Magic & Conjuring: page 380

More than the fourteen major Marlo items Ed contributed to New Tops Magazine between 1984-1985 - 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 these final two years of material, completing the full run of Marlo's New Tops articles, fulfilling Ed's expressed wishes, keeping his material available "for the guys."

As with Wesley's previous releases, M.I.N.T. III - M.I.N.T. V, these long-unavailable Marlo articles could have been all Wesley compiled. Such a volume would have been an important...

Thought Shadows is a dramatic and visual piece of mentalism. It uses a novel presentational concept that even our thoughts can have shadows and based on those shadows a skilled mind reader can read the thoughts behind the shadows.

Everything happens in the mind of the participant and on the mobile phone of the participant. Nothing is ever spoken or written down. The participant just needs to have a phone with Google search on it. No special apps are needed on the phone. And the one piece of paper which is required to complete the routine is carried by the performer in his wallet or pocket....

Performer shows the red back of a playing card. One can see a heart and an arrow is drawn on the back. Suddenly the arrow slowly flies towards the heart until it penetrates it. In the final climax the color of the red card changes to blue. Making the gimmicked card requires arts and crafts.

Special thanks to Patricio Teran for helping to release this effect.

1st edition 2022, video 36:59.

This catalog shows in the very back a photo of the Magic Inc. shop on the north side of Chicago. Jay Marshall also sold used magic books and magazines.

1st edition 1973; PDF 71 pages.

This catalog is great because not only does it list various books in different categories, it also features informative articles. The articles you will find are:

• Building a Collection / Leo Behnke
• Are Magic Books Worthwhile? / John Mulholland
• Books about Books / Robert Lund
• The Calculated Risk / Dr. Edwin A. Dawes
• Magical Bookie / S. R. Patrick
• The Magician and Comedy / Robert Orben
• Quest for Magic Books / George Jenness
• Buy Lines / J. B. Findlay

1st edition 1968; PDF 147 pages.

Six Sharpies are placed under 6 numbered, identical paper cups. While the performer turns away, a spectator removes a Sharpie from any cup and writes down the number of the cup they selected. They place the paper in their pocket and replace the Sharpie back under the cup. The magician can instantly reveal which number cup they took the Sharpie from. 100% self-working. Nothing is marked. A simple gimmick you may already have does the trick.

Also included is The Pencil Case Mystery which is a brilliant variation on the above routine. 6 pencil cases each contain a different colored Sharpie....

Turn a cap into a magic prop and have cards appear and change. For example, you can use it for a kind of 'card stabbing' routine where you spring the cards and catch one card in your cap. Or have one card visually change into another. To make the gimmicks requires some arts and crafts, but nothing too complicated and no supplies you wouldn't likely already have.

The separate effects are:

• Flick
• Stabbed
• I-tap
• Spinner

Not all gimmicks can be incorporated into the same cap and thus not all effects shown could be done with just one cap.

Deepak also explains a lovely linking effect...

If you liked Bookworm: The Ultimate Impromptu Book Test Act, then you will love The Bookworm Deck. An entire "Word Test Act" combined into a single deck that you will always carry with you.

Not only can you now perform the "Bookworm Act" without having to borrow three books, you can perform the act in absolutely any venue, including walk-around, table hopping, and even stage situations. The entire act is kept in your pocket. The Bookworm Deck also makes the act much easier to perform.

Here is the act:

The performer borrows three business cards and a pen (obviously, he can use his own if the items cannot be borrowed). The performer...

Own a piece of magic history!

In July 2005, Jay Fortune and radio presenter Layman Steve hit the airwaves live from London with Radio Magic; a lively hour-long radio show dedicated to magic and...

The Dead Man's Hand is a famous hand of poker that Wild Bill Hickock held when Jack McCall gunned him down in Deadwood, SD. Hickok was playing five-card stud when McCall shot and killed him. He was holding two pairs: black aces and black eights. Lost to history is the suit and value of that 5th card, but that mystery works to your benefit for an entertaining card effect.

The primary effect is you show the Dead Man's Hand, the Aces, and 8s facing up. One card is facing down. The spectator guesses what the 5th card is. The manuscript describes three different methods for revealing the 5th...

Manosutra in Sanskrit means 'Mind Principle'. This is a stunning piece that you can include in any of your performance sets. Using just a few blank business cards, you can impossibly read the minds of your participants. The reactions will please your heart and boost your ego. Everything happens in the mind of the participant and yet the performer is able to divine the thought of the participant in the most direct manner.

There is a one-time preparation of a few double blank business cards which will take all of 3 minutes and you are then set for many performances - until these cards wear...

