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Tatto Joe

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 13:49:00 -0700

The Secret:

Basically, tattoo joe is a really compact and elastic pantyhose that you hide under your short sleeves.

Here is how to make it:

I now most of us here are guys, but go with your mom or sumthin to your local dollar store and buy yourself a pair of plain pantyhose with no fancy decal on it. Make sure its the tightest size available. Depending on your skin color (not to be racist) Select the tone of pantyhose closest to your skin color. Make sure its tight on your arm.

Step 2
cut your (sexy LOLZ) pantyhose about the length of your elbow to your wrists. adjust size to your satisfaction.

Step 3.
get some duct tape and tape around the rims of the pantyhose. The duct tape will keep the panty hose from slipping of your arm.

Step 4
Now it's time to slip your tattoo joe device on. move the duct tape (either end) all the way up under your armpit area so you can catch the device just in case it falls out. This is a test to see if your device fits. If the device is loose, GO BUY A SMALLER PAIR OF PANTYHOSE. IF ITS THE SMALLEST well, youre pretty much screwed.

Step 5
Pattern printing.

Now this probably self explanatory. You can either draw something on the arm (device not your arm) with a dry erase marker. This will allow you to wipe away the stuff if you want to print another image. 2, you can tape your pantyhose to a strong piece of paper (Ideal is art cardboard drawing paper) stick it in your printer and print it from your computer. YOURE PRINTER SHOULD NOT JAM. HOWEVER, IF IT DOES I AM NOT RESPONSiLBLE FOR ANY DAMAGES. DO NOT DO THIS STEP IF YOU HAVE A LASERJET PRINTER THAT NEEDS YOUR PIECE OF PAPER TO GO INSIDE OF YOUR MACHINE AND DISAPPEAR FOR A WHILE. IT WILL JAM.

The rest is pretty much self explanatory. use your hand to cover up your ductg tape area when pul;ing the "tattoo" and roll it back up.

You might want to replace the bottom tape that goes down to your wrist with painter's tape for better flow.

For TWO tattoos just make a second device and put it over the first one. whichever tattoo you want to show first.

Mental Reading

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 7 Apr 2009 23:41:00 -0700

by Aurk
(Bangladesh)

THE EFFECT: The magician writes down the names of four different fruits on four pieces of paper. The magician folds them up and asks a spectator to choose one of the four papers.

The spectator is asked to remember the fruit but not to tell the magician. The magician closes his eyes and says the name of the fruit is "mango" and it's the correct answer!

THE SECRET: When you write the names of the different fruits actually write one fruit on all four pieces of paper. However as you write pretend to be writing different words.

For example write "mango" on all the pieces of paper. So whichever the spectator chooses the answer will always be mango.

TIP: After the spectators chooses one of the papers immediately get the other three pieces of paper and put them in your pocket. If not the spectator may well see you have written the same on the others.

You can have a duplicate set of papers with different fruits written on and switch them in your pocket to make the performance that much more amazing!

Card Jump with Hot Shot

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 7 Apr 2009 00:54:00 -0700

A card is made to jump out from the deck into your other waiting hand and jump back. This card sleight is awesome, when mastered.
You Will Need : A deck of playing cards. A nice bit of patter.

How To Do the Trick :
This card sleight can be used as a trick on its own or used to boost the visual impact of another trick. Just ensure that the card that you wish to "jump" is at the top of the pack ( use your favourite card force to ensure this). The deck is shuffled while being held, bottom long side of the deck, resting against the fleshy part of the thumb. ie biddle grip.The spectator is asked to choose a card and return it to the pack. ( This card should be forced to the top of the pack, using your favourite force. )Hold the deck as seen in the photo. The deck should be held lengthwise between you and the spectator, thumb supporting one lengthwise side and your middle, ring and small finger supporting the other lengthwise side. Your first finger should be touching the short side of the deck, nearest the spectator. Create some misdirection by bringing your free hand over the deck and appear to be squaring it up. Use this cover to slide your first finger under the top card. At the same time, apply pressure to both long sides of the top card by using your middle finger to push the card against the base of your thumb, causing the card to arch like a bridgeThe top card should be pushed slightly further forwards towards the spectator so as to cover more of your first finger. The deck should also be tilted slightly downwards to hide the fact that your forefinger is under the card. Straighten your first finger quickly. This will release the sprung top card which should jump into the air into your awaiting other hand.

