Magic & Conjuring: page 217

Mathematical Fooler is in fact an impossible location effect. It really is a fooler. The principle appears as already known but will succeed in deceiving even fellow magicians.

First of all, it is possible to proceed with a borrowed deck, a real selling point. The magician borrows a deck. He looks through the deck with faces up and inquires if it is a full deck. Then he asks the spectator to cut a third of the deck and count how many cards he has in his hand. It will certainly have a two-digit number. The spectator adds the two digits together and looks at the card that corresponds to that...

A little math brain teaser turned into a mental effect...

Would you like to be able to make someone (even a Harvard graduate!) forget basic math? I'm talking math that even an elementary school student could do, like 545 + 5? Well, this manuscript is perfect to seemingly induce your spectator with mathematical amnesia.

After you "hypnotize" your spectator, he or she will forget basic math functions. For example, he or she won't even be able to figure out what 545 + 5 equals. We all know, it equals 550, but the spectator WILL be stumped. Your audience (you can perform this one-on-one...

This is a wonderful book covering several classic math based tricks, such as magic squares, day for any date (calendar calculations), and also several uncommon ones. It also includes the first publication of the Fitch Cheney Five Card Trick under the effect name "Telephone Stud".

• Preface
• I Cryptesthesia
• II The Magic Square
• III Mnemonics With Figures
• IV Spelling The Cards
• V Bank Night With Seven Cards
• VI Some Odd Formulas
• VII New Dresses For Old Tricks
• VIII Fakerithmetic
• IX Multiplying On The Fingers
• X Mind Reading At The Blackboard
• XI Match Puzzle
• XII Spelling Thoughts
• XIII Casting Out The Nines
• XIV Telephone...

When Lewis Ganson asked Dai Vernon what he considered to be the best card effect, he replied that in his opinion "Matching The Cards" would be difficult to beat, particularly when performed for lay audiences. His opinion is shared by many of the world's leading card experts, who have often featured one version or another in their acts.

The granddaddy of this effect can be found in Magician's Tricks by Hatton and Plate. The effect of Vernon's version is as follows:

A card is selected by a spectator and placed face down on the table without the face being shown, then the performer endeavors to cut to the three other...

Puzzles, games and conjuring tricks - all done with simple matches. Get a matchbox or book of matches and entertain an entire table of guests or just a single person on the bar.

With an introduction by David Devant.

• Foreword
• Introduction
• Part I: Puzzles
  • Introduction
  • Dividing The Inheritance
  • Boy Scouts' Bridge
  • Doubling The Area
  • Twin Triangle Puzzle
  • Four Triangle Puzzle
  • Nothing To Remain
  • Shakespearean Quotation
  • Match Manufacture
  • Removing The Middle
  • Evens To Odd
  • Tantalising Addition
  • Alternative Method Of Presentation
  • Easy Multiplication
  • Subtle Subtraction
  • Singular Subtraction
  • Twenty-Five...

Based on an idea by Nick Trost. You will be thrilled with the splendid effect which you achieve in such an easy manner.

You show a packet of five jumbo cards cut in half. Two spectators shuffle the cards and split the packet taking some cards each. For example, one spectator has 4 cards and one has six. You place an envelope on the table and then show the cards to each spectator in turn. They look and remember the one half-card (that corresponds to the number of cards they each had in hand). Then you ask them to remove from the packet the half-card they have seen. Incredibly they match! Not...

A collection of impromptu tricks and stunts involving matches. To save space and to avoid trivial details, the descriptions have been made as brief as possible and all finer points of presentation and patter have been left to the ingenuity of the reader.

The main categories are wooden matches, paper matches, tricks & jokes & catches, and puzzles.

• WOODEN MATCHES
  6. Magnetized Matches
  6. Escapo
  6. Striking En Passant
  7. Match Box Monte
  7. Match And Handkerchief
  7. Another Method
  8. Still Another Method
  8. And Still Another
  8. Electric Match
  9. Invisible Hair
  9. Blowing Through The Sleeves
  9. Vanishing Penny ...

Early 1900's version of the Haunted Match Box. For a finish the box transforms into a small doll dressed in a cloth gown. This does take construction skills and the effect is worth the trouble. See video below. Another video, where Tilley literally lifts the skirt of the girl, is included with the purchase (check your digital shelf).

1st edition 2017, PDF 4 pages, video 40s.

This is an ebook for serious beginners. This book will not make you a master – that is not what is meant by the title. This book will, however, set you on what the author believes is the best path to mastery. You’re going to learn:

• About learning magic and reaching mastery itself, the largest context.
• Practical, time-tested sleights that cater to all venues of close-up.
• Secrets of presentation for a memorable performance.
• Skills you need to have that underlie everything else.
• Amazing tricks and routines, both easy and powerful.
• How to be a magician.

1st edition, 2005; 232 pages....

The Simple Guide To Entertaining With Hypnosis

Are you ready to learn hypnosis in a simple and fun way?

Mastering and entertaining with stage hypnosis from veteran stage hypnotist Jesse Lewis, explores all parts of stage hypnosis from the pre-talk to the end of the show. With exercises built into the ebook to make your stage hypnosis more entertaining and valuable.

Get ready to take your hypnosis performance to the next level and really master stage hypnosis!

1st edition 2016, 200 pages.

Richard Webster's third volume on cold reading was recorded in May 2004 in New Zealand. It contains more on the subject for professional cold readers and those wishing to learn this interesting and profitable subject. In this volume Richard concentrates on the future and provides sets of readings based on numerology and star signs. Detailed but easy-to-learn readings are given. Richard is almost always cited as being one of the world's most experienced cold readers and has a vast knowledge drawn from his personal experiences as a professional cold reader.

This is a licensed reproduction of...

