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The professional prizes his sleight-of-hand and ideo-Motionabove all else , s i nce nothing can fail BUT ke ep in mind that yours itter or audience cares little about your method . They want t o beent er tai ned !

The mos t f abulous thing you can do at the ' r eadi ngs, ' i s t or ea d the sitter ' s mind ! They get a wei r d thril l out of the ex pe -rience . But then t hey wi l l talk a bout t he ' ot her ' things that hap-pen ed at the reading . "A chai r wa s lifted and thrown up agai nstt he ce i l i ng and then came crashing down besides me and he di d noteven move . He was s i t t i n g in f ront of me and there was no one elsein the r oom . It s ure wa s s pooky l "

One hun dr ed years ago , New York medi um, Henry Sladebecame world - fa~ous due to the strange phenomena that oc curedduri ng his ' r ead i ngs . '

Phe nomen a never ceaBed for the 15 minutes that the s i t tersat in broad dayligh t in front of Sl ade . Cha i rs , books, penc i l s ,s la t es and ot her obj ec t s f l e w across the room wi t hout visible meansexce pt the ~anifestation of s trange powers . The chair an d tablewhe r e the sitter sat we r e levi t a t ed and knocks and music heard .

This a mazing art is almost ex tinct t oday although it is prac-ticed occassionally.

Yet , thi s art whi c h gives the sitter an escape f rom reality ,thrills and chills and of whi ch they t alk much l a t er is most eas yt o do .

The magician has at his co~~d manypulsion by whi ch he can make objects fly at

We will treat each section separately .

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1. Sleight -of- hand (and sleight- of-foot) and the ability t othrow objects unde tec ted . ( I mpromptu )

2. Catapul ts . Thes e are usuall y ~de wi t h rubber bands ands pr ings and of co urse are hidden and secretly activated .

J . Str ings , threads , ha i r s .4. Magnets .5. Se cret machanisms .6 . Ideo-Motion . Sugges t ion!

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THE SAME MOVE CAN BE MADE WI TH A DECK OF CA RDS DR BUSINESS CARDS !BUT do t he move so t ha t the cards fly t owar ds the sitter i nstead ofto the f l oor. The book can also be made t o f l y towards the si t ter .To move t he objec t fo r ward t he t humb moves in a f or ward direc tioninstead of sideways .

BY THE SAME MOVE A PENC I L I S ~ftDE TO FLY AWAY ALSO a smal ls late , tablet , key , etc .

This type of effect shoul d only be done once during a r eadi ng .At f irs t t he sitter wi l l assume t hat i t wa s some tri c k , bu t la terafter other objects f lyaway when no one i s near , an eerie feelingwi l l engulf your sitter .

The 'thumb' move shou l d be done when looking fo r the cor rectkey i n the Seven Keys to Baldpate , or looking for the co r rec t ESPcard tha t the s i t te r is thinki ng of . The key or card flyaway andex pose their fate as the chosen ones .

Fig . 1 shows t he secret move . BUT i t i s nota s easy as it looks . I n or de r t o do t he s l ei ghtco r rec t ly , t he fingers of t he hand and thevisible muscl es must not move . Only the thumbmoves . A f ew trials will make you a master .

Hol d t he four f ingers of your handri gidly toget her . Simpl y t ense t he fourf inger s int o a sol i d s hi el d until it f eel sl i ke i f t hey were wel ded t oge t her . The nmove your t humb . The f our fingers hi de thesecret movemen t and also kee p t he musc l esof t he hand f rom t witching .

The book tha t i s used i s a small pocketnote book or dictionary . As you r hand ap -proa ches, only the t i p of your mi ddle f i nge rt ouc hes t he t a bl e whi l e the f ingers r emainrigid and t he thumb thr ows t he book s i de ways and off t he tabl e !

The sleight is actual l y per f ormed whi l e you are t a l ki ng t ot he s i tter so t ha t hi s eyes are l ooking at yours . The back of yourDgn~-Jls facing to the left over t he s i t t er ' s right s houlder .

"Did you see that? " You ask . "The good f orces are surely wi t h

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?...., .."M11j'l.tL: This section cove rs ef fe c t s don e by sleight -of hand and other means . Thes e effects a re caused by the secre tmovemen t of one of t he fingers or thumb BUT the movement is in-vis i bl e when the move i s pr es ented cor r ectly whi ch means that youmust practice the move di l igen tly .

Prac t ice tensing your ent i r e hand r i gidly and then move onlyt he ve ry t i p of t he thumb . The muscles on the back of your handmust not move.

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BUS I NESS CARDS (OR PLIIYING CARDS) FLY AWAY AS THE HIIND OF THESIT TER APPROACHES , This is a modi f i cat ionof Jean Hugard ' s move for the self-cut t i ng '\dec k . I n Effe ct l The ps ychic offers t he Fig. Zs it ter his bus iness car d . As t he sittert akes the ca r d about half of the stack " c-----__of car ds fli es away i n a myster i ousway .

Thi s move r eal l y s t artlesthe si t te r . The cards a r e cata-pul t ed upwar ds towards t hepsyc hi c by the movement of t hefir st finger t hat holds thecards . Any movement of the han dor fingers is conpletely coveredby the busines s card on t op and the handof t he s i t ter as she takes t he ca r d .

I n Fig . 2 , half of the stack ofbusines s ca rds fl i es upwar ds •

A s i ngle car d which con tains the sitter 'sc hosen design can also be made to f l y. Simply tellt ouch t he cards .

APPORTS, Appor t s a re t he ~ost baffl ing phenomena of s pi r itual ism .And it i s the most impress ive test tha t can be done fo r t he s i t t ers i mply because it involves something t hat be l ongs to him and whi chha d been l ost. To create the effect simply ge t an objec t that t hesitter has los t f r om a pr ev i ous vi si t or whenever and then t hrowit up i n the a i r when he or she is not looking s o tha t it a ppearst o come f rom t he a i r. The t es t should be don e in a r oom with all thedoors locked .

Another very s trong t est is to appor t a cealed enve lope whichcontains a question that the sitte r ha d wri tten we eks before andwhi ch i s signed by him. Dur ing a previous s i t ting , a question writtenby the sitt er was s witched and then burned. You of course still havet he ques t i on . Bear in mi nd that as fa r as t he sitter is concerned ,hi s or her question was burned wi t hout a doubt!