I saw the first spelling effects a long time ago, studying Aldo Colombini's DVDs; they were in English and I gave up almost immediately, due to the great difference in seed letters and numbers: from diamonds to diamonds there was an ocean. I saw, I appreciated them ... and then I gave up. Some time later, trying and trying again, a light bulb came on: I thought I had invented my spelling in Italian; beautiful exceptional. Later I discovered that I had not really invented anything, there were dozens and hundreds of similar and ... almost the same. Then, continuing to study the great masters, I began to collect...

Ho visto i primi effetti con spelling molto tempo fa, studiando i DVD di Aldo Colombini; erano in lingua inglese e mi arresi quasi subito, a causa della grande differenza di lettere di semi e numeri: da quadri a diamonds c’era un oceano! Vedevo, li apprezzavo… e poi lasciavo perdere! Qualche tempo dopo, provando e riprovando, si accese una lampadina: credevo di avere inventato il mio spelling in italiano; bello eccezionale, mio! Ma non lo presentavo spesso, comunque; più tardi scoprii che non avevo proprio inventato niente, ce n’erano decine e centinaia di simili e … quasi uguali....

A magician holds a card and then changes it to a poker chip, paper money, a coin, or any small flat object. The method is based on a black-art principle and thus best suited for a stage or video performance where lighting and angles can be controlled well. Making the gimmick involves arts and crafts.

1st edition 2022, video 23:04.

Excerpt from the introduction:

• Symbol synchronicity
• The Rhine reaction
• Zenner mate
• ESP topper
• ESP round-up
• Down-under divination ...

Containing Napoleon's Oraculum, and the key to work it. Also tells fortunes by cards, lucky and unlucky days, signs and omens.

• How To Tell Fortunes By Cards
  • Signification Of The Cards
  • Signification Of Different Cards Of The Same Denomination
  • Dealing The Cards By Threes
  • Dealing The Cards By Sevens
  • Dealing The Cards By Fifteens
  • The Italian Method
  • Present, Past, And Future
  • The Star Method Of Consulting The Cards
  • To Know If You Will Get Your Wish
  • The English Method Of Consulting The Cards
  • To Tell Whether You Will Get Your Wish
• Good And Bad Omens
  • Concluding Remarks
• Weather...

"This is on a whole different level than any of his previous work". - Ori Asher

Sui Generis is a breakthrough system for guessing any word entirely propless. It allows for what is essentially a mental billet peek, without the need for anything to be written down by your spectator. Fraser has searched for this work all of his life and is something he considers his best work to date and a crowning achievement in the mystery arts.

There is very little process, everything is justified presentationally, and the method is practically self-working and will become second nature to perform...

Water and oil is an effect that has always fascinated me, but the principle is so simple that I think it is impossible to invent something more effective; moreover, the effect requires a secret manipulation that is impossible to replicate, if everything is expected to be done in the hands of the spectator, "on the other end of the line" (of the telephone).

I, therefore, followed a different path: to try to replicate, in the spectator, the amazement of finding the separated cards, when they were arranged alternately by his hands, in front of his eyes.

Also in this publication I propose,...

Acqua e olio è un effetto che mi ha sempre affascinato, ma il principio è così semplice che ritengo sia impossibile inventare qualcosa di più efficace; inoltre l’effetto richiede una manipolazione segreta che è impossibile replicare, se si pretende che tutto si compia nelle mani dello spettatore, “dall’altro capo del filo” (del telefono).

Ho quindi percorso una strada diversa: cercare di replicare, nello spettatore, lo stupore di trovare le carte divise, quando erano state disposte in maniera alternata proprio dalle sue mani, davanti ai suoi occhi.

Anche in questa pubblicazione...

"Graham Hey is a master at taking long-forgotten methods and turning them in to modern gold! And D.N.A Clinic is fabulous!" says Mike McClean - one of the World's top comedy mentalists.

The effect titled 'D.N.A clinic' is a comedy card routine that involves the spectator freely selecting a card which they then rub over their body to make sure they add a little of their D.N.A on to it - this will help the magician find their card, as they've been attending a D.N.A evening class. Not only does he find the card, but the rest of the deck is also revealed to be completely blank. No forces, no...

Balance small objects on the edge of a card. The gimmick is easy to make but finicky to use. Also, watch your angles. Great for one-on-one or video shots but not so great with multiple spectators. The gimmick does not involve a thread, reel, or magnets.

1st edition 2022, video 12:10.

Tricks are grouped in the following categories:

• Beginning Magic
• Card magic
• Money Magic
• Close-Up Magic
• Mentalism
• Kids Show Magic
• Stage Magic
• Miscellaneous Magic
• Prices

1st edition 1994; PDF 224 pages.

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