Spirit Writing Mind Reading Trick
An
entertaining routine where the audience
are impressed with your mind reading
skills
Effect
: The magician is seen to write
something down on a paper note pad and
does not allow the spectator to see what
he has written. The magician announces
that he is about to ask the spectator a
question and because he can read his
mind, already knows the answer that the
spectator will reply back with. The
spectator is then asked to think of a
number between one and a hundred or a
simple shape such as a triangle, square
or rectangle and reveal this out loud.
The note pad is then shown to find that
the magician had written the same number
or shape down on the note pad!
Method : Make a gimmick
by taping a small piece of broken pencil
lead to your thumb, ( Use clear adhesive
tape such as Sello tape so that the
spectator and audience will not see it
and remember to keep the sticky side
facing out ).
Initially write nothing on
the note pad, ( only appear to be
writing something ) and when you hide
the face of the note pad from the
spectator, do so with your thumb facing
the side of the paper that you had
supposedly written something on ( See
picture 3). When your victim says the
number or shape that they have thought
of, simply write it on the note pad with
your thumb and then show it to them as
your prediction.
This trick is really convincing but
depends a great deal on the magicians
performance. Try your hand at acting,
look as if you are really concentrating
and that the trick requires real mental
effort on your part. This will reinforce
the illusion that you really can read
minds. |
