Magic & Conjuring: page 333

Everyone has creativity. When you select the color to paint a room, pick out an outfit to wear or the wrapping on a present you are exercising a form of creativity. One only has to recognize that, and learn to develop it. New magic is the result of someone coming up with an idea and developing it into a trick/routine. This ebook identifies creativity and the creative process. I have included a step by step narration of one of my signature tricks "the magical egg tray". The process begins with an initial idea and works through sequential steps to bring the routine to the finish. Creativity, like...

This is a fun card trick with multiple climaxes. It starts off as a 4-Ace production trick, then it goes wrong as 4 random cards are produced instead of the 4 Aces. Next, these random cards are shown to be predicted on the magician's Facebook page. Not to be outdone, the magician also produces the mates of the 4 random cards. At last, the magician produces the 4 Aces. Of course, the best part is that the deck is face-down almost the entire time and it is handled by the spectator.

1st edition 2020, PDF 8 pages.

A clever, clean and visual sleight-of-hand disappearance of a finger-ring. A technique with which you can make a ring disappear or you can turn it into a coin. You will need a little practice, but it's worth it.

BONUS EFFECT: Put the ring on the table, cover it with a card and it disappears.

1st edition 2020, length 5:42.

Dieses Werk, das für jene Liebhaber der Kartenkunst bestimmt ist, welche zumindest die Grundelemente der Kartentechnik beherrschen, enthält in Form eines kompletten Programmes eine Sammlung verblüffender Kartenkunststücke, welche auf einer neuartigen Technik aufgebaut sind und auch sonst vom Hergebrachten abweichen. Die Kunststücke und die zur Anwendung gelangenden, teilweise neuen und teilweise wenig bekannten Kunstgriffe sind sorgfältig und ausführlich beschrieben und durch zahlreiche Abbildungen erläutert.

Aus der Einleitung:

Jeder Kartenzauberkünstler muß im Stande sein einen schönen Fächer zu machen. Hier lernen Sie die Grundtechnik und einige fortgeschrittene Techniken.

• Der einfache Fächer
• Das Formen des Fächers
• Das selbsttätige Schließen des Fächers
• Der Doppelfächer
• Die Rosette
• Der Fächer mit einer Hand
• Der Riesenfächer

Erstausgabe 1955, 9 Seiten; PDF 14 Seiten.

The oldest, most pernicious, and insoluble problem in the history of magic was stated best by Henning Nelms, in his 1969 Magic and Showmanship: A Handbook for Conjurers ...

"No matter how astonishing a trick may be, it suffers from one major fault - it has no point."

This ebook is the long-sought-after answer to that statement.

[Please note that access to appendix 11 and 12 requires registration at the author's website.]

• Acknowledgements
• Foreword by Eric Evans
• Preface
• A Long Time Ago
• A Lot of Simple Tricks and Nonsense
• Best Star Pilot in the Galaxy
• Scum and Villainy
• Hokey Religions and Ancient Weapons
• What Are You Trying To Push on Us
• Tremor in the Force ...

There is nothing new when a card visually changes color. The market is flooded with hundreds of visual color changes variations base on a few dozen methods. But what if you can do a visual color change with a coin on top. The same coin on top of a card before and after the card color change. Crazy right? Give yourself a chance and watch the trailer.

[Please note that the video is in Korean with English subtitles. Everything is clearly described visually as well.]

1st edition 2020, video length 29 min.

Bud Morris had a creative mind. In this collection of effects he demonstrates how a bit of electronics allows you to perform miracles and entertain your audience.

• Bud Morris … Who's He?
• The Brain Wave Lamp
• Oriental Caddy
• Way Out-Er Limits
• E.S.P. And The Joker Is Wild!
• Mystic Black Ball
• Remote Control Table
• The Wheel Of Thought
• Skull-Duggery
• Electronic Equipment

Wesley James has long been associated with innovative ideas in card magic. His contributions are too numerous to list. They include the Physical Merger plot, best known as "Forgery," and "Anniversary Waltz." Wesley has been holding out on the magic community since the early 1970s. There has been a more advanced, more visually impressive version of the Merger plot, the Visible Merger plot.

In this monograph, for the first time, Wesley is releasing his developments on the Visible Merger plot. You probably won't perform these versions every time you perform his Physical Merger plot - Visible...

An easy to do show that you can also perform online and via video-conference. Hints, tips, ideas, novelties, patter, presentation and surprises enabling you to easily present ... a complete lightning cartoon act.

Here is great material, the cream of material collected from several out-of-print publications - over thirty Cartoon stunts plus "How Stage Cartoonists draw their pay" by Tommy Windsor an article that is packed with valuable information and ideas to help you become a Lightning Cartoonist. A feature act for any program. A welcome break in an all-magic show. Skill in drawing is not...

A complete and hard-hitting sensational exhibition of mindreading, mental telepathy and ESP, designed especially for the Club Mentalist. Also suitable for TV and other occasions.

