PREDICT

ANYTHING

OUTHE TOUCH
A CONCEPT OF MENTALISM RESTORED BY DANIEL MADISON

THE T O U C H VERSION 1
Theperformerintroducesapadofpaperandapenhetakesagoodlonglookintohisspectatorseyesandbeginstowrite
Theperformertearsoffthepaperandfoldsitbeforeplacingitsomewhereinview
Theperformerthenasksthespectatortonameanything*
Thespectatorsword*iswrittendownonthepadforclarification,i.e.correctspellingandproofoftheword
Thespectatorthenopensthepaperwrittenonatthebeginningandkeptinfullviewtheentiretimetoreveala100%correctprediction

THE T O U C H VERSION 2
Theperformerintroducesapadofpaperandapenandplacesanenvelopeinview
Theperformerasksthespectatortonameanything*
Thespectatorsword*iswrittendownonthepadforclarification,i.e.correctspellingandproofoftheword
Theenvelopeisthenopenedandthespectatorreadstheletterinside

TodayIwillmeetaveryfriendlyyoungwomanwhowearsthecolourred
IwillofferheramomentofmagicthroughwhichIwillaskhertothinkofanywordshedesires
Towhichshewillrespondwiththeword*

*ThiscanbeANYTHING,aword,apinnumber,acarlicenceplate,thenumberprintedonabill,aplayingcard,atelephonenumberetcandthepredictionnotecanbeamended
tomatchANYsituation

Notesabout T H E TOUCH
ThepredictioncanbeANYTHINGthatcanbewrittendownorevendrawn
YoucanperformthiseffectonANYBODYatANYTIME
Thepadofpaperiscompletelylegitandungimmicked
Thepredictioniswrittenwithadifferentpentotheoneusedduringtheeffect
Thepredictionisnotacarbonorotherwisecopyofthepredictedword
Noswami
EVERYTHINGiscleanandcanbeexamined
ThemethoddoeshavetobelearntandpracticedasTheDevilsTouchteachesa skillbasedmethod
Thereisdeceptioninplay,whichisveryminimal,cunningandwillneverbeseenbyspectators
Difficultylevel7/10
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THE TOUCH
A CONCEPT OF MENTALISM RESTORED BY DANIEL MADISON

Welcometoadarkersideofmentalismandatheory,method,quantumthatwillsurpassanypredictionyoullevermake.Here,inthesenotesIofferyouoneofthree,ofmy
darkestsecretsindeceptiveperformance.Throughthefollowingpagesyouwillreadmymostsecretiveworktodateandlearnoneideathatwillopenupthousandsof
possibilities.Bythetimeyoureachtheend,youwillbeabletoaccuratelypredictANYTHING,youwillbeabletodothisanytimeandmostimportantlyyoullbeabletodothison
anybodyinthefairestandmostchillingofperformances.

Ispeakofthreecloselyguardedsecrets,towhichthisissecret2,secret3isthemethodforCHANGE,andsecret1willbereleasedandmadeavailableforalimitedtimeinthe
nearfuture.Fornow,readcarefullyandstudywelltheinstructionsherewith,forshouldtheyatfirstappearbemusing,theywillbecloselyfollowedbythedevilstouch.

IadvertisethisconceptasRESTOREDasthisismyintentionandnotmyinvention,althoughthisconcepthasbeenexploredinthepast,ithasneverbeentakentoanedgeas
deviousasthedevilstouch.Theoriginoftheconceptgoesbackoverahundredyearstowhichtheperformeralsostatesthatitisnotofhisdiscovery,theoriginalcreatorcannot
becreditedastheyareunknownbyallwhohavestudiedtheconcept.TheDevilsTouch,ismyapproachandversionoftheconcept.

THE T O U C H TheBasicSetup

TheDevilsTouchisachievablebythemeansofdoublewriting,achievablebythesynchronisationofwritingthesamethingtwiceatthesametime,achievablebywritingwithtwo
differentpensconsecutivelyatthesametime.Thisideahasbeenexploredbefore,butneverperfectedtosuchalevelasthatwhichyouareabouttodiscover.

