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(We are carrying this ebook primarily because of the author, Henry Ridgeley Evans, who published several interesting books on conjuring.)

On its face the book is about the myth that Napoleon never existed. It was at one time a popular myth, hoax, or fake news as it would be called today. It also provides interesting lessons and insights on how myths can develop. Since there are a number of myths in the world of conjuring, this work can help one understand why and how some of the myths in magic may have developed.

• Introduction
• Grand Erratum. The Non-Existence of Napoleon Proved
• The Mythical...

This is the first lesson from Giobbi's Card College 1 & 2 Personal Instruction. It is made available free of charge so that you can experience the style of Giobbi's teaching and decide if you want to invest in the full course.

I personally think there is no better teacher of card magic alive today. Giobbi's style can at times be detail orientated, but then again if you want to reach the higher rungs of cardmanship, or cardwomanship, you need to pay attention to the details. Giobbi will take you by the hand and lead you through what can sometimes look like an impenetrable forest of moves, sleights, and techniques that look impossible...

Siamo certi che scoprirete tra queste pagine di una rivista che rischiava di andare perduta delle perle incredibili di Magia!

• Anno 1
  • No 1 (Ottobre 1987)
  • No 2 (Novembre 1987)
  • No 3 (Dicembre 1987)
  • No 9 (Giugno 1988)
  • No 10 (Luglio 1988)
  • No 12 (Settembre 1988)
• Anno 2
  • No 14 (Novembre 1988)
  • No 15 (Dicembre 1988)
  • No 16 (Gennaio 1989)
  • No 17 (Febbraio 1989)
  • No 18 (Marzo 1989)
  • No 19 (Aprile 1989)
  • No 20 (Maggio 1989) ...

"Tarot is a deck of cards but the Tarot represents a person. We are the Tarot and we use the Tarot because we live." (Andrea Mecchia)

I don't know if it happens to you too ... when I particularly love a project, I start to collect elements, I work on it a bit, but it always seems that something is missing ... you leave and resume the project, but that something is always missing ... then, one day, it arrives like that in one fell swoop, and makes everything good.

This is the story of this project, which I finally want to share, with the hope that it will also satisfy your desire to present...

Freaks, strange people, monsters, and even prodigies are some of the words used to describe the human beings that you will find in this ebook. While we realize that today many of these words might be considered "politically incorrect" we have taken the liberty of using these terms insofar as to better communicate the mindset of the sideshow people of that era. No disrespect is intended.

At the time, sideshows went by many different names, among these: dime museums of one kind or another and tent attractions, fronted by huge banners, depicting very unusual people and or animals. Curiosities...

This collection of math-based tricks includes two effects suitable for virtual shows. One is a Triumph effect the other a spelling trick that works both in English and French. Again, Miller includes some nicely designed print templates which you can print out directly from the PDF to perform the tricks with appropriately themed cards.

• Star Day
• Doppio
• Left or Right?
• Talmi 1
• Talmi 2
• Separo 1
• Separo 2
• Gigl-Gogl 1
• Gigl-Gogl 2
• Verifying an Oddity
• Sweet and Luxurious
• Hands-off Triumph
• Buoyancy
• Boarding
• Chef’s Special
• Chiamato
• With Comp7ements I
• With Comp7ements II
• 25 cm
• Magic...

specific and detailed information your subject is only thinking of, thoughts that were never written down or spoken. You will be able to confidently reveal in no uncertain terms exactly what they were thinking. I'm not sure mentalism gets any stronger than this." - Bill O'Connell

"My review in one single sentence: If a performer could read minds for real, his audience would experience this kind of performance!" - Rudolf Künzli

"Structured Imagery is just great! I loved the beach idea from Orion, but this takes it to a whole new level! I used the clock ringing presentation today at a...

Another interesting approach to the classic effect. This is a completely different method and principle to Propless Bank Night.

No props needed. No equivoque. No anagrams. No Math. Totally free choices. Everything happens in the participant's mind who is on the other end of a voice call with the performer, maybe thousands of miles away. The performer even tells the participant upfront the contents of each envelope involved in the routine. The participant chooses the envelopes freely, there is no force. And yet the participant is stunned with the result.

This can be performed one on one over a voice call...

Charles Oswald Williams was a good friend of Professor Hoffmann, Chung Ling Soo and many other notable magicians. He was also a magic dealer and inventor, amongst his customers was a young Cardini. Williams also had the honour of being one of the first magicians to perform in The Magic Circle's inaugural show.

Charles Oswald Williams was at the inception of the Golden Age of Magic and his life story followed the development of Magic as we now know it. This ebook chronicles his life story in parallel to the rise of Magic. In addition, it contains a full account of The Magic Circle's first show in London in 1906, describing...

The Final Straw - a very clever mentalism effect. Five different colored straws in a cocktail glass. One straw contains a rolled-up gift voucher for the holiday of a lifetime and a year's supply of cocktails. All the others contain a note which says 'you lost!' Spectators select any 4 colored straws (no forcing) the contents of each straw is pushed out ... and they all lose. The remaining straw has the winning gift voucher. This is so clever and virtually self-working. You'll need to buy some straws - you should have everything else you need. As usual with Graham's effects, they are easy to...

Poker stories from the Mississippi.

The stories play in Brownsville and Arkansas City both located on the West bank of the Mississippi river during the second half of the 19th century.

