Magic Video - Organic Mentalism With Phill Smith (Digital Download)
Description & Effect
Unleash Your Inner Mentalist with Phill Smith's Organic Approach
Dive into the revolutionary world of 'Organic Mentalism' with acclaimed expert Phill Smith. This comprehensive digital download isn't just a collection of tricks; it's a deep dive into the psychological principles and natural techniques that allow you to create impossible moments of mind-reading and influence, anytime, anywhere. Move beyond complex props and gimmicks and discover how to genuinely connect with your audience, making every performance feel authentic and truly magical. Phill Smith guides you through a carefully structured curriculum, designed to transform your understanding and execution of mentalism.
Mastering Information Gathering & Divination
Begin your journey by learning the subtle art of gathering information without any hidden devices. Explore methods like 'The Biz' for ungaffed word and image divination using simple business cards, or reinvent classic structures with 'Interl8ced Thief,' a self-working marvel that's ready to perform instantly. Discover 'Fastext,' a 100% impromptu booktest that leverages quick wit over preparation. Phill also delves into critical concepts such as distinguishing between psychological, psychic, and unique premises, how to empower the spectator as a mind-reader, and crafting unforgettable reveals.
The Art of Mind Control & Psychological Forces
Uncover the secrets to influencing choices and creating the illusion of total freedom for your audience. Phill meticulously teaches Equivoque, PATEO, and Quinta – three potent methods to subtly force one object from many, each illustrated with a powerful, hard-hitting effect. You'll also explore the profound impact of psychological forces through demonstrations like 'Left Brain / Write Brain,' a thought transference routine that succeeds even when it appears to 'miss.' Learn to combine ingenious ideas for number forces, creating powerful moments without getting bogged down in complex mathematics. This section emphasizes making every moment feel grand and impactful, often leveraging the environment itself for stunning revelations.
Prop-less Wonders: Brain to Brain Mentalism
Experience the ultimate freedom of prop-less mentalism. 'The Universal' teaches you to control a spectator's choice of virtually anything, no matter how abstract, anytime, anywhere – even remotely via video call. Delve into progressive anagrams to achieve the illusion of loose, free mind-reading that feels entirely spontaneous. Phill also demystifies mathematical effects, showing you how to infuse them with meaning and wonder, moving beyond mere calculations. Concepts like 'fake improv,' 'genuine jazz,' and creating 'believable moments' are thoroughly explored, ensuring your performances resonate deeply.
Card Mentalism Reimagined: All Hands on Deck
Transform a standard deck of cards into an arsenal for realistic mind-reading. Phill reveals techniques for systematic body language analysis, allowing you to discern a spectator's thought-of playing card and even hand the final revelation to an audience member. Craft impossible predictions from thin air with 'Deep-thought prediction,' featuring a revelation that will truly stun. Explore a vivid presentation of a hidden classic with 'Time-sight' and learn to seemingly memorize an entire deck in a flash with 'Power memory.' Finally, embark on a 'Visionary Journey,' creating an intriguing reading that guides your audience to a destination you've secretly predicted. Learn 'real' card handling, freestyling with the audience, and grounding your hooks for maximum impact.
Cultivating 'Real Skills' for Unforgettable Performances
This session bridges the gap between illusion and genuine capability, focusing on real skills that create an impression of highly developed mental faculty. Learn 'Deep memorisation' for instantly capturing information and crafting powerful performances around it. 'Beat the calculator' will have you performing rapid calculations that defy belief. Master 'Handwriting analysis,' a foolproof method for discerning specific information instantly. And with 'Rainman,' you'll perform super-fast estimations that are guaranteed to impress. Phill discusses the delicate balance between 'real real' and 'fake real,' and how to use both to your advantage, ensuring your demonstrations are always convincing and entertaining.
Original Specs
Day 1:
Session 1a
Information gathering
Word / image divination using The Biz - ungaffed ungimmicked live information gathering with just business cards - method and presentational approaches
Interl8ced Thief - a fun reinvention of the ‘Dead or Alive’ structure, without dead people getting in the way. Self working, easy to do ANYTIME
Fastext - a 100% impromptu booktest for the quick witted
Additional concepts taught:
- Psychological vs Psychic vs Unique premises
- Spectator as mind-reader
- Making the reveal
Session 1b
Mind control
Equivoque, PATEO & Quinta - Three powerful methods to force one object from many, creating the illusion of total freedom for the spectator, each illustrated with a powerful hard hitting effect.
Psychological forces - Illustrating the power of psychological forces using Left Brain / Write Brain, a simple demonstration of thought transference that hits EVEN when you miss.
Number forces - Combining ideas to create powerful moments WITHOUT getting bogged down in sums.
Additional concepts taught:
- Making it BIG
- Creating a moment
- Environmental revelations
Day 2:
Session 2a
Brain to Brain - foolproof propless
The Universal - control the spectator’s choice of ANYTHING, no matter how abstract, any time, any place, over skype, anywhere.
Progressive anagrams - how to create the illusion of loose, free mindreading
Mathematical effects - creating meaning and demathsing logical effects
Additional concepts taught:
- Fake improv
- Genuine jazz
- Believable moments
Session 2b
All hands on deck
This session will cover a range of techniques, principles and approaches to creating the illusion of REALISTIC mind-reading and mentalism using a standard deck of cards.
Body language mind-reading - systematically break down the spectator’s responses and learn the playing card they are simply thinking of, even handing the final revelation to the audience.
Deep-thought prediction - craft an impossible prediction from next to nothing using just a normal deck, with a revelation that will knock the audience for six.
Time-sight - a vivid presentation for a hidden classic
Power memory - learn to memorise the WHOLE DECK in a flash… or so it seems.
Visionary Journey - create an intriguing reading for your audience, taking them on an imaginary journey to a destination they will never predict… but you will.
Additional concepts taught:
- *Real* card handling
- Freestyling with the audience
- Using a grounded hook
Session 2c
Real Skills
This session focuses on demonstrations of real skills that a mentalism can perform to create the impression of highly developed mental faculty. The secret is in maintaining a delicate balance between real real and fake real.
Deep memorisation - learn to instantly capture information with speed and accuracy, and how to create a powerful performance around it
Beat the calculator - perform rapid calculations that will blow your audience away as you mentally compute sums faster than they can even open the calculator app
Handwriting analysis - ready to go at a moment’s notice, a foolproof method for knowing which name your audience has written is their best friend’s.
Rainman - Perform a superfast estimation that will definitely impress. Yup. Definitely.
Additional concepts taught:
- Informal demonstrations done right
- Why do it real vs why fake it?
- Teaching the real
