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Michael Kras
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 Posted: Fri May 23, 2008 2:01 am Post subject: Strongest Form Of Mentalism |
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There are many different fascinating areas of mentalism... which do you think is strongest?
To me, telekinetic powers are one of the strongest mind power demonstrations... moving objects with the mind and the like. One of my favourite demonstrations is an effect I created over two years ago in which a can of pop was vigorously shaken simply using the mind.
What is the strongest fom of mentalism to you? How about the weakest?
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Predictions are my personal favorite area of mentalism. Man has wished to know the future for as long as he's been alive, and so I believe that predictions play to a very primal instinct. Second strongest would have to be the new age psychological effects during which the performer demonstrates the ability to control the actions of others. Power is another very primal instinct to human nature.
Personally I feel that blindfold effects are boring.
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I feel the same way about memorization effects... just not impressive.
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By the way, one of my favourite prediction effects is predicting a freely played game of Tic-Tac-Toe... first learned that in the Mark Wilson course, such a gem.
Another genre in mentalism that I am rather partial to is suggestion... so much you can do with this powerful mind technique and such creative possibilities are available. Mentalism using Anagrams is another genre I dislike.. but that's just me... I can't get it to look casual enough.
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To me, the strongest form of mentalism is what people fear most... that you can really influence their minds. I used to do a bit where I would hand a person a deck of cards and tell the person first to just think of a card, any card. Then I would ask the person to spread out the deck and find the card he or she was thinking of. They can't find the card; it's just not in the deck. Then I ask what card they are looking for, reach into my pocket and produce the card (on the back is written - this is the card you thought of). I always got a STRONG reaction from everyone who saw it. Most of my mental effects are of that same type, where I seem to force a person to think a certain way, etc.
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| Spellbinder wrote: | | To me, the strongest form of mentalism is what people fear most... that you can really influence their minds. I used to do a bit where I would hand a person a deck of cards and tell the person first to just think of a card, any card. Then I would ask the person to spread out the deck and find the card he or she was thinking of. They can't find the card; it's just not in the deck. Then I ask what card they are looking for, reach into my pocket and produce the card (on the back is written - this is the card you thought of). I always got a STRONG reaction from everyone who saw it. Most of my mental effects are of that same type, where I seem to force a person to think a certain way, etc. |
It sounds pretty much like Derren Brown's Smoke, although the ending is different. |
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Derren was born in 1971, about the same time I had been performing it for about ten years, by my calculations.
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| Spellbinder wrote: | | Derren was born in 1971, about the same time I had been performing it for about ten years, by my calculations. |
Oh, I wasn't implying that that effect was copied from Smoke; I was just noting the similarities.
And Brian, you're right, and that's why I'm glad I got Derren Brown's Pure Effect, although I'm disappointed that it didn't have Lift in it. |
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| Michael Kras wrote: | | I feel the same way about memorization effects... just not impressive. |
In my experience that's not true. I close my set with a memorised list/magic sqaure combo. For very little effort they can be very strong indeed.
I like predictions, although I play them as psychological influence thing, rather than a spooky power thing. I also have a great fondness for 4th Dimensional Telepathy routines.
I'm less interested in book tests, although I quite like the idea behind Iain Dunford's The Hateful Page (and I quite like the method, too!)
All the best
Gary
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