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LoveKey1988 Elite user 443 Posts |
About 2 years ago I offered this effect of mine for free for a few days. I am offering it again now. PM me for the method.
Here's the presentation: Ok so I’m guessing that of each individual amongst you we have all had times where we have accomplished impossible things and not known how we’ve done it yes? For example I had a moment years back when I was in the kitchen making a sandwich and I had this feeling. I don’t know what it was or why it came to me but suddenly I decided to turn around and grab thin air. Exactly at the time that I did this something fell off the top of the fridge. Before it could hit the floor luckily enough I managed to grab it. If I hadn’t turned around and if I hadn’t grabbed within that fraction of a second then it would have fallen on the floor. I don’t know what it was and to this very day I have no idea why it happened so the only thing that I can put it down to is intuition. Have any of you ever experienced this? (Wait for their response and let them talk as much as they like about the occasion. Try to start it off as a conversation.) Ok so you can see that this intuition, this other sense that connects us to the world around us is not something that is unique to one person. It’s a collective thing. We are all connected to the universe and we are all connected to each other and if we tap into this deeper sense of intuition then we can make beautiful things happen. It’s all about working together. Now you may not believe in intuition. You may have a sense that you are closed off from the universe but for a second I just want you to hold back any disbelief that you have and join in to try and unlock your potential as a group. Here I have a deck of cards. Now obviously it’s not a full deck, it’s about half. Within these cards some are turned face up and some are turned face down and that is what will be important in a moment. So Kevin, what I’m going to ask you to do is to take these cards and shuffle them. Shuffle them as much as you like and notice, as you do so, that in doing this you are creating an order in these cards that could not have been predicted. These cards, right now, are becoming the very nature of true chaos. The order is mixed so that the face up and face down are in positions that nobody, not even myself could possibly have known and could possibly replicate. Much like the way that the universe works things cannot always be planned and this, right here right now, is something completely out of our control. Happy? Good. You can shuffle again if you like, as long as you’re completely sure that this deck is random ok? Now hand me the cards under the table please. I am going to give them a cut so that we don't know the orientation of any of the cards, not even the top one. Mary, now you will have intuitive powers all of your own. You will have moments when you feel, for example, that the phone is going to go off and then seconds later it will correct? (At this point she will nod) And when this happens it often strikes you as something that is weird yeah? Like I think maybe that as a child you probably tested at least on a couple of occasions to see if you had superpowers? (She will nod as this I’ve found to be a modern Barnum statement.) This Mary, is what we’re going to tap into. We are going to use this intuition, this beautiful connection with the universe. We are going to harness this power and use it right now ok? (She will say ok) So what I want you to do is look up here for me (Point to an area in the sky). Focus all of your energy on this point. Imagine taking every element of that deep intuition and focusing it right onto this point right here. Imagine that energy, that potential, growing and growing and growing until (Bring your pointing finger down keeping it in full view all of the time and then tap her on the nose and make a popping noise with your mouth. This will appear as though you have focused all of her energy right there in the front of her mind. On top of this the fact that this is the first time you’ve initiated physical with her will register a slight jolt in her head psychologically as it will be a strange moment.) Did you feel that? (She will answer yes as the question is ambiguous so it will be answered positively just to dismiss you but the rest of the audience will perceive the passage of energy.) Now this energy Mary is my little gift to you. Together we have focussed all of your inner potential and whether it’s during this effect or in a year’s time this energy, this intuition, is something that will stay with you forever. Ok, now I’m going to spread the cards under the table and I want you to take away 7 of these cards from anywhere that you like. Before you do this I’m going to say, and you won’t be able to explain this, that subconsciously you will be driven to take half of the face up cards out of this deck. You will take half of the face up cards and leave me with the other half ok? You won’t know how to do this right now but trust me when I tell you that you can do this. So I want you to take your finger and move it over the tops of all the cards and just use your intuition. Use your intuition so that whenever you decide to take these cards. You will take exactly half of the face up cards. Go… (Mary takes 7 cards under the table. When checked it seems that she indeed took half of the face up cards, leaving you half.) Fantastic (Sound genuinely impressed and don’t explain what’s just happened as this seems like over-proving.) You have wonderful intuitive abilities Mary and they will take you so far in life. Now of course some sceptics would say: "Come on, it was just luck" but you know Mary, you know that there was no way that this could ever have happened by chance. Don’t let people’s doubt get