Nelson offered this 20-30 minute act for the equivalent of just under $70 when first released. While that is and was a considerable sum, it's nothing compared to the amount you can earn when you present this unforgettable psychic demonstration.

MASTER EFFECT No. 1. The mentalist borrows a pair of dollar bills from two different spectators. The bills are placed in separate envelopes and left in the possession of...

This is a cheeky trick to perform when there is a request for "one more". The magician starts by telling a story. The spectator gets involved in the action and turns "matchmaker". This trick is free of any sleights. The spectator invariably cuts to the four queens in an impossible way.

The performer removes the four Kings openly and lays them face down next to each other. The deck is shuffled and a card is dealt face down in front of each King. The performer continues to deal cards into four piles. When the spectator stops him, the performer places the face up King on the pile stopped at...

Visual and practical effects are rarely combined into one trick. Hallucination is a very practical and visual trick. Imagine you draw 4 points on a playing card, after which you shake the deck and they line up, and that’s not all, you shake the deck again and the points completely disappear.

1st edition 2020, length 6:27.

The Spectator chooses any card from the deck. The magician rips off the corner of that card. One hand wave, and the corner changes color. The magician throws the corner on to the card, the card is restored and the whole card changes color. And that’s not the end. The magician places the card on the deck and the entire deck changes color. Four effects in one trick. (Supplies may have to be purchased in order to perform this effect.)

1st edition 2020, video 17 min.

Aus dem Geleitwort bei Manfred Keck:

• Die Sympathie der Karten
• Das dreifache Problem
• Der Taschendieb
• Ein Buchstabierkunststück
• Die magische Karte
• Die unfehlbare Prophezeiung
• Ein guter Wurf
• Raten Sie!
• Und wieder - die Asse
• Ein Zufall

Erstausgabe ~1939, PDF 20 Seiten

From the Foreword:

• LEITMOTIFS
  • Copycat Cards
  • Rashomonian Universal Card
  • Counting a Conclave
• LOCUS POCUS
  • Mine Finds Yours
  • A Narrow Margin
  • Bubkus Divination
  • No-Frills Invisible Toss
• PUZZLETS
  • Changling Sandwich
  • Another Challenge
  • Easy O. Henry
  • Recliner Mind Reader
  • Either-Oracle

This was Laurie Ireland's first Year Book. Many more would follow. From the introduction:

• Introduction
• Ireland's Rubber Band Thumb Tie Method
• A Tip On Tongueing A Cigarette
• Goofy Deck
• Troublewit Idea For Children
• Here There And Everywhere Card Routine
• More Golf Ball Moves
• Cups And Balls Moves And Ideas
• New...

Psychic entertainers, here are six more mentalism treasures for your collection, from the Nelson Enterprises vault. Volume 6 contains six compelling mental magic manuscripts from Robert A. Nelson, William W. Larsen, and R. W. Hull. All were featured in the famous Nelson Enterprises catalog, and have been edited and updated for a new generation of performers and audiences. Here's what's included:

Unique Memory Test - Several spectators shake dice or select cards from a deck. After all have done so, the psychic tells each one the number of cards selected or total of the dice. (NE Cat. #64)

The Abnormal Lift - Three...

This is a fundraiser ebook. 100% of the proceeds of this ebook will go to Kennard Chandler and his wife Bean to help them in their personal and financial struggles.

A Who's Who of mentalism has contributed routines from their performing repertoire to make this fundraiser ebook worth your money and time. Not only is it a worthy cause to help support a member of our community, but it is also a great ebook to read, including some routines that were never published before. In other words, it is material you can only learn from this ebook.

• Introduction by Chandler
• "Hey Rube!"
• Act One: Make...

• The Shooting Pellet
• Easy Ropes And Rings
• A Different Ring Release
• The Milk Goes Down
• Silks From Confetti
• Oriental Cut And Restored
• The T.S. Safety Rice Bowls
• Think Of A Card
• A Good Prediction
• A Novel Colour Change
• A Different Pass
• A False Count
• Matching The Colours
• Telepathy Simplified
• Graphology Supreme
• A Different Stretching Rope
• Giant Match Trick
• An Easily Worked "Stung" Trick
• Sun And Moon
• Bottle, Glass And Discs

1st edition 1941, 16 pages; PDF 18 pages.

From the Preface:

• Preface
• The Torn And Restored Paper
• Glido - The Thimble That Glides
• The Vanishing Cigarette
• The Cut Tape And Match Box
• Another Cut Ribbon Effect
• A Deceptive Card Trick
• The Twin Aces
• An Easy Spelling Trick
• The Psychic Tissues
• Rollo
• The Phantom Domino
• The Phantom Ring
• An Advertisement Trick
• A Numeral Mystery
• A Surprise Slate Trick ...

There are different tricks which use a hole in a card. Mario Tarasini presents one of the smartest and simplest methods to perform this effect. Just punch one hole on the selected card and the hole will multiply. The best part is that after the trick the card can be given to the spectator.

1st edition 2020, length 6:40.