Magic & Conjuring: page 378

More than the twenty major Marlo items Ed contributed to New Tops Magazine in 1982-1983 - not to mention new sleights, finesses, and subtleties - these items have been largely unavailable since their publication, almost 40 years ago. Wesley James has added another two years of material toward fulfilling Ed Marlo's expressed wishes, keeping his material available "for the guys."

As with Wesley's two previous releases, M.I.N.T. III and M.I.N.T. IV, these long-unavailable Marlo items could have been all Wesley compiled. Such a volume would have been a huge contribution to the literature of card magic. As a tribute...

The performer has five envelopes numbered 1-to-5. One of the envelopes contains cocaine donated free for PR purposes by a leading Columbian drug cartel. (They're not all bad, after all!) Go with it - this is a comedy routine. (Non-adult version also included.)

Audience members select any four envelopes - but there's no 'snow' in any of them. The remaining envelope belongs to the performer - inside is the expensive white powder. This is a comedy routine with a brilliant visual ending that goes down a storm. But don't worry if you want to steer clear of the 'white stuff' - there's a fabulous...

From the introduction:

Turn a card trick into something much more relatable - a stack of instant photographs taken just minutes ago.

Polaroid Princess was an effect Gregg kicked around for hours on the phone with the great mentalist Bob Cassidy. He liked the idea. This is a further development of the same idea. You will need some form of instant camera, be it a classic Polaroid camera or any regular camera with a Zero-ink portable instant photo printer.

1st edition 2022, PDF 3 pages.

Available again after a long absence is this fine work by J. Stewart Smith, presenting eleven more of his mystifying card effects, each of which is accomplished without knuckle-busting sleight of hand. This is the book that had card workers talking all over the country. It had to be good to receive praise from such internationally known close-up workers. See below for a few brief quotes from some of the very best.

PARTIAL CONTENTS:

• Ascending Treys
• Pop Over Treys
• The Four Aces
• The Four Queens
• Follow The Leader
• Sevens and Jacks
• The Inseparable Sevens
• Peek-A-Boo Discovery
• Horse...

Learn some of the most deceptive magic ever created, by a modest man, Elmer Biddle ... 5 impromptu effects plus a bonus trick!

Included with this e-book are 3 videos and 10 pictures. This e-book is a deep dive into the famous "Biddle Move", which is composed of The Biddle Steal and the much less known, The Biddle Switch - and all 5 tricks are impromptu. The videos teach the proper way to perform both Biddle Moves with in-depth instruction - plus the 4 as 5 Count.

Bonus effect: A 6th trick taught here is topological and can be used as a fun ESP effect or a straight-up prediction. A written...

Imagine a Pocket Magic Show with a hundred amazing tricks/effects possible right in your pocket. The thumb tip can provide the ultimate (EDC) Every Day Carry for magicians. Thumb tip effects or tricks can be vastly different thus throwing anyone off the scent of a thumb tip. In fact, the effects or tricks being so diverse means that no one will realize that the 3 or 4 tricks you are performing right in front of their eyes are facilitated with the same gimmick .. the thumb tip.

The Beginner Learning Series is a series of eBooks covering the 4 main categories of thumb tip magic.

• Volume...

A superb selection of items from the professional repertoire of Roy Johnson. Mentalism, comedy and visual magic with cards, books, rope, keys, shoe laces, music, fire and razor. Revealed are some of Roy's most closely guarded secret methods. Much of Roy's own patter is included for you to use, or adapt to your own style. The methods given are simple and effective, leaving you to concentrate on the "job in hand" ... entertainment!

• Foreword
• Music Maestro
• The Key
• Key Cords
• To Hell And Back
• The Library
• Again The Library
• The Card In Anything
• Hyp-Knot-Ic
• Impaled

1st edition 1995,...

Dopo un anno di scrittura e revisioni continue, finalmente pubblico il mio primo lavoro di mentalismo: Trip Mentale. Un lavoro minuzioso, pieno di dettagli e sottigliezze che non si limitano solo alle applicazioni descritte in questo testo.

Ma, nella pratica, cos'è Trip Mentale?

