The Secret Society Of Pickup Artists

Hey guys,

I've had many requests for me to continue to go in deapths my with "Mystery Chronicles" that I've been sharing on my Area51Lifestyle high value relationship/PUA newsletter for the last couple of years, so I made this Blog because it gives me a good place to post info.

Erik Von Markovic, aka Mystery "World's Greatest Pick Up Artist (PUA)" according to the New York times is a controversial figure.

Here's the scoop:

Eben Pagan introduced me to Mystery during an LA PUA event for Double Your Dating in the summer of 2004.

When I first met the 65 PUA, I didn't know what to make of him, because Mystery was dressed like a cross between a dark Willie Wonka and Neo from the Matrix in a black trench coat, plus a big black top hat, black fingernails and platform boots.

Mystery's passion for social dynamics and pick-up were clear. I found out that Mystery trained many of the top PUAs in the world. Many testified directly to me about Mystery's prowess.

While I didn't meet Neil Strauss, author of the New York Times best seller "The Game" (which wasn't written yet) I still got an immedate sense that I had stumbled across something big

A big part of my feelings came from the love-hate relationship that so many of the guys had with Mystery. Clearly every PUA there cared very deeply about what he had to say.

Before I ever saw Mystery in field he and his "business partner" conjured images of drama and intrigue. During dinner, Mystery took a phone call from someone about meeting up with Courtney Love, and after that he told me about how he got kicked off of the set of Good Morning America because he refused to go on without his top hat.

I was part horrified and totally intrigued

Something that was glaringly obvious from the way all of these PUA guru types talked about Mystery and one another behind their backs, was that this was a very political and clique-ish social circle.

Swing Cat, one of Mystery's "friends" couldn't stop talking about Ross Jeffries behind his back. I'm not singling him out becuase he was the only one, but instead because he was at least direct about it.

Our friend Criag, took us to Project Hollywood, the Rat Pack mansion that Mystery and his friends rented, and that Mystery had recently been somehow evicted from (this was a source of great frustration for Mystery at the time, though apparently he had a new place that he was splitting with Courtney Love.) Project Hollywood was Mystery's brain child, the perfect bachelor pad for reeling luring girls and guys who wanted to learn how to lure girls.

(Craig advised us to avoid Project Hollywood's Jacuzzi at all costs.)

I talked to Nick Kho, Papa who's partner, Tyler Durden, a puffier red faced version of Brad Pitt's Fight Club character instructing several awe-struck students, mostly men dressed in chinos and khakis and button down shirts two sizes too big for them,spread in a semi circle around him like kindergarten students listening to their teacher in wide eyed amazement.

That's what caught my attention the most. That scene, and watching Mystery go in field, which I'll talk about in my next post (Plus soon I'll post in field video of Mystery using his PUA techniques in field and talking about it.)

It's all happening,

Mike Long

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