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PERSONaT ElrT 6TTfrclt1.r l'llneverforgetlhe lsi lime I sowthe'Thought performed. CordAcross" RiclqJoyperformed o version of it on the DinoShoreShowmonyyeorsogoond it blewmy mind!| hod obsolutely no ideohowihe trickhod beendone,ond couldihinkof littleelseforlhe nextfewhours. Theplotwos simpleenough.Rickyhodo deckof cords.whichif memoryserves,wos exominedond shuffledby Dino.Ricky lhenculoffoboui15to 20 cordswhichhe thenfonnedfocingDinosolhoi she couldmokeon obsolutely freementolchoiceof onyoneol them.Hethensquoredup lhe cordsfrom whichlheseleciion hodbeenmqdeondolocedthemdowninfullview.Onlvlhendid heoskDinowhot lhe cordwosthotshehod menlolly selecledHelhenhodherlookthroughthecordstholherselection wos from,ond lTWASGONEIlNowhe hod my undivided ottentionl Thiswos okeodydifferent then onylhingelseI hodeverseen.)Heihenhodihe reslof thedeckspreodout,ond lherewos onecord reversed. Sheremovedit ondlurnedit over- il wos hercqrd! lwos dumbfounded. Usingo regulordeck,howcouldhe merelyletsomeoneiusiTHINKof o cordond hoveit "invisibly" trovelfromonebunchofcordsto onolher.beforetheselection wos idenlified? Getting pile thecordfromone lo onotherwos bod enough,ll wos "prettysure"he didn'lpolmonycords),bnt howihe hellcouldhe knowexocllywhotwosthemenlollyselected cord? I ronit overondoverin my mind,bullo noovoil.lhen lhe fomousSherlock Holmesquoiolioncometo mind- "eliminote theimpossible, ondlholwhichremoins, no motlerhowincredible, muslbeihetruth." Aflero while,ii suddenlydownedon mewhotHADTOHAVEHAPPENED, but I wosn'tsureHOWHE HADDONElTlSomedoysloter,lfound lhe versionRickyusedin the book,'TheCordMogicof E.G. Brown".I wos righioboutwhot"HADTOHAVE HAPPENED," buldidnl feelthe methodwos suitedto o klulzwilh o decklikeme. Aflero few moreweek of reseorch, I ronocrossolhermefhods, buffor one reosonor onoiher,none reollyoppeoledlo me,so lpulon theol'thinking cop,ondmethodfor"PersonolAtlochment" wosborn. EmCT:Youosksomeoneio remove20 cordsfrom hisown deck,ond hondlhem lo you.He mqy chooseonycordslhol he wishes,bui yourequesllhotAces,Jokers, or ony olhercqrd he fuelsmoy siondoul psychologicolly lromtheolhersbe ovoided. Thereg oflhe deckis putoside. Youfon thecordsfqceup ond oskif he is hoppywithlhem.Closingup fhe{on,youexplointhqthe is io lHlNKofo numberbetweenI ondi0. Youstotelho'tyouwillshowhiml0 cords.Youlhenslotethol, for exomple,iI he lhoughtof the number3, he is lo remember the 3rd cordlhot youshowhim.lf he lhoughtof 8, he isio remember lhe 8lhcordshown.Holdingthe20 cordsin yourrighthond,youpeel off onecordol o iimewilh yourlefthond,counlingfromI to t0 os yougo. Atterhe ocknowledges he hoso cordin mind,youplocethel0 cordsfromyourlefthondlocedownon thelobleto yourleft.the remoining l0 cordsore plocedoboulo foolotfto therighiot theothers. Younowoskihe speclolorifyoumoyborrowon ilemlhoi hospersonol significqnce tor him,suchos o pieceof iewelry,o keepsoke, or goodluckpiece.Beforehe hondsil over,he is to holdii tightlyond concenlrole on hismenlolselection. Whenii is hondedover,youholdil ond seemlo be'feelingits ploce vibes".Youlhen it on lhe leflpileoI l0 cqrdslhoi conioins hismentollyselecledcord. Poge3
BroccBernstcin yougivehimo shorl"reoding" Youthenoskhimlo movehis Before conlinuing, lsee'A COIDREADING). tholhiscordisfrovelhisselededcordto theolherpile,whileimogining obiectfromfhepileconloining ingolongwithii. Whenlhis hosbeendone,youoskhimto count,focedown,theomouniof cordsin 9 CARDS. Heisthento count,focedown,lhe cordsin lhe right thelelthondpile.THERE ARENOWONLY hondpile.THERE ARENOWll CARDs. Youthenosk him,Ior lhe lst lime,to reveollhe nqmeof his CARDHASVANISHED SELECIED mentollychosencord.Yousmileondlhenshowhimlhol Hs MENTATLY pile ihem. Inlhe middleof the foceup ond spreod