is
going on within us, paying attention to our “self talk” and to the constant flux of
information and conversations being held in your own INNER SPACE.
In exploring, playing with and investigating the interior planes and available
information provided via the unconscious mind and imagination of the reader we
happen upon helpful, valuable, solid, ACCURATE information for use in the
process of reading/divining for ourselves and others through intuitive means and
methods.
We simply have to ALLOW THE VISIONS to unfold and blossom within us, pay
close attention to their occurrence and consider everything we see, hear and feel
about these visions as METAPHORS and intuitive keys leading us towards
something else, something relevant, and TRUST that somehow what we‟re seeing,
feeling, hearing, sensing and intimating within us pertains to and makes sense, in
some way, to the sitter before us.
It is in describing these metaphors, telling the stories and accounting for the
visions seen within still waters that our reading begins to develop and make sense
to a person. It‟s nothing we do…the sitter does it all (poetry of the mind!) and the
reading takes place within the mind, heart and perceptions of your clients (just as it
was generated and uncovered within the mind, heart and clear perceptions of the
reader, guide and facilitator).
You cannot be “wrong” when working in such a fashion and this isn‟t about “hits.”
I want you to describe what you see inside of your own mind and thoughts as you
gaze into a reflective surface. That‟s it!
There is no need to make this complicated or overly esoteric and difficult. Scrying
is an easy, natural, fun, safe way to receive helpful information from the
unconscious mind, heart and soul of the medium & practitioner when joined with
the client.
I simply notice the mental pictures and inner feelings that appear in my head and
heart with my eyes open; my own dreams and memories, my private thoughts,
occurrences in my own life, songs I‟ve heard on the radio, movies I‟ve seen,
questions about life I myself have been asking, lessons I‟ve been learning,
challenges that I and those around me are facing currently, amazing and helpful
things my other clients, friends and family members have shared with me and all of
those feelings and sensations that I continue to experience as I become more open,
receptive and contemplative via the intuitive practice, ancient traditions and
contemporary processes‟ of modern scrying.
This isn‟t about actually SEEING what‟s in the sitter‟s mind or even what you
THINK you see (or don‟t see!) in the scrying vessel…instead, describe what you
see and can notice in your own mind as you begin scrying and in describing it
aloud it begins to take on a perfect form and a new meaning & context in a way
that makes sense to your client.
What was once YOURS now becomes THEIRS in their own life, mind and
thoughts, and it‟s given personal meaning and context automatically as the sitter
hears your words and begins to form their own mental pictures, feelings and
associations in their own life and version of reality.
In the mind and heart of the recipient of your reading what you communicate aloud
will begin making perfect sense to them in their own inner framework, naturally.
It is our human tendency to “make things fit”, to seek meaning in the worlds
within us and all around us and to apply that meaning to our own lives and current
situation.
Have confidence in your ability to do this and in the natural ability of others to
“self create” meaningful messages from what you describe and relay aloud while
reading for them. What you say (share, project, emanate) about yourself internally
and then describe to your sitters externally will be received and perceived by them
AS SOMETHING THAT WAS MEANT FOR THEM and immediately placed
into a meaningful, personal framework that makes sense to and for them
specifically.
This is the true SCIENCE and MIRACLE behind scrying and divination of any
kind. Enrique Enriquez knew this, and now you do too. It‟s sheer poetry!
For me personally, scrying is the perfect tool for self hypnosis, meditation,
channeling and shamanic trance-work, and I treat it and use it as such. This has
been a helpful approach in my own readings and I explain my philosophy, briefly,
if needed.
The scrying vessel itself is nothing more than an external object upon which to
focus and it could be anything, literally, that assists the reader in entering a calm,
quiet, contemplative state; it helps us go deep inside ourselves to divine the
thoughts, feelings, dreams, memories, fears, goals, answers to questions and
possible solutions for ourselves, loved ones and clients.
It‟s for this reason that practically any reflective surface one can imagine or
contemplate can be used for meditative scrying and intuitive gazing.
Over the years I‟ve favored simple methods, tools and speculums for intuitive,
contemplative gazing such as a glass or bowl of water, a candle flame, a mirror
and/or quartz crystals of various shapes, sizes and designs.
I‟ve also used water, blood, ink and oil for scrying with great results.
For several months I worked strictly with the older folk methods for scrying such
as pure silver coins (“little mirrors”), cupping my hands together tightly and
“peeping” into the cave opening, staring into the depths of dark, opaque vases and
using olive oil, rose oil and other essentials rubbed lightly across my thumbnail to
create a smooth glimmering surface upon which to peer and peep into other‟s
worlds, elicit diverse visions and ease gently into the necessary meditative,
receptive state so conducive to scrying, dowsing and other forms of divination.
The actual scrying tool isn‟t as important as the time-tested methods and exact
processes we use for engaging the CREATIVE, INTUITIVE, IMAGINATIVE
STATE OF MIND IS, and these exercises will consistently produce exactly what
I have described here within any reader who will use them as detailed.
Shifting back to the basics for a moment, as I move into the reading I have a few
simple instructions for the client and these subtle directions are very easy to
understand and follow.
First, I ask my client to look at, gaze upon and stare into the glass of water sitting
between us as they take a few deep breaths and begin to relax their mind and body
as we shift into the reading.
Next, I instruct the sitter to just IMAGINE their thoughts, feelings and energies
flowing into the glass of water…and with that it carries all of their childhood
memories, their inner strengths and weaknesses, their fears, all of their hopes,
goals, dreams and ambitions in life, information about their mental, emotional and
physical health, impressions regarding their career path and financial situation and
all of the lessons they‟ve learned through their closest and most intimate
relationships…
…finally I request that my client pours the thoughts, feelings and emotional energy
of their most important questions in their life at this time, visualized as a liquid
flowing light pouring from them as energy and bright light directly into the glass of
water and to nod their head when they‟ve done this and can actually
SEE/SENSE/IMAGINE/FEEL this has happened.
At times I‟ll go through this process with the glass of water situated directly
between the sitter and myself as they pour their “energy” into the glass. Other
times I‟ll hand the client the filled glass and lead them through this “outpouring”
exercise as they cup the water between their hands and gaze into its depths.
Going even further, this is the perfect moment to include a powerful scrying
exercise or hypnotic induction by having the sitter gaze into the glass and liquid
contents as they hold it and you deliver suggestions. Keep this in mind because
later we‟ll be coming back to this point.
To recap, I‟m inducing the client naturally with this process and it‟s both subtle
and very, very powerful.
As I guide my client through this short “projective” process I‟m actually guiding
them deeper and deeper into a hypnotic/meditative trance state. We‟re eliciting
their emotions and criteria with this “energetic/emotional outpouring” and
working through their imagination (inner mental pictures) as well as facilitating
their deep breathing (with repeated suggestions to relax) and guiding/inducing the
open-eyed visualizations (supported naturally by the process of scrying itself).
The first idea man had to gaze into vessels filled with water for increasing their
connection and depth of communication with the „world invisible‟ is damn likely
as old as vessels being filled with water is!
Scrying itself is a deceptively strong and instantly effective meditative tool and
hypnotic technique by its very nature. Scrying for another person in a
clairvoyant/intuitive reading setting is where it becomes an art form amidst the
rarest types of mediums; a genuine mystical and shamanic act which easily
provides deep lessons in human communication and intimacy, “self-to-other”
dialogue, imagination and dreaming, the use of stories, personal experience &
metaphors, the possible existence of subtle energies and/or the beneficial effects of
implementing them as “helpful mental constructs” and exciting visualization
techniques, deep feelings regarding the origin of art and our desire to create and be
creative, the necessity of the shamanic act, the efficacy of magic, the power of
poetry…
Where many see only a glass of water, I look upon even the simplest scrying vessel
as the key to another world entirely. It‟s an incredible practice to fully realize,
much less comprehend, and it opens one up to a multitude of positive values and
benefits through regular practice.
That which is INSIDE of us is every bit as vital as that which is AROUND us.
Just as well it‟s accessed too while dining, making love, witnessing a miracle,
watching the birth of a newborn and entering other altered states of consciousness
through natural means and methods.
A bit more history is still in order…the idea to have my clients begin “pouring”
their questions, thoughts, emotions, dreams, memories and circumstances in life
came to me during a guided meditation used in my formal hypnosis training and
referred to as “The Clear Plastic Bag” meditation.
Step by step the individual or group is guided and instructed to place certain
aspects of themselves INTO the bag (such as their body, clothes, home, car, belief
systems, fears, memories, relationships, character strengths and personality
weaknesses, etc) as it begins to fill itself up with swirling white and purple and
golden HEALING light…and anything they put into the bag can now be viewed
clearly and without judgment, emotional attachments, self objection or personal
bias in their minds and imaginations, easily and naturally…until we get to the point
at the end of the meditation wherein EVERYTHING has gone into the bag and
the meditators are brought to the awareness that their true nature, their soul and
their CONSCIOUSNESS…everything they are in truth is WHO IS STILL
LOOKING AT THE BAG and all that remains as they contemplate this excessive
bag filled with their prior self and all of their inherited trappings is WHO AND
WHAT THEY ARE in truth (immortal, eternal, connected to everything, always
existing; pure consciousness, awareness and “spirit/energy.”).
It‟s a very powerful and self revealing realization to come to and I‟ve seen this
single meditation used by itself inspire dynamic life changing events and positive
personal decisions and healing effects for many, many people over the years and
throughout my career as an intuitive life coach, traditional healer and core issue
hypnotherapist.
