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| Few things impress people as much as seeing a well | | | | You write on your piece of paper; the number 37 |
| performed Magic Trick - especially when it is done | | | | "OK. One more number. Again a 2 digit number, an |
| without apparatus or preparation. Mentalism is one of | | | | even number with 2 different digits. I want you to write |
| the more impressive types of Magic Trick and the one | | | | down an even number between ... 50 and 99 - NOW!" |
| I'm about to reveal is so easy to learn that you'll be | | | | You write on your piece of paper; the number 68. |
| performing it tomorrow! Or even tonight! | | | | When everyone has written their last number, you |
| There are two important rules for learning Magic | | | | display your paper and get them to compare their |
| Tricks - | | | | answers. More than half the answers will match your |
| 1. Practice before you perform. Get it right. Work out | | | | 'prediction'. |
| your patter and learn it off by heart. | | | | Well, not everyone is receptive to thought |
| 2. NEVER tell your audience how it was done! | | | | transference, and for those that are, it is an intermittent |
| To learn this Magic Trick you only need to remember | | | | thing and they will not receive every thought |
| a few things and develop a 'patter'; a way to perform | | | | accurately. Those that thought too much before writing |
| it. | | | | it down may have scrambled the transmitted thought. |
| You have an audience of at least six, preferably a | | | | Do not repeat this trick for the same audience - when |
| dozen - though it could be performed for as many as | | | | they find you are using exactly the same numbers and |
| you like - provided you can give them all paper and | | | | words each time, they will smell a rat! |
| pencils. You tell them that you are going to project | | | | In fact most people under the given conditions will |
| your thoughts into their minds. | | | | come up with those numbers and words. Why? |
| They must write down the thought as soon as you tell | | | | Dunno. Must be the way the human mind is wired. |
| them to - write down the first thing that comes into | | | | Note. When doing the 2 digit numbers, always pause |
| their head, without trying to think about it (transmitted | | | | where I put in the 3 dots - as this helps to clear their |
| thought is fragile and too much of their own brain | | | | minds of any number they were thinking of up to that |
| activity will wipe it out). | | | | point; they don't know what you are going to say next, |
| "We'll start," you tell them, "with an easy one. Get | | | | so it blanks the mind. |
| ready to write it down ... a single digit number; a number | | | | If you decide only to use the numbers, I would do the |
| between 1 and 9 - NOW!" | | | | single digit last. When you've just written down '7', being |
| You write on your piece of paper; the number 7. | | | | told to write a 2 digit number, you are going to avoid |
| "Now we'll try a word. What I want you to write this | | | | using 7 again. Moving the 7 to the last slot means there |
| time, is the name of ... a vegetable - NOW!" | | | | is 68 between it and 37. |
| You write on your piece of paper; the word | | | | To learn this Magic trick all you have to remember is 3 |
| CARROT. | | | | numbers and 2 words. Easy isn't it? Your victims - |
| "Another word. This time I want you to write down the | | | | sorry, audience - will be spell-bound with amazement. |
| name of ... an animal that lives in the jungle - NOW!" | | | | There are many Magic Tricks you can learn that are |
| You write on your piece of paper; the word LION. | | | | just as easy as this to perform and just as impressive. |
| (Trust me; I know they don't live in the jungle, but this | | | | My own preference is for Magic tricks that can be |
| works!) | | | | performed with borrowed objects so that the |
| "Let's go back to numbers. This time it is a 2 digit | | | | audience doesn't suspect that you are using special |
| number with two different digits (i.e. not 11 or 22). I want | | | | gimmicks - even though, often, you are. |
| you to write down an odd number between ... 10 and | | | | |