Youturntherighlhond FROM THEtEff HANDPILE. pilelSHlsCARDI lhotwereshownlo ihe spectal{lElHOD:Theonlywoyfhisconbe doneislo switchALLOFTHECARDS quite io mysellfor somelime. tor!WhenI reolized lhis,lchuckled solholwhenyousquoreup thecords, Asyouspreodihe 20 cords,gelyourlefllittlefingerintoposilion, obovewilhyourrighthond youwillhoveo litilelingerobovelhe bottom2 cords.Tokelhe pocketfrom your righflitllefinger. ondtokeoverthebreokwith cutlhemfo ihe bollom ignoresyoursuggeslion lhotobviouscordsshouldbe excluded, llthespectoior "proper" pile. ofthefoceup cords.the bottom2 cordswilllhenendup in lhe fromI to l0 osyoudo so.on ihe coun'lof 10,youwilldo o Pulloffcordswifhyourleftlhumb,counling swilchosfollows: As yourleftlhumbcomesoverlhe righthondpocket,yougriplhe cordsfromyourlefthondbetween yourrighllhumbond {ingers, direcllybeneolhfhecordsinyourrighthond.Ihenwilhyourrightmiddle lhe block fingeryouswingoll oflhe cordsobovethebreoktowordsihe left.Yourlefthondlhenpinches peoling previous the off of the your owoy, simuloting lhumbondcorrieslhem of cordsin thecrotchof firsl9 cords. thiscouldbe doneos o regulorcordfricl(withouloll fhe woo-woo,butI PRESET{IAIION: Obviously, presenlolion Theuseof lhe obiectpersonolizes conmokeit muchmorememoroble. feelthisslyleof thePersonwhogefslhe reoding.Thiswill ond involves lhosewolching,Porticulorly lhe performonce, ihe useoflhe obiedolsooddso "logic"io ihe wiih menlolism, but soundweirdlo onyonenoltomilior preseniotion. Thespedolorlhoughiofo cord.ondos hisobiectismovedfromlhe pilewilhhisselected mogic",lhe cordfollows.Andsinceyouhoveioldhimthingsobouthimselfthot cord,by "sympothefic Whyiustdo o TRICK weirddefinitely muslbe hoppening. youshouldn't be oblelo know,something whenyoucondo MAGIC?
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BroceBcrnstcin qn innermoturity ondthofq chqngeof perspeclive wouldseemcolledfor. Thenextperiodofyourlifeheldmuchpromiseof hoppiness, bui on occosion lherewerevogue discontents.llfmorried) I senseo slightunhoppiness wilh yourmqrrioge,notso muchyourmote,butreolly oboulmorriogeiiself.Thoughls lhoi on offoirmightsofueyourneedshovepossedthroughyourmind. Moretimepossedond I senseo dislurbingscene.An incidentshockedyou,ond o sirongeIeeling yourbodymokingyouteeldizzyond weok,perhopsevenphysicolly overtook you ill.I fhinkit offecied greoily, ollhoughyourorelyspeokof it,ondyouhoveolmostrepressed it. yourown obililies,untilyou reolizedihot no oneelseconselthe Youoftenhovedoubtsconcerning rulesforyou.ondtholyourown heollhond hoppiness weremoreimportontlhon ever. You'vebecomeboredwith oll lhe gossiping, bockstobbing, ond politicsin theworldoroundyou.for youoren'ithetypelo go in for suchbehovior. I olsosensetholyouorethelypeof personwhowouldrotherworkosyourownbossrolherthonhove o porinerlodow youdown,or workundersomeoneelse. Youhoveo lendency lo tokelhingsloo seriously, bullry nofto lei il showonlhesurfoce. People oregenerolly on yourside,ond theoneswho orenl con'thurtyoubytolkolone.Yoursorenol reollyenemies. bul iuslpeoplewhoore ieolous. youfindthemlo be indifferent lpickuptholthereissomeonefholno motterhowhordyoutrylo pleose, lo you.Tholisnl reollylrue,fheyoppreciole whotyoudo, bul ore underoulsidepressures ond influencesiholloro whileore unlovoroble lo you. Finolly, lsensetholyourintuilionis excellent bui lholyoudon'ttendto irustit. lfyouleornto getmorein your you louchwilh innerleelings, willleornlo iruslyourself moreond moreeochdoy. O.K.Even lhoughtheobovestotemenls oreiruetoriusiobouteveryone, iheysureseemedpreftyoccurote,didnlthey? Obviously, monyoflhe"lines"in thereodingoreloo "heow"lo usein q Mqgicshow,butI thinkyougei iheideo. Themointrickislo putyoursellintolhe mindsofyourspecific oudience. WhofwouldYOUbelhinkingif youwereoneoflhem? lso womonwhoyouoskedlo picko cordweoringon unusuolpieceol iewelry, onddoesshelokeher lf so, youmighisoy,l'm pickingup fhotyou'reo veryortisiicperson,ond limemqkingherdecision? thinkdifferenfiy ihonmonyof yourfriends.Youofienlokedelighlin keepingpeoplewhoknowyouon theirloesby doingthingsno onewouldeverexpecl. lso mqnyouchoseto ossislin on effecioneoflhosewhosiisquietlyin o corner,observing eveMhing Poge 6
