Magic & Conjuring

Excerpt from the introduction:

Almost as challenging as reading all the card and coin material Ed Marlo packed into the 22 years of M.I.N.T. (1963-1985), is locating specific pieces of material when you want to study or review them. You certainly aren't going to learn it all in one sitting. Moreover, both Ed and Wesley liberally reference the works of other authors and their published material. With the Annotated M.I.N.T. series now complete in 14 volumes, this 15th volume will make it far easier to locate any Ed Marlo or Wesley James material from the series, as well as other referenced Indexed contributors to magic's...

The Annotated M.I.N.T. series concludes. It is now complete. Thanks to Ed Marlo and Wesley James, M.I.N.T III, IV, V, VI, and Annotated M.I.N.T. 1963 - 1979 (M.I.N.T. I, and II) are now available in 14 Volumes, plus, in a 15th volume, all the Index, Table of Contents, and Bibliography for all 14 volumes. After releasing M.I.N.T III through VI, and Annotated M.I.N.T 1963 through 1976 this volume again departs by including three years of material. It includes the years 1977-1979 - comprised of some longer and broader Marlo explorations. As Wesley progressed toward completing the full run of...

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Estimation is a secret weapon that enables you to create seemingly impossible effects. While it may appear challenging at first, mastering this skill is more possible than you might expect. When executed correctly, the results can be truly amazing.

This comprehensive eBook covers all aspects of estimation, including prerequisites, fundamental principles, and the distinctions between "in the hands" and "on the table" estimation techniques. It also provides practical advice and describes various effects that can be achieved through estimation....

A new spin on the classic piece-by-piece card restoration.

This is a real-world Torn & Restored Card that's easier to do and better on angles than most. It looks great on social media or in the real world. This is a T&R that was built for workers.

• Simple set up
• Easy moves
• Great for strolling or table hopping
• Perform it back out or face out
• Multiple handlings included

1st edition 2024, video 33 minutes.

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A spectacular series of 'sandwiches' with a deck of cards.

Aldo Colombini is back with Checkmate, another full routine never before published in English. The routine takes full advantage of the 'sandwich' theme, where selected cards mysteriously appear between pairs of Kings, and escalates into a series of transpositions and revelations that defy logic.

Much impressive is the “instant sandwich transposition”, where a selected card (that can be signed) instantly transposes from between the red Kings to between the black Kings while they are in the midst of two different packets. Each...

Effect: From a deck of cards, the spectator selects a card and then loses it in the deck without showing it to anyone. The performer takes another deck of cards, shuffles it, and shows that each card is in a random position. He notices two twin cards in the center. Taking advantage of this, he says it's a sign of fate and that he will use the twin cards to find the selected card, even though he doesn't know what it is. He shuffles the deck again, and magically, the pair of twin cards capture a card, which turns out to be the twin of the chosen one. Undeterred, the performer adds the value...

An unprecedented self-working effect in which 2 cards chosen to represent two bratty kids hiding among the other cards, will be captured by three cards called to represent daddy, a lady, and a boy.

This is a new automatic card effect, accompanied by a nice story, where the magician, drawing from a common deck of cards, uses only the face cards, dividing them into three piles: the Jacks, the Queens, and the Kings. He introduces the latter as a small group of friends, four separated fathers, who decide to hold a party to which they invite four dames and four Jacks, their sons. Nevertheless,...

Un inedito effetto SELF-WORKING nel quale 2 carte scelte a rappresentare due Ragazzi Monelli nascostisi tra le altre carte, verranno incredibilmente catturati da tre carte chiamate a rappresentare Papà, Zia e Zio

Questo é un nuovo effetto di Cartomagia Automatica, accompagnato da un simpatico story-telling, dove il prestigiatore, estraendole da un comune mazzo di carte, si serve soltanto delle figure, suddividendole in tre mazzetti: i Fanti, le Donne e i Re. Presenta questi ultimi come un piccolo gruppo di amici, quattro Padri separati, che decidono di indire una festa alla quale invitano...