Tarot Reading

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 01:45:00 -0700

You produce a pack of Tarot Cards and invite your volunteer to shuffle them thoroughly. After shuffling them, you take the pack and deal six cards face down on the table, discarding the remainder of the pack. As each card is turned to reveal its symbol, you make startling revelations about your volunteer that convince them you can see into their mind and personality.
But this easy secrect...

Tarot Reading relies on a technique known as cold reading. It's a technique used by clairvoyants, psychics and mentalists to make a person believe you can read their innermost thoughts. The statements used are specially designed to sound specific to one person and yet they are so general, they actually apply to a large percentage of the population. Look at the statements below and see how many apply to you.
Imagine if someone claiming to be psychic told you these things;
would you believe they had special powers?
1. You have a need for other people to like and admire you
2. You are overly critical of yourself.
3. You have some personality weaknesses but are generally
able to compensate for them.
4. You have considerable unused capacity that you have not
yet turned to your advantage.
5. Disciplined and self-controlled on the outside, you are
worrisome and insecure on the inside.
6. At times you have serious doubts as to whether you have
made the right decision or done the right thing.7. You prefer a certain amount of change and variety
8. You pride yourself as an independent thinker and do not accept others' statements without satisfactory proof.
9. You have found it unwise to be too frank in revealing
yourself to others.
10.At times you are extroverted, affable, and sociable, while
at other times you are introverted, wary, and reserved.
11.Some of your aspirations can be rather unrealistic.
12.You become dissatisfied when hemmed in by restrictions
and limitations.
13.Security is one of your major goals in life.
Now all you need to perform some cold reading is a pack of Tarot cards and to memorize the above statements. Get your spectator to shuffle the Tarot deck and then ask them to deal six cards face down on the table.
Turn over the cards one by one to perform your reading. No matter what cards turn up, recite the phrases above and try to personalize the phrases as much as you can. You will get far more 'hits' than 'misses'. And think – how many times have you heard a psychic say that the images and names of Tarot cards should not be taken literally in a reading? Now you know why!

Seven Keys to Baldpate

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 02:07:00 -0700

Effect

The mentalist displays seven keys and a padlock, explaining that only one of the keys will open the padlock. The keys are dropped in a bag and seven spectators are each given the opportunity to choose a key (well, technically, the seventh one has no choice, but we’re going to avoid getting too picky here).

The mentalist waves a hand over each spectator in turn, and then accurately divines which spectator has the one working key. The lock is undone, the cage door opened, and Baldpate the Gorilla escapes into the audience for a thrilling climax.

Secret...

The lock, keys, cage, and gorilla are all real. The mentalist knows ahead of time which spectator has the correct key because the key that will open the lock on the gorilla’s cage is brass while the rest are silver (the body of the lock is also brass, to help the mentalist remember what color to look for). The mentalist just watches for the person who picks the odd-colored key, and the rest is acting.

Some mentalists use seven keys that are all the same color and memorize the pattern of teeth on the keys to make the method even more inscrutable. This seems like a lot of extra work for very little gain, as the risk of discovery is slight. Spectators never notice the colors of the keys because they are too distracted by the wild thrashing of the mad gorilla within its cage (not feeding the gorilla for a few days and putting a banana under a spectator’s chair enhances this effect).

Driving Blindfolded

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 09:40:00 -0700

Effect

The "blindfolded drive" is one of the most popular mentalist publicity stunts. The mentalist will usually begin by sending out a press release, contacting local celebrities, putting up tacky fliers, etc., advertising the fact that there will be a demonstration of driving "using only the mind's eye for direction" at a popular location at a designated day and time.

When the time arrives, the mentalist drives up (making sure to be on time) in a standard car. After a brief speech about the power of the mind and the ticket prices for the mentalist's upcoming Saturday matinee, birthday party gig, etc., the demonstration begins.

