[fooblat]

If you are taking this article at face value then you are missing the point.

This is 100% a marketing piece. It is a standard part of modern Mentalism to pretend to explain how it works by psychology, powers of suggestion, and deep study of human nature. This is misdirection. Mentalism is an illusion, like any other magic show.

Source: Like the author I also have a stack of books on Mentalism.

[wodenokoto]

Which is why it's a shitty article to have upvoted to the front page, and everybody is right to complain about it.

But you are absolutely right, this article is about misrepresenting mentalism and promoting the author.

[BurningFrog]

Question you probably intended to induce:

What "real" books on the subject do you recommend?