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Eric Richardson Regular user 110 Posts |
2 questions:
1) Can anyone give me some sources for good info on combining the mem deck with the Mental Masterpiece box? (Other than the T.A. Waters routines in Mind, Myth, & Magick)? 2) If you have used the Mental Masterpiece box, what have your experiences been like? Thanks for your help! |
Eric Richardson Regular user 110 Posts |
Wow. Does anyone out there use a mental masterpiece box??
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EdgarWilde Regular user 120 Posts |
I have no idea what a Mental Masterpiece Box is (Don't own MM&M yet).
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JohnWells Inner circle The Southern Wild 1791 Posts |
It would be very effective for a revamp of the old Eddie Joseph "Astral Diviner".
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MysteroMagic New user 45 Posts |
Please tell me what a Mental Masterpiece Box is. I'll check Google.
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dclxvinyc New user 98 Posts |
I have built and used Anneman's Mental Masterpiece.
For those who don't know, it's a DIY impression pad made from a card box and carbon paper. To have the box be rigid enough to write on (as a surface) the cards must be in the box. I feel like the most straightforward application for combining the impression pad and a mem deck would be to have the spectator write either a number or a card but "not show you," and you open the box and remove the cards. Say they wrote 13, which you know from the impression pad. And in your stack that is the Queen of Clubs. You could give the cards a face shuffle and say something to the effect of, "without telling me the number you wrote, please deal that many cards to reveal The Queen of Clubs." This lacks a little sparkle. Perhaps, for something more advanced, have them write the name of a card but they don't show you. At the same time you write down a number -- in fact, though, you don't. You remove the cards, read the impression and use a Thumb Writer to write 13 on your billet. Now, each of you revealing your billets for the first time, combine the number and the card, dealing down and discovering this is, in fact, any card at any number. Perhaps a little more advanced? They write down a number and a card. Say they write down 33 and The Queen of Clubs. You remove the cards, do a few real cuts, estimating where you need to be. This means adding 20 cards to the top of the deck, so through cutting, you cut the 32nd card to the face. Or maybe a very good pinky count. Now, without having known the number or card selected, the spectator deals down the number of cards they chose to arrive at the card they've named. Truly ACAAN. More still, no skill! They write the name of a famous person. You remove the deck and glimpse the impression. You do a 20 questions with the deck. Red cards mean yes. Black cards mean no. You know your order because it's a mem deck. You know the famous person because of the glimpse. So you ask questions you'll already know the answers to and allow the deck to guide you. For example. The spectator has chosen Elvis Presley. "Is this person living?" Four of clubs, a black card. "No, this person is not living. Was this person American?" Two of hearts, a red card. "Yes, an American. An entertainer?" Seven of Diamonds, "Yes, an entertainer. A movie star?" Three of Clubs, "No, no a movie star..." And so on. These ideas are off the top of my head here. A memory deck and an impression pad are both powerful tools whose potential is only limited by your aptitude for writing. |
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