'The Practical Psychic's Little White Book' by Richard Webster

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 7
MESSAGE F~OM NEAL SCRYER 7
FOREWORD 8
NEAL SCRYER AND ME 10
INTRODUCTION 14
1. EFFECTS USING THE A TO l PRINCIPLE 15
2. NEAL'S FAVORITE EFFECTS 39
3. EFFECTS WITH CARDS 76
4. BACK TO THE PATIO 91
5. YOU HAVE LIVED BEFORE 106
6. THE PENDULUM 115
7. ANGELIC COMMUNICATION 128
8. THE REAL THING 132
CONCLUSION 137
ACKflOUJLEDGmEDTS
We'd like to thank Doug Dyment, Max Maven, Mota,
Brother Shadow, and Michael Weber for their valuable
input into this book.
mESSAGE FROITI DEAL SCR.YER.

I would like to thank Richard Webster for his help and
input into the writing this of this book. Without Richard, this
would not be possible. I am indebted to him and love him
like a brother. I'd also like to thank Doug Dyment, Docc
Hilford and Michael Weber for their kind words and input
into this project. They are my brothers, too. I have many
brothers here that I love. I want to thank Mota, Max Maven
and Brother Shadow. They are also my brothers. Finally, I
want to thank my readers and all the other supporters
because you, too, are my brothers. I thank you all, and
send you nothing but the best. In fact, I send you all the
highest and best. I love you all, my brothers. Thank you.
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A confession: Despite the fact that I have neither
met nor spoken with Neal Scryer I am certain he exists. I
have several trusted friends who have spent time with him,
face-to-face, and they tell me he is as fascinating in
person as is the person I have only met in print.
If you are here because you've already read his
Little Black Book and you want more- it's here. If you are
encountering Mr. Scryer's thinking and writing here for the
first time, allow me to offer a few suggestions: First, be
forewarned that Neal's writing style (and frequently his
approach to methodology) is simple, but not simplistic.
You will discover his solutions to seemingly impossible
effects are often as direct as "a marked envelope and
some subtle observation." No magnets, no reed switches,
no RFID chips. If you find yourself feeling let down by such
straight-forward solutions, keep in mind that it was the
effect that got you excited, and the methods will always be
invisible to the audience. Consider it a step in a more
mature direction.
Second, please note that the title of this book is
'The Practical Psychic's Little White Book." That's
Psychic, not Mentalist. If there is a topic with more divided
opinions than that of the use of playing cards in
Mentalism, it is the subject of the validity of developing a
persona with the power to tell others about themselves. I
believe these are choices for the individual, and that while
relative truths may exist, certainty does not. Remember
what Shakespeare wrote about worlds and stages and the
parts we all play. If the goal is to entertain, share wonder,
help others or all of the above, I have no problem with it. I
Foreword
do not care what people believe, I care about how they

behave. Think of every item in this collection as a piece of
collaborative storytelling. Above all do no harm.
Finally, while there is plenty of material for you to
add to your current show full of book tests and magic
squares, consider how powerful the experience could be if
you showed restraint and elected to share only one
demonstration- a single perfect miracle. If you believe your
audience needs more, I would respond by questioning the
perfection of your chosen miracle. Others might conclude
by telling you not to take any of the above too seriously or
too personally, but I believe that would be at least three
terrible mistakes in a row.
Michael Weber
August, 2011
fJE.AL 8CRYER.AfJB fTJE
by Docc Hilford
The first time I saw Neal he was a face in a crowd.

He was anxiously waiting for me in front of the famous
Hotel Pennsylvania in Manhattan. I'd taken a shuttle bus
from
LeGuardia and the driver had delivered tourists from nine
different countries before
bringing me to Penn Station. That additional hour's bus
ride provided time for Neal to
chat with me via iPhone.
"Where are now?"
"I'm not sure. Let me look. The corner of Lexington
and something."
"Why did he take that route? Tell the driver he
should bring you here - now!"
I would soon learn that this desire to gently but
firmly take command of any situation was always present
in Neal. When the bus finally pulled up to the hotel, Neal's
smiling face told me he had known me for years and was
genuinely happy to see me again. We had never met face-
to-face before. Another characteristic of Neal Scryer; he's
genuine.
For those who don't know how New York City
operates, it's a machine of twelve million people moving in
rhythm. There are three kinds of cogs on the NYC gears.
The tourists, the locals and the wannabe locals. There are
graphic nicknames for all three. The
locals are easily recognizable because they have a
manner. They're generally more
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polite than the other two groups, but even more apparent
is their secret language.
Neal brought me to the registration desk. He looked
into the eyes of a middle aged
woman and asked her about the people who owned the
gift shop. Her cool manner
designed for efficiency changed. They chatted for a
moment in a strange and
enchanting language known only to locals, and then Neal
smiled at her.
This magical gesture caused the now helpless
woman to offer Neal anything she could grab. She held up
pens and note pads for him to take as a gift. She offered
to upgrade my room to a suite. She asked if there was
anything she could do to make Neal's
presence in the hotel more agreeable. She was instantly in
love.
I live in Miami, but work in New York City often.
Recently Neal invited me to meet him after my show. He'd
be at Lincoln Center. Around 11 :00 p.m. the car pulled
over to drop me. Neal's smiling face came to the window.
The driver, a well-known performer in his own right, leaned
over me toward Neal.
"Why don't you ever come by the hotel?" he asked
Neal.
"I've not been invited," Neal said with a laugh.
"That's not true. You know you're invited any time.
Please come. You're my guest. Dinner, drinks, the show,
it's all on me. Any night you wish."
"That's very kind. Thank you."
"Not at all! I will never forget the kindness you
showed me years ago."
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I got out and couldn't hear the rest of the details

about how Neal had done something that changed this
man's life and had never come around looking for
appreciation. The car pulled away. It started to sprinkle
and Neal took me to a coffee shop around the corner. We
sat along the wall and Neal laughed for no apparent
reason.
"Watch this." He took out a few Tarot cards and laid
them out in a row. "Have you got your black scarf?" I carry
a black silk scarf to use as a blindfold. I took it out.
"Put it on."
I started to put it on and Neal leaned back so
everyone in the room had a clear view of me.
"Oh WOW!" he exclaimed.
Those two words were enough. New York City at
night has countless visual anomalies. People write e-
mails, letters and even books about what they see there.
It's a strange feeling to become one of those local
anomalies. After thirty years of visiting Manhattan, Neal
made me a local.
Following his instructions, gave my first
blindfolded Tarot reading. When I regained my sight, I saw
a line of people wanting readings. Neal graciously took
over and offered quick and effective readings, to
paraphrase Mr. Webster. After about ninety minutes, and
a pocketful of fives, tens and twenties, a bag lady dragged
a mountain of black plastic over and sat next to us. Neal
suggested it was a sign by the spirits to move on.
What I saw that night was immense. It was bigger
than the legend Neal's become. I was with a talented
reader who accepted the gratuities handed him, but who
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really did the readings for fun. Neal makes enough in a

single reading at the Waldof Astoria to pay
most of our mortgages for the month. His love of readings
breaks through in everything
he does. What I saw was actual joy.
We walked back to my hotel In the light rain.
Passed through the neon activity of Times Square at
midnight. Neal offhandedly mentioned a little tip that
almost instantly
increased my effectiveness as a reader and thus my
income. Neal's like that. He just
hands you pieces of gold.
Neal Scryer isn't a man you would look at and think
he has any special powers. Average height, weight and
looks. Not too young, or old or too anything for that matter.
At first look, he's just a man. But Neal has developed and
cultivated an aura of kindness and compassion that
communicates volumes without him vocalizing anything.
His readings, blessings, past life regressions and
entertainments reflect this core quality.
Both this present book, and his past offering, give
us more than we can ever fully
comprehend. The real secret of Neal Scryer and his
success Is how much he loves the
human raca. I wish he could teach that In a book. Then
we'd all be better readers,
entertainers and better people.
Thanks Neal.
IfTTR_OBUCTIOfT
I first met Neal Scryer several years ago, and was
immediately impressed with his enthusiasm, people skills,
and incredible ideas. I was thrilled when he asked me to
help him write his first book, as I felt his ideas deserved to
be better known than they were. The response from the
mentalism community was amazing, and The Practical
Psychic's Little Black Book sold out in a matter of weeks.
That's an amazing achievement for a book that was
published under a pseudonym.
After publication of the first book, Neal continued to send

me material, until we had enough for a second book. This
is all practical material that Neal uses on a regular basis.
Our advance readers have all confirmed our belief that this
book is even better than the first. We hope you'll agree.
Richard Webster
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1. EFFECTS U81fTG THE A T0 Z PRlfTCIPLE
In Psychometry from A to Z I listed the keywords I
use for each letter of the alphabet, and included brief
readings for each of them. You might want to have a look
at that book to see the types of readings I do for each
letter of the alphabet. The letters I use depend on a variety
of factors. At a particular function I might give readings
based on, say, A to G. I might use the letters that form the
name of the corporation or group I'm working for. I record
this information in my diary. This means I can easily look
up what I did on the first booking if I'm booked again to
entertain the same group of people.
Ideally, you should create your own keywords, and
then create readings for them. This is because you'll find it
much easier to remember your own choice of words,
rather than trying to remember mine. Thirty or forty
minutes with a dictionary will provide you with a lengthy list
of possible words.
Here are some key words to help you get started:
A Ability, accepting, accountable, activity, adaptable,

adventurous, ally, amazing, analytical, ascension.
B Bank, beautiful, benevolent, bless, blue, branch,
Buddha.
C Catalyst, cave, chance, charm, coaxing, concentration,
congratulate, conscience, contribute, courage.
D Demonstrate, desire, devotion, discipline, diviner,
dreamer, dynasty.
E Eagerness, emotions, enchanting, enduring, energetic,
enterprising, enthusiasm.
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F Faithful, family, fashion, feelings, finances, foundation,

friendship, fullness, future.
G Garden, gain, generous, gentleness, glad, good,
gracious, gratitude.
H Habit, handsome, harmony, healthy, heaven, honor,
humanitarianism.
I Idealism, identity, imagination, important, impress,
impression, improve, impulsive, independent, innocence,
invest.
J Jaunty, joie-de-vivre, jubilee, judgment, justify.
K Karma, key, kindness, knight.
L Labor, land, learn, legacy, letter, love, lucrative, luxury.
M Magnanimous, manage, marvelous, meditate,
message, mind, mirror, money, moon, music, mystical.
N Na"ive, nature, need, neighbor, notable, nourish, nurse.
0 Obstinate, opportunity, order, outspoken, overseas.
P Park, passion, peace, pendulum, philosophy, playful,
plenty, poetry, profitable, profound, prophecy.
Q Quality, queen, question, quick, quiet.
R Radiant, rare, reflect, religious, remarkable, respectable,
rich, romantic, rose.
S Savor, scholar, seed, sensitive, sex, significant, sincere,
skeptical, solid, stocks, subtle,
success, sumptuous, symbol.
T Talent, telepathy, temperament, tolerant, travel,
treasure, trousseau, trust.
U Understanding, union, unveil, upright, utilize.
V Value, variety, vibrations, violet, voice, volunteer.
W Warmth, wealth, wedding, wisdom, wish, wit, work.
X X-ray, x-roads.
Y Yacht, year, yellow, yield, youth.
Z Zany, zealous, zen, zodiac.
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Effects Using The A to Z Principle
Ideally, when you create your readings, you

shouldn't make it obvious that you're using key words. I'd
be amazed if anyone managed to work out that you were
using a word beginning with the letter A for the first
reading, the letter B for the second, and so on. However,
to avoid any possibility of this, whenever possible I do not
use the keyword in the reading. I'll use a synonym instead.
The keyword is my mnemonic that reminds me of the
reading, and the reading is based on this word, but it is not
mentioned. Here's an example from Psychometry from A
to Z using 0 for Opportunity:
"I sense past feelings of restriction and limitation.

These have gone to be replaced with more positive
feelings of expectation and ultimate success. I see periods
of calm contemplation, as if you were sitting under a tree
with large spreading branches. Sunlight flickers through
the leaves casting ever-changing lights upon your face;
each one provides warmth, a glowing sense of worth, and
new horizons beckoning. I see one in particular,
something new, something different, something worthwhile
- a brand new sense of direction, something worthy of
your capabilities. You are ready for a new challenge, so
the time is right. Take hold of this opening and follow it
through. The results will surprise even you."
You'll also need different readings for different

occasions. The type of reading you give at a Spiritualist
church, for example, would not be the same as the
readings you'd use at a 21st birthday party or a corporate
function. Obviously, your approach will be more light-
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hearted at celebratory events than they would be at a

church service. You can add humor, no matter where you
are performing, but your one-liners need to be carefully
chosen for the occasion.
You can use numbers as well as letters. I usually
use the numerological keywords for each number. These
are:
1. Independence and attainment.

2. Tact, diplomacy, harmony and cooperation.
3. Creative self-expression. Fun and laughter.
4. System, order, hard work and a serious approach to life.
5. Freedom, variety and change.
6. Home and family responsibilities.
7. Analysis, spirituality, wisdom. An unorthodox approach.
8. Money, investments and opportunities.
9. Humanitarianism.
I've been doing numerology charts for so long that

quick readings based on these keywords come into my
mind whenever I see numbers. If I'm staying in a hotel, for
instance, my room number instantly becomes
unforgettable, as I've automatically created a brief reading
from it. You can still use numbers, even if you have no
interest in learning numerology. All you need do is
associate the numbers with letters of the alphabet:
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1=A
2=8
3=C
4=D
5=E
6=F
7=G
8=H
9 =I
And, if you have a good memory, and get carried

away, you could relate the entire alphabet to the nine
numbers. Of course, if you did that, you're halfway to
becoming a numerologist anyway:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
A B c D E F G H I
J K L M N 0 p Q R
s T u v w X y z
Think of the reading you could give from someone's
house number once you've learned this. If they lived at
number 253, for instance, you could use the numerological
keywords, and follow that by including B, K and T (from
number 2), E, N and W
(from number 5), and C, L and U (from number 3). With
practice, that's an easy thirty minutes of material, as you
have twelve mnemonic "hooks" to base your reading on.
Most of .the time, you'd use maybe three hooks, but it's
good to know you have plenty of material in reserve, if
necessary.
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MICHAEL WEBER'S B to Y
I have used a personal variation of the A to Z system for

years. /learned the classic approach long before I read it
the works by Webster, Dewey or DeCourcy.
I quickly changed a small part of the basic approach and

have used it for 30 years with a little secret I came up with
for myself.
Happy to share it with you and your readers:
I NEVER use the actual letters of the word or name

exclusively.
I ALWAYS use the actual letters as my base and then go

one letter higher or lower (or both) for more connections.
That is the important word- connections. If your intuition is
running hot, there may be no need for any aid or system,
but using one or more letters of the alphabet to prime your
intuition is an incredibly useful, easy and effective way to
have fresh insights for every person you entertain.
That's the big insight: once you understand the A to Z

approach, use the actual letters as a base from which to
work, not a final destination.
There are an unlimited number of ways to vary the basic

method. Here is an example as to how you can use the
letters of a name to produce key words and concepts by
taking the letters before and after the base letter. After you
have your letter pairs, pay attention to the first words that
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come to mind when you mentally pronounce the letter

pairs as words.
If I met Neal, I would think MOIDFIZB/KM (these are the

letters before and after N E A and L.)
And I would know that " ... your upbringing included a

strong Mother figure but you were deaf to some of her
most important lessons until later in life - do you remember
the lessons I mean? I see arguments with siblings or close
friends (both of you spent a lot of time in the same house.)
Who am I seeing? What were you two arguing about? And
I see the best times in your life are those that allow you to
surround yourself with a specific kind of calm. What is it
that makes you relaxed in that way?"
MO =Mother
OF= Deaf
ZB =Sibling
KM =Calm
I work for lots of smart folks who may write down

something I say to them and eventually might see that the
first letters of the key themes spell out a specific word or
name. I never wanted that to be possible.
Thank you very much, Michael, for allowing us to

include your version of A to Z in this book.
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CHRISTMAS READING
Despite its name, this can be done at any time of

the year. It works just as well for a large audience as it
does one-on-one.
"Think back to when you were very young," Neal
tells his audience. "Go all the way back and think of the
very first Christmas present you can remember receiving.
Sense the feeling of excitement you experienced when
you saw the parcel. In your mind's eye see yourself
opening the parcel, and finding the present inside. See if
you can recapture the feelings you experienced. Hold
those feelings for as long as you can. That's good. You
have good concentration. Tell me, what was the gift you
received?"
Once the person has named the gift, Neal gives
them a reading on it using A to Z. Neal finds this effect
especially powerful over the holiday season, but uses it all
year round. If you'd rather not use Christmas, you can ask
the person to think of his or her first birthday present.
THE DOLL'S HOUSE
Neal uses this charming effect regularly. Naturally,

this is for women only. Neal says something along the
lines of:
"We're going to go on an imaginary shopping trip.
Close your eyes, and imagine you've walked into a
beautiful store that sells nothing but dolls, and accessories
and outfits for dolls. You spend as long as you wish
walking around, looking at all the beautiful items on
display. You find several dolls that appeal to you, and after
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examining them all carefully, you decide on one of them.

