Time travel is the manipulation of time, convincing the audience an event defying explanation occurred in the past or future. Mentalists achieve the time travel effect using psychological techniques, switching devices, or props that allow the performer to alter the sequence of events or predict outcomes as though the mentalist had traversed time.

Time travel is a premise in mentalism performances featuring predictions sealed before the show or revelations suggesting retroactive changes to reality.

When mentalists combine storytelling, showmanship, stagecraft, and time distortion, spectators marvel at the spectacle of time travel effects, experiencing a sense of wonder at the miracle of bending time.