A LECTURE t::'i OCTOBER 3.

2004
 FIN L fRED
The p8ffonner takes a deck of cards OUI of us box, and asks a spectator 10 Il1nk of a card He $ilYS
lhal tie w,lI rhM'l use telopathy to eooccece the name 01 the card The speclalOf concentrates 'the
perlOtm8f says, "'Fred Tho audJeneo IS contused. so the maglCJan eXplains. -Fred 15 the name of
your card'"
ThIS seems 10 be a silly loke, however . there IS a surpose rmlSh The spectator reveals the
IhOughl..of card The performer sho.....'S Ih8t every card has a person's name on lis back rM>Chaef."
-Jennlfer,- etc). the one named Fred" Is the spe:ctalor's card!
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The ear1test versIOn of nus tnek was Fred Lo we's "Chnstened Reverse: whICh dates back about 30
years (The baste gag IS much older, and can be traced to a quip by Alexander Woolicon m the
193(5) During the past severar decades, many methods have been devised I created thIS method In
Ihe earty 1980s Recently, Trevor Duffy of South Afnca reinvented and maril;elod Ihas same vet"S1Ofl,
whICh Coy 10)(11(: coll"lCldence) he named "The PIlIl Deck We discussed the suuanon. and made an
equuabse atT'Bngemenl
The cards employed are unusually thin. alrhough the pactt IS the see 01 a standard deck of 52
cards. It\ere are actually mofe than 1S cards In Ine 00): To prepare. take one complete pack (52 drf.
tereru cards plus a tOker) Use a wlde--bpped mar1ting pen (0 Wn!O your rceee name on toe back of
eeen card In the example above. It was "Fred," but of course any name can be used Now. take
about 25 more cards. and wnte a different name on the back of each
Put the set of 25 ditfetenlly named cards on fop of the shuffled pack of S3 "Fred" cards ThIS
combW\ed SCi will fit InSIde the: card bolt properly
To perform . began by retnovlO9 the deQ. from its box, holding Illh'T1h the face of the pacll:; toward
me aud<ence Have 8 spectator think of a card Make the Joke of namll"lg the ChOsen card "Fred"
Ask the person 10 reveal what card wa s really thought 0 Spread lhfough IMe face-up deck until
you come to the chosen card Oi course. because it ts from the front portton of lhe dad!.. 'I wiJl have
"Fred" on us back. Place lhls card 00 the table. or pullt part-way Into your breast pocket
Tum the pack Iaee down. Spread the cards, sho Wing Ihe dlfferenl names It some 01 Ihe names
are lhe same 9S for known euceoce members, or celebrities or politbans. lhere are opportunities for
amuSlng comments Dunng uus display. you can show Ihe faces of some of these cards ObvIOUsly.
you rnust nol show the duplicate of 1M chosen card. II il is there You can avoid thIS problem by
memortZlng which cards have which names-c-or you can lillTl~Y peek: before showIng the face 01 eny
parnculer card
Of course. yoo can only show about 25 cards nct tne enure deck It your 8Ollon$ are casual and
'your atntude IS nOI gUilty, Ina audIence will believe that all of the cards have dlffetel1r names
Put ttte deck away Tum 0'" r the chosen C8(d to show that on its back IS the correct name
 CI TltlFUGAL IS
The performer lnlfoduces a standal'd pack of Zener cards "r nes e eve the ESP testing symbms thai
were devetopcd under the auspees 01 Or J B RhInO at Duke Unlverslly many years ago They corne
eaen
111 pac)(S of 25 five of five s)'!'Obols Clfde. cross. waves . square star
One set '$ removed and drsplayeo, as the I'llstoneal use of lhe symbo ls ts dJ5CtJssed II 1$ ex-
or
plarned that If live random cards are removed from the pack the law averages states tnat me most
common result will be a set such as this. contatnlOQ one of each design Ho'Never. such may be the
common result. bul only In terms of many repeated tnala In a smaller stansucat sarT'tP'U'1g, the results
wlll li kely be different
Those ftve cards are set asKfe The remallllllQ 20 cards are moed. then glven to a pat'llClP3nl
The performer turns h IS back , The person gIVeS the pack one Of mote complete CUlS, then dea15 the
cards rOlallonally mrc four hve-card groups One group IS chosen. the others discarded The person IS
told 10 exenune the symbols in the chosen set. and to mentaUy convey them to the performer Alter
SUItable hlstnonlCs , the performer IdenlifteS the symbols 10 the spectator's hand