You pick up this doll, and decide that maybe you'll change
some of the items of clothing she's wearing. You choose a
new outfit for the doll, and once you've dressed her you
look for some accessories to finish her off. When you've
done that, you feel absolutely wonderful. It feels as if
you've brought the doll to life. If you like, you can ask the
doll a question concerning your life. You never know, it
might give you the answer you need. Now it's time to put
the doll back. You know you can return and visit her
whenever you wish. Take a few slow, deep breaths, and,
when you feel ready, open your eyes."
"Did you enjoy that?" Neal asks.
Usually, the reply is extremely positive, especially if
the lady managed to have a conversation with the doll.
Once she's finished, Neal asks her about the doll.
"Did you dress it yourself? If she chose a doll that
was already dressed, he asks if she made any changes to
the clothing or accessories.
He asks what clothes they put on the doll (or what it
was wearing), and then uses A to Z to give the woman a
reading. He is able to amplify the reading in many different
ways. If she dressed the doll in casual clothes and
sneakers, he might suggest the person enjoys spending
time outdoors. If she agrees, he can take the A to Z in a
different direction. If she dressed the doll in high-heeled
shoes with diamond studs, or gave the doll a diamond
ring, he can suggest the person enjoys the nightlife, and
would like a rich lifestyle. Some people accessorize their
dolls with handbags, and even cars, and this all gives Neal
plenty of ideas to talk about.
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IN A TOY STORE
Ask the person to imagine they're in a toy store. If

they wish, they can pretend to be a child again. Ask them
to pick a toy they had always wanted. Once they've told
you what it is, you can give them a reading based on the
name of the toy.
IN A CANDY STORE
This is similar to the toy store. Ask the person to

imagine they're in a wonderful toy store, full of every sort
of candy they could possible dream of. Ask them to
browse through the shop, and finally choose their favorite
candy. Once they've told you what it is, give them a
reading based on it.
CHOCOLATE FINGERPRINTS
This is one of the most popular of Neal's ideas. To

present this you'll need some chocolate and a stack of
business cards. Pass out pieces of chocolate to everyone
who wants to participate. Tell them to hold it in their
hands. When the chocolate starts to get soft, ask them to
press their thumb on the chocolate, and to then press their
thumb on the back of one of your cards to create a
chocolate thumb print. Allow the print to dry for a few
seconds, and then give them an A to Z reading using their
name. As well as receiving a reading, everyone receives a
piece of chocolate they can eat after the print has been
made, and they all go home with your business card, with
its thumb print on the back they can show to their friends.
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If presenting this at an organized event, Neal

provides individual chocolates on a plate. He also provides
wet wipes to enable the participants to clean their hands
after making the print.
Sometimes, Neal asks them to make two or three
prints on the back of the card, using the thumb, forefinger
and ring finger. On occasions, he also jots down a few of
the person's traits on the back of the card.
Neal is a master at handing out business cards.
This method is one of his best.
CASPAR THE GHOST
Neal has a lot of fun with a playful ghost or two. Ask

everyone to sit down and relax. Tell them you're picking
up ghostly energy, but they're not to worry, as it's no one
they know, and the energy is very playful. It seems as if
they're here to tell everyone something about themselves.
"In fact," you might say, "These ghosts are very friendly.
They have a positive energy, and they're here to tell you
some interesting things you may not know about
yourselves. They seem to be highly creative, and maybe a
little bit mischievous. I'm sure they'll give you some
interesting information." You might laugh, and add, "You
know, they remind me a little bit of Caspar the Ghost. Let's
see what they have to say."
Look around the group and find the two people who
appear to be most interested.
"There seem to be two ghosts here. One is behind
you, and the other is behind you." Naturally, you indicate
the two people who are most interested.
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Ask the first of these people her name, and give her
an A to Z reading. Keep it light-hearted, and throw in a few
jokes to make it fun. Ask the other person her name, and
give her a reading as well. Look around to see where the
ghosts are, as they've moved and are standing behind two
other people. Continue giving playful, light-hearted
readings until everyone has received one.
FREE KISSES
People are constantly amazed at Neal's skill at

reading lipstick impressions. All he needs is some paper
tissues, and some women. He asks them to kiss the paper
and leave a lipstick impression on it. Once they've done
this, Neal studies the impression, which doesn't have to be
perfect, and gives them a reading. Naturally, this is done
using A to Z on each person's name.
Neal wasn't going to include his favorite version of
this effect, but relented. After all, he can't receive kisses
from all the women in the world on his own. This version
requires no paper tissues. He asks a lady to kiss him on
the cheek. If there are two, one will kiss his right cheek,
and the other the left. If a crowd of women gathers, as is
usually the case, Neal has wet wipes to wipe the lipstick
off his face between kisses. The ladies' partners may not
be too thrilled, but Neal is guaranteed an extremely
pleasant evening.
How does he read lipstick impressions on his
cheeks? All he needs is a small pocket mirror, and A to Z.
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AMUSEMENT PARK
Ask someone to imagine they're at an amusement
park. Ask her to look around and tell you which is her
favorite ride. You can then give her a reading based on
the name of the ride. The type of ride might also give you
information about the person. Someone who chooses the
Tunnel of Love is obviously different to someone who'd
pick a roller coaster.
AROSEBYANYOTHERNAME
Ask someone to close her eyes and think of a rose.
It can be white, yellow or pink. Ask her to open her eyes,
and tell her what color you thought was concentrating on.
You might guess, for example, pink. If you're correct, give
her a reading based on this color. It doesn't matter if
you're wrong. She'll forget that as you proceed to give her
a reading based on the color she chose.
Incidentally, if you are correct, and name the color
the lady was thinking of, you might choose to move
directly on to another effect. In this case, naming the color
is a warm-up to a stronger effect. After presenting that,
Neal often returns to the color and gives a reading on it at
that stage.
This effect, simple though it is, can be a great
opener, as you can't go wrong. Neal presents this effect in
a number of different ways. Instead of different roses, he
might ask someone to mentally choose a car, bus or
airplane. He sometimes uses a diamond, a ruby or a
Porsche. Neal believes this is also a good way to develop
your intuition. After asking the person to choose one of the
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three items he asks the universe to tell him which one it

is. His su~cess rate is extremely high. This is partJy
because he's extremely intuitive anyway, and also
because he's extremely relaxed, as he knows this
experiment will be a success, even if he gets the name
wrong.
FROM ONE TO NINE
Ask someone to mentally choose a number from

one to nine. Tell her that you're going to close your eyes
and count from one to nine. "When I reach your number,"
you tell her, "I want you to imagine that you're using a
magic marker to draw a circle around your number."
Shield your eyes with one hand and slowly count from one
to nine. Most of the time, when you reach the number the
person is thinking of her eyes will move in a circle as she
mentally draws a circle around it. Sometimes this will not
be a complete circle, but her eyes will move most of the
time. Neal estimates that he gets this correct
approximately eight out of every ten times.
As in the previous effect, success or failure is not
important. If he succeeds, he gives the person an A to Z
reading based on the letters in the name of the number.
(EIGHT, for instance.) Neal is a numerologist, and
includes the numerological meaning of the number in the
reading, too. If he gets it wrong, he shrugs his shoulders
and gives her a reading based on the number she chose.
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ALMOST GENUINE PSYCHOMETRY
This is totally impromptu. Neal asks people to hand

him personal objects, and he psychometrizes information
from them. He tells them he'd rather use items that
belonged to the person, as he sometimes picks up older
information about the person who owned the object in the
past.
If the person is satisfied with the reading, Neal says
nothing further about possible previous owners. However,
if they're not totally convinced, he'll ask if someone else
owned it in the past. If they say, "yes," he replies, "No
wonder. I must have been picking up someone else's
energies from the past."
However, Neal says that no reading is ever wrong.
By the time the person leaves at the end of the evening,
he or she will have thought about it, and made it fit.
The readings Neal gives are A to Z, based on the
name of the objects he's given.
MEET THE DEVIL
"We're going to attempt something a little bit

different now," Neal tells his audience. "It's a guided
meditation that will take you on a journey to meet the devil.
It's not what you might think, but yet again, maybe it is. If
you feel uncomfortable, you don't need to take part. We'll
talk about what happens afterwards. Please raise your
hands if you'd like to take part.
"That's good. Make yourself comfortable, close your
eyes, and deep three slow, deep breaths. That's it. Allow
yourself to relax more and more with each easy breath
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you take. Allow the pleasant relaxation to drift right

through your body, from the top of your head to the tips of
your toes.
"Now, imagine you're at an amusement park.
Sense the sights, the sounds, the smells, and the
excitement. You're walking along, and you see the Fun
House. Visualize it as clearly as you can. See yourself
buying a ticket and walking in. It's dark inside, and you can
see nothing until you suddenly see a door. It's on fire, and
there are flames shooting everywhere. However, the door
seems to remain whole. The door opens, and the fire
starts to fade. You walk through the door into a
magnificent room. Believe it or not, it's filled with treasure
beyond your wildest dreams. There's gold, and diamonds,
and jewelry. There are treasures there from the beginning
of time. Treasures from the ancient Egyptians, Greeks and
Romans. Jewelry worn by queens. Pirates' treasure. Any
treasure you can possibly imagine is in this room. And you
notice the room is huge. You could explore it for all
eternity.
"You look through all these treasures for as long as
you wish. Now, imagine which one of those treasures
you'd like to possess. If you can't select just one, choose
two or three. Once you've done that, turn around, and
you'll see the devil right in front of you. He's a deformed
man with horns, wearing a beautiful white suit and red
shoes. He seems very pleasant, and he gives you a kindly
smile. Believe it or not, he starts telling you to take
whatever you want, as a gift from him. Just tell him what
you want, and he'll give it to you. He tells you he wants
nothing in return. All he wants to do is redeem himself. If
you asked for anything yet, tell him what you'd like. He
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might even give you a message, as well. In a moment,

we'll discuss it.
"That's good. Once you've finished talking with the
devil, take three slow, deep breaths, and open your eyes."
(Pause until all the participants have opened their eyes)
"That was an unusual meditation, wasn't it? Now I'm going
to ask you all what treasures the devil gave you, and what
he told you."
Neal listens to everything his volunteers tell him.
When they've finished, he says, "I'm going go into a light
trance now, as I need to talk to the devil. He'll tell me
something about each of you, and he'll also, hopefully,
have a message for you."
Neal closes his eyes, takes a few deep breaths,
and meditates for a minute or two. The participants see his
expression change from time to time. He nods his head
several times, and might even laugh. When he opens his
eyes, Neal is able to give everyone a personal message
from the devil.
He does this using two A to Z lists. The first
represents the person's ambitions, and the second reveals
the person's potential pitfalls. This means the devil is able
(through Neal) to provide everyone with at least one good
quality, plus a negative quality, or temptation that they
should try to avoid. Neal can use these lists in a number of
ways. He could use A to Z on the treasure they chose for
the ambition, and the letters of the person's name for the
downfalls. He might use the treasure for both, or ignore
the treasure and do both from the person's name. If he
was doing this for two or three people, Neal might use all
the letters in the person's name, and provide a lengthy
message from the devil. If he's doing this for a room full of
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people, Neal might use one letter from the treasure and
one from the person's name. It's entirely up to you which
letters you use.
Here are some possible words you can use:
AMBITIONS PITFALLS
A Ambition Anger
8 Brave, bold Beaten by life
c Courageous Compliant
D Daring Defiant, drudge
E Energetic Envious
F Friendly Feckless
G Generous Glib
H Heart Harsh, haughty
I Independent Impenitent, idiot
J Joyful Jail
K Key (to success) Knave
L Light-hearted Libertine
M Masterful Malificent, mean
N Nurturing Niggardly, nag
0 Open Offensive
p Pleasant Pig
Q Queen (regal) Queer (strange)
R Reliable Rogue
s Solid, stable Sarcastic, scandal
T Truthful Treachery
u Upstanding Uncouth
v Victorious Vapid
w Wonderful Wilful, wrathful
X excellent X-rated (lust)
y Young at heart Yob
z Zest Zero
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BACK IN TIME
Instead of doing a meditation, Neal sometimes

simply asks his audience where they would go, and who
they would like to be, if they could go back in time. This is
entertaining in itself, as the ladies enjoy discussing the
various choices and possibilities.
Once they've made their choices, Neal gives them
all an A to Z reading based on the decisions they made.
Neal also does this one-on-one.
A variation of this that doesn't have a reincarnation
theme is to ask everyone to imagine they had a chance to
start again in this lifetime. What changes would they
make? What sort of life would they want? What would they
do?
AT THE MOVIES
Neal hands out his business card to several ladies,

and asks them to print four things on the back of the
cards: the name of their favorite movie, their favorite
scene, their favorite actor in the movie, and their favorite
scenery.
When the cards are handed back, Neal has a
wealth of material for A to Z readings. He also has
valuable information provided by their choice of movie.
One person might be romantic, another adventurous, and
so on.
When he gets to the last person, he reads what she
has written down, and then asks her: "Don't say anything
out loud, but please think about your responses, and
decide which was your favorite. Was it the movie itself, the
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actor, the scenery, or your favorite scene? You have it in

mind? Good. Please send it to me telepathically."
Neal takes out a pencil, and makes a check mark
alongside one of them. Once he's replaced the pencil in
his pocket, he asks the lady to say out loud which one was
her favorite. Neal hands her the card, and she finds he's
made a check mark next to her choice.
Naturally, Neal only pretends to make a check mark
with the pencil. As he returns it to his pocket he puts on
his thumb tip writer, and makes the check mark before
handing the card to the lady. Any type of swami gimmick
can be used for this.
SPIRIT COMMUNICATION
During the course of a reading, Neal asks a client if

she has someone in spirit that she really loved. He hands
her a business card, and she writes the name of this
person on the back. Neal places the card, with the name
of the deceased person on top, on his left palm. He then
covers it with his right palm. We'll assume the name of the
deceased person is Michael.
"I'm going to try to pick up energy from the spirits,"
he says. "They'll tell me what kind of person Michael was.
And maybe Michael might join us and give us a message
later."
Neal then proceeds to give an A to Z reading on
Michael's name. "He was well balanced and did everything
in moderation (M). He was kind and caring (C). He had an
adventurous side to him (A)." As you can see, Neal does
not use all of the letters in the name, but uses the ones
that he senses are most suitable for this particular reading.
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After each statement, Neal waits for confirmation.

Usually, the person will elaborate on the ones that hit
home, and Neal can enlarge on them if necessary, or
simply listen to what the client says.
Once he has done this, Neal does an A to Z on the
client's name. If her name is Mary, for instance, he'll read
the R and the Y. Once he's done that, he'll say: "The
chances are strong that you have some of the same traits
that Michael possessed." He'll then read the letters the two
names have in common (in this example, M and A). Neal
has found this to be true about 90°/o of the time.
Neal finishes off by saying in a soft and gentle
voice: "Michael sends you his love." He smiles at the sitter,
but says nothing more.
Sometimes the client will ask, "Where is he?" Neal
replies, "He is gone now, but he sends his love."
After a pause, Neal hands the client the card she
wrote Michael's name on. She will keep it, and show it to
her friends. She'll also return for more readings.
YOUR PSYCHIC FRIEND
This is a fascinating effect that you won't be able to

do all the time. However, when you get the right
opportunity it's a reputation maker. As you're walking
around, maybe doing pre show work, or some walkabout
entertainment, you may happen to hear something
interesting. You appear to take no notice, and casually
move on to another group.
Later, you return to the group this particular person
is with. If you're lucky, the person might say, "Read my
mind." However, it doesn't matter if she says nothing at all,
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as you tell her you're picking up her energy. As you're

giving her an A to Z reading, you casually tell her the
information you overheard earlier.
That is a powerful effect, and Neal often performs it.
However, he has another way of handling this situation
that is even more powerful.
When he returns to the group, Neal hopes the
person will say something, as that will be his lead in to this
effect. If he's lucky, she'll ask, "Can you read my mind?"
Neal replies, "No, but I have a friend who can." He offers
to phone his friend, so she can receive a reading from
him. If no one says anything along these lines, Neal will
perform another effect for them. At the end of it, he'll say,
"I have a friend who's very psychic. Maybe we could call
him. Can we use you, Ma'am?" As he dials the number,
Neal asks her if he can put the call on speakerphone, so
everyone can hear it. He hands the phone to her, and tells
her to tell his friend her name, and that she is at a party
with friends, and heard that he was psychic.
Your friend proceeds to give her a good reading,
and will include in it the secret information you overheard
earlier.
Naturally, after learning the information, Neal has
left the room to phone his friend and give her the
information. He also tells him the person's name. The
friend Neal uses is familiar with the A to Z system, and is
able to give a good reading to anyone who calls. If your
friend does not know this system, you'll have to give him a
cold reading script, with a few places where he can add
the secret information.
Occasionally, the person will not want to make the
call, and Neal will ask if anyone else would like to speak to
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the psychic. When this person tells the psychic her name,
he'll know it's a different person, and will give her an A to
Z reading without the secret information. However, if you
wish, you can ask your friend to add something extra at
the end. He might say, "I'm getting a feeling about
someone else who is with you." He can then proceed with
a light, generalized account of the secret information.
If you wish, you can arrange a secret code with
your friend telling him that the original person doesn't want
a reading. This could be as simple as saying "Hi," instead
of "Hello."
NIGHTMARES
You ask someone if they'd experienced a

nightmare recently. If they have, you ask them to write a
few words about it on the back of their business card. If
they don't have a card, give them one of yours. However,
as you'll want to call this person later, it's better to have
the information written on her card. In addition, Neal finds
that knowing the person's occupation can be useful when
interpreting the dream. The nightmare is interpreted using
A to Z. If the person dreamt of a shark, for instance, you
might say: "It looks as if you've been concealing
something, or something's being concealed from you.
(This is from S, interpreted as Secret.) It's affecting the
quality of your life. (H for Happiness.) I see you hesitating
to move forward (A for Action.) However, you're about to
do something to Resolve the situation, and you'll gain a
glimpse into one of your many past lives (K for Karma) as
you free yourself from this burden."
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You give them your card, and ask the person to call
you at any time If she needs to talk further about thA
dream. "I won't charge you for this. I'll try to help you. In
fact, over the next few days I'll ask my guides and healerfi
to come Into your dreams and resolve the problems. That
should get rid of the nightmare." If you have her card, ask
If you can call her in a few days to sea If the matter has
bean resolved.
This doers need to be reserved for nightmares. The
person can write down any current problem, except for
marital or health concerns, and you can provide help and
guidance.
NEAL'S MILLION-DOLLAR A TO Z TIP
This is not an effect or routine. However, you'll find

this tip extremely useful. When performing A to Z readings
in a group watch to see if someone you are not currently
reading for reacts in any way. If so, you might turn to her
and tell her a few things that have apparently just occurred
to you, and then turn back to finish the reading you were
doing.
Alternatively, you might save the person who is
reacting strongly to last. Tell her something along the lines
of: .. I'm getting strong feelings from you. It's almost as if
I'm possessed. I sense a strong force giving me
information about you. I've never experienced anything
like this before." Then start giving her a reading. She'll
endorse everything you say, and will tell everyone she
knows about the experience afterwards.
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2. nEAL'S FAV0RITE EFFECTS
EASY HELLSTROMISM
Some years ago, I was fortunate enough to see

Neal perform this for about thirty people. It was the only
thing he did, but afterwards, he could have started a
church or a cult. I'm sure everyone at that evening is still
talking about it.
Neal started by displaying a stack of envelopes,
and asked someone to mix them up. As they were doing
this, he explained that one of the envelopes contained a
fifty-dollar bill, and the others contained a bill-sized piece
of blank paper. 'This will enable me to attempt to
demonstrate a rare talent known as contact mind reading."
Neal took the envelopes back, and quickly handed
one to everyone in the room.
"I'm going to turn my back now," he said. "While I'm
looking away, I want you all to look inside your envelopes.
Please don't say anything, as I don't want to receive any
accidental clues. However, I'd like the person who has the
fifty-dollar bill to raise his or her hand, so that everyone in
the room, except for me, knows where it is." Neal waited
for a few seconds before speaking again. ulf the person
holding the bill still has his or her hand raised, please
lower it, as I'm going to turn around."
Neal turned around, and asked everyone to form a
circle around him.
"That's good. Now, I'm going to ask one person a
question, and I'd like him or her to reply honestly with a
simple 'yes' or 'no'." He looked around the circle, and
smiled at a young woman.
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"Are you holding the fifty dollar bill?"

"No."
"That's what I thought, as I need someone to help
me. Please don't give me any clues, but do you know who
is holding the fifty-dollar bill?"
"Yes."
"Good. Would you please hold my wrist? I'm going
to try to find this person. I'll walk a step in front of you. Alii
want you to do is to think of the person holding the money
and what I need to do to find him or her. For instance, you
might think, 'turn left,' or 'take two steps forward.' Do you
think you can do that?"
After the woman agreed, Neal hesitantly moved
forward. He made a few false starts, and then took a few
paces to his left. He muttered to himself, and turned
around. He headed towards a middle-aged lady, and even
put a hand out as if to touch her, before shaking his head
and moving to a man a couple of people to her left. He
held out his hand.
"Thanks for looking after my fifty-dollar bill," he said.
Sure enough, he'd stopped in front of the right person.
Explanation
Of course, this can be done genuinely, as anyone

who has practiced contact mind reading will know. Neal
does perform genuine Hellstromism, and is extremely
good at it. However, he often does this experiment first. If
the person he chooses is a good subject, he may continue
with him or her and perform a few other genuine
experiments. It is also, Neal reminded me, good practice
for the real thing.
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Neal's Favorite Effects
The secret is unbelievably simple - the envelope

contained the fifty-dollar bill is marked. All Neal needs to
do is to remember this person. Neal laughed, as he
explained this to me later.
"Do not let the simplicity fool you," he said ...As you
saw. this is a killer effect. It doesn't get stronger than this
for a lay audience. They're all involved, and they're all
willing me to succeed. I know magicians won't think much
of this, but to hell with them. If you're trying to fool
magicians, you're wasting your time, and shouldn't be in
this business."
Variations
Instead of asking someone to help him, Neal often

asks everyone to form a circle around him. He tells them
he'll be using their energy to try to find the bill. As he's
standing there, he'll start rocking to and fro, as if using his
entire body as a pendulum. Eventually, his body will rock
directly towards the person holding the bill.
Another variation is to use a pendulum, and this
leads him to the right person.
Every now and again, Neal will perform this effect
using a rolled up handkerchief. He holds one end of it, and
his helper holds the other.
Sometimes, Neal performs this effect wearing a
genuine blindfold. Of course, as he has noticed the
person's shoes, this makes no difference to the effect.
Neal can also perform this effect virtually
impromptu. All he needs is a paper bag, several sheets of
paper, and the bill. He makes as many paper balls as
necessary from the sheets of paper, and then crumples
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the bill into a ball as well. He apparently puts everything

into the paper bag, but secretly holds the bill back. He
finger clips this against the side of the bag, and drops it in
last.
Finally, if you don't want to use real money, you can
use play money, or balls of white paper, along with a
single ball of colored paper.
THE ENERGY EXPERIMENT
This is one of Neal's most requested effects.

