Dynamo Magician Impossible

[Healthy Skeptic]

OK, I don't know what you people think of him.
This is Episode 3 of 4. I felt that this is a good example of him.
Of course, there is a lot more (Episodes 1,2 and 4).
As far as I am concerned, 'Magicians' like David Copperfield are just 'illusionists'.
What do you people think of Dynamo??
I don't believe he falls into the same 'category'.
Love, HS

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[Pete]

there is definitely illusion and there is a belief in magic, my heart tells me that this is magic.and its real.

[Healthy Skeptic]

there is definitely illusion and there is a belief in magic, my heart tells me that this is magic.and its real.

I have spent many years studying Magicians and their 'illusions' and 'Tricks'.
But, Dynamo has 'really baffled me'.
I believe that he is 'the Real Thing'.

[Eram]

It seems real yes.

But have you witnessed his magic from up close and personal?

I mean.... in theory, all the people he stuns with his magic in hid video's, could be actors you know?
It's been done before.

Like making a building disappear on tv. It seemed real because there where hundreds of people to witness the event..... but those where all actors.

[Healthy Skeptic]

It seems real yes.

But have you witnessed his magic from up close and personal?

I mean.... in theory, all the people he stuns with his magic in hid video's, could be actors you know?
It's been done before.

Like making a building disappear on tv. It seemed real because there where hundreds of people to witness the event..... but those where all actors.

True. Especially with David Copperfield who 'cheated' using different camera angles and the use of twin Sisters and Brothers.
With David Copperfield it was on stage where he used 'props' and 'distractions' to 'fool' the audience.
With Dynamo looking at, not only at this episode, I still am 'struggling' to see how he does his 'Tricks' even with the use of 'actors'.

[Eram]

It seems real yes.

But have you witnessed his magic from up close and personal?

I mean.... in theory, all the people he stuns with his magic in hid video's, could be actors you know?
It's been done before.

Like making a building disappear on tv. It seemed real because there where hundreds of people to witness the event..... but those where all actors.

True. Especially with David Copperfield who 'cheated' using different camera angles and the use of twin Sisters and Brothers.
With David Copperfield it was on stage where he used 'props' and 'distractions' to 'fool' the audience.
With Dynamo looking at, not only at this episode, I still am 'struggling' to see how he does his 'Tricks' even with the use of 'actors'.

I think it boils down to the question if there are actors in play.

True.... I'm clueless too about how he would do tricks like placing a telephone into a beer bottle and make it appear like he puts it through the glass, but when the people who witness it live, are actors, then it can be done, no doubt about it.

All I'm trying to say, his magic is so convincing, because of the people that witness it live in his video's. They appear to be innocent bye standers and have their eyes on it from up close. This makes it believable.
...imo...

If they are actors however, the believability goes down the drain.

[omshanti2]

I like Dynamo, he is interesting and entertaining but I feel depending on the magic trick he is performing, I would say he uses a little bit of this and a little bit of that maybe lol:

1) slight of hand/psych
2) Illusion
3) Tech/Gadgets
4) A touch of chemistry for some magic.

However, all people are gifted some cultivate their gift more than others, and to some it is called magic but really they are a natural gift, Dynamo could be one of these people too. Thanks for posting the video love watching Dynamo.

[Shade]

This guy is the best I have seen since Derren Brown. I will be watching the rest of this series tonight. Really good.

I have seen Derren do the same things as this guys does, including the mind reading. In the first trick, when he said think of a card I thought of 8 of spades too.
And in that trick where he burns the $20 bill... you can see the name on it when it's actually burning, especially in the replay at the end, so the notes aren't swapped. There is a possibility that the tricks are staged, and until I have seen a bit more of him, I can't be sure. however, the mind reading looks real and I've seen Derren do the same.

Like Derren it is a mix of trickery, and psychological illusion. The guy is a mentalist.
I have watched everything of Derren's and read his books and am convinced of his abilities and that he doesn't use stooges. And by his abilities, I mean there is nothing there that isn't completely 'mentally' understood. The first vid I have linked to here is an old one, there is a whole library on you tube. I linked this one because of the 'reading with the fingertips' bit.

