Seamus Maguire – Calibration ( Instant Download )

What exactly is Calibration?

A way to tell a spectator a name of someone that they are thinking of.

This can be propless if you want it to be, but you can also use it closeup, over the phone, skype, on stage, parlour, you name it.

I have not done it yet, as I only read through it twice, but I will explain more below about the apparent drawbacks, if you can call them that, and what the audience sees.

And no, this is not like Fraser Parkers name guess work, this is different altogether, though the streamlined process once through you end up at the end getting to a similar place most if not all name guesses get to. I will explain.

In this offering, Seamus has taken an old idea that has been around for centuries, and combined that idea into a name guess. you do not have to guess someone name, you can do this with anything, a fruit, vegetable, country, any word from any book, etc, etc.

This old idea, though I am not sure Seamus would want me disclosing it here, is something that all of you at one point had in magic sets as a child.

What the audience sees, or your spectator is, that you have them concentrate on a name, and then you ask them three to four questions, and you would apparently know the name.

This reminded me a bit of the Peter Turner name guess from Bigger Fish 2, so those that have seen Peter do it, then this may look similar, but it is different due to the process that you undergo to get there.

Now, I am not saying the process is a bad thing, it all depends on how you look at it and want to perform it. The best bet and Seamus says this in the book, is that you can use some light memorization and have this with you anytime, anywhere, and doesn’t hurt to try it out.

Basically, you will be able to get the first and second letter of any name thought of, and then you can use if you want other principles combined with Calibration to get the other letters, for example, if someone thought of the name MARK, and you are 100 percent sure the first letter is an M, and the second letter is an A, but lets say you grow a blank, and cant for the life of you figure out the other 2 letters, well you can use different principles, the ones that come to mind for me would be something along the lines like, Banachek, Michael Murray, Peter Turner, even maybe a mini Train Tracking.

Now, this is nothing like Train Tracking, but if you read that book, and you either A) use it, or B) want to have a reason to use it, you can combine it here, and use your imagination to the type of questions you will be asking the participant to think of…….this is just an idea if you get stuck, but this release Calibration assures you, you will get the first 2 letters without a doubt, then you can decide how to get the other letters, or if I give you an M and and I, and I know its a guys name, what name comes to mind, MIKE, or even MICK.

Another idea, if you are not sure, lets say the name is JAKE, and you have the J and A, and you think the name is JACK. You can take out your business card, and write down both, and cross one out, and then say I am getting this, like a Jake, or Jack.

to the spectator it will seem as if you guessed the name from their mind, due to the fact that the process is never revealed, since they will not know, this is whats in the book, and what first got me interested in this was Warren Thackeray, as he uses it in NYC, and he even developed his own system for it.

This can A. Be propless if you put in some memory work B. semi-propless by just using a few business cards, or C. full props on stage or close up by using a sheet of paper & pen

I am not 100 percent sure if I will do this yet, since I first need to test it out, and try it to see how it works. I know it works from Warren, and Seamus, but until I do it, I cannot say if this is a worker or not, since I have personally not gone out and even tried it out. I will have my first chance on Thursday for a few friends.

This is one of those ideas that some people might say, why didn’t I think of that.

And I know some people might not like the process behind this, and to some, it will go unnoticed, as remember, the props don’t really matter in the end it is the experience and what the spectator remembers.

I will be honest first time I read through this, though I understood the concept, I was like, what, Im confused a bit, I understand whats going on, but how is this streamlined.

Then everything became clear, and I began to understand what was being explained, as I had done a similar effect before using a thought of drawing, and nobody had ever questioned the props being used.

Even if you try to copy the method, if I tell you the process and what is being done, you will not be able to emulate it, as I know the research that Seamus had to go through to get the book to where it is now took a long time, and you just cant make it up, well you can, but you will struggle a lot, as it is very specific.

Can this be done in another language_ I would see why not, as I will not be trying it in English, but Spanish.

Is the method see through – I personally don’t think so, since I mentioned I have used this old method before in other ways, and nobody questioned the props.

Again, you can use zero props, requires memorization, and your spoken words, or opt to use light props.