In sintesi, Trip Mentale vi permetterà di divinare una nazione solo pensata dal vostro spettatore. Nessun bigliettino, nessun foglio, nessun mazzo di carte, nessun apparecchio, il tutto avverrà con il solo utilizzo delle parole. Il numero di partecipanti a questo esperimento può andare da quattro a uno....

Leicht ausführbare Kartenkunststücke für jedermann.

Dieses Werk ist ein Überarbeitung von Geheimnisse der Kartenkunst bei Leopold Figner. Es wurden vor allem mehr Illustrationen eingefügt.

• I. Handfertigkeit
  1. Das Schleifen
  2. Das Austeilen der zweiten Karte
  3. Das Filieren
  4. Das falsche Mischen
  5. Die Karte auf dem Handrücken
  6. Das Palmieren
  7. Das Rauschen
  8. Das Kartenschnellen
  9. Die Charlier-Volte
  10. Die Volte mit zwei Händen
  11. Das Abziehen
  12. Das Forcieren
  13. Die forcierte Wahl
  14. Eine Karte aus der Mitte nach oben oder unten zu mischen
• II. Kartenkunststücke
  1. Eine gezogene Karte zu finden
  2. Zwei ins Spiel gemischte Karten zu finden ...

Twenty-five choice messages or object lessons from texts of the Bible are illustrated very effectively with tricks of magic and mystery. Perfect for the magician who wishes to perform before a church audience, whether it be a Sunday School group, church social, or other occasion.

Each effect is fully described and illustrated if necessary. Citations from the Bible for each lesson are provided, too. A great book for the magical entertainer, magi-minister, and Sunday School teacher.

"Tricks with a minimum of apparatus with patter to tie them in to Bible texts." - Harold Sterling

"Easily workable effects...

From the introduction by Terry Seabrooke:

• Why Listen To This Man?
• Karrell...

• The Mysterious Silk
• The Rings In A Matchbox
• Ultra Combination
• Double Color Laces
• The Odd Vision
• Discolora
• Square Circles
• The Pocket Rings
• The Pack Of 19 Cigarettes
• The Traveling Queens
• The Rings On Rope
• Two Possibilities
• Three Color Mystery
• The Laughing Rabbits
• The Secret Of The Ring

For the German edition see Pavel's 15 Mikro Tricks (German).

1st edition 1971; PDF 32 pages.

The performer hands a prediction envelope to a member of the audience and then asks people to call out the names of any members of the Beatles, the Bee Gees or ABBA. (*You choose any bands). The performer writes down a selection of the names as they are called out until he's got seven or eight of them. He then reads them all out again to make sure he's got every person's selection, which they confirm. The papers are then folded and thrown into a bowl. A spectator selects any one and takes a secret look at it.

The performer then proceeds to read the spectator's mind correctly - telling them...

This periodical was published from June 1974 to August 1975, a total of 7 issues, with the last issue published posthumously.

• Issue 1
  • It's a Mystery to Me
  • An Open Letter to an Open-Headed Senator
  • The Lyron
  • No Guarantee
• Issue 2
  • Castle Comments
  • Comments by the readers of Comments
  • Obits
  • Get Off His Back
  • The Elliphunt
  • Backpage Comments
• Issue 3
  • Castle Comments
  • The Bulletin Board
  • Kuda Bux proves reporters wrong
  • Magicians assemble for Victoria "Seance"
  • I make it a Rule not to Discuss either Politics or Religion
  • Implant Aids Men Stricken by Impotency
  • Comments by the readers...

Out of Control is a surprising, impossible location effect. The magician never touches the deck or even looks at it because the spectator will do everything under the table including two riffle shuffles and several cuts. Yet despite these stringent premises, the magician will be able to find the spectator's card face down in the spread of the deck. Great reactions especially from fellow magicians.

1st edition 2022, video 13:51

Max and Tess Holden established their magic mail-order business in 1929. Through the years, the business grew to three locations (Boston, Philadelphia, and New York City). The Max Holden catalog grew to hundreds of pages, offering merchandise from their own line of magic and books, as well as those of prominent manufacturers such as Petrie-Lewis, Thayer, and many others.

Arranged by subject, the effects include spirit effects, close-up magic, mentalism, livestock effects, books, blueprints, tricks with cards, money, cigarettes, liquids, candles, silks, slates, thimbles, and many others. ...

