Easy Mentalism

“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

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Featured Article by Jack Tabone

You have no doubt heard about mentalism and seen famous mentalists like David Blaine perform extra-ordinary mind control feats, but how much do you really know about mentalism? Mentalism is a performing art that makes you think that the practitioner i.e. the mentalist is gifted with supernatural powers. It is very much like stage magic, and many mentalists add stage hypnotism to their act as well. Nowadays many people are learning the art of mentalism. Although it may not be very easy to master the tricks, with proper advice and guidance you can easily learn great mind control tricks and the ability to read minds.

In this article I will try and provide information that can help you master the art of mentalism and become a skilled practitioner of the same. But no tips shall guarantee success if you do not combine them with adequate practice and hard work. Only if you practice on a regular basis would you be able to amaze and fascinate people around you with your magic tricks.

Here are 10 tips that can help you make your mentalism act successful:

* It is important that you keep things light. Remember that this is supposed to be fun. You can make use of humor to lighten the situation; otherwise you may end up losing your audience.

* Being a mentalist, your first motive should be to gain a proper rapport with your audience. You need to have proper communicative skills to be able to persuade your audience, this way you would ensure successful results.

* It is a good idea to avoid strange shuffles or flourishes. Hold things naturally so that you do not kill the whole idea of the illusion.

* Remember that it is quite common for people to ask you questions or doubt your so-called supernatural abilities. You need to know how to answer them tactfully so that you do not kill your act.

* 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.

* You may also consider involving people in your act; this would provide a lot of room for interaction.

* Always have confidence in yourself and your capabilities. This shall help make your act powerful and much more fascinating.

* It is also wise to add effects that make use of real suggestion. This way you can add a layer of realism in your routine.

* Another important thing is to be carefully and cleverly scripted. It is important that you talk professionally and keep the audience entertained. Make sure not to add words that do not make sense or seem unnecessary.

* Keep in mind that classic acts still sell and people still enjoy them in present times. Therefore it is a good option for you to involve a few classic acts in your routine.

These were some tips that can help you master the art of mentalism. Go ahead, follow the footsteps of your favorite mentalist and become the star among all your friends.

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“The word anchor comes from NLP whereby when you get an emotional response from someone, whether it is being happy, sad, excited, positive, negative etc.” – Adam Davies

“Learning how to perform mentalism is both an art as well as science.” – Cheri Brennan

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This is a common question that is often asked by a beginner magician. Learning card tricks is one thing, staging an act in front of an audience is another feat of its own. For those of you who are seeking for information, you will find some useful tips here.

To perform mentalism is an art. Magicians/mentalists are like artists but the skills behind each of these professions are different. To be successful as a mentalist, there are a few principles of stage magic you have to learn, not forgetting the act of creating an illusion of mind control and mind reading. Here are some principles that are often inseparable from such a performance or stage act.

1. Presentation

Presentation or what people call stage presence is important. You need to learn how to captivate the attention of your audience so that they are not distracted by the surroundings. You need them to only focus on the object or hand movement that you want them to see.

2. Persuasion

Persuasion is another powerful principle. The act itself is to convince the audience to follow what you say and what you do, making them trust you as a person. Observe the way magicians talk to their audiences and answer questions. They are always ready to add humor to it so that their audiences will let their guards down and not be on high alert.

3. Throwing a Smoke Screen

By this, we are talking about misguiding or misdirecting your audiences to something which is in fact a smoke screen. While the act is in play, you are actually doing something else in the background under concealment. But you will not want the folks to spot it. They are often misled by the performer to give their 100% attention to the smoke screen.

4. Add Entertainment Value

Some tricks can look gory such as chain-sawing or even body piercing. But you will realize that the shows are never without funny, interesting acts like starting with card tricks or simple magic tricks. These are important to warm up your spectators.

You see, learning how to perform mentalism is both an art as well as science. If you are just beginning, it is important to pick up a few useful guides to learn the tricks of the trade.

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“The mentalism magic tricks are of different skillfulness levels going from easiest to hardest. Some of the magic tricks can be learned right off bat but some may take time and rehearsal to learn.” – Coach Washington

Featured Article By Chris Lloyd

Many people have heard of mentalism, but few know exactly what is involved. So let’s start with a clear definition.

Mentalism is defined as a sub-category within the field of magic. It has to do with tricks dealing with the mind’s power. Rather than relying heavily on tools or grand illusions, it has more to do with try to give the impression that the magician can tap into the minds of audience members, or use his or her own mind control to cause objects to move, etc.

Some people think that mentalism actually depends on some spiritual connection between the supernatural realm and the magician. While there might be a very remote possibility that some magicians actually do have some insight into the spiritual world, most illusionists use mentalism tricks and strategies just like in any other type of magic. Over the next few pages you’ll learn some of them!

For example, remember at the beginning of this course when we talked about Derren Brown and his ability to make people fall asleep over the phone? It’s not that he actually has the power to control other people’s minds – he just knows tricks to get people to do what he says.

There is definitely a difference between the two. Derren isn’t dabbling in the occult or anything like that; rather, he’s using human psychology to create intriguing and mystifying illusions!

For many reasons, including the fact that the old “pull a rabbit out of a hat” type of magic is not as surprising and interesting as it once was, mentalism is one of the fastest growing and most popular forms of magic being practiced today. There are many fabulous and highly talented magicians who specialize in this form, Derren Brown being just one of them.

A Brief Explanation of Hypnosis

Hypnosis is one very highly popular form of mentalism. Psychiatrists actually regard hypnosis as an everyday activity or state that we undergo when we are watching movies, reading books, or driving down a long empty road. When we are doing these sorts of activities we enter a trancelike condition in which we are very vulnerable to the power of suggestion and feel extremely relaxed.

Some people are mistakenly under the impression that hypnosis is like being asleep, but it’s actually a hyperaware, hyperattentive state. It’s also a state of total consciousness.

You know how when you get engrossed in a book you tune out the outside world, paying attention only to the story itself? It’s similar to that. You’re tuning out extraneous stimuli and focusing in only on one source, the subject or magician who is speaking directly to you. Thus you are very likely to do whatever the magician tells you to do when you’re in a hypnotic state!

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