Peter Turner is clearly very talented and has studied a huge amount of mentalism. I was going to buy his Freeform Mentalism but I opted to buy this since it was cheaper and would give me a gauge on his "tricks".

Although with all that said, I feel extremely disappointed in this purchase. Peter rambles and mumbles a lot. Extremely long winded answers that give you little to know explanation. He talks in circles and no actual knowledge to preform anything. I get the same feeling when I talk to any bs-er.

I am shocked to see so many great reviews on all his teachings. I feel people rate his gifted abilities rather than his actual teachings. You will not be able to preform anything from listening to his lecture. His entire explanations are to "be bold" (aka just guess and get lucky). Ridiculous! Do not buy!

I like Peter Turner and his thinking, but I felt I got shorted with this lecture. I've been doing mentalism since I was 8 years old but one of the biggest turnoffs for me is going WAY, WAY, WAY too deep into theory. It is prevalent at Mindvention conventions. I can see why some magicians say mentalism is boring, but that's not necessarily true. In this lecture we only got 3 effects in 3 hours? Yikes. I absolutely adore Peter Turner and his thinking behind mentalism, but with this lecture I feel I didn't get enough. Would've loved to see more effects.

Peter Turner demonstrates in my opinion what real mind reading should look like. This lecture is perfect for anyone who wants to be a better performer and learn how to create miracles.

I cannot understand why a couple of people in this review section think there was only a couple of effects shared. I watched the lecture (twice now) and I will list a few things I got out of it.

Remote viewing (landscape divination)
Emotional acaan
Linguistic acaan
Pin divination
Name divination
Off set work and tie in
Star sign divination
How to be bold and achieve miracles
become a legend
Lipping (guess a name/ number billetless)
How to improve presentation and be creative
How to inspire people and make presentations count
A peek for the billet worker and how to use it as a switching device for book tests
Force a playing card (or anything that goes up in 1's (I.E a time)
How to be restrictive without seeming it and make your work psychologically stronger
How to read someone
How to guess someones date of birth

There was much more than that, I have to go back and watch it again. If you are just looking for trick, method, trick method this is not for you. If you want to take your performance to a new level, learn some amazing material and subtleties this is most certainly for you.

Keep doing what you are doing sir!

There are one effect pdfs that cost a lot more than this, the material in here is gold! First 10 mins alone was worth the price!

Peter Turner is bold. I have to give him that.

I know some very bold guys who, without being mentalists or magicians or anything, can pull out miracles just by being good observers, taking chances and saying crazy things out loud about people they meet as they come up to their minds.

They will miss a lot, sure (like Peter Turner here) but when they hit... well, they will be addressed as gurus.

Mentalism might be many things, but one of the things I believe it's not is what most of the mentalists today think it is: doing a huge amount pre-show, and then taking bold guesses about all they didn't do pre-show about.

Add to that the accent, the super fast speed talking, the slang, the abbreviations, and the interventions of the host (who is not even paying attention to the lecture, asks questions about things that are not related to what's actually happening and on top of that speaks about his own stuff) and you have $ 29.99.- to throw in the trash can.

For a human being, or an artist, or a mentalist to become a legend, there is a formula that has to come into place: there has to be no internet available, there has to be no video or audio recording of the situation, and hundreds of years of spreading the word and amplifying the story have to go by.

There is no way to become a legend with this lecture, or this material.

I've been attending these lectures since Paul Draper did his and this is hands down the best bang for your buck IF and here is the big IF...You take the time and care to listen. A reviewer below was irritated by a lack of routines, but seriously if you can't pull twenty or thirty unique ideas from this lecture then you're just being lazy!

Pete delivers everything he promised and much much more, he gives the listeners an insightful look into his creative process, a tool belt of bold deceptions, thoughts on creating legends and genuine moments of astonishment! In all honesty, what the hell more could you want from a lecture?! If you're looking for the best bang for your buck I've seen in a long time then this is for you!

Last night I had the pleasure of attending Pete’s lecture in person. I will try to keep the “hype” to a minimum, but I witnessed some incredible moments, so that could be difficult. I arrived early so I could have some time to meet Pete and get to know some of the other lecture attendees. From the get go Pete kept contact to a minimum and only wanted know my first name and nothing else. While he performed a few effects for us, he didn’t really interact with me or any of the other attendees. As a result all of the performances during the lecture where legit, and I (along with everyone else in attendance) were in awe during Pete’s performances!

