Magic & Conjuring: page 110

Essays and thoughts on the performance of restaurant magic.

"This is real world experience from a top pro who has spent his professional life learning what works, what is important and, most importantly, what is universal." - Richard Osterlind (from the foreword)

The Restaurant Magic Reader collects the many articles and essays that Jim Sisti has written over the last 20 years on the subject of restaurant magic. Between these covers, you will find thoughts and ideas on such important topics as choosing material, selecting a performing character, getting and keeping a restaurant magic...

John Ramsay was called "The Magician's Magician" because even for those in the know he could create miracles. He consistently fooled his peers with his incredible skill, misdirection and unique thinking. Here are a few quotes about him:

"... We are not given to uncritical boosts.... But it is difficult to write with moderation of the work of Johnnie Ramsay. His sleight of hand is unexcelled, perhaps even unequalled. Performers who know all there is to know about the Cups and Balls are not merely puzzled, but utterly baffled by Ramsay's presentation. His Cap and Pence is a masterpiece of...

[Note: Despite all the rumors the cover does not show Jon in his younger years.]

This is an ebook about moves, card moves to be precise. If you are already familiar with the basics of card magic then you will find here a lot of advanced moves and concepts to significantly improve your magic. If you are an experienced veteran of card magic you will probably still find some moves you are unfamiliar with. It is also a great reference ebook to have in case you run one day into any of these moves. The moves are described in text and photos with references and sources in the usually meticulous Racherbaumer style.

• Adding To Vernon (Jon Racherbaumer)
• The Altman Trap (Art...

This treatise is a compilation of Marlo's methods for performing a card-to-wallet, incorporating his Exclusive Card in Wallet (1961) with methods published in Ibidem, [lc=4446 Hierophant, Card Finesse, Marlo's Magazine, and other previously unpublished but related methods. This material was discovered in a thick folder among Marlo's private effects.

The idea of causing a selection to disappear from the deck and then reappear elsewhere is almost as old as playing cards. Reinhard Müller has painstakingly researched the basic effect classified as "Card Found in Some Object," which was being performed (in some form)...

Swords...Death...Lovers...Fortune...

Tarot cards are old, but that doesn't mean they're boring. Tarot cards add an air of mystery and emotion to any performer's arsenal. This ebook will show you a whole new frontier of possibilities with these arcane works of art. Spectral Chill is as much a concept as it is a trick. And the bonus trick, Tarot Below Zero is just one possibility to be found at the tip-of-the-sword in this re-conceived paradigm.

Tarot is all about creating links in the mind of the spectator and Spectral Chill is a system to help do exactly that.

This is a real performer's...

All six issues of 2011 for a reduced price. The cover personalities are Ali Cook, John Bannon, Yann Frisch, Richard Sanders, Brynolf and Ljung, and Cyril.

The basic plot of the "Chamele Aces" was developed in the late 40s by Edward Marlo, who shared ideas about this motif with Neal Elias in 1949. Elias wrote notes regarding the methods they explored, which he and Marlo then filed away. Neither published the "work;" however, Marlo performed an impromptu version at a Pittsburgh magic convention in 1955. Earlier the same year, Roy Walton published his version of "Chamele Aces" in The Gen (February-1955: Volume 10 - Number 10).

The basic Chamele Aces plot is four red-back and four blue-back Aces transpose one at a time.

1st edition 2008; 80 pages.

Table of Contents

5. Introduction
8. A World About Problemists ...

This is a compilation of three of Prager's effects.

1. The Bite (a way to secretly mark billets)
2. Peeki (a peek wallet)
3. Genocidio (a variation on Kenton Knepper's Kolossal Killer avoiding 'the out')

1st edition 2011; 16 pages.

Slip Cuts play a vital role in "Cutting to the Aces," a presentation auspiciously introduced in Stars of Magic (1946). Dai Vernon's handling sparked lots of interest when it first appeared, providing strong incentive to master the Slip Cut. Cardini, who also knew a great trick when he saw one, strongly endorsed Vernon's presentation:

"To lovers of outstanding card magic I heartily recommend 'Cutting the Aces.' It is showy and mystifying, more so than you would think a card trick could possibly be."

Therefore, this treatise begins with explanations of three versions of Ace-Cutting. This may induce...

