Small World Small World Patrick G. Redford
Special Thanks to the following for sitting through countless versions and minor variations of these effects. effects. Banachek Ben Seidman Paul Shirley Kayleigh Lange Ben Blau William Rader
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Contents The Man Who Sold Who Sold The World (Introduction) PHAS !" Tin# World Tin# World ($ cards) PHAS TW! Small World Small World (%& cards) Mad World Mad World (%& card 'ariation) PHAS THR Perfect World Perfect World (%& Card "umer Match) ATR"AT PHAS *ne+,ected World *ne+,ected World (Prediction -ith %& cards) ull Routine ull Routine /!"*S !,,osites (Still) Attract Wild World Wild World Practical A,,lications Practical A,,lications A00"0*M Charlier Shuf1e Charlier Shuf1e Afterthou2hts After thou2hts It3s the nd of nd of the World
The Man Who Sold The World Paul urry*s now classic Out of this World 1 has spawned countless variations since its original '+,% release. -or some it is the penultimate effect. ost of these full deck versions have a su/0ect /lindly succeeding in perfectly separating twenty1si2 /lack cards from from the other twenty1si2 red. Those who su/scri/e to Rick #ohnson3s% philosophical notion of the 4too perfect theory5 6where a magic or mentalism effect looks too perfect and thus lead an audience directly to the solution or to an incorrect method /reaking the illusion of magical power7$ might 8nd a full deck red1/lack separation too un/elieva/le to /e attri/uted to an individual*s intuition alone. 9f you*re familiar with any fraction of the /ody of work 9*ve pu/lished over the years you*re already aware that 9 have an in8nity with presentations that empower the audience. audience. While 9 personally love the the idea of a full deck Out deck Out of This World $ 9 think it*s too impossi/le 6with odds at the one in two hundred eighty1one trillion7 to attri/ute its success success to anything more than trickery trickery.. Some have set to solve this issue /y controlling the 8nal out come to have two or three planned mistakes. Some of these pu/lished versions even go so far as to have an additional clima2 that predicts predicts that these these mistakes will occur occur.. While one of the variations you*ll you*ll 8nd in this manuscript manuscript contains a prediction prediction element$ it is my opinion that such predictions undermine the stronger effect of complete success. Such predictions support the demonstrated theory that the performer must 6somehow7 possess power over the order of the cards despite the 4hands off5 nature of the separation. Simply put$ most Out of This World effects effects involve too too many cards. cards. y 8rst 8rst 8rst e2posure to miniaturi:ing the effect to use less l ess cards was when reading Luke 1 According to Paul Curry's Worlds Beyond the plot of having a subject subject separate separate face face down down cards into red and blacks was was not first introduced by Curry but has been traced traced back as early early as the 18s! "ore about the plots origins #ay be read fro# author $einhard "uller in Underworld % &o! 1% 1(% p! )! * +ee The “Too Perfect” Theory in Hier in Hierophant ophant 5&6 , Tannen Tannen Magic, Inc. Inc. 1, pg! *),
#ermay*s Out of T(his) World in in his /ook Building Blocks 6pg. '%+7.( 9t /egins /eautifully with seemingly only si2 cards. The su/0ect successfully successfully culls the three red cards from the three /lack /efore the effect moves into a psychologically charged charged full deck separation. separation. The solution #ermay #ermay presents is very commercial and worth your time and consideration. Small World differers from #ermay*s #ermay*s in that it uses no more than cards known to /e in play. 9t may also uses as few as si2 cards and is much more akin to #on )rmstrong*s Out of this Blah Blah Blah , though has its inspirational roots in Karl -ulves Opposites Attract and artin "ardner*s Color Thot. Tiny World is the 8rst phase presented here and approaches with a mechanical method com/ined with the psychological advantage that allows the possi/ility of the su/0ect truly separate the three red cards from the three /lack. 9n the end the effect is virtually moveless. The rest of the /ooklet /reaks down different approaches to each phase separately in hopes you*ll pick and choose those you prefer. prefer. When in actual performance 9*ll do as many as three of them /ack to /ack. )s each version /uilds methodologically on the previous$ 9*ve chosen to e2plain each as if they were separate routines rather than individual phases of one. World /irthed through the inspiration of an effect 9 8rst read The roots of Small World and learned from Karl -ulves in Self Working ard agic called Opposites Attract ;. 9n this effect$ -ulves removed all of the kings and
printed though 9 feel 9*ve contri/uted some changes that you may read later in this /ooklet that short cut and 0ustify much of the procedure and create a /etter end illusion. 9n the original effect$ one pile had to /e reverse counted for seemingly no reason. The kings were o/viously not all coming from the same packet /ut simply pairing the same opposing position as the
ne of the ma0or advantages that Small World have over other versions$ is that less cards are in play so there*s less headwork that the performer need pay attention to.
