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From: killerb_0187
Date: Sun Jan 12, 2003 3:01pm
Subject: Re: Suggestion/Autosuggestion
--- In a previous message Rob Dobson wrote:
> First of all, I'm a black belt in kung fu having
> trained in it for 10 years, so I'm aware...;)
>
> Also, the photoreading thing? Two things; first in
> magic there is an entire genre of 'mentalism' called
> 'book tests' (apologies if I'm patronising anyone
> here), where the effect is exactly that of Derrens.
> Second, in his video 'the Devils picturebook', he
> states that 'if I'm doing a book test I'll take 20
> minutes to pretend to photoread it before doing the
> test'.
>
> Evidence enough?
>
> The psychological approach that he uses is dressing in
> some cases, an attempt to present magic and mentalism
> in a way that doesn't give the performer supernatural
> powers. Not in all cases, but in some.
>
Yeah, but my point is how on earth can someone do something
named a 'bookreading test', without actually memorising the book!?
>
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