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it's good to see these guys in the mainstream actually - in days of yore their job prospects would have been in the secrets socks, or perhaps as a lone proprietor : )... I wonder if this is all Jesus was. A mentalist. lolling. "Five loaves, Two fishes, One penis, take your pick ladies.."

[Robert J. Niewiadomski]

He IS real. Have you ever heard Mr. Randi challenge him? Every now and then a person appears upon earth to bring some light in ordinary people' lifes. To wake them up, to give hope, to show THERE is more than meets the eye. He IS one of them.

Have you heard of Wolf Messing?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolf_Messing
He was one of "them" too. I think he had somehow helped to shorten Hitler's and Stalin's "careeres"... By opening their hearts/eyes to what they did... This way they could allow to be taken out of stage...

Sorry for the above "out-off-topic" remark. Just wanted to add some point of reference. To help us (or not :( ) decide real/fake...
I wish he could visit Poland :)
Here is his webpage:
http://www.dynamomagician.com/about/
And WikiPedia entry:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamo_(magician)

[RMorgan]

Hey folks,

Yeah, the guy is pretty impressive.

However, you know, it´s TV...There´s no way to know if there are actors or editing involved in his tricks.

I would only believe there´s something really extraordinary about the guy when I see him performing his best tricks live, right in front of me.

We can´t trust TV. Even Bill´s TV show had some acting to make it more attractive to the general public. I appreciate Bill´s honest to tell us about it.

Frankly, in one of his TV episodes, the guy teleports to another building on the other side of the street in a matter of seconds. If there´s no editing/tv trickery/acting involved, which i highly doubt, then the guy is the next Jesus or something like it.

I have just one thing to ask you guys; Are you really making up your minds about this based on a TV show? If you are, then you should really review your mind´s modus operandi.

Raf.

[Shade]

The thing is about using stooges as in having the tricks staged is that word gets out about it. With the amount of tricks he does and the amount of people involved, to use stooges just wouldn't be wise. I think that it is more likely other kinds of trickery that are used. The teleporting thing could have been a double, while the real dynamo was hanging over the edge of that first building suspended by a rope, lowering himself to the ground, ready to come back up the stairs. No stooges and no one the wiser. I just watched the first one in the series and was quite amazed by the things he does with bending the wine glass and putting the ring around the stem. No idea how he does that. It's definitely got me wondering. I mean you see those people who can store electric current in their bodies and emit the electricity.. maybe this guy has the same ability but focuses it to heat matter? I can see how he does some of these tricks, but not others.

And btw I never said I though he was 'real' by not knowing if the tricks were staged or not.. I meant staged as in using stooges. That doesn't mean that the audience is real while other trickery is used. However, if the audience and participants ARE real then it's a different ball game because of the ACTUAL skill required to do tricks this well with a real authentic audience and participants. If it isn't staged as in fake audience then he is authentic as in a bloody good mentalist and psychological magician. To me a mark of an authentic mentalist is a real audience and participants - not real 'magic'.

If you watch enough of a magicians material you can get a sense of if there are stooges being used because people aren't always the best of actors. So just from the T.V yeah you can make a judgement call about that, I think.

From the looks, this guys uses subliminal cues and directions like Derren does. Some of his substitutions aren't the smoothest [the CD cover and the ice on the coins, from his pocket], nor are some of his props inconspicuous [the glasses with the tea in them!].

[Camilo]

He's very good. He pretty much does the same stuff than Chris Angel, who in my opinion is the very best.

[Robert J. Niewiadomski]

C'mon :) Let yourself go (slightly) mad ;) He doesn't have to proove anything to us ;) That's the funnyest/crazyest part of it ;) You have to have some measure even in doubt. The same goes for faith... but you can not go like him everywhere around and stick stooges whenever he pleases. That way, sooner or later somebody will spill the beans and the magic will be gone in a puff of smoke. And some sparkles of course. Not very wise for long term business...