Jam Session is a mentalism effect that can be achieved (in every situation and even on the phone, with only the audio connection) with playing cards, with ESP cards, or with tickets: this last version also allows you to develop the final revelation in cold-reading.

The secret used in this routine is a combination of unique methods, blended for an amazing finish. It can be performed remotely, with cards borrowed from the spectator, or with tickets written "on the spot"; the mentalist does not need to see the cards in any way. While using various methods, it is easy to memorize, as it is...

Jam Session è un effetto di mentalismo che può essere realizzato (in presenza o anche al telefono, con il solo collegamento audio) con carte da gioco, o con carte ESP o con biglietti: quest’ultima versione permette anche di sviluppare la rivelazione finale in cold -reading!

Il segreto utilizzato in questa routine è a combinazione di metodi unici, amalgamati per un finale stupefacente! Può essere eseguito a distanza, con carte prese in prestito dallo spettatore, o con biglietti scritti “sul momento”; il mentalista non ha necessità di vedere in alcun modo le carte.

Pur utilizzando...

Eine Sammlung von neuen mag(net)ischen Ideen für Bühne und Salon. Effekte mit Zauberstäben, Seilen, Tüchern, Spielkarten und anderen Gegenständen. Alle Tricks basieren auf der Verwendung von Magneten.

• Der Zauberstab-Regenerator
• Pavel's "Seil Durch Den Hals"
• Seil Durch Den Körper
• Pavel's "Seil durch den Körper"
• Die Karte in der Luft
• Das Wäscheklammer-Seil
• Die Jahrhundert-tücher
• Neue Tuch-Verkettung
• Das flinke Seil
• Seilring-Restauration
• Perfekte Ring-Durchdringung
• Der unmögliche Kartensteiger
• Das springende Tuch
• Der magnetische Zauberstab
• Das Rätsel des gelben Knotens ...

• The Famous Jimmy Trimble Rope Routine
• An Innovation With The Squared Circle
• Tricks With A Folding Card
• Mccallum's Rainbow Knife Routine
• Tip On Bottomless Glass
• Paper Tearing With A Color Change Tube
• Routine For The Ireland Multiplying Watches
• Follow Up On Hummer's Rare Coin Stunt
• Three Lighted Cigarettes
• Master Billiard Ball Routine
• Production Of Four Solid Billiard Balls
• Catchy Thimbles
• A Spectacular Check Book
• Comedy Card Rising Trick
• Two Math Ticklers
• Patter For Block-Kord
• Cat And Canary - Quickie Version
• A Japanese Bird
• The Skunk Wringer
• The Rabbit Trap Production ...

A collection of some 15 effects with silks, ribbons, rings, balls, glasses, tubes, paper, dice, and other objects.

• Instant Silk
• Colorings
• Jet Rope
• Effecto Tube
• Top Match
• Test-A-Colour
• Chameleon Die
• Transpo Silks
• Jumping Knots
• Silken Trio
• Knotty Rope
• Ribbon Prediction
• Travelling Hole
• Sucker Restoration
• Super Ball

1st edition 1980, 34 pages; PDF 33 pages.

For anybody interested in Erdnase, this poker story compilation should be of interest because many poker stories are from Chicago. It was published in 1887 which means it likely overlaps somewhat with the active time of Erdnase. We are not saying you will find a story featuring Erdnase. But such poker stories, even if they are often exaggerated or purely fictional, do provide one with some sense of the times of Erdnase.

In particular, it is educational to compare the stories with the ones from Eugene Edwards' Jack Pots. There isn't any significant overlap, however one aspect is noticeably different. Eugene...

This is an intro price and will go up to $30 from July 4, 2022.

Psychic Connections is a complete system. Right from a one-off quick effect, you can perform up to an entire act of 15-20 mins. You can read a single mind repeatedly or you can read a group of up to 5 minds at a time. There are 5 routines that are included.

Psychic Connections is a delicious combination of multiple principles, methods, and tools which together create mystery and wonder for your audiences while it will be a pleasure for you to perform these 5 routines. These 5 routines are as follows.