The 8nal addition 9 feel 9*ve contri/uted to this sort of thinking is i s in the 8nal display position in which the cards are revealed face1up. )rmstrong )rmstrong used a su/tle packet switch techni
PHAS !" PHAS !"
Tin# World Tin# World /asic ffect4 a su/0ect correctly separates three /lack cards from three red cards. 5erit#4 =ou need si2 cards? three red and three /lack. )rrange them as follows from top down? red$ red$ red$ /lack$ /lack$ /lack$ /lack. Turn Turn the packet face down and you*re you*re ready to /egin. The cards may /e false shuf@ed one of two ways /efore the su/0ect is offered to e2tract any three cards. cards. =ou may use a harlier Shuf@e$ /eing sure to cut cut the packet /ack to its original starting position$ or simply do an overhand run shuf@e /eing sure not to mi2 the center few cards. Aeal the cards down onto the ta/le in a face down row. row. The /acks of the cards in the image /elow have /een changed to indicate what color each card is on its face. 9n performance all si2 cards would look the same on the /ack. /ack.
)sk the su/0ect to pull any three cards forward. 9t doesn*t matter which three the su/0ect chooses. chooses. e or she will will always yield one of two results? results? Cither the su/0ect will pull all cards of the same color 6unlikely7$ or pull two of one color and one of the opposite color 6most likely7. likely7. >/viously if the su/0ect pulls all three of the same color there is no covert work to /e done. Simply s
ore than likely the su/0ect will make a similar similar choice to the one /elow. /elow. Thus having one card from one color and two from from the other. other. There are a num/er of different choices the su/0ect may make$ /ut it will always yield the same results. Push the su/0ect*s su/0ect*s cards together together so that the the the odd colored card is on top. Ao the same with the three cards left /ehind. Dote? the piles will always /e gathered from opposite directions.
Position the two piles as pictured /elow?
Position check? there should /e one red card on the top of one pile and one /lack card on top of the other. By covertly switching these top two cards /etween piles$ every red card will appear to have /een separated from every /lack. Pick up the top card of each pile$ simultaneously taking the top card from the su/0ects pile with your left hand and the top card of the pile closest to you in your right. Bring these two cards cards up to chest chest level with the /acks /acks towards the audienceE holding them side side /y side. This action accomplishes accomplishes two things at once? it moves focus away from the ta/led packets and creates a time misdirection away from which hand took what from which pile. Look the su/0ect straight in the eyes and say anything to keep their attention on the cards you now hold. Such as$ “Wouldn't it be cool if these two cards were different colors? Place Place those two cards on the ta/le face up on the ta/le as follows? The left hand card should go left most and the right hand card goes right most. The right hand card should land face up to the left of the forward most pile. 9t should look like this?
De2t$ take the top card of each pile$ this time taking the front1most pile*s card with the right hand and with the left hand taking the top card of the pile closest to you. Bring these two cards up to chest level as /efore and turn them to face the audience. Place these two cards down on the ta/le$ face up$ again in their respective face up piles. The left hand card will go in the left most and the right hand card to the right. Pick up the last two cards in the same way way$ display their F faces and place them face up 0oining the other four. four. By moving the cards from a vertical formation to a hori:ontal formation$ in com/ination with the su/tle one time position switch of the hands$ helps to make this effect e2tremely deceptive. Ps#cholo2ical d2e 9t may /e of interest that it*s possi/le to play around with the placement of the si2 cards as$ no matter their order$ order$ the su/0ect is either /ound to take two of one color and one of the opposite color. The su/0ect su/0ect may also get lucky and take all three of the same color. color. The cards taken won*t /e in any particular particular order when gathered /ut if you know what*s positioned where at the start$ it*s a simple matter to make sure the odd colored cards are on top of each pile as the cards are gathered together together.. By openly arranging the the cards into a psychologically psychologically potent order while keeping the /acks to the audience prior to the su/0ect*s cull of three we allow for a greater possi/ility of the perfect outcome of the su/0ect taking three of the right color. color. This open arrangement creates even more interest in the effect as it plays more as a psychological game and less as random chance. 9 have found that the most psychologically psychologically potent positioning of the cards to /e as pictured as follows? 9 his secre secrett switching switching of hands hands to packets packets is si#ilar si#ilar to what .on Ar#stron Ar#strong g e:ecutes e:ecutes in his *t of Thi" Thi" Blah Blah Blah 25irst published on %r"tr on %r"trong ong Magic 'ol. 'ol. ( by ( by / 6 / #ulti#edia #ulti#edia and later later in print as part of Be"t of Be"t of %ll %ll )orld", )orld", he "agic Apple , *. *. pg! )-3! his is a twenty card version version of 0ut of his World! World! "ore recently "ichael 5eld#an published his effect ntuition that uses again the vertical to hori4ontal hand switching! .on credits both "artin ;ardner% ;ardner% Brad Brad
6Dote the a/ove image is from the performers view point.7 ) special special thanks to Ben Siedman for encouraging this line of thinking while sitting in the Aetroit arriot hotel lo//y at ( am. Proceed with the effect as descri/ed previous. inal Thou2hts inal Thou2hts 9f you choose to use the the psychological arrangement$ you may wish to pencil dots on all of the /lack cards so you have to think less a/out where the cards are positioned. This way$ way$ in a simple glance you may make sure the su/0ect su/0ect has taken the correct cards or /e prepared to stack each pile correctly when needed. The 8nal display position that aids in keeping the switching of cards virtually invisi/le is also different different than versions that have /een pu/lished prior. prior. Where G others 6artin "ardner$ #eff cBride$ #on )rmstrong7 )rmstrong7 might display the up1 turned cards to the left and right side of the face down packets$ 9 feel that the illusion is much enhanced the way depicted a/ove.
