Magic & Conjuring: page 222

The following is a complete card routine created by U.F. Grant a long, long time ago. You will find it mysterious, entertaining and practically unknown by modern generations.

EFFECT: A series of bewildering effects with a deck of cards shuffled by spectators.

1. A deck of cards is shuffled by spectators. A card is chosen and returned to the deck. Performer puts cards in trouser pocket and spells the name of the chosen card. The last card results to be the chosen one.

2. A spectator now chooses another card. The deck is cut. Tell the spectators that you have X-ray eyes and can see...

Rose continues the simple, bold and beautiful approach found in Fraser's limited edition False Messiah.

Fraser is now sharing, for the first time outside of his close circle of friends, his most up to date arrangement for guessing names and star signs completely prop-less.

You say a few lines of scripting and you are able to instantly divine practically anything the spectator is thinking of. Method and effect work seamlessly together to create a bold and beautiful deception that relies on fooling those who you perform for via perception.

No naming of letters, anagrams or running through...

A primer to help organize clusters of magic into a professional show. Rate your magic in terms of entertainment factor and establish a flow that moves your performance from show opening to close. Learn the reasons larger and smaller magic are blended into a performance. Then learn how to use these various waves to slowly build your audience to that big "wow" finish successful magicians close with.

• Show Components
• Mechanics
• Inventory
• Flow
• Music
• Produce Your Show
• Specialty Shows
• Documentation/Backup
• Wrapping It Up

1st edition 2016, 27 pages.

• Everything Old Is ...
• DVD Marketing
• Gold Mine in Store Displays
• Magic Shop Differences
• Unknown Market
• 3 Magicians Walk Into a Bar
• Magic Without Your Stuff
• Modern Technology, Great If It Works
• Trivia to Select Volunteers

1st edition 2016, 10 pages.

• Donating Your Talent
• What Makes Magic Work?
• Working with a Signer
• Train Wreck Rehearsal
• Make It Perform It Filler
• Lectures
• DVD Marketing Materials
• What Type Are You?

1st edition 2016, 10 pages.

One of the best works on the Okito coin box including moves and routines.

• Bey's Routine With The Okito Coin Box
• Mohammed Bey's Bonus Silver And Copper Routine
• More Mohammed Bey Routines With The Okito Coin Box, Four Coins, A Card Case And A Tumbler
• Improved Okito Coin Box Steal For One Coin
• The Perfect "Coin Penetration Through Box And Hand"
• The "Okito" Coin Box

1st edition 1963, 53 pages; 1st digital edition 2016, 42 pages.

Julio's Psychic Pizza is an easy to perform and completely self-working prediction that allows a spectator to predict a pizza style (Olives and Anchovies, Italian, Classic, Hawaiian, etc) and the appropriate base (thick or thin) and an accompanying beverage (Milkshake, Iced Tea, Cola, Orange juice, etc).

The performer introduces a colorful and glossy menu from Julio's Psychic Pizza Shop (est. 1971). Printed on the inside is a psychic circle of pizza styles representing what's available.The spectator thinks of any number between 1--1000 (no force) and counts around the circle (either clockwise...

For the last two years, Dee Christopher has been developing, testing and collecting unique methods to perform the classic Living and Dead act.

In this ebook, you will receive several methods to determine which card contains the dead name, alongside some printable files, professionally designed to work with some of the methods described.

Dee has also given his advice for performing these kinds of powerful, but dangerous acts and included his ideas on performing acts of this nature.

From the closing of the book:

Publicity is the lifeblood of any magician. No matter how skilled you are or how great your act is, unless people know about you, then there are no bookings. The theater remains empty. Publicity equals bookings and attendance for your public shows. It doesn't get any simpler than that.

Devin Knight (aka Jason Michaels) is a master of publicity. Thousands of stories about him have appeared in the media. The Associated Press even picked up some of his stories and spread them to thousands of newspapers worldwide.

Most magicians are aware of doing blindfolded drives and headline predictions,...

If you already own Psych Aerious or buy along with this, you can get this ebook for half price. The owners of Unusual Clue can get THE: The Hand Experiments for half price.

A unique and unconventional 'Psychic Detective' routine where the performer plays the detective and using an 'unusual clue' predicts the name of the criminal right in the beginning of the proceedings.

A random participant names a random 'victim' - straight from his imagination. Another random participant names a random 'witness' - again purely from his imagination. These names are chosen totally at random and out of the blue and there is absolutely no force...

This is an electronic facsimile of the deluxe edition of Duffie's Card Compulsions that was published by Richard Kaufman. Illustrated by Joseph K. Schmidt with an introduction by Roy Walton. Besides the wonderful card magic you will also find artful drawings of sparsely clad ladies. And let's be honest folks, this is the real reason you should buy this ebook.

