Magic & Conjuring: page 349

What is S.E.M.P.E.R.? (Special Esp Memory Powers Enhanced Radically)

A special trick with a flexible method that offers wide-ranging presentational possibilities. It uses an ordinary deck of 52 poker cards and the trick will be deceptive even for many illusionists, but above all its impact on the audience is devastating.

Two spectators are asked to take a card and put them unseen in their pockets. The magician explains that, under these conditions, it is obviously extremely difficult to be able to identify the cards. Nevertheless, and in order to demonstrate to the public the uncommon...

Che cos'è "S.E.M.P.E.R." ? (Special Esp Memory Powers Enhanced Radically)

Il gioco che stai per leggere è davvero speciale: utilizza un normalissimo mazzo di 52 carte da poker ed il trucco risulterà ingannevole anche per molti illusionisti e le sue possibilità di presentazione quasi infinite; ma soprattutto il suo impatto sul pubblico è devastante!!

L'effetto è il seguente:

a due spettatori viene chiesto di prendere una carta e di infilarla subito in tasca, senza nemmeno guardarla!! Il mago spiega che, in questa situazione, è ovviamente estremamente difficile poter identificare...

A choice collection of smart close-up and pocket tricks of the type for which Dr. Ervin was famous. Originally sold as four separate booklets, these have now been combined into a single, greatly enlarged volume, edited by Ralph W. Read and fully illustrated.

Contains tricks with bills, coins, cigarettes, tobacco, matches, silks, needles, playing cards, ropes, mind reading, livestock, and more. Comedy, straight magic, even a few stunts that will play well as bar betchas. There's plenty of variety to capture and keep any audience's attention.

Our favorites include a very clever Thumb Tie that uses...

• Introduction
• Yogi Ray's Night Club Milk Glass
• Jack Becomes An Aviator
• Chix - Levitation
• Buy Bonds
• A Tip On A Tip
• Victory Birdhouse Silk Production & Vanish
• Mental Disclosure
• Sense And Nonsense With Cards
• A Routine For The Twentieth Century And Other Standard Magic
• Glorifying The Dancing Handkerchief
• The Migrating Card
• A Follow Up
• Four Corks And A Hat
• Two Number Tricks
• Gag With A Lady's Purse
• A New Wrinkle For The Passe Passe Comedy Bottles
• Your Mind Has Told Me So
• Rope Through The Neck
• Bottle Of Smoke
• Modern Chapeaugraphy
• Sgt. Jack Blades' Balls And Ribbons From The Mouth...

From the opening remarks:

Three more performance pieces designed with maximum entertainment in mind. Each effect includes sample scripts, handling's, and the all important presentational hooks with the emphasize on comedy.

POCKET POWER

Cards are shown portraying various items a person may have in their pockets such as, keys, pills, spectacles, etc. The performer invites the spectator to place various cards in their pocket (doesn't have to be pocket). Using x-ray vision (can place some x-ray specs on) the magician correctly identifies the items and the pockets.

THE BREAD KNIFE CARD STAB.

A unique and original...

How to find the guilty card despite a possible reticent witness!

An effect of mentalism, possible from a distance (in a video chat or even just on the phone), whose story is very loosely inspired by the movie "The Unusual Suspects" and in which the spectator is asked to choose five random cards from the deck. They will represent the suspects of a major bank robbery. Only one will be the real culprit. Despite the free arrangement of the cards and the various shuffles of face-up and face-down cards, in the end the mentalist will always succeed to guess all of these:

• in which position the...

It is ideal as an introduction to any mentalism act in which spectator participation and rapt attention is critical, but can also work as a stand-alone presentation or a transition from conjuring to mentalism. You leave the audience in a state of stunned silence, trust and respect. There are no tricks - nothing to learn - no practice (not possible, actually). It is real. This is a natural, innate ability of all humans demonstrated in a dramatic way.

Impromptu. Can be...

Montague was a member of the Hous of Commons and a hobby magician, which lead to his nickname "Conjurer of the House of Commons." Most of the tricks described here are of his invention.

From the introduction by Will Goldston:

You show four cards blank on both sides. Suddenly one changes to a Jack of Clubs with a regular blue back. One moment later all four change to blue backs and Jack of Diamonds on the front. Barely a moment later they have all red backs and Jack of Hearts on the front. If you haven't seen enough color changes the four backs change to yet another color. The fronts are blank again with one exception, a Jack of Clubs. You end where you started with all four cards blank on both sides.

1st edition 2021, video 3 min 25 s.

