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When dou band th sack othe prcpant, errs something that might happen: be pines the envelopes by a series of Sight cur porap cs varaton Stine Charlier Fase Shute (he Hay Mow), Let ice ity envelopes are not ery condociee tries, oe sae whstesermethod th prispant thes to mb the smvelopes manos Ig ports he termina arene toon pemaps.even perfect. This IalctbeGvying up proces, ito {be Gren Penile, mach Sper tice And i he does a Weave Shute of the envelopes, wel then, Surteno mone oi haf yon ha Sart Sitointhesnelopes ins haptazard rongemen. ”+ Tomake the envelopes, ereted two temples on sturdy cardboard. The rst ‘sweuting pattern that includes the noo say tabs andthe Socond i the flding boek Using these, long with asta fuge and X-Acto kale permits me to Fapidly manufacture the required fnvelopes" fom lack’ contraction oper A glue stick secures the tas. And speaking of Which, did you ‘now tha constration paper comes in siferent qualities? Laide) A Hobby ‘Lobby ound high qalty onstuc- tion paper which oks the sme a ny ter, but i guaranteed o fold without Srackingorbresking LOT ee How may pass shold an ESP pre sentation con® For watever eso, Inost Communicstor, such sats Poitians and writers, Sn tha thi {Bat some in tres sty sien ‘This eapetaton ems fo be bal nto cur gees Ofcourse you roby dnt waiocone stn tt rede scaly theese tate pose effects have acai sbout he, Here's an example ofhow Pee aplicd te ee ‘While reviewing a numberof older books, taling for tings tight have {ewgte, eam arnt acy Bosker’ “inte Bag" wat stedy rox ted tre phases buts med Si sme how sey cane ne presentation sould ao he dramatic {ppl of te tng In Lay's gal ‘eine the persons ce po pes minds, respectively P'8 The to Im sagas tht i poste to nc phe pact by making the ee {estances intel more sitic” thas ising ery oat ys that the adence knows when to opland ‘There's no el change the method (altooghsemy coment below) its Just the presetton thas dient Herth ne srt. “hve paripats ae ivited on see handed pack of Zeecars Homins ther, the hands the to #2 ‘who fathr mie hom: And Ikewse $B encouraged to the pack and 98 Atop it no paper bag. Inthe mean. while, the performer displays a seed ‘rediton hat i handed 93 fr sf sping “The mentalist indicates that there are thee specs ESP: teat lay nce and recognition, “Teleaty te the casi, since it involves tr min A bows 2 Zener ccd ftom the bag and looks at, Projecting is nage tothe psorner The ments sucess enous watt Clervoyance i ite harder, since cer teprfomer no the prtispant Knows te smbolin advance ikea dou Ue bln 2 sects one wi ooking ig andthe mentalist accor ett But ofthe thee aspects compris ESP, precognition Ta the harder Reminding everyone tha #3 bat teen eld prdicon site ont te arian selects ome ofthe Zen EBs. Ofcourse the pevormer bas su ‘esl predicted From amethod pat of view, this i nothing more than tessa na ‘on. But the trative ntrpcatons {otwhichl poke care adda sd interest More importa ec how neat I thisbilds drumatcaly? Andi ako slows the peeormer fo explain a it Shou ESP, which meh bepthe rest of the performance By the way, Henning Nein firamount sy shout de The Linking Ring matic and climates, which ‘tht gotme inking long tes esa Betis place yo dike tony this efet yours, ere ara fe adn ip ple the teers cep long thchackdge oft bag (I don'tse Be tarrow ends n Lay's description) trying tobe cael here rat 0b hi of hs metho, but f yu read his frrteap andy oMt what | sugaes, Jou'lsec what mean immediatly. Bry event, ean any ip the ag open inanextemsy nonchalant fishio. be ay cheap sandwiches is the cherie generic brandourloel ro {ery sre ha fo offer, Boease 350 finy, it appears beyond eposch and pethides the sort something nie Then a simple pump taro downfi's verbor oun ‘Analerative would bet sepegate yours words 50 tht one of cach a Sian even pa, wile others an fa pape. the book is sulenly larger the ou willbe ble tof he participants ooking ef or ih Fan page. The cose books impor tan A hardbound Serbble dictinay Prefened becasc unlike a regula i 108 tionary, he ype syle big and he df ‘tons simple, making esse onthe Parcipant specially his ey andage St poor reader) The hardbound ver. sons ite a, making i ease for you ‘ore where he has opened t witht suckpance. ‘And, ob, the rationale you give “Just incase youmight tink a what nef them