Voodoo Spirit Writing best trick ever

A willing volunteer selects and removes a card from a fanned deck, it is memorised before being
returned, the deck is then shuffled by the volunteer.
The magician remarks that he can sense the presence of a Voodoo spirit in the room and will
endeavour to use this spirit to locate the chosen card !
"I'm going to try something, I've never done this before, It's bizarre"
The deck is then placed on a table, a piece of blank green paper is folded and momentarily placed
on top of the deck.
The magician continues to build up the voodoo atmosphere by asking the volunteer to hold the
paper to his forehead and to visualise his chosen card. The magician then takes the paper and sets
fire to it with the cigarette lighter. The flaming paper is held over the magicians hand and allowed
to burn as he mumbles some barely audible magical words, the flame is then carefully blown out.
The magician now places the ash of the burnt paper onto his forearm. The ash is slowly rubbed
onto the skin.....
the name of the selected card now appears on the magicians forearm ! WHOOOOOO !!! , spooky
or what ? ;-)
Preparation.
In advance of performing this trick you must write the name of a card on your left forearm with
soft wet soap, (say the 3 Diamonds) It is best just to draw the symbol of the suit rather than the
word, you will also need to experiment with different soaps and with the amount of time you can
allow before the soap dries and won't stick to the ash !
A piece of 'spooky' green paper, about 3 x 3 inches. Coloured paper is best as it produces a black
ash.
You will also need a cigarette lighter in your right hand pocket.
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David Blaine
Method.
Force a known card (3 Diamonds) onto a spectator, have it returned to the deck then follow the
effect as written above.