Within these pages, you will find seventeen performance-tested routines picked from my professional repertoire. Some of these I perform in almost every show, others are special items I have performed on television and special shows.

I have been a professional magician for 56 years, having performed in many Spanish-speaking countries like Panama, Costa Rica, Colombia, Argentina, Chile, Bolivia, Venezuela, Mexico, and Spain. In Spain, I remained for sixteen years and performed hundreds of shows, including national television. I have also been on cruise ships in the Mediterranean several times. ...

Learn to braid two cards together. The four 'impossible' card sculptures consist of two cards each. Take two cards, cut and then braid them together. Ralf takes you step by step through each of the folds. You will also be able to download the templates for the four designs.

1st edition 2018, length 17 min

Classic routines with coins, bank notes, cigarettes, thimbles, and cards by the amazing Al Koran & and the ingenious Jack Lamonte.

Including Koran's amazing Miracle Card Stab.

1st edition 1947; reprinted 1987; digital edition 2010; original 66 pages; PDF 44 pages.

Table of Contents

3. CONTENTS
4. PREFACE
5. Amazement with Money
6. - THE "LAST-WORD" NOTE ROUTINE
10. - THE MASTER "SILVER AND COPPER" ROUTINE
14. - THE MASTER "CLOSE-UP" COIN VANISH
16. Cigarette Sorcery
17. - PERFECT CIG-SWITCH
19. - THE CHAPEAU CIGARETTES
21. - CIG SUSPENSION
23. Thimble Amazement
24. - THE MASTER MOVE
26. - THE "PINCH" HIGH SPEED VISIBLE VANISH ...

Every four years we like to publish a collection of all the great magic that has appeared during the period in Magicseen's Masterclass section, and from the issues which appeared in volumes 9-12 we offer you 51 effects and ideas from such well known and respected performers as Andy Nyman, David Regal, Chris Rawlins, Boris Wild, Mel Mellers, Pit Hartling, John Bannon, Vincent Hedan, Thomas Fraps, Dan Garrett, Anthony Owen and many others.

Contents:

• Trapped Prediction - Alexander Erohin
• Roll and Slide Vanish - Radek Makar
• The Great Escape - John Breeds
• More ESP - Arun Bonerjee
• Moneyball - Fritz...

This ebook contains all 56 Masterclass effects taken from volumes 5-8 of Magicseen. Among the 40 different contributors you will find close up, stand up, children's material, mentalism and even a stage illusion from well known stars such as Wayne Dobson, JC Sum, Magic Dave, Jon Allen, Wayne Fox, Michael J. Fitch, Marc Spelmann, John Bannon, Paul Gordon, Peter Duffie and many more.

With many colour photo illustrations, this is a must-have collection of varied magic.

Contents:

• Ace of Hearts - Josef Kovacs
• Ring Off - Ring On - Alexander Allen
• Sharpie - Wayne Dobson
• Rockng Horse - Gerry Luff
• Marked Coin Antics - Mark Leveridge
• Poket Full of Miracles - Alexander...

These are all the masterclasses from the first 24 issues of [lc=167 Magicseen. It includes 61 contributions from names such as Max Maven, Boris Wild, Rafael Benatar, David Stone, Aldo Colombini, Wayne Dobson, Jay Sankey, Mathieu Bich, Marc Paul, Trevor Lewis, Joshua Jay and so many more, and they have all provided a varied and interesting selection of material for you to enjoy.

Contents:

• Fluke - Wayne Dobson
• Moorea Straw - David Stone
• The Turner Deck Production - Lawrence Turner
• Totally Triumph - Joshua Jay
• Prize Winner - Mark Leveridge
• Topit Without A Topit - Alexander Allen
• FU/FD Mix - Aldo Colombini
• Great Minds Think Alike - Richard Blackie
• Healing Hands...

The performer borrows a pack of cards, which, if desired, may be thoroughly shuffled either by the lender or by another spectator. Without arranging the cards in any special order, and without "sighting" any of them, the magician deals four packets, of five cards each, face down on the table. The entire procedure is exactly as if a game of poker or nap were about to be played.

Any member of the audience selects one of the four hands. No force, direct or indirect, is employed. The three packets not chosen are returned to the pack. The person holding the selected hand is requested to choose...

Softcover stapled in landscape format. A nice copy with small tears in front cover. For details on content see the digital edition.

A series of original sleights with miniature billiard balls including an explanation of the author's ball stand and vanishing apparatus, and a thirty minute manipulative act.

The first part in this four part series deals with effects done with ordinary slates, ungimmicked and without flaps, that anyone can do without having to invest in expensive trick slates.

Note that this manuscript comes unbound in a package of loose sheets, the way Al Mann stored them. You can bind them anyway you like, or leave them unbound, perhaps only hole punch them and put them in a binder.

27 pages

Master of the Game is an amazing poker prediction which can be performed totally impromptu, with a spectator shuffled deck and with essentially no sleight-of-hand unless you consider crimping a card sleight-of-hand.

Imagine the following. A spectator shuffles an ordinary deck, perhaps his own. The performer tells of a strange dream in which he and the spectator played a simple game of cards. Furthermore, the performer has set down the details of the dream on a slip of paper which is sealed inside and envelope. The envelope is placed on the table where it remains for the rest of the routine. ...

• Twentieth Century Billiard Ball Trick
• New Card To The Pocket
• A Modern Card Miracle
• A Different Conclusion
• Sympathetic Aces
• A New Click Pass
• The Coins Up The Sleeve
• A New Miser's Dream
• The Magic Square
• The Percival Shoe Lace Trick

1st edition 1933, PDF 16 pages.

This is a move Ackerman developed himself. While riffle shuffling you palm the bottom card into a gambler's flat palm using a Kelly-type movement.

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