How to become a mentalist
Mentalism vs magic what are the differences and what are the similarities? Mentalism and magic are different as mentalism is more about psychology, whereas magic is more about sleight of hand and deception. But they are similar as they both require learning of new skills, having confidence to perform in front of an audience and both involve trickery.
How to be a mentalist like Patrick Jane in the Hit TV series The Mentalist begins with understanding the basics of mentalism psychology. This includes reading body language, but it also includes the use of shape projection, which is an example of what The Mentalist does in the TV show – see video below.
If you want to learn mentalism, one of the basics to study is mentalism psychology. To become a mentalist, you need to have the ability to use your five senses to create the illusion of a sixth sense. You need to hone your skill of reading body language, to create the illusion you can read minds. You need to learn how to influence people with hypnotism and embedded suggestion.
A great show to have exposure as a magician or a mentalist is Penn & Teller’s Fool Us show. Two such mentalists/magicians Morgan & West got their exposure and won a trip to Las Vegas on the back of it. They quit their teaching day jobs and have become professional mentalists as a result.
The one ahead principle is a great mentalism mink reading trick. This mentalism effect tricks your volunteer into thinking you’re reading their mind, when in fact your’re one step ahead of them all the way through the trick.
How does the grey elephant from Denmark trick work? It works using simple maths and the law of probability. The maths part begins by asking your volunteer to choose a number between 1 and 10. The maths part of this mind trick is simple and works every time. The rest of the trick relies on probability. This simple mind trick is about building confidence in your journey to become a mind reader and a mentalist.
