Magic & Conjuring: page 180

January 1976 - December 1976
William Larsen, Jr., Publisher and Editor

820 pages

1. Genii - Volume 40, Number 1 - January 1976 - 64 pages
1. Cover - Gerald Taylor Issue
4. In This Issue - contents
16. The Genii Speaks - WWL (Jr)
17. The Vernon Touch - Dai Vernon
18. Gerald Taylor Issue - photo
    19. An Introduction to Gerald Taylor - Roy E. Short
    20. About This Issue - Gerald Taylor
    21. Sugar and Sand Climax - Gerald Taylor
    22. Transmogrification Plus - Gerald Taylor
    23. photos of Gerald Taylor
    24. Extracts From The Programme - Gerald Taylor
        • Trunk Substitution
        • Nicola Spike Cabinet ...

January 1975 - December 1975
William Larsen, Jr., Publisher and Editor

684 pages

1. Genii - Volume 39, Number 1 - January 1975 (published in March) - 48 pages
1. Cover - Glenn Falkenstein
4. In This Issue - contents
15. The Genii Speaks - WWL (Jr)
16. The Vernon Touch - Dai Vernon
17. One-Armed Rice Bowl Finale - Roy Fromer
18. Mickey's Magical Workshop - Mickey O'Malley
    • Genii-Jug
20. Cane Balancing With Dove - Gene Elmo
21. Magical Thoughts - Louis Phillips
    • I. Chinese Fortune Cookies
    • II. Bibliographic Reference
    • III. Proof That 2 Equals 1
    • IV. The King of Hearts
21. The Next Card...

Secret Twitter is now available as a PDF compilation. In addition you will get a readworthy introduction by Roberto. We have also added all replies to Roberto's daily tweets. Max Maven was the most vocal and opinionated one, but you will also get thoughts by Pit Hartling, Denis Behr, Ian Kendall and others.

What is Secret Twitter? If you are familiar with Roberto Giobbi's book Secret Agenda you can probably guess. Secret Twitter is a completely new and innovative way for Roberto to share his thoughts, comments, advice and insight with you - via Twitter.

For fourteen months, starting with November 1st 2014 and...

Sight Unseen will earn you a reputation. If you already have a reputation, it will make it bigger. The effects in this eBook contributed greatly in earning David Devlin his IBM Entertainer of the Year Award in 2003.

This eBook comes with two presentations and two methods for the same effect. The basic effect is that a deck is shuffled by spectators until they are content. The deck is spread face down. The spectator slips a joker face up into the deck anywhere she wishes. The second joker is placed face up above the face down card above the other joker, thus trapping a single unknown card...

Is it a toilet plunger, a vase, a Beanie cap, or a Safari Hat? It's Hat-A-Rama! It's an updated comical blend of Trouble-Wit and Chapeaugraphy that is destined to become an instant kid show classic. It's a must if you work for children. This effect normally sells for $40 from magic dealers. Devin shows you how to make it up for a fraction of that, and easily make replacements when the effect wears out.

Bring a child up to help and say, "We need a special hat and a magic wand". From then on it's NON-STOP laughter. Magician brings out what appears to be a toilet plunger and places it on the...

If you have ever wanted to be a children's entertainer then this download DVD will teach you everything you will need to know from advertising and marketing strategies to the party games he plays and equipment he uses. Stephen discusses everything about his show and business strategies including all the tactics which have made his one of the business children's entertainers in the UK.

1. What do I charge?
2. Price Increasing
3. How much do I earn?
4. How many shows do I do?
5. Weddings
6. Confirmation Sheets
7. Confirmation Number
8. Cancellations
9. Deposits
10. Packages
11. Competitors
12. Website
13. Prices on my website ...

Instructional download DVD that teaches 33 different modelling balloon creations - most of which are single balloon animals which Stephen gives out to the children at the end of his show. He also discusses his A1 Balloon Poster / A-Frame backdrop and provides the PSD and JPEG file for it for you to make your own (see your digital shelf for the zip file to download). Almost all the models feature both front and over the shoulder shots of the creation process.

