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World of Super Metalism, I

World of

Super Mentalism, I

Written by

Larry Becker

Layout & Design by

Lee Earle

P.O. Box 6023 • Carefree, AZ 85377

World of Super Metalism, I

Acknowledgement

To my beautiful wife, April, my everlasting appreciation for her love and

understanding during the turbulent days of writing and publishing this book. A

special thanks to my friend, Lee Earle, the master mentalist and master of the

Macintosh.

Larry Becker

Lawrence Becker

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explained in this book are hereby reserved by the author.

No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in retrieval system, or

transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying,

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invented, without the expressed written consent of the author and publisher.

Printed and bound in the United States of America.

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IT'S IN THE BAG

It gives me great pleasure to begin this treasure chest of mental masterpieces

with one of the simplest stage or platform effects you will ever perform. Because

of its simplicity, the impact is staggering, so you can concentrate almost 100% on

presentation. It's In The Bag, literally works itself.

WHAT THE AUDIENCE SEES

The mentalist invites three members of the audience to join him on stage. Displaying

a packet of twenty-ive ESP symbol cards, the mentalist explains their use and

the make-up of the packet. Handing the symbol cards to the irst spectator on

his left, the mentalist instructs him to mix the symbols thoroughly. The packet

is then passed to the second volunteer who also shufles the pack, and inally, to

the third member of the committee who does likewise. At this point, there can be

little doubt that the symbol cards have been well mixed. The mentalist opens a

small paper bag and places the packet inside, immediately handing the bag to the

irst volunteer. Each participant is requested, in turn, to reach into the bag and

to remove one card from the top of the packet, placing it behind his back without

looking at it. When this task is completed, the third spectator is asked to place

the bag aside. The mentalist's back has been turned towards the three members

of the committee during this entire action sequence. Now, each volunteer is told to

look at and concentrate on the ESP symbol he selected. With his back still turned,

the performer immediately reads the thoughts of all three volunteers, correctly

identifying each of the freely selected symbols.

Read that description of what the audience sees, again. It's totally accurate and

best of all, there's no sleight of hand, body or sleeve work and the cards are not

marked or prepared in any way. The bag is a totally unprepared Kraft lunch bag.

(Author's note: I eventually discovered the perfect bag while on an airplane. It was

in the pocket on the back of the seat in front of me. It was a. pardon the expression,

a white "barf bag." I gathered a few on disembarking and proceeded to trim off

the top third of the bag. The remaining bag was sized perfectly to accommodate

a pack or packet of cards. The texture and thickness of the bag was also perfect,

enabling it to remain open and erect when placed on a table.) In addition, twenty-

ive unprepared ESP symbol cards are used.

If the description reads like a miracle, you'd better believe it. It deinitely looks as if

the demonstration of the performer's unique abilities was successfully accomplished

even though it was conducted under test conditions!

TO PREPARE

Obtain a small brown Kraft lunch bag that measures approximately 10-1/2" from

top to bottom. The width of the bag should be approximately 5". The measurements

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of the rectangular bottom are 3" x 5."

To alter the bag to a preferred size, simply trim it so that it's height measures

approximately 8" from top to. The ESP cards used should be the standard ive

symbols; circle, cross, wavy lines, square and star, repeated ive times for a total of

25 cards. I personally prefer and use the colored ESP design pack which consists of

ive yellow circles, ive red crosses, ive blue wavy lines, ive black squares and ive

green stars. For some unknown reason when you reveal BOTH the design and its

color...the audience gives you credit for receiving TWO transmissions of thought.

Open the folded paper bag and place three design cards, face down, in the bottom

of the open bag. A circle followed by a star and inally on top, another circle. Fold

the bag approximately in thirds and place it on your table. Insert the pack of ESP

cards, into their case and place on top of the folded bag. That's all there is to it.

TO PERFORM

After randomly inviting three spectators to join you on stage, line them up in a

row behind you. Following an explanation of the purpose and make up of the ESP

cards, have each spectator in turn shufle the cards.

While the third spectator is shufling the packet, pick up the folded paper bag from

your table and in the usual fashion holding one side of the top edge, snap the bag

partially open. Place it on the palm of your left hand and hold it upright. With your

right hand, reach inside to ensure that the bag is completely open. At the same

time, tilt the top of the bag slightly to the right and downward. While your right

hand is inside opening the bag out fully, the right ingers lift the three cards inside

vertically, leaning them with the backs against the narrow side of the bag. Since

the bag is tilted, the cards will remain in place against the narrow side of the paper

bag. This action only takes a split second from beginning to end and is perfectly

natural. The casual way that the bag is opened also implies that it is empty.

design side down, lat on the palm of his hand. Holding the bag in your left hand,

retrieve the pack from the third spectator... picking it up between your right thumb

and foreinger...at the ends. Make sure that it's apparent that your hand is otherwise

empty. Place the packet face down into the bag, allowing it to rest lat on the bottom.

Immediately remove your hand. State that you are placing the shufled cards in

the bag to totally eliminate any thought that you can somehow manipulate or see

them.

Casually straighten the bag to a full upright position as you step towards the irst

spectator. A very slight tilt of the bag to the left will automatically deposit your

three force cards on the top of the pack. Hand the bag to the irst spectator and

state that as soon as you have turned your back, he is to reach inside and remove

the top card of the shufled pack, placing it behind his back without looking at the

design. Turn away while this is being done. Now have the irst spectator hand the

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bag to participant number two who is likewise instructed to reach into the bag and

remove the top card of the shufled pack, placing it behind his back without looking

at it. The same procedure is followed with the third member of the audience. Have

the third participant discard the bag and instruct each to look at and concentrate

upon their chosen design.

Now, all that remains is for you to reveal each spectator's freely selected symbol.

Naturally, this should be done as dramatically as possible. After all, you are

performing an amazing feat of mind reading.

If you don't use any other trick in this book, It's In The Bag should be one of the

most effective mental effects in your repertoire. It also stands to reason that the

clever add-on principle can be used with regular playing cards as well. This is a

bold, but deceptively simple effect to execute. Please do it justice.

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