When t he env el ope i s appor ted , you s ay , "Tha t i s weird! Herei s a questi on s igned by you whic h I have never seen! " When the si t-t er sees i t she may say . "That i s t he question t hat I wrot e andwhi ch we burned some time ago ! " Or s he may no t remember but cha ncesa re t hat her probl em i s stil l in he r mind . So you say , "Thi s ques -tion i s f or emost i n you r mind and very important t o you ," etc .

The fi r st repor t of t hi s t ype phenomena was made i n Par i s i n181 9 by Dr . G. P . Bi l lot . A dov e ma ter i alize d wi t h a written messagei n i ts beak. If t he reade r can produce doves you are i n the money!..

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",dte. .l()I..~~ 1/te.'.44ifJ.e s The flyi ng ob j ect i n this effect i st he Bi t te~s ~ati onality . li f t er witnes s i ng the following phenomenat he s i t ter 's r eason i s co mpl e t ely s hat ter ed as no a mount of l ogicwill so lve the myst er i ous happeni ngs!

EFFECT liND PRESENTII TION , The si tter wr i t e s a ques tion secretl yon a piece of pa per or car d . The ps ychic takes t he s ea led ques tiona nd says , " I a m goi ng t o tear this mi s s i ve to pi eces a nd as I doa lot of power f ul ener gy will be r elea s ed. It is an i nvi s i bl e f orcewhi ch you wi l l no t be l ieve pos s i ble . "

The sealed ~ssive i s t orn t o pieces and burned.The psychic then l ooks hard i nto the si t ter 's eyes a nd says ,

"I have no i dea what t he question was t hat you wrote . The wri t t enques t i on is now des t royed be yond r ecovery . But t he unkno wn energiest ha t were r el ea s ed wi l l a ns wer your ques tion wi t h the he l p of mymediumshi p ." Ps ychi c t hen looks i nto hi s c rystal baI lor wate r bowl .

"I feel that these unknown f orces are a t t hi s very moment wri-ting an answer to your question. M

MYes l Your ques t ion has been answered . I see a nea tly fo l d edmissive suspended high a bove us . " Looking again into the s i t t e r ' seyes , the psychic says , "Please look up to t he cei l ing and tell mewha t you see I M

When the sitter looks di r ec t ly over head he wi l l see a fo l de dpaper attached to the ceiling . It i s out of r eac h. So a chai r orl a dde r is used to r etr ive i t . When t he pape r i s unfolded it con ta i nsan answer to the ques tion l

The plot i s profound and leaves nothi ng el se t o be desired asfar as phenomena i s concerned .

THE METHOD I A fol ded bi l l e t is a t tached to the cei l ing witha piece of doubl e-sided s cotch t ape . This bi l l e t is a blank 'du~!'

The sitter 's question i s s wi tched by yo ur favorite me thod . Allyou need i s t o read t he ques t i on. As the r eadi ng progr es s es yousecretly wri t e out the ans wer t o t he ques t i on on a pr e- f ol ded pieceof pa per to r es embl e the bi l le t on t he ce i l i ng .

When the billet on t he ce i l i ng is r e trieved , it i s s wi tchedf or the bi l let wi t h the answer ! A one- ha nd billet s wi tch is t he bes t .(see IIcidus) .

The a bove plot i s peppered wi t h i mpondera bl es ! "How did anyonekno w my question?" "The answer mu s t have been attached t o the ce i l i ngbefor e I en tered ." - -" But how did they know a head of time what rnyquesti on woul d 'l;)e? " - "Was I hypno t ised? " "S t r ange Forces? "

If the cei l ing i s very high , so much t he better a s then yo uwi l l need a s iX- foo t or higher l adder t o retrieve t he billet whi chwi l l g i ve you plent y of oppor tuni t i es to switch t he bille t s andthrow t he cor rec t one on the table .

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An enormous r uckus can be created on ahi gh s he l f wi t h s imple means .

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Method l Use t hree medi um siz e ha r d- cove rbooks of the same size . Place t wo books side bys i de , but with t he s pines t ouchi ng , as shown inFig. J . Then s t retch two (or three ) rubberba nds around t he two boo ks , A and B .

Next take the thi r d book , C, and place itsquarely on book A and then f old book B overall . Hol d t he t hree books t ogether in a stackas shown i n Fig. 4

NOW i f t hes e three books are placed on t het able and a f ourt h heavy book i s placed overt hem, t he ca tapul t wi l l be activa ted when thef ou r t h book is picked up!

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If t he stack i s placed high on a shel ft he catapUl t can be activated by a s tring t hatr emoves the fourth book from t he stack . Fig . 4 s hows a pencil t hatis pl a ced in front of t he stack to prevent the books f rom movi ng .There must also be some othe r books beh ind t he stack so t hat thebooks do not move backwards .

The catapult can also be act ivated s imply by t elling thes 1tter t o hand you the t op book. As the s i t ter removes t he top book .book C is seen t o f l y away and t o the f loor .

SI ZES APPROXIMA TELY, Books should measur e 5' by 7t by 3/4 i nch,The rubbe r bands are abou t J! long and 1/ 8 i nch wid e.

THE BOOKS MUST ~VE A PAPER DUST JACKET. Tha t way t hey wills lide be tter.

The r eader must prac t ice with his own mate r ials . Sometimes itis necessary t o use four r ubber bands .

To creat e a loud noise when the boo k hits t he floor use ve rylarge and heavy books and many r ubber bands .

Books withou t dust j ac kets can be used als o but t he number ofrubber bands may have t o be increa s ed.

Fig. 4 shows t he end view of t he three books. The solid lines ho ws how the rubber bands a re tied around t he books .

The catapul t ed book can be used i n a weird book tes t asf ollows . But besides the boo k tes t , the cata pu l ted book may con-ta in a s pecia l message fo r t he s i t te r or f l owers, pho t ogra phs , e tc .

The plot is good , of course and you can pr es en t it by havingthe sitter check various books until t he one book f l ies ou t .

The flying book is of course a force book that cont ains onlyone page t hroughout .

A VARIATION WITH ANY BOOK . Prepare any book with a s ealed en -velope -insi~de t ha t-says . "?lease r ead the f i rst sentance on page

101 ." Thi s book is used as the flying book . The s i tter is t oldthat the book wi l l declare itse l~. Have t he sitter check s everalbooks unti l the co r rect book f l ies ou t l You have of course pre-dicted the fi rst sentance on page 101 1

.,k s«,~ ~....et'i"... ~eA. : The s elf- cut ting deck done wi t hrubber bands wa s t rea ted by Charles T. J ordan i n his Thi rty Car dMysteries . An excellent vers i on of it a180 appeared in The Pall -bea r er s Revi ew, vol . 9 #J . The ef fec t is beaut iful and magical.