People who have partidpated in this experiment before
frequently ask Neal to do it again for their friends. It's in
two parts. The second part, as you'll see, has similarities
to Easy Hel/stromism, but is presented in a different way.
Part One
Neal starts by asking someone if they'd care to take

part in an experiment. He is asked to move out of earshot
while Neal explains to everyone else what is going to
happen. For the sake of explanation, let's call this person
Jason.
"We're going to try an experiment using your
energy," he tells the group. "When Jason comes back,
we'll have him face away from us. We'll stand three or four
feet behind him, with our palms outwards and facing him.
It will look as if you're about to push him. However, what
we're going to do is focus our energy to make him move. If
the right energy is there, he'll definitely move. You're not
going to say a word, and we're not going to tell Jason
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what's going to happen. Are you all ready? Okay. Let's call
Jason back."
Jason returns, and is told to stand facing away from
the group. The others - five or six, or even more - people
stand behind him and focus their energies on making him
move. It might take a couple of minutes, but most of the
time Jason will move.
If he moves, Neal congratulates him, and the group,
for their abilities at sending and receiving energy. If he
doesn't move, Neal gracefully says the experiment failed.
It wasn't anyone's fault. Sometimes these things happen.
In actuality, this I rare. Most people find it hard to stand
motionless for two minutes, and - even if the person
moves simply because he's tired - Neal takes it as a
success. You should, too.
Regardless of the outcome, Neal then moves on to
Part Two, which always works.
Part Two
Neal takes out a writing pad. If the first part failed,

he'll say: "I still think your energy is good, so let's try
something else." If the first part succeeded, he'll say:
"That's wonderful. We have some great energy here. Let's
try another experiment in thought transference."
Neal opens the pad, and writes two words on the
first sheet: "Good thoughts." He tears this sheet off, and
crumples it into a ball. He then tears off another sheet and,
without writing anything on it, crumples it into a ball. He
continues doing this until he has crumpled enough balls
for everyone to have one.
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Neal asks someone to mix them up, and toss them

onto a table. He then asks everyone to take a ball.
"I'm going to turn my back," he says, after everyone
has a ball. "While my back's turned, please open up the
balls and see who has the ball with "good thoughts" written
on it. Please don't say anything out loud. I want the person
who has the ball with the message on it to raise his or her
hand, so everyone knows whom it is. Then crumple your
balls again, and place them in a pocket or in your cupped
hands."
Once they've done that, Neal turns around. "Would
you all please stand in a circle around me," he says. "Don't
look at the person with the message, but please focus
your thoughts on him or her. I'm going to try to use your
energies to find that person."
Neal closes his eyes and concentrates. He puts as
much theatricality as possible into his efforts to find the
correct person. He might at one stage say: "Please
concentrate harder. I'm not getting it." Eventually, he starts
to sway. He puts one hand out in front of him and starts to
move until he's pointing at the correct person.
"Thank you all for your wonderful energy and
concentration," he says. "Give yourselves a clap."
Method
The ball with the words written on it is crumpled

slightly smaller than the others. Once they're tossed onto
the table, all Neal needs to do is watch until that ball is
picked up, and then he can turn his back.
Sometimes, if he wants to lengthen the routine,
Neal finds the correct person with a pendulum. He stops in
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front of each person at least once, and makes a comment

on how well they're focusing. When he gets two people
away from the person who is holding the ball, his
pendulum moves slightly. It does the same with the next
person, and starts swinging in a large arc when he gets to
the person holding the ball.
Neal has also performed this blindfolded. In this
scenario, he needs to see the person's shoes.
In Part One you can guarantee the person will
move if you ask him to place his arms by his sides, and
close his eyes. If you do it this way, make sure you have
someone close by to catch him, as he might sway and fall
over. Although this method always works, Neal prefers to
present it with the person's eyes open. This is because he
knows that Part Two will work, and consequently it doesn't
matter if the first part doesn't.
Sometimes, if time allows, Neal will add a third
experiment, again something that is guaranteed to work.
That way, the result will either be three out of three, or two
out of three. The latter sounds better than one out of two.
WORKING WITH CRYSTALS
Ask a lady if she'd like you to choose a crystal that

would be beneficial for her. If she agrees, you tell her
you'll reach out into the universe and see what stone
would be most helpful for her. You close your eyes for
thirty seconds. When you open them again, you tell her,
"Jasper," or whatever stone you've decided on.
"Jasper is a powerful physical healer, and it also
protects you from any negativity." You can follow this by
doing an A to Z reading on the word JASPER.
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You finish by telling her that jasper would be helpful

for her. "Unfortunately, I don't sell crystals or gemstones,
but you can buy them online or at a crystal store".
If the lady is still interested, you can continue by
telling her of an exercise she can do with the stone. "I
often do this in bed at night," you might say. "Just say the
name 'jasper' to yourself, or visualize the stone, and how it
looks and feels. Ask the stone to surround you with its
color and its form to give you healing, and to protect you
from all negativity. You can do this whenever you need
more strength, confidence, or protection - and especially
when you're surrounded by negativity."
If you doing this infrequently, jasper might be the
only gemstone you'll need to know. However, if you're
doing this regularly, you should learn the characteristics
of, say, half a dozen stones, to enable you to give different
readings to the various people you meet. Here are some
possibilities:
AMETHYST Provides strength. Aids concentration.

AVENTURINE Provides serenity, patience, and inner
peace.
CARNELIAN Provides power and energy. Increases
enjoyment of life.
HEMATITE Provides courage, will power and spontaneity.
LAPIS LAZULI Aids spiritual development, and enhances
clairvoyance.
MOONSTONE Enhances sensitivity, and provides
harmony and stability.
ROSE QUARTZ Removes fear and stress. Enhances love
and acceptance.
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SARDONYX Promotes a positive outlook, and a desire for

truth and honesty.
TIGER'S-EYE Provides warmth, security. Good for
financial matters, too.
TURQUOISE Powerful protection stone. Good for
travelers.
For the sake of completeness, you might consider

selling stones yourself. You could tell the person that you'll
find the right stone for them. If you're buying regularly from
the same store, you could negotiate a discount, and make
a profit on the sale. Alternatively, you could send people to
a specific store to buy their crystal or gemstone. You could
make an arrangement with the store to look after you.
Hopefully, they will, but if they don't, it doesn't matter
anyway.
As the routine above shows, you don't even need a
real crystal. As long as the intention is there, you could
send the person an imaginary crystal. Neal regularly
sends people white light for healing. Why not also send
them imaginary stones?
Neal does this by closing his eyes and visualizing
himself surrounded by the crystal he's going to send. If he
finds it hard to picture the crystal, he imagines himself
surrounded by its name. After concentrating on this for a
minute or so, Neal mentally sends the color and energy of
the crystal to the person. The whole process takes about
two minutes. When he opens his eyes, he's able to tell
them the transfer was successful. Neal believes that by
doing this, the universe will bring him a blessing in return.
One final thought on this. You can do this particular
ritual with the client. Ask the person to close her eyes and
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visualize herself surrounded by the crystal, or its name.

Ask her to visualize the qualities this particular stone is
bringing her - harmony, stability and sensitivity, for
instance, if the stone was moonstone. As she is doing this,
you also close your eyes and do the same exercise. When
you feel ready, send the energy to her. This teaches her a
valuable skill, and also increases the amount of energy
she'll receive.
THE THREE-WORD BOOK TEST
You'll need four books to present this test. Hand

three people a book. You hold up the remaining book and
ask the first person to call out "stop" as you riffle through
the pages. When he does, you look at the page and call
out the page number. You then ask him to open up his
book to that page and look at the first word on the page.
You repeat the process for the second and third
volunteers, asking each of them to look at the first word on
the page, and to then close the book.
Once they each have a word in mind, you ask them
to quietly share the words with each other, and to try to
create a three-word sentence using them. Amazingly,
once they've done this, you're able to tell them what the
sentence is.
Method
Before presenting the effect, you need to look

through three books to find three suitable words that
create a sentence. For instance, you might find the word
"cat" in one book, "left" in the second, and "the" in the
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third. The only possible sentence that can be created from

these words is: "The cat left."
The pages are forced by miscalling the page
numbers when you riffle the book. You might, for instance,
stop on page 240, but say 318, if that is the page number
you need.
Neal sometimes performs this test with five
volunteers and six books. He also frequently uses horror
or occult books to create unusual, even scary, sentences.
IDEAS FOR BOOK TESTS
This is an example of the subtleties that Neal brings

into everything he does. It's not a routine on its own, but is
an idea that you can add to any book test that involves
forcing a particular word.
Neal prefers to disclose letters, rather than the full
word. He suggests you force a word that has either a D or
an S in it. He starts by having the person focus on the first
letter. Let's say the first letter is 0.
"Can you relate that letter to a fruit?" Nick asks.
When they say, "yes" Neal picks up the word "orange."
Let's assume Neal has forced the word "produce."
"Look at the first letter," he might say. "No, look at
the second letter. I know, confuse me - look at the third
letter. Can you relate that to a fruit?" Once Neal picks up
the word "orange," he then confounds the audience by
getting the full word, "produce."
When Neal uses the letter D he says, "Can you
think of a country using that letter? No, let's make it
harder. Can you think of something really evil that starts
with that letter?" As the person thinks about this, Neal
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closes his eyes and appears to go into trance. He starts

to describe a deformed person and finally says it's the
Devil. He does exactly the same for S, except this time
the evil word is Satan. It's not a problem if they don't. You
already know the word anyway, so you can simply
disclose it.
Here's another subtlety that Neal has fun with, as it

throws people off. Let's assume you have two large books
that you're going to use for a book test. Find a suitable
page near the back of one of the books. Let's assume
page 289 has a beautiful illustration that you can use.
Ask your volunteer to pick up a book. If he's picked
up the force book, proceed with the effect. If he's picked
up the other book, simply add, "And hand it to me." Once
he's done that, you can ask him to pick up the other book.
Flip through the book you're holding, and ask
someone to call out, "stop." When they do, look at the
page number and call out, say, 189. Flip through the book
again, this time from the back to the front, and ask
someone else to say, "stop." Again, look at the page
number and call out 100.
"You stopped me on 189, and you stopped me on
100," you might say. "189 + 100 equals 289." Turn to the
person holding the force book. "Are there at least 289
pages in your book? There are? Good. Now let your eyes
drift over the page ... "
What Neal has don~ here is to force the page
number in two steps, each involving different people.
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SYNCHRONISTIC DREAMS REVISITED
Synchronistic Dreams was one of the most popular

effects in The Practical Psychic's Little Black Book. Here is
another version of it that Neal uses when he doesn't have
the necessary items to present it in his normal fashion.
In this version, you tell someone that you want to
tap into her dreams tonight. You hand them a business
card, and ask her to write on it something they'd like to
experience in their dreams. Walk away while she is doing
this. Once she's written her thoughts down, take out a
stack of business cards, and have her place the business
card, with her message facing down, on top of the stack.
Double undercut this card to the bottom.
"Would you turn the top card over," you ask the
woman. "Don't let me see it. I just want to make sure that
it's not the card you wrote on. It isn't? That's great. Please
place it back on the pile with the blank side facing up:
Once she has done that, pick up the stack so that
the blank backed top card is facing her, and use a pen to
indicate it. Would you please write, "My wish will come
true," on that top card. As you're telling her this this, you're
able to read her wish on the card at the bottom of the
stack. Place the stack back down on the table. Once she's
written the words, ask her to turn that card over and place
it on top of the stack.
"I want you to cut the cards three times. Each time,
as you cut the cards, say, 'My desire will come true."
Make sure that she cuts and completes the cut
three times. Put the cards into an envelope and ask the
lady to seal it.
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"I want you to take this envelope home and place it

under your pillow. As you do that, make sure to say the
affirmation three times. Do you remember what it is?"
"Yes. 'My desire will come true."'
"That's good. Now please contact me tomorrow.
Remember I'll be tapping into your dreams tonight."
When the person contacts you the following day
you start by telling him or her about the dream you
experienced, which, amazingly enough, is the same
dream that she had written down. Once you've finished
talking about your dream, ask the person about his or her
dream. Most of the time, the person will have dreamt the
same dream you had.
"That's wonderful," you say. "That means your
dream will come true. I've attended to it."
Neal prefers the original version of this effect, but
says the advantage of this version is that the person ends
up with eight or ten of your business cards. When they talk
about the dream they shared with you with others, they'll
be able to give them one of your cards.
PHOTOGRAPHIC CLAIRVOYANCE
This is the one of the most effective design

duplications you'll ever come across. It's also the simplest.
You'll need twenty or twenty-five photographs, and the
same number of envelopes.
Show the photographs, and ask someone to mix
them up. Once he has done this, start placing the
photographs into the envelopes. You can ask other people
to help you, if you wish. You then shuffle the envelopes,
and ask someone to cut the stack. He takes the envelope
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that the stack was cut to, and shows the photograph inside
it to the spectators. You turn away, or even walk out of the
room while this is going on. The photograph is placed
back into its envelope, and the envelopes are all mixed
again. Finally, the person mixing them places them in his
pocket, or hands them to you.
Ask the person who chose the envelope to
concentrate on the picture he or she selected. You pick up
a pad, and slowly draw a picture that proves you could
clairvoyantly see into the envelope. Sometimes, Neal
gives this spectator a pad, and they stand back to back,
each drawing the same picture.
Method
One of the envelopes is marked. Neal keeps an eye

on this envelope, and sees what photograph is placed
inside it. As Neal usually helps put the photographs into
the envelopes, frequently he is the person who puts the
photograph into the envelope. However, this isn't
essential, as long as he gets a glimpse of the photograph
as it is placed into the envelope. There's no pressure on
him at this stage, as no one knows what he's going to do.
Once all the photographs are inside the envelopes,
Neal shuffles them, and in the course of this shuffles the
marked envelope to the top of the stack.
Finally, he needs to force the top envelope. Any
card force can be used for this. Neal usually uses the
cross-cut force, as it's self-working, and there's plenty of
time while he is recapping for people to forget the
envelopes were not truly cut.
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QUICK AND EFFECTIVE DRAWING DUPLICATION
Neal hands out four or five small pads. They are

each noticeably different, and one of them is an
impression pad. He asks the volunteers to draw a simple
picture, and to then tear the sheet of paper out of the pad,
and crumple it into a ball. He collects the pads, starting
with the impression pad. Neal glimpses the information as
he puts the pads away. He collects the crumpled balls of
paper, taking the one from the impression pad last. Neal
gathers four balls in one hand, and the last ball in the
other. As soon as he has all the balls, he tosses them on
the table. He keeps an eye on the ball from the impression
pad. Because of the way he collected and tossed the
balls, he finds it easy to follow. He uses equivoque to
ensure that this ball is selected. He asks someone to open
up the ball and concentrate on the design. He then
proceeds to pick up the thought, and duplicate it.
PSYCHOMETRY TO REMOVE PAIN
You pass out your business card to five ladies, and

ask them to write the name of someone who wronged
them in the past. It might be someone who left them, fired
them, or did something else that badly upset them. After
they have done this, one of the ladies mixes the cards and
hands them to you. You hold them so you can read the
name written on the bottom card. You don't read it
immediately. You ask the women to feel the anger they felt
at the time the wrong was being done to them. As they're
doing that, you pass the cards across them all at forehead
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height. This gives you all the time in the world to read the
name on the bottom card.
You place the cards down and pick up the first one.
As this is pseudo psychometry, the five cards are marked.
You look at the mark before turning the card over and
reading out the name that has been written on it. Let's
assume the name is Mike. "Mike, Mike, Mike," you say.
You look at each of the ladies ...Could I ask the person
thinking of Mike to mentally relive the experience." You
look at the women again, and finally hand it to one of
them. "I could really sense the anger in you. What did
Mike do to you?"
Listen as she tells you what a son of a bitch he
was, how he divorced her, etcetera. When she's finished,
close your eyes and say a brief silent ritual over the card.
Open your eyes and tear the card into pieces. "It is done,"
you say. "You can now move on."
Pick up the remaining cards and shuffle the bottom
card to the top and down to the bottom again. Pick up the
top card and psychometrize that in the same way.
Continue until you have just one card left. Turn to the only
person who is left. "Obviously, this card belongs to you.
Tell me what the problem was, but don't tell me his name.
Tell me what he did to you." After listening to her response
ask her to think of his name. " Is it - George? I'm hearing
George." Once she's agreed that it is, pick up the card and
ask her if she's ready to let George go. You need to ask
this, as she may well want him back. No matter what she
says, close your eyes, mumble, open them again, and tear
the card up.
All the evidence is destroyed by the time this effect
is over. The ladies are entertained, but also feel good, as
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some of the baggage they have been carrying around with

them possibly for years, has been eliminated.
MY PSYCHIC AUNT
"With your help, I'm going to try to do two

experiments," Neal tells his audience. He takes four
photographs out of an envelope and places them face
down on a table. "The first experiment involves free will."
He turns to one of the spectators. Let's assume her name
is Carla. "Your free will! I'd like you to touch one of the
photos. Take your time, and when you're ready, using
your free will, touch one of the photos." After Carla's
chosen a photo, the other photographs are replaced, still
face down, in the envelope. This envelope is placed to one
side. The photo she touched remains face down on the
table.
Neal then pulls another envelope from his pocket,
and places it on the table. "This contains a letter I received
from my aunt. She's an amazing psychic, and she's sent
me her feelings about what might happen here tonight.
We'll see what she wrote in a few minutes. Before I open
it, I'm going to write down the name of a card, which I'll
show to everyone except you, Carla."
Neal writes down, for instance, the five of clubs, on
the back of a business card, and shows it to everyone
except Carla. "I'm going to ask you all to concentrate on
this card. All you need do is repeat its name in your mind,
and we'll see what happens."
Neal produces a deck of cards, which he places on
the table. "I'm going to ask you all to focus your energy on
that card, as Carla cuts the deck." After she's done this,
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Neal takes the cards she's cut off, and asks her to place
the top card from the pile still on the table to one side.
"Let's see what the card would have been if you'd cut one
less," Neal says. He shows the bottom card of the stack in
his hands. It's, say, the king of hearts. "Let's see what card
you'd have chosen if you'd cut one deeper." Neal turns
over the new top card of the pile on the table to reveal,
say, the seven of diamonds. Neal puts the cards back in
their box, and places the deck back into his pocket. He
puts the face down selected card next to the photograph.
"You'll remember I told you about the letter my aunt
sent me. It's been in this envelope since before we
started." Neal pushes it to one of the spectators and asks
her to open it and read the message. He reads something
along the lines of:
"Dear Neal, I had a dream last night that was so
strong that I woke up and wrote it down. It involved you
and a group of people you were entertaining. In my dream,
you had a new camera that you were testing in your home.
You took photographs of your kitchen, bathroom, living
room and bedroom. For some reason, someone selected
the photograph of your kitchen. After that, I got a strange
impression of a playing card. It was the five of clubs. In my
dream, a beautiful, blonde lady was cutting the cards, and
that's the card they chose. As you can see, Neal, it was a
strange dream, and I hope it makes sense to you. Your
loving aunt, Julia."
As the person reads the letter, Neal turns over the
photograph when the person refers to his kitchen. It is a
picture of his kitchen. He also turns over the card when its
name is mentioned, and it happens to be the five of clubs.
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Neal appears to be just as amazed as the

