For more than 30 years, Richard Osterlind has been one of the world's busiest mentalists. His career has taken him to the four corners of the globe to perform for some of the most prestigious clients in the corporate and political worlds. He is also the creator of many marketed effects that have now become classics in the field, in addition to authoring a number of best-selling books on mentalism and magic. His instructional DVDs, including the recent 13 Steps to Mentalism project, have also been hugely popular.

 

Mr. Osterlind's will be conducting intensive sessions and workshops at the MIND MYSTERIES Seminar on a broad range of subjects including, but not limited to, close-up mentalism, stage mentalism, impromptu work, stagecraft and hypnotism. Mr. Osterlind will also be available to all attendees during the Seminar for one-on-one coaching and technical assistance.

A professional performer for almost 25 years, Jim Sisti is most well-known in the magic industry as the publisher and editor of The Magic Menu, an independent periodical for close-up magicians. Behind the scenes, he's edited books for Richard Osterlind, Fantasio, Simon Lovell, John Booth and others.

 

With his background in journalism and public relations, in addition to being the graphic designer and layout artist for all of Richard Osterlind's recent books and effects, Mr. Sisti will be conducting a workshop on designing effective and engaging promotional materials and will be available throughout the Seminar for advice on business cards, brochures, etc. 

An award-winning magician and mentalist, Bob Torkova has earned an internationa reputation in a career that has taken him from first-place wins at some of the most prestigious magic competitions in the world to the off-Broadway stage.

  

After extensive research, Mr. Torkova is in the midst of preparing a book that is sure to become the definitive biographies of mediums/clairvoyants/mentalists Charles H. Foster and Bert Reese and will be presenting a multimedia session on their billet reading techniques. 

After years of working with such luminaries as David Copperfield, Harry Blackstone and Kirby VanBurch, Steve Pellegrino became one of the magic industry's go-to people regarding Internet technology and has served as a consultant and webmaster for Ellusionist, L&L Publishing, Osterlind Mysteries in addition to working with literally hundreds of businesses about their online marketing programs while at Network Solutions.

 

Mr. Pellegrino will be offering a session on online marketing for mentalists, taking attendees step-by-step through the online marketing process. For those who already have websites, he will also be offering a free site analysis that will let attendees know where they rank and what they can do to improve their site.

A woman of many talents, Sandra Sisti is a talented children's magician in addition to owning her own online business, Seams Like Magic, where she custom-creates cloth props for the variety entertainment industry. Osterlind Mysteries customers will know her work from the S.O.S. Bag, the Dark Vision hood, and the Osterlind Versatile Blindfold. She also appeared in the Two-Person Telepathy segment of the 13 Steps to Mentalism DVD.

 

Ms. Sisti is also an accomplished palmist and will be offering a breakout session on palm reading and how to learn a very easy palm reading system that can be used to supplement and enhance any mentalist's skillset.