I know that on the other (ufo) thread i've made some "smart" remarks about overuse and capabilities of CGI so it seems i contradict myself:dizzy::confused:


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I have just one thing to ask you guys; Are you really making up your minds about this based on a TV show? If you are, then you should really review your mind´s modus operandi.
(...) Got it :)

[conk]

This is a hobby of mine, buying magic tricks. I have hundreds of them, thousands really. A core of perhaps 50 tricks would make your head spin. Absolutely impossible stuff. I've made women cry. I made one woman reach for her bible. But.......it's all illusion, trickery, gadgets, gimmicks. All of it.

My favorites are ones using coins or currency. I can borrow a dollar bill from you, have you record the serial number, and then burn the bill. Moments later I can reveal the same bill, same serial number (and it is real!) in any manner. The unharmed, fully intact bill can be revealed inside a lemon, in the spectators wallet, inside their underwear, anywhere. I can borrow 5 single dollar bills and turn them into 5 hundred dollar bills, right in front of your eyes, my hands in full view at all times. I can reveal a name you only thought of a second ago as raised red whelps on my skin (that's the one that made the lady reach for the bible). So, how is it done? Very simply if you know the trick. Without knowing the secret it seems extremely impossible. Not bragging about my talents, which are amatuerish, but just illustrating how easy it is to fool people.

Not saying there is no real magic, but 99.99 is fakery for fun.

[westhill]

OK... I just watched his 2nd pool table card trick.
We did not get to see the other cards in the deck. Hummm...
Could it be that ALL the cards were the King of Hearts?
So anywhere the cue ball (double banked as distraction) stopped would be near his card.

[Shade]

I've stayed up all night, watched the entire first series and the bonus episode. Now I'm on to series 2 : D.
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I can figure out his card tricks and also the mind reading jazz... but... the stuff he does with glass has got me. In ep2 series 1 he puts his hand through glass and also his whole body at one point. In this above ep he brands a glass with a coin. I have seen how people can store electricity in their body and then burn things - is this what he is doing? Focusing real energy, heat energy, energy that can change the molecular bonding of glass? And heat metal? On the edges of my mind i know this is not impossible. I mean the mind reading stuff is pretty impressive anyway right, so how much of a jump IS it to him actually manipulating the glass. Siddihs are real... why exactly CAN'T a person be using them in full view like that. It's not against any law. Now I'm not saying it's really happening that way - I just still in awe because I've only just seen it, there is probably some trick I'm not clueing onto yet, and maybe I never will. But for now I really LIKE the feeling of thinking that he may actually be really doing it. And that is awesome : )

[Akasha]

Rather a lot of editing don'tchya think. Maybe if the tricks were filmed and presented in one take it might be more convincing. Come on people....this is TV for god's sake.

[Positive Vibe Merchant]

I have loved seeing this guy work. Some of the tricks he has look quite impossible. The only thing I could come up with, regarding the trick themselves, was some type of video editing.

But he seels like a cool guy, not trying to be some rockstar like chris angel.

[andrewgreen]

It doesn't matter whether its real or not, he makes people question what is real.

[Shade]

None of it is done with editing as I can see. If you watch all of Derren's live work you can see the mechanics of how the programming and mind reading works - that stuff is real. Editing is too dangerous because people talk and he would lose his rep.The 'teleportation' was a double, the card tricks are workoutable and the programming and mind reading are understandable and absolutely brilliant - he is very skilled at that. If you ask Derren how it works he would explain it as mirror neurons and subconscious knowing - I've seen its intricacies unfold in my own life and I know many on here have also. The subconscious really does know what is going to happen by reading all the information around it. And minds really ARE readable and programmable.

I worked out how the glass tricks in the ep1 series 2 were done - the glass was pre branded with his hand and the coin and backfilled with some clear substance which upon pressure gives of some heat and smoke and sublimates into a gas, leaving the pre made impression. People can be made to choose particular things like those particular sneakers by suggestive programming and direction - in that this stuff is actually achievable with skill and doesn't need stooges or editing.

As for how he does the phones in the bottles? The body and arm through glass? dunno. I though one his best ones was when he went back home and predicted the dart throws of the lady. That was amazing and actual skill. I'm not sure if it was pure prediction or if he told the lady's subconscious to do it, but if there's one thing I wil bet on it's that he isn't using editing. He's too good for that.