The most reputable person in the audience (a respected teacher, banker, or business owner, for example, but not a politician) is invited to assist in blindfolding the mentalist. The blindfolding process is designed to give the audience complete satisfaction that the mentalist is unable to see. It consists of seven steps as follows:

The mentalist's face is inspected for mirrors, false noses, etc.
A shiny half dollar is placed over each of the mentalist's eyes
The half dollars are fixed in place with duct tape wrapped around the mentalist's head
Fresh bread dough is lumped over the mentalist's upper face, sealing all cracks above and below the tape
A thick bandana or scarf is tied over the bread dough to keep it in place
The mentalist's head is covered with a flour sack
The bottom of the flower sack is either tied or locked shut.
After these precautions have been taken, the mentalist makes a few final remarks that can't be heard through the sack and then is led to the waiting car. After getting in the car and making a few lame jokes about not being able to find the keys because of the blindfold, the car is started and the mentalist backs out onto the street, one hand on the wheel and the other out the window to "feel" the road.

The mentalist drives slowly at first, and then more and more quickly until the speed limit is reached. A brief drive on the freeway may also be undertaken. After driving a few miles, the mentalist returns to the point of origin and parks perfectly. The original assistant assists in the removal of the myriad blindfolding items, and they are all seen to be intact.
secret

There are three methods by which a mentalist may perform the blindfolded drive as presented.

The first, and least frequently used, involves the use of blindfolding materials made from thin cloth and tape, fast-spreading dough, and one-way coins. This works well and allows the mentalist a clear view of the road, but is expensive to manufacture and uses objects that cannot be examined by spectators.

The traditional method of performing the drive is simplicity in itself. The blindfolding materials are completely authentic and reliably applied -- the mentalist really can't see anything. But unbenounced to spectators, the mentalist has spent the last month driving the proposed course over and over until the journey could be undertaken in the mentalist's sleep. All that is necessary then is a passenger to ride with the mentalist and "witness" the event, incidentally passing the mentalist important information like "red light" and "a kid!"

More modern mentalists have discovered an even easier way to perform the drive using a real blindfold. They just shell out a thousand dollars and buy a talking GPS device for their automobile. The spoken driving instructions, combined with cruise control for freeway driving, render seeing completely unnecessary, but spectators never realize how simple the stunt really is.

Note: The original form of this stunt, in which a mentalist drove a horse and buggy while promising to keep eyes closed, is rather dated and almost never performed by modern mentalists

Blindfolded Vision

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 08:11:00 -0700

Effect

A mentalist and an assistant take the stage in a large auditorium. The mentalist is blindfolded, and the assistant leaves the stage, moving amongst the audience and asking spectators to offer objects for the sightless mentalist to identify.

One by one, the assistant takes objects and asks the mentalist to identify them. The mentalist does so flawlessly. Finally, the assistant asks for a dollar bill, and when it is presented the mentalist uses supernatural site to read the bill's number.
The audience leaves thoroughly amazed.

Secret ...

The blindfolded vision routine is quite difficult to master and requires a great deal of practice both by the mentalist and by the assistant. Although objects are freely chosen by audience members, and the mentalist is really blindfolded, the assistant is able to communicate the identity of the objects through the use of a clever secret code, so slyly communicated that the audience never suspects its existence.

The code is simply this -- once an object is delivered into the assistant's hands, the assistant speaks to the medium using words that spell out the type of item. For example, if the item is a pen, the assistant might say, "I have an object here, Please Examine Now." The mentalist, remembering the first letters of the coded part of the message, would realize that the item was a pen. Then the assistant says, "Please tell me the color, Besides Listing Another Common Kind." The pen is black!

Speaking in this way is fairly easy, with a little practice, as is understanding the code. Try it yourself. Imagine that your assistant says, "I have an object here, What A Lovely Little Expensive Treasure! I'd like to know what color it is, Please Lend An Identification Divination. Oh, and what is this inside? Can't Observe Now Dear, Oh My!" What would you say is being held? And if you as assistant were handed a platinum Rolex, how would you code your phrase?

When the dollar bill is selected, a different code is used. The mentalist may begin by divining the value of the bill, whose picture is on it, etc., using methods that are beyond the scope of this article. After that warm-up, the naming of the bill's serial number digits commences -- using an entirely different code!

Dollar bills' serial numbers begin and end with letters of the alphabet, and these can be coded as were the names of objects above. The numbers themselves, however, are coded in with a much more simple scheme in which a different word stands for each digit as follows:

1 = won
2 = too/to
3 = the
4 = fore
5 = hive 6 = sex
7 = Sven
8 = ate
9 = airline
0 = hero

For example, let's say that the bill's serial number is A713659820D. It would be encoded as follows, "A young lady told me that Sven won the sex hive in an airline lottery and ate it, too! He's my hero, Dear." What could be simpler! And if the little story made to encode the bill's number is spoken as an interesting aside -- as it was in this case -- nobody will be the wiser.

