The Shiels Effect & An Evening With Doc Shiels

WARNING!
This Book Is Not For Everyone

The following are extracts written by Quentin Reynolds, the publisher of this book and DVD set.

The Shiels Effect.

This 72 page book (21 cm x 14.5 cm, perfect bound) was originally published in a limited edition. It created a sensation and went out of print very quickly. You could search on eBay and be lucky to find one copy coming up per year and find it sold in the hundreds of dollars.

The book itself has achieved legendry status. So what great secrets does it contain? Well it does cover a section on spoon bending in Chapter One. But this is not a book of mentalism secrets. Any magic store has shelves weighed down with such tomes. Every magician and mentalist's library is full of books and DVDs crammed with the secrets of some of the greatest minds of our craft.

The Shiels Effect is the book that shows you how to leverage that information. How you can become the stuff of romantic legend, the next psychic superstar! A top soccer player like David Beckham is on a high salary. But he is able to leverage his position to bring in lucrative multi-million sponsorship deals. So why wouldn't you leverage your skills and talents - the skills you may already have to bring you more publicity, more celebrity status and more income.

 Even if you don't want to achieve all the trappings of international stardom, surely as a performer shouldn't you be seeking to become the local celebrity, so that when they are looking for a service you provide, you are the one who pops into their mind straight away?

Right here in this book the plan, the mindset are laid bare. The secret ingredients that go to make a psychic superstar. No other book has delved so deeply into the subject of psychic superstardom and how to achieve it. No other book has laid out a step-by-step plan (two separate plans in fact, one for a man and one for a woman).

I'll wager David Blaine studied this book in great detail before he took his first steps towards international fame. Certainly his path mirrors that laid out in this book  (which was originally published when Blaine was three). If you don't believe me check out Chapter Two.

Back in the early and mid 1970s, Tony Shiels, known affectionately as Doc' Shiels achieved international publicity for raising the Loch Ness Monster. Doc' sure knew a thing or two about gaining interest and publicity. But maybe you're thinking it was a one off. Could the publicity be repeated? The answer is a resounding yes and you can read how Doc' got national publicity in the UK for his daughters in Chapter Three.

While you will learn some mentalism secrets from this book, and good secrets too, that's not where it's real value lies.

It's real value and what makes it unique in the field of magical publishing is the detailed plan for designing your own path to celebrity status and psychic superstardom.

Delve into this book and uncover the real secrets:

Two secret elements that help capture the imagination of the media and public. Geller uses both and Blaine subtly uses one to his advantage as a "Mystery Man". (Page 25) One of Geller's powerful secrets - and it's nothing to do with skill. (Page 16) The big secret used by all top entertainers to achieve constant publicity. Understand this, use it and you will be well on your way, able to generate publicity almost at will. (Page 41) Are you technically skilled already? You can have all the technical skills you want but without this 'one' thing you won't make the front pages of the world's newspapers.   (Page 24) The most important thing with any kind of "psychic" metal-bending. (Page 15) The great secret to causing uproar using bizarre magick. (Page 38) A little known fact you can turn to your advantage. Use it to add excitement to your work and personality. (Page 26) Want to cause a sensation at your press conference. Use this secret. (Page 40) Your 'psychic' credibility will be enhanced if you can get the backing of scientists or medical doctors. Find out how on (Page 26 Could this be what Geller used to achieve international publicity? You're at a party, you've bent a spoon. Someone hands you  a poker with the challenge, "Bend this." What would you do? Find out what Doc did on (Page 15.) Leverage and use old forgotten conjuring tricks to gain publicity. (Page 23.) Look at the publicity Blaine got from using and adapting the Balducci levitation, originally published in the Pallbearer's Review. Looking for publicity? Doc reveals one area where you can be pretty sure of regular coverage.

Yes this book contains secrets you won't find anywhere else in the magical literature. There was nothing like it when the book first came out and there 's been nothing like it since.

You can see why every mentalist will want to snap up a copy. Every magician who has thought of adding mentalism to his (or her) show will study the plans in microscopic detail. Don't you want to discover how you can leap frog over the magicians and mentalists to the top of the heap?  When you're on the top of the hill, the view is better and people are clamouring over themselves to find you. There's very little fee resistance as they're already sold on wanting you. Don't you think New York socialites would give their eye teeth to have David Blaine turn up at their party just as a guest?

And here's a little known inner secret: You don't have to wait for other magicians and mentalists to tell you you're good. You don't have to wait to win magic competitions.  In fact you're better off paying no attention to the opinions of magicians, unless they're already rich and famous.

Do you think David Blaine would be where he is today if he stood waiting for other magicians to tell him he's good enough?  No, he took the opportunity and leap-frogged over everyone else . He is King of his hill. Geller is King of his hill. Derren Brown is King of his hill. Trying to copy these guys is an exercise in futility. Instead you make your own hill, with your own hook, your own positioning and no one will be able to turf you off. And in The Shiels Effect, Doc will show you how!

An Evening With Doc Shiels - The DVD.

Doc retired from active performing twenty years ago to devote himself to his avocation - art. (You may recall that the late Chan Canasta, while at the top of his profession also retired to devote his life to painting).

Irish magician Pat Sullivan traced to a remote part of Co. Kerry in South West Ireland and coaxed him to come and talk to the Cork and Kerry magicians. Fortunately this very special evening was recorded and is preserved now for your enjoyment.

Sit down with a pot of strong coffee or a generous portion of your favourite beverage, pop in this DVD, relax and enjoy an evening's company with Doc Shiels.

Doc will regale you with stories from his early days as the boy magician performing at the local mission for deprived children, when he was barely older than they were. 

Hear what happened when he switched a magician's spring snake for a real one. How he developed his interest in Bizarre Magick (Doc was one of the founders of this genre). What were the FIVE WORDS that caused long queues to see one Blackpool sideshow illusion? If you do the spider woman sideshow illusion, this could make you a lot of money, and if you don't you just might go and get one! Doc will tell you a lot more about raising the Loch Ness Monster and makes a suggestion that could achieve similar levels of publicity for you. Discover how he came to be known as 'Doc'. Learn how the disembodied head of Princess Raman Ra handled a heckler - not something you would use yourself but very funny!

If you're looking for tricks - they're not here. This is an entertaining seventy minutes spent with one of magic's most intriguing characters, a man who lived the life he chose, answered to no one, developed a new genre in magic, contributed widely with numerous books and magazine articles and achieved international publicity. It will also fill you in on the background to some of the material in The Shiels Effect.

For the technically minded this is not a studio quality production. It was taped with one camera. There's no special lighting. The sound is OK. Don't come back bitching that it's not studio quality. It's perfectly watchable and perfectly audible. And hugely entertaining!

The DVD is region free and will play all over the world. It is made on the DVD minus system which plays on 98% of all DVD players. There is a tiny amount of DVD players which will not play DVD minus. If it doesn't play on your TV set it should play on your computer.

For a limited time, if you buy The Shiels Effect book, you will get the DVD FREE!

Be warned though!  This offer is subject to change without notice. If you come back later and the bonus offer is no longer available, please don't come whinging and complaining. Fortune favors the bold and those who seize the day. If you're serious about your career you'll act right now!

Price for this set WAS $45.00

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