[Akasha]

None of it is done with editing as I can see.

How would you know? The programmes are all heavily edited, cutting from one camera view to another every few seconds, thus leaving untold opportunity for manipulation. As I mentioned earlier, the tricks would be all the more impressive if presented in uncut sequences. If you notice any that are presented in that format, I would be very interested to see them.

He is without doubt an impressive performer though and ideal TV material.

Regarding Derren Brown's Live work, I would like to point out that a very good friend of mine used to date one of Paul Mckenna's "back-up" audience members and I would be surprised if Brown didn't employ similar methods.

[Shade]

None of it is done with editing as I can see.

How would you know? The programmes are all heavily edited, cutting from one camera view to another every few seconds, thus leaving untold opportunity for manipulation. As I mentioned earlier, the tricks would be all the more impressive if presented in uncut sequences. If you notice any that are presented in that format, I would be very interested to see them.

He is without doubt an impressive performer though and ideal TV material.

Regarding Derren Brown's Live work, I would like to point out that a very good friend of mine used to date one of Paul Mckenna's "back-up" audience members and I would be surprised if Brown didn't employ similar methods.

Derren doesn't use stooges because he doesn't need to. You have to understand how he does what he does to know that he doesn't use stooges. It's just not good practice for a top class performer.
And as for the editing - that isn't going on because it doesn't need to be. Everything can be achieved without such low class tricks as editing. Editing isn't magic, it's retarded. ANYONE can edit. I don't know Dynamo's policy on stooges yet because I have not been acquainted long enough with him and his work, but from the look of it, he hasn't so far but i was suspicious on the girl from the tattoo parlour with the eye that came back... but that's it so far. I don't know yet.

As for Derren - he does not use stooges. He is proficient enough at actual reading and subconscious direction that he doesn't need them. They are not just bad for a magician's career - if he needs them he doesn't even have one. That doesn't mean he can't employ other tricks - but stooges he does not have.

If you would imply that Dynamo's tricks are because of 'editing' then you are saying that the whole thing is a play and all the people in it are actors. And how can I tell it's not this? Because I'm not entirely stupid, that's why. The people in it are real and so are their reactions. And this guy is far more sophisticated than an 'editing job'.

[Akasha]

Derren doesn't use stooges because he doesn't need to. You have to understand how he does what he does to know that he doesn't use stooges. It's just not good practice for a top class performer.
And as for the editing - that isn't going on because it doesn't need to be. Everything can be achieved without such low class tricks as editing. Editing isn't magic, it's retarded. ANYONE can edit. I don't know Dynamo's policy on stooges yet because I have not been acquainted long enough with him and his work, but from the look of it, he hasn't so far but i was suspicious on the girl from the tattoo parlour with the eye that came back... but that's it so far. I don't know yet.

As for Derren - he does not use stooges. He is proficient enough at actual reading and subconscious direction that he doesn't need them. They are not just bad for a magician's career - if he needs them he doesn't even have one. That doesn't mean he can't employ other tricks - but stooges he does not have.

If you would imply that Dynamo's tricks are because of 'editing' then you are saying that the whole thing is a play and all the people in it are actors. And how can I tell it's not this? Because I'm not entirely stupid, that's why. The people in it are real and so are their reactions. And this guy is far more sophisticated than an 'editing job'.

As I implied in my previous quote, stooges were good enough for Paul Mckenna (arguably Brown's predecessor), so why not Derren Brown. I guess you'd have to be in his inner circle to genuinely make statements like "he does not use stooges". You're not his manager by any chance are you? :wink:

[bennycog]

magician's obviously have a code to live by.

I am not one to point them out. I am just happy that when they help my children believe anything is possible, that anything is possible. Especially in our lifetime..