It‟s a glorious tool this meditation, and one that I still make a great point of
teaching to my private students and which I still continue to actively use with my
personal clients even to this day…and I use it in several different forms, wrappings
and incarnations to be certain…in fact you‟re seeing one of the most powerful
presentations (condensed and shortened for this exact purpose) for this meditation
this very moment through my own coveted and highly secretive method for “water
readings” and clairvoyant (i.e. “creative/imaginative”), visionary, intuitive and
shamanic readings of all types.
One of the final pieces to bring my scrying sessions, readings and consultations
together was through a class I was taking on Biblical Mysticism via Jim Kirkwood
(re: “Jacob‟s Ladder”) in which students would meditate on one of the 22 Hebrew
letters for several weeks at a time in order to attune ourselves to their core spiritual
properties, metaphysical & magical uses and the hidden lessons they carry (i.e.
studying their numeric equivalents as it pertains to holy works and scripture, more
recent associations with the Major Arcana & Psalms, path working through the
Kabbalistic Tree of Life and so on).
One of the ways we did this (on Sundays) was by filling a silver goblet with red
wine and then gazing into the contents as we placed ourselves into a deep, relaxed,
receptive state of mind and body.
Once this meditative state had been attained, each of us was taught to “project” the
letter/symbol into the wine using our breath, visualization techniques and
humming/vibrating different sacred sounds and divine names.
Next we would sit and gaze into the wine and notice any visions, thoughts and
feelings that appeared as we focused on our symbols, meditated and contemplated
on their meanings and uses.
Once finished the wine was considered metaphysically “charged” with the creative
qualities of those letters and symbols we had invoked and then we‟d drink the wine
to end the class and session (paying close attention to our dreams that night).
I‟m simply revising the meditation and condensing it to perfectly fit and fill the
space and length of my readings as wanted or required.
Now here‟s the beautiful part…as this is occurring I have all the time in the world
to review my client silently, gaze into the glass of water myself, slip into my
“reading mode”, deepen the hypnotic/meditative trance state and begin
composing, internally, my initial words I‟ll use to open up the reading.
Once this is done and my client has “poured” their metaphorical heart and soul
into the glass of water I gently pick up the glass, gaze into it again, closely…
I close my eyes and really savor this taste as if it‟s something OTHERWORDLY.
It‟s no longer just “plain water”, but an energetically “charged” elixir filled with
the life force and spiritual essence, emotions, dreams, memories, strengths, inner
questions, outer challenges and SOUL of my client.
Sometimes as I take this “charged water” into my own body I‟ll make brief
mention of Dr. Masaru Emoto in Japan and his now popular studies with water and
ice crystals (re: “Messages in Water”) to give this process a slightly different
meaning…it then becomes a more commercial or “mainstream” process for the
right people and situation. It also makes for a damn good premise and piece of
performance mentalism if one isn‟t adverse to using trickery of some type, though
I personally wouldn‟t do it or include such a thing here or in a psychic reading with
my own clients.
During the reading I take periodic breaks in the conversation to gaze into the glass
of water (scrying for visions) and take short sips as I CONSUME the essence of
my client and deliver the next round of impressions, thoughts, feelings, feedback
and information.
I continue this process of gazing into the water and taking sips while relaying
information and reading for my client until the reading & session is finished.
In ending this short scrying lesson I‟ll happily be leading my readers towards and
directly into the CLEAR PLASTIC BAG meditation.
Something I ask you to consider as you move through this manuscript is how
devastatingly effective things such as short readings, ESP experiments, energy
work, meditations, hypnosis and creative visualization processes can be for the
contemporary wonder worker and the audiences they cater to.
It has been my experience that each of these things, when handled correctly, are
just as deeply moving, powerful and effective as ANY piece of modern mentalism.
The „Clear Plastic Bag‟ meditation/guided visualization can be used with 1 person
or 1,000. You can incorporate it before your lecture or program to „clear‟ an
audience or after the bulk of your program to close your show and share something
special with the group gathered around you. I often use it before, during or after
my private readings and it‟s also one of the first things I do with new clients for
hypnotherapy.
I like to have some ambient music playing very lightly in the background during
this process which lasts just under 10 minutes in performance and delivery as
written and can be shortened or lengthened as you desire. It‟s not unusual for me to
take 20 or 30 minutes or more for this meditation in a classroom setting, for
workshops, with private clients for hypnotherapy and in other appropriate settings
and circumstances.
A very advanced use for the classical NLP „Swish Pattern‟ I use with a single
individual in my private practice consists of following the meditation to the end
and then moving the bag and its contents which DO NOT serve the client‟s
HIGHEST AND GREATEST GOOD across the visual planes and into the
appropriate submodality of beliefs, ideas, thoughts and experiences that are „NOT
TRUE/NO LONGER TRUE‟ for instantaneous positive change and permanent
release.
These changes are often radical, dramatic, FAST and most important, lasting.
The exact process and variation of the “Swish Pattern” I use to facilitate these
profound inner changes is taught in great depth and detail in my own “Thought
Veil” hypnosis course for those interested. It is not a grandiose claim at all to say
this is 100X more powerful than any piece of mentalism or magic one can perform.
Through the years I‟ve used this script effectively with my clients for smoking
cessation, breaking habits and even interrupting hardcore drug addictions in
addition to the many positive and naturally occurring benefits already listed.
This program and script is the perfect one to use during a lecture and presentation
on the mind, guided meditation, creative visualization, relaxation and stress relief,
self hypnosis and other such subjects. It results in a very clear, centered, positive
feeling and self empowered group or individual. The value of such a script to me
and the work I do is without limit.
It begins,
As you look at the bag I want you to notice all you can about it, especially the
clarity of the bag and how easily you can see anything placed INTO the bag.
One thing you might notice immediately is the color inside the bag. Imagine a
beautiful, sparkling purple light slowly moving around inside the bag, almost
iridescent in some way and you can tell immediately that this calming purple light
has other special qualities about it too.
Take a moment and simply feel this soft, purple light swirling around inside the
bag.
There are things you can place into this bag whenever you wish; things about
yourself, your thoughts, your ideas, your hopes and difficulties . . .
Willfully place your own name into the bag and everything it means about you,
what it says about who you are and how it feels to have this name.
See your name swirling in the purple light – drifting around inside the bag.
Place into the bag your clothes, your favorite outfit, your entire wardrobe.
Place in the bag your hairstyle and your makeup, what it says about you and what
kind of statement it makes; everything it means to and about you.
Watch it all slowly swirling around in the bag and notice the things that are
important to you.
Put in the bag your furniture, your entire house and everything in it. Notice
everything you own swirling in the purple mist.
Now put in the bag your car, what it says about you and what you are trying to tell
others about yourself.
Now put your phone in the bag . . . and all of your possessions into the bag.
Put your job in the bag and all those ideas that you are what you do.
Put your mind in the bag and with that, the little voice in the back of your mind
that‟s always telling you what to think and what to do.
Your dreams.
Place in the bag your beliefs . . . all of your beliefs about money, men, women, sex,
beliefs about your weight, your complexion.
Beliefs about race, God, religion, politics. Place it all into the bag for a moment.
Place in the bag all of the ideas and fears you have about death and loneliness
Put your mother in the bag and all of your ideas and thoughts about her.
And into the bag now place your sisters, brothers, grandparents, husband, wife or
significant other; your children and your friends . . . all inside the bag.
Put all of your complaints in the bag, anything and everything that you have ever
complained about and all that energy.
Those people and things you felt were good, bad, right, wrong . . .
Put in the bag your need to always be „right‟ and your secret desire to be „wrong‟
Your opinions, opinions about what you have and have not accomplished.
Opinions about failure, reputation, things you‟re guilty of, laws you broke, your
personal problems and all the arguments you‟ve ever had into the bag.
Put into the bag all the agreements you didn‟t keep.
All the relationships you left and all the relationships that left you.
Put in the bag others opinions about you. Opinions your parents had about what
they wanted you to be, what your friends wanted you to be, what your boss wanted
you to be.
Your characteristics, habits, addictions, your resistance – put it all in the bag and
just watch it all swirling and moving, all those things that are you and that define
you.
Your desire to not tell the truth – your desire to confront or not confront others…
Put in the bag your refusal to let other people teach you, your reluctance to
empower other people.
In the bag put all your fears and your need to justify what you do, right or wrong –
the reasons why you are what you are.
Place all of your current problems about health, love, money and relationships
into the bag.
All of those things about you, swirling in the bag and dancing with purple, misty
light.
Now look around and put anything you might have forgotten in the bag, anything
about yourself, put it all in there so that everything that is you is in the bag.
Now put the clothes you are wearing into the bag.
See everything that is you IN THE BAG, all swirling around within it, drifting
through the purple light and notice, YOU ARE NOT IN THE BAG.
You created everything in that bag to help you experience yourself, BUT YOU ARE
NOT IN THE BAG!
You are free to keep or discard anything in the bag that is not for your highest and
greatest good.
YOU are not who is in the bag, you are not those THINGS or past experiences in
the bag.
Choose to keep only those things which serve your true purpose and all elements
that contribute to your own highest and greatest good and work with you and for
you in your life. You can keep whatever you choose. It is your choice.
Anything else may be discarded – in a moment you will release the negative
contents of the bag out into the Universe where it will remain far away from you.
Imagine keeping anything you don‟t wish inside the bag and tying a large knot
around the top of it with a glowing, golden ribbon sealing up the contents which
you may have outgrown and which no longer serve you . . .
