Magic & Conjuring: page 375

A version of a strike-second deal that the author calls the "shutter" method, referring to the shutter of a camera.

This version could be easier for some to perform than a classic strike-second because the coordination of the thumbs is built into the method itself. While the author claims that his method is practically self-working, there is some amount of practice necessary to acquire the knack. Still, his discovery has earned the praise of top-flight card experts, who have called it perfect in action and imperceptible to the keenest observer.

The second deal is an indispensable sleight...

• O'day's Fried Egg
• Mysterious Cigarette And Match Production
• A Spooky Spots Finish
• Second Portfolio Of Tricks
  • Ambitious Card Routine
  • 54 Card Trick
  • Your Card!
  • Dime, Penny And Bottle Cap
  • Obedient Cigarette
  • The Flying Match
  • Anti-Gravity Match
  • Pull Thru Matches
  • Flying Ink
  • Wine, Milk And Ink
  • Vanishing Lapel Flower
  • Pistol And Silk
  • The Amazing Ladies' Slipper
  • Chinese Pop Bottle
  • Crystal Flower Ladder
• A Sticky Idea
• E Z Magazine Test
• Classified
• Funny Cigar Gag
• Tricky Telepathy
• Flash Dollar Bill Change
• The Mike Zen’s Card Act
• A Pack Of Lies
• The Sands Of Time
• The Derelict ...

This intro price will go up to $36 from June 1st, 2022.

WHAT YOU GET:

This is a physical product that will be shipped to you and comes with PDF instructions that can be downloaded immediately from your digital shelf. Along with the instructions PDF, you also get a set of 4 specially designed, high quality, gloss laminated postcard sized (about 4 inches x 6 inches) gimmicks which seemingly contain 'psychological tests' on both sides of the cards on how colors and numbers are perceived by the human brain. With reasonable care, this set of cards should last you many years.

EFFECT: ...

The advantage of recurring/repeat performances and how to market yourself for them.

• Identifying the recurring performance need
• The basic approach
• Timing
• Pricing
• Personalizing the show to the entity/sponsor
• Suggested businesses and entities to contact
• Wrapping it up

1st edition 2022, PDF 19 pages.

There are so many possibilities with a stacked deck, or better yet, "Impossibilities." That's because these decks look regular but what you can do with them quite casually can appear incredible. It's an old stack that's still worth its salt is, "The Si Stebbins Stack." It's sorta the granddaddy of this kind of amazing card magic. And it has a mathematical build to it that allows for a variety of other approaches as to magically finding a selected card and or knowing where or what a card is as to its position. This effect is a refreshing and fun way I found to make a bit more magic happen...

Mr. T is an underground gambler, the man who wrote the Pro Guide to the Lucky Log, and the exclusive manual for "Bingo Bango". Now he brings you A Sweet and Simple Swindle. Two of them actually, because the PDF includes an additional bonus swindle with playing cards.

Both dead easy to do, no sleight of hand, no complicated tactics, just a sweet advantage to you, where the mark will believe they have the better of you all along. No marked cards or anything of the sort, both of these use a regular deck of playing cards that can be borrowed, so easy a kid could take advantage of this ... if...

This guide will take you step by step through the process of learning the Pepper In and Salt Out Transformation and Vanish. This trick or effect is designed for beginner to advanced magicians. You will learn moves and handling that will serve you very well in dozens of other effects. There are several twists and turns that are very uncommon and not found in the normal salt/pepper shaker routines seen in the magic universe today.

Four things make this effect very special.

1. Spectator Involvement. The spectator pours pepper from a pepper shaker into the closed fist of the magician.
2. The...

Most tricks explained require a double backer, sometimes the same back double-backer, sometimes a different back double-backer.

• Introductory
• The Two Fold Miracle
• Insto-Transpo!
• The Startling Stop!
• The Double Force
• Double Comedy Relief
• "Satan Behind You"
• Chameleon Backs
• Remote Control
• False Faces

1st edition 1933, 8 pages; PDF 14 pages.

Aus dem Vorwort:

Die Bücher über Johann Nepomuk Hofzinsers Kunststücke sind Ottokar Fischers Lebensvermächtnis. In akribischer Arbeit über viele Jahre hat Fischer die Orignalvorträge, Erklärungen, und Originalrequisiten zusammengetragen und alles im Detail, soweit es rekonstruierbar war aufgeschrieben. Ohne Ottokar Fischer wüssten wir sehr wenig über Hofzinser weil er zum Großteil in privaten Kreisen aufgetreten ist.

Dieses Ebuch beschreibt mehr als 80 von Hofzinser kreierte Effekte mit mehr als 100 Fotos und Illustrationen. Die meisten Effekte wurden für den Einsatz in Hofzinsers Salon unter...

A comprehensive treatise devoted to a brilliant cyclical stack system for professional magicians and mentalists.

This ebook covers the topic in great detail, including ten lessons for learning the system, plus how to use the Magi System to its utmost, including clever false cuts and shuffles that'll hide the fact that a setup is used at all. Also included are mechanical methods that can optionally be combined with the Magi System to make it even better.

The ebook contains a mix of effects that are easy to do and ones that take some skill. All are explained in an easy-to-follow manner,...

An easy-to-calculate version of the Si Stebbins stack.