For the s eance r oom it suf f i ces to have t he deck cut i t s el fand locate the selected car d which appears as the t op card of t helower half of t he cut . He re we present it as a di splay of un -known forces !

EFFECT : A car d i s chosen and r eturned to t he deck. Mental is twraps the deck wi t h a rubber band and throws t he deck on the table .The deck myste riously cuts i tself i nto two parts. When t he top card

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.""c ti.44.A It. •Ahanda the s itter a sealed envelope saying , "1 have written a s en-tance from a book on a slip of pa per and have sealed it in t hat en -velope . You of co urse do not kn ow the sentance nor t he book it i si n. And of course you do not kno w where t he book i s . "

"Woul d i t surprise you i f I t ell you that you are going t ofind the book and the pa ge? Plea s e no t e t hat i n t hi s office thereare hundreds of books . " "But t he ' fo rce ' i s wi t h us and you aregoi ng to be l ed to the book and t he pa ge whi ch contains t he s en -tance !"

"Please t a ke this car d and stic k i t anywhe re into the t hic kbook on t ha t stack of boo ks . Stick it i nto any page you wi s h . I t i syour choice . Now if that i s t he co r rec t book , the sentance wil lappear on t he page wher e you s t uck your card ! "

"So open t he book to t hat page and r ead the f i rst sen tance . "As the sitter picks up t he book ano ther book flies ou t f rom

the stack ac ross the room. The Mentali st also fli es up with ex-citement and then point t o the book on the floor sayi ng , "Tha t ' sthe book! You f ound itl Tha t is great . But r ead the line on thebook you are holding . It i s not the sentance t hat I wr ot e . Takethe card again and s t ick it into the pages of t ha t book t hat jumpedout . Now r ead the fi rst s entance . "

Mentalist ~es t he book f rom t he sitter and t el l s her t oopen the envelope and check t he s en tance . It i s the same sen tancethat the sitter jus t r ead l

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*7Ue ~(c.t';lte tI'l~..i. : Gentlemen , you have pr oba bl yr ead t he following effe~t' many times , as it has appeared i n printin many books . You may have tried it and discard it as not wor kable .

Here are cy no tes on it . I t is t ruly amazing if properly pre-sented .

The effect was first r-ecoun-ted in "Dean' s Legerdemain. " Thist reatise in ~gic was written so metime before 1790 . It appeared i npr i n t ageI n i n t he "Conjuror 's Magazine " f or Sept ember 1791. ••

E?FEC7 1 A suspended obj ect falls on co mmand of the magic ian.It i s told tha t a Palatine Maiden went from door to door through

the t own perfo roi ng only one effect and making a good living at it .She would suspend a ring from a string and t hen have someone

se t fi re ~o t he s t r i ng whi ch burned t o as hes , but the ring remainedsuspended un~il the maiden t ouch it .

This ef~ect baff l ed many a learned person who tried the effectbut failed as the ring always fell off wh en the string wa s burned .

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The Discoverie of WitchcraftReginald Scot (1 584 )

Elea ~ar (Eleazer ) was a 1st cen tur y magician ,healer and rabbinical scholar and neighbor ofJosephus .

The ~oral o~ t he above story, Gentlemen, is thatif it i s good enou~~ f or a high Priest it should begoo d enough fo r us .

"4e s.u~ttl. 'l).uue 06::'1f l! V"""C4 :Acco rding to Flav iou8 Josephus , 1st century scholar and

historian, wha t he called ' The Feat of Eleazar" wasindeed a miracle t o behold .

By the command of the magician , whi c h wa s giveni n a loud voice , some vases on a high shelf woul dda nce , gyr a te and j u~p off . The magic woul d escapeonce the vase brok e .

"Le t a cu pboard be so placed, as your confederatemay hold a blacke t rxed wi t hou t in the court , behinds ome window of that r oome l and a t a certe ine lowdword spoken by you , he ma y pull the same thred ,be ing wooned abou t ~he pot , Etc . And t hi s wa s thefea te of Elea zar , which Jos ephUs r eporteth t o be such

a mirac l e"

SoU.e f abulous magic has been performed by the aid ofstring , hair and 'invisiole' thread , These topics have been wellcovered i n =any oagi c books , s o I wi l l t ouch it l i ghtly here .

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The mai den would not part wi t h her secr et f or love or money .But she did sell it f or a pi t tance when taken il l t o a Mr . J onas ,(probably Justus J onas , German Schol ar circa 1500 ) .

THE SECRET i s tha t t he s tring has be en soaked in salted wa t erlWhe n the string is se t on fire, the sal t burns bu t the ashes remainintact ~ I f t he reader t r ies t he t est it wi l l no doubt fail . asthe r i ng wil l f all ! r om t he burning str ing .

One r ea s on !or f a ilure may be that r i ngs today are heaviertha n t hey were 400 year s a go .

For tuna te l y, the lay mind believes that anything that i s sus-pended f rom a s~L~g s ho u l d f all when the s t r i ng burns! So thatif we suspend a s a f ety pin on a s t r i ng and then se t f i re to thes t r i ng wi t hout t he safe ty pin fal l i ng , it i s a mi rac le . To thelay mind , t he safe ty pin has we i ght and i t shoul d fal l .

When t he ~gic ian makes t he s afety pin fa l lon command t henthe mys te r y deepens l

METHODI ~~~ SA fETY PIN should be a bou t it i nch l on g .A l onger pin can be tested also .

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The s tring has of course been soaked i nsa l t ed wa t er and a llowed t o dry . Us e a s olut i onof ha l f salt ~~d half wa t er . Soak t he s trings fo ras long as you wish , 10 minutes or over night .

The STRING I Use a three s trand co r d s l ightlythicker t han a string , shoul d beco ~ton . 1/16 inch di a . cord .

Ti e t he string i n a loop as i n Fi g. 8 .The l oop should be about J or 4 i nches long.

Plac e t~e knot of the s t r i ng on t hebo ttom of the loop so t ha t the knot will burnf i rs t . Se t bo th ends of the s tri ng on f i r e a ta bout t he sace ti~e .

The pin will r ema i n suspended f r om t heas hes whi c h will no t br ea k un t i l yo u gi ve t heco mmand.