1. The BLESS Routine ...

Some aficionados consider Dai Vernon's "Out of Sight-Out of Mind" from More Inner Secrets of Card Magic the best mindreading trick with an ordinary deck of cards. They may be right. Since the spectator does not remove a card from the deck but only thinks of a card, it makes a terrific mindreading trick. Erdnase explores the principle in "A Mindreading Trick" in Expert at the Card Table. Vernon used the principle to construct his trick.

Gerald keeps the exact effect of Vernon's original trick. In "Only in Your Mind", he uses adaptations of the Overhand Lift Shuffle and constructs a completely different handling of the trick. In keeping with the...

From the introduction:

"It's a thing of beauty. Everything is covered and I believe it might be one of the best purchases magicians can make today. You cover everything in detail and it's a pleasure to watch. - Olivier Boes

I want us to reimagine and revolutionize our tipistry. Tipistry means breathtaking thumb tip handling ability, competence, proficiency, and mastery. If we can pull this off, you'll also skyrocket your confidence with a thumb tip.

My methodology is to perform close up, with no weird or wacky moves. I just perform slow and deliberate with handling and moves that defy logic.

The Thumb...

• Articles
  • Editorial
  • Remembering Our Roots – The Great Appadurai
  • Inspiration
  • How To Be An Unique Performer
  • Life Is Back! – Good Days Are Here Again!!
  • They Said It – Quotes By Veterans
• Tricks For You
  • Visiting Ring
  • Phone Pin Reveal
  • Where Is My Card
  • Telephonepathy
  • Amazing Candy Mystery
• Fun & Facts
  • Toonz Corner
  • Origins Of Wonders
  • Puzzle Time
• What's New In The Market
  • Alphabet Roulette
  • Six Bill Repeat
  • Slate Bug Writer
  • Discover The Magician In You
• News Section
• Tips & Advices
• Answers To The May 2022 Quizzes

We gladly welcome any comments and critiques...

• Pavel's Glass Miracle
• Viereckige Oder Runde Loecher
• Seidenband Und Becher
• Ringe Und Seile
• Ring Escape
• Pavel's Knots Off Silk
• Die Reisenden Knoten
• Drei Roehren Und Drei Baelle
• Einfache Tuechervariationen
• Geometrical Mystery
• Teuflische Knoten
• Pavel's Blendo
• Die Voraussage Von Baendern
• Colour Changing Balls

PDF 29 Seiten

4. Welcome to Issue #104 - Editor's comments
4. The Team
4. What's Inside
6. In The Phonebox with Kim Joo-Hun
8. Laura London - The Cheat - cover article/interview
14. Reader's Letters
16. The Amazing Johnathan - interview by Graham Hey
17. Magicseen Competition
20. Masterclass
    • Sox - Gregg Webb
22. Masterclass Classic
    • Twister - Paul Gordon
25. What Could Possibly Go Wrong - A Comic Look at Close Up Magic Post-Covid - Mark Leveridge
26. Taking Shape - How Table shapes and Sizes Affect the Table Hopper - Mark Leveridge
28. How to Get Yourself Out There...

From the introduction:

From the Foreword:

• Publisher's Foreword
• Introduction
• Advice on Balloons
• The Rocket Balloons
• A Swan
• A Monkey
• A Rat
• An Elephant
• A Seal
• Oodles of Poodles
• The Van Dyke Poodle
• An Aeroplane
• A Goat
• A Dragonfly
• An Octopus
• Did William Tell?
• Toffee Apples!
• A Silly Mistake
• A Rocking Horse
• Rudolph Grows Up!
• Animals from One Balloon
• A Dog From One Balloon
• A Poodle From One Balloon ...

From a paper bag, you remove a ball of paper which is then thrown over your shoulder into the audience. The person who catches it is going to assist you. You show them a selection of movies written on to the faces of playing cards. These are turned face down and the spectator mixes them behind their back. You say you're going to try and use your manipulation skills and make them select a certain movie. After they have mixed the cards, you invite them to take the top card. It's 'Jurassic Park'. You then instruct them to open the ball of paper used to freely select them - it's a poster for Jurassic...

This intro price will go up to $12 from June 27, 2022.

Telepathic Memory is a dual combination effect where you can demonstrate both your telepathic abilities as well as your super power memory.

From a random list of over 50 cities and their population figures, a participant chooses a city and its population figure. Using your telepathic ability, you divine the population figure in the participant's mind and then using your super power memory, you also declare the name of the city related to that population figure.

