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Named after Stuart Cumberland (born Charles Garner, 1857–1922) who astounded European audiences with the appearance of true mind reading abilities. He appears to have used Contact Mind Reading.
In Eastern religions, the experience of being free from the ignorance that causes suffering. Also, being released from the cycle of death and reincarnation. From the Tantric perspective, enlightenment is a process rather than a state.
1. In entertainment, a “free choice” given to a person by a magician where the result, no matter what is chosen, has been predetermined.
2. In sales, a choice given to a consumer that results in exactly what the seller wants. For example, when asked “Cash or charge?” the choice either way is that you will buy.
3. A type of ESP test wherein a subject guesses from a predetermined list of targets.
A device, concealed on the body or in some other object, used by entertainment magicians to produce a desired effect. Gimmicks are also used by some fraudulent psychics, mediums, etc.
A fraudulent psychic reading using information that was previously obtained through the use of gimmicks, research, or an assistant. The opposite of a cold reading.
A style of acting inspired by the Russian teacher Constantin Stanislavsky. It was adapted and popularized in the United States by Lee Strasberg. Method actors rely on their own emotions and memories when creating characters. Sense memory is one of the basic method acting exercises.
Techniques used by magicians and mentalists, as well as fraudulent mediums and fake psychics, etc., to turn an observer's attention away from a consciously designed deception.
A technique used in mentalism and by fraudulent mediums and psychics. You previously know some information and reveal it as you get information for the next answer. Thus, the performer or fraud is always one ahead.
A slate was a small chalk board, often about the size of a sheet of writing paper, that was used by children in school during Victorian times. During seances, spirits would supposedly write messages on one or more slates via paranormal means. Although quite outdated, they are still sometimes used by fake mediums and mentalists.
Among entertainment magicians, fake psychics, and fraudulent mediums, a stooge is a person who gives assistance in furthering the performer's goals without the audience being aware of the relationship between the stooge and the magician, fake, or fraud.