Magicians just may do some very crazy things for entertainmen that make your mind want to explode...

i am always looking for how the hell he/she does it.. but should i be looking for why ?

http://the-american-history.blogspot.com.au/2011/03/harry-houdini-american-magician.html

Arthur Conan Doyle counts him a medium that only perform as a prestidigitator. It is unspecified that Houdini swallowed the key to the handcuffs and won it back through vomiting unseen by his audiences, as he forever escaped from his bonds in a hidden place

[conk]

Friends, it's not editing or video tricks. It's the method. There are some very talented people who come up with these ideas. some of the tricks I've purchased have sent chills down my back. Not because of the magic, but because of the pure genius behind the method. There is a torn and restored card trick that is done inches from the spectators face. Four separate pieces of the card, completely torn apart, even with a unique signature on the card. But the card is completely restored right in front of their face. Everything would tell us that is not possilbe, yet there it is. It's the method! A sly little secret that only a madman would come up with, that 99% of us would never think of.

[Akasha]

Conk, I'm not disputing that magicians can be extremely talented in all manner of ingenious ways, it's just that I'm allergic to the tube and have an (un?)healthy skepticism towards much of its output.

[conk]

Conk, I'm not disputing that magicians can be extremely talented in all manner of ingenious ways, it's just that I'm allergic to the tube and have an (un?)healthy skepticism towards much of its output.
As you should be. I should clarify and say that yes, some magicians (Chris Angel!) use stooges and TV trickery. This is the minority. Most of the tricks can be done without benefit of TV foolery. Any magician worth his salt will not resort to video editing. They may cut parts of the televised show in order to protect their method, that kind of editing. If you rewind and watch a routine enough times you can often determine the method. I've done this countless times. If you know enough of the basic moves, then you can spot another magician employing one.

The walking through glass effect is very easy to do. It is expensive though. Many of these unbelievable tricks require a ton of prep and lots of cash. A seemingly imprompteau effect may have taken days to set up.

[Robert J. Niewiadomski]

Friends, it's not editing or video tricks. It's the method. There are some very talented people who come up with these ideas. some of the tricks I've purchased have sent chills down my back. Not because of the magic, but because of the pure genius behind the method. There is a torn and restored card trick that is done inches from the spectators face. Four separate pieces of the card, completely torn apart, even with a unique signature on the card. But the card is completely restored right in front of their face. Everything would tell us that is not possilbe, yet there it is. It's the method! A sly little secret that only a madman would come up with, that 99% of us would never think of.
Conk, spill those damn beans for Christ sake ;) Or is it just a con game you playing with us ;)

[Mark]

C'mon, Conk. Let us know. All this discussion reminds me of that movie, The Prestige, and I'm thinking I wouldn't want to be a real magician if that's what it takes. Even if I got to meet Tesla in the process. :)


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[Positive Vibe Merchant]

No, I don't think, as tempting as it sounds, that I would really want to know all the trick of the trade. Sure, give me a cheap one here or there, but I am happy to just be awestruck respect the artist.

[Shade]

I am thinking that Dynamo spends a heap of cash on his tricks. Just by looking at the one where he gives that bracelet worth 81,000 pounds to the singer. He has some really high tech things gong on. I think he has implants in his hands, that can switch on a strong magnetic field or an electric current on some kind of switch, which is also located in his body. I also think he has some way of remotely reading and manipulating a persons sim card - not for the mind reading thing but for an episode in the second series where he tells the person to think of a contact and then they call. There is a chance though that this really is psychic phenomena but the only way to tell is to find out if the contact was really calling or if the phone just did it by itself.
If the walking through glass thing is expensive, I think that he would have paid for it, for sure. How is it done? Some other material that looks like glass but can be temporarily altered by switching a current that is passing through it making it temporarily permeable? Perhaps there was a trapdoor that went from under the room into the street? He looks as well to have some special ink that is invisible but becomes visible upon being moved around.

He does a trick in the episode 4 in season 2 where he makes a 1 pound bet and wins 10,000, predicting all the progressive winners in the soccer. My guess to that was that he swapped the ticket at the last minute on stage, the only bet really being that Spain won, the rest of it filled in later and swapped on stage. When he went to cash the bet in, he was really just cashing in another bet, not the one from on stage. But actually, I still think he genuinely predicted it. I do. lol. This is just another explanation for it. I think he has lots of expensive tricks, and must spend a fortune even of his own money on his stuff, but I think he actually is a genuine predictor.

Maybe he spent a fortune and bet on every progressive outcome? Is that possible?