Ttus routine makes use of a SImple pnnclple of dlslnbutlon thaI has been explored over the years,
pnmarfly for vanous poker deals Notable examples Include Stewart James' Jamesway Poker Denl
manuscnp (1948) and Ihe faSsefalse-deallng demonslrahon popularIzed by Harry lorayne as
't.orayne's Poker Dear In Closo-Up Cam Magrc (1962) In the 1991 book Thavant I offered 18 apph-
ee tens. mdudllg ttus one As l.he pnnclple had "ever acqUl1'ed a formal tnte, I dubbed tt (he
Gen tn(uge Pfanc:ple . wh ICh seemed like a good Idea at the tene
TT1e symbol pack is prepared For ease 10 explenauon, we w fll refer 10the symbols by their estab -
lished eeseeeuve values (de\l'lsed byJ G Thompson Jr tn the 195Os)'

1 Circle (one Ime)

2 cross (1'.\10 lines)
3 waves (thr&e Imes)
4 square (four sides)
5 star (rlV6 POUlts)
Arrange the pack III order from the top

12341234234534?'~~'2'2345
The star cards tn posltl()fl5 15, 17 and 18
(shown undeff1ned) are marked on Ihelf faces 10
....dlCate values of three. one and two respecnvety
Sample manungs (pOSIlional scratcnes) are shown
a t (l 9MI
Bnng out Ihe cards . $pfead them lace up for
dlSptay There 1.<; no d l sceml~e arrangemenl
Remove !he (lYe cards at the Ieee of the pack.
showrng each and dlSCU Ssmg the odds .nv~\led In
3 , 2
gelling a random group of fNe
 Set those five asfde False shu ffle the remamder of the pad and glv~ II 10 the spectator Tum
yoU( bacl': TeU the persoo to make one 01' more complete cUls ,then 10deal the cards rolabonally etc
four groups one set Is chosen. the others puI <lway
DespIte Ihe cultltlg. !he cards w." always be dlstnooled Into the same sets AI the moment. you
00 not ~ whiCh set the person has selected-bol you 're about 10 fll1d out Ask the partJCIp8nl to
ccecenuete on me syrnDoiS W1 U'te chosen group Knll your btOoN then say thai you rece-ve the en-
pres501 that 100 group oees not conlaln one of eecn symbol Thts sta1ement wJlI be correcI State
thal you sense Ine presence of IUSI oee ster symbO' nus statement Wltl also be correct
Extend your hand for the SpecUllor to grve you the starc:aro just revealed Yoa purpose here ,s
apparentJ)' La dlspa:y the star to the lest of the eooeece ... order 10 vetdy tha! yOu 'Were conect In fact,
II IS 10allow you to observe the face of ltJal card. as Its mar10ng W1Q lell you ..... hich set you are to (The
unmarked' $tar .s conSldered as four) The four groups are as fotlows

1. 1 123 2 223 4 3. 3 34 1 4. 4 4 1 2
To dotermlne the tdenunes of Ihe remaining designs In the chosen group. apply this simple sys-
tern : There will be two of lhe symbol of the same value as the markIng, one of the next s)lrnbolln nu..
mCf'tC81 order, then one of the next. (Tho star symbol. now out of play. ~ notmcluded In thiS cecne-
lion 1
Call oul lhe remainIng sym bols m any ardor yo\! oesee. lalung each one from the spectalef a51115
called In order 10be conslsteru w uh the iniljal retoevet

ECOINITION
A pred"lChOI'l IS dlSp\ayed The performer brings out a box. expl81nlOg thaI II contains samphng from hIS
com collectlon A pafhClpant IS asked to k)ok mslde the box, and examine the co'"s C31efuUy The per-
formor comments. -You can see lIlat there are ~ns from different countnes around the world Some
are from Europe: Asta; Amencan The COfflS are of different siZeS They are of dIfferent values They
are made OUI of different metals Not a n of them are round AS least one has a hole through Its center
ObvIOUsly, there ere many v8f1ables-50 many Ihal lt would be impossible for me 10 know which ree-
tors would Influence you The partiCIpant IS asked to look at the COIns. and deode on one The pre-
dtC(lon ISrevealed, and found to be accurate