Contents:

• Preliminary
  • Introduction: Roy Walton
  • Foreword: Peter Duffie
• Routines
  • The Three Packet Shuffle
  • Mis-Read Palmistry
  • City Slickers
  • Marriage On The Rocks
  • Sherlock Never Married
  • Baker Street Branch
  • Dearly Departed
  • Exodus
  • The Lucky Ten
  • Just For Starters ...

An amazing three part routine with a simple piece of rope and a borrowed ring.

The routine is in three parts. In Part I, a borrowed signet-ring is threaded on a rope, then penetrates it. Part II sees the ring again threaded and also knotted on the rope. Nevertheless, the ring visibly dissolves through leaving just the knot. In Part III the ring is threaded and knotted on the rope then a handkerchief is wrapped round it and the whole thing is held by a spectator. When instructed, he allows the handkerchief to drop to the floor to disclose an 'empty' rope; no ring ... not even a knot.

Since...

Stunts, Tricks and Gags with Flashes, Bangs and Surprises

From the introduction:

David Devlin has floored everyone he has shown this incredible effect. Even members of his family were nailed. This is an amazing piece of mental magic. Based on an array of different effects and principles, this is certain to go into your working repertoire. It is self-working and can even be performed impromptu (at least the majority of the effect can be performed impromptu)!

The effect is this: A deck is shuffled, and two predictions are made on the backs of two business cards. One is a number and the other is the name of a playing card. Two spectators deal cards in turn until they each...

As stated on the cover, this is a book of ideas, tricks, routines and gags for the close-up worker. Not only tricks but practical ideas and presentations that can make the difference between "just another trick" and a "great trick".

• Close-Up-Magic: A Few Home Truths
• Advance Publicity
• Comedy In Close-Up
• Second-Strings
• Easier-Still
• Petite-Mannikin: A Close-Up Impromptu-Diversion
• "Cock-Eyed Cruet": A Lovely Table-Gag
• With Miniature-Cards: Sugar-Tong-Card-Location
• Presentation-Angles For "Close-Up Magic": "Magical-Menu"
• New Patter & Presentations For Close-Up-Classics: Chinese-Compass ...

From the Introduction:

From the lost files of Jason Michaels comes one of the most devious and baffling psychic card routines every invented!

It is a four-phase routine in which you locate selected cards SIGHT UNSEEN. It was one of the most talked about feats of Jason Michaels and even fooled the skeptics. This appears in print for the first time.

Jason never liked using blindfolds except for blindfolded drives and even then he put newspaper over the windshield. The reason for this is that no matter how clever or deceptive a blindfold is, there are always people who still think somehow you can see through it....

• Oracle
• The Ribbon Control
• Billets
• M.M. Billet Switch #1
• M.M. Billet Switch #2
• The 'Umbrella' Move
• A Billet Routine
• Graphic Devices
• Images
• Images II
• Master Datebook
• Master Datebook Routine #1
• Master Datebook Routine #2
• Master Datebook Routine #3
• Master Datebook Routine #4
• Dr. Q Meets Dr. D
• Routine II - Dr. D The Psychic
• Routine III - Bank Night
• Routine IV - Mental Charades
• Further Ideas - Dr. Q Living And Dead Test

PDF 49 pages

Spook Crooks! is Julien Proskauer's searing expose of the world of phony prophets, fake mediums, and other con artists who fleeced innocent victims of their cash, dignity and in some cases their lives.

Proskauer, a friend of Houdini's, took it upon himself to nearly single-handedly rid the radio airwaves of fortune tellers and psychic swindlers in the early 1930s, much to the chagrin of honest mentalists who were caught in the crossfire.

A slick billet switch, the gypsy money switch, and many other secrets are revealed in crystal clear text and illustrations.

Robert A. Nelson, owner of mentalism's most esteemed...

From the Preface:

On November 26th and 27th 2010 the first European Close-Up Magic Symposium, focusing purely on coin magic, brought 16 magicians from all over the world to Milan for two days of non-stop coin magic, with lectures and performances, private sessions and gala shows. The routines in this volume among the best and shot live at the symposium, are very impressive and strong. Expect some knuckle busters as most of the contributors in this volume are the best names in the coin magic genre. All routines, except two (as noted), are complete with performance and explanation.

AKIRA FUJII: "Grown Up Coin". Beautiful...

Beautiful one coin routine with many surprises. Technique is very impressive and not very difficult to do. Intermediate level. For stand-up workers.

length 13min

The master of the Spanish coinmagic presents one of the best routines of the symposium. Pure sleight of hand, pure magic and total enjoyment. A coins thru glass routine with seldom seen technique. A perfect lead in to a matrix or a four coin routine. Routine work at the table. Intermediate level.

length 10min

A fun, short and original routine whereby one of the two half dollars changes to a quarter and the other half dollar changes to a silver dollar. Student of Shigeo Takagi, Shigeo is now considered the dean of Japanese coinmagic. Beautiful routine to work at the table. Beginner/Intermediate level.

length 9min