1. Dog
2. Hat
3. Ladybird Bracelet
4. Rabbit
5. Parrot
6. Ray Gun
7. Sword
8. Butterfly
9. Spiderman
10. Flower
11. Aeroplane
12. Giraffe
13. Mouse
14. Butterfly Bracelet ...

Jack Spade is a private investigator trying to solve the case of the stolen diamond ring. Told through the revelations of a pack of playing cards, this is a story-deck routine that acts as the finish to Stephen's close-up, parlour and stage shows.

Each card is produced from within the deck in time with the narrative. Stephen goes through several versions of the effect, the stack, the false shuffles, the revelations, secret marks, extra cards and all the gags - everything.

Its a card trick with every card in the deck and its a superb finish to any magicians set.

[Note that additional files and documents are available on your digital shelf.]

1st edition 2014,...

21 is a fascinating reading and character analysis system for mentalists and mind-readers based around the card game Blackjack. It is a mesmerising game of fate and fortune that combines the cool world of the casino with the intriguing feats of the psychics. With the 21 system you will decipher the character, understand the person, and foretell their decisions!

21 is a fun and versatile system, equally at home with both in-depth one-to-one readings and more entertainment based group readings and character analysis. Everyone enjoys the occasional gamble, and with the 21 system the choices...

Here you will learn several stunning sleight-less card routines which are based on a principle that while not new, already Alex Elmsley and others before him have explored it, is brought to new prominence by Nick Conticello. Using this idea he has created stunning card routines that require no sleight of hand. Nevertheless, the occasional false cut or false shuffle can greatly enhance these pieces. Nick teaches an effective false cut, the Widdershins Cut.

• The 23rd Card
• The 28th Card
• The Shadow Divination
• The Widdershins Cut
• The Three Predictions

1st edition 2014, 16 pages.

Your spectator chooses a colour and receives a brief reading based on their choice. Uncannily the aura colour on their personal reading card, changes to match their selection.

• Colaura is a modular cold reading system that allows you to make a personal colour reading for the participant.
• Combines aura readings with phrenology.
• It is perfect for intimate and strolling performances.
• The simple system makes it easy to remember the meanings of the colours and areas of the head. The Colaura card is a disguised tick sheet to assist the performer.
• A personal reading can be tailored for the...

Two of the Most Impossible Card Effects of this Century

No one is surprised when Wesley James introduces a card effect that breaks new ground. He has been doing so for nearly fifty years. However, when he releases two innovative new plots in one dedicated volume, you know they must be incredibly powerful.

Out of Sight Discernment II and How'd You Know are two such effects.

Out of Sight Discernment II

From a shuffled deck, which could be borrowed, a spectator is given the opportunity to think of any one of potentially dozens of cards you offer to show them at different random points...

A bunch of numbers from 1 to 52 are presented to a spectator. Some are written in red, some are in black. From now on, the performer will not look or touch anything. A spectator thinks secretly of one of the numbers, and has to lie when she names the color of the number among a few other ones. There is absolutely no force.

Then she shuffles a deck of cards (that can be borrowed or even imaginary!), and deals the cards face up, just saying if they are red or black. When she reaches her card, she has to lie. The performer immediately stops her at this card, even though he did not look or touch...

This is Stephen's stage size Find the Lady Routine using any three ungimmicked, any size cards. It can be done close-up with playing cards or business cards. It can be done on stage with A2 size cards with cartoon pictures on them or images of the company logo. The possibilities are endless.

Because the cards are ungimmicked, it can be customized to the client. So you can have a picture of the bride in-between two pictures of the groom for a wedding. You can have a picture of the company boss in-between two signs that say "You'r Fired" for a corporate dinner party.

On this download...

This download DVD features over 40 simple, easy-to-learn magic tricks that you can master in minutes and perform for your family and friends. It is easy to start with any tricks you want to learn and with close-up shots you will see all the special moves. You'll be performing these trick in no-time.

This feature is suitable for both adults and children. All the effects require items found around the home and include magic such as the pen through a banknote which can be seen below.

The effects you will learn include:

• Pencil Through Banknote
• Crazy Compass
• Paddle Sticks
• Amazing Colour...

