Magic & Conjuring: page 140

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La nostra vita è piena zeppa di strumenti tecnologici che usiamo quotidianamente per gestire le nostre attività. Pensiamo in particolare a quanto sono entrati nella nostra quotidianità quei dispositivi che ruotano attorno a internet: computer, tablet, smartphone… Tutti strumenti dei quali diventa ogni giorno più difficile fare a meno.

La domanda è allora: con tutta questa tecnologia disponibile, è utile imparare a ricordare? Se stai leggendo questo ebook (magari su uno degli strumenti indicati sopra…)...

Fabian, in the role as literary and technical editor of Abracadabra magazine, selected and edited these routines.

• Publisher's Foreword
• "The Conjurer Comes Forward" Or Making Money Out Of Magic (Ron Bishop)
• Allez Oop!! (Jack Shepherd)
• Glass Distinction (Robert W. Edmanson)
• The Grand National (Syd the Sorcerer)
• Picture Projection (Arthur Eydmann)
• The Spanish Prince (John K. Bays)
• The Mechanical Banner (Jack Le Dair)
• Blown Egg (Syd the Sorcerer)
• The Chinese Chain (A. G. Jacobs)
• Cigarettes To Pocket (John K. Bays)
• The Quick And The Dead (Peter A. McDonald)
• Decks In Sympathy (Arnold...

• Winning At Gin Rummy
• Hole Card Wild
• Cards Of Unrest
• Double Denouement
• Mental Reverse
• The Incredible Prediction
• Four-Card Finale
• Thoughts Across Space
• Miracle From Smoke
• Miracle From Smoke (No. 2)
• Impromptu Daub Location
• Cards Do Not Lie

PDF 14 pages.

• Riesenkartentrick
• Schwebendes Glass
• Steifes Seil
• Schwebende Kugel: Zombie

[Alle Folgen sind als preisreduziertes Paket zu haben: Magisches Intermezzo (Alle 23 Folgen).]

• Fridolin der Geist
• Geistertafel
• Flaschengeist: Zauberstäbe schweben
• Seiltrick: Professor's Nightmare

[Alle Folgen sind als preisreduziertes Paket zu haben: Magisches Intermezzo (Alle 23 Folgen).]

• Nostalgie: Kragenknopf-Münzenwanderung
• Magnetische Effekte (Mesmerismus)
• Zeitexperiment

[Alle Folgen sind als preisreduziertes Paket zu haben: Magisches Intermezzo (Alle 23 Folgen).]

The first part and majority of this book deals with marked cards. It shows numerous examples of how and where to mark various back designs popular during the early 20th century in the United States. The second part briefly describes sleight-of-hand for the card cheater such as second dealing, bottom dealing, shuffling, false cuts, and mechanical hold outs. Each technique is illustrated with a photo, which is quite remarkable for a book from that time. The third and final part deals with the mathematical odds of draw poker.

Some people believe that F. R. Ritter might be S. W. Erdnase, the unknown author...

This was the advertisement booklet for Ritter's book Advantage Card Playing and Draw Poker. It describes the motivation of the book and shows some excerpts including four illustrations.

1st edition 1905, 9 pages; digital edition colorized.

It is said that this book influenced Father Wenceslao Ciuró (and probably started his serious interest in magic). As Father Ciuró was one of the most prolific Spanish magic writers of the 20th century, Arte de Encantamiento might be one of the most important books in the history of magic in Spain (and the world). Without this book and Father Ciuró's influence, geniuses such as Juan Tamariz and Arturo de Ascanio could have been very successful (and rich) computer engineers (instead of creative geniuses of magic), and the world would have cheaper and better computers instead of all those card...

This is a collection of wonderful poker stories, some obviously pure fiction, some based on true facts, at least some of the actors are historical figures that did indeed exist. It reveals a good amount of how card sharps plied their trade, and illustrates many of the local differences in playing draw poker.

The book has been illustrated by Ike Morgan of Frank Baum and Wizard of Oz fame.

• CHAPTER I
  • What Is Poker
  • Its Origin, And Why We Like It
• CHAPTER II
  • The Early Days Of Poker
  • Steamboat Games
  • A Mammoth Raise
  • Bowie's Good Deed
• CHAPTER III
  • Poker In Washington
  • A Story Of...

Many magicians get their greatest pleasure out of making their own tricks - and there is no form of construction easier or less costly than working with plastic cups. For the man who likes to make his own - no workshop is needed for these easy to construct effects. Over thirty tricks you can make for pennies each. Good magic, low cost. Illustrated.

• The fake bottom cup
• Variations of the fake bottom cup
• The cup with a secret compartment
• The foo cup

1st edition 1976, 52 pages; digital edition 2012, 42 pages.

Thirty more excellent effects with plastic cups.

• Introduction
• Rationale For Using Disposable Cups
• Folding Or Collapsible Cup
• Vanishing Cup Of Liquid
• Additional Folding Cup Ideas
• Improved Foo Cup
• Fake Bottom Cup
• Foo Cup, Continued
• Vanishing Omelet
• Transformation Tricks With Eggs
• Baking Tricks
• Baking Cup Cakes In Paper Bag
• Cake In Hat
• Egg Shampoo
• Using The Foo Cup For Changes
• Production Cups
• Productions Using One Cup
• Funny Routine With Fruit Punch
• Thrilling Rice Production
• Shades Of The Coffee, Milk, And Sugar Trick
• Magic With New Transparent Solo Cups
• Liquid Appear Outfit ...

A beautifully illustrated ebook on tables and side stands for you to build. Gene Gloye uses the tag line, "without drapes", because all the tables described are used in many ways, but without cloth drapes.

