Magic

An entertaining mental feat with a borrowed deck of cards.

From the brilliant mind of Bob Hummer comes a divination mystery that seems impossible, yet you do it every time. The performer takes the spectator on an adventure with a borrowed deck and a dead person's age (which is furnished by anyone in the room). In some uncanny manner, the "Whispering Spirit" aids the performer in solving the mystery. The performer does not need to touch the deck while they are in the spectator's hands.

There are no setups, stacks or cyclical rotations. The cards may be borrowed. The cards are not marked....

A complete text on methods, mechanical devices, moves, techniques, figures, artifices, routines, etc., for performing one of the great classics in the repertoire of magic. It includes modern improvements, suggestions and ideas, together with routines eliminating the use of the key.

• INTRODUCTION

  CHAPTER ONE

• The Effect
• The Presentation
• The Fundamental Methods
• The Apparatus
• The Arrangement of the Rings

  CHAPTER TWO

• The Drop Count
• The Pass Count
• The Wrist Count
• The Odin Count
• The Fitzkee Count
• A Variation of the Fitzkee Small Ring Count
• The Fitzkee Large Ring Count
• Another Original...

• Second Booking
• Spare Parts
• 20th Century Silks - Single Person
• January Planning/Budget
• Trade Show Work
• Common Mistakes
• 2019 Is Coming Are You Covered?

1st edition 2018, 10 pages.

5. A Word From The Editor
5. Contents
6. The Mailbox - Your View - Have Your Say
7. Notable Quotes from Magicians!
8. Mike McClean: Mentalism with Big Laughs - cover article/interview
14. In The Phonebox with Captain Kirk [William Shatner]
16. Group of Three: How to Turn Your Magic Tricks into a Polished Show - Aaron Fisher
18. A Beginner's Guide to ... Pocket Management - Mark Leveridge
19. My Guilty Pleasures! - Ian Adair
20. Masterclass
    20. Back in Time - Luca Volpe
    21. A Most Startling Transposition - Morgan and West
25. In the News - Paul Daniels Illusions Found in a Welsh Barn!
26. Comedy...

A coin trick done without coins, or a card trick done without regular playing cards. However you want to look at it - a pretty unusual trick.

You show four cards each with a quarter printed on its face. One by one the quarters vanish and reappear on one card which now has four quarters on it. The card is left on a spectator's palm and, while there, it changes into a card with a dollar coin on it.

[Note that you will receive a PDF and a video, but NO cards. The PDF includes a photo of the custom card faces, but you will have to make the cards yourself using stickers, transfers, hand-drawn or printing. You will need two double facers and three blank faced cards to start with.]

1st edition 2000, DVD 2012; PDF 3 pages, video length 5 min 46 s....

• one time set up, takes seconds
• super easy to perform (self working)
• works on all debit machines that accept Tap
• alternate handling ideas included

1st edition 2018, 3 pages.

Jim and I have complementary minds. An idea from one of us sets up echoes in the brain of the other. Jim has a fantastic grasp of magical literature, and a high intelligence that puts his knowledge to work. The methods he comes up with are often unusual and always interesting. For me, they start wheels turning. I take the method, or nucleus of method, and begin re-shaping it for entertainment value...then I lay it in the laps of a live audience. ...

Das Pendel und seine Anwendung in der Zauberkunst.

• 1. Grundsätzliches zum Pendel
• 1.1. Geschichtliches
• 1.2. Der Testversuch
• 2. Männlich oder weiblich
• 2.1. Kings and Queens
• 2.2. Dr. Jaks Geheimnis
• 2.3. Der Zuschauer kann es auch
• 2.4. Der Jochen Zmeck Sex-Test
• 2.5. Der unfehlbare Zuschauer
• 2.6. Die unheimliche Beeinflussung
• 3. Geheimnisvolles Finden
• 3.1. Farbenfinden
• 3.2. Mental-Farben
• 3.3. Die erratene Spielkarte
• 3.3.1. Die gefundene Karte nach J.Z.
• 3.3.2. Methode nach Dr. Jaks
• 3.3.3. Verschiedene Methoden
• 3.4. Sie lügen
• 3.5. Die Zahlentäfelchen
• 3.6. Welcher Ball?
• 3.7....

• PREFACE
• CRYSTAL GAZING
• ASTROLOGY
  • The Horoscope Of Will Goldston
• PALMISTRY OR CHIROMANCY
  • Practical Points on Palmistry
• THE PLANCHETTE
• WHAT IS SPIRITUALISM?
  • Rules and conditions for the Spirit-Circle
• EXPERIENCES
  • Weird Happening At Lamberhurst
  • Locks And Bolts Of No Avail
  • Spirited Away
  • Wonderful Proofs
  • Robert Houdin Mystified
  • Remarkable Test
  • Majuba Visions
  • Curious...

Professional magicians and reviewers have given this book an amazing reception. The reason is plain to see, for here is a collection of the very smartest magic, devised and used in his own act by Lu Brent, the topnotch Philadelphia professional. Those who know have called the book sensational, others, novel and original, while all highly endorse the practical value and the effectiveness of the magic that is so thoroughly explained and illustrated. There is something of value for every performer, as the table of contents...