Brain magic to me indicates that area of magic

dealing with psychological and mind reading effects.

So unlike traditional magic, it uses the power of words,

linguistic deception, non-verbal communication

and various other techniques to create the illusion of a sixth sense.

Now, I'm going to show you all how easy it is

to manipulate the human mind once you know how.

And I want everybody downstairs also to join in with me and everybody here.

I want everybody to put out your hands like this for me, first of all.

OK, clap them together, once.

OK, reverse your hands.

Now follow my actions exactly.

Now about half the audience has their left hand up. Why is that?

OK, swap them around, put your right hand up.

OK, now, cross your hands over, so your right hand goes over,

interlace your fingers like this,

then make sure your right thumb is outside your left thumb --

that's very important.

Yours is the other way around, so swap it around.

Excellent, OK. Extend your fingers like this for me.

All right. Tap them together once.

OK, now, if you did not allow me to deceive your minds,

you would all be able to do this.

(Laughter)

So, now you can see how easy it is

for me to manipulate the human mind, once you know how.

(Laughter)

Now, I remember when I was about 15,

I read a copy of Life magazine,

which detailed a story about a 75-year-old blind Russian woman

who could sense printed letters --

there's still people trying to do it here --

(Laughter)

-- who could sense printed letters and even sense colors, just by touch.

And she was completely blind.

She could also read the serial numbers on bills

when they were placed, face down, on a hard surface.

Now, I was fascinated, but at the same time, skeptical.

How could somebody read using their fingertips?

You know, if you actually think about it,

if somebody is totally blind -

a guy yesterday did a demonstration in one of the rooms

where people had to close their eyes, and they could just hear things.

And it's just a really weird thing to try and figure out,

how could somebody read using their fingertips?

Now earlier on, as part of a TV show that I have coming up on MTV,

I attempted to give a similar demonstration

of what is now known as second sight.

So let's take a look.

(Video) Man: There we go.

I'll guide you into the car.

Kathryn: (Laughter)

Man: You're OK, keep on going.

Kathryn: How are you?

Keith Barry: Kathryn, it's Keith here, I'm going to take you to a secret location, OK?

KB: Now, Kathryn, there was no way you could see through that blindfold, at all.

Kathryn: OK, but don't say my name like that.

KB: No, but you're OK, yes?

Kathryn: Yes.

KB: There's no way you could have seen through it, agreed?

Kathryn: No.

KB: OK, I'm just going to take it off, you're OK, you're OK.

Do you want to take off the other part of it?

Go ahead and take it off, you're OK. We'll just stop for a second.

Kathryn: I'm so afraid of what I'm going to see.

KB: No, no, you're fine, you're fine, take it off. You're OK, you're safe.

Have you ever heard of second sight?

Kathryn: No.

KB: Second sight is whereby a mind-control expert

can see through somebody else's eyes.

And I'm going to try that right now.

Kathryn: God.

KB: Are you ready?

Where is it? There's no way ...

Kathryn: (Beep)

Oh, my God!

KB: Shh. Don't say anything,

I'm trying to see through your eyes. I can't see.

Kathryn: There's a wall, there's a wall.

KB: Look at the road, look at the road.

Kathryn: OK, OK, OK. Oh, my God!

KB: Now, anything coming at all?

Kathryn: No, no, no, no.

KB: Sure there's not?

Kathryn: No, no, I'm just still looking at the road.

I'm looking at the road, all the time,

I'm not taking my eyes off the road.

(Beep)

(Beep)

(Beep)

Oh, my God!

KB: Where are we? Where are we?

We're going uphill, are we going uphill?

Kathryn: Look at the road -- (Beep)

Still got that goddamn blindfold on.

KB: What?

Kathryn: How are you doing this?

KB: Just don't break my concentration.

KB: We're OK, though?

Kathryn: Yes.

That's so weird.

We're nearly there. Oh, my God!

Oh, my God!

KB: And I've stopped.

Kathryn: That is weird.

You're like a freak-ass of nature.

That was the most scary thing I've ever done in my life.

(Applause)

Thank you.

By the way, two days ago,

we were going to film this

down there, at the race course,

and we got a guy into a car,

and we got a camera man in the back,

but halfway through the drive, he told me he had a --

I think it was a nine-millimeter or something, stuck to his leg.

So I stopped pretty quick, and that was it.

So, do you believe it's possible

to see through somebody else's eyes?

That's the question.

Now, most people here would automatically say no. OK,

but I want you to realize some facts.

I couldn't see through the blindfold.

The car was not gimmicked or tricked in any way,

the girl -- I'd never met before, all right.

So I want you to just think about it for a moment.

A lot of people try to come up

with a logical solution to what just happened, all right.

But because your brains are not trained in the art of deception,

the solutions you come up with

will 99 percent of the time be way off the mark.

This is because magic is all about directing attention.

If, for instance, I didn't want you to look at my right hand,

well, then, I don't look at it.

But if I wanted you to look at my right hand,

then I look at it, too, you see.

It's very, very simple, once you know how,

but very complicated in other ways.

Now, I'm going to give you some demonstrations up here, live, right now.

I need two people to help me out real quick.

Can you come up?

And let's see, down at the end, here,

can you also come up, real quick?

Do you mind?

Yes, at the end.

OK, give them a round of applause as they come up.

You might want to use the stairs, there.

(Applause)

Now, it's very important for everybody here to realize

I haven't set anything up with you guys.

You don't know what's about to happen. Is that agreed?

OK, would you mind just standing over here for a moment?

Your name is?

Nicole: Nicole.

KB: Nicole, and?

(Telephone ringing)

KB: OK, oh. Tell them, actually here's the thing,

answer it, answer it, answer it.

(Laughter)

KB: Is it a girl?

Man: They've already gone.

KB: Oh, they're gone, OK.

I'll tell you what, swap over positions.

Can you stand over here, this will just make it a little bit easier.

OK, that was a pity, I would have told them it was the ace of spades.

OK, a little bit closer.

(Laughter)

A little bit closer.

(Laughter)

OK, a little bit closer, come over -- they look really nervous up here.

Come in a little bit closer.

OK, now, do you believe in witchcraft at all?

Nicole: No.

KB: Voodoo?