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PHAS TW!
Small World Small World /asic ffect4 a ffect4 a su/0ect correctly separates 8ve red cards from 8ve /lack cards. 5erit#4 This is an e2tension e2tension of the tiny world world principle with ten cards. cards. This is the 8rst 8rst of two methods that will produce a perfect matching of every card. Begin with the cards face down and /ow the cards upward slightly width wise. This will make the last 4move5 easier to e2ecute. The cards may /e shuf@ed as e2plained in Tin# World to keep the cards secretly separated separated into the reds and /lacks. Because there are are more cards in play$ play$ instead of dealing the cards individually across the ta/le top$ the cards will /e spread into a small fan. Step One.
!pread the the cards down onto the ta/le in a face down row left to right. )s /efore$ the /acks of the cards in the image /elow have /een changed to indicate what color each card is on its face . 9n performance performance all ten cards cards would look the same on the /ack.
=ou*ll ask the su/0ect if he or she wishes to take a card or leave it starting at his or her left 6your right7 and working your way through the spread of cards. 9f the
su/0ect chooses to take a card$ it is removed from the spread and placed face down in front of the su/0ect. Cach card the su/0ect chooses to take is removed in the same way and placed on top of the face down card in front of the su/0ect. Cach card not chosen is left in the spread and slid under the cards left previous. This is repeated for the 8rst 8ve cards$ only. only. 9n effect$ as cards are removed they are reverse counted. )t this this point one of four things things will will have happened? ). 9f after the 8rst 8ve cards$ the su/0ect has only taken two$ proceed the same way with the remaining 8ve allowing the su/0ect to take three more. Sf course the last two options are the least likely to happen$ /ut they do happen. 9n the most likely outcome the su/0ect will make a similar choice to the
one pictured /elowE pulling two cards from one color and two from the other. There are a num/er of different choices the su/0ect may$ may$ make /ut will always yield one of the a/ove results.
6Dote? the cards should /e pulled out completely and stacked as they are chosen to /e taken. taken. The cards shown shown a/ove aren*t removed removed completely to to /e clear where the cards came from7.
>nce removed the cards should /e stacked and look like the a/ove image. Push the remaining cards together so that the the three odd colored cards are on top.
Ste, Three 6 The reveal. Position the two packets as pictured /elow.
With the right hand$ take the card from the forward most pile while the left hand simultaneously takes the card from the /ack1most pile. Turn these cards over side /y side so that the left hand card is left most and the right hand card is right1most directly ne2t to the forward1most pile as pictured. When done it should look like this?
Repeat these actions turning over for the ne2t two cards on top of each pile. )s you turn over each pile$ comment on the cards matching. )fter the 8rst three cards the audience will e2pect the last two cards of each pile to match perfectly. perfectly. This is where the rhythm is changed and the right hand pulls the forward most pile /ack sliding it on top of the /ack1most pile. 9n one continuous action$ the left hand slides the front front pile /ack on top of the /ack and picks picks all of the cards up off the ta/le in one /ackwards 4swoop.5 These cards are immediately turned face up. The top two face face up cards are taken into the right hand hand and deposited on to the right most pile and the /ottom two cards are taken into the left hand and deposited onto the left most pile. The /ow that was placed into the cards at the start helps the front1most pile of cards go where they need to as they are slid /ackward across the ta/le on top of the other pile. This action happens
inal Thou2hts With a /it of trial and error you*ll 8nd the @ow that works /est for you when e2ecuting the 8nal packet switch. 9f you have a video camera$ record yourself doing the routine directly for the camera and watch yourself e2ecute the 8nal actions a few times. =ou =ou want your left hand to /e depositing its single card face up as the right hand /egins to sweep the forward most packet of two cards /ackwards on top of the other leftover face down packet.