Der Heilige Gral der Konstruktion magischer Quadrate ist es, ein magisches Quadrat durch eine Springertour zu erschaffen. In die 64 Felder eines Schachbretts werden die Zahlen von 1 bis 64 so eingeschrieben, dass diese nicht nur einen geschlossenen Rösselsprung bilden, sondern die 8 Zahlen in jeder Zeile und Spalte auch dieselbe Summe ergeben. Seit 2003 weiß man, dass eine mathematische Suche erfolglos bleiben muss. Durch mentale Stärke kann man trotzdem zum Gral finden.

Erstausgabe 2024, PDF 39 Seiten.

You start by showing four cards from the back, one of which is orange, while the others have red backs. The front of the orange-backed card is blank. You table that card. As you show the three remaining red-backed cards for the second time, one has changed to a blue back. The front is again blank. One more time around, and another card has changed its back to a different color.

You pick up the four cards and show their faces, but they now have all turned into four Jokers. Another magical gesture and they have changed into four Queen of Hearts. Then the four Queen of Hearts change to the...

A practice guide for magicians.

"As fine an exposition of this kind of material as I have ever read . . ." - Mike Close

"Fifty years from now this might be right on that shelf next to 'Magic and Showmanship'." - David Goodsell

"It will turn you into a better magician." - David Regal

What is the Ostrich Factor? As well-versed, conscientious amateurs and professionals, we know the accepted axioms of the art. But when practicing to perform, we sometimes inadvertently overlook or ignore one or more of these well-known rules. The oversight keeps our performances from being as good as they could be. We make an assumption:...

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MASQ Stack is a rotational or sequential stack that is very easy to learn and looks very random. You should be able to remember the sequence in under ten minutes. Given any card, you will know the next card instantly. Knowing this stack, you can perform almost all the routines out there which can be performed with a Si Stebbins or 8 Kings or similar stacks.

But behind the "MASQ" there is another hidden secret. Once you know the MASQ Stack you can also perform a magic square routine anytime, anywhere to anyone without breaking...

This is the classic work on how to set up and operate a lucrative psychic reading business. Richard Webster has decades of experience as a psychic reader and in this ebook shares his proven methods of success, including a full sample reading and step-by-step explanations, as well as advice on how to provide comprehensive, satisfying readings to your clients, how to extend the length of your readings, how to handle repeat business, and how to make money in private practice.

Richard Webster is your perfect guide to becoming a successful private psychic. As well as many years as a psychic...

"As a total newbie, I've always wanted to explore swami or nail writing, but there were too many choices so I had no idea where to start. I also love the list of tricks. I think I'll proceed down the lie detector route too. Thanks a bunch Hal." - Bill Peterson

Swami Theory 101 is a workshop-style swami writing tutorial for true beginners to this form of magic and mentalism.

The swami writer magic and mentalism trick is a classic effect where the magician appears to predict or reveal a thought-of piece of information, such as a number or word. The trick relies on a small, concealed...

"Bob Cassidy's work with Anneman's Fourth Dimensional Telepathy is legendary. Seeing him perform 4DT live is a masters-level lesson in how to present mentalism. As great as his performance was, there were certain things about the mechanics of his handling I didn't care for. With A Nod to Bob, Scott has ingeniously eliminated all of these, with what may be the most streamlined, efficient handling yet. Three envelopes, three business cards and a couple of pens. Utterly Brilliant." - Bill O'Connell

"I purchased "A Nod to Bob" last night and it's absolutely brilliant. No faffing around with...

Using a small packet of cards, a spectator fairly creates a playing card which was predicted by the magician.

A packet of playing cards is on display. On one side: A mix of every value (from 2 to King) and every suit. On the other side: A mix of red and blue backs. The spectator is asked to create a random card. First, he selects which back color represents the suit and which one represents the value. Following the magician's instructions, he mixes the cards up and cuts them as many times as he wants. Then, he deals the cards on the table in six pairs. Finally, he picks one pair with a red...

You start with 5 blank cards - blank on both sides. A magic word and one of the blank cards has turned into a regular card. Progressively, each blank card assumes a differently colored back until you can show a fan with all five cards showing backs.

