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I am working on a trick, fairly simple in technique but quite patter heavy. The main basis of the effect is anchoring a memory that evokes strong emotions in the spec to their chosen card. I have a vague idea of what anchroing is and roughly how you could go about achieving it, but I was wondering if any of you could give me any pointers or direct me to any (reasonably priced) books that may be able to help me out with the finer points and techniques. I've got the card techniques required down pat, and have a rough script, but my hope is that by effectively anchoring the emotions or memory to their chosen card, the final reveal will have that much more gravitas and evoke and strong emotional reaction from the spectator.

As I say, I have the technique down and have performed this as a mildly satisfying pick a card trick with a card transforming into their selected card in their hands, but I would like to turn it into so much more. something exciting that has a strong effect on the spec, something that will leave them stunned and hopefully a bit more happy than before I started the effect.

any help offered will be greatly appreciated, as you might be able to tell, I am a little bit excited about fine tuning this effect

I believe that any reasonable book on NLP will cover anchoring. That's probably your best bet. "The Idiot's Guide to NLP", anything like that from Amazon should do.

My favourite book on NLP is "NLP Workbook" by Joseph O'Connor.

Barry

cheers guys, pretty straightforward answers, time for me to start having a look into some NLP I guess

Does the effect rely on the anchor? If so, you may want to reconsider; as much as NLP proponents like to brag, NLP techniques aren't 100%. If, however, it's "the icing on the cake" or if you're satisfied with the illusion of setting an anchor (as I do with hypnosis), then it's workable and "NLP for Dummies" should work for you--like it did for me

Ciao,
Rob

May I recommend Harling and Nyrup's SLEIGHT OF MIND?
There is also some useful info on anchorig in Derren Brown's hard to find 'Pure Effect'.

RobLaughter wrote:Does the effect rely on the anchor? If so, you may want to reconsider; as much as NLP proponents like to brag, NLP techniques aren't 100%. If, however, it's "the icing on the cake" or if you're satisfied with the illusion of setting an anchor (as I do with hypnosis), then it's workable and "NLP for Dummies" should work for you--like it did for me

Ciao,
Rob

Thanks for your thoughts though, it would be "the icing on the cake" and if it doesn't work that well then the trick should stand on it's own pretty well. I'm interested in the idea of anchoring and would like to see if it can help make the effect stronger.

Lord Freddie, I would really like to get my hands on a copy of pure effect, but I may well have to wait until at least christmas for that

It's hard to come by these days (and very expensive) but a great book.
Davenports still list it in their catalogue, but I should think that it's out of stock....

RobLaughter wrote:Does the effect rely on the anchor? If so, you may want to reconsider; as much as NLP proponents like to brag, NLP techniques aren't 100%.

Anchoring, when done properly (and a proper anchor can rarely be applied in an instant) does work most of the time. It's a whole pattern matching thing.

But to get a really good anchor it often takes a good few moments.

There's an anchoring effect in "Building Blocks" by Luke Jermay. I've never tried it - or anything else in the book...............

Also have a look at the demo here:

http://www.essential-skills.com/condime ... g_demo.htm

Barry

Lord Freddie wrote:May I recommend Harling and Nyrup's SLEIGHT OF MIND?
There is also some useful info on anchorig in Derren Brown's hard to find 'Pure Effect'.

Seconded

magicofthemind wrote:There's an anchoring effect in "Building Blocks" by Luke Jermay. I've never tried it - or anything else in the book...............

Also have a look at the demo here:

http://www.essential-skills.com/condime ... g_demo.htm

Barry

I have tried that Jermay effect (you're talking about 'Out of (T)his World', right?) a couple of times as an experiment. It worked astonishingly well on one occasion. Given that I'm a complete 'know-nothing' when it comes to NLP, anchoring etc. I was amazed and guess there must be a lot of power in the use of anchors.

As someone who is just recently started to learn NLP this is a very fascinating discussion.

I would not believe hypnosis, etc was possible has a not witnessed a friend of mine being hypnotized myself... Interesting first date.

magicofthemind wrote:I've never tried it - or anything else in the book...............

You should! Not everything in there is to my taste either, but the burst bubble suggestion is great. All the concepts taught at the beginning of the book is also worth studying. If you want great effects that utilize the suggestions he teaches, I suggest 7 Deceptions.