Mind Tricks

How does Robin Hood hit the target every time What is the secret art of memory How do you slip past guards in broad daylight Are there simple ways of boosting creativity, health, and happiness Bringing together wisdom traditions from all over the world, mindcoach Steven Saunders reveals the arcane tricks of Greek heros, politicians, spin doctors, athletes, and salesmen. With great illustrations by Matt Tweed, this book will open your eyes and enhance everything around you.

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• MIND TRICKS ANCIENT AND MODERN Steven Saunders with illustrations by Matt Tweed First published 2008
• This book is dedicated to children worldwide, and especially Anthony, Ellie, Freddy, Heather and Iva
• 1 INTRODuCTION Welcome to this small compendium of the tools and tricks of the mind trade, a trade a
• 2 3 GettinG Out Of yOur BOx cosmologies and the worlds we all inhabit In the earliest story known to
• 4 5 Listen tO my VOice hypnosis, sleep and other strange states of mind Hypnos was the Greek god of
• 6 7 What DOes it mean glyph tricks and symbolic functions Symbols are visual mind tricks that have b
• 8 9 the stOry Of a Life metaphor tricks and drivethru symbols Metaphors from Greek metaphora are clo
• 10 11 speak frienD anD enter language spells and the doors they open Doors open to friendly faces an
• 12 13 reframinG tricks to see things in other ways One of the oldest mind tricks, and still one of t
• 14 15 memOry tricks learning how to learn One of the most useful tricks anyone can learn is the art
• 16 17 creatiVe freeDOm tricks to get the juices flowing Creativity is an enigmatic commodity. In an
• 18 19 hittinG the tarGet secrets of success tricks If you want to get really good at something, star
• 20 21 tuninG tricks empathy and bodysnatching A great life trick in all ages has been the art of see
• 22 23 nice tricks do no evil While medieval hermetics jealously guarded their sacred secret As above
• 24 25 Quickfix tricks a useful toolkit A stitch in time saves nine, and quick fixes have been used f
• 26 27 systems speLLs changing parts to change the whole Some fixes make things worse. Hercules cut
• 28 29 mOVinG the GOaLpOsts tricks of the as yet unthought of Whatever you think you want, something
• 30 31 sLippinG past the GuarDs and other attention spells Guards come in many guisesdragons watch ov
• 32 33 fLexiBiLity tricks bending in the wind For thousands of years Indian Yogis have shown that fle
• 34 35 GOinG With the fLOW tricks that make life easier When Hercules was asked to clean the massive
• 36 37 Zest tricks increasing your energy The central doctrine of Buddhist practice is the Eightfold
• 38 39 minD cOntrOL cockpit and dashboard tricks If Herod had only had a little more control over his
• 40 41 reLeasinG speLLs freeing the prisoners of the mind One of the oldest tricks for many ills know
• 42 43 rescaLinG a trick that unravels larger knots Longterm patterns, addictions, bad habits and maj
• 44 45 insiDeOut tricks turning the world back to front In Exodus, it is said that the sins of the fa
• 46 47 minD OVer enZyme tricks which change everything about you Early protoreligions, Egyptian, Ocea
• 48 49 seLfDefence tricks or how to deal with bullies No one likes being bullied. And being shown up
• 50 51 Defence aGainst Dark arts dealing with projection and manipulation Across the world, in almost
• 52 53 the shamans cLOak tricks to access other worlds Tradition has it that on All Hallows Eve, the
• 54 55 earth maGic tricks that make things happen In Japan, the spirits in living nature are called k
• 56 57 Quantum trickery developing a new kind of mind It is roughly one hundred years since relativit
• 58 appenDix freuDian Defences Defence mechanisms are psychological devices used by individuals to c