Ex Nihilo, Guide to Modern Cold Reading... but what is cold reading? It is an interpretation in favor of the mentalist, involuntary signs and internal language clues from the audience. This book will allow you to decipher the attitudes of the people in front of you and obtain valuable information about their lives, feelings, and environment. Develop your intuition and deductive faculties, taking you to a new level in the refinement and tricks used to transcend your prediction routines and mind readings. The author explores all facets of cold reading, such as precognition, telepathy, body language, and voice inflections. Through observation and deduction, you will give the illusion of having the gift of clairvoyance. Contents: Introduction to cold reading, why it works, body language, interpretation of muscle movements, ambiguity, decoding others, medical observations, charm, predicting the future, psychological and mathematical forces, mnemonic reference points for zodiac readings, appendices, and examples.