For mentalists who are not interested in such a complex system, there are two simpler ways to accomplish the same feat. First, the assistant and the mentalist may agree beforehand that the assistant will only accept wallets from the audience, no matter what is offered. Then the mentalist just has to guess a wallet to be correct. After that, the mentalist can "see" all manner of objects within the wallet, such as money, a drivers' license, a parking ticket, etc., that everyone has. Although this method is effective, the assistant must be careful not to choose more than four or five wallets, or the audience may begin to suspect a trick.

The second method involves the assistant asking the audience for items in a low tone. "Who has a pen?" the assistant says. Although the assistant makes it sounds like the words are for the audience only, the mentalist can actually hear what is being said (due to auditorium acoustics) and knows beforehand what will be chosen

Stopping a Watch

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 05:53:00 -0700

Effect

The magician places a hand over a spectator's watch and summons a great burst of mental power. When the magician's hand is removed, the spectator looks at the watch and it has stopped running!

Secret....

The magician is wearing a ring that is not really a ring at all but actually a high- capacity capacitor chock full of electricity. When the magician places a hand over the watch, the ring is triggered and some 7,000 joules of electric energy surge into the timepiece, fusing the workings of a mechanical watch or blowing out the
circuitry of a digital one.
If the spectator complains about the broken watch after the effect, the magician reminds them -- it's not a broken watch -- it's a souvenir!

Key Bending

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 00:47:00 -0700

You toss a quantity of keys onto the table and invite your spectators, along with you, to choose a couple and trying bending the keys with mind power. As they rub their keys in vain, you announce that one of the keys you chose is bending. As your spectators watch intently, the bend becomes ever more visible. But when they try to replicate the bend using their bare hands, they find it impossible. The explanation – you bent the key with mind power!

When you choose your keys, pick up a mortice style key and a Yale style key. When your spectators are absorbed in rubbing their keys and trying to bend them with their minds, slip the Yale key in the mortice key as shown below, covering the move with your hands.This provides the leverage you need to bend the Yale key with your hands. Just make sure everyone is absorbed with their own bendingwhen you perform the move.
Discard the mortice key and hide most of the Yale key with your fingers. As you rub, slide the Yale key into view, revealing more of the bend as you do. If you hold the key vertically with the teeth pointing up and rotate it downwards as you rub, the illusion of movement can be created. Some spectators will swear they saw the key bending as you rubbed it. All metal bending, whether it involves keys, forks or spoons, uses a similar method. Despite what some (very famous) performers claim, it simply is not possible to bend metal with the power of the mind.
Every bend you've ever seen is achieved by sleight of hand and misdirection.

Stigmata

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 23:36:00 -0700

Effect

The spectator thinks of anything. A name. A number. A memory. With the thought in mind, the spectator squeezes your wrist. Tightly.
When the spectator releases, red marks appear on your arm where they were squeezing. These marks of blood under the skin then slowly, visually, clearly re-arrange themselves into the shape of the spectator's selection. Seeing is believing.
A card, word, date, etc., chosen by a spectator magically appears as a hideous painful welt on the magician's forearm.It's wonderful trick and clean.

Secret

First, the magician must determine what the secret word, card, etc. is that the spectator selected. This is done through one of the standard means of information revelation (e.g., asking "If you were to say your word out loud, what would it sound like?")

Next, the magician casually puts a hand in a pocket where the Stigmata device is hidden. The Stigmata device is simply a set of metal plates embossed with common letters, numbers, and card symbols. The magician uses touch to select the plates appropriate to the revelation and inserts them into the Stigmataburner™, which uses electricity to heat them (an extension cord runs down the magician's pants leg).

When the plates are good and hot (about 90 seconds), the magician dons a flesh-colored potholder, removes the plates, and presses them briefly but firmly against the opposite forearm where they cause instant, painful, welt-raising, second-degree burns, much to the audience's amazement. While everyone is staring goggle-eyed at the display, the magician returns the potholder and hot plates to their pocket (which has been lined with asbestos) and the evidence is gone.

This trick, though effective, has a few drawbacks.

First, the welts are intensely painful and may take days to go away and can leave permanent scars.