When combined as described (or even in its individual parts) this is absolutely
astonishing.
THE READINGS CIRCLE
***
In her book “The Power of Inner Choice” author and life coach Mary Allen
describes a spectacular exercise she once encountered during a job interview for a
major position at a large company/corporation.
In this exercise Mary was asked to draw a large circle and then divide it into 4
quadrants (a circle with a „+‟ inside of it to make 4 equal parts of her miniature
“pie chart.”).
Each quadrant was then marked to represent a different area of her life; career,
health, relationships and spirituality.
Once the circle was drawn and quartered Mary was then instructed to rate each of
these four areas on a scale of 1 to 10 to describe how well it was working for her
with a „10‟ being WORKING PERFECTLY and a „1‟ meaning NOT
WORKING AT ALL.
As psychic readers we all know the 4 major areas and topics of concern for most
people fall under the typical areas and categories of:
1: Love life/relationships/sex
“The Readings Circle” is an excellent way to deliver fast and accurate psychic
readings wherein the client does most all of the work for you!
Allow me to explain…
Using the “READINGS CIRCLE” is very simple and easy to do, and the end
results will astound both you and your clients.
I usually work this intriguing piece of pure magic on the back of one of my
business cards, though anything you happen to find available and handy will do
(such as a tic-sheet, client handout, index card, etc).
Also, it should be mentioned that while I favor this intuitive exercise in walk
around and group reading situations I most often include it in my private sessions
for intuitive life coaching and spiritual counseling, traditional healing,
hypnotherapy, in my psychic & spiritual development classes and more.
That this piece can be used just as easily with 10 people or 100 as it can with a
single person provides us with a certain firepower and flexibility in our work and
approach that cannot be praised highly enough!
You already know the mechanics behind the actual process…you‟re just going to
draw (or have drawn) a circle (no center tears, please!) and divide it into 4 equal
parts.
Alternatively, you can also ask your client, sitter or participant to do all of this on
their own through your easy to follow instructions. I‟ve even done this over the
phone with phenomenal results.
It is also IDEAL for radio shows where listeners can follow along with the exercise
and my instructions and then phone in with their results for a perfect reading.
To indicate “which is for which” I use drawn symbols around the circle as follows:
HEART (love/cups/hearts)
This is just a nice, easy way to keep the quadrants in proper order and clear enough
to remember and follow for both me and my client/participant.
Once the circle has been drawn you‟re simply going to ask your participant to
“rate” each area on a scale from 1-10. Naturally a “10” will indicate perfect
happiness, total satisfaction and utter contentment in that area.
A “5” would indicate an average rating; not totally happy, but not completely
discontent either. There is still plenty of room for positive growth and at this point
the scales could tip in either direction. It often also means stagnation and not much
happening there!
For those of you who invested in my “Professional‟s Choice Trilogy” you‟ll recall
Scott Grossberg‟s incredible contribution in PC II titled, “The Four Questions.”
It was Scott‟s handling of “The Four Questions” and a MevPro release by Ron
Martin on bone readings that provided the next obvious step here…that of
assigning playing card and/or Tarot suits to each of the four quadrants in our
“READINGS CIRCLE.”
Before we discuss the suits and how to use them, let‟s take a closer look at the 1-10
ratings for each quadrant in the circle.
First and foremost, like Scott‟s “The Four Questions” this 1-10 rating gives you a
both a clear idea and general indicator of the client‟s personal level of satisfaction
in each area of his or her life.
Immediately you can see where they are unhappy and which area of their life needs
some work and attention in order for them to be joyful and at peace with these
facets of their existence.
Next, we‟re not only going to use the 1-10 scale as a general indicator of happiness
and satisfaction in each area, but as a SPECIFIC CONTEXT PROVIDER as
well. This is incredible information to have access to during ANY reading.
I do this using simple numerology and the 4 playing card/Tarot suits to round out
the reading and increase the positive feedback and helpful information I‟m able to
provide the client, audience member or participant during this amazing experience.
For example, a „3‟ rating/score in the SPIRITUALITY portion would tell me the
person I‟m working with is far from at peace with their chosen or preferred
religion, spiritual upbringing, theology/spiritual philosophies or other traditions
pertaining to such things.
Obviously I would ask the client if they‟re religious (or simply „spiritual‟) and:
In this case I would likely speak about the client‟s spirituality and how they have
an inner, innate desire to communicate with the divine in their own way, to not be
hemmed in by restrictive approaches to Spirit given by others and to feel free to
approach this facet of their life with love, joy, laughter and a healthy sense of
humor in their heart.
In my own system of numerology I know the number „3‟ has the following
qualities and attributes:
Here I‟d speak to the client‟s GROWING SENSE OF SPIRITUALITY and how
their unique understanding of such things is expanding and increasing all the time,
whether they realize it yet or not.
Given a „3‟ in this example the above associations all continue to make perfect
sense.
THREE hints at a certain joy to life, living and a carefree nature, improved
social life and relationships and the benefits of networking in the world.
I would ask the client to seek joy in the core/central expression of their spirituality
and perhaps recommend they join some kind of spiritual group, church, meet up or
even attend a social event where they can network with others and use their gifts of
communication to increase awareness and understanding of their spiritual nature.
The subject is advised to NOT be tied down to any one person, method, venue,
platform, goal or school of thought at this time…but to stay loose and flexible,
willing, open and receptive for the best results.
In this case I would use the „3‟ meanings in numerology to advise my client NOT to
feel like they have to choose a religion or spiritual path to the exclusion of all
others, but to stay open, flexible and receptive as they explore their own
relationship to spirit and increase their understanding of „things invisible.‟
And not just that, but we‟ve also got the 4 playing card/tarot suits to reflect on if
necessary or desired. By using techniques and approaches such as “THE
VASCAL SYSTEM” by Gene Nielsen (available through MevPro shop) or Scott
Grossberg‟s incredible “THE VITRUVIAN SQUARE” (available through the
Leaping Lizard‟s website) our ability to go on and on and on is practically endless.
In the case of a „3‟ in the SPIRITUALITY area of the circle, I can now also read
this rating as/with a 3 OF CLUBS/WANDS to lend an even fuller depth and
greater breadth of information during the reading. In this case I might speak about
my client‟s process and unique SPIRITUAL JOURNEY and its potential to carry
them far outside the point of origin and final destination they began in and will
eventually arrive at with regards to their spirituality, religion and/or relationship to
the God of their own understanding.
In addition to this, I don‟t even have to work from the business card or
“READINGS CIRCLE” directly…I often keep it on the table off to the side and
use it as a VISIBLE CRIB that goes by unnoticed by my client for the most part
(after the initial feedback and conversation has begun, of course).
Before I share my interpretations for each of the numbers and their numerological
associations allow me to clarify a few things.
First, feel free to discard the playing card and/or tarot suits if they are too much for
you. While I would not RECOMMEND taking this avenue, please feel free to keep
this technique as simple as you wish or as DYNAMIC as you wish!
Next, there are several unique and interesting things you can incorporate with this
business card reading; techniques such as pendulum dowsing and muscle testing
can be used to get a clearer subconscious response from the sitter or participant, as
opposed to their logical mind simply coming up with the appropriate numbers and
ratings for each life category and topic.
As well, I have one shining student who has been using the „READINGS
CIRCLE‟ in combination with contemporary mentalism and a popular marketed
peek wallet to pack an additional punch.
After his participant creates their circle and he instructs them on how to fill it in,
the card is placed “sight unseen” into the wallet or peek envelope and placed off to
one side so that he and the participant can “check the card later to see how
accurate the reading was.”
Because he never looks at the card openly, he gets A TON of stellar information
from his peek and thus can easily tailor his reading perfectly and in real time.
Next, to give your readings even MORE DEPTH and meaning, I enjoy reading the
circle generally at first (1-10 rating), then using numerology and the playing
card/tarot suits…and finally I shift the reading from the current
number/grade/rating to the next number in sequence.
Going back to our example of a „3‟ in the area of SPIRITUALITY, once I‟ve
delivered my reading and feedback for the „3‟ I take it one giant step further by
transitioning and transforming that „3‟ into a „4‟ and use this new information to
show how my client‟s experience in this area will progress and what it‟s most
likely to turn into next.
If you wished to expand your reading even further you can begin by reading the
number directly BEFORE the current rating (in our example of „3‟ I would begin
with reading the „2‟) to clearly show how my sitter‟s experience is evolving, where
it came from, what it is NOW (as the „3‟) and finally, where it‟s currently going (as
a „4‟).
Very rarely do people ever “grade” a life area or important topic as a perfect „10.‟
When they do I tend to be very suspicious (and then use a pendulum or muscle
testing to make sure!) and/or I explore the area much further as often there was a
point of transformation in that life category and has left the client feeling on top of
the world and optimistic, content, joyful and satisfied regarding that particular area
of their life and existence.
Another slick gambit I use is having my participant(s) create their circle and rate
each of the topics before handing them a pendulum and teaching them how to use
it.
Once calibrated for yes & no responses (circles and straight lines) I have my
volunteer dowse over the card to find out which of the 4 topics interests them most
at this time, or, which would be most helpful to explore in greater depth currently.
In a very subtle way this tells me what the person‟s criteria is, what their core
values look like and what their most pressing and important issues, concerns,
challenges and greatest successes might appear like.
Why?
