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Slide 1: ==== ==== Get your free video "The Mental Card Read Revealed" Click here to get it! http://406e82t0qet8ilaglf0xoatc76.hop.clickbank.net/ ==== ==== Categories The four basic categories of mentalism effects are: Predictions, telepathy, clairvoyance, and telekinesis. Predictions, of course, are effects in which the future is apparently foretold. Telepathy is the ability to "read peoples minds." Clairvoyance is the "power" of second sight. In telekinesis, one seems to move (or otherwise effect, ie. bend) physical matter with the power of thought. Methods The four basic methods of mentalism include forcing, stealing, loading, and guessing. "Forcing" is that act of coercing your spectator to make the choice you want them to make while they seem to have complete freedom. Stealing, on the other hand, the covert obtaining of information. A good example of this is the classic mentalism effect "The Center Tear," which will be described later in this article. "Loading" usually happens in prediction effects. Say, for example, your spectators believe your prediction is sealed in an envelope. They now freely select one of several objects on a table. If you were able somehow secretly insert your prediction after the selection was made, that would be "loading." The last one, guessing, is exactly what it sounds like. In mentalism, however, "guesses" are usually educated guesses. A perfect example of this is a mentalism technique known as "cold reading." In cold reading, the mentalist is essentially guessing certain facts about a person, but these guesses are based on observations the performer has made. With that, let's look at several classic mental magic tricks: Spoon Bending Spoon bending, or bending other metal objects is accomplished, like all magic, secretly. What I mean in this case is that the bend is actually made while the spectators aren't looking, then revealed in such a way as to make it seem like it's happening right then. The Gold Star In this effect, the spectator is given a free choice of one of three different colored stars. There is no forcing involved. Still, the magician is able to predict in advance which color the subject will choose. Here, we use a principle known as multiple outs. That is, there are actually three predictions prepared ahead of time, and the appropriate one is revealed after the fact. Drawing Duplication Here, yet another new principle is encountered. It's called "dual reality." Before a show, a
Slide 2: spectator is chosen and asked to draw one of several pictures and keep their drawing with them. Later in the show, when the drawing is "telepathically" duplicated, the rest of the audience is led to believe the subject could have drawn anything. (Finding out which drawing the spectator did choose is accomplished different ways.) Three Way Test The "One Ahead" principle is used in this one. Any three thoughts (as long as one can be "forced") are obtained from the spectators. In apparently writing down the first thought, you're really writing down the third one (the one you're going to force). Secure your first slip, then ask them the thought. Write the first thought while you seem to be writing the second one, etc. The Center Tear In the center tear, the spectators write some information, say a number or some initials, inside a circle drawn on the "center" of a small slip of paper. This slip is then folded in half, and half again. The paper is then torn in such a way as to secretly retain the center of the paper. Under cover of various forms of misdirection, this piece is then secretly read, effectively "stealing" the required information. Living And Dead If you tear a piece of paper into nine squares, the center one will be the only one with torn edges on all sides. If you have your audience member write the name of a famous dead person on that slip, and famous living people on all the other slips, you'll have quite a trick on your hands. Have them place all the slips into a paper bag and shake them up. You can then reach in and extract the slip bearing the name of the deceased merely by the sense of touch! I hope you have fun learning mental magic tricks. Kenn Ball is a magician from Greenville, SC, where he lives with his wife and sons. To skip to the good stuff in learning magic, subscribe to his free monthly newsletter: [http://www.awesomemagic-tricks.com/awesome-magic-monthly.html]. You'll get a free ebook just for subscribing! For even more MENTALISM, visit [http://www.awesome-magic-tricks.com/magic-mind-trick.html]. Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Kenneth_L._Ball
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