Image01iscompleteexposureofTheDevilsTouchbeyondthisyouwillonlydiscoverthedeceptiveprocessthatsurroundsthisimage,fornow,image01isallyouneedtoknow.

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Asyouwillsee,youwillneedashortpen.Alternativemethodsforachievingthewritingsetupwiththemeansofapencil,asnappedpenandapen borrowedfromabetting
officeorcataloguestore.Thesetupshowninimage01istwoFisherSpacePens,theseareidealaswithoutthelid,thepenishalfsize,thereforetwocanbeused,onewithand
theotherwithoutthelid.Theinksineachpenaredifferenttofurthermisdirectfromthemethod.

STAGE 01 ThePrediction
Themostrecommendedpadfortheeffectisonethathasaflipcover,asseeninimage01.

Youwillfirstneedtodecideonhowyourpredictionwillbepresented.ForexplanationpurposesIshallexplainthebasiceffectinitssimplestplay,whereasthepredictionis
alreadywritten,andhiddenintheperformersinsidesuitjacketpocket,unbeknowntothespectator.

Youwillneedapredictionnoteuponwhichyouwillduplicatethespectatorswordwiththesmallerpenthisnotesitsonthebottomofthepadasinimage02.Toachievethis,
tareoffapieceofpaperandfoldittwicesothatitisdividedintothreesectionsofwhichthemiddlesectionwillbeyourpasteboardfortheprediction.Foldtheupperandlower
partsofthepapertothebacksothatonlythepasteboardisshowing.Placethisatthebackofthepadbetweenthebackcardandthelastpageasinimage03.

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STAGE 02 ThePen
Holdthesmallerpenasshowninimage04andholdtheactualpenasnormalasshowninimage05.Youwillnoticethatthevisiblepenconvenientlyshadesthesmallpen.

Onyourpadofpaper,practicewritingyournamewithbothpensatthesametimeasshowninimage01,notethatthevisiblepenreachesawayfromthehandthatthensmall
pen,thisoffersmorecomfortwhenwriting.Alsonotehowthepinkyisalwaysincontactwiththepaperofferingasmoothglidingmotionforneaterwriting.

Practicewritinguntilyouarecompletelycomfortablewritingthisway,thismaytakeawhilebutyoushouldappreciatethattimespentinpracticeputsoutqualityinperformance.

Placebothpensinthepockettothesidethatyouwritewithandthepadofpaperintheoppositepocket,makesurethatthetipsoeeachpenarefacingthesameway.Foran
easyretrieval,positionthepenssothatthetipsarepointingawayfromyou.

YouarenowreadytoperformTheDevilsTouch.

THE T O U C H ThePerformanceinPractice

STAGE 01 TheLoad
Startbyremovingthepadofpaperandopeningthecover.

Withyourthumb,reachunderthepadtothelastpageandslidethepredictionpaperoutintoyourpalmasshowninimage06.Youcannowmanoeuvrethiswithbothhands
ontothelowerpartofthepad,whereyouwillholditdownwithyourthumb.

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Reachintoyourpocketandgrabbothpenstogethersothattheirtipsarealigned,removethemfromyourpocketasshowninimage08.Thesmallpenshouldremaininthe
shadeofyourhand.

Topositionthesmallpenintowritingposition,pushfinger2betweenbothpensasshowninimage09thendothesamewithfinger3asshowninimage10andposition
accordinglyasinimage11.

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Youarenowreadytowrite.

STAGE 02 TheTouch
Youarenowinpositiontowritedownthespectatorsnamedword,youcanpracticebywritingyournameagain,makingsurethatthesmallpenwritesonthepredictionpaper,
andthevisualpenwritesonthepadaboveit.

