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There is a big difference. In mentalism, you don't touch people's minds... That is, you don't intentionally change their experience, as you do with suggestions. Mentalism is a clever illusion of mind reading, based on all sorts of gimmicks and sleights just like card or coin magic. Whereas in...

There are too many "big" effects. You should mayeb drop some, and space them with some small effects in between. Doing an ACR is good, and the Invisible plam is also one of my favorites. Also, if you're up to it, you can set up a whole story about that dangerous trick you are going to do at...

No, hypnosis is very practical. Look, let's face it, most people are not really aware of what their bodies or minds are able to do. Most people spend their lives not knowing, for example, that their mind can handle about 3 million bits of imformation in one second. These people usually spend...

Wow, I'd love to learn to do stage hypnosis, and inducing shock trances... Do you have any sort of workbook you can recommend for learning these things... Or better, a dvd?

That's pretty good... At first it does look like camera editing, but actually, after watching it a few times, I'm pretty convinced it's not. You can see he's hiding the correct corners, and if I say more it will be exposure... But I'm pretty sure it's genuine. But I'm no expert... Shall we get...

I don't use it... I don't like the touch of the cards with the powder on them... Just learn to do your fans well, and buy another deck each time it gets too hard to fan your deck. And until you get very good with fans and general handling of the cards, don't buy special, expensive decks...

The invisible deck is, I think, by far, the best reaction getter, which is also pretty short, and the patter is very simple... Just amuse your audience with this little show of the imaginary deck, and then amaze them. Very simple, very effective. I usually take out my regular deck first and do...

Pretty impressive, good job! Thumbs up! :-)

Hmmm... I'd like to master the classic force... Master some of the D&D flourishes, and perform Control to a large group of complete strangers in a gig. :-)

One of the first rules of magic is this - a magician never tells his secrets. However, it's more of guide line, really, because magicians tell their secrets sometimes, and it's okay. I tell my mom some of my secrets, when I need critique, and one of my friends also, whom I can trust not to...

Neat! Neat! Chris Kenner said on the TnR DVD that if you accidently happen to pick a card the spectator thought of, you should just finish your routine and walk away, cause there is nothing you can do to top that. :-)

Buy a bicycle Buy a bicycle deck, or two of them, or three... You'll be destroying a lot of these :-) Buy a standard deck, red or blue, poker size. Now, I started my cardistry (flourishes, etc.) with Ellusionist's Xtreme Beginners... It's not bad, and the fanning tutorial is actually really...

Classic You can't beat the classic, it is the best. But I don't do it really well... So if I really need to force, I do the riffle.

I agree with Doug, quit being petty over Ellusionist... If one does not understand that it is impossible to control people with one's mind to choose specific cards, that person shouldn't even try getting into magic. (It is impossible... Only Derren Brown can do that :-P) (Joking, of...

Oh, well, apparently I was mistaken, I never really looked up close at DD or prophet, I don't really like tricks with money (though FRAUD is nice, but I can't really do it, we don't have dollars in my country, and it's not so possible with the local bills). But thanks anyway for your answers.

That's a great idea But I don't think a petition is really needed... I mean, It's not like someone in T11 is against the idea that DG would join as an artist (starting the T12 age, haha :-P) I also think he's a brilliant magician and creator... It would be neat if he were to appear in more T11...

Yeah, plastic cards are not good, espacially for fans. I don't use them at all... The clear cards are a nice gimmick, but nothing more.

Hmm... I think I know what packet you're talking about... I hold it with my right thumb, where the skin meets the nail, and with my left thumb, right about the knuckle, and when it comes to the front of my left thumb in the display before the closure, I slightly pinch it with the knuckle of the...

Hmm, a bit silly, but I'll wait for it nevertheless.

Hello I have very small hands, but I'm also a pianist for the last nine years, so I have some flexibility. Being able to move your pinkie and ring finger saparately isn't really important... It might be a nice gimmick if you can, but don't stress over it. Small hands are an obstacle when...