Tha @ng Swtl, Lc(late lhof is goingon? You're o personwho lokeshis lime lo mokedecisions.|rs nof thof you doubt lhe decisionsyou moke,but ore lhe lype of personwho likesto hoveos muchinformclionos is possible beforeyoudo. lnfocl, I hovelhe feelinglhol you'vebeenwoichingme likeon eogle,lryingto figureouf howI do lvhotldo.' f fhislypeof "Reoding' informoiion oppeolsfo you,ihereoremonypublicolions ovoiloble lo fheMogic communityfhot will go i o greotdetoiloboutthisfoscinolingstudyof humon noture,ond outsideof mokingyour performoncesmore mogicol,will teoch you more oboul yoursetfond othersfhen you couldhovepossibly imogined.
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Brsre Bchstain YOg AREWH6T EdTSYOO proboblyencouroges This"effecl" behoviolthot drivesmecrozy,buthell,sincewhendo Mogicions lel theirownsociolelhicsgel in lhewoywhentheycomeup witho newirick,or presentolion. lf youore oneof lhosepeoplewhoiuslcon'thelpgivingodviceoboulhow unheolthy olher'slilestyles ore,ond jug howiheycongel heollhy, fhenlhishickisforyou. EmCT:Thereyou ore,woichingsomeonechowingdownsomeBBQflovoredpotoiochips,or lhot yourconcemfortheir stopleofpeoplewholiveonthedietoryedge,ihechocolote donulondsuddenly, bloodpressure, ond/orcholeslerol levelcousesyouto leopinlooclion. Informing thedieloryheothen lholtheinnocenl lookingmunchie thotfheyore enioyingis in octuolity o tickinglime bomb,youpickup o coupleof thechipsin youremptyhond.Then,whileexploining lhe seriouseffectsof too muchsohin one'sdiel,yousqueezelhe olfendingchipsunlilo streqmof solt comespouringoutofyourhonduntilitcreoteso whilepileof deolhin lroniof lhem. I lhinkthotthismoywellbetheweirdeslpresentolion METHOD: fortheclossiceffect,the"SoltShower", sincecocoinefelloutoffovor. Allyouneediso rubberlhumb tipwilho smollXcuiinloil ondsomePopcornsoll (orsugor,dependingon youroudience) Fillup thetip oboutholfwoywilhlhe soll,or sugor, etc.,stickit on yourlhumb,ondVou?e sel. Pickup o lew of the chipswilh your lefl hond, (ossuming youoreraght hondedl, ondplocelhemon yourrighthond.Closeyourhondoroundthethumb ond the chipsond thensqueeze. Squeezing ihe iip willcousetheX ihol wos cuJinlolhetip to openup, ollowinglhe soltio pouroui in o coniinuous $reom. Allowpiecesof chipsto folldownolongwithihe sqll to complete lhe illusionof squeezing the solfout of lhe chios. youloodthefhumbtip wilh sugorinsleodof soh. Obviously, ifyoupreferlhe "donul"typevoriolion, I guessyoucon telllhot I hoveon ox lo grindobout"heolihfreoks",bul obviouslyyoucon,(ondI thiswoy,youloo conliveo longhoppy recommend fholyoudo)presentlhis ino lighihondedmonner. life! P.s.I pqrticulorly lhe,"there's loo muchFATin yourdiel"presentotion DONOTrecommend - muchtoo orossl
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swBouc l'tdTc]l EFFECT: Twoungoffeddecksof E.s.P. cordsore disployed. Thesymbolsore seento be rondomlydistributedlhroughout eochdeck. Youpickup oneoflhe decksos youexplointhotyouore goingto lel lhe oudienceswitchtheposition procedure: oflhe cordswithineochdeckbylhefollowing Youwillslowlydeolthrough eochdeck,droppingonecordol o medownlo lhe toble.Wheno chosen "srwifch", youwillverycleorlyswilchlhe cordin yourhondwilh ihe nextcordto be speclolorcollsoul deoli.Thisisdoneos mqnyor osfewlimesoswished. procedure, Tobe perfectly cleor,youproceed lo demonstroie theswitching whichshowshowlheposilionsotlhe swiiched cordsdo indeedchonge. An oudiencememberis chosenio colloui "swilch". Youdeolfhroughihe deck swiichingwhenever, ond os monylimesos lhe spedotorchooses. Yourunthroughihe decko secondlime,offeringmore oooortunilies forlhe cordslo bes,witched. A ditferentspectolor is oskedlo porlicipote. Youpickup the olherdeckond offerlhe spectotor lhe optionlo choosewhenlo hoveihe cordsswilched.Heloo is gjveno secondrun lhroughto swkh somemore. Inspifeof ollthisswiiching of cords,younowturnoverthelop cordof eochdeck- lheymofch! 