Never, with a few exceptions, handle, shuffle or cut the deck. The teats 01" OLOF JONSSON are a prtme exmnple.Ī Mentalist, when presentang card miracles, must: 1. A billet test appears staggering bJ it's own weight but a card trick must be dramatized to the hilt it it is to be presented as a form 01" psychic phenomena. The mentalist must see to it that when he does present card trioks, they must be presented as seeming miracles. In a recent show, the author was asked by a member 01" the audience it he could do card tricks I Card tricks are very Dunninger stayed away tram card tricks in his television show, but did resort to card effects in his guest appearances. The mentalist must teel out his aUdiences. The mentalist should not hesitate to tlaunt his psi ability by doing a poker demonstration, showing that he can always get the upper hand if he so wills it.
Nevertheless, card effects are useful tor the drawing room presentation, tor the casual show, a close-up show and for those spectators that request to see a card miracle. It the mentalist is doing an BSF show, or a question answering act, he should not have to resort to card trioks to till in his program, since there are an abundance of other tests that do not use oards.
The author tried card effects in his mental program and was called down by members of the audienoe asking, "Why do you do card tricks?" Kreskin tailed to impress college students with card tricks disguised as ESP experiments. The smart mentalist does well to know when and where to present one. Unfortunately, a card ettect does not go well with every audience regardless 01" how it is presented. 0101" Jonsson continues to prove psychic phenomena with his colossal card effects.
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Dwminger in his 1-hour-15-minute show "Unveiling Mysteries 01" the Telepathio Mind," did tour card effects plus his question-answering act, the 16-digit effect and his telephone book test. Orson Welles in a recent show (July 1916) did a superb 15 minute act with cards. Yet the top names in magic keep on amazing aUdiences with card eftects. Most mentalists agree that card tricks detinite17 do not belong in a mental prqsrmn. "ĪN AL MANN EXCLUSIVE CHAPTBR'I A TRACTATE ON FABULOUS OARD EFFECTS FOR THE MbBTALIST THE "Gre at thou ghts redu ced to prac tice Haz1 1tt became grea t acts. ente ly ssari nece not are cts Ment al Card Effe The stude nt shou ld there fore choo se card ettec ts that are dire ct and with maximmn impa ct. throu ghou t the year s can till seve ral volum rtain ing. The amou t prin in ared appe have that s trick ot ment al card Many es. It is the hope ot the auth or that this trac tate will assi st the stud ent in choo sing the nt corr ect kind of Ment al Card Effe cts.
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