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25 ONE MAN MIND READING TRICKS
By U. F. Gr ant I n of f er i ng t he f ol l owi ng met hods pl ease under st and t he met hod you l east expect t o be good i s somet i mes t he one t hat wi l l f ool your audi ence most . Dunni nger has pr oven t hat a si mpl e i dea wi t h a l i t t l e showmanshi p out cl asses compl i cat ed met hods. Wi t h t he f ol l owi ng i deas t o wor k on you shoul d have no t r oubl e i n f i ndi ng at l east one i dea t hat you can use t o myst i f y your f r i ends or t o use i n your act . I have gi ven you i mpr ompt u st unt s, car d t r i cks, mi nd r eadi ng met hods, compl et e act i t ems and publ i ci t y i t ems. I have not gi ven t hese ef f ect s any bui l dup, j ust t he r aw mat er i al i n a shor t snappy manner t hat gi ves you t he met hod. From t her e on i t i s up t o you. I f you cannot or i gi nat e your own pr esent at i on or pat t er , chances ar e agai nst you as a success f ul mi nd r eader . No. 1 - Bi l l Readi ng. Have a dol l ar bi l l secret l y crumpl ed up i n your hand, one t hat you know t he ser i al number of . Ask a per son t o t ake a dol l ar bi l l f r om hi s pocket , not e t he dat e on i t , cr umpl e i t up, and t hen you t ake i t addi ng i t al ong si de t he one you have. The t wo appear as one and t he hands ar e shown as empt y. Pl ace t hem t o f or ehead and pr et end t o concent r at e. Then cal l out t he dat e on same i s "1935" ( You wi l l di scover al l dol l ar bi l l s ar e 1955, a f act not known by t he aver age per son. ) Then hand bi l l f or anot her per son t o ver i f y t he dat e on, BUT. . . you hand t hi s per s on your bi l l , r et ai ni ng t he or i gi nal bi l l s ecr et l y i n hand. Thi s per son opens bi l l out and ver i f i es i t i s t he same and i s 1935. Thi s pr oves t o t he audi ence t hat you have not swi t ched bi l l s. ( A r eal st r ong poi nt . ) Then t el l per son t o not e ser i al number on same and you cal l i t out . Then r et ur n bi l l t o or i gi nal owner . Read t hi s st unt over agai n and not e st r ong poi nt s. A sol di er cust omer who bought a f i r st edi t i on copy of t hi s manuscr i pt wr i t es i n t o say he has made a r eput at i on wi t h t hi s one st unt al one, wor ki ng i t on hi s buddi es. No. 2 - Name Dupl i cat i on. Have t wo smal l squar es of paper and f ol d t hem al i ke. Pl ace one i n an envel ope. Have ot her i n vest pocket and you ar e set . Take one f r om pocket out and anyone wr i t es a name on i t and r ef ol ds i t . You t ake i t and pr et end t o pl ace i t i n t he envel ope t hat has t he bl ank one al r eady i n. Your hand goes i n wi t h t hei r paper and
r i ght out agai n as i f pl aci ng paper i n envel ope, but as hand comes out i t secr et l y br i ngs paper back out wi t h i t . At same t i me t i p envel ope so t hey see t he dupl i cat e paper i s t her e. The i l l us i on on t hi s i s per f ec t . Hand wi t h s l i p i n goes t o pocket f or appar ent l y anot her sl i p and opens i t out and pr et ends t o wr i t e a name on i t . I t i s r eal l y t he or i gi nal and you not e name wr i t t en on same. Have a per son hol d t hi s. Then you open sl i p i n envel ope, appar ent l y one per son wr ot e on - r eal l y a bl ank, open i t out and pr et end t o r ead t he name t hey had on i t . Then ot her per son opens your appar ent sl i p and ver i f ys your wr i t t en name. Unknown t o t hem or t he r est , t hey ar e r eadi ng of f name f i r st per son act ual l y wr ot e. A cl ever dodge. No. 3 - Best I mpr ompt u Met hod. Have & smal l sl i p of paper about t wo and a hal f i nches squar e. Show t hi s and dr aw a l ar ge ci r cl e i n t he cent er of same, about an i nch and a hal f i n di amet er . Then f ol d paper i n hal f , t hen i n hal f t he ot her way. Take t hi s sl i p out of pocket , have per son wr i t e anyt hi ng i n t he ci r cl e and r ef ol d t he paper t he same. St ar t i ng f r om ei t her r ough edge of f ol ded paper , t ear i t down i nt o t hr ee sect i ons, pl aci ng t or n sect i ons i n f r ont of t he ot her s. Then t ear t hese pi eces al l i n hal f once, pl aci ng pi eces j ust t or n t o f r ont of pi l e. You wi l l now di scover t hat