Magic & Mentalism: page 355

Alles, was Sie über Gedächtniskunst wissen wollten, aber zu fragen vergessen haben.

Dieses Buch entstand, nachdem ich gemerkt habe, dass auch ein Randgebiet wie die Gedächtniskunst für viele Mentalisten interessant ist. Bevor ich mein Seminar bei dem Jahrestreffen der GEM (Gemeinschaft europäischer Mentalisten) in Bad Soden, 2007, abhielt, hätte ich das nicht gedacht. So hatte ich mein Seminar nur für eine Stunde geplant, woraus dann aber zwei Stunden wurden. Und nachdem ich schon kurze Zeit später erfuhr, dass einige Mitglieder die Gedächtniskunst bereits in ihr Programm aufgenommen...

This is a bilingual magic ebook. All 30 easy close-up tricks are explained in English and French. Impress your friends with your magic. [Les tours de magie ont toujours beaucoup de succès, je vous propose 30 tours de close-up avec lesquels vous allez pouvoir épater vos amis (es).]

1. [Note that the first trick is missing. Notez que le premier tour est manquant.]
2. The Sturdy Balloon / Le ballon invincible
3. Instant Stamps / Les timbres
4. Faster Than Polaroid / Plus vite qu’un “Polaroid”
5. Jigsaw Puzzle / Le casse-tête
6. Making Money / Faire de l’argent
7. Free as a Bird / Libre comme l’oiseau
8. Cupid’s Arrow / La flèche de Cupidon
9. The Fortune Cookie / 9.Les gâteaux ‘Bonne aventure’
10. Travelling Seven / Le sept voyageur
11. Mr. Flexible / Monsieur Souple
12. The Mysterious Gender Ring / L’anneau mystérieux...

A collection of gags, laugh lines, one-liners, and bits classified to cover all kinds of situations. Including a series of three articles on the task of the compere. An ebook for all who entertain with magic.

• Publisher's Introduction
• Part One: Notice To Quip
  • Cards
  • Ropes
  • Cigarettes Etc.
  • Money
  • Christmas
  • Multiplying Cigarette-Lighters
  • Burnt And Restored Note
  • Fire And Brimstone!
  • Silks, Hanks, Flags, Etc.
  • Mental
  • Wands
  • Paper, Watches And Miscellaneous
  • Eggs
  • Liquids
  • Impromptu
  • Levitations And Anti-Gravity
  • Openers
  • Village And Church-Hall Shows
  • Compere Gags Introductory And General ...

From the introduction by Billy McComb:

This is a wonderful ebook to introduce a beginner to magic and teach him or her several excellent magic tricks. It covers all the necessary basics. Written by Peter Warlock, a world-wide respected master magician and widely published author in magic.

From the introduction:

This is a delightful departure from the standard card effect due to its ingenious patter line and startling conclusion. First conceived in the 1970s, the visual of four "cannibal" cards devouring a pair of "missionary" cards stands out in the memory of spectators. A welcomed addition to your bag of tricks.

1st edition 2021, PDF 2 pages, video 42 seconds.

A great ebook for those interested in creating their own mechanical (rough and smooth) trick decks or restoring old ones.

The mechanical decks described in the first part of this ebook were brand new when first published, and represented a value - in today's dollars - of nearly $195 if purchased from a dealer. But that's not all. In this revised and expanded edition, you also get complete instructions for making your own Brainwave and Pop-Eyed Popper decks. While you can buy them ready-made from a dealer, making them yourself allows you to create custom decks, such as with airline or other...

Tryst is a physical product that will be shipped to you and comes with PDF instructions that can be downloaded immediately from your digital shelf.

What you get: Along with the instructions PDF, you also get a set of 14 cards which are specially designed and beautifully produced. They are about the size of regular business cards.

Tryst can be played as a grand piece if you want. It has 3 phases with 3 powerful hits - more like a 3 punch knockout - a prediction, a prophecy, and a premonition. A captivating introductory patter is also provided. An alternative performance is also explained....

