Magic & Conjuring: page 410

Contents:

• CARD TRICKS
  • A Forcing Pack which can be Shuffled
  • The Card on Tape
  • A Card Changing Stand
  • A Trick with Giant Cards
• COIN TRICKS
  • A New Coin Box
  • A New Stack of Coins
  • A New Coin Vanish
  • The Travelling Farthings
  • The Chinese Coin Trick
  • The Linked Coins
  • The Newest X-Ray Block
• CLOCK TRICKS
  • The Tell-Tale Clock
  • The Clock Maker
  • The Vanishing Clock
• HANDKERCHIEF TRICKS
  • The Burned and Restored Handkerchief
  • A Handkerchief and a Bottle of Ink
  • Thought Reading with Silk Handkerchiefs
  • The Newest Matter Through Matter
  • Improved Pistol to Vanish a Handkerchief
  • A Mysterious...

This is a compilation of Peter Wilker's contributions to Abra. In 1991 he contributed a Triad Cavalcade to issue #2357. A couple of individual tips and tricks from other issues complete the collection.

• Introduction
• The Broken Match Ceremony
• Third Clue
• Dating
• The Devil's End
• Saltpetre Indices
• The Missing Prediction

1st edition 1991, PDF 14 pages.

One of New York's busiest magic and psychic entertainers reveals the best of his audience-tested effects in this fascinating ebook.

This is not just a book for magicians. Several outstanding mentalism demonstrations are also included. These are effects that work and will get you repeat dates! This popular performer explains the effects and methods, just as if he was providing you with personal instruction. Ed Mishell's pen and ink illustrations distill the methods even further, ensuring that the workings of these audience-pleasing miracles are easy to understand and perform.

Here's what's...

Another silent film from the 1950s showcasing magic performed and explained by Peter Warlock. He teaches mostly magic with ropes and silks. It was recorded in the Harry Stanley Unique Magic Studios. The man behind the camera was Lewis Ganson.

• Robin Hood Knot
• A Colourful Surprise (cigarette pack to flowers)
• A Tale of Three Ropes
• Take Your Pick! (two rings one rope)
• The Amiable Silkworm (appearing silks)
• Porous Silk
• Two Cords one Ring
• See How It Runs (salt from silk)

The first and most exceptional definitive study ever written on the Wild Card.

The classic miracle of the century and forerunner of all packet tricks is the Wild Card. Many of the routines have been closely guarded and found print for the very first time in this publication. Within the confines of these covers you will find revolutionary new routines, ideas and show stopping effects which are diabolically different, superbly written and magnificently illustrated.

When Frank Garcia speaks, all magicians listen. When Frank Garcia writes, everyone reads his books. When they see Frank Garcia...

Four Jokers turn one by one into the same card that was selected before by a spectator. For the climax the four cards turn into the four Queens.

This effect was inspired by Jenning's Wild Cards.

runtime: 8min 22s

Another epic effect by Peter Pellikaan – with an unexpected kicker!

You will need:

• three double facers (Queen/9H, Queen/9H, Queen/9H, regular 9H, four regular Queens)
• Cut Count (briefly explained)
• Elmsley Count

length 4min 23s

John Gelasi's Wild Color Twist has never been better! This new video download features an updated handling of John's favorite packet trick, making it cleaner and more mechanically direct than ever.

The effect is this: Four aces are shown. Each ace turns face up in the packet, one by one: first the ace of diamonds, then the clubs, then the spades - to mix things up a bit, the performer surprises everyone by turning all of the aces into aces of spades, except for one: the missing ace of hearts. The magician snaps his fingers, showing that all of the aces have gone back to being different -...

The Wild Card effect has been one of my favorite packet effects from as far back as I can remember and is indisputably one of the best card packet effects of all time. Unfortunately, in its original form, it does not meet my concept of good magic. It does not answer the basic audience dilemma - "Why does he do it ?"

I know transformations (anything that changes) are part of a magic effect, but there ought to be some reason for it. If a performer changes blank paper to currency notes, that's logical, it's something everyone in the audience would like to do. If he changes a silk to an egg,...

"Thanks for the amazing response that you had for Wild at Heart! Rachel had her operation in November 2010, and thankfully it went brilliantly. She and Aldo are now having their amazing farewell lecture tour, and all you brilliant people who bought this Ebook helped them lots. So, although this Ebook will not help with Rachel's operation anymore, all the money will still go to Aldo and Rachel, and you will be getting an Ebook full of great magic. Thank you." - Kyle

This is a very special ebook put together by an incredible person who is all but 13 years old and driven by his love for...

Magic with a young wizard theme!

Rachel has put together what we believe to be a unique collection containing material featuring the famous character so well known and loved the world over - Harry Potter. You will get a full act and many more ideas to customize standard tricks into this particular kind of show. Suitable for children and adults alike.

Contents:

• BAFFLING BOOK: A wonderful book test using Harry’s book!
• THRU THE WALL: A solid wall is shown. Suddenly a hole appears in the wall!
• OWL MAIL: The white owls deliver a special greeting!
• FLOATING FEATHER: A feather magically...

Unique routines for magic shows that include a young wizard theme.

Harry Potter has enchanted young and old readers worldwide, and his magic connects people from different cultures with a common bond. The magic of literature has brought us a wonderful tool to enhance our performance as magicians. Harry Potter, a fictitious, young wizard in England, created through the mind and pen of J.K. Rowling, is familiar to children around the world. This is a great way to harness some of the power of the Harry Potter phenomena when you are hired for a Harry Potter themed party, next book or movie release. ...