Now, one of the mentalism's greatest "self-working" effects has been simplified to the point where it really is self-working! One early reviewer referred to Mirabill as "Miraskill minus the skill."

Every card magician will know the Triumph effect:

The most famous routine is Dai Vernon's "Triumph" originally published in Stars of Magic. However, he probably was influenced by other similar effects that came before. One such routine is Sid Lorraine's "Slop Shuffle".

Jon Racherbaumer will take you through the history of this wonderfully visual effect and will explain and discuss the many...

These are all self-working or very easy to perform effects.

One item that I would like to highlight is the Klutz Force, because it is on the same skill level as the popular Criss-Cross force, which is frequently used in self-working effects. With the Klutz Force you have an alternative that has a different feel and procedure.

• Simplex Physical & Mental
• Telephenomenal
• 21 And Then Some
• Guesstimation City
• Marked Calculation
• What Is the Question?
• Easy Prefiguration
• Klutzy Forces
• Hobson Chooses Again
• Punch-Line Division
• Simple Sync
• Is Your Pants On Fire?
• Made In the Shade
• No-Clue ...

This is an ebook test. Yes, not a book test done with actual paper copies, but rather a book test done with ebooks, PDF ebooks that is. The advantage here is that you can perform it wherever you have your smartphone, tablet or iPad with you. (For another ebook test see Dracula Ebook Test.)

Effect: A spectator selects any one of seven ebooks, turns to the page of his/her choice as you look away. The spectator concentrates on one word and you name it, even though you don't know the page and there is no fishing.

You will get the following ebooks:

• "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens
• "Around the World...

A classic Ted Lesley headline prediction mystery:

• no expensive gimmicks (everything can easily and cheaply be made at home)
• not stooges (strictly a one man effect)
• no billet knives or visible gimmicks
• clean and devastating effect

A chest with a prediction in it, is mailed to the place of performance two weeks prior to the performance date. The committee gives the chest to the mayor or the chief of police to guard. They try to tie up with the local media for publicity coverage.

On the night of the performance the chest is brought to the theater where it is opened by...

"Sticky greatness = epic!! Great e-book and I will be using this one for definite!" - Chris Congreave

From January 2010 to February 2011, Cameron had 12 tricks published in the British IBM magazine The Budget. The column was called "The Continental" and thanks to editor Stephen Tucker, Cameron is now able to offer you all 12 effects in one PDF.

The column includes tricks for close-up and stand-up work using cards, coins, bills, matchbooks, business cards, Sharpies, steno pads and drawings. While some of the material has been published before, five of the tricks have never been previously published and most of...

A brand new thing to do with a water bottle. Looks freaky and leaves a lasting impression. You could start a religion with this!

IONIZE THE WATER IN A DRINKING BOTTLE, MAKING IT ALMOST LIGHTER THAN AIR!

Aqua-imp is one powerful piece of “incidental” magic. It appears almost impromptu. This illusion of spontaneity actually enhances the mystery—for it is at this magical (and supposedly offhanded moment) you give your spectators a thought-provoking, gentle, and fun glimpse at an un-imagined world of possibility.

Here’s what Aqua-imp looks like: You join friends or clients at a...

A COMPELLING FORCING PROCEDURE & APPLICATIONS THEREOF

Ionic is a ranging force, applied with the fingers, in order to arrive at an apparently random (or unknown number). Such forces—performed on the fingers—have been used for decades. Karrel Fox and Max Maven are both famous for their applications of the approach. For the record, Ray Hyman is credited with FIRST applying the idea to the use of the fingers. (See The Linking Ring, October, 1953). Ray’s application was for a book test called “It’s In The Book.”

Here’s how it usually works: Imagine asking a spectator to hold...

Erschien erstmals in zwei Teilen als zwei gedruckte Hefte bei Passion for Magic in der Schweiz (Teil 1 2003, Teil 2 2004), nach Auflösung dieser Firma druckte das Magic Center Harri 2007 beide Hefte in einem nach, und ist heute dort noch erhaeltlich. Die PDF Version ist nur hier bei Lybrary.com zu bekommen.

