David Numen
THE ABNORMAL LIFT
$54.95
THE BLURB:
The Abnormal Lift. One could hardly ask for a more visual
demonstration of unusual mental powers. For an astonishing
few moments, the universal laws of physics are seemingly
displaced. Four volunteers, using only two fingertips each,
somehow lift a seated adult from his chair high into the air
as though he were made of Styrofoam. And no one is more
astonished than the lifters themselves, considering that
moments before the sitter was as immovable as a couple
hundred pounds of dead weight ought to be. What�s more, the
phenomenon is completely under the control of the performer
who can turn the power on and off as easily as flipping a
light switch.
How does it work? No one actually knows. Theories have been
advanced, but none have been proven. In fact, these theories
are disproven by my considerable experience with the Lift.
Real mystery surrounds the Abnormal Lift. No one seems to
know who invented it or even how old it is. Nevertheless,
through countless performances of the Lift in my bar in
Spain, I believe I have discovered secrets about the Lift
that, at the very least, greatly enhance both its
reliability and its impact. The Lift is my go-to effect, an
ultra-visual demonstration of �psychic� phenomena requiring
nothing more than a chair and a handful of people.
Presented properly, the Abnormal Lift can have a profound
impact. I have attained nearly cult status in my small town
doing the Lift for patrons in my bar. The Lift is my baby.
And now it can be yours. For the first time, I am sharing
the methods and techniques born from my unique, extensive
experience with the Lift that will guarantee a successful
and memorable performance, every time. Indeed, the Lift is
so powerful that your other material, if you choose to do
other material, had best be exceptionally strong to compete
with it.
It was hardly love at first sight for me. I have hazy
memories of some family members doing the lift for me in the
1970s but I was properly t introduced to the Lift as a
teenager in the early 1980s, and whilst it was puzzling the
potential of it made no real impact on me. At the time, I
was crazy into card magic. Over time, however, the Lift
�found� me and, in a real sense, accompanied me during a
period of personal growth. It would not be overstating
things to say that my experience with the Lift has been a
metaphor for my own self-examination and personal evolution.
It is easy to dismiss the Abnormal Lift as a party stunt,
and not an entirely reliable one at that. Anyone who has
tried the Lift with any regularity has probably encountered
challenges in getting it to work consistently. I promise
you that what you are about to learn will excite you and
give you the tools you need to present the Abnormal Lift
with the confidence and respect it deserves.
A word of warning: some of the techniques discussed in this
book have a decidedly metaphysical bent to them. If that
sort of thing is not your bag, please do not let that scare
you away. Here is a big secret: YOU DON�T HAVE TO �BELIEVE�
IN THESE PHENOMENA FOR THE TECHNIQUES TO WORK. Just do them
as I explain them and I assure you that your success rate
with the Lift will skyrocket as will its impact on your
audiences.
I will treat you to my pet �zipping� and �unzipping�
techniques that assure success, provide the audience and
lifters alike with a demonstrable reason for the Lift going
from impossible to reality (then back to impossible and then
to reality again, as I do it) and transform the Lift from
party stunt to enthralling mystery.
I will also share ideas for incorporating the Lift with
other effects or making the Lift the centrepiece of a
powerhouse act that can play just about anywhere, from club
to parlour to banquet to stage to television to sales
meeting (could there be a better team building demonstration
for overcoming seemingly insurmountable obstacles?) to trade
show floor. Ideas for staging the Lift are also shared, as
are variations of the Lift. Finally, we will delve deeper
into some of the energy work that informs the more esoteric
techniques taught in the book.
Along the way, I hope I manage to convey even a fraction of
the excitement and joy I derive from performing the Lift and
from continuing even now to discover its secrets.
So let�s take a quick look at the fundamentals of the
Abnormal Lift and its sketchy history, after which I will
share my personal history and experience with this
unparalleled physical demonstration of weirdness.
Photographs as well as embedded video clips from actual
demonstration in my bar are provided to give you all the
visual assistance you will need to learn the Lift and
perform it successfully.
"It�s not very often that we get to see our ageless classics
and time-honored showpieces streamlined to the same depth
and extent this one has been and polished to such a
remarkably fine sheen or one which makes it sparkle and
glisten so brightly as to render the original version and
previous incarnation almost completely unrecognizable.
David�s new work retains everything I�ve always loved about
the A.L. and succeeds in turning this classic party stunt
into a true reputation making effect and one that�s now more
effective, impressive, exciting, believable and fun to
perform than ever before."
-Jerome Finley
MY COMMENTS:
The Abnormal Lift is one of the most popular and
entertaining body magic type stunts. Richard Osterlind
included it in his Easy To Master Mental Miracles (vol.3).