In walk around situations I use the excuse of not having enough time to get into
ALL of it, but that I‟d be happy to assist them in discovering what‟s most
important for them to know at this time (enter the almighty pendulum!) and that
they should keep my card, call me tomorrow and we can talk about the other areas.
Of course using a pendulum at all is optional. Feel free to include or not include it
as you wish.
This ensures that people keep my card, show it to their friends, contemplate it
themselves and then call me for more information. It‟s at this point I give them a
FREE 5-10 minute reading based on the rest of their ratings and suggest they set
an appointment for a longer, more in depth consultation with another more in-
depth oracle (palmistry, tarot or throwing the bones).
Many times I can book people for a short reading right then and there and I use this
approach to keep my private practice thriving, in fact, I had to STOP doing this for
awhile because I was getting too many phone calls and people following up with
me for readings.
My bookings always go through the roof whenever I use this approach and while
I‟m not exactly sure how many thousands of dollars this little gem has made me at
this point in my career, I know it‟s a lot…a whole lot.
Because I enjoy using the pendulum so much, I‟ll often turn the business card into
a miniature dowsing chart using the “READINGS CIRCLE.”
This is easy to do by simply writing “yes” and “no” on the back of the card and
dangling our pendulum in the center of the circle while asking aloud (or thinking)
of various questions, numbers, answers, etc.
Just the same, I often begin my readings by asking my clients “What‟s the most
important thing to you in your life at this time?” and “What do you want most out
of life?” and “What gets you out of bed in the morning?” and other coaching-
esque questions.
A very powerful question is simply, “What do you want more than anything else?”
The answers are very telling and our mini-session has the amazing potential to
bring a person into greater clarity in very little time.
To answer this question at the end of my reading with the circle, I add up the 4
digits in each quadrant, convert them to a single digit as per numerology and then
base my answer upon this “Thought Dialed” total.
You can either mark the business cards you‟ll be handing out OR small coin
envelopes used to place them in. After handing out 5-6 business cards and walking
my participants through the process of creating their circle and rating each area of
their lives, I have each person place some identifying mark upon the surface of
their card so they know it‟s theirs when they see it again (“not your initials,
please!”) and then seal it inside of an envelope I‟ve given them.
Once the envelopes and contents have been thoroughly mixed, I take an envelope
at random, tear it open and openly remove the card inside. Now I can look at it,
deliver my reading with full knowledge of WHO THE OWNER IS (think of
psychometry here folks…it‟s all about the READINGS, not the returns!) and, if I
wish to, return the card using any number of presentations and methods for doing
so.
To get even more mileage out of this psychometric q&a piece, I‟ll often ask those
involved to JUST THINK of an important question they have and jot it down/print
it on the outside/front of their envelope after they‟ve sealed their card inside.
This gives me both a question, which I read openly, and the card inside with a
TON of information on it…plus, I know who the owner of the card is (though they
have no idea that I know) and believe me when I say that in an entertainment
setting I milk this puppy for all it‟s worth.
I often use my pendulum in part of this presentation for both the readings AND the
OCCASIONAL returns…I receive impressions from the cards and questions
inside…whether the owner is male or female, what their core personality is like,
approximate ages and origins (etc) long before I even tear open the envelope.
Please use it wisely and keep it safe…it‟s worth its weight in GOLD.
WHAT THE NUMBERS MEAN
***
The “QUICK TABLE” I use for my numerology readings and the “READINGS
CIRCLE” is as follows:
4. System, order, hard work and a serious approach to life; needs security,
solid, responsible and takes care of business.
5. Freedom, sexy, fun, variety and change; seeks a broad range of freedom on
various levels such as physical, mental/emotional, social, sexual, financial &
spiritual.
These simple numerological meanings will serve you very well all on their own but
why stop there?
For those of you not adverse to a challenge, I‟ve given more complete and
lengthier meanings for each of the numbers 1-9 as used in numerology and based
on my interpretation of Sydney Omarr‟s “Thought Dial.”
This isn‟t a whole lot of information to remember by any means and in doing so
you‟ll have a potent tool to draw upon for the rest of your life and career.
For those of you who may have missed your opportunity when my triple release-
in-one “Thought Dial” was first offered, feel free to contact me to purchase a PDF
of my complete, original work based on Sydney‟s own discoveries and
highlighting numerous potent items such as my “PSILENT PSYCHIC
READING, THOUGHT DIAL SYSTEM & TRUE TELEPATHY.”
I really love and appreciate using numerology for the simple reason that I‟m almost
always astonished by the breadth and depth of information which can be gleaned
from a single digit or sequence of numbers strung together as we do within the
“READINGS CIRCLE.”
Using the 1-10 scale, simple numerology, the 4 playing card suits and a healthy
dose of natural knowing and intuition with a little bit of showmanship takes this
piece above and beyond what might be expected of it, and what‟s expected of it is
A LOT!
This is one of the most versatile tools I use in my public and private work and I
incorporate it as much and as often as possible. It‟s just that good.
FYI, for those of you already using Scott Grossberg‟s “The 4 Questions”, these
two combine incredibly well to allow the reader and performer extant to perform a
great “minimalist” Q&A using a combination of written information with my
“READINGS CIRCLE” and propless readings via Scott‟s “The 4 Questions.”
The combination of these two pieces of high art is highly, highly recommended.
THE NUMBER MEANINGS IN GREATER DEPTH
***
This number represents the individual and originality, source; the beginning of new
things, new opportunities and new seeds planted. The subject seeks new forms of
expression or an original way to present something old as new again.
ONE usually represents a perplexed sitter wondering if they should follow the
same path as usual or make a sharp left turn to blaze their own path.
The answer is TAKE THE NEW ROAD. Be different. Plant more seeds!
The final message and wisdom of this number is one of promoting the self and self
interests, being selfish for a moment and moving ahead confident and on your own,
according to your own plans and details; self empowered and self motivated.
If the total is TWO:
“When the mind says „no!‟ but the heart says, „GO!‟ you go girl.”
This number stresses the need for a diplomatic solution to a challenge, problem or
issue. The sitter is well advised to WIN HIS/HER WAY through charm and subtle
persuasion rather than via brute force.
Intuition is also stressed with the TWO – the best advice is simply to SIT
TIGHT FOR A MOMENT; allow things to mature and progress, observe, consider
and then act.
TWO reminds us to look closer at our surroundings and situations for a possible
solution instead of looking for answers afar. The home and personal (romantic)
relationships are also emphasized here.
Avoid all impulsive actions and any drastically changing conditions within the
home, in your relationships and financial affairs, including buying or selling
property at this time and in your dealings with difficult people.
If the total is THREE:
THREE hints at a certain joy to life, living and a carefree nature, improved social
life and relationships and the benefits of networking in the world.
The subject is advised to NOT be tied down to any one person, method, venue,
platform, goal or school of thought at this time…but to stay loose and flexible,
willing, open and receptive for the best results.
There is a tendency towards excess and extravagance in both financial and love
affairs.
To sum up the message for a THREE, this is not the proper time for the sitter to be
committed to or tied down by anything. The state is one of growth and
development in both business/career affairs as well as in personal life and
relationships.
The subject has their own take on the world and is reminded to perceive life and
reality through the eyes of another for greater perspective. Be enthusiastic, don‟t
just „wait and see‟!
Avoid being nailed down for the time being (to the extent possible) and prepare for
change.
If the total is FOUR:
FOURS may tend to skip a beat, pass along details and responsibilities to others
and avoid immediate involvement. The subconscious with a FOUR answer warns
these other people and parties cannot be trusted to do your work to your standards
– you must be involved throughout!
Change might come in the near future whenever a FOUR is present, but not just
now.
FOURS are typically well planted, deeply rooted, developed and situated.
They are reminded to NOT listen to the advice of well meaning friends and family
indiscriminately at this time but to take careful self inventory and make sure to
stabilize their foundation in order to make it strong and solid for the next
expansion, level and phase in their transformation.
FOURS are reminded not to place so much value or emphasis on physical items or
material assets. All FOURS eventually come into fruition for their heyday, but it‟s
not today.
If the total is FIVE:
This is the party number (!) and change, travel and variety are all associated with
it.
The number FIVE represents movement and change, quickening the pace and
gaining momentum. AMBITION is the key-word. Passion and desire are the
burning embers which propel a FIVE.
Now is the time to make moves, set plans into action, write, perform, learn,
experience and embrace the creative process. Everything is moving forward.
Freedom, liberation on all levels, a faster paced lifestyle and excitement are all
attributed to the FIVE.
If the total is SIX:
Often when the reader or sitter dials a SIX it indicates changes in the home; either
a physical change in location or emotional; movement and domestic relations
changing with the spouse, family and friends.
SIX reminds us to look at affairs in and surrounding the heart and home.
Financial issues, relationships and other domestic concerns all pertain to this
number.
The client is well advised towards being sympathetic. Now is not the time for
„tough love.‟
Like the NUMBER TWO, the SIX must seek diplomatic and elegant solutions to
their problems.
Responsibility at this time is a priority and faith that whatever issues the
SIX goes through at this time will most assuredly work out. Things aren‟t as bad as
they seem.
Measured thought and clear speech are inherent qualities of the SIX.
Harmony is their desire and the world is their home. This number shows us a
natural peacemaker and someone who is sensitive to the insensitivities of others.
This is the time to use a healthy dose of common sense and to seriously consider
and work at improving matters in the home and marriage/relationship in order to
find happiness.
If the total is SEVEN:
A SEVEN sees the world through rose colored glasses and is often self deceptive.