1st edition 2024, video 3:32.

A spectator names a number from 1 to 5. The magician takes the deck of cards, shuffles it, and after doing so, lays the cards out like a ribbon on the table, and only 4 cards remain face up, that is, the four-of-a-kind poker hand made up of the number chosen by the spectator.

1st edition 2024, PDF 4 pages.

Das MacGyver Square ist ein universelles 4x4 "Instant Magic Square" (IMS). Das magische Quadrat ist für ein IMS vergleichsweise gut für magische Summen von 50 bis 100 ausbalanciert und sehr einfach ohne Dubletten zu konstruieren. 8x8 magische Quadrate sind aufgrund ihrer Größe für TV-Auftritte beliebt. Das Quadrat wird im Rösselsprung ausgefüllt. Für eine TV-Talk-Show wurde eine Methode zur Konstruktion eines magischen Quadrats mit zwei Daten von Zuschauern entwickelt. Sie kommt ohne komplizierte Berechnungen aus. Das Quadrat wird sehr schnell ausgefüllt. Die Vorführung ist gedacht...

This is a compilation of two booklets that gambling house supply companies sold. The first part, Master Key, describes various ways playing cards can be marked. Illustrations of many marking methods and systems are included. Some of these methods go under the names of shade, glaze, block-out, line, build-up, trim, sorts, etch, swell natural or edge work, and others. The author of this section is unknown. It appears to be culled from various gambling house supply catalogs.

The second part, Run-Up Systems, was culled without credit from S. W. Erdnase's famous book The Expert at the Card Table. It explains several methods of stacking...

This ebook is packed with amazing card magic. Intended for advanced card workers, this is expert material for the person who wants top-notch, subtle work. It contains 45 great tricks.

• Author's Remarks
• Barnhart's Fan Steal
• Johnson's False Cut
• Gusias' Fancy Lift
• Marlo's Two Card Throw
• The "S" Shaped Turn Over
• Push-In Ace Control
• Imperfection Force
• Best Two Card Pushoff
• Marlo's Gambling Routine
• The Sucker Hand
• Bridge Honors
• Marlo's Miracle Routine
• Cards By Weight
• Miracle Location
• The Prediction
• A Straight Flush
• Perfect Bridge Hand
• The Rummy Game
• Faro Aces
• Just Imagine
• The Punch Deal
• Marlo's...

This is my go-to effect. Once you have done this effect, the spectator will believe you can read their facial expressions and more.

If you are looking to: build rapport with spectator(s), learn a memorized deck, and perform jazz-type magic this effect is your incentive.

I have gotten more incredible responses from this effect than any other. The method looks extremely fair. The only sleight, if you call this a sleight, is riffling cards off of your index finger. Learning this effect will make your magic better.

Note: You will need to know any memorized deck perfectly.

1st edition...

Excerpt from the foreword:

This special intro price will go up to $45 from October 14, 2024.

Digital Book Test is an ebook in PDF format that you can easily carry on your mobile phone. It takes up very little space on your phone. With a physical book, a participant riffles through the pages. But here on an ebook, a participant will scroll through the pages up and down.

The core method is a word divination. A participant chooses a random word based on his birthday (he never reveals his birthday at any point) and you will reveal the word with zero fishing. You will be able to first reveal the first letter of the word,...

I have been enamored with this principle for the past 50 years, and some of my earliest "commercial " creations were devised on the Parity Principle.

This manuscript attempts to explain and exploit the principle for "across-the-table" use to even a large stage demonstration, with an abundance of practical examples that you can just "print and perform".

There are also many ideas and suggestions to enable you to customize the effects for your needs and performing preferences. While it would not be practical to perform more than one of these effects in a single show, once you understand...

A spectator, very inexplicably, leads the performer to produce a four-of-kind poker hand in a very casual manner. The second is my version of an effect by John Mendoza also published in the book I dedicated to him, called 1-2-3-4 & 5 Ambitious.

1st edition 2024, PDF 4 pages.