Mad World 7 a 'ariation 9n this variation$ the moment the off1color cards are switched /etween piles is changed. 9nstead of having having to switch the last last two cards in each each pile at the end$ these two cards are controlled to the top of each pile and switched at the World7. /eginning of the reveal 6much like in Small World7. 5erit#4 9nstead of /eing sure to end with three cards of the same color on top of each packet$ control the cards so that there are only two of the same color on top of each pile. S
The left hand reaches forward and picks up the top two cards while the right hand simultaneously picks picks up the top two two cards of the /ack1most pile. These cards are /rought to chest level for a moment /efore the top1most card of each
two card packet is aloud to fall face up as pictured.
The two remaining cards held in the left and right hand are held at chess level while asking the audience$ “Wouldn't it be "reat if this one of these (the ri"ht hand card) was also red and this one (the left hand card) was also blac#? Turn the cards over to face the audience and place them down on their respective piles. -inish /y reaching forward to the front front pile with the right hand and turn these cards face up one at a time onto the right most pile. The left hand should simultaneously turns the /ack1most cards face up and place them on the left1 most pile to 8nish with a perfect display. inal Thou2hts inal Thou2hts Rather than worry a/out /eing sure that the cards fall in any particular (1% or %1( orientation$ as the su/0ect takes cards from the spread you may wish to switch Mad World World reveal methods. C2periment and /etween the Small World and Mad play with /oth and see which works /est for you.
PHAS THR PHAS THR
Perfect World Perfect World /asic ffect4 The su/0ect matches the numerical value of his cards with the random numerical order of the performer*s shuf@ed packet. 5erit#4 This is an adaptation of my effect $!% Cards 8rst pu/lished in !&uare 6%&'&7. 9t makes a great follow1up to phases e2plained previously. previously. This effect makes use of something 9*ve named the Tetrad Switch H. The Tetrad Switch is a four1o/0ect switching procedure that$ to the su/0ect doing the switching$ seems free of any kind of control. 9t appears as if it has a vast array of multiple orientations that may may /e switched into. into. 9n truth$ there are only three. Two of these three orientations are mirror images of each other opening this techni
H. 9*ve thoroughly e2plored this switch in /oth my previous pu/lications epta"on $ !&uare $ and $nsconced unda*ent Asunder +a,i*us .
9f performing this phase after any of the previously e2plained$ the two sets of cards will /e mi2ed into a random numerical order. 9t is important that the two sets of cards /egin in the same order as each other so that they may end the same way. way. 9t would /e too suspect to attempt to arrange arrange the su/0ect*s 8ve cards cards into the same numerical matching order that the performer*s pile is in. So instead the performer*s cards are openly$ openly$ /ut secretly arranged into the same numerical matching positions. positions. There*s no need to to call attention to this arranging when e2ecuting it. >n this off /eat /etween phases$ look at the faces and do it. The audience should remain unaware. Bold$ /ut effective. >nce the two piles are arranged the same$ the su/0ect*s cards are turned face down on the ta/le and spread them left to right. The top two cards of the performer*s are cut to the /ottom. The irst Card4 The Control Card The su/0ect is asked to take any one of his or her face down cards and place it to the side face down to his or her left. Because of the stacked stacked arrangement$ arrangement$ it*s a simple matter of o/servation that will help determine which card is removed and then remove the the same valued card card from your face face down cards. cards. Because
the two stacks are in the same order /ut in a different di fferent starting starting position$ the cards will come from two different locations in each spreads$ yet /e the same valued card. The card you removed is place face down in front of the su/0ect card as picture in the ne2t step. The Second Ste,4 The Tetrad S-itch
)fter the su/0ect has placed one of the 8ve cards to the side$ heJshe is asked to give the remaining four a shuf@e. When the su/0ect is satis8ed that the the remaining four cards are mi2ed$ he or she is asked to deal these remaining four cards face up on the ta/le in a row. )s soon as the cards are dealt to the ta/le$ secretly re1arrange the matching packet of four cards in the same order as they appear from your perspective. -or sake of e2ample let*s say the su/0ect*s cards are now in %$ ($ ,$ ; order. This secret re1arrangement is done /y /oldly turning the cards towards oneself 6as one would hold a hand of cards in a card game7$ openly *mi2ing* the cards into the desired order while looking at them. Then s
