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"A wonderful compilation of easy-to-perform, direct effects. It is easy to see that these have indeed been used in real time situations and not just a series of pipe dreams. Not only that, they get one's own creative juices flowing."
- Banachek

"Kudos to Dennis for putting the emphasis on classical routines. Like a good gourmet chef, Dennis has achieved momentum in cooking up powerful, hard-hitting, high-pact mentalism routines."
- Neal Scryer

"I'm really impressed by Dennis Hermanzo's new book, Mentalized! In this work, you will find new takes on well-known principles. These routines are very well staged and of big entertainment value!"
- Luca Volpe

"In his second book, Dennis has adapted further brilliant principles from some of the best in our community. Mentalized is a beautifully produced and illustrated large-size book, with practical, creative, and diabolical material that you will easily fit to your own style of performing. Not only is this a great addition to any discerning mystery performer's library, but one that you will likely find yourself referring back to."
- Steve Drury (Co-Founder of PSYCRETS British Society of Mystery Entertainers)

If you are a mentalist who loves fancy gimmicks - new groundbreaking principles or sleights - this book is not for you! But, if you want a book for mentalists that is practical and features audience-tested material-this is it!

Mentalized features 16 powerful routines all based on classical principles in mentalism. No pipe dreams here! No expensive apparatus needed. All easy to carry. Simple yet powerful effects. Everyday items used. Strong personal and direct effects. This stuff will hit your audience hard!

Learn to use verbal intelligence to achieve minor miracles with a minimum of props. This book includes effects/routines for stage and close-up alike with: blindfolds, predictions, telepathy, intuition, mind control, a killer addition to any book test, and two effects containing roses that will produce a deep, emotional impact on your female audience members. Dennis's versions of how equivoque should be done, routines where the mentalist apparently is in danger and where the spectator makes all the choices (yet the performer is in no danger at all). All in classical mentalism style. All the routines featured within provide clear instructions and understanding of what is needed (the set-up and execution, etc.).

You also get some small essays about Dennis's views on mentalism and what to do before, after and when you hit the stage!

Here are the chapters in the book:

  • Hit the Lights
  • My Thoughts
  • Personality Number Five
  • The Karma Rose
  • Intuition Has Spoken
  • Project and Receive
  • Smell the Roses
  • To Beer or Not to Beer
  • Control
  • A Woman's Touch
  • The Crumpled Magic 8 Ball
  • Head or Gut
  • The Mind's Eye
  • Have A Coke and A Tear
  • Sophie's Choice
  • Cheers
  • Album of The Week
  • One of A Kind
  • My Views
  • About the Author
  • The End
Hardbound featuring 231 pages chock full of illustrations, images, photos, and content. Edited by: Bill Trotter. Published by Stevens Publishing 2017.

About the Author: Dennis Hermanzo is a Danish mentalist and musician in his forties who has been a mind-reader for more than 20 years. For those who have never heard of him previously, there is a very good reason. Dennis made the decision early "not" to venture into the magic fraternity or art. That is why, to date, he is not a member of any free online forums. Neither is he a member of magic clubs because he doesn't perform for magicians-only lay people. Last year, Dennis enjoyed the successful release of his first book - Mentalism From Copenhagen - which was distributed worldwide. It was received with great enthusiasm from amateurs as well as professional mentalists! This is his second release in the art of mystery.

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Verified buyer Pro Privacy ON (login to see reviewer names) on September 18th, 2017
Hi lovers of Mentalism,

This is Dennis's second book on mentalism.The same format as his first eg; big book,big print,easy to read and understand 230 pages.

Personally I found 5 blockbusters in the book:
''Intuition Has Spoken'' ''The Crumpled Magic 8 Ball'' ''Head Or Gut''(the best version of Russian Roulette out there where unlike all versions Dennis's version doesn't make an audience cringe when performing it (we are suppose to entertain an audience - remember!) ''Cheers'' ''Album OF The Week''.

Even the ''Koran/Rowland ''principle plus the 4 pages of ,''My Views'' are worth the price of the book.

This guy is an intelligent author.
Well done again Dennis ,looking forward for your (hopefully)third offering book on mentalism
If you are reading this and like me you love good magic and mentalism products - do yourself a favour and BUY this book FROM Penguin Magic you won't be disappointed.

Thank you Acar for putting it on the market.


Frank Agius. (full time professional(really) from Australia.I can do it - so can you.
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Slightly better than his first book, but still bellow average... Report this review
Pro Privacy ON (login to see reviewer names) on February 23rd, 2023
Slightly better than his first book, but still bellow average...

We'll leave aside (again) the visual quality of the book because there are ugly books with awesome material (230 pages written in a font-size big enough to be read from the International Space Station, and full of useless pages and images).

It contains 16 effects. Too many of them are the typical 50-50 choice based on equivoque. A few more (as in the first book) are a Kolossal Killer variation. And (once again) we have more "multiple outs" effects...

I gave it 1 more star than the first book because I found a couple of things that were "not that bad". But still, the best use I could give to this book is just going to the "Inspiration" section of each effect where he lists the sources for the effect and just read the original material.

Oh, I almost forgot to mention that once again, the effects are described with a minimal/generic presentation. So there are no good premises, no interesting script hooks, nothing useful at all on the scripting side of it.

Let's see if his next book (A State of Mind) deserves at least 3 stars
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Pro Privacy ON (login to see reviewer names) on January 26th, 2021
This is a great book. Explenations in this book are easy to folllow. You get big pictures on the props you need to perform. This book goes straight to the point. After a effect Dennis tells you where he got his inspiration from.and in which book or dvd you can fint the original idea. The effects feels fresh. Controll is one effect when the aduience can see what thought the spectator thinks of. The performer is blindfolded but yet he reveals the thoughts.There are a couple of routine that has a russian roulett feeling to it. The book is a must have. I hope this guy will come out with a dvd set
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