Second, repeatedly abusing the skin in this horribly painful way can make one significantly more susceptible to skin cancer.

Third, one little slip and the intense heat from the pain-causing plates can make the magician's clothing catch fire.

And fourth, did we mention the horrible pain?

Qustions and Answers

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 03:32:00 -0700

Effect

Spectators write questions, seal them opaque envelopes, and give them to the mentalist. The mentalist gathers up the envelopes and then, one at a time, answers the question within before opening the envelope to see what the question is. And the answers are always appropriate!
Secrect...

Secret

There is no way for the mentalist to see inside the envelope ahead of time, so the answers are carefully worded so that they will appear correct no matter what the question is. Typical answers might include:

Over many years and during many rites of passage you have already learned the answer to this question.
You will have to find the answer yourself, and you will find it near water.
There are dark shadows, strange passages, and a circle of light. I see you being surrounded by the light, but the choice to move into it is yours and yours alone.
Yes/No/Maybe
I don’t think that’s any of your business.
Yes, I do know that but am not telling.
A talented mentalist may have as many as a hundred such stock answers ready, providing perfect, supernatural-sounding answers to questions as varied as, “Should I move to Paris?” “What is my dog’s name?” and “Is my wife smooching the pool guy?”

Super Book Test

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 03:23:00 -0700

Effect

The magician gives a spectator a thick book -- perhaps a travel book with text, maps, and photos. The spectator is asked to choose any page at random and concentrate on it. The magician then describes the page exactly, including what is pictured on it and every word of text.

Secrect...

Secret

There are two methods for accomplishing this trick, and both of them use a real, unprepared book.

If the magician wishes to face the spectator, the book must be memorized beforehand. This can be done more easily than you might expect -- the trick is to think of the book not as a lot of words, but as a collection of pictures that happen to be of book pages. The magician then makes a mental association between each page and some familiar sequence (such as the pages of another book that has already been memorized), allowing any page to be instantly called to mind.

During the performance, the magician knows which page the spectator turned to by the most simple and direct means possible -- counting the pages.

If the magician is willing to turn away from the spectator (to "avoid peeking," of course), the trick is even easier. The magician just keeps a second copy of the book in a pocket and takes it out when the spectator is out of eyeshot. By asking something like, "So, for example, what page are you on?" the magician can instantly locate the page in his copy of the book and read it to see what should be "psychically" revealed

Business Card Prediction

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 03:07:00 -0700

Effect

The magician gets out a business card, holds it in one hand, and announces that a prediction is going to be made. The magician writes something on the card and then holds it with the writing toward the floor so that nobody can read what was written.
A spectator is then asked for a piece of information (name, birthdate, phone number, gender) unknown to the magician. The magician then hands the business card to the spectator. The prediction written on the card matches the secret piece of information.

Secret...

Secret

There are as many ways to do this trick as there are positive integers less than three.

One method, the one favored by less adventurous magicians, involves asking only questions that the magician already knows the answer to. Safe items to ask for might be the spectator's name (if the spectator is known to the magician), the color of the spectator's shirt, or the day of the week. When the time comes for the magician to write the prediction, the already-known "secret" is written. If this is done, it is important for the magician to remember to ask the spectator a question that will have the written item as its answer (for example, if the magician knows the spectator's hair color, the question should be, "What color is your hair?" not "What's that thing on your lip?")

Another method is more flexible but takes a little more skill. The magician only pretends to write the prediction before the question is asked. Instead, when the spectator has revealed the answer, the magician talks for a minute about telepathy and minds meeting through the aether and the science of the supernatural and maybe a bit about baseball, all the while "doodling absently " on the card with a pencil. In reality, the magician is not doodling at all but writing down the just-revealed secret. The misdirection of the sparkling conversation misdirects the audience from the prediction and gives the magician plenty of time to write while the heat is off.

Note: Care must be taken with method number two. If the magician writes too quickly and doesn't watch the pencil, the prediction will look like it was written by someone who was all thumbs and may not be legible. For best results, the magician must use one hand to hold the card and one hand to write while keeping both eyes on the card. Some magicians find it hard to talk and write at the same time, but a little practice (and perhaps some minor surgery) generally clears this right up.

Mentalist

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 21:33:00 -0700

The term mentalist refers to entertainers whose performance appears to be based on “psychic” abilities, featuring the ability to read minds, project the mind to alter the state of matter, foretell the future, and see distant and hidden objects. This branch of magic is referred to as “mentalism.”