The secret re1arrangement is done /y reversing the order of the four cards$ holding the four cards in grip as if to perform a legitimate overhand shuf@e and dragging cards singly$ singly$ one at a time$ reversing the four card stack. stack. -inally$ -inally$ the right hand picks up the four cards in the same grip and the left then runs two cards together as a /lock 6not reversing their order7 into the left hand and the right hand throws its remaining two cards on top completing the shuf@e. This false overhand shuf@e should play as an afterthought to reinforce that the performer has no idea what order these 8ve sym/ols are in. While there will /e no need to remem/er the speci8c order of this specially arranged packet$ it is important to remem/er the /ottom card. 9t*s
While a lot has happened method1wise$ the effect hasn*t even /egun in the mind of the su/0ect. )ll seems very fair. fair. 9f done correctly correctly$$ the third card 6second from the right side from the performers perspective7 in the su/0ect*s line of face1up cards should match the /ottom /ottom most card of the set1aside set1aside packet. This is your key card. Remem/er it and its i ts position. These cards are turned face down under the guise of making these shenanigans shenanigans a 4dou/le /lind test.5 test.5 >f course$ that*s far from what it is$ /ut it*s a nice sound /ite to leave in the su/0ect*s memory. The su/0ect is now asked to use his gut1instinct and touch any two cards$ e2change their positions$ then e2change the positions of the other two cards that haven*t /een yet /een touch. )s the su/0ect makes the necessary switches$ switches$ make note of the position of the key card 6the four7 and proceed with one of the following three outcomes? The 8e# Card is !n the ar Ri2ht 9f$ after the Tetrad Tetrad Switch$ the key is positioned on the your far right$ the su/0ect is asked to stack the cards$ one /y one$ starting with the leftmost card so that the key card ends on the /ottom. Then the 8fth card$ that was set aside$ is placed face down on top of everything. The cards in /oth /oth piles are now in the same order from top to /ottom. Reveal the cards one at a time in tandem for an impressive 8nale. The 8e# Card is on the ar eft 9f after the Tetrad Tetrad Switch the key card is i s positioned on your far left$ the su/0ect is asked to stack the cards$ one /y one$ starting with the rightmost card so that the key ends up on the /ottom. -inally$ -inally$ the su/0ect is asked to place the control control card on top of everything as the performer did prior. The cards in /oth piles are now in the same order from top to /ottom. Reveal the cards one at a time$ in
tandem$ for an impressive 8nale. The 8e# Card is in the Middle 9f the key card is one of the middle two cards$ the performer asks the su/0ect to stack the cards$ one /y one$ starting with the left most card 6from your perspective7. Lastly$ Lastly$ the 8rst card placed aside 6the 6the control card7 is added on top. ) small secret ad0ustment of the prediction packet will need to /e made during the course of the reveal. The top card 6the ace7 is dealt face up on the ta/le. The rest of these cards need to /e cut perfectly in half. To do this deceptively$ one could perform a turn over pass$ /ut there*s an an easier way. way. ere we*ll make use of a variation of an optical shift made popular /y Lee )sher*s “-osin" Control. This simple sleight looks as if the top card is dealt to the ta/le while the remaining four cards are spread in a small fan and transferred into the opposite hand. 9n this action the cards are secretly cut in half and reassem/led. There is no heat on this move as the su/0ect will /e asked to deal his hi s or her top card face up ne2t to the performer*s freshly ta/led 8rst card. The Mo'e is +ecuted as ollo-s4 Spread the remaining four cards cleanly face down from the left hand to the right. The topmost card is pushed to the right with the faces of the cards parallel to the @oor. @oor. De2t$ split the cards cards /y taking taking two into the right hand and leaving other two in the left. left. 9n one @uid motion$ reverse reverse /evel 6reverse 6reverse spread7 the cards in /oth hands$ pushing the right hand*s top card to the left with wi th the thum/$ and pulling the left hand*s top top card to the left with its thum/. The left hand cards cards are dropped slightly /elow the right hand*s cards as everything is /rought /ack together reassem/ling them into the right hand. This reverse /evel creates the illusion that the cards have not /een cut$ when in fact they have. pon completion$ the cards should /e roughly s
