Will Dexter SEALED VISION Blindfold Mentalism

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Will Dexter SEALED VISION A Treatise on Blindfold MentalismSigned by the author This 66 page hardbacked book contains a wealth of information for any mentalist planning on using a blindfold in his show. Published in 1956 by George Armstrong, publisher of The Magic Wand magazine and long out of print. This book is not easy to find. Will Dexter also wrote Feature Magic for Mentalists and The Riddle of Chung Ling Soo. The book covers : The X-Ray Eye Act Sealed Letter Delivery Publicity Stunts The Blindfold Drive Before I give you a full list of the contents have a gander at what Peter Warlock wrote in the Foreword:DURING the early years of the Pentagram, and whilst I was living in Nottingham , I began to correspond with a magician in London who talked the same language as myself. When in 1948 I decided to return to London I anticipated very many pleasant sessions on Mental Magic. Alas it was not to be, for the magician in question. Will Dexter, took up an appointment in the City I had left behind. This was my loss and although we have kept up a corres- pondence, it has not the speed of the spoken word. And now this magician has written a book and I feel privileged to write this brief introduction. Within it you will find not only worthwhile ideas (ideas which can so easily be tested) but also suggestions for presentation, and, in fact. almost everything that an intelligent conjurer could require in making use of a fake blindfold for the purpose of one effect or a series of effects. In one chapter, Will makes mention of a genuine blindfold, at the same time giving a range of effects that can be accomplished whilst the performer is completely sightless. My own view in the matter of genuine blindfolds is that unless the effect to be presented is greater than one that can be accomplished with a fake blindfold of even the simplest quality, no purpose is served. The performer, unless he emblazons his patter with words to the effect that t are such things as fake blindfolds, simply places an unnecessary handicap upon himself. To the general public the ordinary folded handkerchief is non-suspect. On the few occasions when the average person suffers blindfolding, as at party games, he or she invariably close their eyes as well, and thus the downward glimpse is beyond their ken. You the reader however have a book, a book which you will enjoy, for the author is a good journalist as well as being a good conjurer, and I should hate to defer your reading. Go to it! And the Contents: PART ONE: TRANSPARENT BLINDFOLDS Unprepared Silk Foulard.........9 The Divided Bag (1) ............12 The Divided Bag (2) ............15 The Felt Mask ............17 The Leather Mask ............18 The Perforated Coin ............18 Painted Goggles ............22 Magnetised Goggles ....... ....23 Polarised Goggles .....,......25 Clear Spot Goggles ............25 The Faked Newspaper ............27 Paper Bag Blindfold (1).........28 Paper Bag Blindfold (2).........29 Paper Bag Blindfold (3).........30 Friction Scarf Blindfold.........31 PART Two: METHODS USING THE DOWNWARD GLIMPSE Reversed Crease Blindfold.........35 Blindfold Plus Pads ............36 Peter Warlock's Pad ............39 Surgical Plaster Blindfold......, .40 Watch Glass Reflector.........41 The Button Reflector ............43 The Tray Reflector ... ... ......44 Duncanson's "Sight Unseen" ......45 PART THREE: SUBTLETIES One-Ahead System ... ... ......46 Prior Observation ... ... ......47 Stage Setting ... ... ... ......48 Property Plot ... ... ... ......49 F... read more

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