Welcome To The Humanistic Response This 50 paged eBook contains five routines. The Humanistic Response – This propless routine allows you to divine three random thoughts. That’s right. A multiphased propless routine where each phase builds. The spectator imagines a colour of a LEGO brick, a number (of how many points the LEGO brick has on top) and a structure they would build with a bunch of LEGO bricks. The performer then divines everything. During the routine, the performer will give the spectator a reading. A reading they will never forget. MAYHEM – During a reveal. Why don’t you create an epiphany? With MAYHEM you do just that. Manufacture an epiphany for the spectator. No preshow. No gimmicks. The Cold Pin – During a reading, the performer stops. Divines a pincode. Then continues the reading. No gimmicks. No props. No preshow. No prior knowledge. No questions. No math. The Entry – The performer asks the spectator to pull out their iPhone. The performer asks them to enter the calendar app and to scroll up and down the app to decide on a random date, month and year. The performer then divines everything in any way they wish. No gimmicks. Easy to do. Requires an iPhone. No pen and paper. The Masterpiece – Holy grail. The performer places a playing card face down onto a table. The spectator goes on a journey and decides on a playing card. At the end of the routine the spectator turns over the card and it’s their thought of card No Equivoque. No Psychological Control. Gimmickless. One card used. Can be done propless. No deck of cards. No indexes. No off by one. Can be performed as an incredibly clean invisible deck. Alongside these five stellar routines you will learn, Vale 1 Vale 2 Vale 3 The Vale series teaches you unique ways to divine a suit. All propless. All different. This booklet is beginner friendly, intermediate friendly and advanced friendly. The book is written in a way that is enjoyable. A way that will make you want to read the booklet again and again to get the most out of it. You’ll learn all of these unique routines and principles and so much more with The Humanistic Response. Are you ready to level up your mentalism? Emma Wooding is a creative young mentalist who can make the experience of watching her feel like genuine mind reading. To that degree, although not all effects in Humanistic Response are surefire, they will teach you some new ways to think about the psychological force, as well as other ways to psychologically prompt or pull ones audience. Alain Nu “This book is definitely worth its price and more. I will use the Cold Pin for sure and The Humanistic Response is a very creative and workable routine that you can perform with nothing on you. One of the best releases Ive read in months. Good job Emma” Nico Heinrich. If you are new to the propless realm, then you will really benefit from the principles explained in this book. If you are an old time level 99 propless master, I still think that you should give this a read as I for one have had quite a few ideas and epiphanies from reading this book. Luke Turner
The Humanistic Response Emma Wooding i Copyright © 2019 by Emma Wooding All rights reserved This book or any portion thereof may not be reproduced or used in any manner whatsoever without the express written permission of the publisher except for the use of brief quotations in a book review or scholarly journal First Release: 2019 WOTBOT Pty Ltd PO Box 3431 Erina, NSW AUSTRALIA 2250 ii The Humanistic Response Contents Introduction iv The Humanistic Response Mayhem Principle 14 HOUSE 16 The Cold Pin 18 The Entry 23 The Master Piece 30 Closing 41 Notes 44 iii Introduction Introduction Dear Reader, First off Thank you Yes, you! Thank you for your purchase, I genuinely mean it It’s not a passing remark that should be ignored With your purchase, you are helping me get food on the table! I really want to sincerely thank you Secondly, I’d like to explain the history of the routine, The Humanistic Response For me when I purchase an effect or book I LOVE, reading about the history so this is for the people that love reading the history behind effects In 2014 I created a colour divination routine, titled “Colours” (I know, such a creative title) Colours was an anagram-based routine where verbally you divine a thought of colour It was sh*t Seriously It was so bad! I was very silly, but I still was obsessed with the colour divination plot and I have no idea why! I believe that it’s because there is something so unique about colours, they shift our world around us, they create our moods and create moments that are unique Everyone has a favourite colour and a least favourite colour This unites us (did you have inspirational music playing as you read that?) I digress I continued to work on colour-based routines until realising I can divine a colour, number and structure under the guise of a Childrens toy I released it inside my 2017 Lecture Notes It was titled Human I felt that there was a missing piece to the puzzle The routine itself although good, could be excellent Over the past few years, I tried to take away various parts and I tried to replace them with other ideas, before iv The Humanistic Response realising, that the routine itself is perfect It just needs a strong presentation alongside some form of a reading system Along with The Humanistic Response, you will receive MAYHEM and The Cold Pin MAYHEM is a new unique principle allowing you to manufacture an epiphany for the spectator The Cold Pin is a propless way to divine a pin code MAYHEM and The Cold Pin both have short histories, I created MAYHEM because I wanted to create a visual moment for the spectator that happened within their mind The Cold Pin was created a few years back when I stumbled across a survey of what pin codes people use most