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Have you ever been hypnotized? Well in a moment I will open your mind to my suggestions using this pack of cards.

Take a deep breath hold it for a moment then exhale. Good. One more time Good.

[at this point as quickly and loudly as you can riffle the cards] This usually get a laugh.

You are all now hypnotized. Now I know you find that hard to believe but in just a moment I will prove it beyond a shadow of a dought.

Would you Sir. Please help me. [bring the person on stage and ask his name} {Then introduce him to the audience and ask for acknowledgment while clapping yourself for his coming up on stage.]

[have the man look at you by guiding him by the shoulders with both your hands and as you do say "Now I have hypnotized you and the rest of the crowd do you feel any different?" No matter what his response this usually gets a laugh because of the way your handling him.]

Continue with In a moment I'm going to show you the pack of cards and I want you to merely think of one. Don't try to see all the cards just one O.K. Good.

Once again riffle through the cards quickly not giving him a chance to see a card. This usually gets a laugh again.

Now for the first part of the trick this time when you riffle through the cards slower of course you will be showing the cards as different to the spectator and using the hesitation force have him only see the card you want him too.

Once he has acknowledged that he dose indeed have a card in his mind you turn to the audience and say great while letting the cards drop so that the same card is viewed by them.

This will usually produce laughter again. At this point you reach into your pocket and pull out an envelope with a dup of the card you forced on the spectator on stage and hand it to him.

You ask the spectator if it would be a miracle if the card he only thought of was in the envelope? Whatever his response ask him to name his card.

When he dose turn to the audience with a concerned look on your face and reach for the envelope. Say " Are you sure that was your card" He will of course say yes and by this time your audience will be in tears laughing.

Say O.K. and have him open the envelope and look at the card. When he gets up from the floor have him show the card to the audience and finish with;

And that Ladies and Gentleman was a demonstration of hypnosis.

Thank you.

I may of missed something, but why does this have to be a svengali deck??

Nice idea...it seems quite similar to something of Kenton's .

I'm guessing this is played more as a piece of magic than an actual demonstration of hypnosis?

I'm assuming that the spec picks one of the regular cards. Then, when you "show" the deck to the audience, they all see the same card (which is different than what the spec saw). But your prediction is the same card the spec picked (different than what the audience saw). I think that's why the trick is good. The audience thinks one thing is happening, but something else entirely happens. I think.

resdog wrote:I'm assuming that the spec picks one of the regular cards. Then, when you "show" the deck to the audience, they all see the same card (which is different than what the spec saw). But your prediction is the same card the spec picked (different than what the audience saw). I think that's why the trick is good. The audience thinks one thing is happening, but something else entirely happens. I think.

You understood it perfectly.

BTW if Kenton has something like this out then I would like to know when he put it out since I have been doing it for 20 years and have proof in all the people who have seen me do it.

Scott Daly wrote:I may of missed something, but why does this have to be a svengali deck??

By using the svengali you are able to show the cards as all different to the spectator and all the same to the audience.

I guess you could do a Hindu shuffle to show the card as all the same to the audience but I think just letting the cards drop is more convincing.

The whole showing the cards to the audience is done casually but deliberately if that makes sense?

Anyway I have never tried it with a regular deck but if I'm caught without my svengali I guess I could do it straight.

Airamas wrote:BTW if Kenton has something like this out then I would like to know when he put it out since I have been doing it for 20 years and have proof in all the people who have seen me do it.

Firstly, that's very weak proof. Have you put it down in writing before today and published it? No.

Secondly, Kenton did not and would not copy this from you, if you're implying that he has. Anyway, I've checked and his effect is different.

In the words of Fankie, relax!

I misunderstood the concept at first, I can see how a svengali would be much more convincing than a hindu shuffle.

Cardza wrote:

Airamas wrote:BTW if Kenton has something like this out then I would like to know when he put it out since I have been doing it for 20 years and have proof in all the people who have seen me do it.

Firstly, that's very weak proof. Have you put it down in writing before today and published it? No.

Secondly, Kenton did not and would not copy this from you, if you're implying that he has. Anyway, I've checked and his effect is different.

In the words of Fankie, relax!

Firstly I talk to Kenton once in a while and know for a fact that he wouldn't steal from anybody not just me.

It was your INSINUATING that I might be a thief that made me mad.

But since you have corrected yourself we can go on with our day.

Take care.

Just to be clear, I wasn't insinuating anything. You should probably try to be more clear in your posts as well.

Cardza wrote:Just to be clear, I wasn't insinuating anything. You should probably try to be more clear in your posts as well.

The readers can decide?

Yes, yes they can.

It's just been one of those days where everything is getting me worked up.

Anyways, nice little idea, something I've thought about trying before but never got round to...thanks for sharing!