Emotional Intelligence [E.I.] by Luke Jermay (DVD) - Jermay's room-shattering THREE PHASE mind reading routine. Entertaining a room full of people has never been this easy! Completely impromptu. Can be done on business cards.
The performer attempts to read a spectator's mind.
The performer displays a stack of index cards / business cards / napkins. Each card has an emotionally-charged word written on it. The cards are mixed. A spectator is asked to select one of the cards and remember a time they felt that emotion.
The performer begins to vicariously experience the emotion... vaguely at first... almost like a psychic reading... but the performer gets more and more specific and eventually names the emotion exactly.
Phase 2: BUILD ON IT
The performer attempts to transfer his/her psychic abilities to a spectator.
One spectator selects an emotion card and thinks about a time in his/her life when he/she experienced that emotion.
With the performer's help, a second spectator is able to intuit the emotion the first spectator is thinking of and name it exactly.
Phase 3: MAKE IT MEANINGFUL
The performer attempts to name specific details from a spectator's life.
The cards are mixed. A spectator removes one of the emotion cards. The performer asks the spectator to think of a specific name and a time period they associate with the emotion they have chosen.
The performer removes a notepad and pen. One-by-one the performer writes down the specific details he/she is sensing from the spectator's life. The performer is specific. His/her intuitions are committed to writing so there can be no mistake.
The performer is accurate to a degree that proves shocking to the spectator. This is an emotionally-CHARGED climax that can go in many directions. The performer is guaranteed three hits.
A Framework for Cold Reading
EI provides the performer with three phases and five guaranteed "hits". The methods Luke teaches are surefire and can be depended upon in performance. EI does not rely upon cold reading or guesswork.
That said, EI is ALSO an ideal framework for cold reading. Within the context of EI, performers can apply cold reading techniques without fear of failure. The three-phase structure of the routine and the FIVE GUARANTEED REVEALS ensure a great performance regardless of the accuracy of the cold reading.
"I wish I had a routine like EI when I was learning cold reading." -- Luke Jermay
Manufacturer Says Features over an HOUR of live performance footage. Performance venues include:
The Magic Castle in Hollywood
The Onyx Theater in Las Vegas
Psychic Eye Book Shop in Las Vegas, NV
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Mind reading for me is the strongest piece of magic. Luke Jermay is one of the great from the great mentalist! Emotional Intelligence routine is good and...its that good? I feel good!
When I bought this I was impressed. I've been doing magic and such for a few years professionally as was not new to the mentalism scene. I bought this on a whim, and it really impressed me.
Yes what he teaches isn't new techniques and yes it does rely heavily on showmanship and presentation, but it is a good routine and an easy one to get gigs with. This has happened to me as the story below will show.
I was working in my office and my boss called me into her office for a meeting. As I was in I see the head of department, plus one of the execs there. Apparently she had told this exec that I do magic, and the exec wanted to see a trick. Not having anything on me I decided on a whim to do EI. Asking her for her own business cards I performed E.I. I ended up getting 4 high priced shows from that 2 minute trick and a couple of wedding gigs - which I put down to this trick!
I think that really says enough about this routine...
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Old Trick, New DVD!
[Verified buyer] by Johnnie Cocus from Athens, GA USA on 04/05/2010 22:03:01
This is a trick for you only if you are new to mentalism. By new, I mean that you are asking yourself what is mentalism and if there was any way to convince someone that you can read his or her mind. This dvd does share some ways to perform a very old trick, but not worth it. This is my first Luke Jermay product, and it will probably be my last.
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HIGH QUALITY!
[Verified buyer] by Mark Tirone from New Jersey on 04/04/2010 14:59:47
I don't get what people hate so much about this DVD. IT was VERY high quality and really cool. I've already performed this effect a bunch of times succesfully. Luke is an amazing teacher and he really knows what he's doing. It's an old method by nature but he really brings it to the 20th century with a crazy good mentalism routine that looks great. You can center a whole act around this effect. The production quality is super good and the cold reading booklet is amazing. BUY NOW! THe performances are worth the price of the DVD
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Meh...
by Chris Beason from Atlanta, Georgia on 04/04/2010 04:25:38
This effect is a mentalism routine from Luke Jermay. Because of this, I expected it to be some awesome, new, revolutionary technique that we EXPECT from Luke Jermay...
It wasn't. It was a few old techniques with absolutly NOTHING new. Just a few little techniques thrown together to create a routine for a DVD. Not what I consider DVD worthy.
The reason however this gets 3 stars is because it IS effective. It WILL fool an audience, and it is incredibly powerful. Plus, the DVD contained several entertaining live performances and it was FULL HD, which was nice.
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