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Confederate A apparent audience member who secretly assists or provides information to a magician or mentalist. Often a mixture of very general Barnum-type statements which could apply to anyone, together with inferences made from cues presented by the sitter (e.g., physical appearance, clothes, tone of voice, statements made). Cold Reading A reading given with no prior knowledge of the sitter. A person who obtains information paranormally (often by spirit communication) without the need to enter into a trance state. Clairvoyant A person claiming to experience clairvoyance. In modern usage, this does not necessarily refer to obtaining information visually. clairaudience, clairvoyance, Clairvoyance A general term that refers to the paranormal obtaining of information about an object or event. Clairsentience An archaic term that refers to the paranormal obtaining of information using faculties other than vision or hearing. Clairaudience The paranormal obtaining of information by hearing sounds or voices. Cipher Test A coded message left by a person who intends to communicate the cipher after death. Channeling Receiving messages and inspiration from apparent discarnate entities. Center Tear Method A sleight of hand method for obtaining information that a spectator has secretly written on a folded piece of paper. Well known examples are the Aronson, Si Stebbins, Tamariz and Nikola systems.
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Card Stack System An elaborately prearranged deck of cards that, when memorised, permits various magical and mentalism effects. Card Guessing An experimental test for ESP in which people guess the identity of a set of cards (e.g., playing cards or Zener cards). C Cabinet A box or curtained enclosure in which the magician is secured and from which various phenomena may manifest (e.g., lights, objects moving, instruments played). Book Test An effect in which the mentalist reveals the words written on a particular page of a book. Black Art Method of concealing objects using black covers against a black background.
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Billet Reading Procedure in which a question is secretly written on a piece of paper which is folded or sealed in an envelope, and handed to the mentalist who attempts to answer the question. B Barnum Effect A common tendency to find personal meaning in statements that are so general they could apply to anyone. Automatism Physical activites (e.g., arm movements, writing, drawing, musical performance) that occur without the automatist's apparent conscious control or knowledge. Automatic Writing The ability to write intelligible messages without apparent conscious control or knowledge of what is being written. Certain clairvoyants claim to be able to see the aura (generally as a luminous, coloured halo). Aura A field of energy believed by some to surround living creatures. Apports are often associated with the seance room and physical mediumship.
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Apport A physical object which appears in a way that cannot be explained (seeming to come from nowhere). Mesmer to refer to a putative force or fluid capable of being transmitted from one person to another, producing healing effects.