If your goal is to improve your mentalism, your magic, your performance of art I whole-heartedly recommend this lecture.

Pete’s lecture was one of the best in terms of value to improving my performance and providing me with a bounty of food for thought. I would say that Pete’s lecture leaned towards the theory side (which I love), and the effects seemed to highlight the theory. But he does share effects and goes in depth while explaining. He even managed (through his explanation and discussion of techniques) to instill me with the confidence to start utilizing bold techniques in my performances. I had never had the opportunity to experience these techniques live and I am not sure how the power of them translated while watching at home, but Pete has helped me understand their value and effectiveness.

Pete discussed a wide variety of theory including the power and necessity of implication, observation skills, infusing your actions with credibility, confirmation principle, heat displacement, emotional relevance, creating a legend, the importance of being yourself and so much more. As far as effects, he performed an ACAAN, predictions, mind reading, a bit of reading, several forces, many subtleties, and more.

Three things really stood out for me:
1) Pete has a passion for our art and joy of performing that permeates everything he does.
2) Our art deserves respect and I should perform as such (hard to do this point justice, but Pete does)
3) Take chances and I can create miracles

Really the highest praise I can give Pete is I felt a true sense of wonder while experiencing his performances last night and he is a genuine gentleman that I would share a beer with any day of the week.

Enjoy the lecture!

Just as several other reviewers have pointed out, the combination of the low audio quality, Peter's pronunciation of words (when you think he's talking about pins or pens, he's talking about paint), and his fast talking make this unlistenable.

Just a tip, if you're playing this in VLC media player, click on Equalizer button (or go to Tools, then Effects/Filters) and enable the audio graphic equalizer. Then turn down the bass (turn down the 60 Hz lever). Or use the Flat preset...that's also a little helpful.

Additionally, click Playback, then playback speed, and turn down the speed to .80x. This makes it so you can understand about half of what he's saying.

The material is without question marvelous. Unfortunately, for me, the explanations were a waste of time since I could barely make out what Peter was talking about due to his British dialect. Having a hearing loss certainly adds to the unintelligibility of this lecture, but I must promise myself to never again download a lecture that I should have realized from the get go was going to be difficult to understand.
I am still searching for a reference to a principle he mentions in the first effect that he does. He mentions Annemanns Practical Mental Effects (according to him) and he names the principle (sounds like Shler Haswin principle). Damned if I could understand what he said nor could I find anything close to it in the books "effects" or "magic". Aside from this, the rate at which he explains things makes it even more difficult to understand. I'm happy that the pdf of "Isabella's Star" is included as most reviews say that it alone is worth the price of the lecture. At least for me, this will have to be the saving grace.

Sorry,but.. if you have a bit of experience in magic, "creating miracles" with decks of cards all being the same card - is just not very challenging. And when a Magician tells you "he has really not had access to information, facebook etc., even his phone doesn´t work" - do you really believe him? (I think you should try to fool your audience - Not the people buying your product because you say you will teach them!). And "pre-show preparations" can be OK - but I had really hoped there would be some stuff n´ tricks that I could actually USE ON stage, and Not because I had manipulated the "volunteers" beforehand. (Which is fine, but then release a course called "How to prepare/manipulate your audience beforehand",for people interested in that). This was a LOT of time for VERY little, sorry to say.

After spending money on lecture after lecture ( thanks penguin!) This has got to be one of my favorite lectures ever, live or online. There is a lot of hype around peter turner, and he absolutely lives up to it, is has also got to be one of the most humble performer i have ever seen.

The lecture itself has about 6 great effects in it, and then there's Isabella's star, an effect that will turn anyone from a mere mentalist to a ....well... STAR! This alone was worth the price of the lecture, i would have paid triple the amount just for this PDF, actually i almost did, i got so excited when i heard peter say that he was going to include it!

I will not talk about the effects as im sure others already are, they are amazing, but what i took from this lecture was a new way to perform, and an appreciation for our art, Peter talks to us as if we were in the room, and you can feel it. He makes you realize how important our art form is, and what it means to be not only a great mentalist, but a great human being.