This number hints at an inner loneliness. The sitter is independent, sensitive and
filled with pride to the point it can blind him.
SEVEN shows us a lack of stability and loftiness. People with a SEVEN as part of
their reading often feel confined, frustrated and stagnant which leads to fantasy or
romantic ideals that have little or no basis in reality.
This is a time for critical self examination; your life and being under a microscope.
People inhabiting a SEVEN vibration are often going through a rough time or
period.
SEVENS can be perfectionists and worry endlessly about minor flaws and details.
On the lighter side, this often makes their work exemplary and pushes them to
greater heights and life goals. Their achievements tend to be many and BIG.
It‟s time to face reality straight on and advise the client to get their head out of the
clouds when working with a SEVEN.
If the total is EIGHT:
Nothing can be half-assed when working with an EIGHT. It‟s either ALL or
NOTHING with these clients, as it should be.
Now is not the time for compromise or playing waiting games, but for action,
positive development, progress and breakthroughs.
This is a number of opportunity and fruition. Now is the time to forge your destiny
and make your mark on the world. An EIGHT must be reminded that now is their
time and not to wait or become unfocused and disorganized.
S/he must be organized, clear and concise in their actions for the greatest success at
this time.
If the total is NINE:
NINES tell us that a cycle, phase or project is completed. This is not the time to
hang onto what is already done but to move forward now with something else and
develop the sitter‟s character and personal merit.
The sitter is being told to seek new paths, new opportunities and new growth when
a NINE is present in the reading.
The end is not the end. Begin anew, start again and keep going!
This is the time to put your creation, endeavors, gifts and talents out there for the
world to see and enjoy. NINE is the number of UNIVERSAL APPEAL &
RECOGNITION.
Keywords are:
NINE signifies the end of strife and process; the caterpillar having become the
butterfly. Rest, rejoice and rejuvenate – then start again.
MY BLISTER EFFECT
***
There are two pieces of impromptu mentalism, besides my own, that I will always
perform.
These two pieces are staples in my repertoire and those of my peers for good
reason; the propless “PULSE STOP” and the classic “BLISTER” effect (wherein
a burn wound & the resulting blister is formed and healed through the mind power
of the performer).
In 1972, Jack Kent Tillar's Blister Effect was first published in Tarbell Volume 7.
The effect is that a performer mysteriously makes a blister appear on the tip of his
or her finger (and can heal it). Since its publication, this unique effect has become
well-known and used by many of the greatest mentalists and magicians working in
the world today.
There are numerous sources and versions of the blister effect available, gimmicks
created to provide the actual blister and just as many presentations to suit them.
What I‟m sharing here is my own humble wisdom and experience regarding this
routine, how I catch my „blister‟ and the presentational points I use to sell this
intense experience.
Before we begin let‟s take a look at a few of the best of the newer and older
methods for forming the blister…
A few years ago Tim Trono marketed an item for creating blisters in the form of a
lighter gimmick (see: “Branded”) which allowed the performer to „blister‟
different playing cards on his fingers.
While this is a cute idea, it‟s way too magicy for my own tastes.
The good news is the gimmick in question is/was concealed in a lighter AND also
offered the traditional „circle blister‟ without images (suits and values) of playing
cards as made popular by the great Jack Kent Tillar.
As “Branded” uses a lighter and, ideally, we require a flame or some other source
of heat/energy to produce the blister convincingly, this actually became a
worthwhile purchase for nothing more than Tim‟s inclusion of the traditional Tillar
„blister‟ gaffus.
The old school way of producing the „blister‟ was sheer simplicity; a metal washer
(or a few of them glued together) makes for an extraordinary blister when your
finger is pressed hard upon the surface. A short stack of washers (for depth and
intensity of the blister) is easily concealed in one‟s pocket, fastened to a belt,
hidden beneath a table or even fastened covertly onto another prop or physical item
so the blister can be obtained discretely.
Because I often have a pen or marker of some type upon my person for obvious
reasons, I began using the blister effect and forming the wound with a pen or
marker cap. This actually works great, it‟s subtle and there‟s never anything to be
found. One can press a fingertip INTO the pen cap/lid and come away with a
nicely formed a blister as any gimmick can provide.
This works with Sharpie brand markers as well and for those of you familiar with
the un-gimmicked “Flexion” key bend by Jon Allen, you now have another utility
use for a normal, everyday object that you often have with you anyways.
You can also use a home or office key by pressing your thumb and index finger
into the hole at the head of the key (re: squeeze the key between your fingers).
I often get my blister WELL IN ADVANCE of showing it and not for any reasons
of „time delay‟ or psychological misdirection as usually touted…I do it just
because I can, to serve an economy of motion and lend greater efficiency to my
work.
By the time I come out of my pocket with the lighter (holding it like normal, of
course!) I‟ve got a nice, well formed blister on any finger of my choice…and this,
without the need for any gimmicks.
Now I can set the lighter down, hand it off and away to another person and
demonstrate my blistering effect whenever needed, desired or required.
Instead, once I‟ve jerked my hand away and put my finger against my lips, I place
the fleshy part of my index finger between my front teeth (upper and lower) and
BITE DOWN on my finger.
You‟ve got to make this look real…I put my finger against my lips/in my mouth
for just a moment and bite a small area of flesh right in front of my audience
members and participants (this biting action is invisible, it merely looks as though
I‟m putting a burned/singed finger in my mouth for immediate comfort)…it‟s more
like a PINCH than a “bite”…and my hand comes away shaking my fingers as if I
was truly in pain (just a few seconds, don‟t overdo it!) before I stop and BLOW on
the fingertip as if “cooling it off.”
It looks exactly like you would do if you had really just burned your fingertip.
A quick bite is all you need to form an amazing looking blister. This is now my
preferred method and while the blister isn‟t UNIFORM (like a perfect circle from a
washer, key, pen cap or blister gimmick is), it looks great, only takes a moment,
follows natural actions and reactions, is gaffless, impromptu and gives one an
amazing blister anytime they wish.
The other great thing about this method is that your fingertip can be a bit wet or
moist with saliva from your mouth afterwards which LOOKS exactly like the
clear, watery liquid which seeps from a wound, burn mark and blister.
It looks perfect.
It‟s quite the spectacle when, after a blister has appeared, everyone channels their
energy together to HEAL THE WOUND and bring the surface flesh back into a
state of perfect health and homeostasis.
I‟ve done this before by wrapping a band-aid bandage around my index finger at
the beginning/before a workshop type event which focused on PK and energy
work. Asking for the group‟s positive energy and collective assistance I explained
that I burned myself on the stove top the night before.
The band-aid is a wonderful convincer and of course my blister looks perfect the
moment I start to REALLY show it to the people around me.
Now it‟s just a matter of forming a circle with my participants, moving their hands
closer together into a sort of “canopy” and placing my burned hand and blistered
finger beneath/between them as I instruct everyone regarding how to breath, what
to visualize and how to channel their subtle energies for healing.
As the healing takes place I use my 3-part “Crimson Wall” suggestions and
describe what I‟m experiencing as the healing takes place (i.e. I feel very hot, see
colors in my mind‟s eye, feel tingling around the wound, etc).
After just a minute I remove my finger (still blistered) to check it and show how
much it has improved already. This gets people really excited, believe me!
Placing my burn wound back beneath their circle of hands we continue with our
breathing, visualizations and channeling healing currents…and after another
minute or two I remove my hand to show the blister has been healed completely.
I highly doubt that very many of you have the acting skills required to pull this off,
but if you do…there isn‟t anything much stronger in my opinion.
The blister effect, among others, is a powerful suggestion and placebo with enough
power to heal cancer and other forms of illness in the right people and under the
right conditions, make no mistake about it.
Such is the nature of our work and I say this from direct, firsthand experience.
While I‟m certainly not advocating anyone uses my material for such a purpose in
order to cure, treat or diagnose others, you should understand how powerful what
we do really is.
Before we end this section of “F.M.” I want to share another blister routine that
has an impact and core presentation very similar to Banachek‟s PK Touches or my
own “Energetic Touches” that I know you‟ll love.
While retrieving the lighter I “get my blister”, come out with the lighter and hand
it to my participant who will act as the SENDER.
The SENDER sits across the stage and uses the lighter to light the candle wick.
The RECEIVER who sits next to me has a different task; they form a „canopy‟ by
cupping their hands together (separated by a few inches of space between them).
It‟s between their empty hands that I‟ll place my (already) blistered finger. I do this
under the context and premise of them feeling the heat and energy that will begin
forming there shortly.
Now here comes the FINGER FORCE I use for certain blister effects. This is
almost too easy; I just ask my SENDER to “hold a finger out” for me as I gesture
what I wish for them to do using my INDEX FINGER with the blister.
100% of the time the SENDER will extend their index finger, following my
actions exactly. Note that I didn‟t ask them to “choose a finger” although that IS
the illusion I‟ll bank on later if desired.
The SENDER holds their (index) finger out and I say, “That one? Great.”
That‟s all.
I place my blistered finger between the cupped hands of my RECEIVER and tell
them to pay close attention to the heat and energy that will begin forming there
shortly.
I also tell them WHEN THEY BEGIN TO FEEL THIS HEAT, I want them to look
over at the SENDER and just nod their head so they know.
When they nod their head, the RECEIVER is to wet their index finger and thumb
and snuff out the candle flame. Once the candle flame is put out, I immediately
jerk my finger out/back/away from the RECEIVER as if I just received the “heat”
and resulting burn/blister from the candle flame.
