A book like this has never existed. There are dozens of handouts, ideas, presentations, methods, techniques and much more between the book covers.

And although all of this is specially tailored to the needs of L&D, there are literally no limits to what you can create with what you learn on these pages.

On these almost three hundred pages in full size (8.5 "x 11") you will find the complete story of the Living and Dead test (it is fascinating and much older than most people think). In English

• You will find a thorough examination of the only other complete treatise on this topic that was written eighty years ago and contains some of the best examples of the entire genre.
• You will find an entire chapter on alternatives to represent the L&D, in which the dead are not needed at all!
• You will find a huge chapter with countless ideas and techniques to secretly mark all possible media. This chapter alone is worth gold!
• You will find an extensive chapter on complete presentations of the L&D with a variety of approaches.
• You can find an entire chapter on techniques to get a secretly written name (or any other written information)!
• You will find an entire chapter with unique approaches for the L&D, which range from very adorable to almost strange.
• You will find an entire chapter with L&D tests that all have their own flair.
• You will find an entire chapter with presentations that are not exactly L&D in the narrower sense, but go very strongly in this direction - with incredible results!
• You will find an entire chapter with straight magic tricks that use the L&D as a kind of framework. Amazing things!
• You can find an entire chapter about the L&D with playing cards! And while the examples are scattered in the text, there is a separate chapter on effects with slate boards.
  

And for those whose taste is somewhat darker, there is an extensive chapter on L&D stuff that is just bizarre. Weird guys, listen!

Speaking of strange: There is a chapter with the perhaps strangest "lively and tok" demonstration of all time that is completely improvised and projectless!

And finally there is an extensive bibliography with well over five hundred references for everyone who wants to go deeper, and that is only the tip of the iceberg. In total there are well over two hundred individual references of all kinds.

There is also a wonderful foreword from my friend, the great Paul Brook. If you know Paul's work, you know that he is one of the most respected names in the entire mentalism industry. And only for you did he even install a bonus effect into his foreword, as sneaky as it is! This is a killer!

Here is an extract from Paul Brook's foreword.

"A book that is dedicated to a single topic and researches the many facets of performance and presentation within this topic brings valuable advantages. First, it enables the mind to understand the numerous subtleties that could otherwise be lost in a general mentalism book Secondly, the study of the variations enables the brain to better organize and link the information in a short time. Third, the book becomes a single resource that can be easily found for further study instead of leaving in countless books.

The simple handling, the compilation, the connection and the synergy of ideas help the brain to map the labyrinth of possibilities, connect unmistaked corridors and to pave the way for new terrain. "

While Paul read the book, I literally received dozens of news from him that were bursting with ideas and new ways. And it wasn't just about the topic of the book. He had all kinds of ideas that you may hear from him in the next few months and years. The same will happen with you too. Your thoughts will also fly everywhere. The sky is really the limit.

One of the things I've always loved most of the magic books is that you can open almost every page and just read. I do that all the time. Magic books are usually modular so that you can simply open them at any point and get started immediately. For those of you who tend to read magical books like me, this tea is a true treasure trove! Here is a sentence from the introduction:

"It will be a very nice journey. For those who take the following carefully, there will be a whole series of moments when the eyebrows are pulled up and the idea" This is really cool "goes through your head. And for those Among you, which the book is rather casual, there is a tangible surprise on almost every side. Hopefully there is something for everyone. To be honest, I can't imagine that this couldn't be the case. "

I wrote these words more than a year before the book was completed. Now that it is finished, I can tell you that these words are absolutely true.