The Effect HoroSecrets by Joel Dickinson and Adam Hudson
Cost £12.99 from http://www.joel-dickinson.co.uk/shop/
Difficulty 2
(1=easy to do, 2=No sleights, but not so easy, 3=Some sleights used,
4=Advanced sleights used, 5=Suitable for experienced magicians only)
Review
They say...
- Imagine being able to tell your spectator personal information when you have only just met.
Picture being able to take this further, your spectator will feel like you are reading their mind as you amazingly reveal their Star Sign. This is HoroSecrets!
No progressive anagram.
No fishing for letters.
Just 100% direct mentalism.
This is strong, personal and correct every time.
Are you concerned it will be difficult? Don't be, as it is so simple!
You do not need to know anything about your spectator before the performance, but you will know a great deal after.
The all occasion revelation.
HoroSecrets can be used as a tool for anybody wishing to introduce readings into their performances.
Also note, HoroSecrets does not have to be incorporated in a reading. You can use it as a stand alone star sign revelation or incorporate it in existing routines
Suitable for magicians, performing mentalists and mind readers.
- Horosecrets is based on a very deceptive principle that has been used in a few effects over the years, but it’s used here in a very slick way to produce a strong opener for your walk around or close up mentalism sets. Basically, HoroSecrets enables you to reveal a spectator’s star sign without having to resort to progressive anagrams, which many performers try to avoid due to the skill required in disguising them properly. The patter in the manuscript involves delivering a mini-reading that slowly reveals the spectator’s star sign without any fishing. There are plenty of alternatives you can devise to suit your style.
There’s a little something to set up (if you work, you have plenty of this!) but once that’s done you’re good to go forever, and some learning to get the method down, but the performance can be a pure vibe in your own style. You already know the spectator’s star sign and so you can have fun revealing it little by little. At the back of the manuscript, Joel and Adam give some ideas for making the learning of the effect a little easier, but I don’t think anyone will have a problem. They could, in fact, be used to create some very odd but no less completely accurate readings.
Overall
- When you see it, you may think it’s like something in a book you already have, but you didn’t think of this use for the underlying mechanism, did you? There are no kinks here; the material has obviously been matured in performance.
If you work, you’ll use this. You just will.
Verdict: A very strong 8.5/10