The Mystery Method: How to Get Beautiful Women Into Bed | 
 enlarge | Authors: Mystery, Lovedrop
Creator: Neil Strauss
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 450
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Pages: 240
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Dimensions (in): 8.3 x 5.7 x 1.1
ISBN: 0312360118
Dewey Decimal Number: 646.77
EAN: 9780312360115
ASIN: 0312360118
Publication Date: February 6, 2007
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Product Description
“One of the most admired men in the world of seduction” (The New York Times) teaches average guys how to approach, attract and begin intimate relationships with beautiful women
For every man who always wondered why some guys have all the luck, Mystery, considered by many to be the world’s greatest pickup artist, finally reveals his secrets for finding and forming relationships with some of the world’s most beautiful women. Mystery gained mainstream attention for his role in Neil Strauss’s New York Times bestselling expose, The Game. Now he has written the definitive handbook on the art of the pickup.
He developed his unique method over years of observing social dynamics and interacting with women in clubs to learn how to overcome the guard shield that many women use to deflect come-ons from "average frustrated chumps."
His tips include:
*Give more attention to her less attractive friend at first, so your target will get jealous and try to win your attention.
*Always approach a target within 3 seconds of noticing her. If a woman senses your hesitation, her perception of your value will be lower.
*Don't be picky. Approach as many groups of people in a bar as you can and entertain them with fun conversation. As you move about the room, positive perception of you will grow. Now it's easy to meet anyone you want.
*Smile. Guys who don't get laid, don't smile.
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 Too many people know his methods August 28, 2008
Too many people know Mystery's Method, so it is becoming overused. Every girl has now been asked the same dumb questions by guys "Did you see that fight outside?" etc. I just wish there was some new material.
Steven Tyler Rockstar Wannabe + Communication Major = Mystery Method Mashup August 22, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
Erik von Markovik thinks like a Stage Magician. Thus, he has a magician mindset.
He has the skills of leading folks through baby-step commands and body moves to control them.
In doing so, he controls their perception of ongoing at-the-moment experience and gains compliance.
In short, he creates mini-illusions like the Prize Illusion, the You're Getting Somewhere Illusion and the You're Cool Illusion.
By his dress and looks, Erik must have modeled himself after Steven Tyler of Aerosmith, right down to the black fingernail polish and the big floppy top hat.
Built from Group Dynamics and Dominance, the Mystery Method model makes these claims:
[1] Women want to feel secure, always
[2] Women want to feel excited
[3] Women want to know that you can deliver [1],[2]
[4] Women want men to be responsible for all [1],[2]
[5] Women only test contenders, those who could get sex
[6] Women must feel resistance after push testing to feel secure
[7] You must show higher worthiness than all other suitors
[8] You must act disinterested to the woman within a group who you want while showing your higher than others worthiness
[9] You must dominate the experience and all in the group through controlling the frame of reference, temporary beliefs
[10] You must come across as alive, deep, sexual, yet never easy, wimpy or a pushover
[11] You cannot make a woman feel like a slut in front of her peers
[12] You must control time perception of others
[13] You must gain dominance through Compliance Momentum that leads past the Compliance Threshold
In Erik's (or Chris Odom's) own words (from page 101):
"But in the Mystery Method, we approach the group itself. Women tend to be attracted to the highest-value man in their social context...you disarm the friends with stories, humor ... [to] steal the spotlight away from the hottie (the girl you want) ... [and] by negging (cutting down) the target (the girl you want)...Because her friends [now] love you ... you have social proof [status with] her peer group. Her [lowered] self-esteem [from] the negs ... [make her want] more attention from you ... She begins to work for your approval and [seeks] validation [from you]."
Few books are worth trading your time to read them.
This book offers some gems, a 20-something interpretation of university lectures in Group Dynamics and Interpersonal Communication Persuasion. Throw in
a few stage musician methods and you come up with the "Mystery Method."
Like most books, the story does not begin until several chapters ahead and like most books, The Mystery Method suffers from a bad chapter sequence.
Much of what you read from the Optional Chapters reflects social indoctrination that Erik took as a Canadian national. Thus, you can skip such without losing the essence of the method.
Here's a better chapter sequence to get you to the story faster:
Part I -- Foundation (Must Read)
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Rewiring her Attraction Circuitry (3)
A3: Male-to-Female Interest (7)
A2: Female-to-Male Interest (6)
Part II -- Action (Must Read)
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Conversation (8)
Rules and Structure of the Game (4)
A1: Open (5)
Mid-Game and End Game (9)
Part III - Optional Reading
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Forward by Neil Strauss
Preface
The Mystery Behind Casonova (1)
The Ultimate Purpose of Life (2)
Conclusion
A Bonus Letter from Mystery
Glossary
Great once you get past the BS August 21, 2008
Mystery is the king of PUA. He is what we all try to aspire to be. It's a given fact. Neil Strauss made us all realize this in the Game. So why in the hell does Mystery spend the first 30 pages of this book trying to convince me that his method and the Venusian Arts work. Dude, no kidding, let's get straight to the point and teach me the techniques. You're already a household name, I don't need any more convincing. Once I got through all that, and there is a lot of it, it's good, and I was able to improve my skillset because of it. I want to be out there learning the game, not wasting an hour of my time being convinced that Mystery is the man.
 AWESOME!! August 19, 2008
This book was great. A little difficult to read (I suggest reading it more than once), but it really teaches you a lot. Great overall.
Very good, but not the best August 14, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Mystery is very, very good at picking up women, maybe the best. But for reading, I preferred The Game by Neil Strauss and Cougars, Poptarts & One Night Stands by Billy Conroy. Mystery has a paint-by-numbers type approach. The other two books have better overall advice. If you can, but all three. All the others I have read are a waste of time.
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