spectators. He thanks the audience for concentrating so
well on the card, and congratulates his volunteer (Carla in
this case) for her exceptional psychic abilities.
Method
You'll need four photographs, which can be of

anything you wish. These are secretly marked, so you
know which one is selected. Neal uses pencil dots, but
any method that suits you and is invisible to the spectators
is fine.
You'll also need four envelopes, each containing a
letter from your aunt. Each one predicts a different photo.
As soon as you've identified the photograph that was
touched, you produce the correct message from your aunt
and place it on the table. Later on you say that this was on
the table before the effect started. This is not true, but
because plenty of time elapses before it is opened, no one
will remember that.
Neal uses a Svengali deck to force the card.
However, you might prefer to force a card from a regular
deck of cards.
If you wish, you could mark the envelopes
containing the letters from your aunt, and post them to
yourself. Neal actually uses eight letters: four describe a
blonde-haired lady, and the other four describe a dark-
haired lady.
Another method he uses involves four envelopes
that he posts to himself. These contain nothing, and Neal
tucks the flap into the envelope, as if he were posting
Christmas cards. At the venue, he decides which person
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he'd like to work with, and adds details about her to the
four letters before putting them in his pocket.
Naturally, the envelope holding the three
photographs that were not chosen was left on the table
deliberately. The audience will want to look at these, after
hearing the letter from your aunt. Sometimes, Neal shows
these photographs after turning over the chosen
photograph. At other times, he leaves it up to the audience
members to examine the photographs.
Neal asks you to treasure this effect, and keep it to
yourself. This is an easy effect to do, but a great deal is
going on all the time: a photograph is selected, people
concentrate on a card, a lady cuts to this card, and a
prediction, which has apparently been there since before
the effect began, proves to be correct.
If you don't like the story of your psychic aunt, you
could retell the story as if you'd had the dream. In this
case, the message might read:
"I had a dream last night. It was so strong that I
wrote it down, and decided to mail it to myself to act as
proof of my prediction, if it ever came true. I had a feeling
that the show on (such and such a date) would be the
night it happened, so I decided to bring the envelope with
me tonight. In my dream I'd have someone select a
photograph from the ones I took in my house to try out my
new camera. She selected the photo of my kitchen. I then
had another dream which told me to send you a thought
projection of the five of clubs, as I saw in my dream a
beautiful, blonde woman cutting to that card. I have no
idea if my prediction is correct, but sometimes dreams do
come true."
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Recently, Neal has experimented with a slightly

different version of this effect. Instead of using four
photographs, he's now using his phone, keys, wallet and a
pen. Instead of a Svengali deck, he forces the card from a
regular deck. He prepares the four letters ahead of time,
leaving room to add details about the person he's chosen
to use. Neal feels that using objects he has on his person
make the effect stronger than using photographs.
POSITIVE THINKING
This simple idea has helped many people

overcome difficulties in their lives. Neal hands his client a
deck of cards and asks her to mix them up. Once she's
done that, he asks her to place the deck on the table and
remove five or six cards, one at a time. These cards are
placed on top of each other to create a small stack.
"Pick up these cards," Neal says, indicating the pile
of cards she has created, "And hold them between your
hands. That's good. Now I'd like you to think about
something you desire, or would like to achieve. Take your
time, and let me know when you have something specific
in mind."
"Yes, I do."
"Good," Neal says. "You can tell me what it is, if you
wish. If you'd rather keep it secret, that's fine, too." It
makes no difference to Neal, if she tells him, or not.
"Silently say your desire three times. This is to send your
desire out into the universe. While you're doing that,
shuffle or mix up the cards you're holding. When you feel
your desire has gone out into the universe, put the cards
down on the table. That's good."
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Neal smiles at his client. "We're now going to count

the numbers on each card. An ace is one, for instance, a
Jack is eleven, and a King would be thirteen. If the
numbers add up to more than thirty, your desire will come
true. Turn over the cards, and we'll see which ones you
chose."
The client turns over the cards, and Neal counts
them with her.
"That's wonderful," Neal will say, as the total is over
thirty. "Keep thinking positive thoughts about your goal,
and it will come true."
Method
Neal uses a marked deck. As the cards are chosen

and placed on top of each other, he reads the marks and
adds up the values. Obviously, if they total less than thirty,
he'll say: "If the numbers add up to less than thirty, your
desire will come true." Neal is flexible with this. If the
numbers add up to less than twenty-five, he'll use twenty-
five.
In addition to this, Neal sometimes notes the suit of
a card as well as its value. This means he can say
something along the lines of: "If the numbers add up to
less than (whatever number he's using), your desire will
come true. This is especially the case if your chosen cards
include the (whatever card he noticed)."
And on the Dark Side
This is a different slant on the same effect. Neal

asks the client if she wants to know if she's going to
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Heaven or Hell. He goes through the same process -

cards mixed, and five or six removed -and can say: "If the
numbers add up to more than thirty, you'll be going to
Heaven."
CARDS OF THE PAST, PRESENT, FUTURE AND

DESTINY
A deck of Tarot cards is mixed, and the sitter is

asked to cut the pack into four piles. You take one card
from each pile into your hand, and then count them down
onto the table. "One, two, three, four." This is repeated
three more times, until you have four piles of four cards on
the table. The rest of the Tarot deck is reassembled and
placed to one side. You indicate the four piles to the sitter.
"This represents your past. This one reveals the present.
This one is your future, and the last one indicates your
destiny."
The four cards are turned over and interpreted. If
you wish, you can make a prediction of the four cards, as
they are all forced. Neal uses a variety of force cards,
depending on the needs and desires of his clients. If he
wanted to predict an unbelievable future, he'd probably
choose The Empress, The Lovers, The Wheel of Fortune,
and The World.
Method
This is Neal's variation of a well-known four ace

trick. The four force cards are placed on top, and the cards
are mixed, leaving these four cards on top. The lady is
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asked to cut the deck in half, and to then cut each half
once more, creating four piles. You have to watch to see
where the pile containing the force cards is placed.
Once she has done that, you pick up the top card
from the force pile and place it facedown on your hand.
You take the top cards from the other three piles one at a
time, and place them on top of the first card. You then
count the cards down onto the table ("One, two, three,
four"). This places the first force card on top of the pile of
four cards. This is repeated three times, until you have
four small piles, each with a force card on top. The rest of
the deck is reassembled and placed to one side. The top
cards of the piles are turned over and interpreted.
CHI ENERGY CLEANSING ROUTINE
This routine is an entire act in itself. Neal starts by

doing a clearing on himself. He does this by briskly
rubbing his palms together. He then holds both hands
immediately above his head, with the palms facing
downwards. He rubs his hands again, and moves the
palms close to the area of his forehead (third eye). After
rubbing his hands again, he clears the front of his body,
from his neck to his waist. He rubs his hands again, and
then passes his right palm over his left hand, finishing at
the fingertips. Finally, he rubs his hands again, and
passes his left palm over his right hand.
Neal then produces a pendulum, and shows the
person how it provides yes and no answers. He then asks
it for permission to work with the person. "Do I have
permission to work with (person's name)?" He waits for
the pendulum to respond. If the pendulum responds
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positively, Neal continues. If it responds negatively, Neal

says, "The pendulum says no. We'll have to try again
another time." Naturally, you can control the pendulum to
give the answer you want.
We'll assume the pendulum gave a positive
response. Neal produces a deck of playing cards and asks
the person to mix them up. He explains that he's going to
use the cards to give a reading. There are many books
that will teach you how to read playing cards (Playing Card
Divination for Beginners by Richard Webster is one).
However, you can use the A to Z system with cards, if you
wish. The two of any suit would be read as T, Wand 0.
The queen would be Q, U, E and N.
Neal asks the person to pull out three cards and
place them face downwards on the table. "Do you have a
question you want to ask before I turn them over?" he
asks. "Don't ask a question about health or marital
problems, though, as the cards have hardly got to know
you yet." Neal listens to the question. He wants the
answer to be positive, and the deck of cards helps him do
this. The cards are marked. Neal looks at the back to see
what color the cards are. If there are two red cards, he'll
say, .. If there are two red cards and one black card, the
answer is 'yes."' He'll then turn over the cards, and the
client will be happy. This is, of course, only the opener to
the reading. After this, he interprets the cards, using the
first two letters of each one.
Once the reading is over, Neal asks if they'd like a
different kind of reading where they ask the questions, and
the pendulum will provide the answers. Naturally, the
person is going to say "yes." She's already seen the
pendulum in action, but Neal now gives a further
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demonstration of its power. He asks her to mix the cards

and place one face down on the table. Neal holds the
pendulum over it, and asks, "Is this card red?" Naturally,
he already knows this, and the pendulum gives the correct
response. Neal doesn't turn over the card yet. He puts it to
one side, and places the pendulum over the next three or
four cards. We'll assume the first card was red. If the
second is also red, Neal places it on top of the first card. If
it's black, he starts another pile. In effect, he's doing a
pendulum version of Out of This World. After doing about
four cards, Neal turns them over to demonstrate the
strange power of the pendulum.
"As you can see, my pendulum is accurate," Neal
says. "You can now ask any questions you wish." If he's
doing this with a group, everyone present can ask
questions.
When Neal presents this for a group, he starts with
the clearing, followed by the pendulum answering
questions. He'll then do a reading or two for people at the
table. By asking the pendulum if he can give a reading for
such-and-such a person at this time, he can avoid reading
for skeptics, as the pendulum will give a "no" response.
Sometimes, he'll make the pendulum give a "no"
response to someone who is especially keen. He tells her
he'll try again later, and when the pendulum says "yes," he
starts by giving her a cleansing. This is the cleansing that
is in The Practical Psychic's Little Black Book. He then
gives her a semi-private session to make her feel even
more special.
You can still do most of this routine with a normal
deck of playing cards. If you set up, say, a dozen cards for
Out of This World, you can do this to prove the accuracy
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of the pendulum, and the proceed with the rest of the

routine. Alternatively, spread the cards and memorize the
colors of the top four or five cards. If you do it this way,
you can even borrow a deck of cards, and make an
impromptu pendulum out of a pendant, or a piece of string
with a weight attached. This means you could perform this
almost anywhere, almost any time.
Neal sometimes performs most of this effect with a
Tarot deck. He proves the accuracy of the pendulum by
having the Devil card mixed with ten other cards. The
pendulum manages to find it. Of course, the devil card is
marked. Neal has also marked The Wheel of Fortune card
in his deck. This enables him to check the accuracy of the
pendulum twice, if need be. He can comment that the
Devil is not a positive card, and maybe they should try it
again with a card that is more cheerful.
HOW TO REMOVE THE EVIL EYE
This is pendulum clearing with a difference. You

can walk up to someone, or a group of people, and ask if
they feel someone has put an evil eye on them.
Alternatively, he might ask if they feel possessed or
cursed. Neal usually mentions the evil eye, rather than the
others, as he feels more believe in it. He offers to test
them to see if they are suffering from the effects of the evil
eye. Neal stands in front of each person in turn, and asks
his pendulum if he can work with this person at this time.
We'll assume the pendulum responded positively in each
case. (However, you might want an occasional "no" to
heighten the drama.)
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Neal then stands in front of the first person and

asks the pendulum if anyone put the evil eye on him or her
in the last week or two. The pendulum gives a "no"
response, showing that the person is not affected by the
evil eye.
Neal repeats this with the next person, but in this
case the pendulum tells him the person is suffering from
the evil eye. "Don't worry," Neal tells her. "I can remove it
by giving you a cleansing. I'm going to spin my pendulum
in a counter-clockwise direction. This will absorb the evil
eye in its entirety, as well as any other negativity that
might be present." Neal spins the pendulum and waits until
it stops revolving. "That's good. It's absorbed all the
negativity. I'll now spin the pendulum in a clockwise
direction. This will release the evil eye out into the
universe, and you'll be totally free of its ill effects, no
matter where it came from."
You can remain silent while the pendulum is doing
its work, or you might wish to say something along the
lines of: "I ask that the evil eye, and any other wrongdoing,
that has been put upon this person be removed. As the
pendulum swings counter-clockwise, it will absorb all the
negativity, and it will not stop revolving until all the
negativity has been absorbed. And then, as it goes
clockwise, I ask that all of this negativity be sent up into
the universe where it will be absorbed and dissolved."
When the pendfulum stops moving, you can add, "It is
done."
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MAY YOUR WISHES COME TRUE
Many years ago, an elderly lady showed Neal this

beautiful and unusual idea. I'll talk about it first as a one-
on-one effect, and then discuss how it can be used at
home psychic parties.
Neal asks someone if she has any wishes she
would like to have come true. Almost everyone will say
"yes." Neal gives her a bay leaf and a fine point marker.
"Write your wish on the bay leaf," he says. He turns away
while she does this. Once she has done this, Neal burns
the bay leaf to send the wish out into the universe.
"It is done," he tells the person. "Ancient tradition
says that once the leaf has been burned, your wish will
come true."
Neal frequently gives the person a few bay leaves,
so they can write down more wishes and burn them at
home. When he knows he'll need them, Neal carries a
supply of bay leaves in a beautiful velvet bag that he
bought at a new age store. If he's going out, and has no
plans to do this, he'll still put two or three bay leaves in his
wallet, in case he needs them. Neal believes strongly that
everything you use should be packaged properly. This
shows that you're treating the objects with respect. If he
handles and packages his props beautifully, his audiences
will also treat them with care. Of course, this idea will still
work if you pull the leaves out of a zip lock bag, but
imagine the difference it makes if the leaves are carefully
removed from a beautiful silk or velvet bag.
This idea plays well at home psychic parties, too.
Again, Neal asks the ladies if they have a wish that they'd
love to have come true. Once they've agreed, Neal gives
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everyone a bay leaf, and tells the story about how he was
taught this ritual many years ago by an old lady. When
he's finished telling the story, he hands out pens. He
allows one pen for every two or three ladies. Once
someone has finished writing her wish, Neal takes back
the pen and hands it to someone else. As he does this, he
glances at the wish the first person has written down. He
doesn't make a move of this. In a room full of people, he
only needs to see two or three wishes.
When everyone has written down a wish, the
leaves are burned, and Neal tells them their wishes will
come true. Everyone feels wonderful, which is the point of
the exercise after all.
Later, when he's giving everyone private readings,
he remembers the people whose wishes he noticed. This
gives him additional information that he can use in the
course of the reading. He doesn't make it obvious that he
knows what their wish is, but simply uses this knowledge
to embellish the reading.
Burning bay leaves plays well at home parties and
one-on-one, but burning anything is not a good idea in
other venues. However, if he's performing in a hotel, for
instance, Neal will hand out bay leaves and tell them to
burn them when they get home. Sometimes he has them
write down their wish there and then, and at other times he
suggests they write it down when they get home.
He also sometimes writes the wish on the leaf for
the person. This can be extremely useful, especially if they
give you their card. Neal writes their wish on the back of
the card and places it in a file close to his phone. If they
call back at any time, Neal can casually ask them if their
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wish came true. If people do not have a card, Neal records

their wishes on a small pad.
You may recall in The Practical Psychic's Little
Black Book that Neal always asks people if they'd like him
to follow up. If they say "yes," he asks for their card. If they
don't have one, he hands them one of his. He jots down
any information about them that he remembers on a pad,
just in case they call him later. Sometimes, this can be
weeks or months later. Neal asks them to call any time
they need help, or have a question he can help them with.
Additionally, he gets people calling to thank him as their
wish came true.
Here's one final note on bay leaves. If you are
doing walk around readings somewhere where you are not
able to burn the leaves, you can carry them with you and
pass them out to people. Tell them to carry it with them as
it will protect them from evil and bad luck. It's a nice touch
to hand them out and the people who receive them will
remember you every time they see their leaf.
You can personalize the leaf by writing your name
and telephone number on it. As it will last for a long time, it
gives them plenty of time to write your details into their
phone book after.
Another touch is to dry a rose petal, and write your
contact details on it. This has nothing to do with bad luck,
but is an elegant and charming way to hand out your
information.
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STONES, STONES, AND MORE STONES
Here are five clever ideas using small white stones.