'lhenyouiurnoverlhe nextcordoniopoleochdeck.Theytoomofch.Thisconfinues, ondil isseenthot eochond everypoirmolches exqclly! 'ThePoulCurrySwindleSwifch", IIETHOO:Ihis efiectuseso lechnique entitled, firslpublishedin the now out of print'PoulCurryPresents". lt olwoysomozesme howfew mogicionsond menlqligsore oworeof it,ondevenlessofthemuseit. I wonfyoulo trylhisout.Geto decko{cordsondremovelheAcelhroughNineofonyonesuii.Putthem in consecutive orderfromlhetopdown. 2 3 4 5 7 I 9
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Bro(e Bcrnstein in yourlefthond. >Holdlhe cordslocedown,in deolingposilion, push righl oboulon inch. your to lhe the lop cord >W-rth leftthumb, >Tokeil offondholdittocedownwithyourrighthond. >Aftero pouse,turnitJoceup onddropii on iheloble. yourleftthumb,pushthenexlcordover,ondtokeif withyourrighthond >W'rlh >Wrlhyourle{tthumb,pushlhe nexicordover,ondthenslidelhe cordfromyourrighihondholfwoy undertheioggedcordonlop ihe lefthondpile,buiobovelheresl. youirighthond,tokelhelop lwo cordsond,os o unit,lurnlhemfoceup ond plocethemon top >vUrth ol lhefoceup cordonfhefoble. position You'llnolicelhol lhe 2 ond the 3 hovenowsl^,/ilched The4 goeswhereil should,bul nowlhe 5 ond 6 hovebeens'witched' theobovesequence. Repeol oncemore.The7 is whereit wos, but fhe I ond 9 ore Reoeotlhe 'no s1,itch" - "switch'sequence reposilioned. the cordsshouldnowbefoceup onlhetoble,in fhefollowingorderfromthetopdown. 8 9 7 5 6 4 2 3 chongedthe order.Now Putlhem bockin slroighl Asyouconsee,thethreesr,/ilcheshovesignificonfiy order,loce downA to 9, os before. Nowyouoregoinglo be myspectotor. 'l'm putlingyouintoo deePhypnolic fronce.""ThislimeleovethecordsfocedownwhenyoupLttthem "Deollhemoneot o timeos obove' on tobb -l don'iwoniyoufo seelhe resuhsunlilwe'refinished." AsYoUUKt" YoUWSH- As MANYTIMES onlythisiimeyoumoyswitchlhe cordsWHENEVER youlike.' whenever 'Gothroughlhecordsthreetimet ogoinsiwiiching could I possiblyknowwhol order.lhe Betoreyouiurnlhe cordsfoceup,lel me osk youo question. cordsorein now?Youwouldn'lguessl could,bul l con Turnlhemfoceup,you'llseewhotI meon! NOIHING HAsCHANGED! Prettycoolhuh?Ihe cordsDOgei siwitchedif lheygel tumedfoce up os lhey ore deolt,bd if theyore Pogel0
The GoingSoathLcfitrc droppedto loblefocedownnothinghoppens! Nowyouhovelhe bosicideq,butwholl'm proudof iscomingupwithlhe concepf of siocking lhe cords in lhe qct of demonstroiinghowlhe siwitchworks. Get2 decksof E.S.P. cords,or youcouldusetheAcethrough9 ofonylwo suits. Putlhe two pilesin the someorder,so thot oll the poirsmolch.Dolhe obove"no swilch- switch" demonstrolion os before.Mokesuaeyouturnlhe cordsFACE UP,osyoudeollhemdown. Turnlhe cordsfocedown,ond plocefhemofftotheside. Nowo reheorsol. Showlhe "mlredpile"to be in o rondomorder.Tokelhe unmixedpileond do fhe "demonslrotion sequence". Nowyourimoginory oudience isconvinced procedure lhol the"switching" yOUSWffCH isloir.Sincebothpilesore nowin thesomeordet NOly'lAlltRHOWMANYIIMES CARDS, THECARDS WIUAtt MATCH I ll shouldoll be cleornow.lf youwishto ollerlhefoceup "demonshotion" sequence, iusido if wjfhone groupof cords0he"mixed"pile)ondthedo it exoclly pile. thesomewoywiththeother lf usingE.S.P. cords.shuffleone of the decks,ond ihen pui the oiher in the some order.Do o "demonslrotion" sequence wjfhoneoflhemondproceedos obove.
