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Ben Harris V.I.P. The Land Down Under 2126 Posts |
Hi Guys.
Aqua-Imp is a novel and visual interlude with a plastic water bottle. You make it lay down flat or partly rise from the table at command. It's sort of like a water bottle version of the classic "Imp Bottle." Lots of presentations are possible. I like to mentally "energize" the air in the bottle making it "lighter" and thus the partial levitation of the bottle. "Not quite light enough to actually float off the table, but you watch it try..." You can find out more at http://www.wowbound.com I'll give away FIVE copies of the pdf here. Wanna have a looksee? If so, just PM you email address and tell me why you'd like a look. What sort of presentation might YOU have in mind? At the end of the working day here (that's about 10 hours away) I'll send out the pdfs to those who have impressed me with their thinking. This could be fun. Cheers Benny
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IAIN Eternal Order england 18807 Posts |
I liked this...one of those house-party, laid back moments kinda things to do...
I had a couple of ideas I posted in the review of it in latest and greatest I think it was... reading it for the first time made me grin...
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A.G. Special user Vancouver- Canada 960 Posts |
If this peice is performed at the right moment and not presented as " magic " it will be very impactive. I know I did this yesterday for a group of Massage therapists / Reiki healersat an event yesterday.
It was as powerful as anything I have seen. They believed it was a real demonstration of energy. The exact presentation I used I will keep for myself,as its unique to my personal style ... but If you can find a way to introduce this, you can have a real strong piece. Thanks for this Benny.
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Ben Harris V.I.P. The Land Down Under 2126 Posts |
Thanks, Iain.
Benny
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IAIN Eternal Order england 18807 Posts |
It has a nice open ended feel to it presentationally speaking...is it that you can exert some force over the entire object? is it the water? is a mixture? or is it the participants?
I loved the added convincer of lavendar too...
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Ben Harris V.I.P. The Land Down Under 2126 Posts |
Andrew, that would have been IMPRESSIVE!
Benny
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barneyfife Veteran user 326 Posts |
Use a 5 hour energy drink bottle. bottled energy! bottled power!
Barney
Always in motion is the future
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Ben Harris V.I.P. The Land Down Under 2126 Posts |
"Energy Drink..." Perfect!
Sorry for those who encountered a full PM box. I've just cleared it now. Some great ideas rolling in. Keep it going! Cheers Benny
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Ben Harris V.I.P. The Land Down Under 2126 Posts |
Thanks guys.
The winning PMs have been selected and the pdf is on its way to your email addresses. Looking forward to your comments and feedback, guys. Thanks to everyone who participated. Cheers Benny
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DekEl Inner circle Creates MindTricks. Has exactly: 1172 Posts |
I just read Aqua IMP, and the method it employs is quite different from what I thought it would be; it has a much more impromptu feel to it. I don't really see how you could get "caught" using the IMP.
The "gimmick" that you need is very, very, easy to contrive, and it's practically invisible, and actually can be easily performed with a borrowed bottle. Ben gives a few ideas for it that could be applied to the world of mentalism (basically answering yes no questions), but I'm not quite sure how well it will play for something like that. The routine Ben includes however, makes the effect seem like a real demonstration of science, instead of just a gag or a mind over matter routine. Well, time to pull one together and give it a shot.
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kinesis Inner circle Scotland, surrounded by 2708 Posts |
I've just read the Aqua imp pdf. The pdf describes how to build the required gimmick. The description is detailed with lots of large, clear colour photographs. The Gimmick is very easy to construct although may need a little experimentation to get it just right. The gimmick itself is in full view but invisible to the audience perception. The mechanics are very simple and very clever. This effect will have quite an impact on the audience if given the right presentation. Ben gives a good routine in the pdf but with a little thought many presentations are possible. Maybe Benny will include some of the submitted ideas at a later date. This is a great idea and ideal for an apparently impromptu demonstration. I like it.
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Hawk-Eye Loyal user G'day from Australia 203 Posts |
Personally, a partial bottle levitation would not be congruent with my approach to mentalism; certainly not to anyone who performs predominantly mind-reading effects.
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A.G. Special user Vancouver- Canada 960 Posts |
Actually Hawk-eye the other night after 25 min of just doing mind reading, I did this and it killed.
I would not classify this as a partial levitation either... but rather a physical representation of the extended power of your mind, the same mind you use to read others with. Projecting thoughts/energy onto people and object is not unreasonable. Here is a Stand up/ lead in that I hope will inspire you . " Do you ever find when your stressed, you feel weighed down and sluggish ? ..me too... but then something happens and you feel lifted, or lighter ! this is a physical reaction to whats happening in our minds... so far I have been solely projecting and extracting thoughts from your mind, but I would like to show you that we can all project our thoughts/feelings out into the world, to be absorbed by not only other people, but objects. Water is the real key to life, we have a very detailed relationship with it... some religions claim that water can absorb energy....... can I borrow your water bottle please" ? As always each person will find what works for them with anything, but an old expression comes to mind- "If we argue in favour of our restrictions / limitations we can keep them" good thoughts, Andrew Gerard
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DekEl Inner circle Creates MindTricks. Has exactly: 1172 Posts |
In my presentation of this, I showed it as a demonstration of how a vacuum converts nitrogen into a helium compound. I can pull this sort of science performance off quite well as I've done similar things before with both mentalism and real science. What's nice about Aqua IMP is that it actually _does_ use "science-y" principles.