The first of these enables you to give a brief numerology
reading with nine stones. You will need to find nine small
white stones. Write a number from one to nine on each
stone with a marker. Place them in a small pouch and you
have something unusual and fascinating for walk around
work. If you wish you can write each number with a
different colored marker. Number one would be written in
red, for instance. Two would be orange, three yellow, four
green, five blue, six indigo, seven violet, eight pink, and
nine gold.
You can use these stones in a number of different
ways. You might, for instance, ask someone to remove
three stones from the bag, one at a time. As she shows
them to you, you interpret them.
Another method is to ask someone to shake the
stones in the bag, and then allow them to roll out. Add up
the numbers that are showing. As you have written
numbers on only one side of the stones, some will be
number side up, and others number side down. Replace
the number side down stones in the pouch. Add up the
numbers on the stones that are facing you, and reduce
them down to a single digit. If, four instance, the numbers
that are showing are 4, 6, 8 and 3, you have a total of 21.
You add the 2 and the 1. This reduces to a 3, which is the
number you interpret.
Many years ago, Brother Shadow produced a set of
Witches Casting Stones. This consisted of a small bag
containing a number of stones, which he decorated with
symbols. Neal was inspired by Brother Shadow's Witches
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Stones, and came up with his numerological version as an

alternative method for repeat bookings.
The second idea Neal has involves five stones
each containing one of the five ESP symbols (circle, cross,'
wavy lines, square and star). The stones are mixed up in
the back and then tossed on to the table. The ESP
symbols that are facing upwards are used to give a
reading to the spectator or client. You can use basic
numerology for this. As a circle consists of just one line, it
relates to the number 1. A cross is made up of 2 lines, the
wavy lines have 3, the square has 4, and the star contains
5. However, Doug Dyment has written a wonderful book
on the subject called Zenermancy (available from
www.deceptionary.com). This is the system that Neal
uses.
The third idea uses just two stones. One has the
word "yes" written on it. The other has "no." The person
thinks of a question while mixing the stones in her hand.
She gently tosses the stones on to the table. If the "yes"
message is visible, and the "no" side is facing downwards,
the answer is obviously "yes." If the "no" is visible, and the
"yes" is hidden, the answer is "no." However, if both are
visible, the outcome is undecided.lf both are invisible, the
universe doesn't want to provide an answer at this time.
The fourth idea also involves two stones. One
contains a picture of an angel, and the other has the devil.
If the angel and the devil are both visible after the stones
have been tossed, the answer is "maybe." If the devil
faces up and the angel is not visible, the answer is "no." If
the angel is visible, but the devil is hidden, the answer is
"yes." If neither are visible, it's a sign that the universe
does not want to give an answer at this time.
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The final idea uses just one stone with an angel on

it. Neal came up with this one as some people were
offended by the devil stone. Your client or spectator tosses
the stone. If the angel is facing her after the toss, the
answer is "yes." If the angel faces you (assuming you're
sitting opposite the person who is doing this), the answer
is "no." If the angel head is facing the left, the answer is
"maybe." If the angel's head is facing right, you will need
the ask the question again later. If the angel is not visible
the universe is not ready to give an answer. In certain
situations, you could also do one stone divinations using a
devil stone.
TINGLING EARS
Superstitious people believe that if their ears start

tingling someone is talking about them. Apparently, if your
right ear tingles, someone is saying good things about
you. If the left ear tingles, someone is saying bad things
about you. This is an idea Neal developed after hearing
this from a number of people.
When Neal senses the right opportunity while
performing walkabout mentalism, he'll lightly blow on
someone's right ear. This is not a move. It's done very
casually, subtly and lightly, as he's performing an effect.
Neal's lips are almost closed as he does it. He'll then
move on to another group, and again casually blow on
someone's right ear. He'll do this four or five times before
returning to the first group. Neal will perform another effect
for them, and while presenting it will say something along
the lines of: "I heard something interesting today that I
hadn't heard before. Did you know that if you sense a
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tingling, or any other kind of sensation, in your ear, it

means someone is talking about you? Have any of you
heard this superstition? Apparently, if you experience the
tingling, or any other feeling, in your right ear, the person
is saying good things about you. If the tingling is in your
left ear they're saying bad things."
Neal says this in a casual manner. After all, he's
only making conversation. However, he notices the
reaction of the person whose ear he blew on. Usually,
they'll be smiling happily, which is all the reward he wants.
If the person does not react in any way, Neal might give
them a brief reading later on, and see if they open up then.
Often, people will not react when the subject is brought up,
but will approach Neal later. "I felt a light breeze on my
right ear. Does that mean someone is saying nice things
about me?" "Yes, it does," Neal replies. He's always
rewarded with a beautiful smile, and the lady walks away
feeling happy.
In all the years Neal has done this, no one has ever
said: "Why are you blowing in my ear?" If they did, Neal
would reply: "Sorry, I'm just huffing and puffing. I must be
a bit tired, I guess."
THE GIRL WITH THE RADIO MIND
Eugenia Dennis, generally known as Gene Dennis,

was a hugely successful theatrical mentalist in the 1920s
and 1930s. She used no trickery. Members of the
audience would ask her a question, and she would answer
it. Here is Neal's version of Q and A, which he presents
with the help of his spirit guides.
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"My guide is here," Neal tells the audience. "He's

sitting on a beautiful chair surrounded by white light. He's
here to help me answer your questions. Please ask me
any question you wish, and I'll ask him to get an answer."
Someone asks a question. Neal closes his eyes
and asks his guide for the answer. When it comes
through, Neal answers the question. He continues doing
this for as long as he wishes.
Neal finds that having his guide answer the
questions makes this effect stronger. His job is to provide
the best answer he can. However, as the process is not
immediate, Neal has all the time he needs to formulate a
helpful, caring answer. Of course, if the answer is not the
one the person wanted, it's not Neal's fault. All he's doing
is passing on the information he received from his spirit
guide.
Sometimes, Neal restricts himself to answering the
questions. At other times, he might give a brief Q and A
reading about the person before answering the question.
Neal considers this priceless information. Most of
the time, this is the real work, as Neal has no idea where
the answers come from. He becomes a genuine conduit
from the universal life force.
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NEAL'S PARLOUR ACT
Here is one of Neal's killer effects. All you need is

an audience and two decks of cards.
You invite ten members of the audience up on
stage and ask them each to take a card out of a shuffled
deck. It's a completely free choice. Once they've taken a
card, they hold it against their chests, so no one can see
what it is. The rest of the deck is placed to one side.
You invite someone else up on stage, and you
hand him a boxed deck of cards to hold. This box is a
different color to the first card box. You ask him to point at
one of the ten people holding a card. Once he's selected
someone, you ask him why he chose him or her. "Was
that an intuitive choice?" you might ask. The person he
selected shows the card he or she was holding, and
returns to the audience. This is repeated until only one
person is left holding a card against his or her chest. You
retrieve the deck that the person has been holding, and
ask him to return to his seat.
"Earlier this evening I had a premonition," you tell
the audience, as you open the deck and remove the
cards. It was so strong that I reversed one card in this
deck, as it seemed somehow important." You spread the
cards until you find the one that has been reversed. You
remove it and put the deck aside. You turn to the person
still holding a card. "I'll count to three and then we'll both
turn our cards over. One, two, three!"
Both cards are turned over to show that amazingly
they are both, for instance, the seven of diamonds.
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Method
It's amazing that a marked deck and an invisible

deck can provide twenty minutes of first class
entertainment that involves the whole audience. You read
the mark on the card as approach the last person and ask
him or her to hold the card up a bit more. You then walk
well away, and do not approach him or her again until the
effect is over.
Sometimes, Neal will approach the last two people
and have them adjust the positions of their cards. That
way, he can name the second to last person's card before
he or she turns it over.
WE'RE BOTH PSYCHIC
You tell someone: "I want to see if I can tap into

your energies. I sense you're probably a good sender. It
seems almost as if you and I worked together in a
previous lifetime, and were very successful. Could we try a
couple of things to see if we're in tune with each other?"
All of this makes the person feel good. You've told
her that you think she has psychic ability, and you're
suggesting she takes part in a couple of psychic tests or
experiments to demonstrate it. Naturally, she's going to
agree.
"Good," you say. "Close your eyes, and take a few
slow, deep breaths. Now I'd like you to visualize either a
beautiful beach, or a really tall building filled with bright
lights. Once you've seen one of those clearly in your
mind's eye, open your eyes."
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When she opens her eyes, the chances are you

can tell her which one she chose. If you are correct, you
immediately move on to the card effect. If you got it wrong,
tell her it's only an experiment, and suggest trying it again.
"Okay. Close your eyes, and take a few slow, deep
breaths. I'd like you to imagine a beautiful garden, or a
magnificent range of mountains. Again, open your eyes
once you've done that."
The secret is simple. All you need do is watch her
face and head. If she's thinking of the tall building or the
mountain range, most of the time her eyebrows or head
will move upwards.
Now it's time for the final test. You produce a deck
of cards, and casually show that they're all different. Turn
the deck face down, and ask her to pick a card. She
places it face down on the table without looking at it. Ask
her to put the other cards back in their case, and place it
on top of the face down card.
While she's doing this, you move several feet away
from her. "I'm going to turn my back to you," you say.
"When I'm looking away, lift off the deck of cards and have
a look at the face of the card you selected. When you've
done that, turn it face down again, place the deck on top,
and let me know."
You stay several feet away, but turn around to face
her when she tells you she's done all that.
"Would you please mentally send me the color of
the card?" Pause for a moment. "I'm getting it. I'm sensing
red. Is that it?" Naturally, you're correct. "Good. Now
would you send me the suit? It's either a heart or a
diamond. Are yes, I think I have it. It's a heart." Again,
you're correct.
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Finally, you try for the complete name of the card.

However, this appears to be much harder, and you receive
nothing. "Okay," you say. 'Tm sorry about that. Let's try
something different. Would you take about a dozen cards
out of the card box, and mix your card in with them. That's
good. Now would you place those cards in a row face up
on the table?" As she's doing this, you come back to the
table. 'Would you hold my left wrist, please?" You allow
your right hand to slowly move back and forth over the
cards on the table. Finally, your hand drops to touch her
card."
Method
A marked deck. You read the mark as she places

her card on the table. As soon as you've identified the
card, you move several feet away. There is plenty of time
delay between seeing the secret mark and starting to
identify the card.
If you don't have a marked deck on you, force a
card on the person using your favorite method. Whatever
force you use should not look magical. Neal usually uses
the cross cut force with this particular effect.
This routine can be done in different ways. Neal
sometimes uses the beach and tall building after the card
effect.
Neal is the master at creating killer effects using
simple means. He can easily get twelve minutes of
powerful entertainment from this one effect. At least 99%
of this effect is presentation.
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LIE DETECTOR
All you need for this powerful effect is three

business cards. These are marked on the printed side.
Only two of the cards need to be marked - one on the left
hand side and the other on the right.
Pass the first card to a volunteer and ask her to
write down the name of the first person she ever loved (or
kissed). She does this secretly, so you can't see what she
wrote. She places this card on a table with her writing face
down. You hand her the second card and ask her to write
down the name of someone she liked, but didn't love.
Again this is written secretly, and the card placed on top of
the card already on the table. You now hand her the third
card and ask her to simply make up a name, and to write
that down. Once she has done that, this card is placed on
top of the other two.
Ask the volunteer to mix the three cards, and to
then hand them to you. You look at the secret mark on the
first card, and then turn over the card and read the name.
You now know if this person was the one she loved, liked,
or invented. Tear this card in half, and place the two half
cards in her hand. Repeat with the other two cards. Ask
her to hold the pieces between her hands. Let's assume
the three names are Tom, Dick, and Harry. Tom was the
first person she ever loved, Dick was someone she liked,
and Harry is a name she made up.
"We have three names," you might say. "It's my job
to determine which one is which. I'm going to ask you a
few questions, and I want you to say 'no' to each one. First
question. Is Tom the first person you ever loved?"
"No."
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"Is Dick the first person you ever loved?"

"No."
"Okay. Is Harry the first person you ever loved?"
"No."
Nod your head a few times. "That's interesting.
think from the way you said 'no' that Harry is the name you
made up. You can say the truth now. Is that correct?"
"Yes, it is."
"Good. Now that leaves Tom and Dick. Let's try this
again. Please say 'no' to each question. Is Tom the first
person you ever loved?"
"No."
"Is Dick the first person you ever loved?"
"No."
Smile at her. "Thank you. I felt a sudden warmth
with one of the names, and a slight coolness with the
other. You can tell the truth now. I think you liked Dick, but
as well as the coolness, there wasn't much enthusiasm in
your voice as you said 'no.' However, your eyes lit up, and
I felt warm, when you said 'no' to Tom. That tells me the
person you really loved is Tom."
Neal laughed as he told me about this effect. "A
two-year-old could do this," he said. That might be true,
but it's still a powerful effect. People remember the lie
detector aspect of the effect, but forget that you called out
the names and tore the cards in half. Sometimes, Neal
finishes at this point. Sometimes, he'll continue by doing A
to Z on the person she loved, followed by a quick reading
on her name. Neal can get fifteen minutes of solid
entertainment from this effect
You can present this effect in a variety of ways.
Instead of the person she loved, you might, for instance,
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ask her to write down her favorite vacation spot, followed

by a place she'd been to, and a place she had no desire to
visit. You can have them visualize a birthday or Christmas
when they were young, and have them write down a gift
they loved, a gift they liked, and a gift they hated.
You can also do this effect with just two cards ~
using the name of the person she loved, and an imaginary
name.
If you don't happen to have your business cards on
you, you can use two or three sheets of paper torn from a
small pad. You can mark these ahead of time, or subtly
mark them as you tear them off the pad.
LUCKY LOTTO
This Is an offbeat idea that Neal uses every now

and again after he has performed a powerful effect for his
audience. He approaches a woman in the audience and
tells her that last night he had a dream about a blonde
lady wearing a blue dress. (Naturally, he describes the
woman he has approached.) He continues by telling her
that as he was dreaming about her, he heard a voice
telling him six numbers. The voice was so strong that it
woke Neal up. He immediately wrote them down on a
scrap of paper. When he woke up In the morning, he
realized that the numbers had to be Lotto numbers. As he
was preparing for this evening's show, he thought he
might as well jot them down on the back of a business
card, just In case he happened to see someone who
looked the same as the person In his dream. Neal gives
the person the card and asks her to let him know If she
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wins anything. He also tells her that he wants nothing. All

he is doing is passing on what he heard in a dream.
It's important that you do this for only one person in
a group. Any more than this, and it becomes obvious what
you're doing.
Neal also buys a Lotto ticket for himself, just in case
these numbers are successful. He says, "You never know
"
BUSINESS CARD MIRACLE
You show someone thirty business cards. All of

them have something written on the back. Some might
have one line, but another might have four lines of
information. You mix the cards, and then ask the lady to
deal them down into a pile. She can stop any time she
wishes. She then redeals the cards on the table into two
piles. Once she has done that, she selects one of the
piles. The other pile is discarded. She turns over the top
card of the pile she chose, and is amazed to find it
contains pertinent information about her.
Method
Ahead of time you write different pieces of

information on the different cards. You might, for instance,
write on one of them: "Brunette, dark blue handbag, white
sweater, trip to Arizona." You'll also need to learn
something about the person to write on the card you're
going to force on her. If you don't have any information at
all, you'll have to settle for a description of her and her
attire. If you're fortunate, you may learn something
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extremely pertinent, such as her daughter is about to get

married, or she's planning a vacation in Bermuda.
Sometimes, you can overhear useful information that can
be used. Neal often adds something completely random,
such as theater or fish. As the other information is correct,
the person will find meaning in whatever you write.
The card you've written her information on is placed
on top of the stack. It's the first card to be dealt as the first
pile is formed. It will also be the last card dealt when she
deals the two piles. Ask her to touch one of the piles. This
is either kept or discarded, depending on which one she
touched. Either way, you end up with just one pile.
Frequently, people scream when they turn it over and see
what is written on it.
Sometimes Neal turns the card over, concealing the
information, which he reveals gradually, line by line.
Neal also presents this effect using the cross cut
force. He shuffles the cards leaving her card on top. She
cuts the cards, and Neal picks up the cards left on the
table and places them crosswise on top of the cards she
cut off.
Naturally, the lady keeps the card, and you can
guarantee she'll show it to all her friends and work
colleagues.
THREE FOR THE PRICE OF ONE
This entertaining effect will be long remembered. In

addition, every time you do it, three people will receive one
of your business cards. All you need are thirty business
cards. On the back of each one write a few words relating
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to different people. You might write: "dark hair, red dress"

"blonde hair, mustache," "red tie, pin-striped suit," etc.
You approach a group of people and ask one
person to cut a few cards and turn them over on the pile of
cards. The second person cuts deeper, and also turns the
cards he cut off over. The third person spreads the cards
until he comes to the first card that displays your
advertising message. He takes that card, the second
person takes the next card, and the first person to cut the
cards takes the third card.
You display the other cards, and show that they all
contain different features and clothing. "Please turn over
your cards," you tell them. Amazingly, they have each
chosen a card that describes them.
Method
You'll need to write a variety of descriptions on the

backs of thirty of your business cards. You'll also need to
carry a few business cards with nothing written on the
back. This allows you to write down the necessary
information, if the people you have selected do not fit the
pre-written descriptions. Place the three descriptions that
fit the people on top, making sure that they're in the right
order. (The person who spreads the cards gets the top
card, the second person to cut the cards gets the second
card, and the first person to cut the cards gets the third
card.)
When you approach the people you have selected,
have them perform the Ed Balducci Cut Deeper force, and
the effect works itself.
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Neal frequently uses this effect when doing

walkabout mentalism. All he needs is his stack of thirty
prewritten cards, and a supply of blank cards.
EASY NUMEROLOGY
This is a clever way to hand out your business card.

You give someone your business card and ask her to write
down her telephone number on the blank side. As she's
doing this, explain that her telephone number was not
given to her by chance, because the universe gave it to
her using the telephone company as the vehicle to pass it
on. "The universe works in mysterious ways. Believe it or
not, all I need do is add up all the numbers in your phone
number, and reduce them down to a single digit, to get
your special number according to the ancient art of
numerology." You then prove this by adding up all the
numbers in her phone number, reducing them down to a
single digit, and giving her a reading based on it. The
person will keep the card, and possibly call you for a full-
length reading at a later date.
Instead of using the phone number, Neal
sometimes asks for a street address. He gives a reading
based on the number, but also gains clues as to the type
of neighborhood the person lives in from the address. If
the person lives in New York and writes down, "63 East 61
Street," Neal has a wealth of information he can draw on
to provide a good reading.
Another possibility is to ask the person to give you
her business card. You can then read her address and
phone number to gain all the information you need. At the
end of the reading you can say, "May I keep your card?
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Would you like me to call you some time to give you more
information?"
San Francisco mentalist, Doug Dyment, likes this
effect, and calls the single digit number the person's
"universal path number." He explains that this number
provides the reason why the person is here in this
incarnation. The numerological reading helps the person
understand why she is alive at this particular time, and
what she should be focusing on in this lifetime.
INDEXING THE TAROT
This is a simple idea that Neal uses all the time. He

downloaded clip art of the Major Arcana Tarot cards and
copied them onto both sides of an index card - eleven
cards on each side. These can partially overlap each
other, or can be reduced in size to display whole cards.
This is convenient, as you don't need to carry a deck of
Tarot cards with you.
Ask someone to look at both sides of the index card
and to pick out the Tarot card she is most attracted to.
After she chooses two more cards in the same way, you
can give her a reading based on the three cards you
chose.
TAROT YOU DO AS I DO
This is the classic You Do as I Do effect, but is

done with two sets of Major Arcana Tarot cards. You give
the volunteer one set of cards and ask her to mix them.
You do the same with your set. You then exchange cards
and mix them again. As you return her set of cards you
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glimpse the bottom card. This becomes your key card.

You both spread the cards you're holding, and take one
out. After looking at this card, it is placed on top of the set
of cards, which is cut two or three times. You then
exchange the sets of cards again. Finally, you both
remove the card you each looked at. You ignore the card
you saw, of course, and pull out the card immediately to
the right of your key card. The cards will match.
What happens if you both pick a negative card,
such as The Tower or Death? You say how wonderful this
is, as it means the bad times are finally over, and the
future will be a time of happiness and success.
TRUST THE WHEEL OF FORTUNE
This simple idea will be remembered long after a

sleight of hand demonstration has been forgotten. You
show the major arcana cards from a Tarot deck. After
showing them, you casually shuffle the cards and finish
with the Wheel of Fortune card on top. You ask someone
to cut the cards, and you execute the cross cut force.
You then ask the person who cut the cards to call a
friend of yours who'll give her a brief reading. She tells
your friend her name, and he does a brief A to Z reading
on her. At the end, he asks her if she has cut the cards.
"That's good," he says. "If you've cut to the Wheel of
Fortune card your luck is definitely improving. I wish you
all the best. Goodbye."
Naturally, she'll want to see what card she cut to,
and it happens to be the Wheel of Fortune.
You can choose a specific card that relates to the
reading. If you are going to a party, you could record a
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brief reading for someone that mentions the Wheel of

Fortune at the end. You could say that you had a
premonition that you had to record. By doing it this way,
you need not involve anyone else. It is more powerful, too,
as you are the person who gives the reading.
THREE PREMONITIONS
Take out a deck of cards and place it on the table.

Take out a business card that you place blank side down
on the table. Cover it with a glass or some other object, as
you explain that it contains a premonition about what is
going to happen. "It may not be a premonition," you say.
"It's a few impressions I received just before I left. I jotted
them down, just in case."
Ask a lady if you could test her psychic ability. If
she responds positively, hand her the cards and say: "I'm
going to ask you to cut the cards. What color do you think
will be at the bottom of the deck after you've cut it? Red or
black?". They cut the deck three times, each time
guessing the color of the card that will appear on the
bottom.
Once she's done this, you comment on her
success, or failure. "Two out of three is pretty good," you
might say. "Let's try something else. I want you to cut the
cards again, but this time I want you to carefully put the
card you cut to, to one side. I don't want anyone to see
what it is."
After she's done this, you take the cards back, and
show her what the result would have been if she'd cut one
deeper, or one fewer. You then point at the business card
and ask her to turn it over. It contains three rows of writing
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that might say: "Blonde, two out of three, five of clubs."