A novel semi-automatic effect in which a spectator rolls a pair of dice and freely chooses any card, to arrive at a random spot in the deck where two more cards will determine both a random card and a number where it will be magically found.

A new semi-automatic card magic effect, where the magician, once introduced to an ordinary deck of poker cards, proceeds with a quick shuffle and finally hands it to a spectator, asking her to cut it into three parts. She shuffles the last one and chooses from it any card. Before turning it over, the magician announces that its value, added to that...

Un inedito effetto Semi-AUTOMATICO di Carta al Numero, in cui uno spettatore lancia una coppia di dadi e sceglie liberamente una carta, per giungere ad un punto a caso nel mazzo dove altre due carte determineranno sia una CARTA casuale che un NUMERO al quale verrà magicamente ritrovata!

Un effetto inedito di Cartomagia, praticamente Self-Working, dove il prestigiatore, una volta introdotto un comunissimo mazzo di carte da poker, procede con un veloce miscuglio ed infine lo consegna ad una spettatrice, chiedendole di tagliarlo in tre parti. Mescola l’ultima e sceglie da essa una carta...

Vorgestellt wird eine neuartige Konstruktionsmethode eines 4x4 magischen Quadrates, bei der sieben Werte frei vorgegeben werden. Die oberste Zeile wird mit dem Geburtstag eines Zuschauers befüllt. Drei weitere Zellen werden mit einem zweiten Datum gefüllt. Trotz dieser umfangreichen Vorgaben konstruiert der Rechenkünstler daraus ein magisches Quadrat mit identischen Zeilen-, Spalten- und Diagonalsummen.

Erstausgabe 2024, PDF 23 Seiten.

A printing effect. Five blank cards turn in an instant into a royal flush.

You show five blank cards. They are blank on both sides. In a snapping motion, you pull them apart and suddenly their faces show playing cards, a royal flush, and the backs are also printed.

1st edition 2024, video

This is one of the earliest works describing card artifice. It describes how unsuspecting folks, and even those who are careful, are being lured into playing cards. Once they play, they are easy prey for card advantage players.

For example, a simple card trick is used and then explained to get the trust of the mark. The trick exposed is "The Three Knaves", where three knaves magically gather together after a cut even though one was returned to the top of the deck, the second to the middle, and the third to the bottom.

The subtitle reads:

This is the authoritative reference for false counts and displays. It is the only encyclopedia of its kind. If you read somewhere a reference to the Copdiddle Count or the Biddyro Count and you have no idea what they are and how they are done, Racherbaumer's Counthesaurus will provide the answer. More than 70 counts and displays are explained. False counts are particularly useful for small packet tricks. If you want to create your own small packet tricks and you need a false count with particular characteristics and features you will likely find it here.

Includes Robert Walker's trick "Hyper...

I have learned a dozen false shuffles and the Rosetta shuffle was the clear winner. The Rosetta shuffle is one of the most convincing false shuffles of all the false shuffles. It looks so innocent and impossible to manipulate.

Key points:

• Learn step by step how to perform this amazingly deceptive shuffle.
• Practice tips
• Psychology approach
• 9 crystal clear photos to help you learn how to perform this amazing shuffle.
• Demo video provided so you can see for yourself how deceptive this shuffle is.
• This is the shuffle to use when you absolutely want your audience to believe the deck is...

Seit rund einhundert Jahren wird in der Zauberkunst für die Vorführung des magischen Quadrats auf das einfache Prinzip des 4x4 "Instant Magic Square (IMS)" - auch "Automatic Magic Square" genannt - zurückgegriffen. IMS besitzen Nachteile, so wird die Wahl der magischen Summe eingeschränkt, wenn man doppelte oder auffällige Werte vermeiden möchte. Abhilfe bieten 4x4 und 5x5 Sequential IMS, Flexible IMS und Balanced IMS mit harmonischeren Werten. Erläutert werden auch ein 30er IMS mit Rösselsprung, das Nostradamus Square für Jahre ab 1908 ohne Dubletten sowie 8x8 magische Quadrate. ...

Excerpt from the foreword:

This is part two in the Studies Series. ...