The name 'Snibbets' (Stebbins reversed) was coined by Rusduck. It denotes a reversed Si Stebbins stack where instead of adding 3 to get to the next card's value one substracts 3. The first to publish a negative step version was Ernest Hammond in The Magic of Tomorrow. While this may seem a rather inconsequential change, it has some advantages over the classic Si Stebbins stack. In this ebook, Dr. Solka takes you through the details of this lesser-known version of Si Stebbins.

1st edition 2022, PDF 19 pages.

From the Foreword by David Devant:

• A Foreword
• "Ladies & Gentlemen"
• Natural Selection
• Shuffle For Arranged Pack
• Aerial Treasury Up-to-Date
• The Celebrity Trick
• Thought Control
• A Card Location Idea
• A Fruity Experiment
• A Use For The Charlier Pass
• A Special Table & Suggestions therewith
• Chameleon Balls and Water
• False Shuffle For Arranged Pack
• A New Precipitation of Cards
• A Black Art Chair
• The Dictionary Trick
• Hammond's Method for Arranged Pack of Cards ...

• I. The Bones of Contention
• II. A Lesson in Deception
• III. Name Your Choice
• IV. One Handed Magic
• V. A Promising Pupil
• VI. The Wicked Wizard and the Perplexed Parson
• VII. All Smoke
• VIII. The Rude Spirit
• IX. Inexplicable Precipation
• X. The Zancig Cards
• XI. A Mix Up
• XII. Dressing Dolly
• XIII. Make Weight

1st edition 1917, 32 pages; PDF 29 pages.

A new method to learn the identity of three (could be less, and could also be more) truly freely selected cards from a borrowed shuffled deck.

A real weapon that can also be used in other routines. A powerful effect and a fooler not only for layman but also for magicians. The magician is able to reveal the identity of three cards randomly taken by the spectator under impossible conditions. This method is unbelievable and diabolic at the same time. Everything with a borrowed shuffled deck. The magician always looks away.

• no switch
• no palm
• no mirror or shiner
• no doubles
• no crimp ...

Directly from Devin's show ... if you like effects that can leave an audience in stunned silence, then this is for you.

Telephone tricks were not very practical in the older days, as you had to have a land-line at your shows. Nowadays, almost everyone has a cell phone, so it's easy to do mind-boggling feats at any show. This is direct from my show and is baffling beyond words.

Magician writes on three index cards and hands them to three different people in the audience. These are random people and are not plants. The three people can see what's on the cards, but are asked to not show...

This is a complete mentalist act that fits in your wallet as an everyday carry. You give the participant a "chakra resonance" card and provide a simple aura color reading. You finish by reading the volunteer's mind. You tell the participant the day she merely thought of. Nothing is written down. No sleight of hand. Works close-up and surrounded. Trick can be immediately repeated.

All materials needed are provided in PDF's in 3 sizes. Keywords are provided to allow you to easily create aura color readings.

Additionally, you can train your volunteers how to see their own aura as well...

The spectator shuffles the cards, and magi removes one card as an open prediction for all to see. A three-digit number is called by the spectator and the magi deals cards to the table to match each digit, leaving a random card to the side for each number. The three cards placed aside are then added up to the random number they achieve. With the deck now face down, that number is counted down to, and miraculously it reveals the mate to the prediction card initially laid on the table.

No dupes, no gimmicks, no tape, no magnets, no smoke, no mirrors, spectator shuffles, any 3 digits named. ...

Impromptu thumb tip magic effects are by far some of the most popular and satisfying forms of magic. Impromptu effects appear to be spur of the moment and not prepared in advance. Being able to perform mini-miracles at a moment’s notice will cement your unquestionable reputation as an authentic magician. There are perhaps 150-200 core thumb tip effects that work well while performing for a small group. If you will learn to handle a thumb tip properly, you can perform these miracles right under the spectator’s nose and they will not see a thumb tip. In fact, the thumb tip is on the thumb...

Ein wunderschön geschriebenes Zauberbuch für Anfänger das auch den Profi begeistern wird, weil alles in eine interessante Rahmengeschichte eingebettet ist. Der erste Teil des Buches liest sich wie eine tolle und genaue Beschreibung eines close-up Zauberabends. Die Tricks sind gut und einfach obwohl der fortgeschrittene sie zum Großteil alle kennen wird.

Von der Einleitung:

Ottokar Fischer schreibt:

• Vorwort
• Johann N. Hofzinser
• Anleitung zur Vorführung
• Die sympathetischen Zahlen
• Gleiche Gedanken
• Gedanken-Assoziation
• Die vier Acht
• Überall und nirgends
• Die vier Asse
• Die im Fluge verwandelte Karte ...

Card tricks requiring one or more double-facers.

The 18 tricks were supplied by U. F. Grant. Burling Hull writes:

As you can see the title is a fancy way of writing Forgotten Mystery. This is highly effective as a quick opener or as a casual one-off effect. You just need to carry a single double blank card (or just your business card with a blank back) and you are always ready to perform this routine.

You can also perform this as an impossible prediction effect if you want. This routine can also be performed as a totally propless effect if desired.

The effect itself is totally self-working and you can start stunning your participants right after reading this manuscript. An innocent-looking list...

In March 2022 there was a unique gathering of professional magicians in Sydney Australia. Joel Howlett was one of the lecturers on the bill and he discussed performing exciting visual magic that caters to modern audiences who have shortening attention spans.

Participants were invited to take an honest look at the effects they were using before the COVID pandemic and reassess if they might be a little slow-moving for today's audiences. This PDF is a brief outline of the points discussed.

1st edition 2022, PDF 7 pages.