Magic & Conjuring: page 54

Basil Horwitz - the South African mentalist - released in the 1980s seven of his treasured mentalism routines and the impact was phenomenal. There are few mentalists in the world who have not heard either the recordings or read the text which was published later. Several professional and famous mentalists use the material straight from these recordings. Each of the seven effects has been used somewhere in the world on TV.

If you would like to read a lot more about Basil's routines then see the 6 volume ebook series Mental Magick.

[For volume 2 of this recording click here.

This is a licensed reproduction of the famous Magicassette and MagiCD...

This is the second volume describing seven brilliant mentalism effects. Basil Horwitz is one of South Africa's most successful insurance salesmen. His success is almost 90% due to a magical approach explained on these recordings.

[For volume 1 of this recording click here.]

This is a licensed reproduction of the famous Magicassette and MagiCD series created by Martin Breese - now owned by Lybrary.com.

The (e)book was created from the recordings on Basil Horwitz made by Martin Breese. The book received rave reviews from every magical magazine around the world and is now for the first time available as ebook.

The opening chapter by Basil Horwitz details a method of linking a show with charity and using it to make a big income for the charity and a big income for the performer. During Basil's lifetime he was also involved in investment and finance. He used to perform for charity and demonstrated mental miracles that stunned his audience. When each member of the audience left the show Basil ended up with the name, address...

Seven more incredible demonstrations of the paranormal that will entertain and perplex the most demanding audience.

When Martin Breese met Basil many, many years ago he saw him demonstrating his brilliant Poker Deal. He dealt cards to himself and to a spectator and then put a £50 note on the table and if Basil could beat the spectator he kept the money and if he lost he would lose £50. This is repeated over and over again with new hands being dealt and the spectator having more and more choice yet the magician never loses any of the money at all. The final part of the routine allows the...

This ebook includes 20 amazing mentalism effects many of which are in the daily performing repertoires of many top mentalists.

All too often those in the world of magic who develop great reputations fall somewhere between two stools; gifted thinkers who tend to disappoint in performance, or charismatic performers who are a triumph of form over substance: impressive, but not always original. Rarely do you come across someone who embodies the elements of true creative artistry, combining together the application of sound thinking with an understated style of presentation which can totally convince...

This book won the SAM Special Library Award. It details Martin Gardner's, Jeff Busby's and Bart Whaley's search to uncover the person hiding behind the pseudonym S.W. Erdnase. It lays out in detail the case for Milton Franklin Andrews. It describes the life of Andrews, how he started with magic, and how he transitioned to become a cardshark, including his travels around the word hustling and cheating to make a living.

A detailed analysis of Erdnase's likely sources and inspirations, as well as other information about the book, its reprints, and other pertinent information will help every Erdnase researcher....

This Orson Welles ebook is a case study of an individual that was able to think "out of the box". Each small fact presented leads to the whole of a thinking process that will always provide an unexpected Third Option. The process that is presented here is the kernel of all deception theory. It's why Bart is called the "defining expert" of deception and counterdeception (the detection of deception) by the intelligence communities of many countries.

Not only does it personify the Whaley Deception Theory it presents the genius of Orson Welles through all his creative work, not just Citizen Kane....

This is a new edition of the famous and unique magic dictionary by Bart Whaley. Bart has continued to correct entries in this dictionary until the present. We have converted everything to PDF and added bookmarks for each entry in the dictionary as well as inserted thousands of hyperlinked cross-references to make browsing and using this dictionary as convenient as possible.

There is simply no other such encyclopedia. Some have tried but nobody has achieved what Bart Whaley has. The depth and breadth is mind boggling. Almost 4000 terms are described. This is the absolute must have magic desk...

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....

During the Summer of 1949 on BBC radio a young couple from Australia started broadcasting in London what seemed to be genuine feats of mindreading and telepathy. The whole of Britain was stunned as messages were transmitted from BBC headquarters to places such as the Tower of London or an underwater diving bell.