Whenthewordisnamed,spellitoutloudasyouwriteeachletterthisnotonlyconfirmsthespellingbutalsooffersagoodvisualmemoryforthespectatorofyouonlywriting
downthelettersoftheword.Thisalsooffersyouachancetowritethewordneatlyandslowlyonboththepadandthepredictionpasteboardmakingforasmarterfinish.Do
makesurenottoaddtoomuchpressuretothesmallerpenasyoudontwanttoleaveanunwantedimprintofthespectatorsword.

Oncewrittenreplacethepensbacktoyourpocketmakingsurethatyoukeepthesmallerpenhiddenasyoudoso.Reachupandtakethepadfromyourhand,asyoudothis,
retainthepredictionpaperinyourthumbcrotchasshowninimage13.Thispredictionpaperwillremainpalmedforthetimebeingandunseenbyallasseeninimage14.

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Placethepaddownsothatallcanseetheword,youcanevenhandittothespectatorforthemtocheckthespellingetc.Duringtheirdistractionatthispointyouwillbeready
fortherevelation.

STAGE 03 TheRevelation
Youcannowsimplyreachintoyourinsidejacketpocketwiththepalmednotewhereyoucanfolditoncemorebeforeretrievingit.Handitinstantlytothespectatorasyoustate
thefollowing.

Yousee,thestrangethingaboutthissituationthatwebothfindourselvesin,isthatIknewIdmeetyoutoday,IknewwhattimeIdmeetyou,andIknewthatoutofall
ofthewordsyoucouldhavepossiblythoughtof,thatyouwouldhavethoughtofthatone,andtoproveit,Iwrotedownaprediction,andplacedithereinmypocket
beforeIapproachedyou.AndnowallyouhavetothinkaboutisDidImakeyouthinkofthatword,ordidIreadyourmind?

Oncloseinspectionofthewritingsimilarities,bothwillappeartobewrittenbyyouastheywillmimiceachother,however,themisdirectioniswithinthedetail,foralthoughthey
havefollowedthesamestyle,thereisnowaythattheywillbeidenticalsomethingthatyoumaywishtopointouttothespectatorsi.e.anextendedlineorlackthereofinthe
other.Iwouldsuggestsilence,inwhichtimethespectatorswilldiscoverthedifferencesontheirown.
THE T O U C H ThePerformance
Nowthatyouknowtheconceptandtheplay,andhavehadtimetoponderthepossibilitiesandpracticealloffthedeceptions,Iofferyouthisversionoftheeffect,themost
advancedpredictionpossiblewithTheDevilsTouch.

THE DEVILS TOUCH byDanielMadisonVERSION 1

Theperformerintroducesapadofpaperandapenhetakesagoodlonglookintohisspectatorseyesandbeginstowrite

Asyouarealreadysetuptoperform,youaregivenabreathingmomenttohelpheightenthefinalimpactoftheeffect.Youdonotwanttotalkduringthisintroductiontothe
effect,asthespeculationonthespectatorspartwillfillinallthepossiblegaps.

Notethatyouwillnotloadthepredictionpasteboarduntilthenextstage,fornowyouwillhavethetwopensheldinhandandablanksheetofpaperonthepad.Thepasteboard
willstillbehidden.

Youcanmakeitseemquiteobviousastowhatyouaredoing,asyouwillbeknownasapersonabouttodemonstrateafeteofsomeformthespectatorwillanalysethesituation
andunderstandthatwhateveritisyouhavewrittendownwillbesoonrevealed.

Atthispoint,youwillneedtoslowlywritedownafakeprediction,thispredictionwillneverbeseen,unlessitmiraculouslybecomesthespectatorsthoughtofword.Iusually
writedownthefirstwordIthinkofwhenIlookatthem,egSmellyBastard.

Theperformertearsoffthepaperandfoldsitbeforeplacingitsomewhereinview

Oncewritten,tareoffthepieceofpaperandfolditintothreesectionssothatitisthesameindimensionsastheswitchingpredictionpasteboard.Foldthepaperoncemore
(Image15)andplaceonthesurfaceorsomewhereinallsight.

