VOLUME 1

Make a pen stand up and write the exact word a spectator is thinking . . . all by itself! Predict a corporate image chosen by a CEO! Reveal the serial number of a borrowed dollar bill. All these and more are included in this DVD.

These effects run the gamut from psychokinesis, telepathy, predictions and psychological influence.

These effects are designed to be performed from the intimacy and casualness of your friendís living room to the trade show floor

or the professional stage. Here Banachek presents mentalism like a home-cooked meal . . . something for everyone and sure to be

enjoyed by all. From mentalism to mental magic, Banachek shows how to make mentalism fun and friendly.

Meet Banachek in a personal interview and learn how he started in mentalism and how his career developed as he traveled from England to South Africa, ultimately immigrating to the United States.

Effects and Explanations

• This ín That
• Lorayneís Buck
• Add A Number
  
• ESP Card Opener
• PK Writing
• Loco Logo
• Picture Duplication (Close- Up)
• Number Duplication
  

Interviews

• Career Path
• Personal History

VOLUME 2

Make the value of a spectatorís playing card slowly appear on your arm in blood red . . . anywhere, anytime! Reveal a thought-of number from across the distance separated by phone lines. Engage two people in a fun routine where the performer predicts a

page number and a word ìseenî by a volunteer on an invisible Palm Top computer. Become a human lie detector in a thrilling and

comical adventure. This DVD continues from Part 1 with close-up, stand-up and stage mentalism and mental magic with additional

routines including anywhere, anytime effects plus staggering psychological ploys. Learn a multi-phase routine weaving audience

direction and sleight-of-hand into one smooth effect. Also, learn the ìinsideî secrets of what Banachek considers one of the most

powerful tools in the mentalistís arsenal Ö Pocket Writing. This DVD includes Banachekís discussion of his ìBuried Aliveî escape, his

Bullet Catch illusion now used by Penn & Teller, the difference between mentalism and mental magic plus comical anecdotes about

blindfold drives. You will also see a television clip of Banachekís ìBuried Aliveî escape hosted by William Shatner and TV footage of

one of Banachekís early Blindfold Drives.

Effects and Explanations

• Ring of Truth
• Phone Psychs
• Word of the Ring
• Number Reversal
• Stigmata
• Invisible Palm Top
• Picture Duplication (Stage)
• Bonus Explanation of Q & A Routine

VOLUME 3

Do you want to find a needle in a haystack? Using the power of your mind and a little help from your volunteer, you can find anything through your heightened sense of touch. Almost anything you can do in mentalism can be re-enacted using Psychophysiological Thought

Reading. This DVD also includes Banachekís first national television appearance. Here he uses the Psychophysiological response to find a

playing card hidden in a shopping mall.

Additional material included in personal interviews explain how to work with agents, getting booked on the college circuit, trade shows and

restaurants, performing on the radio, getting publicity, using disclaimers, accepting challenges and more.

Effects and Explanations

• Poker Chip Detection
• Finding Your Check
• Finding Numbers
• Which Hand?
• Non-Contact Mind Reading
• Audience Expectations
• What if You are Wrong?
  

Interviews

• Radio Magic
• College Circuit
• Trade Shows
• Restaurants
• Agents
• Improvising
• Publicity Disclaimers
• Scottish Girl
• Terms of the Trade
• Challenges
  

VOLUME 4

• Nail Bends
• Key Bends
• Coin Bends
• Silverware Bends
• PK Pen
• Permission & Warnings for Keys
• Displays (for maximum reactions)
• Bending Coins
• The Volunteer Feels It
• Why Quarters?
• Putting the Physical Bends in Coins
• Where to Bend & Display Coins
• Silverware & Bag Method
• Spoon Bending (new method)
• Switching Spoons
• Stage vs. Impromptu
• Whose Silverware To Use
• Angles
• Pencil PK
• PK Pen
• About PK
• Audience Perception
• Interviews
• Alpha Project
• Too Much Power



The NUMS lowdown...
Skills/sleights required:	This is pretty advanced stuff!
Suggestions:	Heard of Stigmata? This is where it began! There's so much on these DVDs you will find a wealth of mentalism performances, effects and information.