wrote let you dese which ‘word ou'dliketouse. really am ying to be as fir as possible. So go abead, Took at their werds and slot the one you'd keto work ith” "You obviously choose the si writers som diferent pasts the oom 0 they n't compare motes eter and lear that ‘he word wed wasn’ nthe origina ise A which pin you're probly boherd that he sist partipant would in fact have seenallof he words and that the one the seventh selected wasnt on ‘he Ist. The solution, ima mtsel, It fudience management Fist you might hoose your sch prpant tobe shy of ‘mousy ora loner. Have er visual ber ‘woud fs, and ony then hander the ‘notepad ws Yeord her eoice This wll Keep her moving, and 2 it of polite Impatience should cause her to tthe ‘ward doin rapa without focusing on thevrher words Orifyou wethe Kosar Prediction Pa ike 1, youl ind i's enducveto simply obser oreo the ‘word onthe ped with your Fingers you old itopenina hel manner"! a any even, this sa very direct ook test ‘without any page number monkey ba ‘sy making itl extra ff aud ‘nce managerent wll woth think Here's another de or the of Youn search of new lamps fr ola, Pecing to oie which econo Sele ito- ‘arya participant as opened to fxtemely usefl in Phil Goldstein's ‘Word Games,” another fie cent fal varintons mentioned earlier ‘Theee's need Yo peck how many tlpbabet cds he has ow Yast, the Pre Linking Ring pativipant can hide them altogether ‘making this ery hands-off presetar tion. Thea llr, but I keep You ‘ps ining stable words. Youre we ‘ome othe but im definitely keep ing word choices to myslPt ook Ime housoaive tthe! (Fortes, ke paying Serabble) I youstp to conser it Nik Tow’ “Eight Cand Brainwave" is actualy an ‘ramp ofaanging fore too nan od Seay." Therange iy of couse, itera ‘Shuchacked or e-backed ed. You [ete partipant to choose one of bese (Gand eae to show arth ft that Wsthe oni card ofthat back design. OF fourse, you'll never now foray given performance what the result Wil be head of nee ought aout this or STP: Short Term Psi years, wondering ie person could get [round he undesrabiity sue and make {his into stv force wih singe, re- ‘ible outome, ARer much copia, [recently disovered hati indeed posible, 1 want 10 be careful about Fevealng other's secrets here, but ean fy that my olution sto be found i Peter Kane's "Kane's Vain” IFyou now this_and.Niok's "Eight Card Brainwave you'lsecimmedatly ow they work very well together. Tos in ome colored tokens and. it of PATEO, andyoucan cvenmakeitinoa ‘tvee-pase board game plot like 've Sone Play with hese ides abit anda fore wi probably never seem the same to you Q@QQQ OOOO b- Mi ‘As anothererampl of ranging force inaction here'sa complet plese, which ko uses the one-abesdprincple to uP theante abit Is esentally sei-work- ‘ng although erin arount of se {3s required during is performance, Needed rea Zener pack abd eight chips ‘numbered I through 8. You can easy Inake sh attractive set ofthese yourself ftom white poker ships to which you have axed vinyl presson numbers, ane, 2005, slab fom ars andra stores. ‘Whatheauence sess that parti= ipunt tel slets one ofthe chip Iona. Next, the Zener cards are shuledand eat of them are ni out in {ro The pareipant sing his hip fies board game eke, counts over the umber of cards coresponding to hs ‘hipand tars that card face wp. When ‘he pediton you jted down ere is ‘end tis found at youhave accurately ‘reicted both the amber end he sya bo “Asan overview the mime hip rly isselected at random while the symbol ards foneed Homever, sing the oe thea principle, the ore in which Your prediclon arescordd reversed "The setup x snp The ou Stas re omthetop athe pack, andthe remaining ‘oe som the face. Alo needed are te ‘ht umber chips, notepad abd pe. Naturally, you won't want to perform ‘hie the way 1, bu ve included my ‘Somplee strip Along the wa Taso 105explain some ofthe psychological sub- Itios and motivations, and these are Pethape what you'l get he most Fem “If claimed! could prediet something ‘wa inthe ftir, ike fe oatsome ofan ‘levtion or the waning Powerball na ber, you'd no doubt be skopial But ‘what i sad 1 could anticipate some- thing about your behavior, something tha happen nly mince nthe fate: ‘would you be more likely to believe? ‘Well, hy don't we try an experiment "ike tha afc, 'm lng wave you do oo separate things, one by choice tone chance tnd we'l se