CARD TRICK

Effect: The magician has a card selected and signed. The card is then shuffled into the pack by the spectator and it is the magicians job to locate it. Unfortunately , the magician cannot seem to get it right , but after a few attempts , the magician seems to actually regurgitate a tightly folded card. It is the spectators card , with their signature.

Preparation: You need a pen and a deck of cards

Method: Have the spectator select a card from the deck and show it to the audience.After the card is signed, control it to the top of the deck by means of a Hindu Shuffle control or a revolving pass.The deck is now held in the standard dealing position in the left hand (with the chosen card at the top)Get a finger break under the top card and palm it with your right hand immediately.Flourish the rest of the deck with a one hand cut, or one hand shuffle with your left hand and offer it to a spectator to simply mix up the cards.Make sure the spectator starts to shuffle because some stubborn people start to shuffle through the deck looking for their card.Then turn your back making this move seem natural to show at there is no possible way that you could know where the card is .At this time you are folding the palmed card into eighths (The smaller the better) This is easy as your back is turned you can use both hands to do this and then slip the tiny package in your mouth between your cheek and gum.Turn around to face the audience as the card is folded so tightly in your mouth, you can talk normally.Take the cards and act as if you messed up.Turn over a couple of cards to reveal what was supposed to be their selection.Do whatever you want , just make yourself look, bad .As soon as people start to laugh at you , act as if your hurt , as if something inside of you is wanting to get out.Make the audience curious , and have the suspense build up.As soon as they reach their peak , work the card out of your lips and and slowly spit the card out onto the palm of your hand.Unfold it , and watch the audience scream at the chosen signed card.

It looks as if you somehow swallowed the card beforehand and regurgitated it back up again.

PSYCHIC MAGIC TRICK ! !

Effect : A watch is borrowed, the magician does not carry anything! After showing the watch to those nearby who notice the current time, you place the watch face down in the spectator’s hand. His hand is closed over the watch. The magician doesn't not touch the watch again. The magician then asks the spectator to name a number and then to concentrate on that number and the watch. He opens his hand, turns over the watch and sees that the hands of the watch have moved that many minutes! This trick does not require any gimmicks.

Props: wearing an analogue watch (a watch with an long stem that's easy to manipulatequickly. i.e.: SEIKO watches)

Preparation: You need to wear a watch of your own with the wrong time.

Method: Ask your victim for his watch with an excuse like, "I think my time is wrong can I see yours for a second?"Borrow the watch for a minute and examine it look at it, state what time it has, and say, "is this the right time, I need to know."Now glance at the time on YOUR watch, and draw attention to it by setting its time. While they looking at you, set the time on YOUR watch. Your other hand is moving their stem so THEIR time moved forward 25 minutes. Now have them sandwich their watch between their hands, and ask them to pick a number from 10 through 30. Most people will pick 25 if they pick 20, they won't notice it's off by five minutes when you reveal that the hands of their watch have moved forward in time.... If they pick something below that number, tell them to make it harder, and pick a higher number. It gets them everytime... just remember to give a great patter when doing this trick.

(TIPS: I recommend trying to do this on nervous or shy people so they don't know what you're doing. The key to this trick is misdirection , but it's very easy to get caught)

Spirit writing

Effect : The magician is seen to write something down on a paper note pad and does not allow the spectator to see what he has written. The magican announces that he is about to ask the spectator a question and because he can read his mind, already knows the answer that the spectator will reply back with. The spectator is then asked to think of a number between one and a hundred or a simple shape such as a triangle, square or rectangle and reveal this out loud. The note pad is then shown to find that the magician had written the same number or shape down on the note pad!

Method: Make a gimmick by taping a small piece of broken pencil lead to your thumb, ( Use clear adhesive tape such as Sellotape so that the spectator and audience will not see it and remember to keep the sticky side facing out ). Initially write nothing on the note pad, ( only appear to be writing something ) and when you hide the face of the note pad from the spectator, do so with your thumb facing the side of the paper that you had supposedly written something on ( See picture 3). When your victim says the number or shape that they have thought of, simply write it on the note pad with your thumb and then show it to them as your prediction.

This trick is really convincing but depends a great deal on the magicians performance. Try your hand at acting, look as if you are really concentrating and that the trick requires real mental effort on your part. This will reinforce the illusion that you really can read minds.