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as i was reading a trick "Up and Down Force" it's saying how a spec. cuts the deck and at the end of the trick, your supposed to guess the guys card by "reading his mind" so to speak, well I thought that the author was talking about force shuffling (of corse..) and at the end of the trick, all it says is "Gradually read his mind." and this it's on to the next trick! Did I miss somthing?

Thanks in advance,
~mathieu

(NB A bit more removed to be on the safe side)

You may need to edit you post as it is telling everyone who reads it the instructions to a trick and this is exposure and is on allowed on TM. Its not a good idea to post the full set of instructions.

okay i edited it.. i didn't know gosh!

Top tip: You must NEVER reveal magical secrets where the muggles might see or hear them

A PM would probably be the best way to go about doing this.

okay did i make is not-revealing enough? or is it just plain out not allowed and i should delete this whole post..?

Thanks for editing it. I hope someone who owns the trick might be able to help you. If you read the forum rules section you will see the outline of the rules of the forum. Always a good thing to read.

All the best
Alex

Hi Mathieu

So the trick is called "The Up/Down Force?" Who is it by and what book/dvd is it in?

Does the trick explain to you how to force a card? is that where your problem is, or is your problem not knowing what to do after th ecard has been forced?

it's in a book called "101 Amazing Card Tricks" by Bob Lounge. I've noticed some more tricks are kind of like that.. like the very first part of the book it's talking about the Hindu Shuffle, but it doesn't tell you how to do it at all, he just says it's really important to learn..

I do not reccomend this book at all. I just got it from a friend who was gitting rid of a bunch of junk before he moved..

as for the other questions, it doesn't talk about a forcing it. It just tells you how to do the trick, and in part of it you say "I will now attempt a feat of telepathy" and at the end it literally states "Gradually Read his mind."

Royal Road to Card Magic would be a good book for you to get (imho).

alright, I will look into that one after i read some more of Mark Wilson's Complete Corse to Magic. I just got it today and it is great!

I am pretty sure i know what the trick is. if you want we can talk by pm. but it sounds like a trick i perform quite often.

I have this book and I've just read up on this trick - any questions feel free to PM me as I think that this trick is quite neat and will fool alot of laymen

As for the Hindu Shuffle - it explains it in quite some detail on pages 7 - 10

moonbeam:
Yeah i did't notice that about the hindu shuffle.. and as for the U/D Force David kindly sent me a video on how to do the trick (as well as his own version..) but thanks anyways.