TO ~ ~HE PIN DRO P ON CO~~ND , us ea magnet cupped i n your hand and pl ace t he handunder the pL~. When t he magne t is about 1/ 2 inchunder t he head of the pin , the pin wi l l dr op !

If you have a magician ' s magne t icring , it will work a lso .

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The e f fec ts pos s i ble by t he use of thi s fi e ld a r e f a bulous . Weowe it t o J . van Ri nkhuyzen of Ho l land for br i ngi ng this t echniquet o t he fo r e .

The followL~g is a mer e addenda t o Ps yc ho-Ment i a i s .

THE ~~GNET IZED NbjgDLE, Ver y f ew per s ons a re a ware that a sew-ing needle can be conve r t ed into a per manen t magnet a l most i nstant -ly . Thi s i s because a sewi ng needl e is ma de of ha rd steel which hast he abi l i ty to r e ta i n 'induced' magne t i s m when placed near a per-manen t magnet . The ~gnetiz e d n ee dle a l s o developes pola r i ty andhas a nor th and south pol e like t he p ermanen t magnet l

On t he ather h~~d , pape r cl i ps and saf e t y pins whic h are madewi t h sof t ~e tal do no t become magne t i zed . Tha t is why when you linkpa per c l i ps ave r a hidden magne t ic field and then gi ve t he samepaper c l ips to ~he s i t t er acros s t he t a ble t he cl ips will no l on gerlink t oge t her .

So place so~e sewi ng needles on a pe rmanent magne t to ma gnetizet hem and t hen you can pick up one need le wi th t he other due t o theirmagnetic prope r t ies . The e f fec t i s no t i mpres s i ve s i nc e your si t terwil l co r rectly surmise t hat the n eedles ar e magnetised , BUT we ca nhi de t he needles so t ha t t hey a re not sus pe ct and then miracles willensue.

(1) Magneti ze several small needles , say 1 inch or 1 -1/ 8 inch l ongand t hen s t ick t hese t iny needles into paper ma t c hes in a book ofmatches . If you now tear ou t the matches , t hey will s tick t o eachother by t heir ex treme t i es . Pr a c t i ce a bi t wi t h these paper matchesa nd keep i n oind t hat one needle can only pi ck up another needleby t he correct end (oppos i ng polarity) . fi g. 9 .

(2) I n the &ace ~er , tiny needles can be embeddedi n to news paper (a t t he margin l ine ) . If you pai ntt he needles with a black ink marke r t hey will be hard F't o s ee . Then tear off pi eces of n ewspa per , a bou t on e ~g .inch wide by 2 inches l on g . When t he n ee dl e po i ntscome together, two pi eces of pape r can be pi cked up .

( J) Remove about 1! i nch of lead from a l ead penciland t hen embed a needl e i n t o a piece of plast i c r od t hesame thicknes as the pencil l ead and gl ue it t o the pen ci l.Then you can use t he pencil t o pick up pieces of paper , e tc .The piece of plastic rod must be pa i nted black t o r es embl e thepencil point .

(4) A tiny needle ca n be embedded i n the end of a string a nd t hent he string moves abou t t he table by t he use of a hidden magnet un -de r t he table ! The str i ng has become pas s es ed by t he s pi r i t of asnake ! you say .

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(5) PSYCHIC MOTI ON I Thi s i s t he most impressive ef fe ctyou can do with t he magne t i sed needles !

Take two or three tiny magnetized needles and s t i ck t hem i ntowooden ma tches so t hat t hey are t otally out of s i gh t . This i s noteas y to do . You ~y ~~ve to u s e a tiny drill and v i s e to make t heproper bed f or the needles .

For the effect , throw t he t hree prepared matches togetherwi t h three un prepar ed catches i n a bunc h on the table and then sayt ha t you wi l l try to cove t he ma tches by the power of thought alone .

Afte r due concent rat i on , several catches are seen to move!eer ily!

You make the =atches move wi t h t hat magnet strapped to yourkne e . Then break ~~ unprepared ma t ch and say , "After t he match isbroken the power leaves ! "

If your ~gne~ is a strong one , it will make the mat chesstand up l Xagicians pla ce a glass be ll over the ~atc hes to showthat the~e are no strings be ing used . A be tter i dea is to havethe sit~er choose a match (one of three ) and to lock i t i ns i dea glass box. : he ca t c h will then s tand on command l The match

s t a nds because one of i t s poles is att racted t o the oppos i t e poleof the magnet : :' !'.!s . Gent lemen , br i ngs us to THE FABULOUS 'EXPLO ITSOF " • . . . .

Pr i '" I ~ I ' 'to h r. City , is 1 ~cung Ibec l cgh" l~ d ordli n.d Mi nish r. III l s 1I .soI Mu h r Mt~tli llt .,.. tlDlrt In 811tk Ml gl e. lie ~ 15 tnnll ed t o 'hill. t Ind ( grpt , hdt , Ind Hr i tt.\lnil. In Htlu ... yh ttle t~. t u . u cf In I ncie~t Prie st wnc l ul h l.d llitself ou r 1 foc t off t hegro u"d. (lnis fut .-,s1i tite 'r l "tt l hebb but the secr.t hs bun In 1iI. lM[ lrchh n for SCI. til tfllI.d unoer ·rc r :i~" _ l s~ • •")

Pr j "tt I . : 0 is oetel In !a l ewlttticns , ~ilotltio n Ind i nyis ib ill ty . '" Cl" uke Mu. 1fInwlsi ble I t 0, 11 1& Is c".rcn, whil e lect\rrl ng oefore his ccnqr.glticn ' nd " nile Wi l ki ng ..angs t t hu .II. Is l isa •• up"t It t r e ' COld i n d' i1 nd tiln pr cd. ce SIllr i t foru frol ~Is f1ngert lo sl

On ' cw. 4t~, 1;!l , Pri ntt l hl bb vi s i te d t ne J.H( OHlce . nd whi le herl, the lIa use li gllt s...ent cc~ Je tth O~ t I" ' ret "r ned I n • fe ... seconds (1 ). IIHe i s I bi rd 's ,~, yi • • of SOli of t il,Pri nce ' s 1II~ lc :

-,,-~ ~It&. 'lUi'''': Pr ince Thebb passes his hand over a digi -t al wa t c h and t he wa t c h goes Berzer k . No l He does not pus h any but -t on s or move any dials , he jus t passes his hand ove r it l Next het a kes a pocket watch with a second hand sweep and makes it s top ands tart at willi

The Sec ret . Pr ince Thebb has a large ma gne t embedded into abook . The ~agnet is abou t the si ze of a ba r of soap. When he placest he digital wa t ch over t he book , the watch goes ber ze rk but no onekno ws it yet. He then pi cks up the watch and passes hi s hand over

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it and mumbles soee magic words and gi ves t he wa t ch back to theowne r who i s of course amaze d at what he sees . The Digital wa t c hi s now r acing and will continue r acing until the battery runs d own l

The digi tal wa~ch will be completely ruined afte r that and ofno further use to anyone , BUT Prince Thebb looks at it t hi s way ,

The owner benefitted £rom wi tnessing a miracle and seeing agreat psychic at work. He wil l probabl y have no complaints. He willtreasure the wa~h as a ' psychi c' souveni r !

