Travel Thought

Effect

From a set of road maps any one is selected, opened to full size and placed on a table. Any three persons then scan the map and each mentally selects a city or town that strikes his fancy. The medium is placed in a far end of the room facing a corner. The performer then instructs each person to write down his mentally selected cities on a small piece of paper so as to have an accurate check at the conclusion of the test.

The last person to write upon the slip of paper is told to fold it and keep in his inside pocket for the time being. Then he is to take the unfolded map to the medium. The three persons now form a circle with the performer by holding hands and the lights are snapped off to aid in the collective concentration.

The performer lays stress upon the fact that from now on, until the medium either fails or succeeds in naming the mentally selected places, he will remain speechless. All instructions are carried out and the lights extinguished. Slowly the medium names the three selected places. The lights are turned on and the three places as named by medium are checked by the person who holds the slip. All are correct!