The effect is this: Four participants are instructed to use
only their fingertips in lifting a fifth participant who is
seated on a chair. After getting some "power" and additional
instructions from the performer, the four try again and are
successful.
David Numen has recognized that there are two problems doing
it in the way that most do. The first is that laymen may
theorize how it's done, despite the fact that though their
explanations are incorrect, they may seem plausible. The
second is that the simple procedure can be replicated if
spectators attempt to try it at home.
What Numen has created is some additional presentational
ploys that address this problem. The actual techniques
remain the same. Nothing new is added in that regard. But
the heart of this manuscript is the presentational additions
which address the basic problems of the standard way of
performing this body magic classic.
As stated in the blurb, these additions revolve around
something Numen calls zipping and unzipping. It involves
nothing more difficult than raising and lowering your hand
and, to the audience, apparently transfers energy back and
forth at the performer's command. Additionally, besides
some more tips and tidbits, Numen has crafted a full
four-phase routine that makes the Abnormal Lift a showpiece.
The 145-page e-book consists of one main section with twelve
chapters dealing with the method, Numen's personal history
with this classic, and his added methods. It also includes
two additional sections about how to apply them to your
mentalism act and ideas for which types of routines could be
used effectively with the Abnormal Lift. The text is
double-spaced with plenty of color photographs, in addition
to embedded videos.
I will note that the last thirty pages comprise material
about EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques), which is,
according to Numen, "a simpler cousin of self-hypnosis." I
consider this a bonus, because it really doesn't have
anything to do with the Abnormal Lift. Numen only presents
the basics and does state that if it interests you, that you
should seek out more information about it. Sources are
provided.
The Abnormal Lift is a demonstration that can be done in any
language and can be done impromptu when with a group of
people. I know that Numen's solutions may not be ones that
everyone will find to their liking, or even find necessary,
but if you're a fan of this effect, or are just generally
interested in this effect, this is certainly worth checking
out.
Table of Contents:
THE ABNORMAL LIFT
Foreword
Some Words from the Author
Heavy Lifting, Abnormally
The Murky Origins of the Lift
The Lift and I
An Energy Lift
Your (Energy) Fly is Open
Zip It
Unzipping It
Problems with the �Normal� Abnormal Lift
Giveth, Then Taketh Away, Then Giveth Again
So How Does it Work?
Lifting Up the Lift
LIFTING UP YOUR MENTALISM
ENERGIZING YOUR MENTALISM
TAPPING YOUR TROUBLES AWAY
EFT Basics
Choices, Choices
The Abnormal Lift. One could hardly ask for a more visual
demonstration of unusual mental powers. For an astonishing
few moments, the universal laws of physics are seemingly
displaced. Four volunteers, using only two fingertips each,
somehow lift a seated adult from his chair high into the air
as though he were made of Styrofoam. And no one is more
astonished than the lifters themselves, considering that
moments before the sitter was as immovable as a couple
hundred pounds of dead weight ought to be. What�s more, the
phenomenon is completely under the control of the performer
who can turn the power on and off as easily as flipping a
light switch.
How does it work? No one actually knows. Theories have been
advanced, but none have been proven. In fact, these theories
are disproven by my considerable experience with the Lift.
Real mystery surrounds the Abnormal Lift. No one seems to
know who invented it or even how old it is. Nevertheless,
through countless performances of the Lift in my bar in
Spain, I believe I have discovered secrets about the Lift
that, at the very least, greatly enhance both its
reliability and its impact. The Lift is my go-to effect, an
ultra-visual demonstration of �psychic� phenomena requiring
nothing more than a chair and a handful of people.
Presented properly, the Abnormal Lift can have a profound
impact. I have attained nearly cult status in my small town
doing the Lift for patrons in my bar. The Lift is my baby.
And now it can be yours. For the first time, I am sharing
the methods and techniques born from my unique, extensive
experience with the Lift that will guarantee a successful
and memorable performance, every time. Indeed, the Lift is
so powerful that your other material, if you choose to do
other material, had best be exceptionally strong to compete
with it.
It was hardly love at first sight for me. I have hazy
memories of some family members doing the lift for me in the
1970s but I was properly t introduced to the Lift as a
teenager in the early 1980s, and whilst it was puzzling the
potential of it made no real impact on me. At the time, I
was crazy into card magic. Over time, however, the Lift
�found� me and, in a real sense, accompanied me during a
period of personal growth. It would not be overstating
things to say that my experience with the Lift has been a
metaphor for my own self-examination and personal evolution.
It is easy to dismiss the Abnormal Lift as a party stunt,
and not an entirely reliable one at that. Anyone who has
tried the Lift with any regularity has probably encountered
challenges in getting it to work consistently. I promise
you that what you are about to learn will excite you and
give you the tools you need to present the Abnormal Lift
with the confidence and respect it deserves.
