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chrusa![]() Special user Connecticut 736 Posts ![]() |
Is anybody out there aware of any principle that allows you to do the following.
You have a spectator, or a few spectators think of a random 3 or 4 digit number. No force. Then another spectator adds them up and you have predicted the total. I would like to do this basically just like that, not pick a number multiply it by this, subtract this, add 5, etc. Chris
Thanks,
<BR> <BR>Chris Hrusa |
Philemon Vanderbeck![]() Inner circle Seattle, WA 4773 Posts ![]() |
I can think of three off-hand...
Check your copy of Corinda's "13 Steps."
Professor Philemon Vanderbeck
That Creepy Magician "I use my sixth sense to create the illusion of possessing the other five." |
chrusa![]() Special user Connecticut 736 Posts ![]() |
Thank you I'm looking at 13 steps right now. I have so many books I start researching then something catches my eye and sidetracks me, next thing its 5am and I'm still reading. I wish there was some sort of index out there that was searchable to find out what is where.
Thanks,
<BR> <BR>Chris Hrusa |
airship![]() Inner circle In my day, I have driven 1594 Posts ![]() |
If you're like me, an index wouldn't help you stay on topic.
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'The central secret of conjuring is a manipulation of interest.' - Henry Hay
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chrusa![]() Special user Connecticut 736 Posts ![]() |
Great point! Everytime I see an index I say oooooh I want to read that! I swear and next thing I know its 5am!
Thanks,
<BR> <BR>Chris Hrusa |
Brent McLeod![]() Inner circle 1820 Posts ![]() |
Wayne Rogers Professional Magician & Inventor
here opens his shows with this similar effect-4 random nos & has the prediction inside an envelope inside his wallet in the pocket-Plays Huge & gets a great response as the spectator on stage reads this prediction in a mic cheers
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https://brentmcleodmagic.com/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9jnyEMZzX8 |
plungerman![]() Loyal user 287 Posts ![]() |
The classic method usually involves switching the pad on which the numbers are written just before they are added up. One of the best is Bruce Berstien's Dangle Book. Turning the pad over is just as effective
Could help if you tell us what the effect will be. P |
S2000magician![]() Inner circle Yorba Linda, CA 3465 Posts ![]() |
Many years ago I saw Glenn Falkenstein perform this effect in the Parlour at the Castle. He began by having four people each think of a three-digit number. He then read the mind of each person, added the numbers in his head, wrote the total on a slate, and set the slate (back to the audience) on his table. He then had each person write his number on the pad, and asked a fifth spectator (one of my guests that evening) tot up the sum; he asked me to check the addition. Of course, he got the total correct.
I like this presentation better than a prediction previously sealed in an envelope because the real-time aspect better promotes the idea that the result is different every time it's performed (as, of course, it should be). |
Kevinh5![]() Regular user 108 Posts ![]() |
A switch is necessary, yes, S-2000? Like Plungerman mentions?
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