Can Mentalists Read Your Mind? Magic Versus Reality



Posted: Tuesday, March 17, 2009

by Sally Saunders

In the first article it was presented the real meaning of magic, but didn't reach mentalism because time was limited. Therefore, this article will tackle mentalism. Similarly with magic, mentalists cannot really read your mind and your thoughts. But, they are specialists in tricks which will be presented soon. After you find out more about these tricks you can easily perform mentalist routines with other like them.

The most frequent questions deal with: how can mentalists read your mind? What tricks do they use? As mentioned above, they do not read your mind, they just use some tricks and find out your thoughts indirectly. For example, one trick is when the mentalist makes you pick a card, and after some arrangements he tells what your card was without looking through the card deck. These kinds of tricks are easy ones that can be done by anyone.

But what about great routines? Those when a mentalist chooses someone in the audience, asks him to take an object from his pocket. Meanwhile, the mentalist is turned around, he stares at the object, thinks what it might be, and asks the person to put it back. Suddenly, the mentalist turn around, goes into a little trance and tells what the object as.

Once again, this just a parlor trick as many others. For those who love this trick is not recommended to tell the solution, but there are many sources which provide great information about stuff like this. There are many people who really enjoy such shows and some are intrigued because nothing of this is truly real.

Even if you believe it or not, there is no such thing as magic. Plus, nobody can read your mind, thoughts or see what you have your pocket without using a trick. Besides the mentalist, the assistants are crucial. With their help, the mentalist would not be able to do "magic". And without them, they would be just fill the crowd and watch the show.

For more information on mentalists and their tricks you can anytime check my blog where a great review on this topic is provided. One thing is for sure: nobody is able to read, control or know what you are thinking, but there are many people who trick you to think they can do it.

Magic? That's only for kids.

So, you are curious about all those tricks and would like to learn more about them? Here is a secret, this site gets you started: http://learnmagicandmentalism.info/
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