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Victorian Seance & the Birth of Mentalism
Paul Voodini
PDF, 60 pages
Reviewed by Jonathan Royle
Well
blow me down with a feather, Paul Voodini aka 'Paul Voodini - the Paranormal
Entertainer' has only gone and released another book and this time it's all
about the real grass roots and birth of Modern Mentalism and how this
interrelates to the early days of Victorian Seance and the Mesmerism Era.
Containing 60 A4 photo illustrated pages and 17,000 words of pure gold, my short
review in one sentence is that this should be a MUST READ book for all
Mentalists, Bizarre Magicians, Stage-Hypnotists and even Hypnotherapists - yes
even Hypnotherapists as there are psychological insights galore within the pages
of this truly educational and entertaining text.
In terms of the actual contents, all I will say is that it more than lives up to
the advertising copy that you will find on Paul's website, where you can also
order the book:
www.readerofminds.co.uk/victorian_seance_94.html
Yes, many "techniques" and "secrets" of Fraudulent Mediums and Spiritualists are
touched upon, however in my opinion the true value of the book is the
psychological insights that can be gleaned by understanding how and why
Spiritualism and Mesmerism (now known as Hypnosis) became so popular when they
did and how that psychology is still relevant today.
I have no doubt that as well an enjoying the read, anyone who truly studies and
considers the contents of this publication will without doubt become a far
better Mentalist, Magical Entertainer and/or Hypnotist.
When you truly understand where things have come from and how they got to be as
they are today, it enables you to see that history tends to repeat itself, hence
the current trend of mainly Propless Mentalism.
Do yourself a favour and grab a copy of this book today.
I would 100% unreservedly recommend it.
Available from www.readerofminds.co.uk
© Jonathan Royle, December 2017