[conk]

To reveal the secret is to deflate the fun. To go from wonder to understanding is a big fall, a let down. From magic to oh, that's it?

Here's one of my new favorites, as seen from the spectator's perspective. Let's say we're having a casual conversation standing around in my kitchen. I ask if you are thirsty and offer you a bottle of spring water. Sure, you say. I open the fridge and pull out a new, un-opened bottle, but at the last second ask if you'd like to see something really cool. Hold the clear bottle up to their face and ask them if they can see clearly into the bottle. Totally empty, except for the water. Now, watch this, as you bring a small coin into the discussion. Rub the coin on the outside of the bottle and zip, it passes through the plastic and is now inside the bottle. Hand the bottle to the spectator and let them see the coin inside. Now take it back and without any funny business slowly open the cap. Let them hear the plastic cap click, click, click as it breaks loose. Let them take the cap off the rest of the way and pour the water and the coin out into the sink.

So confounding, yet so elegantly simple. You have just put a solid object through another solid object. The cap was on the whole time and unsealed. How in the hell did that just happen? Without revealing the secret I will say that what actually occurred was nothing like the spectator imagined or saw. The magician knows the little secret to this absurdly devious method, but to the spectator it must have surely been some bizarre matter manipulation. "Yeah dude, at the atomic level".

Levitation anyone? ;) Six inches off the ground? No equipment, no wires, strings, pullies, magnets, cranes, helpers, stooges, strange energy/forces, or spiritual advancement.

[Healthy Skeptic]

Hello Everyone,
I'm sorry that I have not been around to follow this thread of mine like I should have.
Unfortunately I live in the 3D world like most of us and have had to do things to survive in it the last couple of weeks.
Thank you All for your great Posts.
I know I started a 'controversial' post, but my intentions were to see how you people 'perceive' things.
I had no intention to say that Dynamo was 'definitely' a 'Telepathic' or 'Teleporting' or 'Psychokinetic' person - He just 'appears' to be so.
I think that he is 'Great' at what he does to 'amaze' us people that have found out that 'There is no Santa Claus' or 'Easter Bunny'.
I suppose that we are still 'Children' and miss our little 'fantasies' of when we were young.
Being "Healthy Skeptic", myself and my brother, who used to to be a Video and Audio editing expert, are examining Dynamos episodes. So far we have found a few things that are 'suspicious', but a lot more that we cannot find any fault in the continuity of recording of 'the events'. I suppose that this is the 'beauty' of all this.
Isn't it 'Great' to believe that there is 'Magic' in this world??
Isn't it important that someone gives us some 'enjoyment' and 'new fantasies' in this world??
Lots of Love to ALL,
HS

[Healthy Skeptic]

Make up your own Mind.
Love to ALL,
HS

Other Episodes:

Episode 1

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Episode 2

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Episode 4

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[Limor Wolf]

OK, I don't know what you people think of him.
This is Episode 3 of 4. I felt that this is a good example of him.
Of course, there is a lot more (Episodes 1,2 and 4).
As far as I am concerned, 'Magicians' like David Copperfield are just 'illusionists'.
What do you people think of Dynamo??
I don't believe he falls into the same 'category'.
Love, HS

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Hello Healthy Sceptic, thanks for this thread.

Watching Dynamo and following another person in my country has invoked me to open this thread -

http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?50074-The-mentalists-Can-they-do-the-undoable

Please check it out. I think you have good instincts and a gut feeling that you can trust on.

[Healthy Skeptic]

Thank You Limor.
Your New Thread is 'Spot on' about what I feel about these people.
It sounds 'strange', but even on video or photographs, when I look into these people's eyes I 'sense' something that is not 'normal'. (I get a lot of 'visions' and 'feelings' about a lot of things)
Unfortunately, a lot of people don't understand what I mean. These people are not 'Special' or 'Gifted' but have an understanding and
'perception' of the world that most people don't.
I am a 'sensitive'. I don't know what that means to you or other people but I seem to 'see' or 'perceive' things in a different way to other people.
This unfortunately makes it difficult for me to express myself to other people.
Thank You So Much for your Thread.
Unfortunately, as I have stated, I have been away from this Forum for a while and missed a lot of things.
Maybe people might get to understand and perceive things in a different way.
With Lots of Love,
HS

[The23rdman]

I'm sorry for all you people who think this is anything other than stage magic. All of these tricks are variations on classic themes. I'm not for a second saying the incredible cannot happen, because I know it can, but that is not happening with Dynamo. :)

[Limor Wolf]

Let's not feel sorry for one another :) ,as HS said, we are all percivieng different things..