Youcannowloadtheswitchingpredictionpasteboardasexplainedearlierin THE DEVILS TOUCHThePerformanceinPracticeSTAGE 01 TheLoad.

Theperformerthenasksthespectatortonameanything

Thisallboilsdowntoyourpreferredperformancetypeandthemomentwhereyoucanpredictanything.Forthisexplanationtheanythingwillbeasecretpassword.

Now,weallhavesecrets,thingsthatwelockinourmindsthatonlyweknow,nowImnotgoingtoputyouinapositionwhereIrevealoneofyoursecrets,butIwould
likeyoutothinkofapasswordforsomethingMaybeapasswordforyourcomputerforexample,butpleaseletitbesomethingthatyoudontmindsharingwithus
today,andifyoudonthaveapasswordthatyoudbehappytoshare,Idlikeyoutojustmakeoneupinyourmind.Itcanbeanything,itcanhavelettersandor
numbers.Onceyouhaveit,justnameitoutloudsothatwecanallhear

Thespectatorsword*iswrittendownonthepadforclarification,i.e.correctspellingandproofoftheword

Oncenamed,repeatthewordandbegintowriteitdownaskinghowtheyarespellingit.Oncewritten,dumpthepensandpalmofftheswitchingpredictioninonehandasyou
takethepadwiththeotherasexplainedearlierinTHE DEVILS TOUCHThePerformanceinPracticeSTAGE 02 TheTouch.

Holdoutthepadforthespectatortoseeandaskforconfirmationifitsspeltright.Handthemthepadandaskthattheykeepholdofit.

Youcancloseyourpalminghandthusaddingtheextrafoldtotheprediction.

Thespectatorthenopensthepaperwrittenonatthebeginningandkeptinfullviewtheentiretimetoreveala100%correctprediction

Takethefakepredictionwithyourfreehandandpalmitinyourhandasyoufakepassitovertotheotherhandwhereyouwillnowshowtheswitchedprediction.Images16
17showthisinmotion.

Instantlyhandthepredictiontothespectator.

DontopenitjustyetNowthispassword,isitarealpasswordordidyoumakeituponthespot?AndtheresnowayintheworldthatIcouldhaveknownthat
passwordright?

Notmanypeoplewouldbewillingtodivulgesuchavaluablepieceofinformation,mostwilljustmakeupapasswordrightthereandthen,itisinthiscasethattheeffecttakesa
surrealturn,asnotonlydidyoupredicttheirword,butyoupredictedsomethingtheycreatedrightthereandthenintheirthoughts.

Invitethespectatortoopenthepredictionfortherevelation.Astheydothisyouarefreetodumpthefakepredictioninyourpocketasyoubringbackthevisualpenforyour
nexttrick.

Thepredictioncanbekeptandthepadcanbefullyinspected,youcanalsohandthepenouttothesceptics.

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THE T O U C H byDanielMadisonVERSION 2

Version2ofTheDevilsTouchsimplyoffersoneofthestrongerperformancepossibilitieswiththeeffect,whereasmorethanjustthepredictionofawordisoffereddisplayinga
fetefarmorethanaoneoffprediction.

Theperformerintroducesapadofpaperandapenandplacesanenvelopeinview

Inthisversion,anemptyenvelopeisusedwhichposesasanenvelopewithvitalinformationwithinit.

Theperformerasksthespectatortonameanything*

Thespectatorsword*iswrittendownonthepadforclarification,i.e.correctspellingandproofoftheword

Theenvelopeisthenopenedandthespectatorreadstheletterinside

TodayIwillmeetaveryfriendlyyoungwomanwhowearsthecolourred
IwillofferheramomentofmagicthroughwhichIwillaskhertothinkofanywordshedesires
Towhichshewillrespondwiththeword*

Now,reachingthepredictionhasalreadybeencovered,however,Iofferhereamereexampleofstretchingtheillusion.