There are analogues in the field of parapsychology, where a mentalist is defined as someone who is believed to read thoughts and place suggestions in people’s minds.
While a psychic may claim to observe a hidden spiritual reality and report on it, in a process known as “psychic reading,” a mentalist might claim the ability to manipulate and change that reality.
The stage mentalist ostensibly mimics these supernatural behaviours by natural means.

NLP

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 23:18:00 -0700

What is NLP?
NLP was begun in the mid-seventies by a linguist (Grinder) and a mathematician (Bandler) who had strong interests in (a) successful people, (b) psychology, (c) language and (d) computer programming. It is a difficult to define NLP because those who started it and those involved in it use such vague and ambiguous language that NLP means different things to different people. While it is difficult to find a consistent description of NLP among those who claim to be experts at it, one metaphor keeps recurring. NLP claims to help people change by teaching them to program their brains. We were given brains, we are told, but no instruction manual. NLP offers you a user-manual for the brain. The brain-manual seems to be a metaphor for NLP training, which is sometimes referred to as "software for the brain." Furthermore, NLP, consciously or unconsciously, relies heavily upon (1) the notion of the unconscious mind as constantly influencing conscious thought and action; (2) metaphorical behavior and speech, especially building upon the methods used in Freud's Interpretation of Dreams; and (3) hypnotherapy as developed by Milton Erickson. NLP is also heavily influenced by the work of Gregory Bateson and Noam Chomsky.
One common thread in NLP is the emphasis on teaching a variety of communication and persuasion skills, and using self-hypnosis to motivate and change oneself. Most NLP practitioners advertising on the WWW make grand claims about being able to help just about anybody become just about anything. The following is typical:
NLP can enhance all aspects of your life by improving your relationships with loved ones, learning to teach effectively, gaining a stronger sense of self-esteem, greater motivation, better understanding of communication, enhancing your business or career... and an enormous amount of other things which involve your brain. (from the now defunct http://www.nlpinfo.com/intro/txintro.shtml archived here)
Some advocates claim that they can teach an infallible method of telling when a person is lying, but others recognize that this is not possible. Some claim that people fail only because their teachers have not communicated with them in the right "language". One NLP guru, Dale Kirby, informs us that one of the presuppositions of NLP is "No one is wrong or broken." So why seek remedial change? On the other hand, what Mr. Kirby does have to say about NLP which is intelligible does not make it very attractive. For example, he says that according to NLP "There is no such thing as failure. There is only feedback." Was NLP invented by the U.S. Military to explain their "incomplete successes"? When the space shuttle blew up within minutes of launch, killing everyone on board, was that "only feedback"? If I stab my neighbor and call it "performing non-elective surgery" am I practicing NLP? If I am arrested in a drunken state with a knife in my pocket for threatening an ex-girlfriend, am I just "trying to rekindle an old flame"?

Another NLP presupposition which is false is "If someone can do something, anyone can learn it." This comes from people who claim they understand the brain and can help you reprogram yours. They want you to think that the only thing that separates the average person from Einstein or Pavarotti or the World Champion Log Lifter is NLP.
NLP is said to be the study of the structure of subjective experience, but a great deal of attention seems to be paid to observing behavior and teaching people how to read "body language." But there is no common structure to non-verbal communication, any more than there is a common structure to dream symbolism. There certainly are some well-defined culturally determined non-verbal ways of communicating, e.g., pointing the back of the hand at another, lowering all fingers but the one in the middle, has a definite meaning in American culture. But when someone tells me that the way I squeeze my nose during a conversation means I am signaling him that I think his idea stinks, how do we verify whether his interpretation is correct or not? I deny it. He knows the structure, he says. He knows the meaning. I am not aware of my signal or of my feelings, he says, because the message is coming from my subconscious mind. How do we test these kinds of claims? We can't. What's his evidence? It must be his brilliant intuitive insight because there is no empirical evidence to back up this claim. Sitting cross-armed at a meeting might not mean that someone is "blocking you out" or "getting defensive". She may just be cold or have a back ache or simply feel comfortable sitting that way. It is dangerous to read too much into non-verbal behavior. Those splayed legs may simply indicate a relaxed person, not someone inviting you to have sex. At the same time, much of what NLP is teaching is how to do cold reading. This is valuable, but an art not a science, and should be used with caution.
Finally, NLP claims that each of us has a Primary Representational System (PRS), a tendency to think in specific modes: visual, auditory, kinaesthetic, olfactory or gustatory. A person's PRS can be determined by words the person tends to use or by the direction of one's eye movements. Supposedly, a therapist will have a better rapport with a client if they have a matching PRS. None of this has been supported by the scientific literature

