Magic & Conjuring: page 261

A self-working mental routine.

Three envelopes are introduced; the contents of which are unknown for the moment. The envelopes are laid out in a row according to the direction of a spectator. Once the envelopes are in place, the audience is told that each envelope contains money; two bills per envelope. The envelopes are opened, but only one of the bills is removed from each, which are the placed below its envelope. The audience is told that the other bills are going to be left in the envelopes and are going to be used later as predictions.

A spectator is told to pick two of the bills and...

You could be the next big star in films, on the stage, or television. Veteran performers of stage and TV reveal all in this must-have guide ebook for anyone who wants to enter the exciting world of entertainment. Whether your goal is to appear on a televised talent contest, play theaters, Las Vegas, TV or appear in films, this ebook contains time-tested advice and vocal exercises to get you on your way, just as if you'd hired your own personal coach to prepare you for the "big time."

This informative ebook also reveals proper microphone technique, how to minimize stage fright and pre-show...

From the Author's Note:

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...

Here's the perfect "one man" comedy mentalism act that's great for those occasions when you aren't able to perform your regular show. Or add it as a feature to your regular act.

Don't confuse this with the old "two person" comedy mindreading act. This hilarious routine can be performed by you, alone, without assistants, stage hands or stooges. Using a crystal ball, a jumbo electric light bulb, or even a swirly-painted bowling ball, you cause a laugh riot by apparently answering questions which have been merely "thought of" by your audience. There's no mystery to it. All you need is this clever...

160 pages

141. Goldston's Magical Quarterly - Volume 1 - 2 pages - originally at the end of the file
142. Volume 1 Index

1. Goldston's Magical Quarterly - Volume 1, Number 1 - Summer, 1934 - 36 pages
1. Contents
3. Editorial
4. A Word to Students - Louis Gautier
4. Elections
5. Contributed By
   5. An Original Bowl and Silk Production - Shu Foo Yai
   5. The Human Penetration Mystery - "Cyro"
   6. Coincidence Extraordinary - Brian Godfrey
   7. "Could You Deal Me a Nap Hand?" - G. W. Hunter
   8. Simplified Reckoning with Hammond's Set-Up Pack - Carlo Rossetti
   9. A Good Production Tube - Le Walke
   10. Cutting a Cigarette...

160 pages

141. Goldston's Magical Quarterly - Volume 2 - 2 pages - originally at the end of the file
142. Volume 2 Index

1. Goldston's Magical Quarterly - Volume 2, Number 1 - Summer, 1935 - 40 pages
1. Contents
3. Editorial
3. Elections 1935
4. A Letter to all Members of the Magicians' Club - Horace Goldin
5. Contributed By
   5. A Trick for Card Manipulators - Royal V. Heath
   5. Mento-Test Card Effect - John B. Ward
   6. The Melting Knot - E. Brenton Jennings
   6. Writes Right - Rupert H. Slater
   8. Cyro's Mass Production
   8. The Mysterious Cut
   9. A Goldin Flight - Horace Goldin
   9. The "Do It Again" Rope...

160 pages

285. Goldston's Magical Quarterly - Volume 3 - 2 pages - originally at the end of the file
286. Volume 3 Index

1. Goldston's Magical Quarterly - Volume 3, Number 1 - Summer, 1936 - 40 pages
143. Contents
145. Editorial
145. Elections, 1936
146. Question of the Next Wearer of Thurston's Mantle - Caryl S. Fleming
147. Contributed By
     147. Divination with Cards - Hubert Elliott
     147. Thought Reading Extraordinary
     148. A New Billiard Ball Producer - E. Lewis Philpot
     149. Okito's Inexhaustible Chinese Mat
152. Don't Discard Your Old Apparatus - Will Goldston
153. Bodies for Burial - A Short Story - Howard Jones
155. Ceeley...

