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From Ian Baxter, here is a remarkable 21st Century version of Bill Simon's famed Business Card Prophecy - virtually sleight-free and within reach of any card handler.

"A modern-day approach based on casual handling and natural misdirection, achieving the same outcome while eliminating the move entirely. Very clever thinking." - David Jones

1st edition 2020, PDF 4 pages.

This is a very good book on Cagliostro, because Trowbridge does not simply parrot the opinion of other authors who wrote about Cagliostro, but he did his own research and came to his own conclusions. One can certainly argue about some of Trowbridge's conclusions, but overall this is a very thorough and detailed description and analysis of Cagliostro's life.

• Preface
• Bibliography
• Part I
  • Chapter I: The Power Of Prejudice
  • Chapter II: Giuseppe Balsamo
• Part II
  • Chapter I: Cagliostro In London
  • Chapter II: Eighteenth Century Occultism
  • Chapter III: Masked And Unmasked
  • Chapter IV: The...

In Sean's latest, he shares his timely "Second Dimensional Psychometry", which is both relevant and logical. In Wanderer, Waters also shares his finest double thought-of card routine, "Cortex", which features Sean's trademark layered methods. He also shares his delightful "Temperature" routine which makes use of ideas you know, but in a way you wish you had thought of; he promises. "Ad Infinitum" provides an organic and appealing answer for revealing an unseen psychometric item. Maybe you are on the same path and will find this material a suitable companion.

"Sean's new book is in the same...

This includes physical products which will be shipped to you. The pdf can be downloaded instantly. What You Get - A set of 2 sturdy plastic cards in pocket/wallet size which should last you a lifetime with reasonable care.

An elegant propless force with a multitude of applications. Force X is a powerful and flexible tool which can be used in multiple ways. This force can be used for both propless effects as well as for face to face performance routines.

Here it is used for doing a "verbal drawing duplication" where a participant on a voice call is finally thinking of the flag of a country...

In the pages of this booklet Billy goes fully through the great material which earned him such a tremendous ovation at the Supreme 2nd Magical Weekend.

Contents include:

• The True Secret of Magic - Introduction.
• Cut & Gone Rope (a rope is cut and then disappears).
• The Williamised Spider
• Torn and Restored Airmail Letter. Simple; Amusing; complete with all the patter, this was one of the hits of the lecture. It could be a hit in your show.
• Eye-level, One-Man Card Vanish (crazy trick, yet absolutely baffling)
• A Variation on a Theme - A rope and a ring. The audience are let in on the secret,...

Magic on a Shoelace is an exploration of the use of the common bow knot for creating new rope and string effects.

"There’s some fun stuff in there!" - Dan Harlan

• Untie a shoe instantly
• Put a finger ring on a shoelace without sleight of hand
• Take a ring off a shoelace without sleight of hand
• Pull a ribbon or streamer through a magic wand
• Put a large ring on a rope without using the ends
• Turn the standard “Magic Shoelaces” into a four phase presentation piece
• Learn how to pull tied shoelaces apart effortlessly
• Plus additional tips and secrets!

Few people know that there is a secret assistant in each deck of cards. “Secret Assistant” is a little helper for card magicians. It will definitely help you find the chosen card. The card can be signed. The gimmick can be used for other tricks. The gimmick requires various supplies to construct.

1st edition 2020, length 18 min.

Gli effetti con le carte adatti ad essere presentati su un palcoscenico sono piuttosto rari. La routine che state leggendo ha il grande vantaggio di poter essere presentata su un grande palco o in un locale per spettacoli, in un bar, etc. Può essere presentata ovviamente anche a distanza ravvicinata . Si tratta di una versione aggiornata del grande classico "Nap Hand", che si può eseguire senza grossi sforzi di memoria e senza alcuna abilità.

EFFETTO:

Il prestigiatore mostra un comune mazzo di carte, lo mescola apertamente e chiaramente ( il miscuglio è reale e può farlo anche uno...

Una routine in otto fasi sul tema delle "Carte Cannibali"

Una routine che intrattiene veramente il tuo pubblico ed è piena di effetti sorprendenti!

Nella routine in ben otto fasi accompagnata da una parlantina veramente divertente su come i cannibali vivono nella giungla e su come catturano le loro vittime, accade veramente di tutto! I "cannibali" ( ... due Re) appaiono all'improvviso. Cambiano di vestito (...colore). Intrappolano una vittima (...carta scelta). Ne mangiano un'altra (...altra carta scelta). Si trasformano in "missionarie" (...Regine). Si riuniscono con i loro amici (appaiono...

A new permanent tactile marking method, which is easier to feel and less visually noticeable compared to a punch.

Boss work is a marking system that you read by touch, and is designed primarily for use with the punch deal. It is easy to put in and the items required are not too expensive. When compared to the punch, boss work is much easier to feel and more durable. The markings are almost impossible to see on the backs of the cards, and there is nothing to see on the fronts. This video will take you through putting in the work, teaching you the best way to mark the cards, and also showing...

From the Introduction:

• Introduction
• The Magic Pop-gun
• The Versatile Tube
• Eat More Fruit
• Hell's Bells!
• Pickled Pieces
• " - and the dish ran away with the spoon"
• Cones within Cones
• These Little Pigs
• "Just on and off!"
• The Beetle Crawls
• The Productive Flower Pots
• The Great Packing Case Escape
• The Tell-tale Cigarette
• The Dunce's...

