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The shop is closed, so there’s nothing to buy, no payment to make, and no account to set up. This page lists 60 guides that may be written later, grouped by the price we have in mind: $27, $37, $97, and $197. Those prices are plans, and so are the formats, from a one-page worksheet to a longer course. None of the guides has been written or recorded yet.
When a card says “Coming: waitlist,” the guide isn’t ready. There’s no waitlist to join yet, and the form at the bottom of this page is switched off.
Some of these guides touch on depression and loneliness. They’re meant as education to use alongside your doctor’s care. Keep taking any prescribed medicine as prescribed, and talk with your doctor before you change anything. None of these guides has been medically reviewed. If you’re in crisis in the United States, call or text 988 (https://988lifeline.org/) right now.
The mind control and hypnosis guides are about your own mind only. Manifestation guides help you turn a wish into steps you can take, with no promise of money or magic. Meditation and hypnosis are practices that can help you settle, and neither one is a cure.
You can read Arcana Mentis without buying anything. The shorter pages are free in the library, and three free samples are written as ordinary web pages you can read without a download or an email address. Read the free samples.
$27 guides
This group holds 23 short pages, pocket cards, and worksheets you could finish in an evening.
The Keeper’s Page
Coming: waitlist
$27 planned
A one-week page for noting which of your own thoughts you kept each day and which ones you let go.
One-week worksheet (planned PDF)
This worksheet is for your own mind only.
Three Evening Questions
Coming: waitlist
$27 planned
Three simple questions to ask yourself at bedtime about the day you actually had.
Pocket card (planned PDF)
The questions are for your own mind only.
The Door You Do Not Open
Coming: waitlist
$27 planned
A short reading on why Arcana Mentis teaches you to steer your own will and leaves other people’s will alone.
Short reading (planned PDF)
It explains, in clear words, why everything on this site stays with your own mind.
The Clear Morning Page
Coming: waitlist
$27 planned
Write three lines each morning so the day starts with one clear intention.
One-page worksheet (planned PDF)
It’s a small habit page for ordinary mornings.
One Walk, One Question
Coming: waitlist
$27 planned
Take one question out for a walk and come home with the next small step.
Pocket card (planned PDF)
If your memory changes suddenly, tell your doctor right away.
A Slower Evening
Coming: waitlist
$27 planned
A friendly limit for late-night scrolling, written without any scolding.
Pocket card (planned PDF)
If poor sleep keeps going, mention it to your doctor.
Keys, Kettle, Kindness
Coming: waitlist
$27 planned
A three-step start to the day that even a tired person can manage.
Morning card (planned PDF)
It’s a small practice for one corner of your day.
The Small No
Coming: waitlist
$27 planned
Practice one polite refusal that protects your day, with no speech required.
Worksheet (planned PDF)
It’s about your own words and your own time.
One Room This Week
Coming: waitlist
$27 planned
Pick one area of life for the week, like meals, letters, money papers, or sleep, and let the rest wait.
Planner sheet (planned PDF)
Bring any money, legal, or health questions to a professional.
What I Believe, on Paper
Coming: waitlist
$27 planned
Space to write down what you believe, with no argument attached.
Worksheet (planned PDF)
It welcomes belief and doubt alike.
A Pew and a Question
Coming: waitlist
$27 planned
Writing prompts for someone who still keeps a tradition and for someone who has stepped away from one.
Journal prompts (planned PDF)
It treats your faith, or your leaving, with respect.
The Named Aim
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$27 planned
Write one aim in clear words, then the next step a neighbor could see you take.
Worksheet (planned PDF)
It helps you plan real steps, with no promise of money or magic.
No Lightning Required
Coming: waitlist
$27 planned
A short reading on why Arcana Mentis counts on your own next step to move a wish forward.
Short reading (planned PDF)
Expect practical steps here, with no promise of money or magic.
Letters to Next Month
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$27 planned
Short letters to the month ahead about what you plan to do.
Prompt sheets (planned PDF)
The guide offers planning help and makes no promise of money or magic.
What We Mean by Hypnosis
Coming: waitlist
$27 planned
A clear explanation of what Arcana Mentis means by hypnosis, what it leaves out, and where self-hypnosis fits.
Plain-language primer (planned PDF)
It explains hypnosis for use on your own mind only.
The Self-Hypnosis Card
Coming: waitlist
$27 planned
A few lines to read to yourself in a comfortable chair, then put away.
Pocket card (planned PDF)
Use it on your own mind only, and never while driving or cooking.
Wide Awake After
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$27 planned
How to finish a self-hypnosis practice and get on with your day feeling fully awake.
One-page note (planned PDF)
It’s for your own practice only; if you feel worse, stop, and in a US crisis, call or text 988.
While the Kettle Boils
Coming: waitlist
$27 planned
Stay with your breath for as long as the kettle takes, then make the tea.
One-page start (planned PDF)
Use it as a gentle practice beside any care you have, and stop if it feels worse.
When You Cannot Stay
Coming: waitlist
$27 planned
What to do on a day when being still feels wrong, including full permission to stop.