The pallor leads the audience to beneve tha t there are many COIns In the box In fac!. there are only
foor (The set t have prepared for ft us lecture has: France. 1 franc: United States, I eee r, Japan, 5
yell. England. SO pence. There IS a printed labm Idenllfylng each coin . 10 guarantee thai there wIll be
no confusion by lhe participant.)
These are covered with 8 fourway ou t Itor example. two double envelopes In e1th s ide 01 a
Hlmber Wallet)
A .gunmlCked box can be used. WI a h inged nap, allOWing lIS mtefior 10 be dISplayed m two ways
The rest, shown 10 tne audreoce. has 30 or more COins gfued In rseee The second. seen only by tne
pan~lpant. has Justlhe tour COIns
 NORMAL ILER
For nus oescnpuOf". we shall assume thai the perlormer 15 named 8lII GOCKf'o\'ln. and the audience
paf1JCJPSnI !S Gordon Bean BTiI has lUst completed somo son o f astomstlmg demoostrallOO. ~
Gordon is 5ullabty Im pres sed am says. "Thanks. Gordon. I'm glad you lIked that I say this parucu -
Ictrty because. la t~y, .t seems to me thai there are all sorts of amazlllg ttungs 8(ound u s thai we take
fOt granted - Gordon says . ~0tI ? Do fell (Actually. knowing Gordon , he probably Just nods eagerly)
BIU continues. "For example. jet's consider somethlllg quite astomsnltlg thai takes place almost
every day. thaI we rarely appreciaTe the posta l system Well. of course we comp4a1l1 when leiters gel
los t Of something takes 100 long 10 reach ItS desunauon But If you think aboul iI. the fact that most of
our mad hods us way to the propef reCIJHenl is pretty astomstting ImagIne: MUhons of cards and let.
ters and packages enter the system each day, headed for one SpecifIC address among turthet m il-
hans. and usually, 10 Just a feN days, " gets there WfNlt" (Mote fervont nodding from Gordon .)
BIU continues, "I was conlemplatlng Ihls earner looey. as I was gathef'lng some envelopes of re-
cent vWllage-eact,. In rl$ own way . a small wonder. because each one found Its way precISely to rts
correc t rectplcnl " With tms, he bnngs out half a dozen envelopes, each addressed 10 htm and bearing
a recenlly cancelJed stamp or meter mn As he fans out the envelopes, he pc mts out thai they ere
overse In Size, color and POint of ongln. Some are personal, and some are from mass mai lings
Some are handwnllen, wh ile others are computer generated.
Gordon IS assee 10 sImply name a number between one and SIX He opts for. say. four. "A fasc.-
nalrOO chOICe says-8 th "I wonder what made yOU choose lhat? Wei1. let's find out Remember, I said
that each envelope madto lis way precrsely 10 lhe correct reClpHmI wun this. he spreads the enve-
k)peS more widely , revealing lhat every envelope bears Ihls address ,
0 111 Good"-Il'
The P~lIn1brI HOld
::641 South J Strfft
OJn.vd C"A 930) 3-4469
All , tnal;s, except for the envelope In the founn pcsntoo. whICh bears a mOdified address '
Gonlo_ B<2n
c/o 8,11 Cood~lR
The Ptn umbnl HOld
.1641 Sow.h J StTt'tt
o.,,,w. CA 93 03 J-4~9

Consldenng the mu'Urnal proparatlOn required. It1ls toullne generates a surpnsJIlgly strong Impact ~
you may nave guessed. the method In...elves multiple outs However, as only two are reqereo. the y
are t>Qth qUI!O log.c;al and stra,gt'll(orward . and are construc ted such thaI each essentially cancels oul
the o thet, mmung the ou tcome seem uniquely planned
As desct!bed above, frve of the envelopes bear your address. and rem alOlng one IS addressed to
lhe spectator. care of you {Ttus, of course. presumes you Will know In advance the name of your par-
hcipan t It lhat IS not an option. don't war an ahemanve win be expla trled presently) The envelopes
cao-tndeea. shou l~me from a vanely of leg rtlfT'l818 sources The specraJly add ressed eo~ eJQpe
.s, of course, genet<tled by you . but don'l forgel to gamiSh It Wlth a canceled stamp
 There IS another brt of preparaoon One of the (pIaM1ly addressed) envelopes Conta ins a PIece of
paper. while the others are empty. A standard eece of leUer-slzed paper must be fOlded In thirds 10 fil
Inside a ~ 10 envelope. bUI II ts besl 10 tnm the papet down so thai It will fil when f~ded m naif Elml-
oalJng ltle one layer of paper serves 10minimize the bulk. so thel In Ihe fifty percent 01 performances
\'w hen I.tbS paper IS nOlll1troduced. Us plcsence Wl4 nOI be neueed
As for wh at's on Ihe paper. rt Is ttns

