Al rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in eny form or by any means without ‘written permission from the author ar publisher. (C) 1992 by Scott Wells, AIM.C. Magic Inspirations 14506 Silver Lace Lane Houston, Texas 77070 Printed in Houston, Texas, USA. STEVE SHAWS PSYCHOKINETIC TIME What you are about 10 Jeara & perhaps the most phenomenal Impromptu, cose-up presentation for altering time on a speca- tors borrowed watch, There have been a few atiemps published ‘which approach the impact that ths method has, But nose can ‘ctually touch i. Let me deseibe the effet a the spectator sees ‘A.watch is borrawed (noting i carved). After showing the watch aroand to those nearty who notice the current time, you place the Watch face down in the spectators lft hapd. His kasd f closed ‘ver the watch, You never touch the watch again. You ak hima to ame & number then you concentrate on that number and the swatch. He opens his hand and tums over the watch aod sce ‘hatte has of the watch have moved that rany minutes! No flmmickod watches, no sutches, no magaets no false handling Nothing but the spectators watch and your mental ailides 5 an anywhere, ny ime entertainer. 1am not eying «© put down other methods on the market but 1 ‘am quoting from cvery magician and mentalist that Ihave show {isto who tOHd me that This has say method beat tha Chey Bave bought. Gerry MeCambrige told me that he wished that he had ret me before he bought Richard Bloc’s “Perfect Tie” which is 2 beau, expensive, pmmicked watch, Bev Bergeron’ “Predict lng Time” is another good effec on the market Dut everyone ‘agsees that my method has it heat by miles. Tas effect is $0 good fat it fools even knowledgeable mipians.and it canbe repeated. {have had many performers eg me not 1 pt this out Deca 4s $0 good and i can be performed anyere, ny time. IT youPSYCHOKINENC TIME Ihave looked for the ulimat effect that canbe performed without carying any props with you them here It Ifyou intend to perform this efecto its Fllest impact that will safely leave your speciators confounded, hen T sugeest that you read every line carefully. AS with most meatalsm, it is not 30 fmoch the method that makes thi effect 30 song, but the prychology. [showed this a young magician atthe Porta Sate Magicians Convention and he ran off t0 start performing, It fmmeakatly LacklyT saw him the fist time that he id fH worked, of course, but Re had ft out the most lmporant| Ingredients, the psychological convinces. | sat down wth, him ‘gain and tied 10 explain why cyerything he said. was 0 ‘mporcane, ‘So 1 beg of ou, practice the method ofcourse, but please perform this the way I & supposed 10 be performed. UT see anyone ost ‘here pertorm thi foc tn 3 sloppy, haphazard maar, then T
be edited for ts origin and I want it dome right. ‘THE HISTORY Buck in the 1970% Uri Geller made a name for himself by appearing to bead meal objects with bis mind, and sarin, Stopping, aad moving the time om watches. Gller’s dowafall was Ins claim 0 be genuine. James “The Amazing” Randi wrote PSYCHORNETIC TIME ‘numerous artices and books exposing Geller as a fraud. It was alter reading one such book that I put togcther a method for ‘bly bending the tne of a fork. Shortly thereafter, was moving the hands of a watch; however, in Rand's drive to expase Geller, he showed a method of how 10 do this on nationwide television. During my subsequent performance, the commeat I most often heard was “T didn't see you do but T know that you pulled out the stem and secretly moved the ands with some sor of sleight of dnd. [saw Randi do that on TV." 1 eveatally deco that I would have (@ find 2 way 10 convince te spectators that ¥ did nor pull ou the stem, What beter way ‘han fo ask them to name's number afer it was in thir hands and to have the watch move that ay minute? I tried Hout sad, sure enough, it convinced them. 1 mean ould I have foreseen ‘what umber that they were going 10 chook? You may be thinking at this point “ls the choice a mathematical fone?" No, i noL. The choke usually goes something ike (his “Think ofa number trom 60 vo 120" That iit, noching more and nothing es. So read on PSYCHOKINETIC TIME, ‘This effect needs to be broken down into two parts 1) The ‘moving ofthe watch ands, and 2) the free ofthe number. The Ppochology behind both is equally important if it Bw be Performed convincingly and correct. Pay close atteton 10 the Imisirecton. It took many years 10 perfect the proper misirc- ‘on so that this foc cowld be repeated for even the most Seteemined skepticPSYCHOKNETIC TME MOVING THE HANDS: ‘Look around the r000 and note wht ype of watches people are wearing, Avoid Roles, This effect can be performed with one ‘ut it quite dificult; however, we will eer tht phase of the work later. This eet cannot be performed with digital watches. ‘When someone asks you 10 use digital watch, jst explain that sou cannot we them they may break. you are unable to note the watch person i wearing, then ak them what ind of watch they are wearing I they say “2 Rolex” fen ask another person unl you find the one that you want. As you fete the watch, state tha you wil use their watch erate SoU cannot aford wo buy new Rolex. Tas wualy gets lg 1 usually get the watch I want without going 40 this trouble ‘Usually 1 use a ladks small faced watch of & mans Timex or Seiko ‘oF Guee orwell, you get the idea, almost any watch wil do. A, {ndies smal faced watchs prefered because I can vse this 10 gain ‘misdirection as 1 pull out the stem. Look a the watch handed 10 sme and say “Hina, I don't kao.” As | pl ot the stem I stare At someone else's wrist and ask them what Kind of watch they are ‘wearing. All eyes go 10 where [am loking 3 they answer. Watch tvenonc' eyes Bet dow ook suspicious a you do this {then state that this watch may be foo smal or tht thi watch has ‘0 minute marks Of you get the idea? Any encase will do just to belp get the heat off during the palling ou of the stem. AS $00 pecform his effec, you wll find itis unnecessary 20 et tis Iisdiection as the move 10 pall out the stem i undetectable, but hiss what Iwas talking about eater, follow all the psychooglal convincers given as it help to make the effect appear that much ‘more impossible. By aking ths simple question, the fleet has not ‘cen started, and yet you ae hala fished PSYCHOKINETIC TIME Polling out the stem: Take the watch handed 10 you stim Figure 1, left hand Holds the watch with the right thumb o top ofthe fae of the watch and the index, middle and ring Finger uader the watch. The et hand 8 shown in Figure 1 does nothing buts cower and soppart the watch Figwe 1 ‘Use your right midale Ringer to pullout the stom, not your index finger (asim previous watch moving rovtines) and not yout ring Alnger_ase your middle finger (Figure 2) Your thump wil cover the tat that the stem i out If you perform this routine often enough ae I do, then you sbouk! erm your Tngernalls with the middle ingermal eft eighty longer Leave i jst slightly tong enough 10 pull owt the siem of the watch You will find that the mindzestion above wll give you over when you come acoss a watch whove sem & hard 10 pull