Magic & Conjuring: page 317

This is a fascinating travel log, including a good number of photos, by an accomplished magician circling the globe including visits to India, China, Japan, New Zealand, Australia, Unites States, Canada and other places. He devotes three fascinating chapters to the tricks of the Indian conjurers, but does not tell us a lot about his own performances during his voyage.

From the introduction by Professor Hoffmann:

A history of magic interwoven with Charles Bertram's recollections.

From the introduction:

A nice collection of five more entertaining effects for psychic entertainers that will leave audiences thinking that they have just witnessed genuine mind reading. You get:

Musical Mindreading - A spectator selects one of twelve songs, without revealing it to anyone else - and the medium (seated at the piano or CD player) is somehow able to play that very selection. Most musical mindreading acts have required long study. This can be learned in less than fifteen minutes. Little or no expense. An excellent, apparently impromptu item for the home, club or stage.

Distant Card Reading - A number...

This early work from 1784 deals with a number of interesting subjects including conjuring, fortune telling, riddles, paradoxes, funny stories, math tricks, chemistry, electricity and other science tricks.

• DEDICATION
• PREFACE
• CHAP. I. The AIR BALLOON described, and how to make one, as has lately been done in France and England
  • To make Inflammable Air
• CHAP. II. Many clever Tricks, and pleasant Fancies, in the Art of Legerdemain
  • To cause Mirth, and make Sport with Quick-silver
  • Another Trick with Quick-silver
  • To make a Six-pence seem to fall through a Table
  • The Visible Invisible ...

A fantastic card routine for all kinds of audience that will please and satisfy both seasoned magicians and those fairly new to the Art.

• No sleight of hand needed
• No gimmicks used
• No manipulation
• No preparation

EFFECT:

The magician takes 10 cards from the deck, 5 red and 5 black, of the same value (let's say from the...

Of particular interest are the various ideas to how to transmit information secretly.

• INTRODUCTION
• MISCELLANEOUS EXPERIMENTS
  • The Slave Bangle
  • Camouflage
  • Two Ropes And A Ring
  • A String Variation
  • A Marked Pack
  • Three Good Tricks (Will Goldston)
• PROBLEMS WITH CARDS
  • Removing Under Difficulties
  • A Problem With Cards
  • A Card Square
  • Values
  • A Puzzling Location
  • Suitable "Key" Card
• TRANSMISSION SIGNALS
  • Hands Of The Secret Service
  • Stage Billet Reading
  • The Interpreter
  • The Roll Call
  • The Carrier
  • Intelligent Fingers
  • Reconstruction

From the introduction:

A script and methodology for doing the classic Clippo trick that will make you and your audience appreciate the beauty and mystery of a small, easy to carry trick.

Clippo is a trick that is wonderful on paper, and useless in reality. For such a clever trick, there never seems to be an appropriate reaction. And frankly, the trick has no ending and occasionally fails.

In this manuscript, you'll learn:

• why Clippo fails to get a good reaction
• how to make Clippo
• the script
• even some of the script writing and design process followed

1st...

Eine neue Interpretation des klassischen Kunststückes, bei dem Baumnüsse in ein Glas wandern.

Der Vorführende outet sich als süchtig nach frischen Baumnüssen. In Phasen, in denen er nicht von seiner Sucht beherrscht wird, verwendet er Baumnüsse auch zum Zaubern. Dies demonstriert er, indem er versucht, drei Nüsse in ein Glas wandern zu lassen, zunächst ohne Erfolg. Mit Hilfe eines Nussknackers und einer Röhre gelingt ihm dies schliesslich. Dann erzählt er, wie er beim Üben von einem Eichhörnchen auf dem Fenstersims beobachtet wurde (ein Plüsch-Eichhörnchen wird auf den Tisch...

Eine mehrphasige Münzenroutine für den Salon, an deren Ende eine vom Zuschauer gekennzeichnete Münze an einem unmöglichen Ort erscheint.

Der Vorführende erzählt vom ersten Zauberkunststück, das er als Kind vorgeführt hat. Er entnimmt einer Sparbüchse (Zündholzschachtel), die auch seine Lieblingsmurmel enthält, zwei Münzen. Eine dritte leiht er sich vom Publikum aus. Diese wird gekennzeichnet. Die drei Münzen wandern in ein Tuch. Danach wandern Sie aus dem Tuch in die Streichholzschachtel zurück. Doch dort kommen nur zwei Münzen an, die Münze des Zuschauers fehlt. Der Vorführende...

Ten routines performed to a real live audience and then fully explained for you to use in your own show. Templates for all the effects are included in a zip file to be printed out (check your digital shelf). Most of the effects in this video can be customised for the client and themed to suit a Christmas, Halloween, or Easter show etc. The tricks together can form a complete show for your audiences.

• Pencil Madness - A pencil on a board changes direction before revealing two comical pictures.
• Birthday Wish List - A number of items are shown and eliminated leaving one, the gift nobody wants. ...

From the preface:

Jastrow wondered if the pursuit of sleight-of-hand conjuring develops any special motor or mental powers. He invited Alexander Hermann and Harry Kellar and put them through a range of tests comparing them to average folks. In this article you will find out how these two giants of conjuring compare to the average.

From the introduction:

Illustrated investigations into the phenomena of spiritualism and theosophy. [Note: This is a reprint of the earlier Hours with the Ghosts.

From the preface:

Oversized stapled softcover in very good condition. This is the Lee Jacobs facsimile reprint from 1979. For details on the contents see the digital edition. Lee Jacobs added a few pages to the original program, such as an introduction, how Houdini really died, ...

Booklet stapled in very good condition. For details on the contents see the digital edition.

Taschenbuch mit steifem Einband. Rücken wurde mit einem Klebefilm repariert. Ansonsten gut erhalten für sein Alter. Zum Inhalt siehe die digitale Ausgabe.

Taschenbuch das von einem früheren Besitzer neu gebunden wurde. Jedoch ist diese Bindung auch beschädigt. Ansonst ist das Buch gut erhalten für sein Alter. Zum Inhalt siehe die digitale Ausgabe.

12 Hefte, gelocht, sehr gut erhalten. Zum Inhalt siehe die digitale Ausgabe.

Heft ohne Heftklammern. Zum Inhalt siehe die digitale Ausgabe.

Taschenbuch sehr gut erhalten. Zum Inhalt bitte siehe die digitale Ausgabe.

Softcover with some soiling on the cover and inside. Paper has a pinkish hue. Some dog-ears and squeeze wrinkles. For details on the contents see the digital edition.

Hardcover. No dustjacked. Exlibrary copy with some rubbing and foxing of the cover. For details on content see the digital edition.

This study identifies deep lying instincts and impulses of the psychic life are the basic elements in conjuring. Its aim is to show the psychological reasons of deception of a magic effect. It also provides an extensive classification of magic tricks.

Contents:

1. Origin of Conjuring.
2. Classification and Typical Examples of Modern Conjuring Tricks.
3. The Training of the Conjurer.
4. Psychological Justification of the Rules and Practices of the Conjurer, treated under
   1. Attention
   2. Perception
   3. Suggestion and Association
   4. Suggestion and the Law of Economy
5. Sociological and Pedagogical Observations. ...