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I.TdSKLYN'S RITIG in mogic Thisroulineis bosedon theeffect"Ringof Protection" creqledby oneofihe greolchoroclers performed ond Tony Under ihe nome Tom Polmet he creoted - Mosklyn YeMoge- o.k.o. Andruzzi. ond become illusions ondcomedymogicbul os iimepossed.Tonydecidedlo explorenewhorizons, THEleodingforcein wholhosgrownto be colled"Bizqrre Mogic".Hismonybooks,mosiofwhichore o convenlion he nowoutof print,hovebecomesoughtoflercolleclor's ilems,ond lhe "lnvocolionol', thelield thotheheoded,otioinedo neorlegendory repulotion. Underhisneorsinglehondedtuteloge, grewfromo funtopicof conversoiion lo o fullffedgedortform.Tonypossedowoyo few oftheBizorre yeorsogo,buthisspiriiisolivelo everyone whowontsto pul reolmogicbockintomogic. in lhe direcfion oflon unusuolringlhol EfFECI: someonecommenlson,{oryouleodtheconversotion youoreweoring.Youihonklhemfor noiicingit,ondlhenexploinlhol il is muchmorefhqniusto piece oboutwholo ringof proleclion ofiewelry, it iso Ringof Prolection. Thiscommenlshouldelicitquestions is ondfiom whol il con proiectyou.Aftero bil of prodding,youexplointhol il hostheobilityto sop energyfromonyonewhomightbe thinkingof hormingiisowner,ondproposeo demonsirolion. Youoskforsomeonelo help.ln focl,thebiggerqnd sironger,lhe betler.Askinghim lo siond up ond holdhisormgroighioutin lronlof him,youlell him ihotyouoregoinglo lrytopushhisormdown,sohe isto resistyoulo the besioI hisobility.Holdinghis ormon hiswrisl,youtryio pushhisorm down,bul ore unobleto do so. Younow osk himlo holdthe thotit isnow ringtightlyin hisolherhond,exploining soppinghis strengih.Younow pushdown on his ouistrelched orm ond io his,ond everyoneelse's ii goesdowneosily! surprise, younowoskhimlo exTolokelhingso siepfurther, lendhisormond closehiseyesso thothewon'lsee whereyoupui the ring.Youputlhe ii oboui6leel owoyfiom him,ond tryio pushdown his orm.Althoughyouhuffond puff,hisormwonl budge.Ask himto open his eyesond see wherelhe r'ng is. Hovehimclosehiseyesogoin,ond exlendhisorm. Younowmovelhe ringcloselo himond pushon his orm.Althoughii is seenihol you ore usingmuch lessenergylhen before,the orm goesdownquite eqsily.Hovehim openhiseyesond seewherelhe ringis. youosko 2nd personto help.Agqin,he islo extendhisorm,ond,withhis Forlhefinoldemonstrotion, olherorm,holdhondswiththe znd personbeforeclosinghiseyes.Youputlhe ringo lew feeiowoy ondtrypushingthe ormdown.Althoughlryinghord,ihe orm sloysup. Hovehimopenhiseyesond seewheretheringis.Agoinhovehimclosehiseyes,bullhistimeyouhoveihe 2ndpersonholdonto Pogel7
Bl&ceBernstcin lhe ring.Thistime,youpushdownon hisormwithiustI finger,ond hisormdropslikeo leodbolloon. Hovehimopenhiseyeslo seetheRingoi Proiection hosslruckogoin! METHOD: 2 words- Psychology ondmusclefotigue.Somehow I lhinkyouwonlmore,so heregoes. Firstof oll,ifs notthoteosy lo holdyourormstroight oui infronlofyouondresisto downwordpressure. Aitero slrongpushor 2. the muscles get involved fotiguedquitequicklyond il'so neorimpossibility lo keepii extended. Anolherimporlontfoctor islhol ifone'sconcenkolion issplitqmong2 musclegroups, it olsobecomeshorderlo resisl. Thefirsllimeyoupushdownon hisorm,youweokenhismuscles.Ihen whenyouoskhimlo "holdthe ringTIGHTLY in hisotherhond",youoresplittinghisoflention betweenboihorms,mokingiteveneosier to pushhisweokenedorm