t he back pi ece has t he or i gi nal cent er sect i on unhar med. So as you dr op pi eces i nt o a ash t r ay t o bur n, you mer el y r et ai n or hol d back t hi s one r ear pi ece. Pi ck up a l ar ge pad t o wr i t e an answer t o t he quest i on. Under cover of t he pad open out t hi s s mal l pi ece of paper and t her e i s your f ul l i nf or mat i on. Thi s i s t he most wi del y used met hod t oday f or cl ose- up wor k. I t was or i gi nat ed by Ted Annemann. No. 4 — Best Di gi t Test . The gr eat est pr edi ct i on number t r i ck of al l t i me, has f ool ed many a seasoned magi ci an and l ooks FAI R and no gi mmi cks, sl at es or pads ar e used. I say t hat once you make use of t hi s you wi l l never l eave i t of f your l i st . By al l means r ead i t over car ef ul l y and gi ve i t a f ai r t r i al . Have a per son t hi nk of t he year of t hei r bi r t h. A second per son t he year t hey wer e mar r i ed, t hi r d per son year somet hi ng i mpor t ant happened i n t hei r l i f e and f our t h per son a year of any speci al event . You pr et end t o r ead t hei r t hought s and wr i t e a pr edi ct i on on a sl i p of paper and l et anyone hol d i t . The pr edi ct i on you wr i t e on same i s " 7 , 621. " Hand an unpr epar ed pad or sl at e t o f i r st per son t o wr i t e down t hei r t hought of number . He hands i t t o second and t hen t he t hi r d, t hey wr i t e down t hei r number s
under t he f i r st one. Then you car r y i t over t o t he f our t h per son. The f our t h per son i s a conf eder at e and mer el y pr et ends t o wr i t e down hi s number . You can get anyone t o do t hi s f or you and be sur e t hey ar e i n a posi t i on wher e no one can l ock over t hei r shoul der . You t ake t he pad f r om t hi s per son and st ep back t o f r ont sayi ng you wi l l check t he number s and add t hen up. They wr ot e t hei r number s one set under t he ot her so t hey coul d be added. You know your pr edi ct i on i s 7, 621, so you pl ace t hi s down i n t he addi t i on sect i on. Above t hi s i s t he bl ank f our t h space. Now, as you add up t he l ast col umn you add a number i n f our t h space t o br i ng t ot al of t hat col umn t o 1. Next col umn over a number i n f our t h space t o br i ng t ot al t o 2, and next a 6 and f i nal a 7. I n ot her wor ds you add a number i n f our t h space t o br i ng t he t ot al t o your pr edi ct i on. Now hand pad t o anot her per son t o check your addi t i on. Then have each per son who wr ot e a number down ver i f y i t . Then t hey open your pr edi ct i on and f i nd you pr edi ct ed t he t ot al i n advance. A Mi r acl e Ef f ect . No. 5 - Have a deck of car ds set up i n Si St ebbi ns s et - up and st ep f or war d and gi ve i t a ser i es of si ngl e over hand cut s. Then spr ead t hem out on t abl e backs up and whi l e you ar e out of t he r oom, anyone r emoves t wo car ds f r om t he deck, bot h si de by si de, and pl aces t op car d of t he t wo i n hi s r i ght pocket and r emai ni ng car d i n t he l ef t . You r et ur n and al l ow anyone t o t r y t o guess whi ch car d i s i n hi s r i ght pocket . Thi s t hey do and nat ur al l y t hey ar e wr ong. He br i ngs t hi s c ar d out t o ver i f y i t . Thi s c ar d t el l s you t he car d he has i n hi s l ef t pocket , t hanks t o t he st acked deck. So you dr amat i cal l y cal l out t he name of t he car d i n hi s l ef t pocket . No. 6 - I n t he r i ght si de pocket have one way f or ce deck wi t h a ext r a car d on bot t om t hat i s di f f er ent . Have anot her deck t hat backs mat ch t he f i r st one, but t hi s deck i s r egul ar , is a compl et e 52 car d deck. Hand i t f or exami nat i on and have i t shuf f l ed. Take i t back and pl ace i t i n your pocket t o i l l ust r at e what you want done. They ar e t o pl ace deck i n t hei r pocket and r each i n pocket and pul l out one car d, peek at i t and pl ace i t back i n pocket . Then you t ake deck out of your pocket , as you i l l ust r at e what t hey ar e t o do, but you br i ng out t he dupl i cat e deck, t he one way f or ce deck, i nst ead of t he r egul ar deck. So you know i n advance what car d t hey ar e goi ng t o l ook at and you pr et end t o r ead t hei r mi nd and cal l out t he car d.