You show four cards, one of which has a big round hole cut out. Suddenly all the cards have a big round hole cut out. In another blink of an eye, the round hole has transformed into a square hole and you are only holding a single card. This effect is best seen performed. Watch the demo video below.

1st edition 2024, video 2:39.

Let's get real. We all have too many tricks and not enough time to learn all of them. Instead of acquiring more tricks, how about learning simple methods to make our tricks better? You know that trick you like, but it is just not getting the reaction you want. The tips in this ebook can help you make your tricks better and get the reactions you want.

You will learn:

• Best way to force a card
• Best methods to create false memories: the secret weapon magicians use
• Discover the superpower of convincers
• How to make a spectator think: What if?
• Advice on how to give clear instructions to...

Ever had an audience member ask, "How did you do that?" and found yourself at a loss for words? Say goodbye to awkward moments and hello to effortless responses with How Did You Do That? by Regardt Laubscher.

This essential ebook is packed with 50 clever and entertaining answers designed specifically for magicians. Whether you're performing on stage or up close, these responses will keep your audience intrigued and your secrets safe.

Why you'll love this ebook:

• Instant answers: quick, ready-to-use replies for any curious inquiry
• Engaging content: answers crafted to entertain while...

Want a knife that won't cut anything? (Including your expensive Chinese Sticks.) Have you ever struggled to steal a bill or billet from your pocket? Here's help. Do you want a cute trick for kids – especially in STEM/STEAM classes? You are covered.

In this free ebook, Larry Brodahl – the author of the Scripted Series gives you:

• an easy way to get a double lift ready in a packet trick
• a way to quit ruining cards when you're trimming them
• an easier way to palm spring bills
• a method to carry sticky tape with the sticky side out
• and more

...and for free!

1st edition 2024,...

A semi-automatic and completely impromptu Any-Card-At-Any-Number effect, in which a spectator rolls a pair of (imaginary) dice to draw a number, and randomly chooses a card, only to incredibly succeed in finding it, after the stop decided by the magician at the turning of the cards, at the very number he indicated.

An almost self-working "Any Card At Any Numer" effect, always improvisable, where the magician, once introduced to an ordinary 52-card poker deck (minus the Jokers), even possibly borrowed, hands it to a spectator to shuffle freely. Having got the cards back, he hands the first...

Un nuovo effetto semi-automatico di Carta al Numero, SEMPRE IMPROVVISABILE, in cui uno spettatore lancia una coppia di dadi (immaginari) per trarne un NUMERO, e sceglie a caso una CARTA per poi incredibilmente riuscire a ritrovarla dopo lo STOP deciso dal mago allo scorrere delle carte, proprio al numero da lui indicato!

Un nuovo effetto di Cartomagia IMPROMPTU, dove il prestigiatore, una volta introdotto un comunissimo mazzo da poker di 52 carte (tolti i Jolly), anche eventualmente preso a prestito, lo consegna ad uno spettatore da mescolare liberamente. Riavute indietro le carte,...

The routine is built on different principles learned from different authors who have dedicated themselves to the exploration of this path.

Effect: A spectator chooses a pair of cards and another a second pair of cards. A third spectator will choose one of the two pairs and put them in his pocket without seeing their faces. At this point, 27 cards are shown and the third spectator will always have to think of one of those he sees and then indicate 3 times where it went to be placed but always without ever saying its name. Once this is done, the deck is shuffled and only at this point the...

Effetto: Uno spettatore sceglie una coppia di carte e un altro una seconda coppia di carte. Un terzo spettatore sceglierà una delle due coppie e se le metterà in tasca senza vederne la faccia. A questo punto vengono mostrate 27 carte e il terzo spettatore dovrà sempre pensare a una di quelle che vede e poi indicare 3 volte dove è andata a finire ma sempre senza mai dirne il nome. Fatto questo, si mescola il mazzo e solo a questo punto lo spettatore prende le due carte in tasca e ne somma il valore, poi prende il mazzo di carte in mano e conta tante carte quanto indicato dalla somma creata...