downthe2ndtime. lhe 2nd phoseis whenlhe psychology comesinlo ploy.Ahhough, becousehis eyesore closedit shouldseemihol hecouldn'fknowwhereyouprt thering,ifyouoreiolkingosyoulurnowoyfromhim osyouputtheringdown,hissubconscious willpickup on it.Infhelsi porlof phose2,youwonthimto thinkhissfrengthhosrelurned, sowhenyouholdhiswrislto pushdown,yousqueezehiswristquite firmlyond ACTos if youore pushingdownwilh oll yourstrength. ll is quiteconvincing ond feelsos if youore pushingdownquitehord.Now,whenyouhovehimclosehiseyesogoin,youfocehimond lolkos youputihe ringcloseto him.Believe i'tor nol hissubconscious willpickup lhottheringis neor him.Pushdownon hisqrm ondwoichit drop! Asyouproboblyhovereolizedby now,o condilioned response hosbeencreoted.Hissubconscious nowreolizesthotihe firstlime someoneholdshishond,he isto be 9rong,ond thotthe2ndtimehis ormwilldrop,nolfo meniionhowweoklhol orm is now.Repeot thewristsqueezeondoclingforthe iirstpori,ondwhenlhe 2nd personis holdingthering,youwillbe obleto pushtheormdownwilhiust o fingeror 2 in themostcosuol,of{honded monner! Ployedseriously, itsomozinghowwellihisploys.Infoct,l'vehodsomepeoplegel so weoklhoi ihey hoveio sifdown,ondore oblelo describe ihe ringoctuolly soppingtheirenergy. Tony,in lhe originolversionpublished in hisbook,"Doemon's Diory",hodsomeoneholdtheirthumb ondfirstfingertogetherond hewouldiry to seporolelhem.I lindlhotlhe ormis moreimpressive ond isoctuollveosierlo do. , youcoulduseonytypeotobiectlobethe"proleclor", Obviously, bufmokesureifs qn unusuolilemthot couldliveup lo itsbuildup.
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The GoingSoatl Lerune gTIIITYT.IENT6L ROUTINE l'm oftenoskedby mogicionsto recommend o simple,effeclive menlolroulineihot moy eosilybe lt ploysquite oddedto theirregulormogicprogrom.I thinkthelollowingroutinefts lhe bill perfectly. yet you presenfolion. lt followsthe effecfively, ond is eosylo do, leoving freelo concentoteon the presenfotion, butdoesnolusetheI oheodlechnique. clossic3 portprediction concerning E.s.P. is proposed. Youhondo coinfo o memberof lhe oudience CFFECT: An experiment fromyourpockel ond oskthemlo flip it on lo o ffolsurfoce. Asthisis done,youremoveon envelope tocolloutwhefherihecoinis heodsor toils. ond honditto someoneforsofekeeping. Askihespeclolor ond whilespreoding lhe cordsfocedown,from hondto Next,o deckof ployingcordsis disployed, 'to you ploce on the bock of ony cord tholfheywish.Youhondhim his hond, osksomeone histinger cord,whichisihenshown1ooll presenl. 'l through9, in o rondomorder.You Forlhe finolphoseof lhis routine,youshow9 cords,numbered shufflelhemfurlher,ond osko spedolorlo givelhemo coupleof cuts.Thecordsore lhendeoltoul, oneot o lime inlo3 piles.2 speclolors orelhenoskedlo help.Eochis to pickup one of lhe Piles,lhe remoiningpilebeingdiscorded. Picking tocollouioneoflhe numbersin hispile.You up o podo{poper,youoskoneofthe2 speclolors thenoskhimif he wouldlikehisnumberslo be writtenon lherighlor lhe lefl,Youdo os he requesls. Theotherspecloioris oskedto colloul oneof hisnumbers. ll iswritlennexilo the lsl spectolofsnumber creotingo rondom2 digitnumber.Thetsl specfofor is lhento collout onolherof his numbers. whichyouwrileunderneoth of hisfirsfchoice.lhe secondspeclolor is lhenlo colloul o 2nd number goes ll The rondom, numbers ore nowoddedtogelher. which,of cours€, underhis choice. 