flan sccurately foretell "ve got some number chips her, Why don't you shake them around and “pill them out in rot of you. Arrange them in any order you'd Ike: is your ‘econ eney "However, I dont want you 1 som: cenieate om ny particular number jst Yet or you might accuse me of sin Feading your mind. Likewise, 1 dont vant to give you any hints, s0 lt me ‘wre private pediton ofa decision | think you're sbouttomake.” ld ad he erin cant see exaty hat you're wri earth top wre: "You wil choose 6 rmunber Teasing blank at then. “Hiram, That's petty tong impression ‘With your gers covering most but otalof the wring Ginchuing the blank Sp) tue the pa rnd and et face on onthe ble" This exceed ae an unintentional Mas," simply o drive ome that you've writen something ‘serse the Gop of the page, But dont mphasz ther inward ot dod “Okay, les call this Part A ofthe experiment We'll eave my prediction fight heen fl vow at ll mes Since TPhrcommited now, go abead aod push ‘hone number chip tat mos appeals ‘owamay from theres” 106 When he does so, gather up she ‘emaining chips ands them aside “Good jb, Pease note that you made your devsion entirely by chee. Now [ers ey something by chance, We can ican ESP ating pck fortis Bring the Zener peck forward and unease Fan open fo stow the ste bok bu dona span th a fr com etely (the four dupleate sts) Ataris Senn the face sr an cient conv er and this haps defuse the fat hat ‘er stare wl be seen nth spend wi Youget tothe face ofthe ast four Fora Similar reason, thts why you mention ‘hea fistin he nest ptr ine, “I'm sute you've seca these before we have stars, crosses, cles, Wavy Ties and square tour disposal” ‘Gater up te pack and nonchalantly ‘Overhand Shute tas you continue to ‘hat Do ot comment on this shoul Simply appear that you sre sly sbuting fs you prtie on. But the shale Vs Senportnt In porter star with ip shut, then ua eat ie ard, an complet the Overhand Shull normale Ig" All ive stare wl mow be oe te “Perhaps you've even used them to test your own psychic abilities atone time or another. In any evens let me iempt to predict something even you ‘ould’ have knw before, ‘Sette pack down, Time mission row kicks in and your preset wil fae From memory. Take the pd sd pen sd ve the mesage "You mil land onthe Star immediately below the frst mes Sage, Atte same tine, lin tems umber in the message above, You wil ‘want to practice this you can ge good Sifilinginthe missing number though [tere prt ofthe arent sentence sod ‘without tbe tp ofthe pol elegraphing Anything untoward. But whatever you oy dot anh and ont et ity the Partsipants have no des what you're ‘wnting anyway The Linking Ring Lev'scall hisPerB” ‘Tame pd over ind setit own Pik vpthepackagain. way Ive writen what shin wil Ippon in he Fare, Now we should make sare the ESP symbols are com ley meds etsy tikes” “Thumb off about ik eards and Set sem down to your fa iht patipan- role, “Wel split the pack into groups just somakething aly random. Go ahead Sms these cards any old way you Pott he packet onthe tale Ashe spariput picks ip, thumb off nother ‘hump of abou stead and seit down tothe et of where the fst packer was. Wea you're done with those, mix these” “Fhumb off another chump, making sue youleave exactly fivcads behind Ingourleft han. So heve down, again ‘working letward Then eth as puck- (oontaining the Five stars) down to your fare. “Ad then do dese (se he hind pack down and these (set the ast packet ore ‘Alo his shuting atiy provides wonderful misdirection, You'll be abe tosplitthe card so he ast packet co tains vac ve without atone aati Fngyoumay bepayingalile more aten- tin than usual When the paeipant ences the xing. with both ands trp the two outer pockets and simul ‘rou setthem ontop of heirtwo inner eghiors resulting in two talons, Now es make two piles. And tobe completely far, you can have a free Shoe af eter packet tke whichever Souprefer Then gee ober ane” "This relly sae choice, so make the most oft Inthe next sequence you ‘willtake tims alten dealing cards Toformsinglerow fight. Tempore tan tng tote that the card wl be ‘sl fom the parsing ne, 2008 ‘which wil be consistent with how he ‘ovesbisoken in afew moments TAS ‘behing to do ithe metod inthe tong un, but simply comes across a & courtesy to is viewpoint making Both the dealing ad okenmoving seem mere rata "Now todetermin who deal fst, note shot