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.)Now either hand groups of five cards to the same people, or to five other people.Ask eachperson to think of a card.You will now divine the card in the following manner.(I will usethe first group of cards, Earth, About, Belt, Bloated, Block, as my example.) Ask if theword contains a B.If it does not, then it is Earth.(This is because, as you can see, noother word in the group contains a B.) If it does contain a B , move on to the next word.Ask if it contains an L.If it does not, then it is About.(Because the three remainingwords all contain an L.) If it does, move on etc.This process reveals the word as soon asyou receive a No reply.The principle applies to every group. Five of the bestThis is a word version of Tony Corinda s The Third Choice (13 Steps to Mentalism, DRobbins & Co, 1968), and which even he described as The Trick With A ThousandInventors ! Have five empty envelopes examined.Show five word cards all different.(These are not examined.) These cards are gimmicked, as noted above.One card has Today printed on its face and has a normal back.The other four are double-sided, with Today printed on one side and a different word on the back.Place these cards into theenvelopes.Write your prediction Today.Have one envelope selected.Remove thecard.If it is the real Today card, it can be handed out for examination.If it is one of thedouble-sided cards, simply remove it so Today is visible.No peeking!In this effect, all that matters is that the short card Earth is on top.The cards can beshuffled by a spectator, as long as you cut them to bring the short card to the top, beforespreading the cards face down.After a card is chosen, take back the deck, square it up,and cut it for the return of the chosen card, so that it goes on top of the short card.Thenhave the cards cut by the spectator.Take back the cards and cut them yourself so that theshort card is returned to the top.This places the chosen card on the bottom.You will needto glimpse it, but, otherwise, you do not examine the deck.The card can be revealed inany manner you choose.SourcesI drew inspiration for creating this deck, and the effects which can be performed with it,from a variety of sources.The short card is, of course, a staple of traditional card magic.As for the principle of theinterlocking or progressive anagram and its many variants, as a means to word divination,it s hard to know where to begin and who to leave out.Stewart James, Sam Schwarz, MaxMaven, Lee Earle and many others have helped develop this area of mentalism.(Myparticular inspiration for the Wordsmith Deck was Sam Schwartz s Incredible WordPower routine, in which any one of almost 50 words can be divined, without ever seeingthe cards again once they have been handed out.) The lists I have used above are,however, mine.(I ve used short lists ie groups of five to speed things up, as I like todivine more than one person s word.)Many traditional card effects can be adapted to be performed with the deck.A four-Aceassembly, for example, could be tailored accordingly, with the four words predictedbeforehand, and so on.Use your imagination and, hopefully, you ll find several uses for the deck which I have notcovered.As with all magic or mentalism that which you can truly make your own is thebest of all. Sentimental JourneyJames WardThe following was inspired by Chris Carter/Doc Eason s Anniversary Waltz, and thosefamiliar with that effect will spot the obvious similarities.That said, I hope it s sufficientlydifferent to be of interest to those looking for an occasional change.EffectShuffling the cards, you announce that they represent the rocky road to romance. All thepeople, you inform your audience, with whom you might have fallen in love. You now propose taking two people a married couple on a sentimental journey.Have two cards selected, remembered and signed.The couple sign each other s card, nottheir own.Signing each other s cards, you explain, is a form of sharing, like marriage itself.You then shuffle the cards back into the deck. I m an old romantic, you continue, fanning the cards face down. Some people aremeant to be together, and I think you are two of those people.But let s put it to thetest.Let s see if, among all these strangers, you can find each other again. With that, you run through the deck and have each person touch a card.These two cardsare placed face down on the table. Wouldn t it be amazing, you suggest, if out of all these cards you found eachother s just as you found each other in real life? Have them turn over their selections.They have indeed found each other s card but thecards are now unsigned& You found each other, you say, but these cards represent the people you werebefore you fell in love and married, so they re not yet signed.Of course, what smore interesting is if you hadn t met each other, who might you have met? At this point, you ask them to turn over the rest of the deck.Every one of the cards isblank. It seems, you tell them, that you were destined to meet each other and no oneelse. Picking up the unsigned cards, you say, I ll take these two, because you don tneed them but I d like to give you a memento of this day. With that, you reach into your pocket and remove a sealed envelope which you hand tothe lady.She opens it.Inside is a small greetings card from you.Inside that card is asingle playing card hers with her husband s signature on it.When she turns it over, herhusband s card is on the reverse, along with her signature& You see, you conclude, you really were meant to be together& RequirementsYou require a blank deck.We ll assume the cards to be forced are Six of Diamonds andFive of Clubs.On the face of the blank deck, place a regular Six of Diamonds.On top of that, place aregular Five of Clubs, both, obviously, with backs to match the blank deck.On top of thesetwo cards is a double-faced card (Five of Clubs/Six of Diamonds), and with the Six ofDiamonds on view (Fig.1).Fig.1You also require a small greetings card and an envelope, the flap of which must be coatedwith rubber cement.The envelope remains open in your pocket until the double-facer isplaced into it, after which you will close the flap, sealing the card inside.(If you prefer notto use rubber cement, a typical greetings card envelope closed but not glued downshould allow you to load the double-facer behind, though not inside, the greetings carditself.)Working1.Before you begin, casually shuffle the blank stack, retaining the three face cards.2.The double-facer is now forced (twice) using a Hindu Shuffle [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]