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P4<." /0"""; Ik4 yo."",,-.y
""f''''"''4
..........,
flow"". 3..,.; 1iJ - ee,
ObvKxJsIy. thiS tS another personalized outcome And yes. for those cccasicne when the partiCI-
pant's name Is net known ahead of tene an atremanve WJII be offered later In nus wnte-up
The eese method should be reascoetay clear by now The malenals are arranged so thai one of
lhe prepared envelopes ~ POSItioned fourth from Ihe TOp. and the other IS posuroned fifth. After Ihe
Inlroductory patter. Ihe set of envelopes IS Introduced. and fanned lOla a Wide display Almost tho en -
we addtess on each envelope ts Visible. except of course for the one With the extra text, wtlich has Its
opper secbon hlOden beneath the bottom edge of the enve lope above It ThIs condluan appears to be
haphazaI'd. and me au(hence will not perceive 11'l31 anythWlg IS belng deliberately obscured
The person IS asked 10 name a number "between one and SiX." In lrme-honored fashion. ttns fa-
stncls the Ch01GC 10 two. three. four or flve. If fOUr or five Js named. count down from !he IDp enVelope
to the named POSItion. If two or three IS named . count from the letl end of the fan . Either procedure
appea rs fair , iJnd WIU enable yOU 10emve on one of the prepared envelopes as the "chosen" one
Hence, It remains only to display the 3pp10pnate oulcome Either the designated eovecce IS the
only one thai IS addressed to the spectator. or It IS the on ly one that contains a message If the latter.
allow the person 10look Inside each of the unchosen envelopes to vent)' Ihal they are all empty, then
have the paper removed from the chosen envelope. opened and read aloud (Dunng thIs. It Is quite
easy 10 ceotnve the necessary handlrng 10 prevent the audience from seemg the extra text on Ihe
other prepared envelope. WIthout It seemng as If you are exet'ClS'"9 any specat cauuon )
F,~y. If you WISh to do thlS ronoe ", a crccnsteoce Where you cannot flOCl out a paruopanrs
name III advance, there are several opucns I SUgge51 be the ''''lOWIng address message
Bill(Iood\l,1n
IS ""Illn Ihlt ~
'All1 sdt'Ct uus
tn\dopc.
ObVlOUSly. wlttl tms layoul yOu would need 10 fan Ihe envelopes 10 reverse oremeton, so thai
only 1M lOP line (with the perlormer's narne) IS III view on that envelope.
FOI" Ihe no n..eponymous message letter, I suggest ttns

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.J/.r,... _ ~.~ JJJ IJOM ~ (,~
/ko ".. ... ....,JJ """ :4, --'''P
 The effecl IS. of course. slronget with lhe personalized oulcome. all lhe more so if II IS prlnled
ralher than handwmten .
There are many possIble variatIOnS For example. nus makes a very mce lmpressMlfl when used
fot a bll'lhday Of anniversary. w ith Ihe messeqes appropnalely mOdified
(u nSoIiCllfJd plug It 's wonh notmg that the existence of The Penumbra D$ a hotei may be cues-
tlOnable. OtJt as a magaZine il,s very mUCfJ a resl periodical. edited by Gotdon Beon end &, Goodwin.
tn Wl)/Ch the precedmg routIne WI" soon be PUbliShed If you're IIlteresred In subScnbing. t/1e s<Jdres$
use<! In th e wme up IS 81ff$ actual address. or you may contact them via the Imemet 8l <magJC-
oean@earthllnk net,. or <wgoodW1t'l42@hormail,(;Offl>.)

