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Art VanDerLay (Matt Townsend) Mentalism GB Prophecy Principle This book test serves as a 100% impromptu or prepared opener that can be done any place, any time using any book. It should be themed around the premise of getting to know how the spectator thinks and makes their decisions. The principle allows you to give the spectator a free choice of any word on any page of any book, whilst still secretly limiting their selection to just a few words. My Mind Or Yours This is an impromptu effect that uses a stack of business cards for the premise of predicting the future. The effect is an instant reset and it can be used as a mind reading effect or as a way to predict absolutely anything. This can be adapted for any situation and is a perfect way to hand out your business cards. Emotional Fire Bending This small premise can be used as a convincer of your abilities to control the elements or as a prelude into something much bigger. A standard Zippo lighter is used to show that sometimes even the most heart breaking situations can lead to true happiness. 5th Dimensional Telepathy A classic effect that has been streamlined so that no gimmicks are used and no peeks are required. Can be done 100% impromptu and all of the items can be borrowed. Effect The performer attempts a display of direct mind reading. 3 spectators are asked to concentrate on a random number, a random word and a random picture. These thoughts are sealed into envelopes by the spectators themselves. Without any fishing whatsoever, the performer can name all 3 thoughts. Bonus Idea – Peter Turner This is an opener for a stage show. I showed Peter Turner the bank note idea and here is his rendition of the idea. The performer walks out onto the stage and after the introduction he addresses his audience, Performer: “Let’s play a little game, for this game I need six people, to participate in this game you need a bank note of any denomination. If you have a bank note and wish to help me out please stand and remove a bank note. The first seven people who stand will be the participants”. (Six people stand) Performer: ”I want each of you to look at the note and see the date the note was printed. While they are finding the date, I want to point a few things out; every single bank note has a different serial number upon it. The higher the number the more recent the note was printed. I find this a really interesting concept as each note has its own identity and year of print. Which in a way is very much the same as us; we have a date of birth and a year of birth. Some of these notes may have been printed five years ago, some ten some just last week. I can see each of you has done that. The thing about these notes is, they have no personal relevance, so while thinking of the year the bank note was printed I would like you to think of something that is only relevant to you. For example, you’re star-sign, date of birth or a place you went last on holiday. It could even be a drawing you’re child made for you if you so much wished. Has each one of you with a nice clear yes got something in mind?” Phantom A spectator thinks of a random word from a book. A friend is thought of. Suddenly, that very same friend calls the spectators mobile phone and under a hypnotic trance, proceeds to name the exact word they are thinking of. Perfect for TV work or to impress a V.I.P. Birth Whilst at the dinner table, a member of your party expresses interest in witnessing some feats of psychic ability. You oblige the ladies request and ask her to place her mobile phone onto the table face down. She is then asked to write down the name and mobile number of one of her friends that is in her contacts list on a slip of paper. She places this on top of the mobile phone. It is the same one she wrote on and you do not touch it at all. The psychic claims he will use the powers of telekinesis to cause the unknown friends mobile phone to call the spectators mobile phone. The psychic now concentrates on the ladies mobile phone. After a few seconds it starts to ring. The spectator looks at who is calling and confirms it is the mobile phone of their friend. As a bonus the psychic can reveal the name of the friend. What’s On Tv? Using nothing but a borrowed watch and TV Guide, you are able to correctly tell someone what TV Show they are thinking of. Can be done 100% impromptu using any TV GuideESP Opener A small scale demonstration of precognition. Effect The performer introduces the idea of predicting the future and offers to show a small scale demonstration using 3 of his/her Business cards. The performer displays the 3 business cards so that the Spectators can see that each card bears a different symbol. On the cards there is a circle, a square and a triangle. The spectator is asked to look at the different symbols and name one of them out loud. The performer now shows how that even though they had a 100% free choice, they have correctly predicted the spectators Selection beforehand! The No Skill Chair Test A chair test that is easy to do and easy to understand. Perfect for stage or parlour & can be adapted to suit corporations and businesses. Effect On stage there are four chairs. Three random spectators are invited to come forward and to sit in any chair that they wish. One chair is left empty. The chairs are shown to have been numbered from one to four. They are then handed a numbered envelope which matches the number of the chair that they freely chose to sit on. These are mixed around as much as they like and once this has been done, they open their own envelopes to see a coloured piece of paper inside. The performer draws everyone’s attention to an envelope that has been displayed on the stage throughout the entire effect. It is opened and read aloud. The performer has correctly predicted which chair the spectators would avoid and what colour they would end up with! There are no stooges, no swami writing, no forces and no sleight of hand.