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Thinking
Allowed Jon
Thompson's journey into mentalism began in his thirties, prompted
by a lifelong interest in psychology. Derren Brown came along, and
people began asking if Jon could use his knowledge to do something
similar. A familiarity with hypnosis led him to study NLP in search
of principles that would help him create effects akin to those he'd
seen onscreen. Unsurprisingly, he got exactly nowhere fast. Nice one,
Derren!
Eventually, he stumbled upon books such as Corinda's "13 Steps to Mentalism" and Annemann's "Practical Mental Magic", but these left him disappointed at the gulf between cause and effect. Classics they may be, but these were definitely not what he thought mentalism was going to be about. This led Jon to use a blend of psychology and statistics to create an innovative approach to mentalism that abandons the usual apparatus and methods. Instead, "Naked" or apparently method-free mentalism techniques deliberately model the natural, intuitive abilities of those who consider themselves genuinely psychic, but with vastly improved results. This led to the release of "Naked Mentalism" and "Naked Mentalism 2". A third volume is in the pipeline. Jon's other works include "Electronics for Magicians", "The Stripper Deck", "Stripped and Stacked", "Just Routine" and "The Fully-Scripted Naked Book Test". Over the summer
of 2010, Jon co-founded Subversive
Circuits Ltd. to exploit his knowledge of programmable microelectronics
in the design and manufacture of professional electronic effects,
but at prices affordable by the rest of the community. "What a Difference a Year Makes' |
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