96 pages

363. Goldston's Magical Quarterly - Volume 4 - 2 pages - originally at the end of the file
364. Volume 4 Index

1. Goldston's Magical Quarterly - Volume 4, Number 1 - December, 1937 - 24 pages
285. Contents
287. Editorial
288. News of Magicians
289. What is a Book Club Worth? - Hilaire White
291. Reviews - Charles Hepworth
     • Books
       • It's Fun to be Fooled - Horace Goldin
       • Keith Clark's Encyclopedia of Cigarette Tricks
       • Aus Eins Mach Zehn - Ottokar Fischer
       • Watch Me Closely - Louis Lam
       • General Magic - Will Dale
291. Contributed By
     291. "Zara" Passing a Solid Steel Rod...

111 pages [1 double page]

459. Goldston's Magical Quarterly - Volume 5 - 2 pages - originally at the end of the file
460. Volume 5 Index

1. Goldston's Magical Quarterly - Volume 5, Number 1 - December, 1938 - 40 pages
365. Contents
373. Editorial
374. Let's Have Spectacle - Hilaire White
374. Seen This Trick? - John Carpenter
375. News of Magicians
377. Contributed By
     377. The Mexican Coin Vanish - Rupert H. Slater
     378. Two Good Tricks for Your Christmas Party - J. P. Donovan
          • Is Seeing Believing?
          • A Coin and a Packet of Cigarettes - Gravity Defied
     378. The Mysogynist - Capt. J. R. Cleland
     379. Production of Flags...

84 pages

523. Goldston's Magical Quarterly - Volume 6 - 2 pages - originally at the end of the file
524. Volume 6 Index

1. Goldston's Magical Quarterly - Volume 6, Number 1 - December, 1939 - 24 pages
461. Contents
462. Will Goldston wishes all Readers in the Army, Navy and Air Force ... A Happy Christmas and Good Luck in 1940
462. Book Reviews - Charles Hepworth
     • Books
       • Entertaining Children With Magic - Eddie Clever
463. Editorial
464. Ventriloquism in War Time - Arthur Prince
465. News of Magicians
466. The Magicians' Club
466. The Aladdin Brotherhood of Magicians
467. Contributed By
     467. Two Tiny...

Here's a complete four-phase routine using a deck of ESP cards.

Do you know the true facts about the ESP deck? J. G. Thompson, Jr. has thoroughly analyzed the deck and come up with some most amazing discoveries which he has blended into the first completely routined demonstration with a standard deck of Rhine E. S. P. cards.

Now you can prove your mastery over extra sensory perception (ESP) and demonstrate to your audience that you are a mentalist by using an ESP testing deck - a scientifically approved accessory. You go through a series of experiments such as Rhine has only hoped to...

Optimale Musiksteuerung für den Alleinunterhalter

Genau wie jeder Entertainer war auch ich lange auf der Suche nach einer Möglichkeit, Musik optimal in meinen Shows einsetzen zu können. Ich wollte jedoch nicht auf einen Tontechniker angewiesen sein und ein eigenes Orchester war aus diversen Gründen einfach nicht praktikabel. Dies schränkte die Möglichkeiten des Abspielens von Musik während den Shows doch sehr ein.

Ich war also auf der Suche nach einer Lösung, wie ich die Musik in meiner Show selbst steuern konnte. Und wie ich erkannte war ich nicht der einzige Künstler, der dieses...

Music control for the solo entertainer

This ebook describes how any solo entertainer can easily build and set up their own music control system. Many entertainers are looking for an easy set up to be their own sound technician. The system can be operated by the push of a button and the button can even be in the performers pocket.

I tried a lot of hardware and software and I think that I found a good working solution. This system is easy to build, reliable, cheaper than some other sound systems and cheaper as hiring a sound technician. The ebook covers all aspects to setup such a system...

A participant thinks of two words with opposite meanings. The performer tells him to decide upon one word and to forget the other. He settles on a word in his mind after deciding from several thousand possibilities. He does not look at a list of words, but freely decides on a word in his mind. He is not to tell the performer the final word or write it, just concentrate on it. The performer picks up a piece of cardboard and with no fishing or questions; writes a word and shows it to the participant and audience. Let's assume the performer wrote: 'Beautiful'. The performer says, "Does that define...