te tck and whether he parce Jpants chosen number Is odd or even, ‘Reordngo: “Youhave thestack Hebas Ouavou'efiet He'sfint EvenHe'sfit Youre fit "Bute tkethisone sep ths.” you go fist, say," deal a card fhcedownright re” Del your ear othepaicipant’s far let “ten want yout del aeardnextto Point tashow wherehiscard shouldbe sl slighty to th fo the fs (00 fom yourviewpo) Bul ihe participant goes ist sy," want you to deal aan facedown Baht tee” Point to show he will eal the ard own agnin tobi fare "Then ideal vcard neato ‘Then pat yours down, apsin lity 0 ‘hele (bow rom your vewpoin Lats kep alternating ul we make acompleterow.” ‘Give. any” additional. instructions required so that you an the paripat hve temtly deal eight cards oa ‘Single row Notthat standard cose- Upp wil andl exact eight ards ‘Stow meaningyouwon' hve to chater ‘och aout placement I be obvious ow the ard should Be dal othe wid “Olay, the oly reason we've gone ‘trough hl rae thorooeh proces 0 [Barn nether of we ave ary ea ‘hich is which and where the symbols Tes that’s alld double-blind and is Important to keepin ming foras sd, 107 stackPart doped upon youselecing some- thing completely by chance.” roku the parscpan's chip and sett to his far let ofthe row of cards IP $ou've followed the above sehemecare- Filly tena aris athe comet pos ti tobe counted rom hie Tiss ‘ube, bu mporant. There's change |nhow the parcipant acts om any piven might he willbe counting fom his lef, ‘hemos atrelwaytodothings (test inmost Wester cultures). Moreover, notice how neat theranging fre Bas ne ino pla ete, Every obec Star, which greatly simpiis the work euied to get thepartipant to and on onsofthem. “Now {Was you 10 imagine hiss @ token fom aboard game. You chose the rumber (sa the number om the chip {Count over tha many spaces and plop thetoken down ‘Wait forthe participant odo so. Then father up the remsiningeards and st them aside Don'teven dam of proving thecards neighbors are nonstars (ven ‘hough hey ae)" The pack has aleady been hulled into obiviony the partic- punt str stoi to prove Andy ‘he way, employing achip as a oken as ‘wellasa number provides good motive tion fr combining thew ests. Tis nat only takes the est offof the one ahead ici used bu lso makes the count- Forcing Seren ‘ve come tothe conclusion thatthe best ments never lash, Here's what Tincan Most magicians have a oro of fang (at east, hope they do! Rather thas rake spreading double- they practice thousands of hours ui separe- Son becomes a viral possibly: But Inmenalfsm wemight often ake gam- ‘es, kn fl wl ht the gos ean be fickle from sme tte, When 8 ing force seem more reasonable; most everybody is familiar with moving tokens onabeard game, “T doubt there's any way you could ave ntepted the yal you'd ie aC Butas fad care, whee i comes Predicting short term events based upon {person's Behavior, Pn usally pty Slide the chip ofF and turn the card face up. it Tooks ike your symbol isthe sa [Now remember, n art A, you mae ® deision based ently upon choice. And etl sould se the number you old cide upon, lel ny min seye Pan B,oweve, theft you thoroughly Fandotszed the symbole guranteed {You'd be acting emely by chance. But asin, Thal a pretty stone impression ‘what would happen. Are you ready for this? Tur the notepad over and se What Tarte” Wait for aresponse then close “By ele oF by chance, telly does seem possible t0 predict something Sigh ate fuue!" ‘Andis tabvious“STP*couldhe done witha ail writer But instead, we te th subtleties of body ing the fone-thead est in tandem witha litle Fingerobscuring to dispense with the prop liogter. Why openacanofbeans Sithastck of éymamie! ity hunch works out, you've gota miracle ‘Whenit does, welthere's big ence betwen filing to ead a ptcular Darciants mind and dropping bie [ed al shell (a fog st ole ct oes tconsist of aus) Tam not of couse, ecommending thata ments eckesly our hazard But st does seem tome that there ‘methodical way to ply your hunches, sat Case "race Hemet, Tony cfr Pcl erties, (Chg Map i, 181) pata key Mares, el World Mae, plac: 0 pubis, 199) pp, 238-28. Wim Map Mee Shes, "ESPs" Oe Man Para, The Linking Ring, Novem 1998 no The Linking Ring 12 one cP hin Rie se on, nea ta ae os ‘ima le EEN Leis Merde Spe Molin oD RRs coopag org "lrg ns, Meg and Showmanship: A Handbook or Conarers. 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