The reader ~y want t o do the effec t wi t h a ' pl a n t ed' cheapdi g i tal watch. ~he ef:ect is great I

With the pocket watch that has a s weeping s econd hand , Thiswat ch wi l l stop as it nears the magne tic fie ld and will start againwhen it is re~ved ~ro~ the field I Do no t l e t the wa t c h remain tool on g ove r ~he field or it will become magneti zed and ruined also .

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A thin :;.et.al disc {l -J/8 inch ut ae euer-I that can be palmedand whi ch stores er.ough energy to jump up over three feet automa-tically is so=ething to ponder abou t.

I a~ re~err':"ng to the "Jumping Discs" sold by Edmund Scientificof Barrington, U.J . bu~ .",h i ch may be available in your locality .

These discs have been a round fo r a number of years and manypersons have seen them , so that making t hem jump in the air is notwha t we =ay call 'psychic manifestation. '

As Mentalists we are only interested in u5ing this storedene rgy in a disguised fashion . We can also use the ' cliki ng ' noisethat the discs cake when they contract.

The discs are made wi t h t wo metals like thehome ther=ostat. The metals ex pand and co n-t ract at different temperatures l

In its no~l state , the discs l ook l i kea di s h (Pig. l OA ) and they have t wo sides.The top concave side is called the f ace andthe bottoQ convexed side is called the back.

When the center is warmed and de pressedit looks like in Fig. l OB and if it is l a idon a hard 9ur~ace it will cont rac t when itcools off ~~d will snap downwards and j umphigh in~o the air.

I f the disc is depres s ed and placed f a ce -downwardsl i ks in Fig . 10C i t wi l l no t jump as high . As Mentalists we mustl earn to use the discs in bo t h posi t i ons . When t he di s cs cont r ac tt hey make a cliking no ise t hat ca n also be used to advantage .

When the discs are cocke d ready t o j ump as in Fig. l OB, i tis said that they are i n "Cl i ked " position .

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wher e t hey can cool of f . The cooli ng period de t ermi nes t he t ime i twi l l t ake t he discs to activat e and jump . This i s advantageous t ous. As you can expe ri~ent and t ell more or l ess ho w long i t wi l l bebe f ore the di s cs do the i r work .

THE CA SCAD:NG DOMI NOES I You may be a bl e t o ge t a good ef f ec tout of cascadJL~ dominoes . A se t of domin oes a re stood u p on edgelike little soldi ers and when the disc i s activated i t will causea chain reaction to t oppl e all t he domi noes . Lean t he di s c at anangle s o that i t will hi t the top of the f i rs t domino .

THE SPIRI~ RING A BELL I Place a di s c i n click postion as inFig . 103 race - up unde r a bel l . When t he di s c ac t i vates i t wi l l jumpstraight up ~~d hit the bell l

Th~ EKPANDI NG BEER C~ I EFFECT , Ps ychic poi n t s t o some beercans on a shelf arid says , "Pl eas e no tice t hos e beer cans . If t heforce is with us today we can cause them t o heat up and expand . I fso you will h ear t he noise . " I n a f ew moments the expanding noiseof the beer cans is hear d !

Use any cans . Even so me empty novel ty cans can be used . Placethe cans on a l ow shel f and place some di s cs behind t hem in positi onf a ce-down (? i g . 10C) . The discs wi l l activat e in a fe w minu tes andwi l l not j~p bu t onl y make the clicking nois e whi c h dupl i cates ex-actly t he noise made by expanding sealed cans . Place the discs ona soft sur~ace.

When buy ing discs , be sure to buy t he large ones the s i ze of asilver dollar . ?or our purpos es these ar e t he bes t . Her e is the a d-dr es s l Ed~"ld Sc i ent i f i c , Eds corp Bldg . , Bar r i ngton , N.J. , 08007 .

The discs coo l off f a ster on a low s he l f in your office . AHigh shelf may delay the ac tion indefi ni te a nd too long.

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THE JUMPING SPOON I EFFECT I A s poo n jump s of f a she l f whenno one i s near.

One minute before your sitter comesi nto your den , place a spoon on the ~very e dge of a l ow shelf i n your of - --c ._.~~ _fice . Depress a disc and place i t facedown (Fig . l OC) and place only the t ip Fig . 11of the spoon roL~dle on the disc ,

The disc will a ctiva te in about 2 to 4 minutes and throw t hes poon off t he she l f . NOW i f you place t he disc over a soft surfacelike a pack of c i gare t t e s . t he disc wi l l r ema i n in place and willnot fall to t he floor. Onl y t he spoon wi l l f all . Who thre w i t?

The di s c CL~ farthe r be di s gui s ed by a paper covering .

By the ~e cethod , a bus iness car d , boo k of matc hes can bemade to fly off ~he shelf .

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Ideo-Motion , n .• mo tor a ctivity caus ed by a n idea .The Random Hous e Diet .

Ideo-Motion is r esponsible for the vibrations the Magiciangets from t he mi nd of t he SUbject in contac t a nd non-co ntac t mind-reading. It i s also responsible f or the move ments of Chevreu! 'spendulum by the will of t he SUb ject.

Ideo-Motion is =agic of the mi nd i n its pures t f orm. The Ma-gi cia n plan ts an i dea in t he mind o f t he subjec t t ha t r es ults i npositive mo t ion as wi l l ed by t he Magi cian and t he subjec t l

I t causes one of ca~~ pendulums t o s wing i nside a bottle !It makes a hea'ry key turn over whi l e held by a s pectator !It causes tables t o tilt and knock arA fly off t he floor I

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5THE KEY . Fig. 1. 2 s~owsa s uper ior and easier ~way of making t1'.e / J!key turn . I

The uee t I i ---;.a ppeared in a ~, .........-, ~,~~\~German Magic \ I ?-:magazine and , ( J~'shows the way '-'" \ . /' 0that Punx ...does the tes e . \ \ !I t wa s sent inby Ted L esley .