Simple Shape Prediction

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:13:00 -0700

You walk out on stage and place a large card on a chair oreasel facing the audience. The card has three shapes drawnon it; a square, a triangle and a circle.You choose an audience member and ask him to stand. You explain that when people are asked to think of a simpleshape, these are the three commonest designs chosen. You ask him to choose one of the shapes, in this case hechooses the square.You then ask him to reach under his chair where he'll find an envelope stuck underneath. Ask him to remove the envelopeand as he does so,

explain that earlier on you made aprediction as to which shape he would choose and stuck it under his chair.When he opens the envelope, there is a postcard inside thatreads 'You will choose the square'.This is a nice opening effect and usually works very effectively.Make a large card with the three shapes drawn on it as described above. On the back write, “You will choose the triangle”. Write “Youwill choose the square” on a postcard and seal it in an envelope.Before the show, stick the envelope underneath a chair in the auditorium.To perform the effect, simply reveal the appropriate prediction eitherby asking the spectator to remove the card from under their chair orby asking him to come on stage and turning the card around toreveal the prediction.If he chooses the circle, then your prediction fails but all is not lost.State that most people choose either the square or the triangle and because he has not done so, that makes him an interesting choiceto participate with an experiment.Note that you don't mention anything about the prediction until thespectator has named their choice.If your prediction is right, then great! If not, disappointing but you'venot yet mentioned your prediction so no one is the wiser. Just getthe person up on stage to assist with a sure fire effect whether the prediction works or not

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noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sun, 1 Mar 2009 15:17:00 -0800

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Cara Menghipnotis Hewan

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sun, 1 Mar 2009 02:26:00 -0800

Ini salah satu contoh saya praktekkan memakai ayam dan kelinci

Menghipnotis ayam
Pegang leher ayam dan tekan ke lantai/meja sehingga tubuhnya rata dengan meja/lantai. Rentangkan kepalanya menempel di meja/lantai dalam kondisi tertelungkup sehingga kepala ayam lurus dan paruh ada di ujung. Jaga jangan sampai matanya tertutup tangan anda. Lakukan dengan hati-hati dan tenang, jangan menyakitinya.

Ambil pena tebal/kapur, tarik garis lurus sepanjang 10-15 cm dimulai dari ujung paruh ke depan (menjauhi kepala), pastikan mata ayam mengikutinya. Pertahankan beberapa saat pegangan Anda, sampai si ayam tertidur. Lepaskan, ayam akan diam saja disitu.

Untuk membangunkannya, jauhkan dari gambar garis tadi dan tepuk punggungnya. Anda juga bisa menghipnosis semua jenis burung dengan cara yang sama dengan pada ayam ini.

Menghipnotis Kelinci
Baringkan kelinci di punggungnya (menghadap ketas), tekan dengan lembut telinganya secara lurus di lantai/meja. Kemudian dengan tangan satunya anda tarii kaki belakangnya selama beberapa menit. Pertahankan selama 1 menit, maka ia akan terhipnotis. Untuk membangunkan tiup hidungnya dan gulingkan tubuhnya ke samping.

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Mind Reading

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sun, 1 Mar 2009 01:50:00 -0800

You invite two spectators to help you. The first spectator cuts a deck of cards and removes one card, keeping it secret. The second spectator takes the next card and similarly keeps it secret. They are both asked to remember their chosen card. The deck is reassembled and the two cards replaced in random locations and the whole deck is shuffled. You then begin dealing the cards face down on the table, stopping at one. That card is moved to one side and the rest of the deck
discarded. You pick up a notepad and scribble something on it. You ask the first spectator to name their card and you flip over the notepad revealing that you’ve written the name of their card. The second spectator is invited to name their card and turn over the card on the table. It is the card they chose.

