Thought Reading Extraordinary After the spectator has mentally selected a card at the request of the conjurer, the latter then asks someone to think of a number between One and Ten. Both persons are instructed to whisper the name of the card and number respectively to their neighbor, so that no mistake can occur. The performer asks the first spectator to state aloud the name of the card of they thought of; for example, the Nine of Hearts. The second spectator is then told to call out their number, which we will suppose to be Seven. A disinterested spectator is invited to count off seven cards from the top of the pack, which during all this time has been lying on the table, and to show the next card to the company. To their astonishment they discover it to be the card thought of, which the artist, without approaching the pack, has caused to appear at the very number secretly thought of by another spectator. So much for the effect of the trick, which certainly is one of the most mysterious ever invented. In order to know the card thought of, the performer uses one of the various methods previously explained under New Thought Card Sleights, then instantly brings the chosen card to the top of the pack. While inviting the second spectator to think of a number and to whisper it to their neighbor, the performer quickly counts off from the bottom seven cards and by means of the pass brings them to the top of the pack, which is then placed on the table. The chosen card, in our supposed case the Nine of Hearts, now occupies the eighth place counted from the top of the pack. The spectator is next requested to state the number they thought of, and, in nine cases out of ten, it will be found that the spectator has thought of number seven. In this case the trick, which is practically finished, proceeds as described. If the number eight has been decided upon, the spectator is simply told to turn up the eighth card counted from the top of the pack. If nine is the selected number, the conjurer takes the pack from the table and in the act of handing it to the spectator brings one card from the bottom to the top of the pack by means of the Slip Pass. If a number below seven has been taken, the performer is obliged to transfer a corresponding number of cards from the top to the bottom of the pack by means of the pass. But as I have already remarked these changes, although not detracting to any extent from the merits of the trick, will seldom have to be employed. Home | Card Tricks | Card Trick Skills | The Pass | The Force | Changes False Shuffling | The Glimpse | Card Palm | Card Sleights Copyright © 2003-2006 HowToDoCardTricks.com. All rights reserved worldwide.   You can quickly get a copy of every trick on this web site in a downloadable PDF book. That's over 40 classic card tricks to amaze and astound your friends, all stored on your computer to refer to at any time! Just click the link below to get your own copy today for just $5.