Hello aspirant,

The only thing necessary to start is to have an interest in the human mind, people, and above all a lot of artistic restlessness. Because we must remember that mentalism is both a science and an art. There are no tricks to become a mentalist overnight, it takes a lot of study and, above all, a lot of practice.

To be a pure mentalist, according to experts in the area, you should have knowledge in the following areas:

• Memorization and calculation

The best way to start in the world of mentalism is to develop your own mind. Learning to memorize a large amount of data in a short time, or to perform seemingly impossible mental calculations, will not only give you mental agility, essential in mentalism, but by themselves they are very impressive demonstrations for the public.

• Body language reading

Knowing what a person is thinking seeing their facial expression, their eyes, their posture, is crucial. This is one of the areas that is easier to train when you practice magic, as I said. The first thing you will notice is when a spectator will be more predisposed than another for an experiment.

• Cold reading

Cold reading is a set of techniques with which it is possible to guess details about people, their way of being, their past, their present, etc. These techniques include methods used by psychic fortune tellers, mediums, Tarot readers, palms, etc. Many believe that it is simply to say generalities that apply to everyone, but using these techniques it is possible to really determine things about people's lives.

• Suggestion and hypnosis

A great knowledge of body language and a special understanding of human nature will be very important in cold reading. This requires a lot of experience in dealing with people, knowing how to listen and observe all the details of a person. You can know a lot by observing the way you dress, the way you speak, even the way you walk. Looking closely you can intuit what kind of work a person does, their interests and even their belief system.

You can suggest a person to feel cold, heat, pressure on his body, stiffness, heaviness or lightness of any of its members, ... Other types of effects that can be generated with the suggestion are more related to thinking or memory : forget a name, eliminate the existence of a number, etc.

Hypnosis, is a state of mind in which suggestions can be much more intense.

There are too many jobs and scope if you become mentalist.

Practice and study a lot.