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Lady of Mystery wrote:I personally would never use tarot cards for magic, but then I'm also a reader and would feel quite dirty if I did. That's just my opinion though, I don't see any reason from a practical point of view why you couldn't and with a bit of thought and research into the cards, you could probably come up with quite a fun routine.
JohnnyMac wrote:And you can always force the Death card on someone who's been giving you a hard time.
Only joking
black hart wrote:JohnnyMac wrote:And you can always force the Death card on someone who's been giving you a hard time.
Only joking
Ah! Yes, I've done that.
Tarot cards can be used for 'magic'. It just depends on how you want to present the 'effect'. The general public view playing cards very different than they view tarot cards, which is great when you are presenting psychic effects, weird magic or magic in a bizarre way. Produce tarot cards and already your audience have a different expectation, this puts you in a good position. People may even be a little frightened of tarot cards.
Perhaps it would not be the best idea to follow your Dippy Duck routine with something like Curse of the Black Death, but if you are planning that then you really need to re-examine how you put your presentations together!
As for forcing the Death card...we were running a corporate Haunted House Night at a country house hotel and one of the guests was a real pain. He announced that he was an amateur magician and kept interrupting the performances saying how he knew how any particular effect was done. It was disruptive and the other guests were getting a little annoyed with him as he was spoiling it for everyone.
It came to the part of the evening where we did tarot readings and I told my crew that I was going to do his reading. I got him to my table first and he said to me, "I don't believe in all this rubbish, so you can tell me exactly what you see in the cards, it won't bother me!" So I got him to mix up the tarot cards (you don't talk of shuffling them) and to chose one at random then turn it over. Guess which one it was, yes, the Death card. I looked him straight in the eye and said, "Well there' no point in carrying on is there, as you are going to die! Next please."
He went a white as a sheet and we had no more interruptions from him that evening.
Yes, I forced the card on him and for all of his 'I know how the tricks are done', he didn't clock the force happening. Not something I would normally do of course but in the circumstances...
Keith Hart
black hart wrote: I looked him straight in the eye and said, "Well there's no point in carrying on is there, as you are going to die! Next please."
He went a white as a sheet
magicofthemind wrote:black hart wrote: I looked him straight in the eye and said, "Well there's no point in carrying on is there, as you are going to die! Next please."
He went a white as a sheet
I recommend that you read Scared to Death by J C Barker. Never, ever predict someone's death. It could kill them.
Barry
mark lewis wrote:Most magicians who do readings do short entertainment sessions and of course there is nothing wrong with that. However, I do very serious sessions lasting 30 minutes to an hour and know very well how readings can affect people. You can do a lot of good or you can do a lot of harm.
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