ANSOLOGY – MAX MAVEN

Explore the extraordinary mind of Max Maven through a remarkable collection of mentalism, mental magic, and card magic.

Inside Ansology, you'll discover over 80 effects from Max Maven's legendary repertoire, explained in his unmistakable style with the clarity, intelligence, and ingenuity that made him one of the most influential thinkers in modern mentalism.

Among the incredible effects you'll learn:

• Contimental: Reveal a spectator's thought-of travel destination without gimmicks or props. You can even perform it over the phone!

• Zen Poker: A multi-phase gambling routine that culminates in the revelation of a freely thought-of card.

• The Centrifugal Variations: Divine every card in a freely selected poker hand.

• TWOULTRA: An expanded presentation for the Ultra Mental Deck that reveals two freely selected cards.

• The Hawk: Using an ordinary, ungimmicked deck, stop a spectator as they deal cards on impulse, revealing one selection before correctly naming another—all under test conditions.

As Jamy Ian Swiss explains in his introduction, the effects in Ansology are "often multilayered to deliver extremely deceptive effects with a minimum of sleight of hand and a maximum of devious thinking."

An entire repertoire of powerful mental magic awaits.

From impossible coincidences and predictions to astonishing divinations, drawing duplications, and mysteries with bizarre or mystical themes, Ansology offers an extraordinary range of material.

Most effects rely on cleverly concealed methods, everyday props, and little to no sleight of hand. The real magic lies in the thinking behind them.

This remarkable volume brings together updated and revised material from seven publications originally released over a ten-year period, collectively known as the legendary Lisp Series:

Thunday, Thequal, Amperthand, Doth, Fifth, Thavant, and Thabbatical.

BONUS INCLUDED: ZODIAGNOSTIC

Every copy of Ansology includes the special astrological forecast booklet for Zodiagnostic, a remarkably clean and easy-to-perform book test based on astrological symbols.

A spectator freely opens the booklet to any page, and you reveal what they're thinking.

No force. No complicated procedure. Just powerful, direct mentalism.

This effect alone could easily be sold as a standalone product!

BOOK DETAILS

• Over 80 effects

• 261 pages

• Clothbound hardcover

• Illustrated by Tony Dunn

• Introduction by Jamy Ian Swiss

• Includes the Zodiagnostic bonus booklet

• First edition – 2026

WHAT THE EXPERTS SAY

"...an astonishing variety of ingenious ideas."

– Martin Gardner

"I liken [Thabbatical] to a roller-coaster ride. The first ride makes you wonder if you will live. Once you realize you didn't die, the second time is a breeze. Read this book, then read it a second time — it's worth it!"

– Chuck Fayne, MAGIC Magazine

"I still feel that Thequal was one of the most innovative books on magic I ever read – I was completely enthralled with it."

– Bill Miesel, The Precursor