This is a complicated routine and will require a lot of practice to get right. But the results are well worth the effort required. For this effect you will need a deck of cards with a one way back. This means that the design on the back of the cards looks different if the card is turned upside down.
The most obvious type of one way deck is one where the cards have a photograph or picture on the back. If you invert the card, the photograph is upside down. This however, would be too obvious for our purposes. You can buy one way backed cards from magic dealers, or you could make a small dot in the top left hand corner of each card in a normal deck - making sure to conceal the dot in the design.Whichever method you use, you need to be able to see the orientation of the card without too much effort. Put all the cards the same way up in a Si Stebbins stack, face down
on the table in front of you. Stand between your two spectators and invite one spectator to cut the deck and place the top half to one side. Generally, when the spectator cuts the cards he will put the top stack down in the same orientation as the bottom. If he doesn’t you need to make a mental note of this so that when you reassemble the deck, all of the cards are the same orientation.
Ask the first spectator to take the top card from the bottom stack and the second spectator to take the second. Then reassemble the deck and fan them out face down. Ask the first spectator to remember his card then slide it back into the deck. Then twist through 180 degrees to face the second spectator and ask him to do the same. By turning to face this spectator, you are effectively turning the deck through 180 degrees, so the spectator’s card is ‘upside down’ in relation to the rest of the deck when it is slid back in. When you reassemble the deck to shuffle it, you have ample chance to glimpse at the bottom card. Once you know the bottom card, you know the first spectators card thanks to the Si Stebbins stack (add 3 and move to the next suit in the sequence). You also know the second spectator’s card by again working out the next
card in the stack.
Deal the cards face down onto the table until you reach the one thatis ‘upside down’ and deal it to one side face down. Pick up your notepad and write the name of the first spectator’s card.
It then only remains for you to ask the spectator’s to call out what cards they chose and for you to turn over your notepad and the card on the table. This effect relies upon good spectator management to ensure the cards retain their correct orientation. Without good management
the trick will fail, so pay attention at all times to the orientation of the cards.

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A Coin in the Hand

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 17:13:00 -0800

You invite a spectator to take a coin from their pocket and
behind their back to conceal it in one of their fists. They bring
their fists in front and time and time again you correctly
guess in which hand they’ve hidden the coin.

When the spectator brings their fists into view, you’re looking for
visual clues as to which hand contains the coin. Look for the
following:
i. The direction their nose is pointing – seriously!
ii. Which fist looks more clenched. Look for whiteness around
the knuckles.
You won’t necessarily get a match on both of these clues but since
you already have a 50% chance of getting it right just by guessing,
a hit in one of these significantly increases the chance of getting it
right.
Be prepared to get this one wrong occasionally. You can turn it
around and pay a compliment to your spectator, saying “You’re
really good at this!
Also remember to stop while you’re ahead. Correctly guessing just
3 or 4 times is enough to complete the effect. Don’t push your luck
by carrying on - because the spectator will then try to catch you out.

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 19:00:00 -0800

Simple Shape Prediction

You walk out on stage and place a large card on a chair oreasel facing the audience. The card has three shapes drawnon it; a square, a triangle and a circle.You choose an audience member and ask him to stand. Youexplain that when people are asked to think of a simpleshape, these are the three commonest designs chosen. Youask him to choose one of the shapes, in this case hechooses the square.You then ask him to reach under his chair where he'll find an envelope stuck underneath. Ask him to remove the envelopeand as he does so,

explain that earlier on you made aprediction as to which shape he would choose and stuck itunder his chair.When he opens the envelope, there is a postcard inside thatreads 'You will choose the square'.This is a nice opening effect and usually works very effectively.Make a large card with the three shapes drawn on it as describedabove. On the back write, “You will choose the triangle”. Write “Youwill choose the square” on a postcard and seal it in an envelope.Before the show, stick the envelope underneath a chair in theauditorium.To perform the effect, simply reveal the appropriate prediction eitherby asking the spectator to remove the card from under their chair orby asking him to come on stage and turning the card around toreveal the prediction.If he chooses the circle, then your prediction fails but all is not lost.State that most people choose either the square or the triangle andbecause he has not done so, that makes him an interesting choiceto participate with an experiment.Note that you don't mention anything about the prediction until thespectator has named their choice.If your prediction is right, then great! If not, disappointing but you'venot yet mentioned your prediction so no one is the wiser. Just getthe person up on stage to assist with a sure fire effect whether theprediction works or not.