Naturally the SENDER is unharmed, but you need to choose your participant
wisely and make sure beforehand they‟re not afraid to „pinch‟ a candle flame out.
Instead of using the lighter to get my blister, this is a great time to use my “bite
blister” method if you wish to. It simply makes the exact timing less important,
though my pacing, framing and how I‟ve constructed this demonstration takes care
of most of that for you easily and naturally.
Now I show the blister and explain what has occurred while showing it around to
both of my participants and to everyone in the first and second rows of the theatre.
Continue as you wish by healing the blister or bandaging it up and continuing with
your show.
Before I dismiss my two on-stage participants I use them for Luke Jermay‟s
routine “For Andruzzi” (using my own preferred methods from the PC I book) and
proceed to slow and stop my own heartbeat (and theirs) while explaining the trance
state I enter into increases one‟s natural ability to heal themselves on all levels and
how I can use my mind and thoughts to control my physical body.
When I “come back” to full consciousness the blister and seeping burn wound
inflicted previously (and bandaged) has already been healed.
There are many ways to present this effect, obviously. I‟ve enjoyed having the
SENDER etch my name into the candle using a pin first as a form of
SYMPATHETIC MAGIC.
I‟ve also used the premise of prayer, blessings and healing intentions being sent
over long distances, distant healing, Reiki and other forms of energy work to
further captivate the minds and hearts of those watching and involved.
Enjoy!
DREAM WALKING
***
Something I‟ve always been very fond of is the power of our dreams to completely
alter our lives and the lives of those around us in severe and beautiful ways; our
innate ability as gifted performers, healers, psychics, diviners and mystics to affect
the dreamscapes of others through the expert use of suggestion and psycho-
spiritual techniques is something that should not be overlooked.
I‟ve got a great deal of respect for my dreams and the dreams of others and the
enormous volumes of helpful information, guidance and healing energies brought
through during them.
As someone whose life path and calling was severely altered following a series of
powerful dreams…dreams which found me speaking to dead loved ones, receiving
visions and flying out of my body which inspired me to travel halfway across the
world to South Africa to study traditional healing, divination and spiritual
medicine with the Zulus, I offer the following statement with the utmost
conviction…
What follows is one of the strongest things you can do for a person...period.
I first happened upon this effect by accident, or rather, I didn‟t know that what I
was ALREADY DOING was having this strange little “side effect” on the people I
was working with.
Once my participants, audience members, clients and private sitters began calling
and sharing their later experiences with me, their accounts were often very similar
in nature and one thing I noticed repeatedly was that I was showing up in the
dreams of at least half these people.
What first elicited these dynamic dream episodes was the process of “soul gazing”
or Isithunzi as we refer to it in Swaziland.
For those of you working with my signature technique “The Process”, you already
know of the power and potency and sheer magic involved with such a thing as well
as the incredible effects it has on others.
I should have discovered the powerhouse technique I‟m about to share with you
even sooner than I did (about 5 years ago now) and I was really upset in hindsight
that I hadn‟t yet made the connection as I often noticed myself having rather
intense and vivid dreams about the people I personally engaged in soul
gazing/isithunzi or “The Process” with.
As of 2011 it has been nearly 8 years since I was initiated as a Sangoma medicine
man and traditional doctor and during that time I‟ve had several hundred
opportunities to perfect the work that follows in almost every conceivable
situation.
It now works well over half the time and EVENTUALLY IT WILL WORK WITH
NEARLY EVERYONE, it only needs a little bit of time to become fully set, sink
into one‟s consciousness and “kick in” on occasion.
To show up in a person‟s dreams is simple, it‟s what you do once you GET
THERE that really matters…and I‟m leaving that part up to you though I‟ll be
giving some helpful hints and tips along the way.
The process itself is simple and straightforward. I invite all of you to try this out
immediately with a friend, family member or client as soon as you possibly can.
You could even do it with *ME* as your focus (highly recommended) and lo and
behold, I WILL BE IN YOUR DREAMS TONIGHT!
Before you go to bed this evening I want you to find a mirror in your house or
apartment, any will do, and just begin gazing into it for a few minutes…begin by
staring into your own eyes and simply allowing yourself to relax as much as
possible both mentally and physically.
As you do this I want you to pay special attention to any thoughts, feelings and
physical sensations that happen to come over you…notice any changes in
temperature, including hot and cold spots in the air around you…as well as any
taps, touches and tingling sensations across your back, face, neck and shoulders
(and especially a slight pressure or heavy feeling directly over your energy centers,
often focused in the very center of your forehead/3rd eye chakra!).
The more sensitive among you might actually notice the sound of my voice
speaking to you once again with these instructions or the voices of your departed
loved ones whispering their support and encouragement in your ear, visions that
pertain to your own life and future, the direct experience of a warm, positive
healing energy surrounding you, your aura expanding and contracting in the mirror
around your crown chakra, head, neck and shoulders…and in your peripheral
vision I want you to watch for orbs of light and LIGHT BEINGS standing next to
you, behind you and all around you.
Whether you experience what I‟ve just described above very quickly after you start
gazing in the mirror or not at all, place no special attention or significance upon
any of it…simply notice the phenomena occurring and try your best NOT to latch
onto it!
As you gaze into the mirror and into your eyes, I want you to IMAGINE MY
FACE as clearly as you can, in fact, I want you to use your naturally creative
powers of visualization to actually SEE my face superimposed over your own for a
moment…so now you‟re actually looking into my eyes and it‟s my reflection that is
staring back at you.
Once you can hold this image of my face in your mind and really SEE IT (even for
just a few seconds!) go ahead and notice your own breathing again, focus on your
heartbeat and acknowledge any sensations occurring inside of your own body
before slowly allowing yourself to come back to an ordinary waking
consciousness.
Now take a deep breath, stretch and blink your eyes a few times…
Having done this, I want you to go to bed and sleep and dream as usual and do so
with the intention of remembering your dreams in greater depth and with as much
vivid detail as possible tonight.
It would help if you kept a pen and pad of paper nearby so you can record your
dreams upon waking, though it isn‟t necessary. You‟ll definitely know if you‟ve
seen me in your dreams or not (I‟m hard to miss!).
A few years ago I began to write an entire book about WHY and HOW this works
(and the various incredible things you can do with it such as conducting healings,
group experiments, readings and mind reading, granting wishes, facilitating spirit
communication, assisting people in achieving their goals and more) and eventually
I will release that information in all its glory and fullness…but not right now.
The manuscript in question will be expensive, detailed and mind expanding for
those of you who have already expressed your interest privately. Once released
you‟ll need about $500.00 to play this game with the same power, detail and clarity
that I do…BUT…I promise to save you a lifetime of learning, trial, error and
experimentation in the process.
Other interested parties can pre-order the dream book (limited to 25 physical
copies) for $350.00 by contacting me privately via the usual channels.
All you need to know right now in order to begin using this piece and technique is
that if a person gazes into a mirror for only 2-3 minutes just before retiring to bed
(and 5-7 minutes works even better!) as they focus on your image and SEE YOUR
FACE in their mind‟s eye as they intend and allow for a strong mental connection
to take place, you will show up in their dreams like clockwork and no matter who
you use this technique with, if they remember their dreams at night AT ALL then
this will surely work for you.
Follow the above instructions yourself and then start giving them to others with the
concrete suggestion that you‟ll use this spectacular “Rite of Calling” with their
permission to show up in their dreams tonight and I guarantee that you will.
Lala Kahle!
THE HOY SÉANCE
(AKA “THE PSILENT SÉANCE”)
***
The inspiration for the following piece came to me over several years and took
several more years of fine tuning, testing and continued experimentation in the
field before it was workable in the fashion you now see and have access to it in.
This hard hitting séance and pseudo „Q&A‟ session is best suited for small groups
of 10-20 people, but I‟ve used it with as few as 3 or 4 people at times and with as
many as 60-80 on special occasions.
This séance is very, very different in that we‟ll apparently be answering the sitter‟s
unspoken thoughts and personal questions while working with the invisible
presence, inspiration and spiritual energies of our departed loved ones.
This demonstration looks very much like channeling and has the same profound
impact and positive effects that channeled messages and readings tend to have on a
person or group of people.
During this séance those gathered are asked to remain quiet and contemplative
throughout the experience. Unlike other forms of question answering and gallery
readings your guests will NOT be communicating back and forth with you as you
work.
Instead, they are to remain calm and quiet in their meditative state, work with their
spirit guides and ancestors from the inside out as they listen to you closely.
The messages given by Spirit come on fast and furious and it will be up to each
person in attendance to remember the readings and messages provided by our
collective guides, guardian angels and loving ancestors as they‟re spoken directly
to them.
I start by asking my guests to focus on connecting with a departed loved one by
picturing them clearly in their mind‟s eye and then linking that inner picture to
their thoughts, feelings and happy memories of all the times they spent together
with their loved one while they were living on this earth.
At this point I ask everyone in attendance to sit up straight in their seats as they do
this, place their hands palms down in their laps and then take a few deep breaths
with me as they close their eyes and really give themselves permission to relax as
deeply and completely as possible during this experience.
It‟s here that I remind my guests this evening‟s séance and message service will be
a SILENT, CLOSED EYE PROCESS and for them to simply notice their
thoughts, feelings and physical sensations as we work together this evening.