No. 7 - Thi s cl ever dodge makes use of a Svengal i Deck. Ever y ot her car d i s al i ke and cut shor t , so you can r i f f l e edge of deck and appear s as a r egul ar deck of car ds. But t hi s r i f f l e i s not nec es s ar y i n t hi s t r i c k. We wi l l s ay t he t op car d i s t he Ace of Cl ubs, ever y ot her car d t hr oughout t he deck wi l l be an Ace of Cl ubs. You t ake deck and deal t op car d f ace down, next car d f ace up, next down, next f ace up and so on unt i l you have deal t out as much of t he deck as you desi r e. Whi l e you t ur n your back or ar e out of t he r oom, anyone peeks at one of t he f ace down car ds and not es t he f ace up car d t hat i s near i t . Then you r et ur n and gat her al l t he car ds up and back i nt o deck and pl ace deck i n your pocket . Then gaze at per son who peeked at t he car d and t el l t hem t he car d t hey peeked at was t he Ace of Cl ubs. Thi s i s t he car d i t has t o be as al l f ace down car ds wer e Ace of Cl ubs. Seei ng i ndi f f er ent car ds f ace up car r i ed out t o mi nd of t he audi ence t hat al l car ds i n t he deck wer e di f f er ent . No. 8 - Tel l per son t o t hi nk of a l i ght or dar k hai r ed man or woman. Then t o t el l you whi ch t hey ar e t hi nki ng of . I f a l i ght man you pi ck out a r ed ki ng, i f a dar k woman you pi ck out a bl ack queen, et c. Pl ace t hat car d f ace up t o one si de. Now you show a t wo of di amonds and unknown t o audi ence has been cut shor t . Gi ve per son t hi s car d and t el l t hem t o wr i t e on f ace of same t he name of per son t hey have i n mi nd, t hen t o shuf f l e t hi s car d i nt o deck. You t ake deck back and r i f f l e edges unt i l you come t o snor t car d, cut deck her e and gi ve deck a r i f f l e shuf f l e so t hat you br i ng shor t car d t o bot t om of deck. Now as you push t wo hal ves of deck t oget her you peek at bot t om car d and secr et l y r ead name on same. Then dr amat i cal l y cal l out t he name per son has i n mi nd. No. 9 - Car d Thought Pr oj ect i on. Bot t om hal f of deck t he c ar ds ar e al l di f f er ent , t op hal f t hey ar e al l al i ke. Fan out deck f ace up near t he bot t om and have per son pi ck out one. Then you pl ace i t back i n t he deck and say you wi l l cause a per son t o name t he number f r om t he t op t hi s car d i s. The one you had per son r emove f r om unpr epar ed sect i on of deck i s t he same as t he t op hal f of car ds. So no mat t er what number per son cal l s bet ween 1 and 26, t hat wi l l be t he car d t he f i r st per son appar ent l y had t hei r f r ee choi ce of . A baf f l i ng t est t o t hose who do not know of f or ce decks.
No. 10 - Li t es Out . Pass out bl ank car ds and have your par l or audi ence wr i t e quest i ons and anyone col l ect s t hem and pl aces t hem on a t abl e i n a pi l e, f ace down. Li t es ar e t ur ned out so you may concent r at e on t hei r t hought s. Under cover of dar kness you t ake some of t he car ds and pl ace i n your l ap and r epl ace t hem wi t h bl anks. Li t es cone on and you ar e seat ed at r ear of t abl e and appar ent l y go i nt o t r ance wi t h head r est i ng on r i ght hand, el bow of t hat ar m r est i ng on t abl e t op. Ri ght hand i s i n l ap and secr et l y t ur ns car ds over so you can l ook down i nt o l ap and r ead quest i ons and answer t hem whi l e i n appar ent t r ance. Cupped l ef t hand hi des t he eyes so audi ence can not see t hem l ooki ng down i nt o l ap. Thi s i s a r ough i dea and shoul d be f ood f or t hought . No. 11 - Dunni nger Type Act . Sl i ps ar e passed out and f ol ks may use t hei r own paper i f t hey desi r e. They wr i t e quest i ons and f ol d sl i ps up, anyone col l ect s t hem i n a l ar ge envel ope. The Magi ci an, appar ent l y speedi ng t hi ngs up, shows per son how t o col l ect t hem f ast , he t akes a quest i on f r om a per son and pl aces i t i n t he l ar ge envel ope, but as he does he st eal s a handf ul , t hen hel per cont i nues col l ect i ng, seal s t he l ar ge envel ope and st ands