Thi s is a be t terme thod than the one descr ibed by Dr . Jaks i n the Phoenix . Magicianshave done well with the key effec t . It has appeared i n print manyt imes . The key ~~ be made t o t urn over in t he s pectator 's handwhen it is l aid across the r ear of the palm.

The key can be =ada to t urn over by itself with t he he l p ofa s t rong cagne t under the tabl e . A ben t key can be secr e t l y s wi tche dfor t he s tra ight key to show t hat the ke y ha s 'turned . '

~he ~eat of caking the ke y turn over at the tip of the f i ngeras shown in Fig. 12, is a f eat of juggl ing , pure and s i mple . It i sa matter of properly bal anc i ng t he key and t hen turning the fingertip i nwards unperce pt ive l y and of cour se very slowly , but t he effectl ooks eer i e . ~he key t urns over on the flesh of t he fingertj0i P. 7h

THE MYSTIC DOORI The f eat of making the keyturn over on the palm, Fig. 1) , can be used in com- y.bi na tion wi t h ' The Keys to Balpate. ' Us e your favo- ... , .rite method. An ef fec t wi t h a miniature door known .as The Mystic Door would be perfect. After all thekey s are t r ied and failed . The ' f or ce ' is called upont o help. When t he key turns on the palm, the door i stri ed again and this time i t opens l

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THE PEN OF Dr . ?AUS~ I A fountain pen wi ll turn over on the palmin the Bame raShlon as a key . The pen must be cylindrical and musthave a clasp . The pen i s laid a cross t he palm at the rear and itwil l turn over slowly .

Place the pen on a clip boa r d and let the s pectator hold t hecli p boa r d hori~ontal ~o the f loor a nd tell the s pectator to willthe pen to turn over . Lt; 'If i ll !

THE PSYCHIC ~RELE . Place a glass marble on the center of yoursee - t hrough c l ip bOard or on any sheet of glass or plastic and gi veit to the speceaecr- 1;0 hold . Then tell him to will the marble togo left or r i gh t on the board . Ideo-motion takes care of the r es t .

Get two persons to hold t he boar d a nd the effect is greate r !

?4e '!It,,~ :placed on the pal:and very slowly at

A glass tube conta i ning a shiny l iqu i d iso~ a spectator . The ba l l of l iquid moves eeri ly~e will of the spectator.

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Fig. 1 ~. shows a ~ercury elec trics wi tch . I t is only a glass capsule wi tha blob of =er~~ ir.side . The ite~s arenot easy to ~L.,d. bto.t you will find oneaboard your ya~ch. :hey come with theemergency overboard safety l i gh t s .

Re~ove the wire connection and you cando the test. It is eerie since the blob of mercury f i rst elongatesand then =aves very slowly . I t will move easier f rom the left tothe r i gh t as shown in Fig. 14 due to the te rminals on the righ tside whi ch will retard the movement other wise .

These switches ~easure 5/16 inch in diame t er by J inches longand are just the right size for the test . I f you can 't find one ofthe ite=s ~ getting Bome mercury and pla ce it inside a glasstest tube with a glass s toppe r . Or perhaps you can find ano therkind of jelly tr~t wi l l wor k t he same as the mercury . The subs tancemust not stick to ~he glass.

I ns t~ct the spectator to wi ll t he blob to move BUT to notmake any conscious movements of the hand , BUT by the eame token notto i mpede ar.y ~ove~ent or try t o consc ious ly stop t he blob frommoving .

Anything that is fr ee to move can be ' wi l l ed ' by ideo ~motion :That is why the tables move and gyrate . That is why the Ouija boar dresponds to questions .

Ideo-Mot i on i s aki n t o the r esponse of t he prel iminary hyp -no t ic test . The ope ra tor mus t kee p r epeati n g the command to willthe movement as needed .

The test that fol lows i s a goo d example .

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'Me Ot,.,.U Sl'ke~EFFECT. A ba l l placed in a bowl plate

mov es a r ound a t t he will of t he spectatorwhi ch holds the bowl .

Me t hod . Get a s tee l ba l l bearing anda bowl dish. Place th e bal l bearing in thebowl and let t he s pecta tor hold it with bothhands.

Ins truc t hi~ to bring the ba l l to a s t opa t t he s i de nearest hi~ . Next . say,

"I wan t you to wil l t he ball to travelto t he r i ght s i d e , (his r i ght s i de) of the pla te ," I a m referringhere to t he bo t to~ 0: the bowl. The ball will a c tua l ly travel in acircl e but or~y 90 degrees a t a t i me.

"Plea s e do not reeve your hand s . Do no t make any c onsc i ousmovemen t wi t h your hand s . J u s t will t he ball to move to t he r ight ."

"On ce the ball sta r t s to move, do not try to stop it. Just keepon willi ng t he ball to move to t he right . II

I t wi l l take a fe w seconds before the bal l begins t o move . Donot gi ve up on it. The spectator's will , wi l l ma ke the ball movesooner or late~ a~d i t never f ails .

Once t he ba l l move s to the righ t s i de of the plate , instructhi m t o will the ball t o move t o the fa r end . Then to the left side .

The Ol~ec Sphere ca n be used t o answer questions. If the ballmoves t o the ~ight it means "Yes l" To the l e f t means "No!", etc .I f i t does not seve then it means "Maybel"

The Sphere can be used to spel l a na me or wor d or s entance .For t hi s tes t you mus t place the l etters of the alphabet around thebowl . The sphere will stop a t the desired letter to spell the wordaccording to the will of the pers on holding the bowl !

It is best to use a s t ee l bal l bear i ng because the bearingsare almos t pe rfect s phe r es whil e a marbl e may not be .

If you place t he bowl on t he t able , you can ma ke the ball moveby the use of a s t rong ma gnet. Have the spec tators s i t around thet able and tell them t o concentra t e in movi ng the heavy steel ball .

AN ADVANCED TEST , Have a s econd person hold t he wrist of t heperson holding the bowl . Tel l t he second person t o secre t e ly willthe ba ll to move while you i ns t ruc t the first person no t t o s topt he ba ll from moving or to counteract its movement . The ball canbe wil l ed to move to either s i de !

