They are able to do this better than most. Mentalists learn to tune into this language and are able to ‘read’ people. As most know, we communicate by up to 80% by body language. We give of cues with what we are thinking or feeling. Learning to read and understand nonverbal language or body language is one of the keys to knowing how mentalism works. One way they achieve this is by them reading the unspoken word. However, mentalists are able to create the effect of mind reading. But as already explained, in the true sense of the term mind reading, this is not possible. Mentalism works by creating an illusion of a sixth senseĪs already mentioned, mentalism works by creating the illusion that mind reading occurs. Or to create the illusion that they can read minds.īut to answer the the wider question of ‘ how does mentalism work,‘ is more about what I recently wrote about, which is understanding the psychology of the mind.

Having said that, it’s the job of a good mentalist to create the illusion they have a sixth sense.

This would require some form of extra-sensory perception or ESP to do so.īut as far as we are aware, this is not a sense possessed by humans…yet. Despite what psychics and clairvoyants say to the contrary. This is explained in more detail further down.Īctual mind reading, or telepathy or telekinesis is not possible. They also cannot know what number a person is thinking of, without some form of psychological trickery. Just to be clear, mentalists cannot actually read minds. I have answered the guessing numbers question in this article here: “ How do mentalists guess numbers and people’s PIN numbers?” The mind reading question is answered here: “ How does a mentalist read minds?” Mentalists cannot actually read minds! Many people ask the question: “ How does mentalism work?” Other questions related to this are “ How do you read other people’s mind?” and “ How do you guess the number that someone is thinking of?”

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