I read up on the sparse history of billet work and discovered, Bert Reese, whom while legendary in the mentalism community, had very little written about him. Thinking I might be able to uncover some lost billet techniques to add to my own repertoire, I decided to investigate. This book will uncover some sophisticated techniques that have heretofore been lost to the world.Īs a professional mentalist myself, I am always on the lookout for something new. The psychic medium is similar to the crooked gambler in that they have much more to loose if they were get caught using trickery. If he makes a mistake, it could very well mean not only the loss of his livelihood but sometimes even his life. ![]() The crooked gambler is solely in it to win hisvictim’s money. If a magician fails in performing a trick, the results are usually just embarrassment. The magician’s goal is to entertain his audience. This is not unlike comparing the magician with a crooked gambler. For them, it was presented as genuine psychic phenomena which was taken very seriously with usually a lot of money being paid for the privilege. They were not performing to entertain their audiences. However, it would be safe to say that these same modern mentalists would be surprised to learn just how sophisticated the old mediums were. Some modern mentalists are dismissive of the older billet workers feeling that they used crude methods that have been surpassed by modern techniques. In the last twenty years many clever innovations have been made to the body of billet technique. They are mainly used by mentalists for the entertainment of their audiences. Today, billets are rarely used in séance work. Yet the medium would be able to communicate accurate and detailed messages in response to the queries. The medium conducting the séance was never seen opening the billets. The billets would then be folded or rolled up into a small ball and placed on the table. Believers would typically write the names of their departed loved ones on them along with any questions they might have. It is also a history of spiritualism focusing on a specific area or technique known as “billet work.” Billets (French for notes), are simply small pieces of paper, usually about the size of a business card. ![]() Foster, one of the most famous spiritualist mediums of the 19 thcentury. ![]() Charles Foster – The Billet Pioneer Part One
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