Mainly Mental, Volume 1

Author/Originator: C. L. Boarde
Product ID: e944

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DESCRIPTION

C. L. Boarde's masterwork on billet reading! Highly sought after by mentalists and many decades out of print, C. L. Boarde's print run was limited to just 275 copies in 1947 and some of those copies were lost due to spoilage at the printer. Mainly Mental, Volume One, is categorized into five sections. The first deals with the "Steal" — the process by which the spectator’s written note comes into the performer’s possession. Then follows "The Read" — the manner in which the stolen billet is opened and read. After which follows "The Spiel" — the manner in which the stolen information is analyzed and returned to the spectator in an effective manner, bringing the effect to a fitting climax. The fourth section is devoted to "Subsidiary Techniques" — secondary methods of value to the mentalist and the volume concludes with a fifth section covering various "Effects" using the previously described techniques. Re-typeset and reformatted for 8.5 x 11 (or A4) page size, 115 pages with 73 line drawings.

Please note, Mainly Mental, Volume Two on Book Tests, is now available! Also from C. L. Boarde, The Borrowed Brain.

MAINLY MENTAL, VOLUME 1
TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION....2

SECTION ONE — THE STEAL

GENERAL REMARKS....5
SPECIFIC REMARKS....5

PART A - THE ONE HAND SWITCH....6

THE TABLE SWEEP....6
THE TABLE LIFT....7
THE “IMPROVED” TABLE LIFT....8
THE PALM-OUT....8
THE FINGER SWITCH9
THE TIP-UP....10
THE TABLE STIR....11
THE PELLET CHANGE....12

PART B - THE TWO HAND SWITCH.13

THE TORN CENTER....13
THE IMPROVED TORN CENTER...14
THE SQUEEZE....15
THE HAND TO HAND.....16
THE HAND OVER HAND....18
THE HAND FROM HAND....18
THE FOLD-OVER....19

PART C - STRATAGEMS...20

THE THUMB TIP....20
THE ENVELOPE AND TIP....22
THE SLIT ENVELOPE....23
THE TURNOVER....25
THE PAD...26
VARIATION....27
THE WAXED COVER....28
IN THE GLASS....29

SECTION TWO — THE READ

GENERAL REMARKS....31

OPENING THE BILLET....32

PROCEDURE ONE....32
PROCEDURE TWO....33

THE READ....34

NATURAL MOVEMENTS....34
IN THE LAP....36
BEHIND THE SCENE.36
IN THE PALM....37
ON THE PAD....39
IN THE POCKET....40
UNDER THE SHEET.41
UNDER COVER.....43
MIS-READ44
CONCLUDING REMARKS....45

SECTION THREE — THE SPIEL

GENERAL REMARKS....45
SETTING THE SCENE....46
ANALYZING THE SPECTATOR....47
ANALYZING THE QUESTION....49
THE DELIVERY....50

THE PSYCHOLOGICAL READING....53

LOVE....54
HEALTH....54
BUSINESS....55
LOST AND FOUND....55
TRIPS....56
NEWS.....56
CONFLICT....57
SUCCESS....58
POLITICS....58
CHILDREN....58
CRIME....58

SECTION FOUR — SUBSIDIARY TECHNIQUES

GENERAL REMARKS....59
MARKING THE BILLET....60
THE POCKET INDEX....65
THE POCKET WRITER....70
THE THUMB-WRITER....73
PENCIL READING....78
IMPRESSION TECHNIQUES....81
FORCING....84
MISCELLANEOUS....86

SECTION FIVE — EFFECTS

GENERAL REMARKS..87

QUESTION AND ANSWER....88

VARIATION A....88
VARIATION B....90
VARIATION C....90

LIVING AND DEAD....92

VARIATION A....92
VARIATION B....92
VARIATION C....93
VARIATION D....94
VARIATION E....96

ONE AHEAD....96

VARIATION A....96
VARIATION B....97
VARIATION C....98
VARIATION D....99

DEAD NAME DUPLICATION.100

VARIATION A....100
VARIATION B....101
VARIATION C....102
VARIATION D....102
VARIATION E....102

PSYCHOMETRY...104

VARIATION A....104
VARIATION B....104
VARIATION C....105

TELEPHONE TESTS....105

VARIATION A....106
VARIATION B....107
VARIATION C....108

PROJECTION....109

VARIATION A....109
VARIATION B....110
VARIATION C....110

PREDICTIONS....111

VARIATION A....111
VARIATION B....112

CONCLUDING REMARKS....115