From the preface:

• Preface
• It Changes, It Shrinks, It Vanishes
• Big And Little Sponge Ball Transposition
• Mating The Cards With Jumbo Cards
• Card Control
• Coin Routine With A Silk
• Thimble Holder In The Trouser Pocket
• Thimble Surprise
• One Ahead Coin Routine
• Misdirection For The Two Handed Pass
• Effective Golf Ball Move
• You Caught Me That Time
• Ireland's Two Card Trick

Mel Mellers Gag book Vol 1 consists of over 100 gags directly from Mel's working act. Gags that have taken him around the world for over twenty years. A multitude of one-liners for every occasion from a top professional.

1st edition 2021, PDF 49 pages.

Now you can be like Jack Reacher, with an innate ability to wake yourself at a time of your choosing, as long as you "set" your internal clock before falling asleep. What an amazing ability! Here's a brilliant manuscript about auto-suggestion or self-hypnosis. Based upon actual experience.

Contains much information about this fascinating phase of hypnosis that can't be found elsewhere. Recommended for anyone interested in the possibilities of hypnotizing him- or herself.

From the Introduction by B. W. McCarron:

3 professional performance pieces direct from Mel's repertoire.

1: Spin a yarn a commercial presentation hook for the classic 'Gypsy thread' (performed with wool/yarn) with a great comedy spiel. Includes sample script and gags.

2: Around the world with a pack of cards. An offbeat and entertaining way to present the 'Six card repeat', enhancing the repetitive structure of the effect.

3: Totally scattered. Is a real fooler that plays big. A shuffled deck of cards is given to the spectator and they cut and note a card they then shuffle the cards again and scatter them. Under these impossible...

You show four double backer cards, one of which has a big black spot painted on it. You again show the cards and suddenly the card has actually a big black hole and the remaining three cards are double backers as before.

1st edition 2021, video 2 min.

This article approaches spiritism from a scientific point of view including neurology and psychology. Beard's intention was to point out the failures of spiritualists and their lack of scientific understanding. He did this by criticizing how supporting evidence was gathered, mainly through testimony of human beings. However, Beard understood that the senses cannot always be trusted and that expert knowledge is crucial in deducing, explaining, and understanding the situation.

An age old penetration of your own thumb using a string or chain has been revisited and reworked into a clever and deceptive trick. Simple. Easy to perform. Surrounded. No gimmicks, no gaffs.

A classic of magic we all learned early on and never do, as it's not a very good trick. Until now. The trick has been transformed into a very cute and clever brain teaser with nothing more than a little modified handling and some clever scripting.

1st edition 2021, PDF 24 pages, video 1 min 48 s.

Learn some "real secrets of magic" - not the stuff that comes in the box. Gleaned from 60+ years of performing under various conditions. Dozens of quotes, ideas, ponderings and quips about performing magic that will change the way you perform, deal with audiences, create routines, select volunteers, practice and more.

No magic effects are taught here, just exciting ways to be better at what you do - and to appreciate being a magician.

1st edition 2018, 16 pages.

A wonderful self-working version of "Out of this world" with several variations.

A spectator forms a pattern of face-up and face-down cards which unaccountably separates the colors. This happens despite the spectator shuffling the cards repeatedly. An astounding color-divination effect, done in the spectator's own hands with unprepared cards. Nothing extra required. Complete with "in depth" notes and several variations in effect and presentation by Weigle himself, Martin Gardner and Clayton Rawson.

• Quick. A packet of about twenty cards is used.
• The spectator can freely cut a bunch of...

Los 12 números para 2020.

• Broca a través del brazo
• Biografía: Shimada
• El juego de las bebidas
• Carta en la pompa (impromptu)
• Curiosidades de catálogo: Sequencia de colores
• Pañuelos con nudos
• Libros, videos y gente:
  • The bold and subtle miracles of Dr. Faust - David Hoy
  • Stevens magic emporium - Charlie Miller
• Vudú.
• Origenes y anécdotas: Die Box
• La pesca mágica
• Hasta luego...

• La aparición del helicóptero
• Entrevista - Juan Pablo Ibañez
• Ta-te cuadrado mágico
• Curiosidades de catálogo: Tambor fantasma
• Tubo blendo
• Libros, videos y gente
  • Coin and money magic - Eddie Joseph
  • Behind the courtain - Tom Peterson
• Cámara de fotos
• Origenes y anécdotas: El cono y la bola
• Espiritísmo

• Multiproducción
• Biografía: John Gaughan
• Sospechosos
• Curiosidades de catálogo
• Flecha atrapada con la mano
• Libros, videos y gente:
  • Green Northern lights lecture notes - Lennart Green
  • Incredible magic at the bar vol. 1 - Michael Maxwell
• Baston danzante fluo
• Origenes y anécdotas: La escritura en el huevo
• Los trapecistas