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Cold Reading Lecture by Paul Voodini (Instant Download)


Learn what cold reading is and how to use it to make magic more powerful!
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In March of 2012, Paul Voodini was employed to give a 2 hour lecture on cold reading to the drama department of one of England's finest universities. The head of the drama department was perhaps hoping for an explanation of cold reading followed by the usual debunking of psychics as frauds who employ nothing but 'cold reading'. This, however, is not the lecture the university received!

While explaining in great detail what cold reading actually is (because, as you'll be aware, there is a lot of misinformation out there), Paul also went on to tackle the subject of genuine intuition. Perhaps controversially, Paul is a believer in intuition and so his lecture ended with a demonstration of this belief in action.

This was a fun, up-beat and informative lecture, enjoyed by all. And it was made all the more enjoyable by the fact that it wasn't just another 'cold reading by numbers' talk.

Paul has worked as a professional mind-reader for much of his adult life, and this experience shines through in these lecture notes. The lecture notes used on the day have been collated, edited, and are now presented in a 12 page PDF.

There is much here for the beginner and the intermediate mind-reader & mentalist, but there will also be nuggets of information of interest for even the most experienced. And as always, these notes are written in Paul's usual engaging manner.

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Verified buyer Pro Privacy ON (login to see reviewer names) on June 18th, 2014
This doesn't really explain any indepth aspects of cold reading, it merely vaguely states a few minor principles and then talks for the rest of it about Voodini's beliefs regarding intuition (and under what pretense to perform these intuition readings). I give this a neh response. NOT worth the $8 bucks.
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Verified buyer Pro Privacy ON (login to see reviewer names) on March 8th, 2021
I found little about what is normally referred to as cold reading. What I did find was some deep thoughts on the term, where it came from and how to use it in, let me say, a 'real' setting. Mr Voodini describes intuition in a way that moves away from esoteric thinking into more of a scientific realm. I liked it a lot. Paul's way is way different than any mentalist I have followed and I am a huge fan because of his thinking.
But, if new ways of cold reading are your goal, this might not be helpful. If, however, new thinking on cold reading is your aim, you won't be unhappy.
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