Conjuring Credits

The Origins of Wonder

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mental:information_solicited_secretly_from_billets [2017/09/07 16:10] – Added Kara citation. stephenminchmental:information_solicited_secretly_from_billets [2017/09/18 12:10] – Almost nothing. tylerwilson
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-The principle can be concisely described as: A spectator is told to write a word or question on a slip of paper or card. On this piece of paper are instructions about what information he is to write; e.g., phone number, address, birth date, a friend’s name, a color, a city he has visited. The spectator doesn't question or mention this, and the rest of the audience isn’t aware of these written instructions. This principle was explained by Paul Kara in 1926, as "Karaism Effect #9: Mental Census" in his manuscript //Karaism//. This is reprinted in //[[http://askalexander.org/display/17451/The+Collected+Mental+Secrets+of+C+A+George+Newmann/102|The Collected Mental Secrets of C. A. George Newmann]]//, edited by Leo Behnke (1990, p. 98).+The principle can be concisely described as: A spectator is told to write a word or question on a slip of paper or card. On this piece of paper are instructions about what information he is to write; e.g., phone number, address, birth date, a friend’s name, a color, a city he has visited. The spectator doesn't question or mention this, and the rest of the audience isn’t aware of these written instructions. This principle was explained by Paul Kara in 1926, as "Karaism Effect #9: Mental Census" in his manuscript //Karaism//. This is reprinted in //[[http://askalexander.org/display/17451/The+Collected+Mental+Secrets+of+C+A+George+Newmann/102|The Collected Mental Secrets of C. A. George Newmann]]//, edited by Leo Behnke1990, p. 98.
  
 Nineteen years later, James G. Thompson, Jr. used the idea in [[http://askalexander.org/display/12660/Sid+Lorraine+Files+Folder+32+Psychic+General/151|"Strongest Thought"]], marketed in 1945. Nineteen years later, James G. Thompson, Jr. used the idea in [[http://askalexander.org/display/12660/Sid+Lorraine+Files+Folder+32+Psychic+General/151|"Strongest Thought"]], marketed in 1945.