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Bard Loyal user 223 Posts |
Of course, if you're only just now thinking about the haunted season you're about six months too late; nonetheless, the season is upon us and I'm curious as to what type of programs the public seems most interested in? Let's face it, we can do the macabre type bits year round, but October is when people usually want ghosties not hack & slash. So are you doing Ghost Walks, telling tales of things that really do go bump in the dark, or are you conjuring spirits from the other side by way of Seance?
My personal schedule involved a very unusual Seance approach inspired by Jerome Finley's Spiritualist Seance idea but tied neatly around my Intuition theme. I'm not certain how many here are familiar with it, but Stuart Palm produced a very neat Pendulum a few years ago known as "Mau Tou Knows" . . . it is a psychometry routine when you first start out and then moves into the Pendulum act. . . I bring this up because it is the opening phase to this particular Seance. The real novelty comes into play when I introduce the Talking Board -- a 26" dia. (round) piece that has been painted with Chalkboard type paint. The planchette being mounted on special casters that insure smooth movement on the rather rough surface of the chalkboard. The letters to the alphabet are set all the way around the board. I won't go too far into what's what (you'll need to read Jerome's CMR manuscript for that)but I will point out that the board and its operation goes much further than a traditional OUIJA type seance. The fact that we can write things on the board adds significantly to the drama within the routine because it is visual, sometimes using different colored chalk and even the glow in the dark type chalk so people sat at a distance can better view things. On so many levels this is one of the simplest Seance type programs I've ever pulled together and likewise, on of the more "real" when it comes to how it is framed and experienced. I'd love to hear about the ideas and directions others are taking. . . |
Brynmore13 Elite user Australia 485 Posts |
Sounds like an interesting concept. Please let us know how it plays.
I'm doing a witch themed parlour show. It features voodoo ash, haunted key, schuld1g and h@gst0ne amongst other effects and is loosely based on Dr Todd's the C0ndemnedt. It ends with a mini seance where the spirit of a murdered witch contacts the participants, courtesy of OE.
All is perceived through the gate of the mind.
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jglumley Loyal user Kansas City 244 Posts |
I think I missed the boat this year, tempus fugit. I think I will have a few private shows, but I need to start early next year.
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Bard Loyal user 223 Posts |
I can't find the link but I know TOPS magazine had a free download about doing a Table Tipping Seance; I guess that was enough back in the 40's & 50's . . . then again, sometimes it don't pay to bring in a bunch of stuff, it makes the show look silly (unless that's the affect you're after).
I think every Mentalist should be familiar with Table Tipping and working a Ouija or Glass Moving type seance but there are two other commercial Seance scripts I think we should have in our arsenal; Bro. Shadow's "Have Seance Will Travel" and Docc Hilford's "$1,000.00 Seance" with specially emphasis on the Grand Seance in that manuscript -- using only that routine you can flesh out a Halloween schedule with ease. The other routine from Bro. Shadow I use for those that want a Real Seance and want to talk some some departed family member, etc. Because it is psychologically centered and everything about it happens in the mind of the participants, you are totally in the clear. It amazes me how many people are able to get that closure we hear so much about, just because of how this script works. |
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