Magic & Conjuring: page 403

A very direct divination and prediction effect with two selected cards.

Two spectators freely cut to two cards. Both selections are remembered and buried into the deck. The magician points to a pair of odd-backed cards (on the table from the start) before he correctly guesses the identity of each selection and to which spectator they belong to. Finally, he turns over the pair of cards: They are a perfect match.

Easy to do. Instant reset. Can be performed before or after any other card trick. At the beginning, the spectators can freely shuffle and inspect the deck. Uses regular cards with...

You will get two wonderful effects which are almost self-working because all the things you do seem so natural and imperceptible. The effects will require almost no effort on your part. These are effects that require nothing more than a good presentation and to be able to use your sense of touch. That's it! You don't need more than that because the clever thinking behind the principles that make the effects work every time will do all the work for you and also you can use the patter given for each of the effects.

The following effects are described:

Influential Coincidence: A spectator...

The basic effect as seen by your spectators is that you can read minds and see through the cards as if you had X-ray eyes.

• The deck can be shuffled
• You never know the spectator's card
• You never look at the faces of the cards after the selection is made
• No multiple outs
• No special decks or props required

Harry Houdini spent a good part of his life exposing mediums and 'unexplainable' phenomena. In this booklet he describes the case of the Boston "Margery" and the prize the Scientific American put up for true paranormal effects. He not only clearly describes and demonstrates the tricks of this very clever medium but also tells the difficulties surrounding the actual exposure. Houdini was world class in the role of the detective. It is fascinating to read how he sensitised his leg to be able to feel the slightest movement the medium made.

Margery or Mina Stinson (1888–1941) was born in Canada...

Houdini shines in this book. Handcuffs are his passion. He knows every little detail about them and every nuance in their mechanism. Houdini was not a particular good magician, but as an escape artist he is still unsurpassed. Thus, if you would like to know more about handcuffs and their inner workings, this book is for you.

1st edition, 1909, George Routledge & Sons, London; later reprinted by Magico Magazine, New York; 110 pages.

9. Preface
1. I.Introductory
8. II.Opening Sealed Handcuffs
13. III.Blunders of some Handcuff Exposers
25. IV.Fake or Spoof Manacle
33. V.American Manacles
42. VI.French Letter...

Learn how to move from one palm to another, for example, how does one go from a magician's palm to a gambler's flat palm.

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This is another technique to palm several cards at once from the top of the deck. Here a special little finger break enables the move.

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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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This is an idea by John Cornelius where a card is pushed into a fan and during closing the fan the card is stolen into a Tenkai palm.

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Learn how to go from an overhand shuffle directly into the gambler's cop.

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Developed by Ed Marlo, it is a well-covered method to palm one or several cards from the bottom into a left-hand magician's palm.

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While you perform a double cut you palm off the bottom cards. This move was developed by Art Altman.

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This move was developed by Allan Ackerman. You start out with a convincing type of control. By angling the card correctly you can have it automatically end up in a left-hand magician's palm.

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Side steal a card and then place it efficiently and invisibly on the top of the deck. If you read somewhere 'do a side steal', this is typically what is meant - side steal to top.

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This is a move to Tenkai palm a card or several cards while dealing. A beautiful and practically undetectable move.

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This is a move to clip or steal the top card while placing the deck somewhere.

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The name 'movie control' comes from the fact that Allan developed it while watching a movie. You control a card to the bottom via a clip steal.

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This is a great move by Tony Slydini. The four aces are put back into the deck, letting them stick out by about half. Despite the fact that the aces protrude, the clever Tony steals them into a Tenkai Palm leaving four other cards protruding. How he does that you will learn in this video.

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Allan teaches the basic push off second deal. Very similar push off techniques are also used for double lifts or to get a break beneath the top two cards.

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This one-handed second deal has an interesting and very deceptive push-off because initially you push off only one card.

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Stud means that the cards are turned face-up during dealing. Allan teaches here a strike stud second deal.

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This is Ed Marlo's mechanical second deal.

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You will learn two one-hand get-readies to prepare for the Mechanical Second Deal.

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The heirophant change is a color change that happens while a card is snapped to the table. It was developed by Ed Marlo.

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