Easy Mentalism

“Magicians don\’t pretend that they really have psychic powers.” – Austin Hackney

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Card Tricks are some of the most popular magic tricks that there are and equally mind-reading effects are increasingly popular, so why not combine the two and learn ow to do mind-reading tricks with cards? Not only are you tapping into the two most popular kinds of trick, but there are some simple card techniques that lend themselves naturally to the performance of mind-reading effects.

So what card tricks techniques lend themselves especially well to mind-reading effects?

Well, first of all let’s be clear what a mind-reading effect actually is. It is when a magician appears to ‘read’ or ‘see’ the thoughts or an image in the mind of a spectator. Of course, this can’t really be done and it has been scientifically demonstrated often enough that people who claim to have ‘psychic powers’ are either lying or deluded and that all the effects that people experience with them can be easily explained scientifically. That doesn’t, sadly, stop it being big business. There’s always someone unethical enough to try and make a buck from the gullible or the needy.

Magicians who do mind-reading tricks, however, fall into a different category. Magicians don’t pretend that they really have ‘psychic powers’. We know it’s a trick, we say it’s a trick but we all join in as if it was a mystic event for the fun of it. The real techniques behind mind-reading are the same as any other magic trick: misdirection, props, gimmicks, sleight-of-hand, stooges in the audience, smoke and mirrors!

So, what card effects can we use in mind-reading? The three main ones that come immediately to mind are the ‘card force’, the ‘marked or spotted card’ and ‘the controlled shuffle’. You could also use ‘palming’, ‘switching’ and any number of other sleights but to keep it relatively simple, let’s just focus on those first three.

A ‘card force’ is when the magician controls the card that a spectator chooses, seemingly by a free or even random choice. There are many techniques for achieving the force, some of them simple and others more subtle and complex. We won’t go into them here but the point is that clearly if the magician can secretly force a card on a spectator then he can very confidently ‘predict’ what the card is or ‘read the mind’ of the spectator as they concentrate on the image of the card to seemingly ‘divine’ what it is. This, simple as it is, can be dressed up with patter and other business to make a very powerful and baffling number of effects of the ‘mind-reading’ variety. You can learn card force techniques from reputable books, websites and your local magic club.

The ‘marked’ card technique is also quite straight-forward in principle. The magician allows the spectator a genuine free choice of card but then marks it out in some way, so it can be located again even if he hasn’t seen its face value. The card can be inverted, scratched or crimped, for example. Under cover of some misdirection, the kind can then be secretly viewed. Then the magician can go on comfortably to read the spectator’s mind in whatever elaborate and acted-up way the trick requires!

The final method we’ll look at here is the ‘controlled shuffle’. In this technique, the magician allows the spectator a free choice of card and then, as the card is replaced into the pack it is shuffled in to give the impression that it is thoroughly lost in the deck but actually the magician has used the technique to guide the card through the pack to wherever he wants it to be – usually the top or bottom of the deck from which point it can easily be glimpsed and then ‘mind read’ or predicted.

If you already do some card tricks and are familiar with these techniques then you can start straight away to build mind-reading routines using the skills you already have. If not, then it’s worth your while learning this basic card techniques as they’ll open up endless possibilities for you and are not difficult to learn with just a little practice. You can learn them from books, other magicians, some websites and, of course, downloadable video tutorials.

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Austin Hackney is a performing magician, entertainer, theatre practioner and writer of many years standing, always keen to share his experience and encourage the novice. His website, The Magic Tricks Homepage is a great free resource for magic tutorials, articles, visual guides, eBooks and more. If you want to learn magic well, not just a huge number of tricks but solid performance skills, the site is well worth a visit. You can download magic video tutorials here which is a great way of learning and building a repertoire.

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“Mentalism acts can get boring if you only make use of written texts. In order to keep your audience excited, you must add elements of colors and other big things so that you can make your act more visual.” – Jack Tabone

“By learning how to apply some tricks, you can make people around you to believe that you can read minds.” – Edith Ozera

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The ability of reading minds of others can be genuinely done by only a few people in the world. It requires paranormal skills which requires a lifetime discipline to acquire.

But by learning some mind reading tricks, you can be seen as someone who can read minds. With these simple tricks, which can be learned by anyone, you can impress people and improve your relationships.

Here is an example of very simple mind reading trick. How to find the card selected by someone else after shuffling the deck completely.

Indeed it is very easy to guess the card picked by someone else because the illusionist has the power to give the card of his selection to his audience. After convincing them with repetitive shuffles, he prepares the set up for picking a specific card. In a vast majority of occurrences the person picks the card which the illusionist wants.

This person believes that he picked the card he wanted. Indeed, no, he picked the card which the illusionist gave to him.

In some rare cases, the audience does not pick that specific card but another one. Although the set up, the person picks another one. The magician is still prepared for this scenario. He follows this surprise card with attention. During the shuffle, he follows this new card with his eyes and hands and puts it to the back of the deck. He knows that this card at the end of the deck.

Even the never ending cuts and mixes of the deck of the cards, this specific card is located at the end of the deck all the time. Then he shows this card to the person with a very wise facial expression, saying that can your selection be that one?

The result? Of course amazing all the time. The audience surprises one more time and starts doubting if this man can really read minds of others.

If you want to make people that you can read their minds, you do not have to do it really. By learning how to apply some tricks, you can make people around you to believe that you can read minds.

Applying mind reading tricks in front of people can very fun and entertaining. With these simple tricks you can easily amaze people around you all the time.

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“The basis of being a mind reader or mentalist is making people believe that you have certain special abilities.” – Adam Davies

“Is it possible to learn mentalism by reading ebook and watching videos? Yes, it is quite possible to learn the essense of the trick.” – Edith Ozera

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Everybody loves magic and mentalism. Many people want to learn mentalism tricks to astonish people with powerful tricks and illusions they will remember for the rest of their lives. This wish can be for self realization, gaining respect and just for fun.

There is no school or universities teaching how to do magic. Since magicians traditionally hide their secrets, it has been difficult for people who wants to develop their skills to become illusionist or magicians. Today, it is much easier to find information with internet. Now it is easy and possible to get online access to the videos, ebooks and tutorials on magic and mentalism.

The best way to learn mentalism is to get direct communication with a professional magician and mentalist if possible. With internet communications it is much easy to establish communication with even the most famous ones through their websites on the internet.

There are a lot of resources available online teaching the art of mentalism and magic with all the details. Is it possible to learn mentalism by reading ebook and watching videos? Yes, it is quite possible to learn the essense of the trick.

Learning a few tricks do not make you magician or mentalist. Every mentalism and magic trick must be practiced several times by the beginner magician. Otherwise the results can be very disappointing.

The person who wants to learn mentalism tricks, should prefer the easy tricks he can perform in front of his family and friends. It is vital to practice the newly learned tricks until you completely learn how to apply it.

If a trick is presented without enough rehearsal, the audience will not be late to realize the secret of the trick and will scream you all the steps how you did that. This situation is enough reason to give up doing magic. The people who experience such embarrassments never want to do magic again.

A person who are serious about becoming a mentalist, needs to focus and practice the tricks 3-4 days a week or 2-3 hours a day. Some very easy tricks do not require this much work. But developing a continuous discipline of practicing and rehearsal until it is completely learned, is very important for becoming a successful in learning mentalism tricks and magic.

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“Body language not only gives you additional information about other people and about yourself, it also gives you different information” – Aldian Prakoso