2 2 digil The]sl spedoloris thenoskedforhisfinolnumber,ondthenthe2ndspectotor is oskedfor his.This2 totol,creoiing o lotollyunknown, rondom,3 digil number. digilnumberisoddedio theprevious forlhe oudience. Forexomple, the coinlondedToilsup,lhe cord The3 seledionsore now recopped chosenwosthe6 ol spodes,ondihe numbercreofedoi rondomwos]65. envelope lo openil torlhe firsllimeond reod Youosklhe personwho hosbeenholdingyourprediclion coinwilllondtoilsup,lhecord outloudlhe prediction lhatwosseoledinside.Itsiofes,"l prediclthotthe willbe lhe 6 ofSpodes,ond lhe numberwillbe 165!" ondnumberoreforced. METHOD: Onlyfhecoinflipis trulyrondom,thecordseleclion, 2 prediction envelopes ore needed.1 ot lhemsiorls,thecoinwill londHeodsup,ihe otherstorts,the coinwill londToilsup. melhod", bullfeellhoto Pop-Eyed EyePopperDeck",{bosicolly Youconlorcelhe cord"byyourfovoriie good ihis of choicefor rouline. course,yourforcecordis writlen o rough- smoothsvengolideck)is o on bolhprediclions. I lhrough9, butlheirorderis nolquileos rondomos it Thenumberforcerequires9 cords,numbered Pogel9
Br.rccBcrnstein looks.Followolongwithcordsin hondondyou'llseewhotI meon.Putlhe 1,5.9in one Plle'lhe 2'6'7in o 2nd pile,ondfi; 3,4,8in o 3rdpile.Noficetholeochol lhe 3 pilesodd up to 15 Togel thecordsin lhe properorder,iusttokeo cordfiompilel, ihenputo cordfrompile2 on top of ii, lheno cordfrom pile3 goeson topof lhe lst 2 cords.Theno 2ndcordfrompile1 goeson lop, then1 frompile2, ond lhenpile3.Thefinolcordsoreolsoputonlop in order,ondyou?ereodyio go Thecordsconnowbe cutos monytimesosyouwish,yetwhendeoltout,lhe 3 pileswilleochstillodd uplo'15. 'l5,il doesnl mofterwhichoI the 3 Pilesis io be Sinceeochpile conloinscordstholwill odd up to discorded. choices, lheirPrevious orewritlendiredlyundemeoth numbers BecoUse ol lhe loclthoteochperson's lhe lotolHASto be i65. Hereoreo lewexomples:
ond ofhersoverfhe yeors.TheideooI London, [orryBecker, hovebeenusedby.Jock Similorconcepls TerryNosek.Theorrongemenfoi lo o cleverMentolist, hovingeochgroupof numbersiofoll5belongs is my moinimProvemenl. ihesenumbersinloo slocklholconbeculrepeoledly
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IIUI'IBERPREDICTIOII II'IPRO].IPTO cords,ond openlynumberlhemfromI to 9 Youlokeoui nineofyourbusiness EfFECT: whichis plocedin full On onolhercord,or pieceoI pqper,elc.,yousecretlywritedowno prediction youthenexplointholyouwishsomeoneto "rondomize" lhe orderof ihecords.The"swkhing"procethe cordsby lellingyou ore to helpyou 'tondomize" ond thenthe speclolors dureis demonslroted cords. whento s,wilch you hovesomeonegivelhe cordso seriesof stroightculs Aftelthecordshovebeen"rondomized", Thecordsorelhendeon,oneol o time,intothreepiles. is oskedto discordoneof lhe lhreepiles Tomixihingsup evenmore,o sPectoior pilesYouwriteihotnumberon o Youoskforo numberlo be colledoutfom oneol thetwo remoining pieceof poper. is oskedlo collouto numberfromthe otherremoiningPile.He is oskedif his A differenlspectotor or lo of thefirslsPeclobrsnumbers, numbersshouldbe plocedto the righi(i.e.in the one'scolumn) A two digitnumberhosiustbeenformed lhe left(i.e.iheTen'scolumn). ol hisfirst Thelirstpersonis oskedlo colloff onofhernumberfromhis pile.lt is wriflenunderneoth whichiswrilienunderhisfirstselecTie secondpersonthencollsoutonotherof hisnumbers, choice. lton.