or si t s on i t . Magi goes back t o f r ont and si t s at a desk t hat has a f r ont and si de wi ngs and under cover of t hi s s ecr et l y opens sl i ps and r eads t hem and answer s t hem. Thi s pr oves t hat showmanshi p i s what get s a man by, not hi s met hods. No. 12 - Anot her Dunni nger Type Met hod. Pass out car ds and as you go ar ound t o hand envel opes f or t hem bo seal t hem i n, you st eal a f ew l ooks at quest i ons and make not es on t hem i n your pocket t hat has a smal l pad and a st ub penci l . Lat er on get t hese not es out and under cover of l ar ge pad r ead t hem of f . You have answer ed quest i ons t hat have never l ef t t hei r hands . No. 13 - Weekl y Pr edi ct i on or Pr oj ect i on. You pr et end t o wr i t e a pr edi ct i on on a paper and seal i t i n an envel ope and l et t hem l ock i t i n a saf e. Then you t el l audi ence t o t hi nk of a number . They mai l i n t he number t hey t hought of . They ar e count ed and t hey t ake seal ed envel ope out of saf e and you hol d seal ed envel ope i n f ul l vi ew. Unknown t o al l , envel ope has car bon paper i n and on your t humb nai l i s a smal l f l esh col or ed ni b, known t o most magi ci ans as a t humb nai l wr i t er . They cal l out number most peopl e sent i n. As t hey do t hi s your t humb at r ear wr i t es out t hat number , so
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No. 14 - Commi t t ee Test . The commi t t ee goes i n a sound pr oof r oom and deci des on a t est f or you t o per f or m, BUT, t he commi t t ee has t o t al k t o deci de on a t est and unknown t o t hem you have a di ct aphone i n t he r oom and ar e l i st eni ng i n on t hei r conver sat i on. Thi s i s t he one t hat has baf f l ed al l t he magi ci ans. They never dr eamed of t hi s. I t agai n pr oves t he si mpl e met hods ar e t he best . No. 15 - Gr ant ' s Thought Pr oj ect or . Thi s i s a l engt h of r ope t hat has a r ubber t ube r unni ng t hr ough t he cent er of same and a smal l sack at one end of r ope at end of t ube. At ot her end of r ope and comi ng out of same i s end of t ube and on t hi s t ube i s a r ubber bal l . When t hi s i s pr essed i t causes t he sack at ot her end of t ube t o i nf l at e. So per son hol di ng ot her end of r ope f eel s t hi s sl i ght vi br at i on. Have t wo peopl e st ep f or war d and st and at each si de of you. Have one per son hol d end of r ope and you hol d ot her end. You hol d end wi t h bal l and keep i t conceal ed. Ot her per son whi sper s a car d i n your ear . You t el l per son wi t h r ope you wi l l cal l out t he 4 sui t s and t hey ar e t o r emember t he one t hey get a vi br at i on on. As you cal l t hem out you pr ess bul b on sui t ot her per son whi sper ed. Then count sl owl y f r om 1 t o 15 and pr ess bul b on cor r ect number and t hen per son at ot her end of r ope i s abl e t o name car d. Thi s can be used many ways. Wi t h number s, names, et c, Dunni nger makes a mi r acl e of i t . No. 16 - I f you ar e goi ng t o have a commi t t ee gi ve you a t est at your next pr ogr am or br oadcast , you know i n advance whom t hey ar e goi ng t o be. Thi s gi ves you a chance t o check i nt o t hei r pr i vat e l i ves and when pr ogr am comes on you t el l t hem many unusual t hi ngs about t hemsel ves and f ami l i es, et c. No. 17 - Have anyone st and at ent r ance wi t h cl i p boar d wi t h per f or at ed paper s on same. The f i r st 5 t o 7 peopl e t hat cone i n l et t hem wr i t e a quest i on and t ear i t of f and keep i t, bei ng s ur e t o s i gn t hei r name i n f ul l t o t hei r quest i ons as you ar e goi ng t o t r y a speci al t est t hi s eveni ng, et c. Rest of audi ence t hat comes i n l at er i s not awar e of t hi s, Take t he boar d back st age and t hi s i s t he r egul ar cl i p boar d sol d by al l Magi c Deal er s and you have i nsi de same a car bon i mpr ess i on of t hi ngs t hese peopl e