Ein unabhängiges Zauberkunstperiodikum von Österreich. Herausgeber war Hans Spitzer und Redakteur war Reinhold Woda, ein exzellenter Kartenzauberer und Schüler von Ottokar Fischer. Nur ein Jahrgang erschien, 11 Nummern mit einer Doppelnummer, vom Mai 1948 - April 1949. Die Zeitschrift mußte schließen weil die Ausfuhr von Büchern und Zeitschriften von Österreich noch nicht erlaubt war. Viele Tricks mit einigen philosophischen und theoretischen Diskussionen.

• Nummer 1
  • Zum Geleit
  • Die Magischen Essenzen / Ottokar Fischer
  • Magische Ostereier / Ottokar Fischer
  • Blauer Dunst / Hans Trunk ...

Mostly conjuring applications. Magic theory.

This is a collection of experience thoughts about performance magic. What is magic? What role does it play in our culture? What does impossible mean today? The theme is being "more than able" in live as well as pretending at the impossible on stage. Each section and page is meant to inspire reflective musing on one's abilities and limitations. Together they provide a mirror in which each magician can view self and chosen magical effects in a different light or perspective. They are not a formula for self-improvement.

Part of this is the notion...

The owners of Square Thrills can get this ebook for half price.

This is not about construction of a magic square. This is about presenting and representing a magic square in such a manner that the audience cannot uncover your secrets by doing a simple search on the internet, which is what is happening to most of the magic square routines these days.

5 solutions for alternative presentations/representations for a magic square are provided along with some bonus ideas.

A novel and self working routine is included which uses the magic square principles in a clever and unconventional manner but does not...

This is a wonderfully visual climax to any ambitious card routine. The gimmick is easy to make and easy to hide. Watch the demo video below.

Version 2 includes everything from the original version plus new ways to change the card and deck into the signed selection, new single routine and new transposition routine.

New updated edition.

This biographical guide lists over 5,500 men and women associated with the art of conjuring from earliest recorded times to the present: performers, inventors, writers, teachers, dealers, manufacturers, publishers, collectors, historians, and showmen of magic. Several are included from the so-called allied arts of magic. Thus it gives those whose deceptions or careers directly influenced magicians, such as pseudo-psychics and card sharps; and those who share many deceptive methods with magicians, such as escapologists, mentalists, and stage pickpockets and hypnotists....

There are not many short biography compilations in magic and this one by Goldston is still one that is being consulted frequently. The most extensive one is by Bart Whaley (Who's Who in Magic) but while Whaley covers many more magicians he does not include portraits. Goldston includes many portraits of magicians and his biographical sketches can sometimes be much more extensive than in other such compilations. Goldston groups magicians as professionals, semi-professionals, and amateurs. He covers 90 professional magicians, 50 semi-professional magicians, and 69 amateurs.

1st edition 1934, 114 pages; PDF...

A comedy 'just chance' routine with a modern twist.

The performer has five envelopes numbered 1-to-5. One of the envelopes contains cocaine donated free for PR purposes by a leading Columbian drug cartel. (They're not all bad, after all!) Go with it - this is a comedy routine. (Non-adult version also included.)

Audience members select any four envelopes - but there's no 'snow' in any of them. The remaining envelope belongs to the performer - inside is the expensive white powder. This is a comedy routine with a brilliant visual ending that goes down a storm. But don't worry if you want...

A magical mystery in one act.

From the introduction:

Acclaimed by experts, Senor Mardo reveals 19 choice close-up and platform magic miracles in this "lost classic."

It's not black magic, it's . . . White Sorcery! Mardo's wizardry with new effects and novel takes on existing magic makes this a worthy addition to any performer's library of legerdemain.

Here's a partial list of contents:

• A Coin Routine
• A New Rope Cut Technique
• Another Rope Cut Technique
• The Vanishing Light
• Booming the Aces
• Rose
• The Nudist End
• Television Technique
• The Ball and Vase
• Matching the Colors
• Dye Tube Routine
• The Adams Block
• The Yarn
• Three Out Of One...

In darkness deep, a chart does lie,
"Whispers of the Stygian Veil" by and by.
Penned by the Devil's cunning hand,
Wisdom you must strive to understand.

Cast the die into the abyss,
And await, the Devil's kiss.
Each outcome, a secret, sealed and true.
The Devil's advice, just for you.

With bated breath, as dice doth land,
Await the counsel, Devil's hand.
For in these "Whispers," deep and grave,
Lie devilish knowledge, for the brave.

Prepare for wisdoms to unveil,
From the haunting "Whispers of the Stygian Veil."

Unearth the Devil's own advice especially for you with every...

This treatise is a detailed exploration of a glorified location-divination, framed by a whimsical conceit - namely that an inanimate object - a playing card - is the supposed agency that makes the entire trick work. In this regard it was an effort to upgrade an essentially puerile divination effect.

Here is the basic approach or plot: The way the performer learns the identity of a freely selected card is apparently due to enlisting the assistance of another playing card (usually a Queen), which whispers the name of the selection to the magician. The magician then acts as the Queen's proxy...

Introduce your business cards or credit cards in a fun new way.

EMERGE
Your Business Card / Credit Card or a Playing Card eerily emerges out of the inside compartment. [One time setup and you are good to go for hundreds of performances. The speed is completely under your control. Resets Instantly.]

CARD DART
Your Business Card / Credit Card jumps out of wallet. [Even for the laziest person set-up will takes less than 10 seconds]

Works with any regular bi-fold wallet. You can keep all your stuff in there and still perform these. Also included in the explanation is CARD DART II which is an impromptu take on it's earlier version.

(For the PDF please check your digital shelf.)

1st edition 2015, length 18 minutes....