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DrTodd Inner circle 1976 Posts |
Para Labs Webinar Miracles
A Review Thomas Heine and Rainer Mees have developed a wonderful and authentic approach to mentalism grounded in psychological research. [https://www.paralabs-shop.com/en/]. On the afternoon of 17 May 2020, Thomas and Rainer shared their most recent thinking, framing, and tools for delivering powerful mentalism performances for a variety of different settings. The webinar featured four main contributions. Miracles Their first contribution focussed on individuals imagining their own vision of what constitutes a miracle. They are then asked to represent this miracle through a simple symbol, which is recorded in a diary, notepad, or similar. The symbol is then revealed through reference to personal reading categories. The beauty of their idea is that it provides an abstract way to imagine something meaningful that is as yet unobtainable. They link this thought process to imagery and then to a variety of different cold reading categories and scripts that allow the performer to really concentrate on the emotional impact of the revelation. There are many methods to achieve this impact (using various ParaLabs concepts), but for me, the real value was in the linkages as well as the authentic justification for recording the symbol. Great thinking and so much room for improvisation and extension. The Angel’s Touch Imagine having a participant record their own unique identifier (a fingerprint) on a business card, followed by a hypnotic induction process and final revelation that shows their own fingerprint has actually transformed itself. Their connecting principle is the unseen intervention of the person’s guardian angel, whose intervention leaves a trace; a trace that alters their fingerprint forever, the recording of which is handed out as a special memento after the performance. This is simple and direct mentalism with a quasi-spiritual wrap around that will create a very personal and memorable impression on the participant. Rainer gave a fantastic presentation for this idea and shared several different ways to achieve it. Mindset Testing Sets Drawing on in depth neurological research, Thomas presented a series of group tests that help an audience understand the cognitive structure of the brain, as well as allow you as a performer to identify those in your audience that have an enhanced creative and flexible mindset. Using a simple set of tests that are amenable to powerpoint for large corporate audiences (and yes on Zoom), Thomas offers an engaging solution to warming up audiences for other demonstrations that are framed in a psychological context. The tests include Number Pairs, Word Association, Visual Imagination, and Spatial Awareness. No need for pendulums if you want to couch your demonstrations in serious scientific research and turn up the dial of implausibility as you progress. Billets Their final contribution was on the special preparation of billets that can be used for any kind of psychometry or ‘sneak thief’ style of presentation. Great and imaginative thinking sits behind these billets, which do most of the work for! Overall, the webinar showed once again how ParaLabs continues to be at the cutting edge of psychological illusion. They create a platform for authentic mentalism that is intriguing, appealing, and very impactful. It was an honour to host them at one of Tabula Mentis meetings in London as part of the British Society of Mystery Entertainers, and it was such a pleasure to see them in action at this webinar. The webinar was followed by Christian Schenk of Card Shark fame explaining how the various tools and products from ParaLabs will now be made available through his own platform and distribution network. See: https://www.card-shark.de/index.cfm?page......egory=17 Fantastic afternoon, which was enjoyed by many leading mentalists and mystery entertainers. |
NeilS Inner circle 3225 Posts |
Well said Dr Todd. A brilliant, instructive and very enjoyable afternoon.
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Looch Inner circle Off by 3362 Posts |
You beat me to it Dr Todd! It was a fantastic workshop, I thoroughly enjoyed it! 'The Angels Touch' really caught me off guard, what a fantastic premise!
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lucavolpe Inner circle Italy - London 3349 Posts |
They were fantastic!
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"The Italian Mentalist" https://www.lulu.com/spotlight/lucavolpe http://www.lucavolpe.com |
DrTodd Inner circle 1976 Posts |
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On May 17, 2020, Looch wrote: My favourite today Looch. |
ParaLabs - Thomas Special user 913 Posts |
Thank you all!
As I got a few requests about the question, what this "Mindset Testing" is all about - here is a video, explaining the idea. I have to admit that we are pretty excited about this! Cheers Th. |
Stunninger Inner circle 2819 Posts |
Very cool. The Mindset Testing Set sounds intriguing.
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Manos Kartsakis Loyal user 240 Posts |
Is there a way to buy this webinar now? Unfortunately I missed it.
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Looch Inner circle Off by 3362 Posts |
Send Thomas a PM Manos, probably the quickest way to find out for sure. I hope it is!
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Manos Kartsakis Loyal user 240 Posts |
Thank you sir. Will do right now.
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ParaLabs - Thomas Special user 913 Posts |
We'll find a way, Manos, ...
Apart from this, we decided to follow the demands of several professional performers who intended to use our Mindset Testing Set AND the corresponding presentation for their corporate events and keynote speeches. So we compiled a corresponding package, containing all graphics, illustrations, a green-sceen overlay video and explanations (video and pdf) in various languages. The testing cards, presentational graphics and the green-screen video presentations are actually translated in 10 (ten!) different languages. This is English, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish and German. Those who are interested in this should drop me an email to heine@para-q.com and/or check our ParaLabs group on Facebook for more information (www.facebook.com/groups/ParaLabs) Cheers Th. |
MDantes Inner circle New Orleans 1435 Posts |
This lecture was amazing.
Honestly though, every SINGLE thing Paralabs shares, produces, and /or touches is GOLD. I am in love with the Miracle question. Eliciting such emotions from spectators in a mentalism routine is a dream come true; dare I say a real life m I r a c l e The way Thomas breaks it down and goes into the depths of how and why this principle is so brilliant. Rainer’s - Angel Touch is thought provoking and emotional. This one is truly unforgettable. I feel like Jerome Finley/ Aaron Alexander would love work like this. And Rainer’s use of mentalism principles and techniques here is breathtaking as well. AND you the spectator gets a permanent reminder that they WILL keep forever ever. The mind testing kit made my jaw drop. Paralabs attention to detail, the thinking research that goes into this type of work makes the routine seamless. What professional tools for us mentalists to work with. And then Parabillets. Talk about research and development. I imagine mentalists from Across the world will want these. This will be the new frontier of billet work. I am beyond grateful for Paralabs. I feel indebted to Thomas and Rainer over the years for sharing all this amazing work with us.
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ParaLabs - Thomas Special user 913 Posts |
Thank you, Sir!
As we got a few requests about the ParaBillets - this is something that we are really proud of. Even if those billets are not in stock yet, here is an explanation of their basic idea. Maybe you'll find it interesting. As soon as the billets are available, we'll let you know. 😎🤙 Cheers Th. |
Bill Cushman Inner circle Florida 2876 Posts |
Very nice!
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JesterAndrus New user 56 Posts |
Do you have a road map when we can expect release of ParaBillets?
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Ypnoze Veteran user 394 Posts |
Hi, are the ParaBillets available? Love the concept of invisible organic marking
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