Ben Harris - Silent Running Trilogy(1-3)
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"This is so much more than just an effect. It is a powerful subtlety that is a must have for your mentalist toolbox." 
-- Banachek (USA)

Here is a unique chance to grab the entire SILENT RUNNING TRILOGY. That's all THREE volumes for a great bundle price. You'll SAVE OVER 20% buy purchasing the bundle!

In well over 300 pages you'll explore the birth and devlopment of this unique and mind-blowing technique. The finer details are taught with further lessons from Steve Shufton.

Then there's the dozens of routines and handlings. You'll explore pure metalism, card effects, a card stab and DOZENS more items from world famous performers. Stage and close-up is well represented.

Here's a detailed breakdown of all THREE volumes in the set:

SILENT RUNNING (SR1)

POSSIBLY THE MOST AMAZING "THINK OF A CARD" METHOD IN YEARS!

You'll use this for the rest of your life. No props, just what appears to be pure mind-reading! A stunningly produced book with 3 full routines and amazing bonus contributions!

So, what is SILENT RUNNING

Briefly, it's a "Think Of A Card" concept that requires no props at all. You don't even need a deck of cards. A spectator is asked to merely THINK of a number from 1-10 and to NOT TELL YOU.

Once she has done this, she is asked to think of a suit and again to NOT TELL YOU. Then, ENTIRELY IN HER MIND she combines the suit to the number to create a visual image of a playing card. Again, SHE SAYS NOTHING!

Once she has confirmed that she is thinking of a card that NO ONE CAN KNOW, you then proceed to reveal the card in any number of ways. THREE ROUTINES ARE INCLUDED:

DIRECT MIND READ

You ask the spectator to concentrate. You then reveal her thought-of card with 100% accuracy. It's that simple. Once you know the method you'll be able to do this at ANY TIME. In fact, you'll be doing this for the rest of your life. It is that strong and so simple!

THE DISSOLVING CARD

You discuss cold war exepriments in which psychics were tested to see if they could make enemy maps become blank and useless.

The spectator is handed a deck of cards BEFORE YOU BEGIN. She is NOW asked to think of a card WITHOUT SAYING ANYTHING. When she has confirmed that she has a card in her mind, you ask her to imagine it "fading way" slowly. When she confirms that her mental image is gone, she is asked to take the deck and to remove her thought-of card.

She attempts to do this, and counts the cards. However,there are ONLY 51 cards and her though-of card IS NOT THERE! The amazing thing about this is that she NEVER REVEALS THE IDENTITY OF HER CARD AT ANY TIME!

SPIRITED CARD STAB

This is my favourite handling and what I'm using to CLOSE my professional shows. A deck is shuffled face up and face down by a spectator, spread upon the table and covered with a sheet of newspaper. A knife is introduced and the spectator is asked to THINK OF A CARD.

Once she has done this, she is asked to imagine the spirit of the card flowing down her arms, through her wrists, into her hands and finally into the knife. AT NO TIME DOES SHE REVEAL HER THOUGHT OF CARD.

The performer now takes the knife and lunges it through the newspaper. It stands proud for all to see.

Now, for the FIRST TIME, the spectator announces her thought-of card to the audience. The knife is ripped from the newspaper and is seen to be IMPALING THE VERY SAME CARD. There are no switches, the thought-of card is genuinely stabbed, each time.

PLEASE NOTE:

Nothing is EVER written down -- this is strictly a verbal procedure.

There is NO dual reality. The spectator and audience of ANY SIZE experience the same effect

There are NO GIMMICKS used at all, no nail writers, electronics -- NOTHING

No muscle-reading is used. The effect is EASILY learned

Perform for a single spectator or a thousand

BONUS SECTION FEATURING: BOB CASSIDY, PAOLO CAVALLI, DEVIN KNIGHT, JASON MESSINA and STEVE SHUFTON


RUN SILENT RUN DEEP (SR2)

The sequel to the remarkable Silent Running, featuring dozens of routines, handlings and ideas from around the world. 

Contributors include:
Jamie Badman,
Richard Busch,
Ben Harris,
Claude Imperiale,
Isaac Louie,
Colin Miller,
Bernardo Rodriguez,
Matthew Shepherd,
Steve Shufton,
Robert Smith,
Christopher Taylor,
Francesco Tesei,
Mario Unger,
and more.

