Banachek Psychological Subtleties

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that is furthest away from them and towards their hand that
pressing behind/below the person's earlobe (pressure on
is furthest away from you.
this place gives you a weird feeling) and your index fingers
pressing under the center of the subjects chin (another
It is important that once they close the hand, you
weird feeling place when you press on it). Press and hold
reinforce the fact that they chose to close that particular
All
firmly for about 45 seconds then release the pressure.
hand. Say "Now, I want you to remember that you chose to
the time you do this, you ask the subject to relax. Sure
Do not open it no matter what happens
close that hand.
enough you will find their headache disappears.
from this point on because now I know which hand you sweater or watch so it points out and up. Let this touch the
have chosen!" This subconsciously wipes out any person's open face down palm. The moment they say they
indication that you wanted them to close that hand through something turn that hand over, thus hiding the
felt
your gestures. Prior to closing their hand, they did not gimmick.
know it was important which hand they closed. If they still
do not close the hand you want them to, simply say, "good PULSE TEST
This test is only good if you know the proper way to
put that hand down as we won't need it. "
detect someone's pulse. I will give a basic description on
Here is a clever subtlety by a wonderful thinker and how to do so at the end of this effect.
mentalist, Ty Kralin:
Take hold of someone's wrists, and unbeknownst to
I do a force with objects, while doing close-up them, feel the pulse in both of their wrists. Once you have
psychometry (no reason it can't be done on stage.) locked into both pulses and the individual rhythms, ask the
There are about seven items on the table, I place my subject to concentrate on one of his hands. You will find
hands over two items and they gently place their hands that the pulse in one wrist will change slightly. This is the
on top of mine just barely touching. I tell them they are one they are thinking of This is due to the little known fact
going to feel a sensation like a tingle, or a vibration, or that your mind does indeed help the blood flow to various
some similar sensation and to let me know both when parts of your body.
they feel it and over which item it's felt.
Here's how to use this knowledge in an effect.
Have someone place a coin in one of his hands and hold
Here's the clincher ... the hand I want them to
both hands out in a fist. Your back is turned while he does
choose, I keep just far enough away not to touch. Since I
this. When he is done, you turn around. Tell him to look
have a fair amount of hair on the back of my hands ...
into your eyes and think of any word (make one up, this is
when they come close and it barely touches their palm it
just to get his mind off the coin in his hand.) Take hold of
creates this tingle I referred to and I have had people
the person's wrists. Once you have the pulse, tell the
jump (startled) when feeling this. This puts me in
person to think of which hand the coin is in!
control of the selection although I supposedly left the
control to them. Immediately when they mention which
hand, I turn both my palms up so they don't get a HOW TO TAKE A TRUE PULSE IN THE WRIST
chance to connect it mentally with the hair on my It will be easier to describe how to take the pulse in
your own wrist. This way you can practice upon yourself
hands.
before you try to take another's pulse.
Ty Kralin
Hold out your left hand, palm up. Look at your
wrist.
Taking Ty's idea a step further for those who do not Notice your left thumb is pointing out to your left.
Just below this wrist in the center of the arm is a thin bone
have hairy hands, you can attach a piece of cat gut to your
Feel for this center bone. Now take your
and cartilage. THE NOSE KNOWS
right index finger, middle finger, and ring finger and place Turn your back and have the subject place a small
these fingertips upon the hollow between this middle bone
object in either hand and close both hands. Have the subject
area and the outer left-side bone of your arm (see diagram
hold both hands out in front of him and close his eyes. Tell
below). You will find this area approximately 1/2 inch to
your subject to think intently which hand the object is in.
an inch below the wrist. You do not have to press hard.
You turn around and tell him which hand is holding the
Do not use your thumbs to feel this pulse, or you may end
object
up feeling your own pulse instead. Use your thumb to grab
hold of the hand, fingertips where you need them, thumb on
All you do is look at which direction his nose is
the back of the arm.
pointing. The direction will be subtle but there will be a
noticeable direction.
This also works best if you use a small object that is
a little uncomfortable in the hand . . . something they can
really feel, something unlike a dime or any other object that
gets lost in the hand ... something with rough edges or
sides. Such an object helps draw attention to their thoughts
when they think of the location of the object.
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