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The Book of Passwords José Prager

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The Book of Passwords The mentalist asks anyone to chose any page and then any word from a regular unprepared book, they can even change their mind. The mentalist asks them to imagine that their freely chosen word is their new Facebook password and the freely selected page their new credit card PIN. The mentalist is then able to cleanly divine both! No strange procedures are used to select the page or word. They truly have a free choice. No forces of any kind are used. Everything is examinable, there is nothing to find. An anytime, anyone, anyplace mind reading miracle.

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Performance I bring out a pocket dictionary and hand it to my participant. "Please make sure it's a regular dictionary, all the words are different, all the pages... yes?" Participant: Yes. I retrieve the dictionary and while I turn my head around so I can't see I riffle through the pages as I say: "Say stop whenever you like..." Participant: Stop "Right there?" Participant: Yes I open the dictionary towards them with my head still turned. "Take it, hold it up so even if I turned my back there is absolutely no way for me to see the words... Now choose any word you like... anywhere from the page... say yes when you have one in mind" 3

Participant: Yes "Close the dictionary without losing your page so when I turn around there is no way for me to see any of the words, just place your finger inside and put the dictionary behind your back... say yes when ready... Participant: Yes I turn my back and face them. "So you've got a word in mind right? And there is no way for me to know it correct?" They agree. "Imagine that this word is your Facebook password... imagine yourself holding your smartphone in your hands and entering the password... again enter the password just in your mind..." I take a business card. "I will write what I am getting from you" I write, place it in my pocket and say: "I'm committed there is nothing I can do to change what I wrote... be honest what was the password..." 4

Participant: Philosophy "Ok, to be honest I was close... I want to try something else before showing it to you" Participant: Ok "I will turn my back around again and this time you will remember the page number where your word is." I do as I say. Participant: I’ve got a number in mind. "Again keep the dictionary behind your back and when ready let me know..." Participant: Ready "Imagine that this number is your credit card PIN, you know the one you put in the ATM..." Participant: OK "Imagine yourself being in front of the ATM and pressing the first digit... the second... and the third one... that last one was clearly an 8." 5

Participant: How do you know?! "I will write down again what I am getting this time..." I write something on another business card and and place it along the other card. "Again there is nothing I can do... what was the number you imagined placing on the ATM?" Participant: 358 I take both cards from my pocket and hand it to them facedown and again ask: "So your Facebook password was..." Participant: Philosophy "And your PIN code?" Participant: 358 "Turn the cards over take a look at what I've wrote" Jaw drop.

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The secret All I need is a dictionary or book with the page numbers on top, they are fairly common; that and two business cards. After handing it for inspection, I hold the dictionary vertically with all the pages facing towards them. I riffle trough the pages with my head turned and instruct them to say stop whenever they like and as soon as they say stop, I ask: "Right there?" It is at this moment that I take a peek at the page number on top of the page. And immediately turn my head back again. I remember this number. The fist part is basically a variation of Marc Paul's AAA Book Test; a must know for any mentalist. I then ask them to choose any word as I hand them the dictionary and turn my back. They choose a word and they place the dictionary behind their back without losing the page that has their word.

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I pretend to read their minds and I write my impressions, in reality I write: Number: (Number I peeked) I place it in my pocket and say that I'm committed, they name their word out loud and I pretend to be slightly wrong, so almost as an afterthought I propose a second experiment before showing them the word in my pocket. I turn my back again and I ask them to remember the page number where their word is located. For2 5.2/TT2 1 Tfoin my po7 a0 0 1 72 405 cm BT ET Q