The Psychic Slate

Effect

The performer puts a single slate and a pack of cards on the table. Before leaving the room he asks a spectator to shuffle the deck (all of this after he is out of sight, of course), cut it several times, and then put the top card face down under the slate. The mystic returns when this has been done. He peers at the blank upper surface of the slate.

He may state that he is going to prove that man can, with proper training, use his eyes and brain to surmount normally impassible barriers. He draws a picture of a card on the upper side of the slate. He steps away. His picture is seen and named. The slate is lif ted and the card beneath turned over. It's the same one drawn by the performer!