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Zack Special user 551 Posts |
Ted Leslie suggests psychicly divining the number to be used in a magic square.
I'm curious as to whether that makes the effect stronger, or not. I don't have an opinion yet...and it can probably only be settled by audience testing. The magic square is a feat of lightening calculation. Its true that if you DON'T know the number it is more impossible, but that's the PROBLEM...HOW is it posible? Figuring out the number psychically is one thing, but how did you figure out the grid? |
Brandon Regular user Florida 131 Posts |
There are many divided on this.
I found the most brilliant presentation of this--where you divine the number to be used within the magic square from Larry Becker--and when I peform it, that is how I do it. I get a much stronger reaction to it. The way I look at it--if you do lightening calculation--who really cares. It is nothing more than a math puzzle that you're solving quickly. A mentalist reads minds. Just my 2 cents. Brandon |
dpe666 Inner circle 2895 Posts |
To me, mentalism should be presented as what is POSSIBLE, and not IMPOSSIBLE. Leave the impossible to the magicians.
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Bill Cushman Inner circle Florida 2876 Posts |
I have two presentations that take the magic square out of the realm of a clever math trick and I have found they get a great response.
In the first, I present it as an example of subliminal messages. After briefly looking at a completed magic square, the participant names a number and that is the number that all the rows, columns, etc add up to. This "proves" that their number wasn't free choice, but the consequence of the repeated subliminal suggestions implanted throughout the square. The response I have found this generates is along the lines of, "How vulnerable am I to suggestion?" as opposed to "How did you calculate so quickly?" I find this preferable in many situations. The second presentation, utilizing the same method, is to frame it around the claim that we all possess savant-like abilities. I state that many savants’ skills are based on unconscious pattern recognition and that the magic square is an ancient tool to activate this process. The completed square is flashed, a number is named and it is found that all the rows, columns, etc add up to this very number. The participant has unconsciously recognized the pattern. Again, this takes them away from thinking about my skills and this time turns the focus to theirs. On a previous post on this subject, Larry Becker complimented me and said that my approach is original as far as he knows. As this is soon to be published I’d be interested if anyone knows of a precedent. |
Brandon Regular user Florida 131 Posts |
Why would divining their chosen number be perceived as impossible...all in the presentation.
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