Naturally, the lady is a blonde, she may or may not have
picked two out of three, and the card that was placed to
one side is the five of clubs.
Method
Two words explain it all: Svengali deck. Naturally,

you write down the hair color or something else relating to
the person before suggesting the experiment. The "two out
of three" is perfect if she gets two correct. For any other
result you can say, "These were just impressions. Most
people get one or two correct. Three hardly ever
happens." If the person did get three, she'll be delighted.
The predicted card is the one the Svengali deck forces.
Neal's idea of cutting the deck three times and
looking at the bottom card each time is extremely clever,
as the person sees three different, indifferent cards.
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Everyone who read The Practical Psychic's Little
Black Book knows how much Neal likes Roy Baker's
PATEO force. Here are some more effects from Neal that
utilize this popular force.
GOOD AND EVIL
This effect uses a pendulum, and several Major

Arcana cards from a Tarot deck. For the purposes of
explanation, let's assume you're using six positive cards
(such as The Sun, The Chariot, The World, etc.), and one
negative card (The Devil). Decide which person you'll give
The Devil card to. Let's assume it's the third person.
Casually mix the cards, and in the process place The Devil
card in the third position. Hand out the cards face down to
seven people. Neal starts with The Devil card on the
bottom. Once he's decided which person appears most
excited or curious, he moves cards one at a time from the
top to the bottom until The Devil card is in the correct
position. No one suspects anything, as the effect hasn't
started, and it looks as if he's simply mixing the cards.
Turn to another person and say, "I'm sensing a
strange and powerful energy that tells me you'll guide us
through a mysterious journey. Will you help us make this
journey? Thanks."
You now produce the pendulum and hold it over the
heads of everyone who's holding a Tarot card. Once
you've done this, say, "This strange energy has directed
me to these two people. Now we need your energy. Which
of these two people do we eliminate?"
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Ask the person she picks to step to one side. Hold

the pendulum over the heads of the remaining six people,
but this time ask your volunteer to use her energy to
decide which two people to select. Once she has done
this, you think for a few moments, and then ask one of
them to step to one side.
Repeat this, taking turns to sense which two people
are selected, until there are two people left. If you started
with an odd number of cards, it will be your turn to
eliminate one of the people. Once you have done this, ask
the six people who were eliminated to show their cards.
They are all positive, happy cards. Finally, ask the one
person remaining to turn over her card. Lo and behold, it's
the one negative card -The Devil! Say, "How interesting. I
told you I felt something strange."
You can also do this in reverse. You might have six
negative cards (Death, The Devil, Tower of Destruction,
The Hanged Man, Judgement, and The Moon), and one
positive card (perhaps The Lovers, or maybe The Star,
The Sun, or The World).
Neal frequently uses this effect as an act on its
own. He extends the effect by asking each of the
participants for their name, and giving them a short A to Z
reading as they are eliminated.
The PATEO (Point At Two, Eliminate One) force
was invented by Roy Baker, and included in his book
Baker's Bonanza, published by Harry Stanley in 1968. If
you start with an odd number of cards, as we did in the
description above, the psychic entertainer makes the first
choice as to which card should be eliminated. If you start
with an even number of cards, the volunteer makes the
first choice.
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DEEPLY IN LOVE
This effect also uses Tarot cards and the Pateo

force. Before you start, you need to secretly find a married
couple, or two people who are dating, to assist. You might
find these people while socializing, or doing readings
earlier. Alternatively, ask the host or hostess to point out a
suitable couple .
.. Let's try an experiment," you announce. "I'll need
seven ladies and seven gentlemen." Make sure that your
chosen couple is amongst the volunteers. Neal does this
by asking different people if they'd mind helping. During
this, he picks, say, the wife first, followed by a couple of
other people, and then asks the husband, again followed
by others.
The men and women line up in two rows, with
seven people in each row. If the husband and wife are in
the same row, mix several of the people up, including the
husband or wife. This is not necessary if they are already
in different rows. Once they are in position, you hand each
person a Tarot card. You tell them not to look at it now, but
it might be useful later.
Ask someone to help you. Start by pointing at two
people in the first row, and ask the person to eliminate
one. Then she points at two people, and you eliminate
one. Continue until there is one person left in the first row.
Repeat with the seven people in the other row. Finally,
you'll be left with two people, one from each row. These
two people are the couple you secretly selected ahead of
time. Ask the people who were eliminated to hold up their
tarot cards. It will be a random mixture of different cards.
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Ask the couple to turn their cards over. Amazingly, the

man will be holding The Emperor card and the woman will
be holding The Empress.
"That's incredible," you say. "Are you two married?"
Explanation
Not much explanation is required. You perform the

Pateo force twice to select the man and the woman. As
you know who they are before starting the effect, all you
need do is give the man The Emperor card and the
woman The Empress card while handing out the tarot
cards. Neal finds the simplest way to do this is to have
them at the bottom of the stack, and to simply deal the
couple cards from the bottom, rather than the top. As the
effect hasn't started at this stage, no one will notice. If you
are concerned about this, you could stack the cards ahead
of time. Rearrange the people so the man and woman are
in their correct positions according to your stack. The man
might, for instance, be in the third position in his row, and
the woman in, perhaps, the fourth position in her row.
Neal likes to keep it simple, and prefers to simply deal the
cards from the bottom of the stack.
ENERGY AT WORK
"Let's see how much good energy there is here,"

you say. You produce ten Tarot cards, and ask someone
to mix them and place them in a line on the table. "I'll need
five people to help. Madam, would you be kind enough to
help? Good. Just place your hands over two of the cards.
I'm going to try to sense with my intuition which one of
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those to eliminate. I feel I'm guided by some form of

universal energy that will help me eliminate the negative. I
think I'll eliminate that one." The card you indicate is
removed. "Now I'll put my hands on two cards. Which one
of these do you feel we should eliminate?"
You continue in this way until one card is left. You
turn over the nine cards that have been discarded, and
show that they are all negative cards (the Devil, Death,
and so on.) You then turn over the card that was not
eliminated to reveal a positive card (maybe the Wheel of
Fortune, or The World.)
Method
The card you're going to force is marked. I have

described this with a positive card at the end. You can, if
you wish, do this the other way around, and end up with a
negative card. That would be great for a bizarre show.
When Neal performs this with a negative card at the end,
he says, "It looks as if you all need a cleansing." He'll then
do the pendulum clearing from The Practical Psychic's
Little Black Book. If you don't have that book, simply
whisper some pleasant thoughts as you swing the
pendulum in front of each person.
You can use any number of cards, as long as you
remember that magicians are odd people. As we used ten
cards in the description, a spectator covered the first two
cards. If there had been, for instance, nine cards, the
magician would have covered two cards, and a spectator
would have decided which one to eliminate.
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FEEL THE VIBRATIONS
You will need twenty photographs or drawings for

this effect. Ten of them illustrate positive emotions (such
as a wedding, a picnic on a beach, etc.), and the other ten
depict negative emotions (a fire, a building collapsing, an
earthquake erupting, etc.). Neal collected his photographs
from the Internet.
Mark the ten negative photos on the back. There
are many ways in which you can do this. You might use a
pencil dot, nick the photos on the side, or use a pin to
create a small raised "bump" on the back of the photo. Mix
the twenty photographs, place them into an envelope, and
you're ready to start.
Show the photographs to your audience, and
explain that half of them depict positive emotions, while
the others display negative emotions. Ask someone to mix
the cards, and spread them face down onto a table. Ask
the people who want to participate to take a photograph.
Watch as they select an unknown photograph and see if it
depicts a positive or negative emotion.
Turn your back, and ask them to look at their
photographs and see if the emotion they chose was
positive or negative. Tell them to show their photographs
to the other people who are watching. Once they've done
this, ask someone else to take the selected photographs
and to mix them up with the other photographs that are on
the table. Finally, place them all inside the envelope again.
Only then do you turn around again.
Ask one of the volunteers to close her eyes and
think of her emotion.
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"Open your eyes once you've done that," you might

say.
Gaze into her eyes and raise and lower your hands
as if trying to measure the emotion. Finally, tell her what
emotion she was thinking of. Repeat with the other
person, or persons, and again successfully tell them what
emotion they were thinking of.
This effect may sound ridiculously simple, but it
plays extremely well. Remember, you are not a magician
when you present this effect. You can play the effect
lightly, but the audience should realize that you're trying to
demonstrate your strange gifts, and what you're doing is
miraculous. While I was writing this effect up, I performed
it to a magician friend. He immediately suggested that I
number all the cards, so I could divine what was on each
photograph. He also suggested that I perform it as an Out
of this World effect by separating the positive and negative
emotion photographs. His ideas were good, but they turn a
miracle into mental magic. You'll find Neal's version plays
much more strongly, as it is an experiment, not a trick.
SEVEN LITTLE VOODOO DOLLS
You will need seven small voodoo dolls - six are

white, and one is black. You can use another object
instead, if you wish. However, whatever you choose needs
to be small enough to be easily held in a closed fist. You'll
also need a bag to hold the dolls in.
Ask seven people to form a circle around you. Tell
them that the bag contains six white dolls and one black
doll. Shake the bag to mix the dolls, and then ask the
volunteers to put a hand in and take a doll. Tell them to
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make sure that it's hidden in their closed fist as they take it
out of the bag.
Once everyone has taken a doll, toss the bag
aside, and tell the volunteers that you're going to close
your eyes for a few seconds.
"While my eyes are closed, would you please all
change positions. Once you're in your new position, open
your fist slightly so you can see the color of the doll you're
holding. Make sure you don't let anyone else see what doll
you chose." Pause for a few seconds. "Has everyone
done that? Good." Produce a pendulum, and briefly
explain how it works. "Pendulums have been used for
thousands of years to answer questions, and to find
hidden objects, such as gold or water. Tonight the hidden
object is the black doll. This is just an experiment, but I
have faith in my pendulum, and I'm feeling positive. Let's
see if my pendulum will lead me to the person who is
holding the black doll."
Suspend the pendulum, and allow it to move in
several directions before it finally "chooses" a particular
person. Ask that person to open her hand. To the
audience's amazement, she is holding the black doll.
Explanation.
This is Neal's tribute to Max Maven's wonderful

Kurotsoke. Neal's addition of the pendulum gives this
effect a whole new twist.
Obviously, the black doll is forced. Nick does this by
finger clipping two dolls (one white and one black) in his
hands as he holds the bag open for people to take a doll.
He drops the black doll into the bag as the second to last
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person takes a doll. Then he releases the white doll for the
last person to take. Sometimes he holds just one doll
back, and this goes to the last person.
Neal asks everyone to change position. This is
purely a psychological touch. Neal knows who's holding
the black doll, but asking everyone to change position
makes the effect seem even harder. He does this in many
effects. Whenever he knows who the correct person is, he
asks them to change position. This also makes it harder
for any skeptics to work out what is going on.
If you use a pendulum regularly, you'll know that
you can mentally make it move in any direction you want.
However, you can also do this by making extremely slight
movements with the hand that is holding the pendulum. Be
careful to ensure the movements are not obvious to
anyone else.
Michael Weber loved the addition of the pendulum
to Max's Kurotsoke, and gave Neal some useful
suggestions. He suggested using several different colored
dolls, and explaining the color indicated the doll's area of
influence. Red, for instance, relates to love and passion,
blue is peace of mind, and so on. The dolls are placed into
a bag and mixed. After seven people have each taken a
doll, and are holding it in their closed hand, you produce a
white doll and explain that it represents wisdom, purity of
thought, and clarity of insight. You then produce a
pendulum, and wrap the upper end of the cord or chain
around the white doll. Allow the pendulum to hang free
from the other end. Explain that the energy of the doll will
travel through the cord, like blood through veins or
electricity through wire, and the finial at the other end will
react in one of two ways: it will swing in a circle when it is
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near an object of the same energy as the white doll, and it

will swing back and forth when near any other object.
As you move from person to person, the pendulum
will move in straight lines, showing that they are not
holding the white doll. Ask each one to show you her doll,
and give them a two sentence reading about the color of
the doll that was drawn to them. When you get down to
the last two people, the audience will be able to see the
dramatic change in movement of the pendulum as it is
moved from one spectator to the other. Give the person
not holding the white doll a reading, and then show how
enthusiastically the pendulum is revolving around the one
doll that is left. The person opens her hand to reveal the
white doll attached to the pendulum has found the similar
energy it was seeking.
Neal is very grateful to Michael for allowing his
valuable addition to be induded in this book.
DOUBLE DECKER VOODOO DOLL
As you produce two decks of cards and a voodoo

doll, you ask your audience, "Do you believe in the power
of voodoo?" If they respond positively, you say, "That's
good." If they respond negatively, you say, "I'm about to
make a believer out of you."
You continue by holding up the doll as you say,
"This doll influenced me to pick a card. It told me to leave
the card face down, and not look at it. It then told me to
turn the other deck face up, place my chosen card face
down in it, and then put the deck back in its box. The
reason I asked you if you believe is because 1 didn't, and
what you're about to see made me into a believer."
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You take out the cards from one deck, casually

show that they're all different, and then turn them over and
ask someone to shuffle them. When she's done that, this
person spreads the cards face down on the table. You
hand her the doll, and ask her to move it to and fro over
the spread until it influences her to stop.
"The doll told her to stop here," you tell the
audience. "If you think the doll is not influencing her, you'll
think otherwise in a moment."
You carefully remove the chosen face down card
and place it to one side. The voodoo doll is placed on top
so no one can touch the card. The rest of the deck is
gathered up, returned to its box, and placed to one side.
You then open the other deck, and display the face up
cards until they see one card is face down. This card is
placed face down on the table, and the rest of the cards
are returned to their box.
Pause for a few moments, and then turn over the
card that was face down in the deck. It is, for instance, the
five of spades. Pick up the voodoo doll and ask someone
to turn over the other face down card. It, too, is the five of
spades.
Method
In the right hands, this effect is a reputation maker.

All you need is a voodoo doll, a marked deck, and an
invisible deck. As you introduce the effect, you pick up the
box containing the invisible deck, and put it down again.
Then you take the marked deck out, and show they're all
different. Have them mixed and spread face down. Ask
someone to go to and fro with the voodoo doll, until a card
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is selected. Read the secret mark as you place it to one

side and cover it with the doll. Open the invisible deck and
find the matching card.
NEAL'S SIGNATURE PIECE
This has become Neal's signature piece, and

people who host high-paying gigs regularly rebook him, as
they want to see him perform this psychokinetic effect
again. At some walkabout gigs, this is the only effect he
does. All that is required is a loop of invisible thread, which
he wears on his left wrist.
Neal approaches a table and talks about energy.
He asks if he can borrow someone's glasses.
Alternatively, he can use his own. He asks everyone to put
energy into the glasses by gently rubbing them. Once they
have done this, Neal rubs them, too. In the process he
slides the left arm of the glasses through the loop, and
then places both hands flat on the table on either side of
the glasses. He asks five or six people to put their hands
on top of his. After they've done this, everyone raises their
hands slowly, and the glasses move very slightly. Neal
lowers his hands to the table again, and has everyone put
their hands down on top of his again. "Please focus
intently on the glasses," he says. This time, when the
hands are raised, the glasses turn over.
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PSYCHOKINETIC QUARTER
This effect also uses the hands of several

spectators. Neal says, "Using people's hands is a nice
touch. I think it's a million dollar touch."
Neal starts by drawing a circle on the back of his
business card. He uses a quarter, and traces around this
with a Sharpie pen. He talks to the audience about
psychokinesis, and tells them he drew the circle around
the quarter, so everyone can tell if it moves. The quarter is
placed inside the circle. Neal places his left hand over his
right hand, and asks six or seven people to place their
hands on top to create a stack of hands, all with the palms
facing downwards. Neal asks everyone to concentrate on
the quarter, and to will it to move. The "stack of hands" is
lowered over the quarter, as Neal exhorts everyone to
focus and concentrate on the quarter. When the hands are
raised, the quarter has moved, conclusively demonstrating
the psychic abilities of all the participants.
Method
Neal uses a magnetic quarter and a PK ring. He

wears the ring on the ring finger of his right hand. It
doesn't matter if anyone sees it, but all the same, Neal
covers it when he places his left hand on top of his right
hand. If you wish, you could use a regular magnet on your
wrist, but Neal recommends finding a suitable ring. You
will need to practice this to determine how far above the
quarter your hand needs to be. If you get too close the
quarter will jump up to the ring, which is a different effect
entirely.
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USEFULTOOLFORPKTOUCHES
Until now, Neal has shared this idea with only two
people. Both pleaded with him not to tell anyone else
about it. He uses a dental floss threader that can clean
under bridges. It is called Gum®Eez-Thru floss threader.
They are available at drug stores or directly from the
manufacturers (www.gumbrand.com). They are cheap,
too. Neal buys twenty-five for under two dollars. These
threaders contain a loop, and the thread sticks out about
two inches. Neal puts the loop on his right ring finger, and
is ready to go. He starts with his hands facing down, and
the thread facing the floor. As he sweeps both hands up
and outwards the thread touches the person's hair. The
spectators can not see anything, but the person feels the
thread. When he's finished, he lets the threader drop to
the floor.
Neal also finds these useful when doing an aura
cleansing.
A LETTER FOR YOU