Conradi was the largest manufacturer of magic apparatus in Germany in the early 20th century. He wrote and published several major magic books and his magazine Zauberspiegel (Magic Mirror) predates Mahatma, the first American magic magazine. We should not forget that around 1900 Germany was dominating the magic market. Some of the largest magic retailers in the US, such as Roterberg, built their entire business on importing goods from various German manufacturers, such as Conrad-Horster, and then reselling them in the US. Roterberg's most successful book New Era Card Tricks was little more than a translation of effects taken from various...

From the Foreword:

Effect: Two people each select a card. The performer then shuffles the deck by giving it a riffle shuffle. The spectators take the deck and returned the cards with the deck in their own hands in such a manner that there can be no suspicion of trickery. The two cards are not forced.

The performer now spreads the deck face up on the table so all the faces are in full view. The first card is found by contact mindreading (apparently). The first spectator holds the performer's wrist while he moves his fingers over the face up cards. Suddenly, the performer's finger drops down on a card and it...

As the title suggests, this is a collection of simple magic tricks, stunts, and experiments separated in two parts. The first part teaches tricks which require no special apparatus, the second part teaches tricks which require some gimmick or apparatus.

• Introduction
• Part I: Tricks Without Apparatus
  • The Movable Fetters
  • A String Trick
  • The Paper Loops
  • How To Make A Paper Tree
  • Making A Basket
  • The Magic String
  • The Wonderful Die
  • The Broken Match
  • Picking Up The Ring
  • The Penny And The Paper
  • A Match Trick
  • Balancing The Penny
  • The Revolving Penny
  • Flicking The Card
  • Squeezing The Shilling ...

Every magician, at one time or another, needs a sure-fire method of switching decks. With this clever publication, you get 25 of them.

Newly revised and updated, this must-have reference not only includes the mechanics of the switches themselves, but also offers a behind-the-scenes peek of how performers work their magic with cards. Included is the full handling of Herbert Brooks' sensational card-from-pocket mystery, just as he performed it for years on the vaudeville stage. Some of the methods involve no apparatus, others rely on props owned by most magicians.

Paul Fleming wrote:

From the introduction:

Four prize winning routines on the "find the ace" theme, performed with extra giant cards that you can print yourself.

IN PERFORMANCE

The performer shows three extra giant cards. The audience are asked to follow the movements of the Ace of Diamonds, The Ace is mixed up with the two other extra giant cards shown - the Two and Three of Clubs. The audience never are able to discover the whereabouts of the elusive Ace. The Ace transposes continuously in an incredible manner even while it is in the hands of a spectator or while it is marked by a clip. The spectator himself takes the ace in...

This is the perfect start into the world of folding impossible bills. You will learn four easy but still gorgeous looking folds which make great give-aways or presents. For each fold you will receive a PDF template for easy printing, a photo of the final folded bill, and detailed video instructions of how to fold each bill.

You will learn:

• Dangling Piece
• Chaos Bill
• Snowflake
• Triangle and Star

No. 1

• Zum Beginn
• Der Zauberstab und seine verschiedenen Präparationen
• Der Saharasand
• Die Bonbondüte
• Das Loch im Hut
• Die gehorsamen Karten
• Das Nennen jeder Karte im Spiel oder das bezauberte Messer
• Die verschwindende Dame
• Die Sparkasse im Wasserglase
• Das Vexir-Fläschchen
• Der Gedächtniskünstler im Salon
• Briefkasten

• Der Zauberstab und seine verschiedenen Präparationen
• Das Verkleinerungsei
• Die Thalerwanderung
• Die sich in der Hand eines Zuschauers verwandelnde Karte
• Der Gedächtniskünstler im Salon
• Die dressierte Spinne
• Der magische Name
• Scherzaufgabe
• Die...