An excellent running false cut that is highly deceptive and relatively easy to master. Combine this with any false shuffle.

1st edition 2020, PDF 4 pages, video 26 s.

A complete act for the advanced entertainer, consisting of a thought-provoking lecture and demonstration of apparent psychic ability.

The demand for such unique and bewildering entertainment has been long and consistent. An intriguing and spellbinding routine with a brilliant climax that leaves the audience with a new belief in the powers of the human mind. This program will convince even the most skeptical of audiences of your genuine powers of mental telepathy and psychic accomplishment. It offers a challenge to the sophisticated and intelligent audience.

The material contained in this...

Learn about famous mediums, their tricks and methods, ectoplasm, slate writing, table lifting, spirit photography, rappings, ghosts, secretly obtaining information, and many other related subjects.

• Contents
• Preface
• Introduction by Dunninger
• Houdini - a biography
• Houdini's Spirit Exposés
  • Certificates of Ordination
  • This Medium Blew His Own Horn
  • Houdini and the Reformed Medium
  • Pierre Keeler
  • Houdini on Ectoplasm
  • Whoops Readers
  • Eva C. and Ectoplasm
  • Behind the Scenes
  • The Price-Hope Case
  • Houdini's Lectures
  • The Bow Street Case
  • Poor Pioneering Mumler
  • Washington Irving Bishop ...

The ClipStick Switch is a clean, original and brand new method for convincingly switching prediction billets in virtual shows.

"Bold, deceptive, simple, clean and ideal for online performances. The perfect technique for these unprecedented times." - Elliott Bresler

"This is a very effective routine for Zoom Shows. Easy to perform and looks really clean! Well done!" - Luca Volpe

"Simple, easy to do and effective!" - Lior Manor

"With all the technical stresses that come with performing virtually, this simple yet powerful reveal is a great addition to a Zoom show. It's foolproof, stress-free,...

"This is a marvel!!" - Marc Salem

You explain to them that this is a one in a 16.5 million possibility and that they have turned a near impossibility...

This is Tarasini's version of a popular trick on Instagram where a card appears to be melting through another one.

• No threads
• No magnets

1st edition 2020, length 8 min 45 s.

Effect: Show an empty bottle and a coin. Visually toss a coin in to the bottle and the coin will melt through it. The bottle is then handed to the spectator for inspection and to keep. Spectator cannot find any holes or gimmicks. Also, you can do this effect with a bottle full of water or any drink. Requires two gimmicks which are easy to prepare.

1st edition 2020, length 3 min 51 s

Evans raises the possibility that Cagliostro's real name might not have been Giuseppe Balsamo, as well as describes his Egyptian Rite of Freemasonry.

• Introduction
• PART I.—A Master Of Magic
• PART II.—The Egyptian Rite
• PART III.—A Visit To The House Of Cagliostro
• PART IV.—Reception Of An Apprentice In An Egyptian Lodge

You'll no doubt be surprised at the many sensational uses Sylber and Whitney have discovered for this reliable magician's prop. Nine out of ten people interested in magic own a change bag, but there are many who use it for just one trick, or leave it in their drawer of magic odds and ends. This isn't right. The changing bag probably has more uses than any other piece of magical equipment.

To fill this need, Sylber and Whitney have developed this compendium of 33 clever tricks, ideas and routines that you can do with the change bag. Many are effects that you'd gladly pay upwards of twenty...

The owner of the Nelson Enterprises reveals his most prized performing secrets for mentalists and psychic entertainers in this revised and expanded edition.

Improve your act - financially and artistically - by studying this collection of presentation tips and performing advice from this noted author, performer and expert on all things related to mentalism and the allied arts. If you attended a lecture for professional mentalists and obtained this information, you'd consider it a bargain at three times the price. Yet, here it is, updated and arranged for you in convenient digital book form,...

A Card Warp effect that ends with an 'impossible' signed card with half turned face-out and the other half back-out.

Effect: A playing card is folded and then signed by a spectator. This folded and signed card is inserted between another folded card, just like in the classic Card Warp effect. Then the inside card is pushed from left to right and from right to left. First the direction of the white border of the card's back switches position. Then one half of the card turns face outward. At this point the folded and signed card can be handed out as souvenir to the spectator. It will have one...

Burmese Change is a triple card change using a gimmick and sleight-of-hand.

Spectator signs a card which is returned to the deck. The magician takes a random card and the card changes two times in to different cards, and the third change is when a random card changes in to the card signed by the spectator. After the trick, the card can be given to the spectator as a souvenir.

Requires the preparation of a gimmick which is three cards thick.

1st edition 2020, video 13 min.

A multi-phase ring and rope routine using only a regular rope and ring.

Most ring and rope routines don't really look like magic. They look like the rope is looped and threaded and re-threaded, and otherwise fiddled with to account for the "magic". Not this routine. Simple. Easy to perform. Almost surrounded. No gimmicks, no gaffs. Everything's examinable, and nothing is added or taken away. A rope - and a ring. And a killer script.

The author of How To Write A Script reveals his 'Ring and Rope' routine, which he has used to close his act, and is nothing but visual, clean magic. This ebook gives you every...