Leading them deeper into a state of mental and physical relaxation via suggestion,
deep breathing and closed eye visualizations (i.e. meditation) I ask the group to
continue connecting with the memories and inner visions of their loved ones, to
call out to them in/with their mind and heart and to SIMPLY KNOW that as they
do this, their loved ones in Spirit hear their call immediately and begin to draw
closer and closer in each passing moment, every breath and every heartbeat in
order to comfort and converse with them from the world invisible.
The readings and messages are given up freely and offered as “survival evidence.”
I do not charge for this particular service for the following reason:
I‟m an advantage player and whether my readings and spirit messages are all “spot
on” or not, everybody in attendance is going to feel as though I‟ve answered ALL
of the mental questions and concerns held in mind by those present and/or helped
them to make a direct connection to their loved ones in the spirit world.
I say “and/or” because that‟s where the David Hoy principle comes in.
I lead my guests in connecting even further with their friends and family members
on the other side (see Brother Shadow‟s “Have Séance, Will Travel”) and as I do
this I begin a series of rapid fire readings and intuitive messages.
It‟s important to note that I do NOT ask my guests to think of or entertain specific
questions, but instead ask them simply to relax in the love and memories of the
departed and to allow THEM to speak to me in order to tell the living group
members and sitters what they want and need to know in their life at this time.
I don‟t have any particular method or “trick” for doing this. I do it 100% for real
using my natural knowing, intuition and a highly developed 6th sense to let me
know exactly what my guests want and need to hear, and what will serve them
most at this time.
That said, I do hedge my bets just a little bit and at the end we‟re going to use the
Hoy Principle to its fullest effect by asking everyone to open their eyes, take a
deep breath and presence themselves back here in the room with me.
Once the group has collected their thoughts and joined me back in the room I say,
“If you managed to receive an answer to your most pressing personal questions, if
you received some particularly valuable insight through our readings and
messages for you OR you were able to feel a stronger, more intimate connection
with your loved ones in Spirit than you usually do this evening…please raise your
hands (or “stand up”).
Of course every hand and body in the room goes up at this point and it‟s here that I
play a very beautiful piece of music to anchor into this experience. This is what I
want my guests to remember…complete success and clear spirit communication
for everyone involved and that they ALL received a helpful bit of information or
an answer to some pressing life question at this time.
The music, raising their hands and standing up is all actively working towards
cementing this incredible mental picture and experience in their minds and this is
what they‟re going to remember and describe to others when sharing their thoughts
and feelings of this evening.
You might have realized by this point that your readings don‟t really HAVE TO
matter or resonate with anyone, in fact, you could say whatever you want and it
doesn‟t have to make sense to ANYBODY at all!
Everyone has their eyes closed, so nobody knows exactly who the messages are
intended for. There is no visual feedback involved in order to make the inner
visions, mental pictures, memories and images of their loved ones even clearer and
crisper than ever before.
The gambit at the end tidy‟s everything up rather nicely; everyone stands or raises
their hand because they DO feel more connected to their loved ones in spirit than
normally…of course…they just spent close to half an hour in a trance state
connecting and speaking to them, sharing happy memories and conversing silently.
The illusion is perfect, but…it doesn‟t have to be an illusion. You can be a spiritual
medium and rely on your true thoughts, feelings and impressions to carry you
through this experience.
I do.
BALANCING AURAS, SPIRITUAL HEALING &
ENERGY WORK
***
What follows is a super-easy method for spiritual work, auric healing and energy
balancing that anybody can put to effective use immediately.
Once more, the presentation that you‟ll use should be your own and you should at
least be familiar with the subtle energy system (aura, chakras and meridians)
before you begin.
Alternatively you could go out on a limb for a “straight shot” (direct) presentation
and exhibition of healing energy work as I often do, but DO NOT steal or borrow
my opening lines in bold – I didn‟t put them here for that reason and could just as
easily have left them out. For me these words are true and not part of any
mentalism presentation as you currently understand it.
I begin by saying,
These opening lines help establish me and my credibility very quickly, ignite the
imagination and prepare my audience member or client for an intense healing
experience.
I continue,
“Once I do this for you, you won‟t ever feel the same again...something inside of
you will be different…and it will be subtle at first, but then you‟ll notice that
feeling just continues to grow and grow in both its positive effects and their
intensity.
People often tell me that their personal problems, challenges, hidden issues, daily
stresses and normal frustrations just don‟t carry that much weight, impact or water
with them anymore and simply don‟t have the same importance or negative effects
on you they once had once my gift has been shared.
Challenging situations and facing all of the unknown factors in our lives is also no
longer as worrisome or as crippling. Fears begin to vanish almost immediately
and instead there seems to be a far greater level of self love and personal
acceptance within my friends, family members, peers and the clients I serve left in
its place.
All across the board, every time I do this for a person, they report being far more
able to choose wisely and embrace positive ways of being in relationship to the
world, especially with regards to how they think, feel and respond to everything
going on within them and all around them.
It‟s all a very healing, positive and empowering experience and one that will
change your life forever.”
These are the various healing suggestions I give to people before I work with them;
please feel free to use them “as is” or substitute your own wherever desired.
To conduct the actual auric healing I simply place my hands on top of a person‟s
head for a few minutes (anywhere from 2 minutes to 3-5 seems good) and imagine
a stream of white light and healing energy flowing through me (from the center of
Universe & Highest Source) and which goes directly into my client UNTIL I can
see, in my mind‟s eye, their aura and personal energy expanding.
This is how I know, mentally, they‟ve had enough of the healing currents.
Once this is done I use a pendulum to “check” for any remaining holes, rips or
tears in their aura. This is a wonderful convincer to the efficacy of this practice and
you can probably think of other ways to use a pendulum or muscle testing for an
additional convincer in your own work.
In traditional Zulu healing and African shamanism there is a very simple yet
effective cure given by the Sangomas and Inyangas (the traditional African
healers, shamans, spiritual doctors and medicine men of South Africa) for
negativity, depression, jealousy and witchcraft of all kinds.
The cure?
Though there are many possible solutions and various options for rendering an
effective psycho-spiritual treatment (some of which include loving oneself,
forgiving others, smiling, laughing, engaging in spiritual cleansing, prayer work,
dream interpretation, ancestral offerings and working intimately with plant
medicines) by far the simplest and most effective solution in the majority of cases
is SINGING & DANCING.
When I was originally inspired to share this piece it was as an immediate response
to a threatening standoff in a popular nightclub I was working in. I had only just
completed my show about an hour before the “premier” of this piece and met a
friend for after-show drinks and a bite to eat.
During our appetizer and a much deserved cocktail a huge commotion broke out in
the outside dining area we were seated in and it escalated quickly…two groups of
men (a few of them whom were obviously very, very inebriated) and a few
hysterical women with them (one of which was rightfully so and had been groped
by a passerby she originally mistook for one of the men in the altercation) began
shouting, throwing tables around, pointing their fingers, yelling obscenities and
making direct threats as they walked towards each other and began to “square off”
to fist fight and trapping my friend and I directly in the center at our table between
the two groups.
As I had been waiting for my dinner company since my post show meet-and-greet
I was able to sit quietly, sip my drink and be near both groups of people long
before the argument and misunderstanding occurred.
In other words, I saw all of this going down as it happened and I was the only
person that knew the full story of what had actually occurred (and especially of the
innocence of the accused who had been nearby my table when the young woman in
question first screamed and caused a scene).
It was a very odd situation to be in and at least one of the groups had been present
during my show, which proved to be a very good thing as it gave me a bit of
authority, power, prestige and suggestion to use in dissolving this situation.
The two groups approached each other ready to fight and I stood up between them.
My friend had already left to fetch the club‟s security, but this was happening
NOW and it was going down FAST.
I was able to interrupt the commotion by standing between the two groups while
extending my arms to create a neutral space and speaking to them calmly.
“Someone grabbed my ass and **** and then ducked through the crowd; my
friend saw who did it and it was YOU!” replied the somewhat intoxicated victim as
she pointed furiously at an innocent man.
I knew this wasn‟t the case as I had heard the girl freaking out before running to
get her boyfriend and I saw which people were sitting around me on the patio. It
wasn‟t this guy who did the grabbing and, conveniently, the (also very drunk)
girlfriend who fingered this poor chap was nowhere to be found…something I said
needed to be remedied in an attempt to buy more time.
Tensions ran high as the victim went to find her girlfriend(s) to positively I.D. the
accused. When the stumbling troupe finally arrived in the center (which took only
seconds, she wasn‟t far) her entire story changed…
It was totally ridiculous; she nearly got this man‟s face smashed in for no apparent
reason at all. I did notice, however, that this was the same girl who was drunk and
hitting on the innocent male in this argument only 20 or 30 minutes before at the
bar. His girlfriend (?) was with him at my show that night and if I must say so
myself, his lady-friend was looking really good that evening and A LOT better
than the drunk & rejected girl who pointed this guy out after the friend had been
groped.
To me it looked like jealousy was in full effect, the accuser saw a perfect chance
for „revenge‟ at the expense of her girlfriend after her own drunken passes were
ignored, the accused man‟s girlfriend was prettier than his accuser was and key
people in the altercation had had a few too many drinks in them and were making
complete assholes out of themselves based on a nitwit‟s gross accusation.
In the meantime our dinner and new drinks had been set on the table and the wait
staff had called management as the fight was erupting; my friend still wasn‟t back
with security yet and the balcony bartender seemed scared to death to get involved.
Of course I didn‟t have a choice – I had just found myself in the middle of a bar
fight. Later I learned the rent-a-cops and house security were delayed with another
big fight two floors beneath us on another dance floor. It was a full moon that
evening and if you‟ve performed live on stage for awhile then you know that it
really DOES tend to bring out the weirdness and wildness in people, especially
when it comes to hypnosis (and drinking)!!!