This advanced t est can be done also with the ' Bl ob ' and thet urnin g i.ey ! Once you establ i s h t he pr oper fra me of mind in yourgroup, the results are fabulous .

Get a large bowl and ball and ha ve t wo persons hol d it . Theball will move as you will it !

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Light a tall candle and pl ac e i t i n f ron t of a mirror . Extin-guish a l l t he other li~~ts i n the room and ha ve someone s tar e a tt he reflected li&~t on the mir ror and wi s h f or a colo r . I f theywi s h for t he col or ' bl ue ' t e l l the per s on t o think ' bl ue . ' Theymust keep on wi l l i ng t o see ' blue . You must keep repeating t hecommand t o wi l l 'blue. I An aura wi l l form around the l igh t of theca ndle r eflec t ed i n t he mir ror . The blue , green and purple colorswi l l be perceptible a t the bot tom of t he aura and t he yellow, orangeand red wil l be a t t he t op .

The pe rson can change his or he r mind and wi s h fo r anothe r co -lor and that color will beco me perceptible t o the ey e l

The effect i s no t i n t he imaginat ion . The f ac t is that ligh tcon t a i ns all t he color s of t he rainbow. At sunset , due to the bend ·ing of the l i &~t r a ys, a l l t he colors of t he rainbow ca n be s eenr eflected in t he sky , BUT one a t a t ime . At s ea dur i ng a ca l m da ythe myster i ous 'green flash ' i s s een as t he rim of the sun disap-pears below t he ho ri zo n . Rain drops act like pr isms and di sperset he colo r s of the s~~ rays i n t o a s pectrum giVing us the bea ut i f ulra inbows , BUT pl ea s e not e that i n order t o s ee t he r ainbo w your backmust be t owards the sun . You can draw a ve r tica l pl ane from t he centerof the r ain bow t hrough your eye and t o t he cent er of the sun ! I not her words the co lors of the r a i nbow can be s een in t he reflectedli gh t only all at once !

In t he above t est wi t h the candle , if you was h the mirror wi t ha we t s ponge a~d t hen wi pe it dry wi t~ a pa per t owel , the mi r r orwi l l retain enough moisture to produce a better aura of co lorsaround t he r eflected l ight of t he candle.

Another anc i en t t est used by hypnot is ts i s to tel l a persont o stare a t t he cen t er of a shiny whi t e board (about one foot s quare)until t he y see a bl ac k s pot . This s pot wi l l then grow into var i uss ha pes and s i ~es . By the same token , colors can be perce ived !

THE PSYChiC TOOTH PICK,Anothe r ' ps ychi c' test is t o float a t oot hpi ck in a bowl

of wa t e r and ~hen. accor d i ng to the initiates , after a bout fourminutes t he t ooth pic k wi l l turn lef t or r ight as wi l l ed l

A f aster and mo r e dr a mati c solution would be to simply embeda sewing needle i n a s t ick of wood or straw and then cause t he s tickto point t o a ny direc tion by the us e of a hi dden magnet . The s tickcan be rr~de ~ o point to a pla yi ng card in a c i r cl e of ca r ds .

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chairE a r e l ea d hooks .F is a wri ting table

or any sma lltable .

G. is t he secrets t ring t hat leadst o t h e med iUI:l'schair.

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comes to the door . she is me t by t hemedium who catches the s i t ter 's eyes andl eads he r to he r cr~ir . The cha i r whichi s a l ready suspended i n t he a i r by thestring i s not seen by t he s i t ter .

A t the p rope r t i me . the medium secret lypul l s t he string whi ch r eleases the chair whichf alls dolft'). and hits t he writing tabl e an d i s thrownforward towards the s it te rs cha i r and which may even hit her chair I

The ~edl 'XQ cau t i ons t he sitter not to be alarmed as the' forces' ac~ that way in hi s presen ce . He states t ha t the chai rwas l evi ta t ed to the cei l i ng and that it happens as a mat ter ofcou r se .

The lead hooks "E" are very small and har dly not iceable . Thes t r ing i s als o almost invisible and is never seen .

T~ e mediUQ adds to the phenomena by throwing books , pencilaand slates that he can pick up wi t h his f ee t and throw across thero om f rom unde r t he table . Or with his hands when the s i t t er turnsaround i n surpr ise after all the noise caus ed by t he f l ying chair !

(Dur ing t hi s t ype of a ct , all mirrors and reflecting sur fa cesare covered . ) Slade woul d point to the chair in great exc i t ment andsay , "Look I The spirits have levitated a cha i r ! " When t he sitterturned around t o look , Slade pulled the thread and the ai t ter eawthe chair i n mid a i r and falling . That completed t he illusion l

Fig. 15/1 showsan enlarge view of thes lip knot used to hold up the flyingcha i r . The arrow is the l eadingend of the B~ing which secretly ~:::========l eads to the :ediu= 's cha i r .

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A co ffee cup , a cer ea l dish anda soup bowl f il l ed with liqu i d siton the center of t he table untouched .

Mental ist be ts ~hat he cancause the l iquid t o s pi l l fr omanyone of the dishes as chosenby the audienc e, without t ouchingthe di sh or wi~hout s pi l l i ng any liquidrest l OR the effec~ ca n be pres en t ed as

The Secret l Each one of t he dishes has a different fre esurface than t he other s . Ther efo r i f t he t abl e i s jarred , eachdish will create a diffe rent wave l en gt h when the liquid movesand each di sh t here f or has a di fferent rhythum .

Wor ki ng , Place your finger t i ps on the tabl e a nd press do wnwith a slight t ension . Look at the chosen di s h only . Say that t hecup ha s be en chosen . Stare a t the cup and impart a slight jar tothe table s o t~~t t he liqui d moves . By looking at the surface ofthe cup you can s ee the mo vement of the liquid so you must impartt i ny jars t o t he table to keep i n r hyt hum with t he liquid .

All t hree di s hes a r e filled with water to about one inch f romt he rim . The ~ove~ents i mpart ed t o t he table by you wi l l be seen .The movements ~5t be sideways . l eft and r ight .

For t he coffee cup , you must move t he table in t iny movementsof about 4 i~pulses pe r second . For t he ce real dish , you wi l l needabout 2 i mpulses per second and fo r the soup bowl you wi l l needan impulse per second of time .

I f you do no t explain the method t o your audience , they wi l lbe mystifi ed as i t is ha rd to understand why one liquid will s pillwhi l e the o ~hers remain still.