Youwillneedtosetupbywritingtheabovescript,orsimilaronacompletelydifferentpieceofpaper,themoredifferentitlooksthebetter.

Youwillleavethelastspaceblankforthisiswhereyouwilldoublewritethespectatorsthoughtofwordandfoldtheletterinsuchawaythatitissmallenoughtobehiddenon
thepad,andsothatthespaceforthethoughtofwordisforemostasinimage18.Image19showsthepaperfolded.

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TheabovescriptisasetscriptformeIwillkeepthepredictioninmybreastpocketandawaitafriendlyyoungwomanwhowearsred,whoIwillthenapproachwiththeeffect.
Althoughthepredictionofthewordisthehighlighttheattentiontodetailwillbesharedacrosstheotherkeypoints:younglady,friendlyandwearingred.

THE T O U C H THE DEVILS PEN

Initially,TheDevilsTouchbeganasagimmickedpen,andalthoughIdisregardtheidea,thepenmaybeofmoreusetoyouthattheprocessoflearninghowtojuggletwopens
inonehand.

TomaketheDevilsPen,youwillneedthesmallpenandtwoidenticalnormalpens.

Takethesmallpenandtapeittothebiggerpeninpositiontodoublewriteasshowninimage21.YounowhaveaDevilsPen.Youwillfindthatyoucanhandleandwritewith
thismucheasierthanholdingtwopensinonehand.Image22showthepeninmotion.

TaketheotherbiggerpenandwraptapedirectlyarounditinthesamepositionasitisontheDevilsPen.Thiswillbeyourdecoy/switchingpenshouldanybodywanttocheckit.

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THE T O U C H THE DEVILS PEN IMPROMPTU

Here,Iofferauserfriendlyversionofachievingthesameeffectwithouthavingtousetwopensatoncebythemeansofeithersuggestedmethods.

Usingonepen,writedownthesaidwordontheswitchingpredictionpasteboard,thenlookatyourpennib,returnittothepadandscribblebackandforthofferingthe
suggestionthatthepenhasranoutofink.

Placethepenawayandaskifanybodyhasapen,ifnot,retrieveadifferentpenfromanotherpocketandwritethesaidwordagainonthepad.

Therougeofthissuggeststhatthefirstattempttowritefailedandthepossibilitiesofthewordbeingwrittentwicebecomedismissed,thisisbackedupwhenthepadisshownto
onlyhaveonewordonit.
THE T O U C H AFTERTHOUGHTS

GREEDY Thissuggestionofrevelationsupportsafurtherlevelofimpossibilitytotheeffect,bynowIneednotexplaintheprocessofachievingtheeffect,thereforeIwilloffer
youasadvertisedaseriesofalternativesuggestions

Abill/note/moneyisremovedfromtheperformerswalletandawordiswrittenonit.Thebillisfoldedandplacedonthesurface.Thespectatorisaskedtonameawordthat
theyassociatewiththebill.Thewordisthenrevealedonthebill.

Thisisachievedbythemeansofwitchingabill,whichisusedasthepasteboard.

Soonenough,Version10,60,100andsoforthwillfollowuptheversionsIhaveofferedherewith.Openyourmindtothepossibilitiesoftheconceptandclaimitasyourown.
Shareitwithnobodyandperformitrarely,fortherearefewandfareffectsbetweenthatwillliveuptothisone.Saveitforyourbigfinish,saveitfortheeffectthatgetsyou
hiredornoticed,useitwiselyandalwaysbereadytoperformit.

IgiveyoumybestofluckwithyourperformancesandrevolvingideasthroughoutyourexplorationoftheDevilsTouchconcept.Nomatterhowyouachieveit,rememberthat
Thefinalresultisallthatmattersinmagic.

SpecialThanksandAcknowledgementstoR+R3man+G+MylesNakouzi

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