Dear All,

I've been reading posts of late regarding the Mental Magic vs Mentalism debates, and that one should solely perform one exclusively.

At the moment I perform effects from Luke Jermay's 7 Deceptions- The 7th Deception being my final effect (note: this is not table hopping or presented in a light manner rather than in an intimate setting with candles and a mystic tone). However I have also been performing Pyro Perception card revelation effect too (as my second effect) through mental contact and physical contact. I have received strong reactions from this but has occured to me that this is deemed "mental magic" and thus should not be performed within a set like this.

Another idea of mine is use 4" x 3" black and white photos of people in a character test- I don't have an effect yet but would this be deemed mental magic as I'm not exclusively reading the person's mind?

Where does the line stop for one and the other start?

Another side, I'm not insecure about my performance rather just wish to have thoughts on the matter.

Thanks in advance

Dave

Personally I'd go with whatever suits you personality wise. because if you start doing something that just doesn't fit your 'style', than it's going to be extremely obvious to the spectators that your uncomfortable with it. So be yourself no matter what

I do both mental magic and mentalism, but I find straight mentalism somewhat predictable and boring. It's great to hear someone else loves 7 Deceptions so much. What an excellent and underpriced collection of gems. I'm a big fan of "A Darker Dai" and the 7th Deception.

-Christian

This is continued at:

Mixing Magic and Mentalism