Effect
The Perfect Book Test
Theodore Annemann · Practical Mental Effects, 1944
- Time
- 8 min read + 10 min practice
- Materials
- In the library
- Prerequisites
- 1 sleight, in the library
Take care. Working with these objects and effects is inherently dangerous; anyone who attempts them does so at their own risk. Anybody under 18 is advised to undertake them only with a parent's permission and supervision.
This “Perfect Book Test” is an effect put on the market some years ago at $2.50. Effect: In working, three books are handed to a spectator in the audience and he selects one. The medium is blindfolded and is sitting at the front with her back towards the audience.
The spectator opens the book at any page, runs his finger along the first line and stops on any word. He shows it to several around him, closes the book, puts it between the other two, and someone else carries them to the medium. She tosses one to the left, one to the right, and keeping one, rimes the pages and correctly announces the chosen word.
How it is done
The method and all it needs, inside the library.
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