Magic & Conjuring: page 370

Dieses Ebuch aus Astor’s Feder beschäftigt sich nur am Rande mit der Zauberkunst. Auf 33 Seiten befasst es sich mit ausgewählten Geheimnissen unserer Kulturgeschichte und hinterfragt deren Relevanz um zu den Wurzeln dieser Wunder zu kommen.

Astor beschäftigt sich auf den 33 Seiten des ebooks u.a. mit der Sator-Formel, dem Hexen-Einmaleins aus Faust, dem Buch der Wilden, dem Indischen Seiltrick und dem Fluch des Pharao.

In unnachahmlicher Art und Weise zieht Astor seine Leser in den Bann des Geheimnisvollen und weiß zugleich die Kulturgeschichte der Menschheit ein stückweit zu vermitteln....

... und wie man es wird

Wie werde ich ein guter Zauberkünstler? Viele anspruchsvolle Magier haben diese Frage an sich gestellt, doch die richtige Antwort darauf zu bekommen, ist gar nicht so einfach. Astor hat aus seiner eigenen jahrzehntelangen Bühnenerfahrung als Profi eine Antwort darauf gefunden und seine Essenz auf 61 Seiten zusammengefasst. Schritt für Schritt nimmt er den Leser in 12 Kapiteln an die Hand, sodaß dieser am Ende des Buches, eine eigene Antwort auf die Frage: "Wie werde ich ein verdammt guter Zauberkünstler?" geben kann.

Vor etwa 40 Jahren begann Astor mit der Veröffentlichung seiner größten Geheimnisse in zehn einzelnen Manuskripten, die insgesamt 170 Euro kosteten und nur gegen eine ehrenwörtliche Schweigeerklärung zu erhalten waren. Insgesamt waren davon nur 150 Exemplare im Umlauf.

Die von Astor beschriebenen Ausnahmekunststücke sind nun als ebook zu erhalten. Auch heute noch haben diese Kunststücke nichts von ihrer Wirkung auf das Publikum verloren:

• SUPRAVISION: Ihr Medium weiß, was sich in einer verschlossenen Kassette befindet.
• MIRACLE GAME: Ein rätselhaftes mentales Mühlespiel mit Spielkarten. ...

Die Magische Präsentation beinhaltet auf 148 Seiten kein einziges Zauberkunststück, sondern sie versucht den Leser in die Kunst einzuführen, aus einem Trick ein Kunststück zu machen.

Das Buch ist in zwei Bereiche geteilt: Der erste Bereich trägt den Titel: Schauspielkunst für Zauberkünstler. Darin erklärt Astor dem Leser, beginnend mit den ersten Schritten auf der Bühne, über das richtige Bewegen, Gestikulieren, Sprechen usw., alles was ein Zauberkünstler von der Schauspielkunst wissen sollte. Wer dieses Buch aufmerksam gelesen hat, wird nie mehr Kunststücke "zeigen"; er wird...

Über Jahre wurde von Astor ein Fernlehrgang - ähnlich dem Tarbell Course - zum Preis von etwa 500 Euro vertrieben. In 55 Kapiteln auf 527 DIN A4 Seiten mit über 640 klaren und deutlichen Illustrationen führt Astor in die Kunst der Zauberei ein. Dem Leser wird auf leicht verständliche Weise das Fundament der Zauberkunst nahegebracht. Dabei befasst sich der Kurs mit fast jedem Kapitel der Täuschungskunst, der Psychologie der Täuschung, Improvisation und Präsentation. Astor bringt sein fundiertes psychologisches Wissen und die Erfahrung aus jahrzehntelanger eigener Bühnenerfahrung als Profizauberkünstler...

What do other Mentalists think?

"At last a routine where you really are doing what you claim! This is a fantastic concept that Atlas has expanded greatly. It has the feeling of real mentalism because it IS real mentalism." - Marc Paul

"Page seven of your manuscript is worth whatever you end up charging for it." - Dave Arch

"I really enjoyed 'The Real Thing'...The core of the effect uses pure psychology which is just the ticket. The way in which this has been used to create a nice little lie-detector routine is very clever indeed." - Derek Heron

"Rather than a physical peek, your method...

"Seriously, this is underpriced...A vast amount of theory and applicable content is squeezed into this... After I get it all integrated, this is going straight into my naked repertoire... This has a huge amount of information to digest, but it's 100% workable, and Atlas has brought many, many new ways to work with this to the table. I think that many don't use this principle simply because a work this all encompassing has never before been written on the topic. This really fills a previously gaping hole in mentalism and opens up many doors. This is incredibly underpriced in my opinion. I...

Audley Walsh teaches you two wonderful routines including script ("The big bad wolf and the three little pigs" and "Time marches onward") plus a set of sponge ball moves. He uses a bell which he and the spectator ring several times during the routine. This is a very interesting idea for misdirection as well as camouflaging moves and palms.

The moves you will learn are

• finger palm or finger pinch
• finger pinch with two sponge balls
• pick up
• ring the bell
• thimble move
• sleeving
• lapeling

1st edition 1936 8 pages; revised and enlarged 1940; original 12 pages; PDF 17 pages.

From the introduction

Magic dice. They stack up, vanish, appear, grow larger, shrink smaller, and act in general like they were...