Before going to an engagement, Neal will often
write a letter that he gives to someone at the party. He
leaves two or three lines blank at the top of the page, and
writes a flattering, but generic, stock reading that could
apply to almost anyone on the rest of the page. He places
this into an envelope with a business card.
When he gets to the function, he pays close
attention to what is going on. Ideally, he is hoping to hear:
something that he can place at the top of the letter. He
might hear that someone has become engaged, is
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pregnant, or has just changed jobs. Anything like this is

dynamite information to include in the letter. If he is unable
to learn anything special, he'll pick a suitable lady and
describe her and what she's wearing in the first couple of
lines. He'll then seal the letter.
At some stage during the evening, he'll approach
the lady. "Excuse me," he says. "It may sound strange, but
I had a premonition about you. I wrote it down and put it in
this envelope. I'm almost certain it has something to do
with you. Please take it home, and read it when you get a
chance. I put my card in there, too, so please give me a
call if you have any questions."
Neal can virtually guarantee that she'll call him the
next day, and the chances are high she'll book a reading.
Instead of writing a letter, Neal also uses this idea
by recording a message using a voice mail service or cell
phone.
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5. Y0U HAVE LIVEB BEF0Rf=
People are fascinated with the idea of
reincarnation, and often ask psychic readers if they can
tell them anything about their past lives. Different readers
have their own methods to answer questions of this sort.
They may examine the person's palm, create a specific
spread of Tarot cards, have the person choose a colored
gemstone, or do anything else that helps them give a
satisfactory and satisfying answer.
Neal has developed his own way of answering this
question. If someone asks about reincarnation, Neal tells
them he'll try to tell him or her something using his spirit
guides, in collaboration with the person's spirit guides. He
closes his eyes, and asks the person to take hold of his
hands. He remains silent for two minutes, and then tells
the person what she needs to know. When he's finished
talking, he opens his eyes again.
Everything Neal tells them is positive, as he wants
the person to feel good about the experience. Whenever
possible Neal does genuine past life regressions.
However, he is frequently asked this question in situations
where he cannot do this. Consequently, when he is
performing for entertainment purposes he'll use a script.
Here's an example:
"You were a ballerina in Russia in the mid 1800s."
Neal pauses for about sixty seconds at this point, as if
waiting for more information. He gives the information in
an unrushed, slightly hesitant manner, as if he's receiving
it with considerable effort. This makes it more believable. If
you rush through it, or fail to have significant pauses, the
person might suspect you're using a script. "Your father
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was the one who sent you to ballet school, because he

loved you dearly." (Neal pauses for another sixty
seconds.) "As a child you excelled, and were considered
something of a prodigy." (Neal pauses for several seconds
this time.) "Later you joined a well-known Russian ballet."
(Another pause. This can be as long as you wish.) "You
toured Russia." (Pause.) "At a rehearsal one evening, you
fell and hurt yourself. In fact, yes, you injured your knee."
(Pause.) "After falling and hurting yourself, you went to St.
Petersburg for a holiday, and to give your knee time to
heal." (Pause.) "While you were there, you met a
successful pianist. You married him, and never went back
to dancing."
Sometimes, Neal will add another couple of
sentences: "This might explain why you experience pain in
a knee during cold, wet weather. You also have an interest
in the arts."
Frequently, the person will ask Neal how long she
lived for in this past life. Neal again goes into a meditative
state. He closes his eyes, holds her hands, and waits for
two minutes before answering. "89." Neal thinks this
sounds suitably old, especially if the person is young. He
wouldn't give this answer if the person was in her eighties.
Neal deliberately makes this answer brief. After waiting
two long minutes to hear it, the person is unlikely to ask
any more questions.
Neal might finish the past life by saying, "You
weren't able to do it in that lifetime, so you've come back
this time to fulfill your dream." If he happened to discover
the woman's occupation during the course of the evening,
he might say: "Everyone should have a profession, and I
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sense that you'd be successful in (whatever field she

happens to work in)."
Neal believes that a good reader is not only an
artist, but a creator, as well. Creating readings of this sort
is highly creative, and can be difficult at first. However, like
everything else, it becomes easier with practice. All Neal
asks is that you try doing it for real. Close your eyes and
tell the client whatever comes to you. As an experienced
reader, you can use whatever you want, based on what
you've learned about the person. Here's an example: "You
were very poor in the 1500s and you wanted to kill
yourself. A rich merchant fell in love with you because you
were very pretty. You lived to an old age and enjoyed a
happy life."
Neal can think of hundreds of other examples, but
he wants you to use your own creativity. You might, for
instance, overhear someone saying she wanted to be an
actress. Natuyrally, this would become the focal point of
her past life story: "You were an actress, but when you
started to do well you became sick and passed away.
Sadly, you never got the chance. In this lifetime you're
going to have another chance to fulfill your dream."
If nothing comes to you, you look real anyway, as
you tell the person there was no help available this time,
but you'd like to try again another time. Usually, the
person will be anxious to book another time with you.
Neal says that no reading is wrong. He is simply a
messenger of the universe, spirit, or whatever or
whomever you are working with.
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MOTA'S PALMISTRY
Here is an excellent past life addition to a palm

reading contributed by Mota, a highly successful psychic
reader and a good friend of Neal's:
"Since 1985, when Quick and Effective Cold Reading by

Richard Webster first came out, I have used Richard's
lines almost word-for-word. Over many years and
thousands of palm readings I have developed a few
variations of my own. This is one of my most powerful,
where I tell a woman she was a prostitute in a past life.
I use it when I see a large island (usually horizontally) in

the rascettes of the wrist.
I tell them, "See this island on the lines of your wrist? In a

past life you were what was known as a Vestal Virgin.
This was, essentially, a holy prostitute ... a woman whose
profession was performing sacred and magickal sex
ceremonies in holy temples. They were called Vestal
Virgins because after their service to the temple they were
considered virgins, as far as marrying goes. When they
would marry they were considered great prizes and
usually had marriages of equality, not of being a man's
property. You went in to this because of your fierce
independence. In those days a woman had one career
choice: get married and make babies. That wasn't good
enough for you and you seized the opportunity to direct
your own life ... unheard of for most women of those times.
The independence you have now (refer to either a strong
Jupiter finger or strong Fate line) is a carry over from that
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life. You refused to be the little Miss Door Mat then and
are ready to no longer be the door mat now."
This is a very strong section for women and I've never

failed to see a woman sit up tall and straight when told
about this.
Sometimes I'm asked how I know this. I reply it was a

pattern I noticed from past life regressions .... women who
had these experiences in their past life regressions had an
island on the rascettes of the wrist and an independent
Jupiter finger/strong fate line.
Reincarnation is always a popular subject. Neal has

shown you how he uses past lives for entertainment
purposes. If you want to learn how to do serious past life
regressions, you should study some books on the subject.
Practical Guide to Past Life Memories by Richard Webster
(Llewellyn Publications) contains twelve different methods.
It is available at all good bookstores. Cashing in on Past
Lives by Richard Webster is another example, and is
available where you purchased this book.
QUICK AND EASY PAST LIFE REGRESSION
This powerful meditation helps people open a door

and discover a previous lifetime. Neal does this regularly .
.. Now we're going to go on a magnificent journey,"
Neal tells his audience ... It's a guided meditation. Once it's
over, you'll feel wonderful and extremely relaxed. I'll
explain more about it afterwards."
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Neal asks everyone to close their eyes, and then

guides them into a state of pleasant relaxation. Once they
are fully relaxed, he continues.
"Just imagine you're in your favorite department
store. Visualize yourself visiting different departments, and
happily browsing through the merchandise on display.
Suddenly, you find yourself right at the back of the store,
and you notice a small door. It's a really small door. You're
curious, so you open the door, and bend down to get into
the room on the other side. Much to your surprise, it's not
an ordinary room. It's huge. It seems to go into infinity.
Everywhere you look there are racks of clothes. You
realize there are clothes here from the beginning of time,
all the way up to the present. You look at some of the
clothes from ancient Egyptian times. Then you browse
through clothes worn by people in ancient Greece and
Rome. You see clothes from Biblical times, from the
Renaissance, from the Puritans, and even clothes worn by
actors and film stars. You see clothes that might have
been worn by William Shakespeare or Queen Elizabeth
the First. You see clothes worn by peasants and
merchants throughout the ages, and in every country you
could possibly imagine.
"You find yourself attracted to a particular outfit. In
your imagination, put it on, and then look at yourself in a
beautiful mirror. Add some jewelry if you wish. Everything
is there, and you can choose absolutely anything you
want. You can change the clothing you selected, if you
see something you like more. Turn around and look at
yourself from different angles. Enjoy seeing yourself
wearing the outfit you chose. Take as much time doing
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this as you wish. And once you've done this, take three
slow, deep breaths, and open your eyes."
Neal waits until everyone has opened their eyes,
and then asks them what clothes they chose to wear in the
meditation.
"That's fantastic," Neal says. "You've each chosen
the right clothes, as they were the clothes you wore in one
of your many past lives."
Neal then gives three or four of the audience a
reading, using A to Z on the clothes they chose.
Neal used to tell his audiences what was going to
happen, but stopped doing this when he found that some
people deliberately chose clothes that depicted the period
they thought they had lived in. This is why, at the end, he
asks everyone what clothes they chose to wear before
telling them it represents a past life.
This effect may sound too simple, but it has a
profound effect on the people who take part. Neal can
easily spend a whole hour with this routine, giving the
participants readings based on their past and present
lives. He thinks it's one of the most powerful meditations
he does.
MAKING CONTACT
You hand out index cards to everyone in the

audience, and ask them to write the name of a deceased
person they would like to contact. Two audience members
collect the cards and give them back to you. You mix the
first stack of cards that has been given to you, and then
return them to your volunteer to mix them further. "This
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puts my energy, and your energy into the cards," you say.
You repeat this with the cards the second volunteer has
collected. You now walk away from the volunteers.
"There's a basket on my table," you tell the first
volunteer. "Would you please call out the names of the
people that are written on the cards you're holding. After
saying the name, drop the card into the basket. Thanks."
When the first volunteer has read all the names on
her cards, you repeat the process with the second
volunteer.
You then hand the first spectator a bag full of rose
petals, and ask her to cover the names in the basket with
half of the bag of rose petals. She gives the rest of the bag
to the second volunteer who puts the rest of the rose
petals into the basket.
"This provides good energy," you explain. If you
wish, you can also place some unwrapped candy into the
basket to provide instant energy.
You thank the two volunteers and ask them to sit
down.
You pause for several seconds, and then
hesitatingly start receiving names. You fail to properly
receive the first one or two, and explain that the spirit has
left. Fortunately, you succeed with the next one, and
you're able to go directly to the person who is thinking of
that name. You give her a brief reading and a message
from the person she named on the other side. You might,
for instance, say: "This is a female. Her name is Helen.
She has a message for you. She says fulfill your dream.
She's watching and sending you love."
When you have finished giving the message, you
receive a name from the other side of the room, and again
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give her a reading and a message. You might say

something along the lines of: "The name is Thomas, but
you always called him Tom. He's very proud of you, and
what you've accomplished. He loves you very much. He
tells me he needs to go now as he has lessons to learn on
the other side."
You finish by holding the basket up high and asking
the whole audience to send loving thoughts to their friends
and loved ones on the other side.
Method
All you need are two marked index cards. As you

hand out the cards you notice and remember the two
people who received the marked ones. You need to make
sure that they are on opposite sides of the room.
When the first volunteer hands you the cards she
has collected, you take note of the name written on the
marked card as you casually mix them. When you notice
your secret mark, shuffle that card to the bottom of the
stack. Read the name on it as you gesture to the first
volunteer and ask her to put her energy into the cards by
mixing them. This could hardly be called a move. You
have all the time in the world to do this, and no one knows
what you're going to be doing, anyway. Repeat with the
second spectator.
This is a blockbuster effect that can be a complete
act on its own. Neal was reluctant to release it.
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6. THE PEnBULUITI
Neal uses the pendulum in a variety of different
ways. People are fascinated with it, and Neal finds it adds
considerably to much of what he does. We'll start with
something that shows just how clever he is.
Assume that you have taken two or three long
shots that didn't work. Fortunately, you have an effect that
is surefire that will redeem your reputation. Before doing it,
though, Neal will say, "I think I know why these
experiments aren't working. One person's energy is not as
strong as it should be. I hope he won't mind if I temporarily
remove him from the group." After he's left, the final effect
works.
Neal does this politely, and almost apologetically.
Naturally, if there is a wise guy in the group, this is a good
opportunity to get rid of him.
Neal has a variation of this that uses the pendulum.
"I sense there's a slight negativity here that's causing a
blockage and preventing us from succeeding," he says. "I
don't know where it's coming from." He produces his
pendulum, and tests everyone in turn. Naturally, the
pendulum reacts differently in front of the wise guy or
someone who didn't appear particularly interested.
Neal has yet another way of handling this. He might
say, "I'm sensing very little energy from one of you, but
strangely this person is the most psychic person in the
group." Neal proceeds to find that person using his
pendulum.
Finally, if he's missed a couple of experiments, and
is ready to perform his surefire one, Neal will take out his
pendulum and ask it some questions. "Does this group
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have a bad psychic connection?" The pendulum responds

positively. "Is it everyone in the group?" "No." "Is it one
person?" "Yes." Neal, with the help of his pendulum, finds
this person by asking it about each person in turn until the
pendulum reacts differently.
THE NUMBER OF THE BEAST
Let's assume you're performing close up. You

suggest you try something to see if there is good energy at
the table. You deal three hands of poker on the table from
a regular deck of playing cards. You ask the three people
who have been dealt a hand to arrange their cards
facedown in a small circle in front of them. This creates
three circles, each containing five cards. You then produce
a pendulum, and move it around each circle in turn. On
the first circle, the pendulum indicates a card. You move
that card, still face down, to one side, and turn the other
four cards face up without drawing any particular attention
to this action. This demonstrates that all the cards are
different. Repeat with the other two circles. In each case,
one card is selected by the pendulum, and moved to one
side.
At the end, there are three face down cards. You
turn them over to reveal three sixes - 666. Don't say
anything at this point, until one of the spectators will
nervously say, "That's the number of the Beast!"
You can then say, "It looks as if this table needs a
clearing." At this point, Neal does the clearing that was
described in The Practical Psychic's Little Black Book. The
clearing that comes next can also be used.
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This effect can also be done with 777 to show that

the table has good vibes. You can say that you sense the
people there will have nothing but good luck.
Method
Mark the three sixes and place them on top of the

deck. Shuffle the cards, moving the sixes to the bottom
and back to the top again. After you have dealt the cards,
a six will be at the bottom of each hand. Ask the people to
mix their cards up before creating a circle with them. All
you need do is look for the mark, and allow your pendulum
to swing towards it.
Neal finds this effect plays well with Tarot cards,
too. Again, he has a choice of a negative or a positive
outcome. For the negative choice he uses the Devil, the
Hanged Man, and Death. For a positive outcome he might
choose The Sun, the World, and the Wheel of Fortune.
When using positive cards, Neal frequently gives a highly
positive A to Z reading using them. This makes everyone
at the table feel good.
THE YES-NO TEST
Neal shows someone how to use a pendulum and

determine the "yes" and "no" responses. Once they are
able to do this, Neal drops a small envelope on the table,
explaining that he had a premonition. He asks the person
to ask five important questions.
"Don't ask any questions about health issues, or
anything like that. Make it fun and light-hearted. Maybe
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you could ask, 'Will I win Lotto?' or 'Will I travel soon?' Fun
questions along those lines."
The person asks the questions and the pendulum
responds to each one. Let's assume, for example, that it
gave three "yes" answers, and two "no" answers.
"Very interesting," Neal says when she finished
asking questions. "You remember the envelope that has
been there since before you started?" Neal picks it up and
removes a business card with a message written on the
back. He hands it to the lady, and asks her to read it
aloud.
"A lady wearing a blue dress and white shoes will
ask 5 questions. The pendulum will respond positively to 3
questions, and negatively to 2."
Method
Neal uses a coin envelope, and cuts a window in

one side. Once he's decided on the person he'll use, he
writes the message, including a couple of details about
her. Everything is prewritten except for the two numbers
that he adds at the end with a nail writer. It's a simple
matter to write these two numbers while recapping what
has occurred, or while starting to tear the envelope open.
PENDULUM CLEARING FOR NEGATIVITY
Neal approaches someone and asks her if she'd

like to know if there is any negativity that is blocking her
and holding her back.
"If you like, I can use my pendulum to test you, and
if necessary, we can use it to cleanse you, as well."
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Obviously, if the person declines the offer, Neal

leaves. However, this is extremely rare. Let's assume the
person accepts.
"First I have to ask permission to work with you. I
need to ask the universe for permission. The pendulum is
simply a tool that answers questions using universal
energy. My pendulum will swing backwards and forwards
for yes, and in a clockwise circle for no. (Use whatever
movements you choose for this.) The first thing I ask is: do
I have permission?" (Naturally, the pendulum will move in
the right way to indicate a positive response, unless you
see that the person has little or no interest in the
procedure. Sometimes, if Neal is doing this for a number
of people, he'll make it give a negative response on
someone. "I'm sorry," he'll say. "It's saying 'no.' Maybe
we'll try later, or next time I see you.")
Let's assume the pendulum has given a positive
response. Neal then asks:
"Does this person need a clearing?" Again, the
pendulum gives a positive response.
"Okay," Neal says. "I'm going to spin the pendulum
in a counter clockwise direction. When it stops, it will have
absorbed all the negativity within you. I'll then turn my
back to you, and will spin the pendulum in a clockwise
direction. That will release all the negativity out to the
universe. When it stops, all the negativity will have been
released. In actuality, all the negativity will have been
taken away from you at the start of the process, but I don't
want any of it near us, so I'm going to let it dissolve and
disappear into the universe. I'll say a short prayer as the
negativity evaporates."
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After doing all of this, Neal turns back to the person

and says:
"I'm now going to pray, and this will send you good
energy from the universe." Neal allows the pendulum to
swing backwards and forwards in front of their heart as he
silently says a prayer. When the pendulum stops moving,
the clearing is complete.
Sometimes, when he is doing individual clearing for
a group of people, he'll move the pendulum up and down
the last person's body while it's swinging. Also, as he
silently says a prayer at the end while the pendulum is
moving backwards and forwards, he'll move the pendulum
up or down her body, finishing at her chest as the
pendulum slows down. This is simply window-dressing,
and makes the last person feel special.
HOW TO DO A GENUINE PENDULUM CLEARING
The version above involves cheating to make sure

that the pendulum gives a positive response to the first
two questions. Neal finds this is necessary in a casual or
entertainment situation, when he wants everyone to feel
happy. However, most of the time Neal performs this
routine genuinely, and allows his pendulum to dictate how
he should proceed.
He starts by asking the same question: "Do I have
permission to work with this person for a clearing?" He will
carry on if the pendulum gives a positive response, or stop
at that point if it responds negatively.
The next question is: "Does this person need a
clearing?" If the pendulum says, "no," it means that the
person has a good, positive aura and his chakras are well
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balanced. Consequently, it is a positive sign if the

pendulum says he or she does not need a clearing. If the
pendulum says, "yes," Neal proceeds with the cleansing
by swinging the pendulum in an anti-clockwise direction
until it stops. He turns around, says a prayer, and makes
the pendulum move in clockwise circles to release the
negativity into the universe. When this is completed, Neal
turns back to the person, and makes the pendulum move
backwards and forwards in front of the person's heart
while saying a prayer along the lines of: "I ask the universe
to send love and good energy to (person's name). Please
fill (person's name) with your love, energy, and divine
spirit. Thank you." He continues in this vein until the
pendulum stops moving. The ritual is now complete.
Neal firmly believes that the more good things he
can say or do for the person, the more he will receive back
from the universe in return. He says: "You are a child of
the universe. Anything good that you send out brings you
good things in return."
Neal finds that if the pendulum refuses to give him
permission to do a clearing, it simply means the universe
is not ready at that moment for the clearing to take place.
Neal is happy to try again in as little as ten minutes,
though he prefers to allow an hour, if possible. If the
universe still refuses permission, Neal asks the person to
contact him later and make an appointment. He tells her
that he won't charge for the clearing. Neal says it's up to
the individual reader whether or not to charge for a
clearing. Neal feels that he gets rewarded in many other
ways, and this small piece of generosity results in a great
deal of business that he would not otherwise receive.
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should point out that this is Neal's favorite

clearing, and he was initially hesitant about having it
included in this book. However, after seeing him do it
several times, and witnessing the profound effect it had on
the recipients, I pleaded with him to allow me to write it up.
THE PENDULUM AND REINCARNATION
We have already discussed past lives in this book.