HS- I appreciate what you are saying and feel very much the same as you, I am a sensitive myself, and don't need much to 'see' or know who or what is infront of me, and yes, there is much that is going on and I can't be too verbal about it myself.

Time will tell. But to some, it is going to be quite a ride.

[conk]

Here's a small little effect, magic or mentalism if you will.

Take a strip of paper and type common words, nouns are best. Words that can be visually depicted. These words should be double spaces and all typed in the same font and style. Your list may look like this:

Mountain

Tree

Car

Apple

Woman

Bicycle

Mountain

Ok, so we have the list and two words are the same. The list should include at least 10 or 12 words to make it more difficult in their eyes. In preparation you will very evenly cut the two Mountains in the middle. The top Mountain will have the top half cut off and the bottom Mountain will have the bottom half cut off.

You tell the spectator that you have this list of words, showing them the backside of the list, without revealing the strange looking Mountains. You hold up the strip in front of you, telling them you have previously, mentally found one of the words in their energy field (or whatever esoteric BS you can imagine). You have drawn the word you predict they will chose and have it folded up. You place the folded paper away from you, so they can pick it up later. Hold the strip and a pair of scissors in front of you. Move the scissors up and down the strip and tell them to say stop. It does not matter where you cut, just stop between two words and cut evenly, not actually cutting the word. Fumble a little and let both pieces fall. Let them pick up the pieces to find the word mountain has been cut in half.

Of course you already drew a picture of the mountain on the folded paper. Congratulations, you predicted where they would make you stop and cut.

Hope that makes sense. It's a cool little trick that's easy to do. Other mentalist tricks are vastly more complex and require more prep or a more detailed routine. But in the end, they're most always trickery.

[Möbius]

The23rdman, please explain how he switched the contents of a full unopened can of coke and a full unopened bottle of Tango in this video clip?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74hCO78h5Kw

[conk]

The23rdman, please explain how he switched the contents of a full unopened can of coke and a full unopened bottle of Tango in this video clip?

You can buy the gimmicked cans. Around $15 each.

Re: Post below. The Amazing Randi is the fraud, not those he mocks. Check the dude out, he's a windbag and his air is not even hot.

[Healthy Skeptic]

He IS real. Have you ever heard Mr. Randi challenge him? Every now and then a person appears upon earth to bring some light in ordinary people' lifes. To wake them up, to give hope, to show THERE is more than meets the eye. He IS one of them.

Yes, I have heard of James Randii.
He is currently down here in Australia still 'spruking' his offer of $1 Million to prove that 'Psychic Phenomena' exists. I'm sorry but I see him as a 'complete' Wanker. (Pardon my 'French"). You have to 'prove' to him your 'abilities' under HIS 'controlled conditions'.
I don't know about you people out there, but if I had to be 'enclosed' in a 9ft by 9ft cell with bright lights shining at me, then I could never be relaxed enough to prove anything to anyone. Plus, I have noticed that Mr. Randii is also in very 'close proximity' and 'projecting negative thoughts' to the 'Guinea Pig'.
He says that there is 'No such thing as ESP..etc' yet he is using the same 'techniques' to 'stifle' his 'subjects'.
Isn't it 'wonderful' to be 'a complete Hypocrite'????

Anyway, enough 'bitching' about things.
Thank You for ALL your Posts.
I'm sorry if I have caused a lot of 'controversy' with this Thread.
I have found it very 'enlightening' to read everyone's posts.
Unfortunately, I may have to leave this Forum for a while.
I have some 'urgent' matters to attend to in this 3D world.
"I'll be Back!!" as Arnold 'Squash Your Knackers' said.
With Love to All,
HS