Ring Tricks 2.0 is the ultimate in impromptu magic using an ordinary borrowed finger-ring. First, see the various routines several times in different places to different people, all with their own unique endings. Then watch a full explanation explaining all the effects in details.

This 2.0 version features over 30 effects including an entire new routine, new endings and effects with a ring. With a running time of over two hours, this really is the most in-depth look at tricks that can be performed with an ordinary finger ring.

Chapters:

• Credits and Origins
• Ring Types
• Productions ...

This is a silent film produced by Harry Stanley's Unique Magic Studios. It shows Lewis Ganson performing his Cups and Balls routine as well as an effect with a glass plate, three transparent cups and three silks.

1st edition 1960s, length 9 min.

If you are looking for a large visual stage mental effect, then look no further! Tri-Epic is an updated mental epic type effect, but without the old fashion chalk boards, and WITH NO ONE-AHEAD method. Tri-Epic is new, novel and different! This effect sells from magic dealers for over $300 new with all the props. You can make it for a fraction of that.

(Although similar to the smaller, In The News, the method and handling are different. This is designed for stage work. In The News was more for close-up and parlor work.)

If you liked David Copperfield's Graffiti Effect then you will love this. Creates...

Thimble Stars is a 4 minute thimble manipulation routine, as Stephen performs in his children's show, adult parlour, and in close-up situations.

He performs it over 250 times a year in his children's show to comedy patter, which ends in a spring rabbit production. His close-up version ends with the vanish of all four thimbles.

The routine has been devised to work around all bad angles, eliminate steals and awkward moves and make the routine as 'fool proof' as he could make it. He doesn't wear a jacket or use sleeves. The only clothing requirements are that you have trouser pockets. ...

Stretchy Bands are large hair ties, similar to elastic band and loom bands. They pack small and play big, are great for teaching in workshops and offer a different selection of effects to elastic bands. This video teaches 26 different visual tricks which includes mentalism, penetrations, vanishes, games, restorations and more. They are just as much fun to perform as they are to watch. Check out the unedited, uncut, no camera trickery trailer that shows just a few of the effects.

1. Y Knot
One band is locked within the other and around a the spectators finger. You wave and suddenly the two...

This download video features tricks that Stephen teaches over a course of lessons, and are often used as a showcase piece in a talent show at the end of the course. They are all simple to master and great for any beginner in magic.

Guess Who: Characters are eliminated until your left with one, that matches your prediction.

Ten Card List: Using the card in the data folder, you can read a persons mind

Vanishing Me: Using the template found in the data folder, make a person vanish.

Grid Prediction: A random number is calculated which matches your prediction.

Unburstable Balloon:...

This download video features several tricks that Stephen teaches to children in his magic workshops and in one-on-one magic lessons for adults. They are all simple to master and great for any beginner in magic.

Impossible Jigsaw: Puzzle pieces are eliminated until your left with just one, the missing piece of the jigsaw.

Two Into One: Two pieces of string merge into one long piece.

Combination: A random number is created by the spectator, which amazingly opens a sealed lock.

Domino: A row of dominos is made and the end two numbers match your prediction.

Straw Thru Straw: Two...

Hello, my magician friends around the world...The new TGM is ready! Welcome back to the pages of TGM - volume Four, yes four, no less, issue number one. Read the contents of the very first issue of the new volume below and you are sure to run for it. This issue is a staggering collection of articles, magic effects (I hate the word 'trick' - magicians do 'magic' whereas 'tricks' are done by the 'tricksters'), jokes, cartoons, news and views and more.

Contents:

• Solyl Says - simple tittle-tattles of Solyl. ...

A unique concept from a wonderful idea by Dale A. Hildebrandt (with permission).

The Digital Video Deck combines a hi-tech Card At Any Number with a series of prediction, coincidence and mindreading effects culminating in a unique give-away or promotional tool.

During your performance, a personalized prediction effect culminates in the spectator revealing their card at their chosen number using their own DVD player, Computer or TV.

And what's more...this effect, whilst using a hi-tech aid, in no way uses technology. Clearly it is impossible to tamper with anything.

The package includes:

1. Instruction...