Run Silent, Run Deep is the highly anticipated sequel to the controversial book, Silent Running (which created such a storm of interest in early 2010). This clever approach to the 0 9Think of a Card 0 0 plot gained immediate acceptance with mentalists around the world (being translated into Japanese, Spanish and German editions).

Run Silent, Run Deep has been written with two very clear goals in mind.

Firstly, it is intended to make the 0 9basic procedure 0 0 CRYSTAL CLEAR so that a wider audience of performers will be able to grasp and utilize the procedure. To address this, my very good friend Steve Shufton, (who is a talented magician AND mentalist), has distilled his thoughts on the matter into written form. Steve's detailed approach is a thing of beauty. His script and insight of the subject bristles with detail and leaves the spectator with an unequivocal impression that they have had a free choice of ANY OF 52 CARDS IN THE DECK, and that NO ONE CAN POSSIBLY KNOW THE SECRETLY THOUGHT OF CARD. I am indebted to Steve for taking the time to think this through in such depth, and for conveying the process with such clarity, to my readers.

The second intent of the sequel is to bring you some truly STUNNING performance material. Several of the items included could have easily been sold as separate effects for the same price you have paid for this entire collection. Here are some of the highlights:

A COMPLETE LIST OF THE CONTENTS:

Steve Shufton

A Force In The Shadows:

A critical examination of the Silent Running Procedure with the intention of providing the nuance and understanding to ensure a convincing execution.

Script Distilled

The bare guts of the script with commentary removed. Learn this!

Hands Off: Silent But Deadly

Steve 0 8s treatment of the Brainwave effect allowing the entire routine to carried out in the spectator 0 8s own hands. The performer NEVER touches the deck.

Speechless: Left Unsaid

Picking up where 0 9Speechless 0 0 left off, Steve teases out extra nuances and proposes multi-key sets for simultaneous use.

Jamie Badman & Colin Miller (The Underground Collective)

Silent Killer

A charming effect, complete with printable photos to add to your wallet. One of Jamie and Colin 0 8s classics, given the Silent Running Treatment. Complete with photo templates so you can make the aged photos to carry in your wallet.

Silent Assassin

Clever gimmicks allow mind-numbing mental transpositions of cards mentally selected from the CrossRoads Set.

Silent Ninja

Combining Silent Running with Greg Rostami 0 8s iforce has never been this sweet. You deserve an iphone, just so you can perform this!

Richard Busch

SIR Richard Busch 0 8s Think-A-Card
Richard takes us on a different journey, one with a 0 9nod to the dodge 0 0 and a different brand of "digital" finesse.

Ben Harris

Silent Travelers

Two 0 9thought-of 0 0 cards appear in an isolated packet. A full-on routine worthy of stage or formal presentation. Explores the use of an "Osborn inspired" count procedure.

Small Packet Concepts

Taking advantage of 0 9small packets 0 0 and their inherent particulars 0 3in combination with the CrossRoads Set 0 3to create new effects.

Vanishing Thought

Continuing to explore 0 9packet concepts 0 0 the author details further applications and ideas, this time, with the Elmsley Count at the heart of matters.

The Deck At The Other End (DATOE)

The polar opposite of the CrossRoads Deck. Instead of any card in the CrossRoads Set being absent, to the count of 51 0 3with this deck 0 3there 0 8s always a duplicate of the 0 9thought-of 0 0 card, and a count of 53!

Easy Transposition

Another 0 9feature 0 0 routine that plays wonderfully on stage, formally, or under casual performing circumstances. Possibly one of the easiest and most convincing transpositions of a 0 9thought-of 0 0 card (this side of the CrossRoads).

Headway

A wonderful property of the Deck At The Other End is revealed and it 0 8s uses pondered. Imagine having a duplicate of ANY 0 9thought-of 0 0 card, immediately at hand. Well that 0 8s what this is all about 0 3that kind of POWER.

R.E.M.

The Headway principle is applied to create a formal and powerful 0 9simulation 0 0 of the acclaimed 0 9Berglas effect. 0 0 A card is 0 9thought-of 0 0 and any number between one and fifty-two is named. You don 0 8t need me to tell you happens next...