THE BLURB:
This is the Glass Box Prediction on steroids! New and
exciting techniques that take the original glass box far
beyond anything you imagined possible. Almost double the
size of the first release with new material that has NEVER
appeared in print. Positively the most impossible headline
prediction ever created. These new techniques will convince
your audience you have the ability to see the future.
You give a VIP (very important person) a clear plastic box
containing three predictions weeks in advance. The three
predictions are plainly seen inside the box. YOU NEVER TOUCH
THE BOX AGAIN. On the day of your show, the VIP brings the
box to your show and opens it in full view of the audience.
He takes out the predictions and reads them aloud before you
even touch them. You have corrected predicted the headlines
under the most impossible conditions imaginable.
NEW INFORMATION THAT DEVIN HELD BACK IN THE FIRST RELEASE
NOW REVEALED!
These ideas are not limited to just the Glass Box, you can
apply many these ideas to almost any headline prediction you
may currently be using.
**Predictions are always in full view inside the clear box
**Performer NEVER touches the box at anytime during the
performance
**Al Mann's original Glass Box secret (this sold for $600 on
ebay)
**Devin Knight's Improved Glass Box secrets (greatly
expanded)
**Alternatives to not using a glass box
**What to predict and more importantly what NOT to predict
**How to get the predictions notarized
**Ways to let the VIP apparently read the predictions and
SIGN them before they are sealed in the box. In fact, he can
actually quote to the audience what the predictions are
BEFORE the box is opened proving he read them in advance. HE
IS NOT A STOOGE.
**The complete technique on how to create a FALSE memory in
the VIP's mind. This information alone is worth the price of
the book
**How to apparently make a wrong prediction, yet it comes
true the next day after the show! This will convince the
world you can really predict the future.
**The Radio Interview Secret. You verbally quote on a radio
show earlier in the week what you predicted and sealed in
the box. On the day of the show those events are the current
headlines in the paper. This will convince hard-core
skeptics you might be for real. An excerpt from the radio
show can be played during your show so the audience can hear
the verbal prediction made earlier in the week.
**Proven ways to have the audience think you are a celebrity
before you even come on stage. This technique alone will
make your show go better.
**Techniques that let you predict things after the fact.
**How to prove you have predicted every major disaster that
happened in the last few years. Not just verbal claims, but
concrete proof. This will enhance your reputation as a
mentalist and person who sees the future.
**How to keep diaries that prove to reporters your long list
of predictions. This is a new secret and is revealed for the
first time.
**How to apparently change the future and stop bad things
from happening you have foreseen! A proven method that Devin
used and received a two-minute standing ovation for. You
offer concrete proof that you changed the future, proof that
will stand up to most ardent investigations by skeptical
reporters.
**Sure-fire ways to get thousands of dollars worth of free
advertising on local television stations during prime time.
This information alone can pay for the cost of the book.
**Proven techniques to make yourself famous and double your
show fees because of your fame.
BONUS: The 1985 Ultimate Prediction. This is the exact
method used by Devin Knight in 1985. He used this method to
achieve world-wide fame with articles in over 2000
newspapers after predicting the Newfoundland plane crash.
Your prediction is written in full view of the VIP and
media. The VIP signs and dates your headline predictions.
The predictions are sealed in an envelope which both the VIP
and media members sign their names on to prevent a switch.
On the day of the show, the VIP opens the envelope and reads
the predictions. You are 100% correct. NO switch of the
envelope, in fact you never touch it even secretly after it
is sealed and given to the VIP. ONLY one headline prediction
slip. It is NOT switched. You touch NOTHING ever, while on
stage and I mean nothing, not even secretly. NO preshow work
with the VIP. He brings the envelope to the show, opens it
and reads the prediction slip he signed 30 days ago. NO
GIMMICKS, no carbons, just the envelope and predictions.
There is ONLY one envelope used period. Again no switches of
any kind! Everything can be left for examination.
