Magic

As with the previous releases, the content...

1st edition 2018, 14 pages.

Eine dramaturgisch choreografierte Präsentation für die Zig Zag Zigarette.

Der Vorführende zeigt, wie er einem schweren Raucher, der das Rauchen aufgeben wollte, in einer dramatischen Szene mit Rat und Tat zur Seite stand.

Er zerschnitt dessen letzte Zigarette in drei Teile. Danach hatte der Raucher die Wahl: entweder warf er die zerstörte Zigarette weg und hörte mit dem Rauchen auf, oder der Vorführende stellte die Zigarette wieder her und der Raucher rauchte weiter. Der Raucher verlor den inneren Kampf und forderte den Vorführenden auf, die Zigarette wiederherzustellen.

Nachdem...

The four number-based puzzlers in this package made the cut based on the following criteria:

• Each had to be obscure enough that my audiences would not have seen or heard of them before;
• Although based on numbers, the process in the presentation needed to be direct and simple; and
• Most importantly . . . each needed to illustrate a proven principle essential for...

From the introduction:

The following chapters will be found to be practical lessons in conjuring. Many people have the erroneous idea that if they know how a trick is done they are quite capable of presenting it to an audience. I have always found that a very little experience will show such persons that the mere knowledge of the secret of a trick is not of much value to a beginner unless it is accompanied by some simple instructions showing him the best way of using his knowledge. Therefore, I shall not merely give...

The author believes, along with several other well known professional magicians, that it is one of the cleanest cut color changing routine to be obtained, and in closing wishes to thank Mr. William H. Hanna for the valuable assistance given, with several of the moves and the fine illustrations in this book.

1st edition 1936, 10 pages; PDF 8 pages.

You'll be taken step-by-step in this instructional video as you learn to make The Paper Paradox (without any complicated origami folds) for your own fun (and/or marketing). You'll also receive an MSWord template for customizing to your own message (download from the digital shelf). Prospects sure keep this puzzle longer and show it to more people than any business card.

1st edition 2018, length 6 min 30 s.

This method is ideal for close up situations and with a bit of audience management can easily be adapted to a parlor situation too.

The effect as it plays out from the audience point...

I first heard of Jim Thompson in the pages of Ted Annemann's Jinx. Then his main interest was mental magic. I have never seen him perform but I have seen many magicians use the tricks he has put into print. I always visualize him as a mild mannered man who would make an excellent beacon in a blackout. See his "Moonlight Madness," page 301 in Annemann's Practical Mental Effects, or page 265 in My Best.

This current volume of "Top Secrets" is the second in a planned trilogy. You have most of the objects needed for the feats described. If something special is required, Jim will tell you how to make it, or where to buy it....

Encyclopedia of the 3 shell game, completely exposed, revised and enlarged, including the latest routines, profusely illustrated, and comprehensively described.

• Forward
• Forward, Junior
• The Author Speaks
• Chapter 1 Point On Shells
• Chapter 2 The Correct Pea
• Chapter 3 How To Make A Pea
• Chapter 4 The Size Of The Pea
• Chapter 5 Working Surface
• Chapter 6 The 3 Shell Game
• Chapter 7 Fundamentals
• Chapter 8 Red, White & Blue
• Chapter 9 You Hold It
• Chapter 10 Over The Top
• Chapter 11 Double Pea
• Chapter 12 Back Hand Trick
• Chapter 13 Variation
• Chapter 14 Which One, Bub?
• Chapter 15 Open Hand...