Neal often uses a pendulum to decide which person in a
group will learn something about one of her past lives.
He starts by showing the ladies how the pendulum
can give positive and negative answers. He then asks the
pendulum if he has permission to receive information
about one of the first person's past lives. The pendulum
says, "no." Neal repeats this again for another one or two
people until the pendulum finally says, "yes."
He tells the audience that he's going to make the
pendulum swing rapidly in a counterclockwise direction.
When it stops, it will have received confirmation of the
person's past life. Everyone watches the pendulum until it
stops. Neal then tells the audience he can now ask the
pendulum questions that can be answered with a yes or
no response.
From here, he can take it anywhere he wishes. He
might start by asking: "Did you experience a lifetime in the
nineteenth century?" If the pendulum gives a negative
response, he can go back one hundred years at a time
until the pendulum gives a "yes" answer. He might follow
this with: "Did you live in Europe during this lifetime?"
Depending on the answer, he may have to ask about
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different areas of the world, or narrow down the actual

country the person lived in.
Neal can make this section as brief, or as long, as
necessary. If it needs to be brief, for any reason, he might
suggest the lady call him to arrange a time for a more
detailed look at her past life.
PENDULUM WORK WITHOUT A PENDULUM
Here are two useful ideas that you can use to

entertain and inform your audiences. You can also use
them in your own everyday life.
I'll describe this first as a one-on-one
demonstration. However, it can be done just as easily for a
large group. Ask the person to extend his right arm parallel
to the ground, and hold it there as firmly as he can. Ask
him to make a fist of his right hand. Tell him to silently ask
an important question. It can relate to anything at all. Once
he has done that, tell him to push down on his right fist
with his left hand. If the answer to the question is "yes,"
the person will not be able to push his right arm down. If
the answer is "no," he'll be able to push it down easily.
When he does it for a group, Neal asks everyone to
hold out their right arms, and form a fist. He asks them to
think of an important question. "I'd now like you to use
your left hand to push your hand down. Some of you will
not be able to do this, and others will. If your hand won't
push down, do not force it. There's a reason for this."
(Although he doesn't tell the audience this, the reason is
that if they keep on pushing they'll eventually push their
hand down.) Neal pauses for about five seconds, and then
tells them to stop.
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Once they've done this, Neal asks the people

whose hands went down to raise their hands. He tells
them this means the answer is "no."
"How many people's hands remained still? Raise
your hands. This means the answer is 'yes."'
Neal tells everyone they now have a tool they can
use any time they wish for the rest of their lives.
Neal frequently uses this at psychic parties and
workshops. It acts as a great icebreaker, and provides ten
minutes of useful information and solid entertainment.
In less formal situations, after teaching everyone
how to do it, Neal will often ask entertaining questions to
see how people's arms respond. This can be hilarious, as
some people's arms will remain straight, while other go
down.
The second idea is to create a circle using your
thumb and middle finger. Press them firmly together. Ask
a question, and then try to separate the thumb and middle
finger with the fingers of your other hand. If the fingers
separate easily, the answer is "no." If they refuse to
separate, the answer is "yes."
THE PENDULUM AND THE PRIVATE READER
This powerful idea is the perfect way for private

readers to generate more work. It can be done in a social
situation, or at the end of a reading. I'll describe it first in a
social setting.
In a walkabout scenario you approach someone
and ask her to write down the name of the first person she
ever kissed on a piece of paper. Once she's done that,
you take back your clipboard, and ask her to crumple up
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the paper. Tell her to concentrate on the question, or

person's name, and you'll be back shortly. Suggest she
share this person's name with the other members of the
group, if she wants to. When you return, you ask her to
hold the crumbled ball of paper in the palm of her hand.
You produce your pendulum, and ask it a few questions,
such as, "Was he tall?" and "Did she (the person holding
the ball of paper) enjoy the experience?" After this, the
pendulum slowly divines the person's name, letter by
letter. This provides several minutes of entertainment for
the group. You can also hand out several pads, and ask
everyone who wants to take part to write something down.
If you're going to do it this way, you'll need peak pads you
can read without moving away.
Naturally, you read the name on your clipboard
while you're temporarily out of sight. Alternatively, you can
ask the person to write the name on the back of your
business card, and use a peak to gain the required
information.
This works well as a piece of entertainment.
However, Neal prefers to do one-on-one. He asks the
person to write down an important question on the back of
his business card. She holds this writing side down on the
palm of her hand. He suspends his pendulum over it, and
asks, "Has this situation been going on for some time?"
The pendulum answers, "yes." "Will this situation
continue?" Neal asks. The pendulum gives no response.
Neal takes a step backwards, and tells the person, "I'm
afraid my pendulum is not responding. We might need to
do this in a quiet place, such as my office, as there's too
much disturbance and maybe some negativity here. Put
the card away, and give me a call tomorrow."
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Neal knows the question she's written down, as

he's taken a peak. When the lady calls him, he can either
answer her question on the phone, or make an
appointment for a reading.
Alternatively, if he is doing this at a small private
party, he might take the lady to another room, and allow
the pendulum to divine the question and the answer.
Naturally, everyone will want to talk to the lady when she
returns, and several of them will ask Neal for his card.
Neal can also do this at the end of a private
reading. The lady jots down a question on the back of one
of his cards, and the pendulum fails to answer it. "I'm not
sure if it's me or the pendulum," he tells the lady. "Maybe
we're both drained of energy. I'll work on this overnight.
Call me in the morning, and hopefully I'll have an answer
for you. I won't charge you any extra for this." The lady
takes the card home with her. When she calls the next
day, Neal is able to answer the question. He makes no
additional money out of this, but the lady will tell all her
friends about it, and some of them will book readings with
Neal.
Another alternative is to tell the client at the end of
the reading: "I sense there is a major concern in your life.
Write it down on this piece of paper. I haven't time to
answer it now, as I have another client. Fold it up, and
take it with you. I'll work on your problem tonight when it's
quiet. There's no extra charge for this." They might also
write down something that hadn't been fully covered in the
reading. It makes no difference what they write down. You
tell the lady that you'll call her tomorrow. Doing this makes
them happy, and they'll want to see you again.
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While we're discussing private readings, Neal tells

all his clients, "I can only tell you what the universe gave
me. and I can only give you what I get. It's up to you to
interpret or make sense of it. I'm simply a messenger, and
I'm still a student of the universe." Neal thinks these three
sentences are possibly the most valuable piece of advice
in the whole book.
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7. AllGELIC C0JTlfTHJiliCATI011
Angels are more popular today than ever before,
and your clients will love hearing about them. Neal uses
them extensively in his work. Here are some of his ideas
on the subject.
ANGELIC IMPLANTS
"Have you heard of angelic implants?" you ask your

client. "They're similar to thought implants, in which you
implant a specific thought in your mind, and it becomes
part of your life. An angelic implant is a thought implant
that has been given to you by the angels. It helps you do
good things everywhere you go in this incarnation. The
angels don't implant these lightly. Only special people
receive this gift. I sense you might be one of them. Would
you might if I checked to verify this?"
You produce your pendulum, and demonstrate how
it gives "yes" and "no" answers. Once you've done this,
ask if you have permission to work with this person. You
ask if she has an angelic implant, and the pendulum says,
"yes."
"You are very blessed," you say. "You have an
important mission in this lifetime, and you'll be able to help
many, many people. The world is a better place because
you're here."
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Notea
The concept of angelic implants came to Neal in a

dream. He is extremely passionate about the concept of
angelic implants. Everyone he does this for feels positive
and good afterwards. They also start doing more good in
their local communities, as they know they have a mission
to make the world a better place. Neal does a few of these
every day. Imagine how this will spread if you, and every
other reader of this book, also do three or four of these a
day. Wouldn't the world become a much better place?
Even if you don't believe this is real, Neal doesn't
think the universe or the angels would disapprove,
because you are spreading happiness and joy, as well as
encouraging people to do good things for others.
If a skeptic asks Neal to test her for angelic
implants, Neal agrees, but - unfortunately - the pendulum
doesn't give him permission to work with her.
ANGELIC IMPLANTS (Propless version)
Neal almost always has his pendulum with him

when he's out and about. However, he has another
version he uses from time to time that does not need a
pendulum.
"An angel gave me angelic implants in my sleep. As
I was handed this precious gift, I was told that I was also
given the gift of sensing other people with implants. I
sense that you have this gift, too. Would you allow me to
find out?" .
H he receives a positive answer, Neal lays h~s
hands on the person's head, closes his eyes, and asks h1s
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angel for confirmation. After several seconds of deep

breathing, Neal opens his eyes and smiles at the lady.
"Yes! My angel told me that you have angelic implants,
too! You and I both need to make this world a better place
for everyone."
ANGEL CHART
Neal has created an angel chart that he carries with

him. I'll list the angels and their areas of interest before
explaining how he uses it.
Abundance- Sofiel, Barbelo

Communication- Ambriel, Sabathiel, Michael
Divination - Israel, Uriel, Eistibus
Faith - Mebahiah
Happiness- Raphael, Sachiel
Healing - Raphael, Sabrael, Hamaliel
Hope- Derdeka, Phanuel, Gabriel
Knowledge- Raphael, Zadkiel
Love- Gabriel, Haniel, Raphael
Luck- Galliel, Rubiel, Yofiel
Mercy- Gabriel, Rachmiel
Miracles- Michael, Raphael
Optimism - Adnachiel, Verchiel
Patience - Adnachiel, Achaiah, Tual
Prosperity- Hodniel, Kabniel
Protection- Abrid, Anael, Michael
Serenity- Metatron, Cassie!
Strength- Gaburiel, Michael, Zeruch
Willpower - Nathaniel
Wisdom -Dina, Jophiel, Zadkiel
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If someone needs help, Neal has a quartz crystal

that he asks her to hold. He looks at his chart and tells her
which angel to pray to for help and consolation. The
prayer can be short and simple. Someone seeking
happiness, for instance, might say: "I'm asking the
universe to call on Archangel Raphael as I need his help.
Raphael, could you please help me to gain some
happiness in my life? Raphael, I thank you for listening to
me, and I send you all my love. Thank you."
Neal uses a number of objects to help his clients
communicate with the angelic kingdom. These include
candles, crystals, bells, aromas, and prayers. However,
crystals and prayer are his favorites.
Neal is ready to help people anywhere, as he
always carries an index card listing the angels in his
pocket. When he hears that someone needs help, he asks
her to tell him what she is concerned about. He then
guides her to the correct angel on his list, and teaches her
how to give a brief prayer to this angel.
Neal can also do an A to Z on the angel's name to
give the person a brief reading that is designed to make
her feel more positive about her situation.
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As I mentioned in The Practical Psychic's Littlo
Black Book, most of Neal's work is genuine. He believes in
the reality of psychic phenomena, and uses it on a daily
basis to help himself and others. His love and concern for
his clients is genuine, and obvious. This is one of the main
reasons he has been so successful.
Everyone is different. If any of the material in this
section makes you uncomfortable, don't do it. There are
plenty of effects in this book that you might prefer to use.
That's fine. What Neal does is entirely dependent on the
situation and circumstances. He believes that if you're
succeeding with the "real stuff," there's no need for
trickery. However, if you're failing, you have a backup.
In this chapter, we'll look at some of the genuine
things Neal does to help his clients, friends, and the
people he meets everywhere he goes.
LETTING GO OF A PROBLEM
This is one of the most useful and memorable items

in Neal's repertoire. All it needs is a coin or a semi-
precious, tumbled stone.
Neal approaches someone and says, .. 1 sense you
have a problem. I can help you. This has worked for
thousands of people, and I'm sure it would help you, too.
Can I tell you what it is?"
Once the person has agreed, Neal either asks them
for a coin, or produces a small semi-precious stone. If the
person doesn't have a coin, and Neal doesn't have a
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stone, he'll use anything that happens to be around. He's

used a cocktail napkin on several occasions.
Neal then tells the person to think about all the
negative things she wants to eliminate from her life, and to
silently whisper them to the item.
"Tell the coin everything you wish. You can tell it
anything that's bothering or worrying you. It doesn't matter
what it is. The coin will absorb all the negativity. Tonight I
want you to throw that coin away. You have to throw it
behind you. Do not look back. Throw the coin and then
walk away. One final thing. Make sure no one is watching
you. It won't work if anyone sees you do it."
The last few sentences are simply window-
dressing. However, Neal believes everything else. This
effect is derived from a true story Neal's father told him
many years ago. When people left their homeland to come
to America, their parents told them to throw a stone behind
them, and to never look back.
HOW TO RELEASE A PROBLEM
This is another method Neal uses to help people

resolve their problems. Everyone has problems at times.
Consequently, Neal finds it easy to approach people with
these words: "I sense you have a problem. Can I give you
an exercise I've been using for ages? I've shared it with
plenty of people, and it's done wonders for them. People
regularly thank me for telling them this."
After this introduction, who's going to say, "No?"
"No matter what the problem is," Neal tells them .
..Just imagine a balloon in your hand. Put all your
problems into the balloon. It doesn't matter how many
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there are. You can fill the balloon up with them, if you
wish. After you've put all your problems into the balloon,
blow it up, and attach a piece of string to it. Let it go, and
watch it float up into the air. Watch until it's almost out of
sight. At that point, when it's about to disappear, the
balloon will explode, and all the negativity that you put into
the balloon will be absorbed by the universe. You'll be left
free of all negativity.
"Remember, you can do this as often as you wish.
There's no need to carry baggage and negativity around
with you any more. Simply put it into a balloon, and
release it."
HOW TO ATTAIN YOUR SECRET DESIRES
Here's another version of the balloon exercise. Neal

prefers it, as it's positive and empowering. This is what he
says: "Do you have a secret desire that you've always
wanted? It might be something you've wanted to achieve,
or something that you wish would happen. It doesn't
matter what it might be. All you need do is place your
desire into an imaginary balloon. Do you want to tell me
what it is you're wishing for? You don't have to, if you don't
want to. You can keep it to yourself. It makes no
difference."
"I want a car," the person might say.
"That's good. Visualize it as clearly as you can. See
the type of car, the model, and the color. Include as many
details as you can. Now place that car into an imaginary
balloon. Blow it up, and tie a string around it. In a moment,
you're going to release the balloon, but before you do, tie
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the other end of the string to a pole to keep the balloon

grounded.
"Tell the universe about your secret desire, and ask
for it. Now, cut the imaginary string and let the balloon
float up into the sky. It's going up, up, and up into the sky.
The universe will get your message, and when the time is
right, you will receive it. The balloon will float in the sky
until the universe has granted your wish."
One of the things Neal particularly enjoys about this

exercise is the credit he receives when people achieve
their desires. In his experience, about half of the people
he teaches this exercise to achieve good results from it.
Neal was reluctant to share this, but agreed as he uses it
himself, and knows how useful and beneficial this exercise
can be.
HOW TO CONTACT SOMEONE ON THE OTHER SIDE
People frequently ask Neal how they can contact a

deceased relative on the other side. His advice is simple,
but extremely practical. Neal tells them to have a cup of
chamomile tea before going to bed. Once they're in bed,
they need to shout (either out loud, or in their head): "I
want to see (person's name) in my dreams tonight."
"If you do this," Neal tells them, "You'll see the
person in your dreams in one to seven days."
Neal also tells the people to contact him to let him
know how they got on. Consequently, he knows that more
than fifty percent successfully communicate with their
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deceased relatives this way. Naturally, they're thrilled, and

want to discuss it with Neal.
When I was chatting with Neal about this, he told
me: "Trust me. Everyone has the potential to see their
loved ones, if they believe. Everyone."
THE BLESSING
This is something extremely valuable that you can

use to help many people. Whenever you come across
someone with a problem, tell the person you'll say a
special prayer and blessing for him or her. This means you
have a duty to do it. When you get home, spend a few
moments sending that person a blessing.
Consequently, whenever you come across
someone who is in need and needs help tell him: "I'll pray
for you, and I'll also say a blessing. Please call me any
time."
Neal doesn't want to get into detail on this, as it is
sacred and special to him. His advice is: " Just do it. There
is nothing easier then saying a few nice things for your
fellow human beings. A nice word or two can make a huge
difference. After you've left the person, whisper or silently
say some kind words. You'll be rewarded, as what you say
will be heard by the universe. The source always hears."
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Neal and I hope you've enjoyed this book, and have
found a number of experiments that you'll enjoy presenting
to your audiences and clients. Neal is happy that you've
taken this journey with him.
It's unlikely that Neal will write another book, as he
believes in his real psychic work and wants to spend more
time pursuing this path. In this book, Neal has given you
both options. Secretly, he hopes you'll take the real path,
as he did. If you're not comfortable doing this, he hopes
you'll make good use of the other effects in this book. Neal
says: "If you open your intuition, you'll see how much
information the universe has to offer and give to you,
because you are a loving child of the universe. Go for it!"
Neal also asks that you do not copy or pirate this
book. This book is very special, and he realizes only a few
people will really appreciate it. Those few people are the
ones who bought it, which is why the print run was
deliberately kept low. If you copy this book, you'll receive
bad karma. Neal is a strong believer in karma, and does
not wish bad karma on anyone.
Neal and I hope you'll treasure this book.
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Neal Scryer is the pseudonym of a well-known New York
psychic entertainer. He has achieved considerable fame and
success using the ideas and secrets in this book. Neal's first
book, The Practical Psychic's little Black Book, caused a
sensation in the psychic world when it was published in early
2011. Almost everyone who bought that book immediately
asked to be put on the waiting list for the next one.
This book is almost twice as long as the first book, and

contains more than 70 effects and routines that Neal uses on a
regular basis. None of them are hard to do, and they all use
simple props and methods.
In this book, along with ideas using the A to Z principle, the

PAlEO force, the pendulum, and effects with cards, Neal
includes chapters on how to use past lives and angels in your
psychic, and psychic entertainment, work.
Neal Scryer is a psychic, as well as a psychic entertainer.

Consequently, a number of ideas in this book contain no
trickery, as they are "the real thing."
This book is essential reading for any

serious psychic/psychic entertainer.
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MESSAGE F~OM NEAL SCRYER 7

NEAL SCRYER AND ME 10

1. EFFECTS USING THE A TO l PRINCIPLE 15

2. NEAL'S FAVORITE EFFECTS 39

3. EFFECTS WITH CARDS 76

4. BACK TO THE PATIO 91

5. YOU HAVE LIVED BEFORE 106

6. THE PENDULUM 115

7. ANGELIC COMMUNICATION 128

8. THE REAL THING 132

mESSAGE FROITI DEAL SCR.YER.

do not care what people believe, I care about how they

The first time I saw Neal he was a face in a crowd.

I got out and couldn't hear the rest of the details

really did the readings for fun. Neal makes enough in a

After publication of the first book, Neal continued to send

A Ability, accepting, accountable, activity, adaptable,

F Faithful, family, fashion, feelings, finances, foundation,

Ideally, when you create your readings, you

"I sense past feelings of restriction and limitation.

You'll also need different readings for different

hearted at celebratory events than they would be at a

1. Independence and attainment.

I've been doing numerology charts for so long that

And, if you have a good memory, and get carried

I have used a personal variation of the A to Z system for

I quickly changed a small part of the basic approach and

Happy to share it with you and your readers:

I NEVER use the actual letters of the word or name

I ALWAYS use the actual letters as my base and then go

That's the big insight: once you understand the A to Z

There are an unlimited number of ways to vary the basic

come to mind when you mentally pronounce the letter

If I met Neal, I would think MOIDFIZB/KM (these are the

And I would know that " ... your upbringing included a

I work for lots of smart folks who may write down

Thank you very much, Michael, for allowing us to

Despite its name, this can be done at any time of

THE DOLL'S HOUSE

Neal uses this charming effect regularly. Naturally,

examining them all carefully, you decide on one of them.

Ask the person to imagine they're in a toy store. If

This is similar to the toy store. Ask the person to

This is one of the most popular of Neal's ideas. To

If presenting this at an organized event, Neal

CASPAR THE GHOST

Neal has a lot of fun with a playful ghost or two. Ask

People are constantly amazed at Neal's skill at

three items he asks the universe to tell him which one it

FROM ONE TO NINE

Ask someone to mentally choose a number from

ALMOST GENUINE PSYCHOMETRY

This is totally impromptu. Neal asks people to hand

MEET THE DEVIL

"We're going to attempt something a little bit

you take. Allow the pleasant relaxation to drift right

might even give you a message, as well. In a moment,

Instead of doing a meditation, Neal sometimes

Neal hands out his business card to several ladies,