How to become a mentalist
Learn 7 cool mentalism card tricks with videos for each trick to show how they’re done. Some of these tricks require special playing cards, like a deck of cards with pairs which are blank, Svengali cards and the Ultimate 3 Card Monte cards. Included in this article, there are various links to the recommended products on Amazon to make it easy for you to get started.
How you plant an idea into someone’s mind is much easier than you might think. This can be done using the power of NLP embedded suggestion. Suggestions are embedded within a longer sentence that on the surface may be saying something quite different. The suggestions feed directly to a person’s subconscious mind. What’s even more fascinating about the concept of embedded suggestion is the person will think it was their idea in the first place. Properly prepared embedded suggestions work well as mentalism tricks.
The Barnum effect and how you can use Barnum statements to create the effect of supernatural powers Barnum statements are part of the tool kit of cold reading psychics and are named after the showman P T Barnum. They are sometimes referred to as the PT Barnum Effect. This technique is also used by performing […]
Learning how to become a mentalist starts with reading about the subject and immersing yourself in websites like mine to learn and grasp some of the core skills required to perform mentalism. Once you understand the basics, or if you are keen to progress quickly, enroll on mentalism courses to master the skill. Learn how to perform ‘mind reading simulation’ by reading nonverbal communication and body language. Learn mind-trickery using ‘slight of hand’ with mentalism card tricks or predictions. Perfect ‘mind control techniques’ through the power of suggestion and hypnosis.
Mentalism performed well will leave your audience in wonder. They will either be completely flummoxed as to how you did it, or convinced you’re telepathic, clairvoyant or have some form of psychokinesis or extrasensory perception. Or they’ll think you can somehow control and read minds. But non of these will be true. Instead you will be able to perform pre-prepared mind reading techniques, number predictions, read nonverbal communication body language and use prediction magic tricks.
This article includes five mentalism books. Well actually not all five books are about mentalism as such. Two of the books are devoted to reading nonverbal communication and how to influencing how people perceive you. Both important skills for mentalism. The other three mentalism books cover various mentalism tricks and techniques. The most comprehensive is the ‘13 Steps to Mentalism‘ book, teaching 13 mentalism techniques to practice. But if cold reading is an important mentalism technique you want to learn ‘Tricks of the Mind‘ and ‘The James Bond Cold Reading‘ are key books to read.