Three different routines are explained. And these effects can be performed...

After a long time of experimenting and searching for the best and easiest way to peek at the spectator's deepest thought written on a business card, Mark has come out with two completely different and deceptive methods fully described in this eBook, with crystal clear photos and step-by-step instructions.

The Perfect Peek

The Perfect Peek allows for a secret full card peek, without folding or tearing. Uses only a very few steps, is clean in the execution, and is highly deceptive. The effect takes advantage of old principles combined with clever handling to create a lethal peek. Easy...

How does one actually become a magician - and why? Is it even possible to make a living from magic? What is life like as a magician? Are these normal people?

A person who has traveled with his art to more than 60 countries around the world will tell you his secrets. See him awarded second place world champion at the FISM World Congress of Magicians, with a show based only on sleight of hand. Learn how he became a self-taught expert manipulator. See how he booked his own gigs and was even hired as the only completely unknown actor for "The Dream Ship" on German television network ZDF. ...

This is an intermediate to advanced thumb tip workshop for my friends at Lybrary.com. I want us to reimagine and revolutionize our tipistry. Tipistry means breathtaking thumb tip handling ability, competence, proficiency, and mastery. If we can pull this off, you'll skyrocket your confidence with a thumb tip. In our thumb tip magic, objections create skeptics and I don't want to create skeptics, I want to create awe.

In this 29-minute workshop, I will discuss the misconceptions and no no's of thumb tip magic and how to correct these flaws. I will show you how to elevate your Tipistry and...

A fairly detailed work on the rules and variations of draw poker. Also includes some advice on how to play the game successfully. This work includes Robert C. Schenck's rules for draw poker.

• PREFACE
• CHAPTER I
  • Introduction
  • The Element of Chance
  • The Question of Stakes
• CHAPTER II
  • Technical Terms
• CHAPTER III
  • The Order of Hands
  • The Straight
  • The Blaze
• CHAPTER IV
  • Rules of Draw Poker
  • The Limit
  • The Ante
  • The Straddle
  • The Deal
  • Betting Before the Draw
  • Discard and Draw
  • Betting After the Draw
• CHAPTER V
  • Jack Pots
  • Incidental Jack Pots
  • The "Buck"
  • Progressive Jack Pots
• CHAPTER VI
  • Freeze Out
• CHAPTER...

While Robert Schenck served as ambassador in the UK, he was persuaded to write down his rules for poker by a duchess. This was the first publication to deal solely with draw poker.

1st edition 1880, PDF 6 pages.

Pavel ist wie immer innovativ und präsentiert neue Ideen und Varianten. Beschreibungen sind wunderbar illustriert von J. Manas.

• Die Mysterioese Seide
• Ringe In Der Zuendholzschachtel
• Ultra-Kombination
• Zweifarbige Schnuere
• Das Geheimnisvolle Sehen
• Discolora
• Viereckige Kreise
• The Pocket Rings
• Das Paket Mit 19 Zigaretten
• Die Damen Auf Der Reise
• The Rings On Rope
• Zwei Moeglichkeiten
• Dreifarbiges Raetsel
• Die Lachende Hasen
• Das Geheimnis Des Rings

Für die Englische Version siehe Pavel's 15 Micro Tricks.

Erstausgabe 1971, PDF 32 Seiten.

From the foreword by Ken de Courcy:

1st edition ~1947, PDF 6 pages.

Volume 1, No. 6: June 2022, 50 pgs.

The sixth issue of The Hermit Magazine features:

• EFFECTS
  • On Waving Tides / Scott Baird
  • Quantum Conundrum / Rick Holcombe
  • Three Coin Vanish and Reproduction / Giacomo Bertini
  • Two Coin Turnover / Dr. Michael Rubinstein
  • Two Coin Turnover Variation / Dr. Michael Rubinstein
  • The Turing Test / Ryan Pilling
  • Teleport: A card to envelope / John Carey
• ARTICLES
  • #hermitmagicchallenge / Winning Submissions
  • Sankey Says - Forget believing in Yourself / Jay Sankey
• BONUS - Get a free issue of The Disclaimer magic magazine!
  • NFT / Curtis Kam
  • Invisible Visible...