Pocket card (planned PDF)
Stopping is always fine, and your doctor can help if stillness keeps feeling bad.
Beside the Medicine, Not Instead
Coming: waitlist
$27 planned
A short page to keep with your medical papers that explains how Arcana Mentis fits alongside your care.
Short reading (planned PDF)
It’s education to use beside your doctor’s care; in a US crisis, call or text 988.
Questions for Your Clinician
Coming: waitlist
$27 planned
Space to write the questions you want to ask at your next appointment, including questions about a medicine you’re unsure of.
Worksheet (planned PDF)
Your doctor makes any medicine change with you; in a US crisis, call or text 988.
One True Hello
Coming: waitlist
$27 planned
Think of one person you can reach and say one small hello, and then you’re done for the day.
Pocket card (planned PDF)
It’s education to use beside your doctor’s care and the people in your life; in a US crisis, call or text 988.
The Empty Chair, Named
Coming: waitlist
$27 planned
A page for widowhood and other losses that lets you name who is gone, at your own pace.
Worksheet (planned PDF)
It’s education to use beside your doctor’s care; in a US crisis, call or text 988.
$37 guides
These 19 guides are booklets and short audio talks, and every talk comes with a written transcript.
Bring It Home
Coming: waitlist
$37 planned
A calm talk on noticing when your attention has drifted and bringing it back.
Short audio with a transcript (planned)
The talk is for your own mind only.
Your Will, Unborrowed
Coming: waitlist
$37 planned
Small decisions that are yours to make, with nobody else to win over.
Booklet (planned digital)
It’s about your own choices only.
Names and Faces, Gently
Coming: waitlist
$37 planned
Everyday ways to remember a name, offered as good manners and practice.
Booklet (planned digital)
It’s friendly practice, and sudden memory changes belong with your doctor.
The Mind You Still Have
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$37 planned
A talk about using the mind you have today, with no shame and no miracle claims.
Short audio with a transcript (planned)
See a doctor right away if your memory changes suddenly.
Attention, Will, Imagination
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$37 planned
This booklet covers attention, will, and imagination, three inner powers that used to have their own page.
Booklet (planned digital)
It teaches ordinary mental skills and makes no claim of special powers.
A Single Notebook
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$37 planned
How to keep one paper notebook for the tasks that matter and turn off the noisy apps.
Booklet (planned digital)
It’s practical reading for ordinary days.
After the Long Drift
Coming: waitlist
$37 planned
This talk is for anyone who feels the years slipped by, and it starts with taking back the coming week.
Short audio with a transcript (planned)
It offers small steps forward and respects what you’ve lost along the way.
Holy Days at Home
Coming: waitlist
$37 planned
Ways to keep a feast or a fast at your kitchen table when your place of worship is far away.
Booklet (planned digital)
It’s open to every tradition and works alongside your own community.
Prayer Without Performance
Coming: waitlist
$37 planned
A reflection you can use if public prayer has started to feel like a show.
Short audio with a transcript (planned)
It respects your place of worship and your own way of praying.
The Evidence Page
Coming: waitlist
$37 planned
A way to record what you did each week, so your hopes stay tied to real progress.
Booklet (planned digital)
It tracks real effort and makes no promise of money or magic.
Attention Toward a Real Door
Coming: waitlist
$37 planned
Point your attention at something you can actually do, like a call, a form, a walk, or a conversation.
Short audio with a transcript (planned)
It’s about real actions, with no promise of money or magic.
A Ten-Minute Return
Coming: waitlist
$37 planned
Ten calm minutes of self-hypnosis for winding down, spoken the way a friend would talk to you.
Short audio with a transcript (planned)
Listen for your own mind only, and never while driving.
Words You Say to Yourself
Coming: waitlist
$37 planned
How to write a suggestion to say to yourself, in words you actually believe.
Booklet (planned digital)
The suggestions you write are for your own mind only.
Breath, Counted Softly
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$37 planned
A short breath count, spoken without scolding your mind for wandering.
Short audio with a transcript (planned)
If you have a breathing condition, follow your doctor’s advice first.
Walking in Ordinary Shoes
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$37 planned
A way to meditate on the walk to the store, with no special clothes or beliefs needed.
Booklet (planned digital)
Keep an eye on traffic and your footing as you go.
The Next Small Hour
Coming: waitlist
$37 planned
This talk keeps you company for one heavy hour and helps you get to the next ordinary thing, like a glass of water, an open window, or a call to someone you trust.
Short audio with a transcript (planned)
If you’re in crisis in the US, call or text 988 now; this audio is education beside your doctor’s care.
Letters You Need Not Send
Coming: waitlist
$37 planned
Prompts for writing down what feels stuck, just for you, with no need to share it.
Prompt sheets (planned PDF)
It’s education to use beside your doctor’s care; in a US crisis, call or text 988.
Sunday Afternoon
Coming: waitlist
$37 planned
This talk keeps you company through a long Sunday afternoon, in a simple, warm voice.
