Jon Racherbaumer
#3 Cards author
(22nd January 1940 - )
Born in Oak Park, Illinois, under the sign of Aquarius. His early years were spent in Elmhurst, Illinois (Harlan Tarbell's hometown), a western suburb of Chicago. His interest in magic was sparked by seeing Dr. Tarbell perform in 1950. Soon thereafter, he received his first magic book, Tarbell Course in Magic - Volume 1, on his eleventh birthday. After discovering that Dr. Tarbell had donated his entire course to the local library, Jon spent many hours diligently studying each volume along with other magic books in the library.
Jon joined the Mazda Mystics Club (Juniors) in 1953, a club started by Russell Shaw and his wife in Oak Park, Illinois. Meetings were held in the basement of the Mazda Magic Shop. He maintained his interest throughout his schooling and thereafter when he moved to New Orleans in 1963. The Big Easy, home of the Mardi Gras, jazz music, and voodoo, is often called the Dream State, an ideal place for all things magical to ferment. From 1957 to 1965, Jon attended four universities and worked at various jobs: radio programmer, disk-jockey, promotion man, salesman, restaurant manager, male model, tree-trimmer, blackjack dealer, construction worker, warehouseman, program consultant (voluntary health agency), institutional house-father, social worker, gym instructor, bartender, ambulance driver (at a race track), and finally he went to work for Eastern Airlines from 1965-1990 as an airlines business person.
He eventually joined the IBM and the SAM in 1966, is a member of the Order of Merlin, and is a Lifetime Member of the Magic Castle in Hollywood, California. He is currently the Associate Editor of Richard Kaufman's Genii magazine. Prior to accepting this post, he contributed to numerous other magazines.
Jon's mentors were Ed Marlo and Eddie Fields.
His other interests are: body-building, literature, book-collecting, martial arts, philosophy, poetry, film, theater (theory), cosmology, painting, and mathematical recreations.
website: www.JonRacherbaumer.com
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Debits, Credits, and other LeftoversJon Racherbaumer Polishing and old principle of mooted origin ...
Jon Racherbaumer explores an old but fascinating self-working trick which can be performed with any set of counters, be they cards, sticks, stones, coins, matches, business cards, bottle caps, gummi bears, ...
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Oil and QueensJon Racherbaumer The oil and water effect is a classic of card magic, some love it, some hate it. If one has ever seen Rene Lavand do it slow motion with one hand you probably love it. But there is only one Rene Lavand. Some say the effect of red and black cards separating is rather weak, until Roy Walton added a kicker in 1969 where half the cards change to Queens. Dave Bendix tweaked Walton’s handling. Bob Stencil and Terry LaGerold devised a narrative that logically excused the surprise appearance of the Queens. Jon Racherbaumer and Jeff Busby independently expanded the kicker to not only change half the... | 2017 / 6 / 16 | $15.00 £11.26 €12.76 Ca$18.79 Au$19.23 | to wish list | ||
Five Easy PiecesJon Racherbaumer The five easy "pieces" in this manuscript are relatively easy to do. The important aspect, however, is how they are combined. The tricks are not the tricky part. They can be broken down into basic, understandable action steps. Or, to put it another way, tricks are to magic books as recipes are to cook books. One should not then equate plans, schemes, or sets of instructions with hale and hearty presentations. This is the reason the extended presentation in this manuscript surpasses mere exposition. Besides explaining the action steps of five otherwise grab-bag tricks, it reveals how they have... | 2017 / 4 / 23 | $10.00 £7.51 €8.50 Ca$12.52 Au$12.82 | to wish list | ||
13 Ways to Three-WayJon Racherbaumer This ebook explores the classic "Quick Three Way" plot. How can the faces of three playing cards be shown to be the same?
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Facsimile 4Jon Racherbaumer
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Facsimile 6Jon Racherbaumer Includes a more clarified explanation of Marlo's "Super Count" routine, and a lot more.
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Super-CutsJon Racherbaumer The methods explained in this manuscript involve cutting a deck to ostensibly change its order. They are semi-automatic because minimal dexterity is required. Otherwise they are subtle in seductive ways and all of
them are completely or partially false.