This move takes less than half a second and is simpler to e2ecute than it reads. ave the su/0ect place the control card on top of everything. 9t*s now a matter of simultaneously dealing your cards into a face up row along with the su/0ect to show a successful matching of every card value. inal Thou2hts inal Thou2hts 9f you*re going to the trou/le of using marked cards. This entire se
ATR"AT PHAS ATR"AT PHAS
*ne+,ected World *ne+,ected World /asic ffect4 The su/0ect matches all /ut one card in each pile. pon turning over a /usiness card that has /een in full view$ it predicts the miss in /oth piles and the e2act position of each. 5erit#4 This is a Mad World variation that leaves one color of the wrong card in each packet. 9t uses this odd card as a /onus prediction eliminating the need for any suspicious movements Prepare the /ack of a /usiness card /y writing? “/ou “/ou will *iss the second card in 0our pac#et and the fourth card in *0 pac#et. Prepare Prepare ten playing cards in Mad World. World. the same red1/lack orientation as descri/ed in Mad When it comes time to perform$ casually place the prepared /usiness card writing side down on the working surface. Aon*t call any special attention to it. )fter allowing the su/0ect to remove 8ve cards from the face down spread 6/eing sure that the top two cards of /oth the su/0ects and your pile are one color and the /ottom three are of the opposite color in each packet7 the left hand picks1up the forward most card while the right hand gra/s the /ack most card. These two cards are /rought together momentarily so that the /ack1most card is /rought /ehind the front1most card as the card*s faces are towards you. These are held in the right hand as if you were holding a hand in a card game. The left hand /rings the audience*s focus to the front most packet /y pointing to it while the right hand performs performs a 4monte move.5 This move secretly secretly e2changes e2changes the left right positions of the two cards. 9t*s simple to e2ecute /y sliding the card closest to the /ody to the left with the thum/ and the 8ngers slide the card furthest away from the /ody to to the right. This secret action action /egins as soon soon as the cards touch together.
The now left1most card is dealt face1up /y the left hand to the left of the front1 most pile. The card in the right hand is dealt face1up to the right of the /ack1 most pile. Pick up the four face down cards in the pile closest to you. =ou*ll =ou*ll secretly transfer the top two cards to the /ottom. To To do so we*ll make use of a variation of an optical shift made popular /y Lee )sher*s “-osin" Control. This sleight will look as if you simply transferred a face down spread of four cards from your left hand to your right. The move is e2ecuted as follows? Spread the remaining four cards cleanly face down from the left hand to the right. The topmost card card is pushed to the right with the faces faces of the cards cards parallel to the @oor. @oor. De2t$ split the cards /y taking two into the right hand and leaving two in the left. 9n one @uid motion$ reverse /evel 6reverse spread7 spread7 the cards in /oth hands$ pushing the right hand*s top card to the left with the thum/ and pulling the left hand*s top card card to the left with its thum/. The left hands cards cards are dropped slightly /elow the right hands cards as everything is /rought /ack together and reassem/led reassem/led into the right hand. hand. This reverse reverse /evel creates the the illusion that the cards have not /een cut$ when in fact they have. pon completion$ the cards cards should /e roughly sf course the su/0ect will have the wrong color card in the second position in his or her pile$ while the ,th card in your pile will wil l /e of the wrong color. Turn over the /usiness card and reveal a perfect surprise match
inal Thou2hts inal Thou2hts There is a possi/ility that the su/0ect pulls four of the same color and one of the opposite. 9f this happens$ it*s impossi/le for the prediction to match as true. 9n this very rare case the /usiness card /ecomes inconse
)s 9 mentioned in the introduction to this manuscript$ it is my feeling that a prediction element actually weakens the effect rather than making it i t stronger. stronger. 9t suggests that the performer has total control over the cards and over the su/0ect*s choices. This negates the su/0ect having any divination power. power.
ull Routine ull Routine World 9 generally do so as a three phase routine. While When 9 perform Small World each phase stands on its own$ some may wish to perform more than one. ost World set with Perfect World World . 9f appropriate$ 9*ll often 9*ll conclude any Small World '& sometimes choose to end with a full deck variation. ere are a few suggested routine groupings you may wish to use when performing your routine?
Set Suggestion >ne?
Set Suggestion Two?
Set Suggestion Three?