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Two oacks of specet cards are used One consists of the twenty-SlX letters of the alphabet. tne other
contains lists of assorted words Thete are tweoty-Irve cards III this latte! pack, each hsoog etghl
words. malung for a total of two hundred o\"OI'ds ,n all The words ere diverse. but each uses exactly
four dlfferenlletters.
Hawlg meed both packs . the specta10r freely removes one card from the second deci<. and
thKlks of one of the assorted words thereon , The parucspant shuffles thai card back Into its deck
From the fast pack, the person removes the four letters used to form the thoughl-o! word. and pock-
ets them. (The performer's bacJo: can be turned dumg IhiS )
The perfonrter points out that even if he had looked over the parhc!p8nt's shoulder wtten the
wOfd~1S1 card was chosen , he could not be sure which word was thOught of If he were 10 looJ(
througn the alphabe( decl( he cou ld. w ith lime and etfort determIne whlCh Ietrers were miSUlg How-
ever. as some of the WOI"d$ trom the other deck are anagrams mat use the same letters. even tabcet-
OUSly galo'"9 thai tnformalJOn WOUkI nol assure success IJ1 frgunog ccnne word being thought of
ThercJore . If onty for the sake of etr)Oency. he must rely on straIghtforward telepathy. ThIS proves
10 be a flOe plan. for (he perlonner prompUy names the spectator's word

o
I'v e been wresUln9 w,lh versions of ttus test for several years The follOWing IS the most recent (Circa
1993), and the teast complex
In order 10 determme whIch of the two )lundred words Is Ihe one beIng thoughl of. two mrorma-
1I0oal efemems. when crcss -rereeocec, w~1 crcvee the answer
You 'Mil need 10 make two decks as aJ. ~
ready eescreeo The alphabe( pack ccntams
one card tor each teuer The word deck ceo-
r - - -,
tams lists of won;1s, 3S shown on tne next page
Each card In the word deck has Its lower
Jan corner tnmmed short
Throe' of Ihe cards In Ihe lettel deck are
also phys~ly prepared The cards beanng
the letters A. E and S are edge-marll;ed In Ihe
posloons stlown 81 nghl
A E s t
 I
FAn ,
~
IDfA BEAM EXAM DARE MEAN ABlO
, IlASP
ALSO G.'.SI' SAID lAST JAWS SAlT
Gu.D
EROS
YOGA
FUSE
GOAT
ISLE
HULA
MESH
CHAT
PESO
JAIL
REST
ZN<Y
CUB
DRAB
LOSE
I
BONE CHEF DEFY LOVE JERK DK:E FLEX ETCH
UPS RISk SHOW TOYS BUSH HOST GUTS DISC
DIRT HYMN LION OUCH kNOW BLUR CITY VOLT
"'FE PEAS BASE EARS "'LE ACES SfAT EATS
-
PLfA WAKE APEX HEAD GAME AMEN DEAl HEAL
IlASk SlAM WJ>SP FAST SOAP VAST OATS BASH
MATH AaD BANG COMA DRAG OkAY DIAL ARCH
DOES , ROSE NEWS SElf USED UES WEST DESk
GIVE MaT ENVY ZERO OMEN POEM TRUE LIVE
SOlJL PLUS FISH COST DOGS GOSH LUST SPIN
QUIZ VOID YOLK DlJCj( HOLY CULT INCH CLUB
ERAS SAME VASE APES fAST ",ve SEAM SEAR

FfAR CAFE fACH NAME LACE YEAR BARE GAZE BETA

RATS MASK XMAS STAR GASP CASH PAST SCAR SWAP
llANO TAXI WAlk ON1N HALF DIVA ATOM ANkH COlA
MUSE Kffi ICES SEXY ElKS JEST HOSE BEGS l\JSE
BELT EVIL HELP MEOW InM NEXT VEIL ClOF DUPE
STOP THIS SCUM PUSH UST CUSP WISH OPUS GIST
WHIZ ONLY RUBY IODL CORk MYTH BIRD DRUG MOTH
I "'GE AXES CASE EASY SfAl TEAS MESA ....E AWES

