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i know of a few pulse stopping methods but could any every be workable on a spec (without harm ofcourse )

just wondering?

thanks

In the '7 Deceptions' book and 'Skull Duggery' DVD by Luke Jermay there is a method for stopping your own and a spectators pulse. In the book there is also a method for stopping your own heart.

Anything involving the health of a specator is risky - make sure you have a lot of liability insurance or, beter still, do something else which isn't so risky. Consider this: You might have a sure fire and safe method for achieving the result but if the spec crashes their car, collapses or is taken ill later on, even for other reasons, you'll get the blame first and foremost. In a court of law it'll be their word against yours and they may have litigation experts presenting the case - at a very high cost which you'll end up paying if you lose.

Did see Derren brown perform something like this before, involving walking on glass and a pulse reading etc. I am sure a few people on here know what I am talking about??

As Pickman said, Luke's 7th Deception. I have used his method for years.

mr invisible wrote:Did see Derren brown perform something like this before, involving walking on glass and a pulse reading etc. I am sure a few people on here know what I am talking about??

On 'Some Thing Wicked This Way Comes', he has 2 nurses in the crowd monitor his pulse and tap a drum with each beat they feel. It obviously slows to a stop and then in his "altered State" he is able to walk across the glass without feeling "pain". Goes down well with the audience.

Unfortunately, that method wouldn't work with an audience member. They'd need to be in on it.

DaveM wrote:

mr invisible wrote:Did see Derren brown perform something like this before, involving walking on glass and a pulse reading etc. I am sure a few people on here know what I am talking about??

On 'Some Thing Wicked This Way Comes', he has 2 nurses in the crowd monitor his pulse and tap a drum with each beat they feel. It obviously slows to a stop and then in his "altered State" he is able to walk across the glass without feeling "pain". Goes down well with the audience.

Unfortunately, that method wouldn't work with an audience member. They'd need to be in on it.

Hmmm!! Do agree with you.

I used to think I knew how this worked and I practised what I thought was the method everyone used, and then I read a practically self working pulse stopping method in Paul Zenon's street magic book and felt like something of a dafty. I doubt it'd work on a spectator though, they'd be able to tell what you were doing quite easily...

-Stacy

hay guys thanks for all the rapid replys.

yer 4th circle i remember that method from years ago, i remember it did the job at the time thou.

yer davem he got a nurse up, a nice aplication i thought.

sooooo it seems like 7th deceptions is the way to go.. btw stopping your own heart? this is interesting how does that work out any info guys??

sammy_789 wrote:yer 4th circle i remember that method from years ago, i remember it did the job at the time

I feel sort of like I've been patted on the head and told "aww you still use that method? That's adorable!"

- Stacy

ohhhhh nooo i didnt mean that!!!!! sorry!!!

i hear a rumor that if any of you watch bbc's sherlock (i do and think its great! anyways) *possible spoilers* i heard that this perticular method will be used to explain his stopped pulse?!

Stacy again im so sorry!!!

It's okay, I wasn't really offended, I just thought it was amusing.

I think I'm too good at faking a huff...

-Stacy

sammy_789 wrote:btw stopping your own heart? this is interesting how does that work out any info guys??

I don't use this as I can't feel my heart anyway (maybe because I've got a brick on a string ) but my none magic friend work the method out on his own and uses it alongside mt pulse stop sometimes to help me look even cooler

And David Berglas used the 2 nurses idea long before Derren Brown
Also he did not use any gimmicks!

Allen Tipton

On the off chance people think He Knicked it, I do believe that David gave this routine to Derren.