Even after rightfully getting him “off the hook” and out of harm‟s way, tensions
and feelings still ran high in both groups.
To disarm and dissolve the situation even further I said “Look, you guys are both
good people…I can see it…you‟ve got a big heart…and YOU would never let
someone just come along and disrespect your girlfriend, right?”
Both agreed.
“Let‟s chalk this up to a crazy misunderstanding and all go our separate ways
then, ya?”
I could tell I was getting somewhere as both men took a step backward and broke
eye contact for the first time.
“Hold on just a second…can you guys hear that music playing downstairs?” I
asked them.
It became very quiet as everyone strained to hear the house beats going off on the
floor below us…they were muffled but still noticeable as we were on the balcony
and it was at that moment I could tell they were all following my lead and breaking
their aggressive states perfectly.
I gestured towards the frightened crowd of friends and patrons gathered around us
and asked,
Let‟s have a song then, I know one that we can sing together!”
I got a few crazy looks, but I didn‟t care. I was still hoping one of the hotheads
involved didn‟t jump across the table and accidently punch me in the face while
going after the other guy or one of his friends.
IT WAS WORKING.
LOUDER!”
“Out came the sun and dried up all the rain (matching actions to words turning my
hands into the rising sun before they became a crawling spider as is usually done in
this universally known and popular nursery rhyme) and the itsy bitsy spider went
up the spout again!”
As I looked around the patio I noticed that almost everyone was singing with me
and once we were finished there was nothing but laughter, smiles and good
intentions coming from those present.
The patrons were delighted, both groups of people had grown calmer, I looked like
a HYPNOTIC GOD and as we were finishing our song I saw my friend, the bar
staff and their security team who were all showing up to stop a fight that had
already been stopped.
Since I went home that evening I couldn‟t get the “Spider Song” out of my head
and the memory of that event still brings a smile to my face. It was more satisfying
on a personal level in those first crucial moments than my entire show that night
had been and I knew there was something strong and magical to explore there.
I now include the SPIDER SONG in nearly every public and private show, event,
lecture, performance and demonstration that I offer and often use it in my private
readings and consultations as well.
I speak as I do in the beginning of this section regarding the traditional Swazi and
Zulu fixes for curses, witchcraft and negativity (singing and dancing). I tell my
audience that I won‟t make them dance, but that I‟d love for them to sing a little
song with me…
“You all know how it goes, follow along and sing it with me!”
Afterwards I have them look around and see all the smiling faces (it‟s impossible
NOT to smile after this one, I guarantee it!) and use this as a working example of
WHY the Zulus tell us to sing and dance to thwart negativity.
It works!
END GAME RANT
***
I would have thought, by this point in time, that certain things such as how to heal
others with energy, suggestion, placebos, prayer, affirmations, meditation and
one‟s pure intent would be self evident and immediately obvious for anyone
reading my work and then getting out there in the trenches and using my material
in the real world.
If you have NO CLUE and NO IDEA how to use things such as my “Energetic
Touches” or “Telepathy In Action”, projecting the doppelganger, eliciting criteria,
turning one‟s personal criteria into symbols and making them bigger, brighter,
closer, louder and more expansive…if you‟ve got NO INDICATION regarding
how to use a pendulum or hypnosis or muscle testing and contact mind reading,
one‟s dreams or a positive, genuine intuitive reading or even the laying on of hands
& distant healing work with the above mentioned happy/joyful/grateful energy,
positive healing suggestions, personal belief, placebos, sacred deceptions, prayer,
meditations, clear intentions, criteria, personal symbols and the like…please put
this book down and walk as far away as you can from my past, current and future
material and offerings as is humanly possible.
Seriously…
I‟m not the guy who is just going to sit here and spoon feed the current generation
of defunct mentalists and pretend/wannabe psychic workers with no ideas of their
own regarding how to use this material in the real world from which it arrives, how
to alter it, spin their own unique versions or variations and make it work for them.
You either come to this material with a good, precise and clear indication of what
you‟re getting into and what will be expected of you in order to produce higher
miracles…or go back to your precious Fogel, Waters, Annemann, Corinda and
others who were content with using magic TRICKS over entertaining the
possibility of real magic in any of its diverse and magnificent forms.
A wiser man than I once said, “I don‟t believe in miracles. I rely on them.”
Miracles in the way I produce them RELY on taking chances and calculated risks,
willing to be “off” at times or “wrong completely” in others, the heavy use of
positive suggestion, the REAL direction of subtle energies and tapping into our
intuition, working with the breath, imagination, visualization techniques,
affirmations…and, at times, wrapping all of these things and more up in a beautiful
and potent piece of magic, mentalism, hypnosis, intuitive/spiritual readings or
psychic work and shamanic ritual to potentiate their amazing and radical effects
upon an audience, private client(s), active participant, material witness or other
select volunteers.
Magic was once rightly confined to the realms inhabited by shamans, medicine
men, tribal mystics, prophets, seers, high priests, diviners, psychics, mediums,
artists, root workers, performers and healers. To call what is being touted today as
“magic” (or even entertainment!) in any form practically makes my blood boil.
I look around this achingly boring and uninspired “community” in which I have
allowed myself to become increasingly involved in and most of what I see today
constitutes nothing more than silly little clowns, jugglers and court jesters
practicing their craft badly and it makes me regret ever uttering a single word to
your kind or placing pen to paper for your benefit.
You guys want to know why I‟m leaving the magic and mentalism scene behind
me and the truth is I haven‟t seen any really good (much less truly GREAT!)
performances and demonstrations of magic or mentalism (or magicians and
mentalists for that matter) besides my own and that offered up by my closest peers,
friends, supporters and personal students in the last several years.
Knowing the vast majority of those currently involved with magic or mentalism
could rot in the ground and that THE FIRST MAGIC would thrive in their
absence is enough to make me wish them all the very worst…but I won‟t, and I
don‟t.
Where you have been mistaken and misguided I have endeavored to inspire, coach,
guide, fix, support or at least improve, and yet it seems that I‟m only making things
worse for my own cause…preserving the first magic and original form of medicine
and healing which is dying and being destroyed, voluntarily and with growing
ferocity, by those who have no business at all dealing with such things.
To send me repeated emails saying you don‟t understand HOW to use these things
to affect a positive healing state or a shift in perspective or brighter attitude and
outlook within other people only makes me loathe and despise ALL of you even
more...and myself for allowing it and, to some extent, facilitating it.
Look at who your heroes and idols and “brothers” are, look at what YOU
YOURSELF HAVE BECOME and then make the appropriate plans to protect
and cherish our beloved art and ancient craft starting today or please do us all a
favor and kill yourselves at dawn!
While I‟m always willing to help others with my unique approach and offerings,
what else can I possibly do besides serve up my entire life‟s work on a silver
platter in the same exact manner in which I have done so for the last several years
now?
If you don‟t get my work and you have no way to understand it given your unique
make and model of the world (and your inexperience with all things magical,
sacred, altered and non-ordinary), by all means DO NOT invest in any more of my
material…it just isn‟t for you, obviously!
Mine is not now or has it ever been your run of the mill, generic “cookie cutter”
mentalism or the type of thing you can just walk into a magic shop and buy for a
soiled $20.00 spot.
If you‟ve got ANY SOURCE for better, stronger, harder hitting and more
impactful material than mine, I‟d love to fucking see it. At this point I‟m more
convinced than ever that such material and the performers who would use it just
doesn‟t exist in the world yet, with very few exceptions.
For God-only-knows what reasons I have worked my ass off and sought to provide
ALL of you with something more, something real (or real-er) than what you‟ve
been given prior and are currently used to.
My work may have been in vain, I‟m not quite sure at this point.
It‟s a very disappointing position to find myself in and I don‟t like this feeling
much at all.
To claim your role and seek to stake your claim in any sort of fake, false and
plastic community in which this abomination of magic, mystery and miracles is not
only encouraged and supported, but praised (!) shows a complete lack of
understanding, heart and a mind to think with on your part.
Many of you (or the people you associate with, rather) should be ashamed with
your actions, but you‟re not – you‟ve helped kill an ancient form of art and healing
with your stupid jokes, cheesy lines, weak performances, total lack of originality
and vision, the absence of any true power or wisdom and efficacy, a lack of
character, premise and requisite experience in the world, your alliances and
allegiances to complete assholes and idiots…you don‟t even know yourselves or
WHY you came to magic and sought to perform it in the first place (besides maybe
as a passing fancy that “stuck” or as a way to make an extra buck in the world) and
thus NONE of your true nature comes across in your performances (which
COULD be healing and magical and miraculous every time you “perform”, though
you‟ve convinced yourself otherwise!) and yet you‟ve damn near ALL got the
audacity to post in online forums (mental masturbation at its finest), bother me
with your silly queries and absurd requests and ask repeatedly when your BONUS
EBOOK is going to be ready.
I got into magic because it was the tradition and calling of my living family and
departed ancestors; a thriving shamanic path and natural way to wisdom and
healing and self-discovery that was once perfectly protected and rightfully
preserved, but now is only continuously whored out, taken for granted and
expected, used incorrectly and without meaning or context and has become a direct
smack in the face to several thousand years of rich tradition, wisdom, power,
beauty, art, magic, mystery, romance, poetry and shamanism.
I‟m done…and now you are too, you just don‟t realize it yet.
RIP,