The ebook begins with several pages of discussion on stage furniture and its possibilities, with illustrated advice on transporting it, plus storing it. The various multi-panel and single panel tables described in detail, with easy to follow building plans, often have diabolically clever "black art wells" and other secret devices. A "Night Club Table" is so simple and so useful, and so...

A fantastic ebook on theatrical magic, the psychology of magic, and numerous routines explained in detail.

• PSYCHOLOGY AND MAGIC
  • The Psychology of Theatrical Magic
  • A Psychological Analysis of Children's Reactions to Magic
  • Psychology and Physical Arrangements
  • An Analysis of Interest in Magic
• MAGIC THEATRE
  • Styles in Theatrical Magic
  • Magical Beliefs As Themes In Theatrical Magic
  • Blocking Applied To Magic Routines
  • Stage Areas
  • Use of Stage Areas
  • Expanding the Concept of Stage Areas
  • Blocking in Relation to a Microphone
  • Making a Prompt Book
  • Timing Applied to Magic Routines
  • The...

A fine side line for the magician, especially a kid performer. This ebook can help put you in the business, increase your income, and insure you a lot of fun. Mr. Kern, who is a magician and clown, has covered every question about becoming a clown whether you do it for fun or for profit.

Contents include: Make up, the 'come in,' two man gags, circuses and parades, clown names, wardrobe, short bits, gags, costume gags, working for children etc. It contains many photographs of working clowns so you can see how the pros make up and dress.

1st edition 1960, 1st digital edition 2013, 44 pages....

The basic effect as seen by your spectators is that you can read minds and see through the cards as if you had X-ray eyes.

• The deck can be shuffled
• You never know the spectator's card
• You never look at the faces of the cards after the selection is made
• No multiple outs
• No special decks or props required

You will get two wonderful effects which are almost self-working because all the things you do seem so natural and imperceptible. The effects will require almost no effort on your part. These are effects that require nothing more than a good presentation and to be able to use your sense of touch. That's it! You don't need more than that because the clever thinking behind the principles that make the effects work every time will do all the work for you and also you can use the patter given for each of the effects.

The following effects are described:

Influential Coincidence: A spectator...

After more than one year and a half of planning, programming and thinking over and over about details, my third release is here. For this occasion, I'm sharing with you three effects along with some really cool phone applications. These are the effects found in the ebook:

THE PERFECT LOCATION: You place a red card as a prediction in a blue deck. A spectator selects a freely chosen card from the same blue deck and replaces it in a random position of his choice. The deck is divided into two and you take cards simultaneously from each packet. When you get to your prediction card (the red card),...

This is the best vanishing deck gimmick created to this date.

A spectator picks a card, remembers it, and even signs it. The magician cleanly inserts the card into the front of the pack. He then spreads the deck showing that the card is lost somewhere in the pack. With no funny moves he squeezes the deck and it literally "melts" in his hand, leaving only one card, the spectator's signed selection!

The meLt ebook not only teaches you how to make the gimmick.......it is a full 110 page book that includes two routines, instructions on how to make three different versions of the gimmick, and...

Telepathie, ihre Erklärung und Ausübung

Herman Steinschneider, oder hier 'Hary' Steinschneider, der spätere Erik Jan Hanussen, beschreibt wie Telepathie funktioniert und wie sie ausgeübt wird. Interessanterweise gibt er auch die 'Tricks' der 'Falschen Telepathen' preis.

• 1. Kapitel: Über telepathische Werke und deren Wert
• 2. Kapitel: Was versteht man unter Telepathie?
• 3. Kapitel: Telepathie und Medium
• 4. Kapitel: Wie wird der Gedanke empfunden?
• 5. Kapitel: Psychologie und Telepathie
• 6. Kapitel: Die Asymmetrie der Emanationen
• 7. Kapitel: Kann man Telepathie erlernen?
• 8. Kapitel:...

Eine hervorragende Anleitung zum Muskellesen. Im Anhang beschreibt Hanussen auch mehrer Mental-Trick Methoden wie den Zweipersonen-Code, Buchtestmethoden, das "one-ahead" Prinzip, Durchschrifttechnik, ua.

• Einleitung für das Gesamtwerk.
• 1. Lektion. Was ist Telepathie?
  • Zur Geschichte des Gedankenlesens, ihrer Entwicklung und Literatur
  • Telepathie und Polizei
• 2. Lektion. Das Muskellesen.
• 3. Lektion. Experiment und Experimentator.
  • A. Die Disposition des Experimentators
  • B. Die Eignung des Mediums.
  • C. Die Art der gestellten Aufgabe.
• 4. Lektion. Fragenlogik.
• 5. Lektion. Vorübungen. ...

Autobiographie von Hermann Steinschneider, aka Erik Jan Hanussen, Hitler's Hellseher der 1933 von der SS ermordet wurde.

"Der Gerichtshof glaubt aussprechen zu dürfen, daß der Angeklagte über rätselhafte Geisteskräfte verfügt, denn ihre Wirkung wird von zahlreichen glaubwürdigen Zeugen bestätigt." - Aus der Begründung des Freispruchs im Leitmeritzer Hellseher-Prozeß

Vom Vorwort:

A4 Format Buch mit hartem Deckel und ohne Schutzumschlag in sehr gutem Zustand. Am Deckel gibt es am oberen Rand nur einen kleinen helleren Fleck. Diese Ausgabe ist eine Neuauflage von Jimmy Bix. Zum Inhalt siehe die digitale Ausgabe.

The performer proposes an imaginary game of Blackjack. The stakes are high because the performer has made a sealed prediction which is kept in full view the entire time...

The cards are freely chosen - only thought of by the volunteer.

A sealed envelope is opened showing a prediction matching 100% correctly with the volunteers selection.

1st edition 2007; 8 pages.