PHATHOM is a collection of six routines and concepts thathave been taken straight from Brandon's personal workingrepertoire of the last decade. Each routine has gone througha series of evolutionary developments; the results ofcountless trials, errors and discoveries made in real worldperformance situations. Each of the routines presented inthis book are original creations that are still used in hiscurrent professional performances. Until now, he's finallydecided to release them to the public.All of the routines in this book focus on either mindcontrol, or revealing some sort of personal thought,information or idea, that exists only in someone's head.Almost everything expressed in this book is prop-less andimpromptu, with an organic, natural feel to it.TELEGEUSIA - Have a person take a mental journey into agrocery store. They buy a few food items, then cook a mealwith the ingredients and of course you reveal detail bydetail exactly what they prepared only in their mind,including dessert.R.A.M - A drawing duplication based around memories. Aperson thinks of a memory and adds specific details only intheir mind, then thinks of an image associated with theirmemory. The memory is then revealed in detail and theperformer duplicates the image they only thought of in theirhead. The only props needed are something to write on, andsomething to write with or can be performed propless.LACUNA - An impromptu effect where you have someone think ofa person they wish to forget. Without anything being writtendown by the spectator, you reveal in detail things about theperson you could never know, ending in revealing their name.You then erase their entire memory of this person everexisting... forever.TELEGEUSIA II - An extended version of Telegeusia usingslightly different concepts and tools to reveal a thought oflocation and details of that location.TEA FOR TWO - A stage routine where the spectator becomesthe mind reader. Two participants join you on stage. Onepaints a picture while the other is blindfolded & describesthe painting in detail. Both participants are genuinelyamazed.PSYCHO DYSPHAGIA - An impromptu and prop-less demonstrationof pure mind control. Cause a participant to forget how toswallow on command against their will.
