The majority of the magicians learn simple card tricks at the
start of their career by either learning through books or following other
magicians. However, as their careers progress, they start learning mentalism
and go for proper mind-reading tricks. With time many magicians become obsessed
with mind-reading tricks. They love the ability to make people believe that
they have mind-reading abilities and other powers. However, a lot of practice
is needed to perfect these mind-reading tricks. A slight mistake can blow away
the entire performance and all the hard work of the magician. Below is a list
of top mind-reading tricks performed by magicians.
1. Head Touch
Trick
To perform this trick, the magician takes a volunteer from the
audience and asks them to write down a secret number on a piece of paper. The
number should not be displayed to anyone. Then the magician touches that
person's head to read his mind. He assures everyone around that he is reading
the person's mind and then predicts the number correctly. Here is how he
successfully performs this trick. The magician selects close assistants and
makes them sit in the audience to perform the trick perfectly. This automatically
ensures a strong connection between the volunteer and the audience. In this
way, he predicts the number easily through the head, which is the contact
point. If the subject unknowingly squeezes three times, the answer is
three.
2. Mind Reading Trick
for Correct Number
In magic shows, most magicians
usually ask the audience to think of an odd number from 1 to 50. Another rule
is not to select the same number when choosing a double figured number. After
deciding a number, the magician tells the audience to keep it in mind and
visualize it properly again and again. Once everybody is convinced that they
have visualized the number properly, the magician calls someone from the
audience on the stage and predicts the correct number that the person had in
mind. Of course, he will add a little artistic skill to the performance. The
secret to this mind-reading trick is again very simple. Asking people to choose
the odd number eliminates all the even numbers from 1 to 50. After that, the
magician will start asking whether it's a single-digit number or a two-digit
number.
Further, he will ask if the numbers are the same or not. In that
way, he eliminates many possibilities until he is left with very limited
numbers. Upon a survey, it was shown that many people chose the number 37.
3. Movie Prediction
Trick
The mentalism skills of a magician allow him to predict better
the movies that are randomly selected by the audience. At the start, he will
ask every member of the audience to name a movie. After each viewer names the
movie, the magician writes it on a piece of paper, folds it, and puts it in a
bowl. Once this process is done, the magician uses his acting skills to say that
he is now ready to predict the correct movie. A random person from the audience
will be asked to pick a piece of paper from the bowl but not reveal it. Then
with some amazing mentalism skills, the magician predicts the correct movie.
The secret of the trick is simple. When the people start telling him the
movies, he will only write one movie name on all the chits. The same movie will
be his prediction. In this way, when a volunteer picks a chit, it will have the
same movie name as the others in the bowl.
4. The Crystal Ball
Trick
In this trick, a magician will provide a square piece of paper
to any nominated volunteer with a crystal ball drawn on it. The piece of paper
will be folded in half. After giving the paper, he will ask the person to write
a number on it. Once the person writes the number, the magician will get it
back from him. He will tear the paper into pieces and, after that, will tell
the exact number written by the volunteer. In this trick, the magician
intentionally provides the folded paper as it helps him reach the number you
wrote without your knowledge. The next thing happens when he begins to tear the
paper apart. He will only tear the sides of the paper, keeping the middle part
intact, which has the number written. After tearing it a couple of times, he
unfolds it wisely. After seeing the number, he will properly dispose of the
paper and show that he is reading the person's mind.
Final Thoughts
Magicians have the
skills to overpower the heart, minds, and emotions of their audience. With
years of practice, they easily trick the people with their skills and show that
they can read their minds. The tricks shared above are among the top ones that
magicians perform nowadays. You can learn them if you want to become a famous
magician.