Tin# World Tin# World *ne+,ected World *ne+,ected World Perfect World Perfect World
Tin# World Tin# World Mad World Mad World Perfect World Perfect World
Tin# World Tin# World Small World Small World Perfect World Perfect World
World serves 9n a longer set$ Tiny World serves as a fantastic lead in to any full deck Out of this World allowing allowing for an opportunity to secretly set a whole deck in front of an audience using a spread cull. arry Loraynes The reat 2i3ide '' or even The reen An"le !eparation '% are wonderful techni
1 "y favorite full deck deck out of this world #ethod #ethod are a hybrid hybrid of Paul olu#e >olu#e -% A?1 "ulti"edia 19! pg *(-3 and 7erren Brown's version fro# his self produced 1e2il" produced 1e2il" Pictre Pictre Boo! Boo! >ideo@7>7 2*13! 11 /orayne%
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“2o 0ou belie3e in lo3e at 4rst si"ht? !tar crossed crossed lo3ers? Opposites Opposites attractin" a"ainst all odds? odds? We're "oin" to pro3e that that opposites reall0 do attract attract and perhaps in so*e une,pected une,pected wa0s. The space between between the two of us is "oin" to represent the the space in a s*all town. town. These cards will represent the people of the town5 *en and wo*en ali#e of all a"es. /ou will pla0 cupid's hands of fate5 separatin" these ten people into couples b0 cullin" out 43e fro* these potential bachelor and bachelorettes5 pairin" the* till death do the* part.
!,,osites (Still) Attract /asic ffect4 -rom ffect4 -rom a face down eight card pack of kings and
from the packet packet and placed face down down in front of the su/0ect. Cach of the three three cards that follow are taken in the same way and placed face down on top of the su/0ect*s packet. packet. The remaining cards cards are s
-ollowing this procedure$ the two piles are perfect perfect mirrors of each other other. The top card of the performers packet and the top card of the su/0ect*s packet will always /e a king on one and
outcome /y giving the su/0ect full credit. When it doesn*t the cards still still pair /y value. Sometimes this happens happens in opposite color$ color$ sometimes opposite opposite suits$ thus supporting the claim that opposites really do attract in every way. way. ) solid script pulls the entire effect together.
Wild World Wild World /asic ffect4 Ten ffect4 Ten cards? four kings$ four
When it comes time for the reveal$ one of three things will occur? '. The cards cards will pair pair themselve themselves s in perfect perfect king1
=ou may also capitali:e on this same gender couple /y having a prediction read out at the conclusion that there will /e four men1women couples and one same gendered couple. 9f you wish to add add four 0acks into the mi2$ this will result result in si2 couples with two /eing same gender. gender. inal Thou2hts inal Thou2hts When adding a same1se2 couple into the mi2 it takes some of the edge off presenting this effect strictly as men and women always al ways attracting one another.
Practical A,,lications Practical A,,lications World effect lends itself well to many presentations and doesn*t need The Small World to /e limited to playing cards. cards. -lash cards or picture cards that deliver a company message message may /e appealing to some. Perhaps you wish to demonstrate how product O can help prevent against contracting viruses over a computer network. 9nstead of using 8ve cards use 8ve pictures of computer /ugs. The other 8ve 8ve cards are replaced with pictures pictures of 4happy computers.5 computers.5 The su/0ect is given a name tag that reads “product 7 thus empowering him or her to e2tract the viruses successfully.
>ther*s may opt to use the !0*bolo"0 2ec# /y Sean Taylor. This is a special set of CSP cards that includes multiple sets of sym/ols with different colored World effect faces. These lend themselves themselves perfectly perfectly to the the Small World effect and /ring a completely complete ly different tone to the presentation. presentatio n. appily appil y$ r. r. Taylor*s cards are also secretly marked
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Charlier Shuf1e Charlier Shuf1e (The alse Ha#mo Shuf1e)4 This false shuf@e is perfect for a small packet of cards where traditional shuf@es would /e out of place. 9 8rst learned this particular false shuf@e from #ean #ean ugard and -rederick Braue*s 8o0al 8oad to Card +a"ic 6p. ',( of the '+G; edition7. old the packet of cards face down in the left hand$ in dealers 6mechanic*s7 grip. Push off a small group of cards with the left thum/ and take these into the right hand /etween the thum/ on the /ack and 8ngers at the face. Raise the left hand slightly and$ with the left l eft 8ngers$ push out a small packet from the /ottom of the pack and place these on top of the right hands cards.ontinue this /ack and forth action until you*ve run through all the cards. While this shuf@e does maintain the full order of a stack$ it does leave this stack in the same orientation it would /e after one complete complete cut. 9f you*d like to maintain a complete stack that doesn*t result from a single cut$ simply 0og the 8rst packet /ackwards from the /ottom of the deck and 8nish this shuf@e /y cutting the cards at the 0og$ returning them to their starting order. order. Practice performing this 4shuf@e5 while talking and looking at the audience. )lso$ don*t worry a/out the cards looking messy$ messy$ this serves to further enhance the illusion.