Short audio with a transcript (planned)
It’s education to use beside your doctor’s care and the people in your life; in a US crisis, call or text 988.
A Table Set for One
Coming: waitlist
$37 planned
How to make a meal on your own feel like a proper meal, with a set table and a little care.
Booklet (planned digital)
It’s education to use beside your doctor’s care; in a US crisis, call or text 988.
$97 courses
Each of the nine rooms gets one longer written course here, spread over several weeks.
A Month of Self-Command
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$97 planned
A month of everyday practice with your own attention, your impulses, and the story you tell yourself.
Written course, four lessons (planned)
The whole course stays with your own mind.
Six Lessons for a Clearer Mind
Coming: waitlist
$97 planned
Six lessons on calmer evenings, doing one task at a time, and a simple way to keep track of what you want to remember.
Written course (planned)
It’s a habit course, and health questions belong with your doctor.
Taking the Week Back
Coming: waitlist
$97 planned
Four weeks of small steps covering mornings, errands, money papers, and one human contact.
Written course (planned)
The money lessons cover household paperwork, and investment questions go to a professional.
Doubt, Kept Gently
Coming: waitlist
$97 planned
Six lessons on living with an unanswered question, letting it be there without forcing an answer, and staying gentle with yourself and others.
Written course (planned)
If doubt comes with despair, talk with your doctor and, if you like, a trusted religious guide.
A Wish and a Week
Coming: waitlist
$97 planned
Start with one wish, then spend seven days on visible work toward it.
Written course (planned)
Progress comes from your own work, with no promise of money or magic.
The Afternoon Chair
Coming: waitlist
$97 planned
The self-hypnosis course in this room has four lessons on your own chair, your own words, and your own stopping point.
Written self-hypnosis course (planned)
The course is for your own mind only; in a US crisis, call or text 988.
A Chair by the Window
Coming: waitlist
$97 planned
Four weeks of meditation in an ordinary chair, open to any belief and taken at whatever pace calm comes to you.
Four-week written course (planned)
Use it beside any care you have, and stop if stillness feels worse.
Getting Through the Week
Coming: waitlist
$97 planned
A week of lessons designed to work alongside the care you already have and the doctor who knows your history.
Written course (planned)
It’s education to use beside your doctor’s care; in a US crisis, call or text 988.
Company, Practiced Gently
Coming: waitlist
$97 planned
Low-pressure ways to spend time with people again, like a regular errand, a short visit, or a club where nobody expects a speech.
Written course (planned)
It’s education to use beside your doctor’s care and the people in your life; in a US crisis, call or text 988.
$197 self-studies
Each room also gets one bigger self-study, something you’d work through over a whole season.
A Season of Self-Command
Coming: waitlist
$197 planned
The same work at a slower pace over eight weeks, for anyone who likes a steady path and working alone.
Eight-week self-study (planned)
Every lesson is for your own mind only.
A Clearer Instrument
Coming: waitlist
$197 planned
A longer path through attention, memory, will, and imagination, taken at a comfortable pace.
Ten-week self-study (planned)
If your thinking changes suddenly or frightens you, see a doctor.
Your Days, Returned
Coming: waitlist
$197 planned
Twelve weeks of taking your days back, with respect for who you already are.
Twelve-week self-study (planned)
Health questions stay with your doctor while you work through it.
A Faith, Looked at Gently
Coming: waitlist
$197 planned
A slow plan of reading, silence, and notes for taking a clear, unhurried look at your faith.
Season-long reading plan (planned)
If you’ve been hurt inside a faith community, a qualified counselor can help.
By Hand, Not by Magic
Coming: waitlist
$197 planned
A longer practice of choosing, acting, and reviewing what happened, built on your own effort.
Eight-week self-study (planned)
Results come from your own steps, with no promise of money or magic.
Hypnosis for Yourself Alone
Coming: waitlist
$197 planned
The history of hypnosis, some common myths, and a self-practice you can use on your own mind.
Multi-week self-study (planned)
Everything in it is for your own mind only; in a US crisis, call or text 988.
Staying Through the Seasons
Coming: waitlist
$197 planned
A long companion for your meditation practice, including the weeks when you barely practice.
Season-long self-study (planned)
It’s a practice to use beside any care you have; in a US crisis, call or text 988.
Beside Care, Week by Week
Coming: waitlist
$197 planned
A longer guide for low months, written so you can show it to your doctor if you’d like a second opinion.
Multi-week self-study (planned)
It’s education to use beside your doctor’s care; in a US crisis, call or text 988.
Company for the Long Loneliness
Coming: waitlist
$197 planned
A longer path for loneliness that has settled in after widowhood, an empty nest, a move to a new city, or too many nights online.
Multi-week self-study (planned)
It’s education to use beside your doctor’s care and the people in your life; in a US crisis, call or text 988.
The waitlist
The waitlist hasn’t opened, so this form is switched off and can’t send anything. When Arcana Mentis has a real email address, you’ll find it on the contact page first.
You won’t see a countdown or a “few copies left” message here, because nothing is on sale.
The monetization note explains how Arcana Mentis might earn money one day.