Mind Games

From the Pocono record....

Ross Wasielke is a mentalist. Mentalism, he explains, is the art and skill of using extrasensory perception, thought projection, precognition, clairvoyance and mind reading to entertain through audience participation.

"I don't pretend that I have powers," Wasielke said. "It's skill."

Wasielke began developing that skill in high school after his father had taken him to a magic show. He began reading books about magic and joined a magic club. Then he joined a traveling talent troupe at Valley Stream Central High School in New York. The troupe included a comedian, a juggler, dancers, singers and Ross, the magician/mentalist.

"A mentalist is a magician that specializes in magic of the mind," the 44-year-old Bartonsville resident said. "I can make it appear that I can read people's minds. People laugh at their amazement."

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