Alongside those three you will also receive The Entry and The Masterpiece The Entry is a way to divine a month, year and date All you need is the spectators iPhone, and did I mention all this can be done with nothing written down? The Masterpiece is the holy grail of a single playing card prediction Although from a birds eye view The Masterpiece may seem incredibly complicated, it’s not Once you understand the routine does all the work for you, you’ll realise how simple it is It’s my honour to Welcome you to The Humanistic Response Sincerely, Emma Wooding woodingem@gmail.com v Introduction Some people believe you can’t effect people without an affect But in reality, you can’t affect people without an effect – Emma Wooding 2019 (Keep in mind this quote makes zero sense and means surprisingly nothing!) vi The Humanistic Response Part One The Humanistic Response The Humanistic Response The spectator thinks of a colour, a number and a structure The performer proplessly divines all three while giving the spectator a detailed reading There are very little propless divination routines that are multi-phased This routine is not only multi-phased but each phase adds more dimension to the notion of impossibilities this routine proposes The routines nuts and bolts are Psychological Forcing, Anagramming and Barnum Statements All three powerhouse principles in the propless mentalism realm, combined in a beautifully choreographed routine Here is a quick run-down of what each of the principles are Psychological Forces/Forcing: Psychological Forces are forces that work from talking or moving in specific ways to implant a thought or suggestion into someone’s head A few popular forces are the classic 1-4 force “Think of a number from one to four” By saying this, it’s incredibly likely the spectator will think of three Why? Because when you read it or say it, you read “one two four” Leaving out three This subconsciously makes their brain choose three Another force is the classic “think of a tool” If you ask someone to think of a tool, most likely (unless they are an experienced builder) they will think of a hammer Why? Because a hammer is generally the most popular and most well-known tool out of all the various tools The Humanistic Response Anagrams/Anagramming/Progressive Anagrams/PA: An anagram is a fishing system The way many people use anagrams are by stating letters in a thought of word For example, “Think of One, Two or Three “There is a T” If the spectator says no, the system tells us that they are thinking of “one” If they say yes, then we say, “and an O” If they say yes to the O, then the system tells us they are thinking of Two If they say no to the O (no to the O sounds like a game show) the system tells us they are thinking of three Anagramming can be used in a variety of different routines and concepts If you are new to this concept, I highly suggest looking into Paths by Matt Mello and Prodigal by Atlas Brookings The Humanistic Response Barnum Statements Barnum Statements are statements or lines that sound specific but in reality, are quite generalised and would sound specific to anyone For example, “you have a strong desire for safety” Who doesn’t? Here is the script I use for the routine “What I’d like you to with me is something quite random What I’d like you to is just imagine a white Lego block directly in front of me Is it easy to imagine that?” The spectator replies yes “Okay that was faster than I expected!” The previous line sets up the Barnum Statement that follows If the spectator takes a long time to think of a colour, skip this part Although take note that this rarely happens Make sure, when saying this Barnum Statement, you say it convincingly and in a voice that sounds genuinely shocked “Being able to imagine something so quickly shows me that recently you’ve been through some form of a rough path and patch But going through all that has created almost a new clean slate for you in some ways Allowing you to look at things a lot fresher and quicker Does that make sense?” Spectator replies ecstatically “yes!” “So, what I’d like you to is imagine this brick slowly turning into a new dark colour” This will force the spectator to think of either red, purple or blue They won’t think of, yellow, orange, green and pink because they are bright colours and they won’t think of black because I asked them to think of a colour not a shade They won’t think of white either because I told them to imagine the brick turning into a different colour The Humanistic Response The SME principle stands for, Start, Middle and End Mixing this with The Five Force creates a beautiful mentalism cocktail If the spectator chooses, Start – Continue the routine, conducting The Five Force Middle – Say, “Smack bang in the middle of the numbers is the five Okay, now focus on the suit” End – Continue the routine, conducting The Five Force At this point if the spectator chose Start or End We conduct The Five Force “What I’d like you to is focus now on either high or low” The Five Force isn’t necessarily a force It’s more of an inclusion The Five Force works like so If the spectator chooses, High – “Okay so mathematically speaking high is the Five, Six, Seven, Eight, Nine and Ten” Low – “Okay logically speaking low is the Ace, Two, Three, Four and Five” 33 The Master Piece As you can see, no matter what the spectator will arrive on a Five with alongside the other numbers This is a nifty little force, but if we team up with The SME principle then the spectator has no choice but to choose five High and Start – “So high is of course, Five, Six, Seven, Eight, Nine and Ten and you also chose before hand the start Did you feel forced to choose those two?” By asking this, this continues to make the spectator feel included If we didn’t have this line, it would