I explained that I had been working on a compound that was triggered by mentos and nitrogen. (Most people remember the mentos and coke explosions) To begin with, I uncapped the bottle, and then spent the next 10-20 seconds breathing and holding air. Then I slipped a mento into my mouth, waited a few seconds, a then blew the air into the bottle. When the bottle began to float up, it looked entirely natural. It was a smooth motion, and its motion even makes sense (to physics majors), as if it really had helium in it. Then I uncapped it to let the "helium" out, recapped it, and then showed that it stayed flat. My friend whom I was performing it for didn't even suspect trickery. He just thought it was another scientific principle, albeit a very cool one. This effect has the benefit of being able to be performed as real, if you do it right, and it's instantly repeatable. I can't see myself performing it in a yes/no situation like a normal imp, but as a "toy" I could "make" just from a spare bottle. I also thought of performing it as weak form of psychokinesis, but a scientific demonstration seems to fit my persona more.
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Ben Harris V.I.P. The Land Down Under 2126 Posts |
Lovely ideas, everyone! I appreciate the feedback. I'm also sure that Bob Cassidy would have a unique "angle."
Cheers Benny
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kambiz Inner circle Perth, down by the cool of the pool 1129 Posts |
This effect is really very clever! I must confess that the method really caught me by surprise considering how "impromptu" looking it is and how simple it is to execute.
The gimmick is really very straightforward to construct, will take you 5 minutes max. and once your set up you are pretty much good to go. There are SOOOO many presentation angles that can be used here, many of which have already been identified in this thread. My personal preference that fits my persona (since I am an energy channeler) is through the ability to use my energies to heat up the water molecules within the bottle thereby causing partial rising of the bottle from the table. I usually would do some sort of PK metal bending in my routine, and after the heat that has been felt emanating from my hands (using Reiki/sweat anchoring) I would look at going into my aqua imp demonstration. For those who wish to continue on after this effect, may I suggest using Bill Montana's Telekinetic Coin effect as an added convincer to the energies and heat emanating from your hands.....there is NO WAY that you could fail in the believability of your "powers" after this.......for those who have TK coin, you may wish to PM me as to how it becomes such a GREAT lead-in after using AQUA-IMP....the 2 effects marry PERFECTLY! I actually prefer to finish with Rosewater scent coming from my hands to creat an almost "spiritual" experience, doing a water reading for the participant to finish.... Kam
If I speak forth, many a mind will shatter,
And if I write, many a pen will break. .....and when I consider my own self, lo, I find it coarser than clay! |
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Ben Harris V.I.P. The Land Down Under 2126 Posts |
Hey Kam.
Glad this hit the spot with you! This can look so real and believable! Cheers Benny
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+Author: Machinations (Vanishing Inc, 2020)+ EVERYTHING BEN HARRIS |
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KyleMacNeill Inner circle 2757 Posts |
This really is very clever.
I am making one up this weekend, and going to perform it at my local clubs hopefully. A very organic and simple idea! An idea is to talk about particles and ionizing. I say this, because in the UK we have a drink called J2O (The 2 is usually superscript). This looks like some sort of chemical symbol, so you could work on that! In addition, we have a drink called 'OASIS'. You could present it in a relaxed tone, imagine them on a beach, sitting down, the cool breeze swaying... and then the bottle starts swaying almost in a relaxed meditated way! As someone talked about energy drinks earlier, we have one called 'Boost', the perfect name! (Giving it a little boost). Or here is something rather weird! You have the drinks bottle, and then a packet of tic tacs (Maybe after BEN Harris' brilliant effect TACTICS). You place one Tic Tac in the bottle, after pointing out on the packet that they are a 'Refreshing little LIFT'. You then do just that - make the bottle lift! Best, Kyle |
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MentalistCreationLab Inner circle 1528 Posts |
Ben, this new work of yours is brilliant.
If any of you would like to use the combination item that Kam spoke of. I sent copies over that work to Ben Harris to include as a free bonus for the next week for those of you who get this new manuscript from Ben. This new work from Ben is highly recommended. I followed his very detailed instructions from the manuscript and made an Aqua up for myself and when it moved, well lets just say that was an amazing moment. Thanks Ben for releasing something that looks so diabolically natural. |
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Blindside785 Inner circle Olympia, WA 4541 Posts |
I bought this lol, I would love the bonus.
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