you down because your mind and your personality give you abilities that make you completely different from everybody else. Right here, right now you have proven that you have some incredible intuitive skills. So we’re going to do it again, but a little bit different. I will take the cards and put a different number of cards face up. As you can see while I am shuffling I’m putting some cards face-up, but a different number from before. Kevin please shuffle the cards again, we’re going to recreate that randomness once again so that we can demonstrate this ability. Shuffle over and over and over again until you are one hundred percent happy that the deck is random. Finished? Thank you Kevin. Again can you pass them to me under the table please so that I can cut the deck and make sure that we know nothing about the position of the cards? Thank you very much Kevin. Ok Mary now this time there is an odd number of cards so we can’t have the same amount. It’s going to be slightly different because of this Mary. I’m going to ask you to repeat the process and take seven cards but this time you will have one more face up card than me. Ok? Go.. (Mary takes seven cards and when checked it is proved that again she managed to take exactly one more face up card than how much she left for you.) Fantastic Mary (Smile at her) you’re really good at this. Now we’re going to try one last thing ok? Again, I am taking a different number of cards and putting them face up. One more time please Kevin (Hand the cards to Kevin.) Now give them to me under the table. I will cut the cards again. Thank you Kevin. Ok Mary (Stay silent for about four seconds and then when you speak again lower the pitch of your voice. This builds drama and suspense which will help to get a better reaction at the end.) This time is going to be different. This time I will tell you that the number of face up cards in this pack is a number between 6 and 12 ok? I’m not going to give you the exact amount because I want you to do the work here Mary. This time I am not going to ask you to take 7 cards, I’m not going to ask you to take 8 cards, I’m not even going to ask you to take 9 cards, this time Mary, I want you to decide how many you take. You are going to take a number of cards between 6 and 12 and Mary? (Wait for her to give you eye contact.) You are going to take out all of the face up cards, ok? Go… (Count the cards out loud as she takes them. When she gets to 6 you say) Ok now you can stop at any point you like Mary between now and 12 ok? (This point in the reveal is the most important part of the script. Do not forget it as it provides the tension for the finale.) Now Mary don’t look at the cards for a moment. You remember Mary that this ability, this power that you seem to have is something that has come completely from within yourself? This potential Mary is something that lives inside you and it connects you with the universe in ways that most people cannot even imagine. You Mary, (We’re using the name a lot to make it personal) have made all of the choices the entire way along. You have chosen all of the cards from a random deck and you, yourself, have used your own intuition to make this work every step of the way. Do you believe in miracles Mary? (If she says yes then you say “well let’s make one happen then”. If she says no then you say “Then let’s try to change your mind shall we?”) Look at the cards Mary… (At this point they will all gasp and probably fall over so just let it happen.) Mary, this ability is something that I can’t take away from you. Nobody can. This is something that is unique to you, all I’ve done is helped you realise your potential. In the future Mary you’re going to have a lot more moments now when you are shocked by your own sense of intuition. When that happens I want you to think back to this moment. I want you to think back to this and remember that you have amazing potential Mary. Thank you. |
Cervier Inner circle France 1274 Posts |
Thank you for sharing this
I like the way you framed it for a casual conversation '(as opposed to "for a show"), and of course, everyone can relate to the theme. I like the three-phase built, and the way you srote it. If I may suggest a slight modification to that lovely piece, I would put phase 2 first, when Mary get's one face-up card more than you do. I think it could be good that Mary gets gradually better, instead of hitting the mark on her first try. So her first attempt could be a promising "just one off!", then the second one would be spot on. Nice one. I can see how this would play with someone lacking self-confidence for instance
"A friend is someone who know you well but loves you anyway" H. Lauwick
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LoveKey1988 Elite user 443 Posts |
Thanks Cervier. Let me know if you would like the method in case you did not intuit it.
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Colin johnson New user Mishawaka, IN 64 Posts |
I have checked this out and messed with it a bit. Such a great concept and idea that lead to it. I will be trying this out, on people other then my wife this week to get some actual reactions.
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Marc O Special user The Netherlands 755 Posts |
Also from me a big thank you for sharing this.
You have taken the time to write down a nice presentation for this effect. I will first play around with this for a while but I think I would use phase 1 and 2 just as a failed start for them to pick out all the face up cards. With each phase they will get a little better but at the start of phase 3 I will tell a little more about concentration and intuition and then let them really concentrate on their intuition, finally with them being able to pick out all the face up cards. |
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