By Brad Toulouse & Mephysto Magick Studio Every once in a while an effect comes along which is at once fascinating and disturbing. In performance, it instills surprise, wonder, and even a twinge of fear. Such is the gift of "The Shining"....
With "The Shining" in your repetoire, you will be able to perform a modern & ancient prediction effect which borders on miraculous. Consider this description: * performer removes from a case a face down deck of tarot cards. * deck is turned face up and spread, showing the 56 assorted cards of the Minor Arcana. cards consist of 4 suits (wands, cups, swords, pentacles) and 14 values (ace-ten, page, knight, queen, king) * deck is handed to spectator, face down, who cuts cards several times * deck is returned to performer, face down. deck is spread face down and spectator is asked to select a card but not to look at it. CARD IS PLACED FACE DOWN ON TABLE. NEITHER SPECTATOR NOR PERFORMER KNOW THE VALUE OF THE CARD. * spectator is now asked to deal some cards into two piles, face down. the top card of each pile is turned over. (example: Knight of Wands, and Two of Pentacles) * the performer now states that through "The Shining" that information gleaned from the two turned over cards will be used to determine the spectators selection. * performer takes the value of the first card (i.e., Knight) and suit of the second card (i.e., Pentacles) and states that his prediction is THE KNIGHT OF PENTACLES * only now does the spectator turn over their card.....and it is indeed THE KNIGHT OF PENTACLES! NO FORCE OF ANY KIND USED ANY CARD CAN BE SELECTED A DIFFERENT PREDICTION EACH TIME TAROT CARDS ARE NOT , I REPEAT NOT MARKED SPECTATOR HANDLES THE CARDS EXTENSIVELY EASY TO PERFORM"The Shining" combines two ingenious principles and delivers a diabolical effect sure to fool magicians & laymen alike!