Who among us is not familiar with injogs and outjogs? Since the days of Erdnase, these very handy adjuncts have helped enable magicians to turn out miraculous feats of card magic.

Card man Ian Baxter offers up an unusual use for the humble injog here in his latest manuscript. This is the venerable 'STOP' trick with a difference and you will be most impressed. Positively no complicated sleights or outrageous moves in this strictly commercial adaptation of a classic. Don't pass this one up!

1st edition 2021, PDF 4 pages.

The Bicycle Word Test is a think-of-a-word effect that uses common props used among magicians and mentalists. The spectator is asked to think of a word using this prop and the mentalist is able to divine the word successfully.

• No asking of questions
• No secret writing
• No anagram involved
• Simple mind-reading method
• Possible to perform via video call or phone

This uses the Bicycle card box as the prop.

1st edition 2021, PDF 6 pages.

Tony Lackner ist jedem Zaubersammler ein Begriff. Seine Zauberexponate sind heute weltweit gesucht und erzielen zum Teil horrende Preise. Er hat eine Produktionsliste geführt, sie ist aufsteigend nummeriert von 001 bis 129, wobei einige Nummern ohne Eintrag geblieben sind. Wir wissen aber, dass er weit aus mehr Kunststücke gebaut und verbessert hat. Dieser Liste folgend sind die Exponate der Reihenfolge nach in diesem eBuch aufgeführt und mit vielen Fotos bebildert.

• Vorwort
• Ein Leben für die Zauberkunst
• Die Produktion
• Die Sammlung Martin Kuhn
• Seine Kunststücke
• Zusätzliche Kunststücke ...

Der Katalog zur größten Zauberkastensammlung der Welt.

Diese einzigartige Sammlung wurde von Manfred Klaghofer zusammengetragen. Sie können sich hier einen kleinen Überblick über die vielen Zauberkästen aus drei verschiedenen Jahrhunderten verschaffen. Die hier gezeigten Zauberkästen bilden natürlich nur einen kleinen Teil der Sammlung ab, es sind aber die schönsten, die man im Musuem finden kann.

• Willkommen
• Zauberkästen 1840-1900
• Zauberkästen 1901-1960
• Zauberkästen 1961-2000
• Zauberkästen 2001-2016
• Wegbeschreibung

Erstausgabe 2021, 59 Seiten.

1st edition 2021, video 14 min.

The spectator's cut to the four sandwiches is a succession of magical effects. The magician takes his two lucky cards from the deck: the two of hearts and the two of diamonds. The spectator examines the two cards. The magician shuffles the deck and asks the spectator to cut it into four piles. This is where the fun part begins. Each time the magician approaches the two lucky cards to one of the piles, a card will mysteriously appear between the two lucky cards. The first will be a King, the second as well, and so on until you have the four Kings. It is not finished. Immediately the magician...

"I really admire Jeff Stone's approach to mentalism. His effects are not only especially powerful but also clear and undeniable. And his presentations provide strong theatrical themes while leaving plenty of room for the reader to bring their own unique style. You're in for a real treat." - Jay Sankey

"Stone Cold Mental has solid usable effects for stage and close up. I’ll be using the effects, and I predict you will too." - Joe Diamond

In this series, I'll share with you my personal collection of mentalism I've built up over the past decade and a half or so. The 13 items to follow...

Find Me If You Can is a two-phase four-card mentalism routine that starts off with exploring the spectator's capability of finding their card using their subconscious mind and finishing off with the mentalist finding the card.

• No force involved
• No secret markings
• No gimmicks
• You don't need to see the cards
• The effect can also be performed via video call

1st edition 2021, PDF 8 pages.

There are innumerable zodiac sign divination methods out there. So then, why one more? Because, the more tools you have in your toolbox, the more prepared and ready you will be for any type of work situation. Propless SignTist, as the name suggests is a completely propless and 100% surefire method. The process is simple, short, justified, and flows smoothly. You can nail the zodiac sign of a stranger, comfortably and effectively, in less than a minute. You can perform Propless SignTist anytime, anywhere to anyone without anything on you by just carrying this simple method in your head.

