No. 1. The Spectator as the Telepathist
This is a principle that may be applied to several
effects. It is one of the finest tricks you can use as
the plot reverses the normal procedure of mental
magic—and makes it appear that the spectator reads
your mind—instead of you, as normal, reading
theirs. It is best performed after one or two effects
of Mentalism have been shown. It is offered to the
audience as "conclusive evidence" that thought
reading must be possible—and proved when they
read your thoughts.
After suitable opening spiel, you take the card
and pretend to write on it four numbers. The spec-
tator is asked to try and "receive" these numbers
as you " s e n d " them one at a time. You hand them
another card and a pencil. If you are an exponent of Pencil reading, you
have a miracle on your hands—simply by reading each number as they
write and filling it in with the Swami. If not, you can work one of two
different ways. After you say, "I'm sending the first number n o w " you
pause, then enquire "Have you got it—what have you written" and when
the answer is received, gaze at your card and knowingly state " H m m .
not bad—let's try the next". You can fill that number in while you gaze
or, send the four numbers and finally ask as you walk towards the spectator
"and what did you g e t ? " so that by the time you get there, ready to hand
over your card, the same numbers are written on your one. The pencil
reading method is by far the hardest—but by far the best as you do not ask
any questions at any t i m e ! (CORINDA'S " S T E P TWO" DEALS WITH
PENCIL READING.)
No. 2. First Variation of the No. 1 Principle
With the same principle of having the spectator read your mind, to get
away from numbers—if you want to (there is nothing really wrong with
using them) you may work on a name, sending it letter by letter. To add to
the value of the effect it is a good thing to have the two cards handed to
another spectator to check.
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