Showcasing eight mind bending effects with index cards from Dr. Bill, the creator of Mirabill and co-creator of The Witches’ Almanac. This innovative ebook includes a reprint of Millard Longman’s original Acidus Novus as well as an instructional video of Acidus Novus in action taught by Millard.
Song & Dance teaches you how to divine both a participant’s cell phone number and ring tone as verified when the phone rings, playing their song.
In Heart2Heart you tell a participant if a past love was reciprocated or unrequited as well the secret name of the object of their desire.
In 7 Deadly Sins, Dr. Bill shares one of his most cherished presentations and teaches The Cognitive Shift, a “sleight of mind” method that transforms a basic experiment in mind reading into a journey inside your participant’s imagination.
Free Willy is a unique, single question Q & A stressing the sitter’s influence over the answer to their question.
Epic Index introduces a testing kit from Duke University and recreates test condition experiments, culminating in the “subject” overcoming odds of 3000 to 1.
School Dazed, in collaboration with Millard Longman, takes your guest back to memories of their first days of school. The intensity of the method makes for a powerful mind-to-mind connection that will be remembered for a long time to come.
The title effect, Mind Index, directs the participant to make up a set of personalized word cards. He concentrates on any one, creating a mental image and exploring it with all of his senses. You depict the sensations in startlingly vivid detail as they occur and ultimately reveal precisely what is being imagined. Via Dr. Bill’s Guided Imagination Process © you get into the guest’s head and describe his very thought processes.
In Mentalink you borrow a pen and draw the five Zener symbols. An audience member chooses one of the signs and it promptly disappears!
Shh…this next revelation is a secret! All the effects in Mind Index can also be performed with business cards. Some can be accomplished simply with paper. Dr. Bill just really liked the title Mind Index!
Many of the principles found within have multiple applications and will stimulate your creativity as you find ways to create new effects and enhance those already in your repertoire. This is especially true of The Cognitive Shift and The Guided Imagination Process ©.