You s hould use a l ight table that can easily move.The me thod used i s similar t o the method of 'the s winging

pendulums' exc ept that wi t h t he liqui d , you r spectators wi l l seethe movements of the t a bl e .

The r eas on this effec t wa s named "Wi nd from Java ." is becauseoriginally t he e f f ec t was done wi t h co ffee cu ps. By do ing the effec twi t h the dishes s hown in Pig . 17. the r eader can easily see t heme thod. La t er i f you wi s h you can use co f fee cuPS . but the cupsmust all be of di fferen t si tes wi th a di f f er ent a rea at t h e rim.A demitass e cup . a r egul ar cup and a giant size cup can be used .

A little pr a c t i ce wi l l make you an exper t .To my knowledge, this is the f irst t i me the effec t has a ppeared

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EFFECTt The audi en ce i s handed a book of about ~50 pa ges .Whi l e the boo k is in t heir hand s, they are gi ven a fre e choiceof anyone page from 100 to 450. Before t hey open t he book theyare told t o c hoose any wor d from the top line , say wor d 1 to8. They are t hen instructed to op en t he book t o their chosenpage and t o look up their chosen wor d.

Lo a nd Behold ! Woul d you believe i t ? When t hey open the bookto their chosen page , the page i s missing totally . I thas been t orn ou t of the book .

"Do not fret ! · s ays t he Mentalist , "ForI have t he page neatly folded and sea ledin my wal l e t whi ch has been i nyou r s ight al- wa ys .

The Menta - list then opens hiswa l l e t and takes ou t a n envelope andopens i t and allows a per s on to removethe folded sheet which fits exactly t o thet orn pieces in the book!

"lInd !" says the Mentali st , "I also have the wor d-tha t you have chos en wr i t t en on this card ! "

Gent l emen , ~hi5 introduces a streamline ve rs ion ofThe Pegasus Page . Everything i s pr epared before the sho w sothat you ha ve no th i ng to do dur ing the sho w exce pt t o actbeautifu l .

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The page is chos en by three members of the audience and I donot ha ve t o tell you how i mpossi ble it al l sounds . So .. .

THE SOLUTION, In 1947 , Greer Marechal crea t ed a book testwhi c h he ca lled , ..500 Limited" and whi ch made the front page ofPhoenix #1 21 . The t est i s indeed f abulous as it allows t he a udi encet o beli e ve tha t t he y are getting a free choice of anyone page inhundreds. when i n ac t ua l i t y they ge t a cho i ce of one in f our !

I n ' The 1I1borak ' I wi l l use the Marechal method s l i ght l y mo -dified,

The gis t of the me thod i s that the audience is given a bookthat contains abou t 4 50 page s liND s i nce the book cont a i ns less then500 pa ges , t hr ee persons are asked t o ca l lout one digit under 5.

The Menta l is t informs the audience that one page between 100a nd 50 0 wil l be chosen . BU T the digits a re wri tten in ascendi ngorder a nd they mus t be a l l dif ferent .

Amazingly , only f our pages can be ar r i ved at . They are pages

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6 . Place the t wo envelopes i n a Hi mber-typ e wallet or anyother t wo-way devise . All i s r eady.

). Do t he same with pa ge #2) 4.

4 . Ta ke pa ges 1)4 and 2J4 and seal ed t hem in a dou bl e enve-lope .

S. You now ha ve two sealed enve lopes . One conta i ns pa ge 12JI124 with t he pr edict i on car d , and t he other co nta ins pages 1J4 and2)4 i n separate compa r t ment s .

123. 124 , 1 J4, and 2)4 . The audience i s not a ware that zeroes havebeen elimi na ted ! Nor t ha t t he choi ce i s limited t o fou r pa ges .

TO PREPAREI Ge t a boo k that con ta ins a bout 450 pages in hardcovers and t ear ou t pages 123/124 , 134 and 2)4 .

1 . Take page 12J/124 and sea l it in a n envel ope wi th a cardthat r ea ds I " ':'h i s is the pa ge t hat you will cho ose . lind the wordthat you wi ll cnccs e '

RECOMMENDED READING I The Phoenix # 121 .

NOTE II I The chosen wor d can be gli mpse as t he page is re-moved fr om the envelope and shown to the audience .

After the page is found missing call attention to the walle ton the table whic h has been in sight from t he beginning!

NOTEI The fact that the freely chosen page is mi ss i ng fromt he book i s cli max enough fo r most of the audience . That wi l lamaze them and many will t hi nk that i t is indeed the climax andwil l marvel and may even applaud or at l east gasp l

1. If page 12) or 124 has been chosen you take out the un -gimmi ck envelope from the Himber wa l l e t . Open it and have the per-son r emove the f olded page . A~k the pers on if that is the chosenpage . The pers on will look on both sides of the pa ge and wil l ofcourse say "Yes l "

Ask hi m to match the page to the jagged ed ges in t he book .I t will fit of cour s e . Dur ing this man euver s you wi ll have ampletime t o writ e i n t he chosen wor d on the prediction card whi ch youremove from t he envel ope . I f you have a prompter list for the fi r s teight wor ds of ea ch page then you wi l l a l r ea dy kno w the word , othe r -wi s e you must wait un t i l the pe rson reads off the chos en wor d .

In any event you wri t e i n the chosen word with a s wami gimmick .

2 . If pages 1)4 Or 2)4 are chosen , you then r emove the doubleenvelope from t he Himber wa l l e t and open the envel ope to the correctcompartment and take out the page which is marked with a blackc r ayon . Again I say , that in i tself is a dramatic c l i max and youreally need no t go any further .

But you ~us t prove to the audience that you are not only amagician bu t al s o a Mentalist s o you have pr edi ct ed the wor d cho-s en befor e anyone knew what pa ge would be c hos en !

Even i f t hat mathematical prodigy sitting i n t he third rowfi gures ou t t hat the audience only had a choice of one in fourpages , he s t i l l does n ot know how you knew ahead of t ime exa c t l ywhat page and word woul d be chosen.

The effec t i s good , s o use it ! And save t he pages for the nex ts ho w.

NOTEI I f you kno w the secret of The Seven Se als a nd the "TheSe a l of Proteus" then you do not n eed prediction cards inside theenvelope l Nothing is seen except the torn page and the envelope l

You may ask , Wha t if they notice that ther e are ot her tornout pa ges i n t he book? So, who cares" But i f they ask a bou t ityou say t hat last month you did the test in another show and ofcours e the chos en page was different l

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