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Table of Contents

Introduction

Principium 23 – The Universal Principle

The Universal Book Test

VARIATION ONE

VARIATION TWO – WITH THE UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE

The Universal Billet

Beyond the Universe

The Universal Reading

The Window Envelope

Introduction

The material contained in The Universe was originally intended to be

released as a supplement to the four-part Principia Mentalia. The “Principia,”

however, was focused primarily on general theoretical principles of mentalism

and not particularly on individual effects or methods.

The Universe , on the other hand, focuses upon one primary method and several

of its applications. While the effects all appear to be different from an audience’s

perspective, they are, in fact, all variations upon the same methodological theme.

The underlying principal - indexing a finite number of choices - had its origins

centuries ago, but in The Universe I’ve attempted to demonstrate that the

apparent range of choices a spectator may have can appear to be almost infinite

– even though most of his choices are actually limited to no more than sixteen

possibilities.

After you’ve experimented with the effects in this eBook, I am sure that many

other applications will suggest themselves to you. At least I hope they do – for in

the end, the effects that will make your performances memorable are the effects

you develop yourself. All of us may make use of the same general principles in

accomplishing our illusions, but in the final analysis there is only one element that

can bring these principles together as the foundations of effective mentalism –

and that element is the true quintessence of art.

That element is you.

Bob Cassidy

Seattle, Washington, March 2005

Principium 23 – The Universal Principle

While the effects in this book can all be done with pocket indices or other

secret indexing devices in conjunction with billet switching, I do them all with one

of two different wallets. Please note, however, that any Himber type wallet may

be used to accomplish the same effects – with the possible exception of the

window envelope variations, which will be discussed later.

The first, the “Thought Explosion Wallet,” was originally marketed by Supreme

Magic and designed for use in an effect by Billy McComb in which any card

named by a spectator was found to be the only card in the performer’s wallet.

Yes- the wallet was designed to hold and entire deck of playing cards! I only use

it to hold sixteen blank business cards as seen in figures one through four.

On each of the business cards is written one of each of the possible selections

the spectator may make during the routine. Note that not all of the routines use

sixteen choices – Beyond Universal uses only thirteen, and the Universal Billet

can be done with as few as ten.

The “Thought Explosion” was the first wallet I adapted for use in these routines.

Later, I took to using the Himber wallet style checkbook I described in Dreams

and Devices. Then I came across Peter Nardi’s excellent “Mind Spy” wallet,

which is the one I currently use. It is still available through Alakazam Magic in

the UK and from most major dealers. I have modified it slightly as you will see in

figures five through eight. I cut a hole in the plastic window on one side of the

wallet – through which a peek was made in the “Mind Spy” routine. I also put a

button magnet on the “secret” side of the wallet which clings to a razor blade

hidden in one of the credit card slots on the opposite side – making it a “locking

wallet,” I guess, although the reason I did this has nothing to do with letting a

spectator handle the wallet – it’s so that it will only naturally open to the innocent

looking side during the course of the effect I’m doing, thus making the handling

somewhat safer. (It wouldn’t do to accidentally let the audience see the secret

side of the wallet, which contains anywhere from twelve – as shown in the

photos- to sixteen folded paper or business card billets.

If you take a careful look at the figures that follow, you’ll have a pretty good idea

of how the indices work.

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