• Puzzlegacy
• … oder nichts
• Placebo
• aleaque
• CATO hoch 2
• giallo
• Der Kurschatten
• Monge Prediction
• Haben Sie noch etwas Zeit?
• Farbe & Form
• SymboliClue
• Marked for Matching
• Piercing
• Unzertrennlich
• „Zahltag“ mit Spielkarten
• Hey, Peter!
• Damenbesuch
• Stille Reserven
• … the...

Dieser Bande enthält (leicht überarbeitet) 30 Tricks, die Werner Miller in den Jahren 1987-2010 in der Zeitschrift Magische Welt veröffentlicht hat.

• Mein Verwandlungsquadrat
• The Hol(e)y Card
• Facultissimo
• Crazy Square
• Nicht neu, aber 6eckig
• Opus One
• Age Cube
• Das Karten-Schachbrett
• Bogumil, das Zauberkaninchen
• Mein Kartenchips-Programm
• Square Shake
• Pet Ghost
• Moment musical
• fifty – fifty
• Pas de deux
• Unisono
• Ganz ohne Mathematik
• Paar für Paar
• Im Zeichen der Lilie
• aA 37
• Ein Würfeltunnel der besonderen Art
• Whirl Squares
• Rot/Schwarz-Orakel
• Zwei Tricks mit der Cut Deeper...

Dieser Bande enthält (leicht überarbeitet) 30 Tricks, die Werner Miller in den Jahren 1987-2010 in der Zeitschrift Magische Welt veröffentlicht hat.

• prima vista
• Würfelturm-Variationen
• cas d’ESPèce
• Mama Repuma
• PP-AA-II-RR-SS
• Der Kettenbrief
• Clean Cut – Plus!
• muribus unitis
• Dreisprung
• Sie liebt mich…
• Ich sehe schwarz
• Hallucina-Turn
• Geld ist nicht alles
• gimme 5!
• Auf verlorenem Posten
• Eine Under/Down Force
• Dank sei Fibonacci III
• Doppel-Sandwich
• Vor Gebrauch schütteln
• Endlich...
• Schwindel-Sudoku
• oniumoD 7
• IndicaTerri
• „Nicht...“
• in medias tres
• Migratory ...

Staple Gun Roulette

Four staple guns are shown to be laid on a table in front of the audience, everyone watching is asked to think of a number from 1-4. A random member of the audience is then asked to come onto the stage and the guns are numbered 1-4 by the participant. The participant is then told to imagine that the number they chose is the loaded gun and is to leave the gun with that number on the table at all times. He/she picks up one of the other guns and holds it to the mentalists eye and is told to pull the trigger...Click the gun is safe. The participant is then asked to repeat...

"(Cheater's Sleeve is) so clean and very magical!" - John Carey

"Great book!" - John Guastaferro

Created in collaboration with Liam Montier and Cameron Francis, KaPOW features 10 killer tricks that punch harder than BATMAN.

These ten tricks are easy to do, use only regular cards, and mostly work from a shuffled deck in use. All this, and of course they are, what we call in the business, 'spectator busting AWESOMES!' (It's a technical term...)

So, bust out the cards and settle down for a session of learning commercial, practical and easy magic that will astonish everyone and make girls...

Re-Thinks is a new series of eBooks from TC Tahoe.

"This routine is flawless, super easy to perform, SAFE and incredibly entertaining...For me this was what I was waiting for in this type of effect." - Rus Andrews

"I have always been a fan of TC's thinking. TC knows how to entertain and shares these secrets with you in his series, while providing new methods and clean approaches in his methods." - Kenton Knepper

"Rarely does a working pro magician release his good stuff to others.... I would dash, not saunter, to buy this work from TC Tahoe!" - Dan Garrett

"The Razor Blade routine is superb…I...

Re-Thinks is a new series of eBooks from TC Tahoe.

"I would recommend TC Tahoe's re-Thinks to anyone!" - Paul Daniels

"Practical, commercial routines from a successful working pro." - John Carney

"That thing you do with the chairs kills me! I watch you do it every week and I can’t tell if you have some kind of ‘influencing power’ or you really do have ESP! Either way, you are no longer welcome to our poker game!" - Paul Santley, Cruise Director Carnival Cruise Lines

In my opinion the Chair Test, as a premise, is simple strong and direct. There is no reason to mess with...