appear as if we are telling the spectator what to think (which is what we are doing) but because the spectator is asked a question, it will be remembered that they had a completely free choice “Now at the start of the higher side is the uhh five!” By saying “uh five!” it appears natural instead of “okay that is five” If we act surprised and as if we are thinking, then the spectator won’t presume this is a force High and End – The spectator will not choose this as we asked the spectator to not choose two of the same choices If the spectator does, (which rarely happens) Just kindly remind them that you want the choices to be random and different Low and Start -The spectator will not choose this as we asked the spectator to not choose two of the same choices If the spectator does, (which rarely happens) Just kindly remind them that you want the choices to be random and different 34 The Humanistic Response Low and End: - “So low is of course, Ace, Two, Three, Four and Five and you also chose end before hand Did you feel forced to choose those two?” By asking this, this continues to make the spectator feel included If we didn’t have this line, it would appear as if we are telling the spectator what to think (which is what we are doing) but because the spectator is asked a question, it will be remembered that they had a completely free choice “Now on the Low end is the uh five!” By saying “uh five!” it appears more natural than “okay that is five” If we act surprised and as if we are thinking, then the spectator won’t presume this is a force You have just successfully forced the number! As you can see, it’s quite simple (once fully read) in methodology, from a bird’s eye view it looks extremely complicated Now all we have to is force the suit I’d like to give you a little background knowledge on this suit force because this force has come a long way Vale A forcing system A forcing system that was created from the back of a simple verbal fumble I love Vale so much, but you see there is a flaw The flaw is, it isn’t sure fire I wanted to create a holy grail and for years I was what felt like five metres away from it I created Vale in 2017 and performed it with my version of The Masterpiece from that time It was fun, funky, cool and fresh but it felt disjointed It felt as if I had an extravagant force for the number and a simple, “think of a suit” for the suit Both the suit force and the number force need to appear as a similar process or the routine falls apart 35 The Master Piece Vale works by switching two choices or in this case, suits around For example, “we have Clubs, Hearts, Spades and Diamonds or Hearts, Clubs, Spades and Diamonds However, you want to look at it just focus on a suit” By switching the Club (the first suit the spectator hears) with Hearts Will make the spectator choose Clubs as it is most rememberable This works because Clubs was the first suit, they heard so switching it indirectly highlights the suit Vale I created Vale to again combat the problem of “think of a suit” But yet again I was far away from the holy grail It didn’t feel right It felt like I was three metres away from The Holy Grail Vale felt disjointed still as the number force wasn’t about the spectator’s characteristics and more about their favourite parts of a book So, having Vale being completely about their characteristics still made the routine feel wrong Vale was a technique whereby giving the spectator three different negative words associated with a thought and one positive word associated with a thought, the spectator will choose the positive For example, “I’m going to name a few various suits and what personality traits they fall under, focus on the suit that has your personality trait Clubs is continuously angry, Hearts is liking the idea of being mysterious, Spades is being consistently in fear and Diamonds is never being happy no matter what happens” As you can see It wasn’t the greatest method ever released and although it works I think we can appreciate this technique for what it helped create 36 The Humanistic Response Vale The solution to all our problems So, what the hell is Vale 3? The perfect divination system A system that allows you to read the spectators mind as they think of different suits It displays your mind reading ability while allowing the spectator to have a 100% free choice That’s right Unlike Vale and Vale Vale allows the spectator to make a completely free choice yet still arrive on the suit we want them to So how in the hell does this work?! Vale utilises a variety of principles, interlocking with each other to create a pitch perfect mini routine It works by using the classic Derren Brown Scream Principle with my Swipe Principle and my Broken Triangle Principle “There are four different suits Although this may appear as the smallest decision, it’s actually the biggest Because without the suit, there would just be thirteen different options But with the suit there is actually fifty-two different options There are Clubs, Hearts, Spades and Diamonds Just think of one of them Do not tell me and just imagine the suit on a big white banner Perfect Imagine screaming this at me over and over and over again like Clubs, Clubs, Clubs, Clubs” If the spectator is thinking of Clubs they will freak out Because it appears like we just told them what they are thinking If they aren’t thinking of Clubs, it appears as an example this is called The Scream Principle This principle was originally created by Derren Brown 37 The Master Piece If the spectator chose Clubs say, “okay now think of another suit, not Clubs this time though This time whatever suit we end up on, will be the final suit” If the spectator didn’t choose clubs, continue the routine “Focus on the suit In fact, focus on the first letter and now the last letter