wr ot e. You can l ook t he names up i n a t el ephone di r ect or y and get phone number , st r eet number , et c. Even phone t hei r home under pr et ext and get any f ur t her i nf or mat i on you can. Now dur i ng your per f or mance you answer quest i ons t hey di d not wr i t e i n t heat r e and have never l ef t t hei r possessi on. Answer t hei r quest i ons and t el l t hem some amazi ng i nf or mat i on about t hemsel ves, et c. Thi s i s r eal l y gr eat stuff. No. 18 - Tel ephone Di r ect or y Test - Thi s i s one used most success f ul l y by many pr of ess i onal s and most magi ci ans s t eer shy of i t , f i gur i ng i t wi l l not wor k. Take t he book and open i t out at cent er and bend i t back on i t sl ef at t hi s cent er sect i on. Do t hi s sever al t i mes and not e t he page. We wi l l say i t i s 585. So you not e t he 16t h name on t he l ef t col umn, and t hey wi l l i nvar i abl y open i t at page 585, at t he br eak. Ask name of page, t el l t hem t o add t he t hr ee number s t oget her , whi ch t ot al 16, l ook at t he 16t h name i n l ef t col umn and you cal l i t out wi t h t el ephone number . A si mpl e but WONDERFUL ef f ect . No. 19 - Houdi ni Bi l l Readi ng. Thi s wor ks out wher e you have r eser ved seat s. Ti cket sel l er i n gi vi ng change back, gi ves a per son a bi l l you know t he ser i al number of and t hen t el l s you what seat t hi s per son wi l l occupy. So i n your per f or mance you t el l t hat per son t o t ake out hi s wal l et and r emove t he f i r st bi l l he comes t o and you t el l hi m t he number on same. No. 20 - You wi l l f i nd t hat i f you back of a paper and you hand paper gl ass f or t hem t o use as a wr i t i ng quest i on and as you pl ace gl ass down an angl e you can see an i mpr essi on of
r ub par af f i n over t he out wi t h a sheet of sur f ace and t hey keep t hat i f you get i t at t hei r wr i t i ng.
No. 21 - Have a t abl e wi t h a f r ost ed gl ass t op and i n t hi s t abl e have a l ong show case bul b conceal ed and on t op of t abl e a r eadi ng l amp, so i t wi l l l ook nat ur al f or a cor d t o be r unni ng t o t he t abl e. So wi r e r uns t o l amp and ext r a wi r e down i nt o l i ght i n t abl e. Lamp l i ght ed on t abl e ki l l s gl ar e of l i ght comi ng up t hr ough gl ass t op t abl e. You ar e seat ed at t abl e wi t h seal ed envel opes wi t h quest i ons i n and t he l i ght comi ng up t hr ough t abl e t op makes envel opes t r anspar ent so you can r ead quest i ons.
No. 22 - Fl ami ng Answer . Have a met al bowl wi t h any mat er i al i n i t so i t wi l l bur n st eadi l y f or your ment al par t of act . Al so have i n a gl ass bowl some al cohol , r egul ar r ubbi ng al cohol wi l l be O. K. Then you r equi r e a set of t ongs or anyt hi ng wi t h handl es t o hol d envel opes at i t s end. They wr i t e quest i ons on car ds t hat t hey seal i n envel opes. . . you col l ect t hem and t hen cl i p one on end of t ongs, di p i t i n al cohol and t hen di p i n f l ami ng bowl and t hi s cat ches t he envel ope on f i r e. As i t bur ns, t hanks t o al cohol , t he envel ope becomes t r anspar ent so you can r ead quest i on as i t bur ns, soon as possi bl e l et i t f al l down i nt o bowl . Thi s i s done wi t h each quest i on as you answer i t. No. 23 - I n answer i ng quest i ons i t i s a good i dea t o cal l out a f ew f ake quest i ons and pr et end t hat per son i n audi ence ver i f i es i t and t hen cal l out a good dr amat i c answer . No. 24 - The f i r s t col or a per s on wi l l t hi nk of i s " Red" . . . . f i r s t wi l d ani mal wi l l us ual l y be " L i on" . . . and t he f i r st sweet smel l i ng f l ower wi l l be " Rose" so you can wor k qui t e a pr edi ct i on wi t h t hi s st unt . No. 25 - A cl ever cl oser used by Syl Rei l l y. Pr edi ct on a sl at e t he number " 7. " Tel l audi ence t o t hi nk of a number bet ween one and t en. . . Tur n sl at e ar ound and show t he 7, Tel l t hose who t hought of 7 t o r ai se t hei r hands. You wi l l f i nd t hat over 70 per cent wi l l r ai se t hei r hands. Thus pr ovi ng, you pr oj ect ed t hat t hought i nt o t hei r mi nds. Publ i shed By: U. F. GRANT, Col umbus 4, Ohi o