The false cut triggering this manuscript is Jay Ose's False Cut that was auspiciously introduced to magicians by Harry Lorayne. This false cut eventually made its way into the repertoires of card specialists, but early on it was primarily meant to be easily and quickly performed after false shuffling. It was to the point, expressing a pleasing, sixbeat... | 2017 / 2 / 14 | $10.00 £7.51 €8.50 Ca$12.52 Au$12.82 | to wish list | ||
Hull-A-Palooza: 25 Devilish Strategies of DivinationJon Racherbaumer From the Preface:
Conjurers (as entertainers) are agents of simulated magical phenomenon. And most theorists would likely agree that such simulations should be direct and powerful. For example, the phenomenon is prophesying a mentally selected card, begins when the agent writes down or verbalizes a prediction beforehand. Next, a spectator names a card and, finally, the named card matches the predicted card. This magical result, as just described, is almost tantamount to telling a person what they are thinking as they are thinking it. This is an ideal outcome. | 2017 / 1 / 13 | $15.00 £11.26 €12.76 Ca$18.79 Au$19.23 | to wish list | ||
Facsimile 5Jon Racherbaumer
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Marlo Without TearsJon Racherbaumer From the Foreword:
MARLO WITHOUT TEARS began as a flip notion five years ago. My original plan was to prepare a salmagundi of previously published material by Marlo that was easy to do; to select methods which stressed subtlety and psychological cunning and required no difficult sleights. There is a neat irony here because such material is not associated with Marlo. The prevailing assumption about Marlovian magic focusses on its difficulties, complexities, and textual protraction. The look of his books are intimidating: pages of explanation, dense detail, allusions to other notes (published... | 2016 / 12 / 11 | $20.00 £15.02 €17.01 Ca$25.05 Au$25.64 | to wish list | ||
Red-Hot Mamas: 17 Ways and MeansJon Racherbaumer This manuscript is a compilation of methods in order to identify and track its history. In the process, it hopes to show how a given trick evolves, sometimes devolves, and ultimately reflects the periods of time this process has occurred.
The trick in this case is the "Red-Hot Mama" or "The Chicago Opener," a presentation that has been around for almost 60 years and has been a useful, dependable and enduring workhorse. In its basic form it is an effect where a card is selected. Its back changes color and is set aside. A second card is selected, lost in the deck, and the initial selection... | 2016 / 10 / 10 | $15.00 £11.26 €12.76 Ca$18.79 Au$19.23 | to wish list | ||
The Universal Card ExpandedJon Racherbaumer More than 40 years ago Jon Racherbaumer wrote a book on the Universal Card plot introduced by Karl Fulves. This is an updated and expanded version.
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The Hierophant 5 and 6Jon Racherbaumer Issue 5:
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The Hierophant 3 and 4Jon Racherbaumer Issue 3:
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The Hierophant 1 and 2Jon Racherbaumer Issue 1:
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Playing CanastaJon Racherbaumer The presentations in this manuscript are homage to the nonmanipulative, off-the-cuff approach taken by Chan Canasta.
The material is stuff Jon has published elsewhere, mostly piecemeal. The thrust of the ebook, though, is how these effects are PRESENTED in a CANASTA WAY. This then is its organizing principle. It is basically designed to demonstrate Canasta's approach. The material is easy and commercial.
1st edition 2016, 25 pages. | 2016 / 6 / 27 | $8.00 £6.01 €6.80 Ca$10.02 Au$10.26 | to wish list | ||
The Gemini MotifJon Racherbaumer The Gemini Motif is an apparently fair-looking, semiautomatic dealing procedure that forces two, three, or four
cards, depending on its application.
1st edition 2016, 31 pages. | 2016 / 6 / 5 | $10.00 £7.51 €8.50 Ca$12.52 Au$12.82 | to wish list | ||
The Universal CardJon Racherbaumer This ebook explores variations on the Universal Card theme, is part of the Yod series. Universal Card is a classic card plot in which a single card (like the joker) transforms to one at a time to match each of the selected cards. Originally posed by Karl Fulves in his Pallbearers Review, where he used the term "Universal Card", a name that caught on.
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Cutting Deeper: an exploration of coercive cuttingJon Racherbaumer This manuscript is ancestrally related to Criss-Crossings: Unleashing the X-Force insofar as it also deals with cutting cards. In this case, it deals with "cuts" and "turnovers."
This type of combinatorial maneuver began with Henry Christ's forcing technique that he developed in the early 1920s. He originally developed six variations but he only published the fifth one in Ted Annemann's book, Sh-h-h It's a Secret, calling it "The 203rd Force." It subsequently has been referred to as the Christ Force and it spawned many versions and applications. Because of the cut-?turnover-?and-?replacement mechanics, the Christ Force is often confused with Ed Balducci's... | 2015 / 11 / 6 | $8.00 £6.01 €6.80 Ca$10.02 Au$10.26 | to wish list | ||
Cunning AttractionsJon Racherbaumer A different take on the usage of the mini-plunger or tiny plunger. When Danny Orleans showed the item to Jon it sparked his creativity. Read about the outcome here.
1st edition 2013, 41 pages. | 2015 / 7 / 7 | $12.00 £9.01 €10.20 Ca$15.03 Au$15.38 | to wish list |
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