Despite the long range, Sydney and Lesley Piddington were apparently able to communicate with each other in a way that defied explanation. The exact methods used have never been revealed and although many magicians claim to know exactly how they worked their act an explanation is...

This is a stack that retains the simplicity of a Si Stebbins or Eight Kings stack, but randomizes colours and suits.

Why Another Stacked Deck?

The two most popular stacked decks are Si Stebbins and Eight Kings. Why should this be so? Because both systems are easy to do, under fire, under pressure and any other interruptions you find when performing. There are other systems out there but they are more complex and more demanding, unless you are using them all the time.

But the Si Stebbins and the Eight Kings have one glaring fault (if fault you could call it) and that is the alternating...

Why dice?

Barry wanted a reading system that could be performed in the hands, sitting down or just walking around, that didn't require a table or a spread. That could be done inside or outside, regardless of the weather conditions. Something that didn't get soiled, torn, blown away or that water would ruin. So cards were out. Runes and stones fit the bill, but to get different coloured ones and of the same size isn't easy. Barry needed a uniform size and nothing too esoteric. Dice fit this description and are easily available.

Long before tarot and runes, soothsayers used to cast bones,...

This is Barry Ray's working routine. It is a three phase routine, with three addional moves, and it can be perform surrounded.

1st edition 2009; 27 pages; 42 photos.

As the title suggests, a simple diary trick. A spectator names any date in the year and you hand them a diary. As they look up their date in your diary you produce the very card that is written alongside their chosen date! And at the basic level, you don't even have to know what the card is! It can be a different card every time.

The ebook contains several presentations, reveals, how to set this up on your iPod, mobile phone or paper diary and a chart showing the position of all the cards for 366 days.

1st edition 2010; 13 pages.

Barry could say this has taken 25 years in the making. And it would be true! In the latter part of the 1980’s, Barry created Deceptive Diary, and in 1990, he marketed this effect. It was the first diary trick to use only one diary…having a selection of over 40 cards! Before that, the diary trick either used two or four (sometimes six) diaries, forcing anything from two up to eight cards. But the major dilemma with Deceptive Diary was that it required mental gymnastics to work out the value of the card for any given date.

To offset this Barry created Easy Diary. But every now and again, he would...

While listening to the 10 Commandments you'll be learning business and selling principles that will change the way you view show business. You'll learn an edge for success. Within The 10 Commandments of Selling Your Program, you'll learn the ten principles that Barry has developed over two decades of selling. You'll also learn the importance of determining your business image. In addition you'll discover what schools really want and how you can fill their needs. Selling is an art and this recording makes you an artist.

1st edition 2001

If your goal is to earn a living as a Children’s magician this recording is for you! It is true that anyone can "do" a trick, but not everyone can "perform" magic. Still fewer can earn their living from performing. This CD gives you the edge to make show business your business. Whether you’ve been performing for years or just beginning, a variety of subjects are covered that will inspire you toward more business and better networking.

• Attitude of Gratitude
• Be Yourself
• Create Heroes
• Dress sharp
• Encourage Others
• First, think of the customer
• Giveaways
• Higher performance fees
• I is...

This subject and the information covered is vital to every performer. That is if you want to improve. If you think you're already the best in the world then stop reading this now. But if you want to know more about how to stand on any stage with more presence, personality, and professionalism then don't miss this recording. This could be the best you spend this year to improve your professionalism and show. But more than that it will prove that you really want to improve your talent and not just sit on the sideline.

1. Introduction
2. Open Up
3. Open strong or die fast
4. Climbing the show mountain ...

An Australian sleight of hand monthly magazine
Barry Govan & Ian Baxter, editors; 52 pages in Volume 3

1. Volume 3, Number 1, July, 1976, 4 pages - cover has drawing of a monster with cards
1. The Blueroom - editorial comments
2. Coin Sandwich - Barry Govan
2. Blueprint In-Print - Ian Baxter reviews:
   • "The Complete Mike Rogers"
3. The Dice of Zohar - Tom Gagnon (USA)

5. Volume 3, Number 2, August, 1976, 4 pages - no cover
5. The Blueroom - editorial comments
6. The E.R. Thimble Routine - Errol Robinson, described by Murray Cooper
8. Blueprint In-Print - reviews:
   • James B. Alfredson...