whichorewrillendownundertheirfirsltwo choices numbers nowcollofitheirfinol Boihspeclolors is reod ThenumbersqreoddeduP- ondthenthePrediction predidedthelotol! Youhovecorrecflv ond the switch of the numberpredictionin 'ulilityMentolRoutine" lJtEIlloD:Thisis o combinolion Molch". from'Symbolic technique Prediction" lo slocklhecordsqlo '"Number sequence youusethe"demonstrolion" voriotion, In.this Asusuol,if youfollowolongwithcordsin hond,ilwill be eosierto grosp remembenng sequence, Hovelhe cordsfocedownin orderfrom1downio 9 Dofhe"demonstrolion" to lurnthecordsfqceup os voudeolthem,os follows: >DeolI singly. >Deol2 singly. >Deol3 singly. Poge2l
BrurcBchstein 4 ond 5. >"Swifch" >Deol6 singly. >Deol7singly. >-Switch' 8 ond 9. Thecordsshouldnowbe foceup,in thefollowingorder: 8
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Thc coing sosth L*latc 6 FEWTltO0GltrS6800T ilf,GrGtdilSflllD l,lEllrdUSTlS: It sureseemslikethe Hotfields ond lhe Mccoys.theyoretwo groupslhol seemfo be foreverot eoch other'slhroolsond nothingconevermokelhemgetqlong. ore ripoffortistslholployuponthegullibility Mogicions olwoysseemlo ronlond rovethotMentolists performonce, people possibility iheyore of E.S.P. Andif ot o Mentolisfs who octuollybelievein fhe oi "fooled".lhe theycloimwhol cryofsetup or sloogeringsoutloudondcleor.Andworslololl,howDARE theydo is reol. hovelokenoll ofthereol on lhe ofherhond,oftenmoonond groonobouthowMogicions Menlolisls, "Mogic"oui otlheirperformonces, o "mirocle" ondlurnwholol onetimewouldhovebeenconsidered intoo 'trick".Oftenfheywill put downo regulormogicshowos o "porodeof poinledboxes",or o disployof "iuggling" witho deckof cords. It seemslo me thollhis locko{ respectbeiweenthesefieldsis o sodstoieof offoirs.|rs nol wholstyle Buiwhotoflen ils donein, bui whetherifs donewith slyle,lhol shouldbe the moinconsiderolion. gelsfo me,isfhol bofhfieldsletlheirdislikefortheolherstondintheirwoyof leorningfromil. REAI-LY of Menlolism lf I congetonlyoneideoocrossio you,islhot by opplyingsomeoflhe bosiclechniques oswellos moreMogicol. to yourMogic,it conbecomemoredeceptive, os wellos pretlyslick Mysticol, Anddon'tthinkthoflhe oudiencedoesnlexpeclyouto be somewhot performed of mogic showsis ollen even lhe mod siondord wiih o deckof cords.Anyonewho hqs oskedif theyconreodpolms. "Personol is o perfeclexomple.Theeffeciploysquitewellos o stroightcordlrick,bd I Atfochmenl" islhrownin. Alwoysrehopeihot you reolizehow muchsfrongerit ployswhensomeColdReoding you. you thenin ff consomehowmokeon effecl membel peopleore morelnteresled in themselves morepersonolto someone,theywill enioyil oll lhe more.lf youmokeii morepersonol,in o more mogicolmonner,lhonoll lhe better. by Whenyouore obleto discernsomefoctsyoushouldhoveno woy of knowingoboutthe speciotor oboui of belief,or ol leoslcuriosity merelyholdingher ring,you ore helpinglhem inloo fromework whotis to follow. lo TONSof methods Thereoreobviously Thinko{ "CordThroughToble",ond itseffeclon on oudience. chosencordondo regulordeck.MostpeoPlethinklhotony do thiseffectwilh,butnoiwiih o menfolly ond conmoke folsebeliefs!), Mogicionmusl be o whizwiih o deckof cords0olkobouiencouroging youpickonyonelhofyouwont'ihemto,sofheimpoctofwhoiseemslo be o rondommenlolseleclion oddso loyerof mysleryto almoslonyclqssicplot. is to do o quickreoding one of lhe beslwoysI knowfor o Mogicionlo procliceo liifleColdReoding q wheno speclqtoris oskedto nomeo cord{ornumber,or color,eic.),in on effectlhot he is olreody doing.A simpleexomplewouldbe: Poge23