There...

[Note: These are only the instructions that came with the gimmick. You will not receive any gimmick.]

The Smoking Thumb effect is one of the most magical feats possible. Made famous by Laurel and Hardy, Ade Duval, and the incomparable Fred Kaps it has become one of the most sought-after secrets of the stage performer.

Imagine reaching into the air, forming your hand into a pipe, your thumb protruding upward like a stem, and being able to create clouds of smoke at will, just as if you were smoking your thumb. Pat Page's excellent instructions will help you to do just that.

The effect is always under your control and may be used at any point in the act. No chemicals are involved and it is not technically...

4. The Team
4. Editor's comments
4. Contents
6. In The Phonebox with Kendo Nagasaki
6. Facebook News
8. Kay Dyson - Miss Magic, Just The trick! - interview
12. Reader's Letters
14. Pet Hates - Steve Cook
18. Performance Character - Paul McCrory
21. Reflections - The 6 Best Masterclass Tricks
    • 4 Coin Production - Damian Surr - Issue 39
    • The Godmother OF all Book Tests - Dan Garrett - Issue 67
    • The Aaaah Game - Gary Dunn - Issue 48
    • Ring On, Ring Off - Alexander Allen - Issue 26
    • Easy Memorized Deck - Shawn Farquhar - Issue 73 ...

More unusual people including super fat, slim, tall, small, and many other freaks of nature. Learn about giants such as Chang Yu Sang, Edward Beaupré, Allen E. Tilden, Conrad Furrows, Bimbo, Sgt. Emmet M. Stephens, Capt. George Dowling or John Aasen. Or perhaps you are more interested in midgets such as Lynn Major White, Lia Graf, Tom Thumb, Major Rhinehart, Doletta Boykins, and Major Mite. Many more identified and unidentified prodigies are documented.

1st edition 2013, 62 pages.

Freaks, strange people, monsters, and even prodigies are some of the words used to describe the human beings that you will find in this ebook. While we realize that today many of these words might be considered "politically incorrect" we have taken the liberty of using these terms insofar as to better communicate the mindset of the sideshow people of that era. No disrespect is intended.

At the time, sideshows went by many different names, among these: dime museums of one kind or another and tent attractions, fronted by huge banners, depicting very unusual people and or animals. Curiosities...

There once was a dream world that travelled at night on a train full of possibilities. This was the Golden Age of the circus (1880-1930s). Aboard this magical train, you would find circus performers, a menagerie of exotic animals and those known as "freaks".

Also called human prodigies, the "freaks" were born with special physicalities. Among these were giants, midgets, siamese-twins, etc. All were gathered inside a giant tent known as the sideshow (or annex attraction).

Get ready to see many astonishing if not shocking pictures. The Archives of Human Prodigies is published in three...

"Tarot is a deck of cards but the Tarot represents a person. We are the Tarot and we use the Tarot because we live." (Andrea Mecchia)

I don't know if it happens to you too ... when I particularly love a project, I start to collect elements, I work on it a bit, but it always seems that something is missing ... you leave and resume the project, but that something is always missing ... then, one day, it arrives like that in one fell swoop, and makes everything good.

This is the story of this project, which I finally want to share, with the hope that it will also satisfy your desire to present...

Reviving "Between the Palms" one of Alex Elmsley's most offbeat plots. This is sort of a "locked room" mystery with playing cards.

It is an offbeat plot because the implicit aspects of effect, particularly its climax, are not immediately understood or appreciated. Yet the effect still has an emotional impact. Compared to other card tricks being done in 1952 it was very different. (Perhaps its closest cousins may be Fred Braue's "The Prechosen Chosen Card" from The Gen (February 1962) or Brother John Hamman's "Signed Card.")

Effect: The performer removes a card from the deck and, without showing its face, places it between...