Afterthou2hts After thou2hts 9 was a/out ten years old when 9 8rst got the idea that 9 was a/le to somehow separate the red and /lack cards from a face down shuf@ed deck of cards /y feeling the face of each card card with my 8ngertips. )ctually$ )ctually$ 9 did e2actly this successfully over and over /eating the odds getting a/out G;I of the cards in each pile correct without any conscious form of trickery. trickery. 9f you*re curious to the e2act conditions under which this test is performed 9*ve included them at the end of this essay. essay. )s the years past$ 9*ve 9*ve had a lot of time to think a/out why 9*m a/le to demonstrate this seemingly ama:ing skill. 9 have since found that 9 had simply fallen victim to a consistent con8rmation con8rmation /ias. This isn*t to say 9 was only getting successful results some some of the time /y chance and forgetting the instances where 9 wasn*t /eating the odds$ /ut rather that within each trial 9 had su/consciously created four elements elements of self1deception. self1deception. 9n recent years 9*ve consciously added two more pushing my accuracy rate to an H;I1+&I success each and every time. To date$ 9*ve performed this countless times having all sorts of conditions placed on the performance. 9t*s /een restricting to /eing done /lindfolded and even done with conditions as e2treme as performing the separate of cards in complete darkness darkness with someone else*s else*s shuf@ed deck. deck. When 9 was twelve$ twelve$ a skeptical mentor of mine urged me to apply to take the #ames Randi*s illion Aollar hallenge '(using this interesting interesting skill. This was the turning point that led me to really /egin to e2amine and pick pi ck apart why 9 was getting such a seemingly high success$ success$ continually /eating /eating the odds. This pieces is something something 9*m very proud of and$ to date$ 9 have yet to divulge the e2act full workings. >f8cially no one has yet to 8gure out every layer of deception in play as none of it relies on traditional con0uring methods. nof8cially$ nof8cially$ it has fooled the current 1- o clai# the #illion dollars% one #ust agree agree to a protocol 2agreed 2agreed upon and created created by both the applicant and foundation3 for testing and #ust show a preli#inary test before a foundation representative representative that they are likely to succeed! hen a final% #ore for#al% for#al% test is given in front of independent witnesses! witnesses! o o date% there have been over 1 applications have been filed and no one has passed a preli#inary preli#inary test% which which is set up and agreed agreed upon by both a foundation representative representative and and the applicant!
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The separation procedure involved is lengthy in that each card is held anywhere from 8ve to ten seconds /efore /eing placed into a committed pile. -or this reason it doesn*t often 8nd its way into my commercial commercial performance work. work. 9 tell you all of this not to /rag /ut rather to o/serve that even though the procedure is slow$ slow$ people 8nd the process and the end result result fascinating. This is further evidence and support that a traditional con0uring method and presentation of the classic Out of This World effect can capture and hold the attention of an audience. )s long as the process in which the cards are separated 6/e it /y the performer or /y /y an audience mem/er7 mem/er7 remains engaging so is the effect. effect. The 9ntuition !eparation accomplishes this /y presenting impossi/le i mpossi/le conditions$ ruling out any sort of apparent trickery$ trickery$ and /y seeming to e2plain the 4legitimate5 divination process. Separation 15 as Promised? onditions of the Intuition Separation • • •
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)n un1tampered$ unmarked$ standard deck of ;% cards is used. Cvery card is$ in fact$ different. The cards remain face down and are only turned face up once a color is declared. The cards are held individually /y the non1inde2ed corners. )t a/solutely no time is it possi/le to see the face of the cards prior to its divination. ards in which the practitioner receives no 4feeling5 6neither red nor /lack7 are discarded face down into a 4trash5 pile.
1) he foundation is a non?profit organi4ation organi4ation founded in 19 19 by #agician and and skeptic .a#es .a#es $andi! he #ission of the origination is to educate the public and #edia of the dangers dangers of accepting unproven clai#s% and to support research into paranor#al clai#s in controlled scientific e:peri#ental conditions! $ead #ore about .a#es .a#es $andi and the foundation at http@@www!jref!org! http@@www!jref!org! 1( o date the workings workings to the ntuition +eparation +eparation re#ains re#ains secret!
9nterestingly$ 9nterestingly$ a novice su/0ect may /e coached through entire process to successful successful results without knowing how he or she accomplished success. success. ost report /ack that there was legitimate effort applied. The level of self1deception is so strong that it is even possi/le to have positive results 6though not as strong7 when passing detailed written instructions and a deck of cards to a su/0ect and having him or her carry out the test and recording the results without the supervision of another. )t the time of this writing 9 am preparing to conduct a mass1study surrounding surrounding this phenomenon as e2ecuted unknowingly /y layman. 9 hope to eventually eventually report my 8ndings and 8nally divulge the workings of the 9ntuition !eparation.
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