Excerpt from the preface:

This ebook and video is an experience of twelve years of continuous effort of studying, practicing, and performing hypnosis.

What is hypnosis?

Is it still a dream in 2022 for you to do hypnosis, whether in the field of therapy or in a show? It was a dream for me too, but an achievable dream that I have shared with you including documentary videos I have made of myself since the first day I started this profession.

If you know hypnosis, this educational series will guide you towards treatment and knowledge of hypnosis and the brain, and of course, you can do hypnosis faster and stronger...

• Foreword
• Hermetic...

Dennis Barlotta, aka D. Angelo Ferri, was a long-time student of Slydini and is today the most authentic and respected teacher of magic the Slydini way. In this set of two videos, he will teach a classic of magic, the Coins Through the Table exactly how Slydini performed it. It requires six silver coins and one contrasting coin, a copper coin, a ring, or similar.

Dennis will teach you not only the mechanics and sleights but also the tempo, the script, and the details of the psychology. All of these factors come together into a beautiful deception.

1st edition 2023, video 1h 3min....

J.C. Wagner's "Super Closer" is one of the most impressive routines you can do with a deck of cards. Ricky Jay knew this and only was told the workings after Wagner held out for one of Jay's inner secrets.

The deck is shuffled and cut and then divided into four packets. The magician and the spectator shuffle the four packets.

Effect #1: The top cards of each packet are turned over to reveal the four Aces.

Effect #2: The spectator buries the four Aces in the deck. The magician spells each Ace to find all four and, as he does so, four packets are created.

Effect #3: The four Kings are spelled...

Fortunately, the original idea has remained unchanged which is why today, it is still regarded as a classic of card magic. Beautifully simple, all it consists of is having a spectator mentally select one card from a group of five. The performer chooses one, then moments later reveals his choice has been correct. Simple, baffling, and in the right hands - memorable.

Princess On The Move is a brand new version of this truly outstanding effect. Australian cardman Ian Baxter has put together an...

A new approach to the Stewart James classic Miraskill.

Theo Annemann's journal The Jinx, September 1936, was where Miraskill was first published. Subsequently reprinted in various books and magazines over the years, this Stewart James creation still baffles one and all. The years have not dulled the remarkable impact it can have on today's audiences.

Courtskill is a brand-new version of Miraskill. Australian card man Ian Baxter has concocted a totally new version, with some very distinct advantages.

Barely half the deck is used, trimming the performance time considerably, not to mention a surprise approach involving court...

• ... Selection
• Dead & Alive Revised
• Heads Or Tails?
• Mind-Boggling Balloons
• Stamp Stunner!
• Any Number Called For
• Spec Case Set-up
• Triple Book Test
• Hands Free Card Revelation
• Simplicity Add-A-No
• Sound Pressure
• Magnetic Billet Knife
• Last Straw Revisited
• Made To Measure
• Predicta-Sphere
• Odd One Out
• Mind Over Matter
• Billet Ring
• Versatility Hank
• My Signature Trick
• 'Three In One' Centre-Tear
• Peek-A-Boo Deck
• Triple Tactics
• Costa 'Billet Switch' Cup

1st edition 2023, PDF 142 pages.

With this download, you'll receive a comprehensive PDF with tips, and suggestions for the original, the improved, and 2.0 the Swedish Touch, and you'll get three stories. Two in audio format (a longer and a shorter one that are different) and a brief story about Takeshi Hiroshi to be remembered and told.

The stories presented here grew over time and this is more or less how I performed Frozen in Time for years. Here's a short audio clip of what these recordings sound like:

[If the embedded player should not properly work in your browser you can also download the MP3 here.

With these recordings,...

SUPERSTARS-R-US: A great mentalism effect that plays big.

BOOK HIM DANNO! A comedy book test with a twist...

WHERE'S MY DOVE? An ultra-clever mentalism effect...

WHO'S GOT THE SNOW? - A 'just chance' routine with an adult twist.

THE GRAVITY DECK: A close-up or cabaret cracker.

ONE DEAD CELEB: Comedy mentalism with variations.

SEARCHING for ELVIS: A great self-working card trick...

RIP IT UP: A cool newspaper prediction effect...

LOST LUGGAGE: Effects using luggage labels...

and lots more.

No sleights are required, most of these use things you already have...

For the first time in the English language one of the most highly successful magical plays of all time. From the pen of Fu Manchu (David Bamberg) comes Satan's Daughter, a lost treasure of the history of magic, until now unknown in the English-speaking world of magic.

Fu Manchu (David Bamberg) was the son of the great Okito and the sixth generation of magicians, originally from the Netherlands. He toured for decades with one of the finest full-evening magic shows, mostly in Latin America but also in Spain. Fu Manchu wrote and performed several magic plays of which Satan's Daughter is among the...

Poly-graph; where the precision of a Lie Detector meets the artistry of Drawing Duplication.

Poly-graph is an unconventional yet logical fusion of two realms of mentalism - The Lie Detector and Drawing Duplication. Both plots unfold in tandem, with the Lie Detector concluding prior to the Drawing Duplication.

Start your act with the entire audience and end with drawing duplication with one, two, or more people.

Casually put, it is an everyday worker's material, a 100% surefire with no funny or tricky questions. With just an hour's preparation, it provides a solid 8-10 minutes of...