A word of warning: some of the techniques discussed in this
book have a decidedly metaphysical bent to them. If that
sort of thing is not your bag, please do not let that scare
you away. Here is a big secret: YOU DON�T HAVE TO �BELIEVE�
IN THESE PHENOMENA FOR THE TECHNIQUES TO WORK. Just do them
as I explain them and I assure you that your success rate
with the Lift will skyrocket as will its impact on your
audiences.
I will treat you to my pet �zipping� and �unzipping�
techniques that assure success, provide the audience and
lifters alike with a demonstrable reason for the Lift going
from impossible to reality (then back to impossible and then
to reality again, as I do it) and transform the Lift from
party stunt to enthralling mystery.
I will also share ideas for incorporating the Lift with
other effects or making the Lift the centrepiece of a
powerhouse act that can play just about anywhere, from club
to parlour to banquet to stage to television to sales
meeting (could there be a better team building demonstration
for overcoming seemingly insurmountable obstacles?) to trade
show floor. Ideas for staging the Lift are also shared, as
are variations of the Lift. Finally, we will delve deeper
into some of the energy work that informs the more esoteric
techniques taught in the book.
Along the way, I hope I manage to convey even a fraction of
the excitement and joy I derive from performing the Lift and
from continuing even now to discover its secrets.
So let�s take a quick look at the fundamentals of the
Abnormal Lift and its sketchy history, after which I will
share my personal history and experience with this
unparalleled physical demonstration of weirdness.
Photographs as well as embedded video clips from actual
demonstration in my bar are provided to give you all the
visual assistance you will need to learn the Lift and
perform it successfully.
"It�s not very often that we get to see our ageless classics
and time-honored showpieces streamlined to the same depth
and extent this one has been and polished to such a
remarkably fine sheen or one which makes it sparkle and
glisten so brightly as to render the original version and
previous incarnation almost completely unrecognizable.
David�s new work retains everything I�ve always loved about
the A.L. and succeeds in turning this classic party stunt
into a true reputation making effect and one that�s now more
effective, impressive, exciting, believable and fun to
perform than ever before."
-Jerome Finley
MY COMMENTS:
The Abnormal Lift is one of the most popular and
entertaining body magic type stunts. Richard Osterlind
included it in his Easy To Master Mental Miracles (vol.3).
The effect is this: Four participants are instructed to use
only their fingertips in lifting a fifth participant who is
seated on a chair. After getting some "power" and additional
instructions from the performer, the four try again and are
successful.
David Numen has recognized that there are two problems doing
it in the way that most do. The first is that laymen may
theorize how it's done, despite the fact that though their
explanations are incorrect, they may seem plausible. The
second is that the simple procedure can be replicated if
spectators attempt to try it at home.
What Numen has created is some additional presentational
ploys that address this problem. The actual techniques
remain the same. Nothing new is added in that regard. But
the heart of this manuscript is the presentational additions
which address the basic problems of the standard way of
performing this body magic classic.
As stated in the blurb, these additions revolve around
something Numen calls zipping and unzipping. It involves
nothing more difficult than raising and lowering your hand
and, to the audience, apparently transfers energy back and
forth at the performer's command. Additionally, besides
some more tips and tidbits, Numen has crafted a full
four-phase routine that makes the Abnormal Lift a showpiece.
The 145-page e-book consists of one main section with twelve
chapters dealing with the method, Numen's personal history
with this classic, and his added methods. It also includes
two additional sections about how to apply them to your
mentalism act and ideas for which types of routines could be
used effectively with the Abnormal Lift. The text is
double-spaced with plenty of color photographs, in addition
to embedded videos.
I will note that the last thirty pages comprise material
about EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques), which is,
according to Numen, "a simpler cousin of self-hypnosis." I
consider this a bonus, because it really doesn't have
anything to do with the Abnormal Lift. Numen only presents
the basics and does state that if it interests you, that you
should seek out more information about it. Sources are
provided.
The Abnormal Lift is a demonstration that can be done in any
language and can be done impromptu when with a group of
people. I know that Numen's solutions may not be ones that
everyone will find to their liking, or even find necessary,
but if you're a fan of this effect, or are just generally
interested in this effect, this is certainly worth checking
out.
Table of Contents:
THE ABNORMAL LIFT
Foreword
Some Words from the Author
Heavy Lifting, Abnormally
The Murky Origins of the Lift
The Lift and I
An Energy Lift
Your (Energy) Fly is Open
Zip It
Unzipping It
Problems with the �Normal� Abnormal Lift
Giveth, Then Taketh Away, Then Giveth Again
So How Does it Work?
Lifting Up the Lift
LIFTING UP YOUR MENTALISM
ENERGIZING YOUR MENTALISM
TAPPING YOUR TROUBLES AWAY
EFT Basics
Choices, Choices
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