I’ll be honest with you I’m not getting this But let’s switch this up because I want to try one more time You are going to switch your thought of suit a few times so when you hear the suit, you have to switch, it then zone out because it will cloud up your mind and I might get confused again.” This line simply justifies making the spectator changing their mind it justifies and makes sure the spectator will only listen to the part they need to Because if the spectator listens to the start and the end, the method may become see-through “If you are thinking of Spades think of Hearts, Clubs think of Spades, Diamonds think of Hearts and Hearts think of Diamonds” We have just told the spectator to change their suit to either diamonds or hearts! • Spades to Hearts • Clubs to Spades • Hearts to Diamonds • Diamonds to Hearts -Take note – The spectator isn’t thinking of Clubs, so they won’t notice that “Spades to Clubs” is missing The spectator will not notice the “Spades to Hearts” and the “Diamonds to Hearts” as we asked them to zone out and not listen as soon as they found which suits they have to switch - 38 The Humanistic Response At this point we utilise The Broken Triangle principle! So, what is The Broken Triangle principle? The Broken Triangle principle is a principle that relies on reading the spectators body language That’s right! Reading their body language “Focus on the first letter in the air and now the last” If the spectator’s eyes make a notable jump, they are thinking of Diamonds If the spectator’s eyes don’t make a notable jump, they are thinking of Hearts! This is because Diamonds is a longer word than Hearts -If the spectator thinks of Hearts “Okay You see, at the very start I told you what I was doing isn’t mindreading In fact, I told you I was going to flip the notion on its head That’s exactly what I’ve done right now What suit are you thinking of?” This whole line creates an air of intrigue It also justifies the previous process by reminding them about the start of the routine “Ah Hearts The suit you thought of was Hearts and the value you thought of was Five So, the Five of Hearts Okay remember at the very start, when I purposely didn’t tell you about my favourite part of a good story? Well my favourite part of a book is the fact that the ending is always written first Look at my prediction” When I say, “the ending is always written first” I get chills It’s such a gorgeous line and wraps up the routine nicely -If the spectator thinks of Diamonds “Okay Finally let’s switch this up one more time, think of the opposite suit For example, clubs would be spades because they are both black and diamonds would be hearts because they are both red” At this point you have forced Hearts 39 The Master Piece “You see, at the very start I told you what I was doing isn’t mindreading In fact, I told you I was going to flip the notion on its head That’s exactly what I’ve done right now What suit are you thinking of?” This whole line creates an air of intrigue It also justifies the previous process by reminding them about the start of the routine “Ah Hearts The suit you thought of was Hearts and the value you thought of was Five So, the Five of Hearts Okay remember at the very start, when I purposely didn’t tell you about my favourite part of a good story? Well my favourite part of a book is the fact that the ending is always written first Look at my prediction” When I say, “the ending is always written first” I get chills It’s such a gorgeous line and wraps up the routine nicely In this final part, we have squeezed in A LOT of material, I taught you Vale, Vale 2, Vale 3, SME, The Five Force, The Swipe Principle and Derren Brown’s Scream Principle But I would like to teach you a few more ideas 40 The Humanistic Response Closing Dear Reader, It’s an honour to see you at the other end of this booklet This booklet is designed to hold unique routines and principles Principles and effects that you don’t often see utilised I’m a firm believer that the principle, method or technique doesn’t matter., it’s the effect we have on the spectator that’s most important These effects all seem very different compared to the majority of mentalism routines available These principles and routines are so uniquely, odd I sincerely can’t wait to see you perform these unique principles and routines I will be honest with you, I’m so thankful and grateful for your purchase It’s so validating to know people enjoy my work and purchase it It’s incredibly validating seeing people perform my work as well! If you ever are performing any piece of my work and there is a camera around, don’t forget to video! I’m a big believer that watching yourself perform will help you become better at not only performing but executing various techniques (such as billet switches - if you video yourself, you know where you could flash) 41 The Humanistic Response I digress, enjoy these routines and principles Use them as much as you can and don’t forget to like and subscribe Oh, and hit that notification bell 😉 Until we meet again Good luck and good thoughts Sincerely, Emma Wooding 42 The Humanistic Response 43 Notes The Humanistic Response 45 The Humanistic Response 46 The Humanistic Response 47 ... “No” then they are thinking of blue If they say “Yes” to the R, then we say “and an L” if the spectator says “No” to the L then they are thinking of Red If they say “Yes” to the L, then they... effect – Emma Wooding 2019 (Keep in mind this quote makes zero sense and means surprisingly nothing!) vi The Humanistic Response Part One The Humanistic Response The Humanistic Response The spectator... and add them all up to equal 45) The performer would then ask for the number and then divide the number by three (in their mind, without the spectator knowing) By dividing the number by three,