An Australian sleight of hand monthly magazine
Barry Govan & Ian Baxter, editors; 52 pages in Volume 4

1. Volume 4, Number 1, July, 1977, 5 pages - cover has drawing of Lou Costello and Boris Karloff
1. The Blueroom - editorial comments
2. Variations on a Theme - Extracting a deck of cards from it's case - Murray Cooper & Ian Baxter
3. One on the Way Down Cut - Tom Gagnon (USA)
3. Blueprint In-Print - reviews:
   • Ronnay's "Cardorama" packet trick
   • Ronnay's "Multi Colour Card Change Climax" packet trick
4. Double Impact in Red and Blue - Franz Rosensteiner (Magic Ronnay) (Austria)
4. cartoon ...

An Australian sleight of hand monthly magazine
Barry Govan & Ian Baxter, editors through Issue Number 5
Murray Cooper & Gerry McCreanor, new editors starting with Issue Number 6; 47 pages in Volume 5

1. Volume 5, Number 1, July, 1978, 4 pages
1. The Cardsharps Apprentice - Barry Govan
3. Patter for ... The Cardsharps Apprentice
3. Blueprint In Print - Ian Baxter reviews:
   • Paul Harris' "Supermagic"
4. The Blueroom - editorial comments

5. Volume 5, Number 2, August, 1978, 4 pages
5. Control Ace Transpo - Derek Martin
6. Blueprint In Print - Ian Baxter reviews:
   • Harry Lorayne's "The Card Classics of...

1. Volume 6, Number 1, July, 1979, 4 pages
1. Impossible Coin to Pocket - Bob Chesbro
2. Blueprint In Print - Ian Baxter reviews:
   • Harry Lorayne's "Quantum Leaps"
3. Crooked Dice - continued
4. The Blueroom - editorial comments

5. Volume 6, Number 2, August, 1979, 4 pages
5. Hocus Focus - Barry Govan
6. Crooked Dice - continued
7. Blueprint In Print - reviews:
   • Gerard Majax's "Secrets of the Card Sharps"
   • Jerry Mentzer's "Card Cavalcade Finale"
8. The Blueroom - editorial comments

9. Volume 6, Number 3, September, 1979, 4 pages
9. Flip - Errol Robinson
10. Marlo Plus
11. Blueprint In Print - Murray Cooper...

1. Volume 7, Number 1, July, 1980, 4 pages - Phil Goldstein Special Issue
1. Red Uprising - Phil Goldstein
2. Newsworthy - Phil Goldstein
3. Split Octet - Phil Goldstein
4. The Blueroom - editorial comments

5. Volume 7, Number 2, August, 1980, 6 pages
5. The Mysterious Cross of India - Daryl
8. Think Ace - Ray Grismer
9. Blueprint In Print - Murray Cooper reviews:
   • Ray Grismer's "Shorty"
   • Ray Grismer's "Handy"
   • Ray Grismer's "Thirty"
   • Ray Grismer's "Loopy"
   • Ray Grismer's "Shorty"
   • Ray Grismer's "Charts" lecture notes
9. Blueprint Review - Murray Cooper reviews:
   • Phil Goldstein's...

Originally launched as "Australia's Only Sleight Of Hand Monthly" and published between 1974 and 1982, The Blueprint still retains that claim today. Editors Barry Govan, Ian Baxter, Murray Cooper and Gerry McCreanor churned out a much-discussed journal that featured contributions from the likes of Ed Marlo, Jon Racherbaumer, Tom Gagnon, Dan Tong, Ray Grismer, Phil Goldstein, Jeff Busby, Jerry Mentzer, Harry Lorayne, et al. For the Close Up performer, absolutely certain to please.

The Blueprint was started by Barry Govan and Ian Baxter and taken over for the last two volumes by Murray Cooper and Gerry McCreanor. It ran from July 1974 to April 1981,...