Begin by displaYIng the packs, each of whICh may be shuffled by the spectator 31 the outset Had
the word deck face down, the shortened comers at the lower nght (from }It onentation) , Fan tho
deck and allow tho partICipant to wundrew any card. The person IS told 10 look over the wards on thai
card, and 10 mentally choose one
While they arc occupied With thrs task, close up the tan and loweI 1110 the table. and In SO dong
rotate IJle cards SO that the shortened comers aro now ar the cuter nghl Spread the pack on the lable
and ask that the seiectee card be pushed IOta the pack, anywhere
The spectalor lS now tokl to galhcr up the eatds and reshuffle them Of course, the selected
word-card Is reversed. 3 sduatlon that WIll not be altered by any normal shuffling .
Extend yoUr flghl fkMld. SIlentlyrequesbng the return 0( the pack . When IllS gIVen to yOU, lrBnsfef
II to your left hand. rotating II as you do. so lhal the shortened comers of the unchosen cards are now
at the tonef nght
Tell the partlclpam 10 pIck up the alphabet deck. and 10 remove from It the letters used to form
the Ihooght-of word As thIS Inslrucllon Is gillen, run youl Iell thumb down the oulm left corner of lhe
WCJ(d deck. unld you feel the Short comer clICk pasL Ca$UaHy cui the deck at that IocallOn, and table 11
face down {ThIS has Its ob vIOUS roots In (he Bcseacte or StriPper Pack, whd'1 surfaced JO the g8m ~
bhng world In the mld-181h century The Idea ot an aU-Corner-Short deck was. gIVen SignifICant study
by J G Tt\ompson Jr In ree 1970s. blJI the fnl 10 propose the Idea .... as probably Will Goldston ,
"""'" eoghly ye... ago )
 You .....&11t1a'JE! cornpjeted these acucns by toe urne me spectator has pIcked up the aJphabel dec~
Anf\OUf1Ce that you wdl lum )'OUt back rc allOW the person 10 remov e the necessary cards 10 secret
Do so . and ten the person pocket reese four eatdS Inen to set the re lit of tile decA onto the table face
down
When tOld thai tnlS has bee" done, retu rn to face the parliC1pani 0 0 not IITlmedla!el y too.. toward
the aJPtl3btU aeck. tnsteaa.loOk dtleclly at the persot''I's face as you say, -You afe tntnklng of a 'NOfd
lhal oNV you know" Allow ltus to be Conflsmed
ContInUe. -Vou have removed the letters to ~ thai 'Word from thIs deck. so thai your thought
can later be verified ' As thiS 1$ said. look down at tne alphabet deck Most people will have tabled the
pack so thaI a "arrow end pomts tow-drd you. In fhat case. no adju stment 1$ necessary If the pat'" IS
has a lon g edge (oward you , srmp1v push the deck as If lor emphasis In such a way as to move a nar -
raw end Into View
Along that narrow end yOu will see up 10 three of the edge--marXed oots 'these are converted into
a number from one 10 e'9hl uSIng 8 binary system " A dol lowatd lhe nghl1J8S a value or one. a dot al
the center has a ~ ue of two, a dot toward the ~I has a value of four, (The value progresSIOn ee-
vances from nght to left. as 1$ cus w mary lor binary notatIOn )
The vertical poslllOn of a dol nas 00 meanmg here. thai IS only an ll'ldlCBhon of an edge.markeo
card 's pos1ll on in Ihe deck , WhICh eces no l concem US Here are tlle esght possble comblOahons
As II IS dlfhcult to poslhon zero
on a ftSl. we'll f eaSSfgn a value of
8J9ht 10 the combination whereln no
edge-marks are seen Thus. each (O ~O,," 1) ; 1 (0 . 2 + 0}= 2
com bination proVides 8 value from
one 10 elQhl This value corresponds
10 Ihe pcsmen of the thooght-o l word
on lis list And of course, Ina\ list IS (0+2+1}=3 (4 + 0 4- 0) =. 4
located on the card !.hal IS now on [
lhe bottom of the word deck.
FollOWing the preseoraucn out- --:-:--,-:--;;---;:--
(4 + 0 + I) - 5
lined ea rlier. you now state. "Even If
1'0 lOOked over YOUI shouldef when
you cocse 3 bunch of words from
tne dect.. , coWd nOl be sure wt"'ch (4 - 2 + 1} = 7
word you thOugtll 01 -
As Lt'llS IS saId. PICk up Ule word deck With the ngn t hand from 8OOve (fingers at rne outer coo ,
Ihwnb ar the Inner end). and raee It In what seems 10 be no more than an dluslrallve gesture In lh~
3C1I0tl lhe tland rotates forward. IJllmg Ule pack so that the bOttom card comes Into your line of VlSIOn
The pnntlng Is oriented propet1y. and you know 1'1 advance the POSition of Ule word on the IIs l, so II
will take but an '"stanl for you 10read Ihe deSIred IIlformallOn ano set the deck back. down
This acaen shOUld be dono If'l a casual. offlland manner, 50 thaI the audience ettacnes to Impor-
lance 10 It Later. most Of ine audience wIn mlsremember lhat you ne ver touched elther deck Even e
snarp Observer wN"1 not see how ttus bnef contact co uld have prOVIded you Wltt\ an)' InfOfTT1atlOO
An d now. lhe work ISOWN You know tne lhOught-ol w ord Make the most of 11.