Here is what the reviewers are saying:
"The Glass Box Revisited is a fascinating must read addition
to the classic headline prediction story. The many tips and
bits of business Devin has revealed will be of great
interest to mentalists from neophyte to professional,
especially the tech age information that brings everything
up to date."
- Larry Becker
"Devin is deep and devious. He is not afraid to deviate from
standard approaches and presentations. More than once I had
to smile with respect for his off-the-wall genius. You will
too, but to completely embrace his concepts you almost are
required to become Devin Knight. As Rick Maue would say,
'This may require balls of steel.' You are starting on a
journey that will be exciting and arduous, but highly
worthwhile. Please listen and learn from a modern master."
- Jack Kent Tillar, Author of Quintet: Predictions for All
Occasions and The Blister Book, Southern California - May
2009
THE GLASS BOX:
This is a professional looking acrylic box that is just the
right size for the Glass Box Prediction effect. A clear box
that is 4"x 4"x 3.5" the exact size that Devin Knight
recommends in his new book. Why search for this in local
stores when you can get one ready to go?
Note: Box only - No instructions included.
MY COMMENTS:
"Devin Knight released his headline prediction a few years
to great acclaim, but now he's re-releasing a version which
contains invaluable subtleties that he held back. You can
certainly buy a four-figured slick-looking gimmicked prop to
do an effective glass box headline prediction, or you can
learn Devin Knight's handling which is just as stunningly
effective, if not more so, for a sliver of the cost. In
addition, the instruction manual for the aforementioned
expensive prop does not contain all of the psychological
details and subtle details needed to pull off this
incredible miracle. The Glass Box Prediction does."
That's the testimonial that I gave Devin to put in the blurb
(which I've moved from the blurb to my comments). And some
may be quite surprised by what I say because it does seem to
be quite a turn from what I said originally. And, in those
original comments, I didn't seem quite so enthusiastic. I
was, but I was being a bit realistic.
My feelings still do remain the same, though. Though the
techniques contained within this headline prediction are
top-notch and though Devin has crafted a wonderful routine
that is quite powerful, most of the information is not new
and experienced mentalists may probably know it. That said,
much of mentalism is derived from combining classic ideas
and so this is certainly not a drawback or a criticism, but
merely information for your purchasing consideration. The
more experienced you are, the more you'll be familiar with
the concepts that Devin Knight presents here.
Unlike the previous release, this doesn't include a small
plastic box. However, Devin Knight has marketed the perfect
size box for this which you can buy separately. The box,
though, is really not the focus, so far as the methodology
is concerned. It's ungimmicked. You can use a regular box,
a clear plastic freezer bag, or a FedEx envelope, if you
like. The box, though, is Devin's preferred choice and the
manuscript explains why.
The book has also increased in size from twenty-six pages to
fifty pages. Devin has included much more information, some
of which he was holding back from the first one. The most
impressive was to me was in getting that false memory from a
participant who will state for the audience that they
remember reading a predicted headline weeks before it
happened!
Other topics included are basic moves with billets, for
those who need such info, and extensive work on how to
correctly use stooges. In fact, the routine in the blurb
above uses a stooge. I won't give any more details, but
it's an important element to know since some performers
don't, and won't, use stooges. If you fall into that latter
category, then know that Devin Knight includes a basic
handling, which is quite good, that doesn't require this
technique.
Headline predictions, in a way, are like book tests. You
either love them or hate them. And, if you like them, with
so many great methods and differing performance styles out
there, there are those routines that suit one's style or
those that don't. So, I'm not going to say that this is the
ultimate as this one may not suit your style or needs. But
this is certainly one of the best out there, it certainly is
worth getting and studying (despite that experienced
mentalists may be familiar with many of the ideas presented
here), and it does deliver what it promises. I would
especially and highly recommend this for anyone new to
performing headline predictions or who is not at all
familiar with the basic methodology of them.