Softcover stapled, 1953 Tannen. For details on contents see the digital edition.

We are proud to reintroduce this rare manuscript of Audley Walsh's gambling exposé, which also includes a number of the author's card effects that make a perfect ending to the lecture.

Contains the "meat" of his now-famous lecture, including a brief biography; how he developed and organized the lecture; gives an excellent summary on the origin and history of playing cards; plus six excellent, illustrated card effects and sleights to present:

• The Mystic 32 Card Trick
• Any Name Called For
• Rubber-Fingered Charlie
• Use My Deck!
• Blackjack Peek
• Three Card Monte with Paper Clip
• The Magnetic...

This is a treatise on the sucker effects of the Three Card Monte. It starts with an intro by Nate Leipzig, includes a definition of gambling terms and goes on to explain moves, routines and schemes to work the Three Card Monte. John Scarne was a master in performing and demonstrating this sucker effect. Learn everything about it in this digital reproduction, either to be aware of the various ways this can be played and thus be protected, or to learn to perform it for entertainment purposes.

From the preface by Nate Leipzig:

Here is a historical ad from the Charles T. Powner Co. in Chicago: "This book gives, with careful and easy instructions, the newest card tricks and sleight-of-hand yet offered to professionals and amateurs. Not only does this book contain all of the new tricks, but nearly every one known is fully explained and exposed by explicit directions and carefully prepared illustrations. 160 pages, 80 fine illustrations. Price Postpaid $0.50"

I cannot offer this book at $0.50 as originally sold in 1902, but our prices are almost as good as 100 years ago prices. This book is the small version of Roterberg's famous...

Roterberg was a dealer, but he also wrote excellent magic books - four altogether. The Card Tricks and how to do them is an excerpt from New Era Card Tricks. So actually he wrote only three books. The Modern Wizard was his first one. It explains tricks with silks, eggs, glasses, billiard balls, coins, candles, pill boxes and more. Roterberg has a very efficient style of describing a trick. He supplies no patter or other fluff, but still manages to explain a trick thoroughly. He packs 68 tricks or methods into merely 120 pages. He closes his book with the chapter "The Art of Magic" where Roterberg gives a crash course in how to be a good magician....

This book is the continuation of The Modern Wizard; same format almost same number of pages and same style. For example the 'handkerchief productions' are continued with methods twelve, thirteen fourteen, fifteen and sixteen. You will find many interesting plots with eggs, glasses, coins, silks, tubes, plates, flowers, nest of boxes, ...

1st edition, 1896; 112 pages.

5. Robinson's Flying Handkerchiefs
9. The Improved Soup Plate and Handkerchief Trick
10. First Method
10. Second Method
11. Third Method
12. Fourth Method
13. The Four Soup Plates and Handkerchiefs
15. The Handkerchief Coloring Trick
16. Handkerchief Productions,...

August Roterberg was a very successfull magic dealer working from Chicago in the 19th century. His catalogs and books are collector items. One of his catalogs, number 15, is reproduced in this ebook. Catalogs help collectors identify and date pieces in their collection. Reading through catalogs is for me an exercise in creativity. When I read an effect description I try to think of a method to achieve it, not knowing the secret behind the trick sold. I am sure you will enjoy browsing through this beautiful catalog with lots of illustrations.

1st edition 1913, 216 pages.

New Era Card Tricks is the masterpiece of Roterberg's publishing efforts. Scholars are pretty sure that the elusive Erdnase must have known and read this book. It is still today an extremely good and important work on cards. It is a book any serious card man should read. This is to a large part the foundation on which a lot of the later card work has been built. A good part of this book is essentially a translation of the German work Der Moderne Kartenkünstler by Friedrich W. Conradi. Richard Hatch wrote a wonderful introduction that by itself is worth reading. He starts:

This is the first catalog Roterberg issued, titled: "Descriptive Catalogue of the Latest European Novelties in Magic, Second Sight, Anti-Spiritualism".

Noteworthy here is that Roterberg states that he corresponds not only in English but also German, French and Volapük - a universal language created by the German catholic priest Johann Martin Schleyer in 1880.

1st edition ca. 1894, 20 pages.

The title page reads: "Superior, New and Standard Conjuring Tricks, Spiritualistic Manifestations and Books on Conjuring."

Particularly noteworthy are the pages in the back where he reprints quotes and praises from customers who have read his books including John Northern Hilliard and Harry Kellar.

1st edition ca. 1898, 76 pages.

Beautifully illustrated catalog (prior catalogs had no illustrations) with a one page list of books at the back.

1st edition 1904 (date stamped on front 18th March 1904), 45 pages.

A huge jump in size from catalog 7 to this catalog 8. Includes a separate section on books where he writes about Expert at the Card Table:

The last section is for: Practical Jokes, Puzzles and Novelties.

1st edition 1904 (date stamped on front 15th July 1904), 170...

From the introduction:

Rare supplementary catalog from August Roterberg (1911).

Beautifully illustrated catalog (prior catalogs had no illustrations) with a one-page list of books at the back. This softcover catalog is in good condition. A prior owner has added a clear acetate protective cover, which is likely the reason for the good condition it is in.

1st edition 1904 (date stamped on front 18th March 1904), 45 pages.