Magic & Conjuring: page 194

Ted Annemann's writing in Jinx No. 19 alludes to an obscure Al Baker manuscript that Annemann had seen when he was 17 years of age, at which time the manuscript was already old. The manuscript contained some of the first writings by a well experienced and well informed magician. It was called Al Baker’s Mental Effects. This was a remarkable collection of ideas and fabulous routines aimed especially at the mentalist/magician. Although it featured Al Baker’s Billet Reading Extraordinary, each effect in the book was a feature item.

• Al Baker’s Billet Reading Extraordinary
• The Billet Test...

Included in this manuscript are effects that Al Mann himself calls "Spiritual Mentalism". Mind Reading, Future Prediction, Esp, Telepathy, Book Tests and much more are all included in this brilliant manuscript.

• Omar's Prognosis
• Outdone-Outdid
• Top Secret Ii
• Enchantment
• Bonus: A Discussion On "Lorant", Meaning Long Range Telepathy

16 pages

A collection of provocative mental effects. Includes:

• A Link With Eternity (An Object Lesson In The Art Of Mindreading)
• To Command The Elements (Weather Prediction)
• Thot-Prints 1 (Test By Fire)
• Thot-Prints Ii (Passing Thoughts)
• Mental-Kinesis (Spoon Bending)
• Dinner Table Yoga (Levitation)
• The Mystery Of The Triplets (Math Mentalism)
• The Sans Tear Center Method (Billets)
• The Unseen Tear
• Sealed And Torn Messages
• Gemel's Messages
• The Tretology Of Dionysus
• The Mystic Chalice
• Typhon's Tongs
• Herpicks' Tongs
• Psychic Feedback
• Suspended Animation
• The Pharaoh's Palm ...

There is telekinesis of all kinds within these pages from coins to nails. An effect that allows the mentalist/psychic to bring dead ants back to life! Levitation effects, abnormal lifts, teleportation, creating movement with your mind! Effects included:

• The Bends
• Permutation Of Matter - A Solid Through A Solid Effect
• The Spikes Of Asmodeus
• The Frankenstein Affair
• Imponderable Enrgy
• The Reach Of The Mind
• Merlin's Magic Marionettes
• The Secret Of The Ancients

If you enjoy performing for people in bars, restaurants or at parties then Bar TAB (or Bar Tricks And Bits) might interest you. It's a small collection of tricks, sight gags and other bits of business Ron had much success with in his bar, restaurant and party work.

It doesn't matter if you're a working pro or just like to go out on the town with your friends and entertain people. The Tricks And Bits in this PDF download are real world material that I'm sure you'll actually use.

Although Ron goes into great detail in explaining these tricks and bits or business. You won't find many sleight...

• Pyro-Sorcery - Eight methods for causing a borrowed newspaper to burst into flame!
• Arrested Oxidation - Commanding a piece of paper held in a flame not to burn!
• The Shattering Chalice -Smashing glass by thought! Devil's Tears; The Devil's Flask; The Iron Duchess; The Ghost Bullet; The Pulverised Window Pane; The Glass Key (by Ted Lesley)
• The Falling Block
• Cosmic Motion - Several brilliant new effects utilizing the Pendulum Principle, including movement at a distance!
• Bonus Section - The Cobra, 8 pages of how to do the snake charming act - for real! Plus, a very cool levitating doll trick ...

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

Card feats for the mentalist. This book has 14 effects that Al Mann judged sufficiently amazing enough, and plotted well enugh, as to be suitable for the mentalist to perform. Also incuded is a chapter of Olof Jonsson’s card mentalism stunts, 9 total, with full methedology. Jonsson was the Uri Geller of his day, so these additional 9 effects are also excellent fodder for the Mentalism show. The Contents:

• The Pros and Cons
• Do’s and Dont's
• The Flight of the Psycards. - Signed cards to wallet – Without touching the deck.
• Domination of Thought
• Caster and Pollux
• The Devastators
• The...

• The Ghost of the Unborn
• The Master of the Word
• The Adonis Book Test
• Adonis, Aphrodite and Zeus
• Fifth Row Center Aisle
• The Shades of Thought
• The Uninvited
• Forcing the Word
• Forcing Three Words
• The Book Mark

23 pages

This is a wonderful self-working effect based on a mathematical principle. Rather than explain the effect to you, below is a demo video for you to watch.

Please keep in mind that this isn't really an ebook but a set of two video files. One explains the setup and preparation, the other the performance.

This ebook takes the reader through every stage of taking their original manuscript in Microsoft Word and turning it into a printed book from Lulu.com. Each stage is illustrated and is designed to make learning how to use Lulu as quick and pain free as possible. The guide discusses the usual problems that people have using Lulu for the first time, such as uploading and converting, controlling access, assessing costs and setting revenues.

Anyone who has written a magic book they want to see in print, who has access to Microsoft Word, will be able follow this easy step-by-step guide and speed...

Most every card man can do a pressure fan and many can do one-handed fans but can you do a circular fan, one that goes around 360 degrees and closes on itself? There are a few methods in circulation. Ricky explains the one developed by Toyozane Sanada. Sanada is a very creative Japanese magician who invented among other things the Sanada gimmick which is very effective for sponge ball work. However, there is no good explanation of how to do the Sanada fan in print. You can find it demonstrated on a number of videos but there is no good explanation that teaches the technique at least not in English. ...

Use any pocket diary. Completely self-working. No reset.

Effect: To begin, you hand a spectator your diary for examination - you point out that each day in the diary has the name of a playing card entered against it. This he can verify as he studies the diary, before putting it in his pocket. (Note: it doesn't need to be playing cards - you can fill the diary with anything you desire - people's names, phone numbers, words, symbols, etc.)

Next you bring out six blank business cards. You write something on one of the cards, without showing it to the audience. This card is left on the table...

When this book appeared in the early 90s it was one of the top-selling ventriloquist marketing books. For anybody wanting to make money from ventriloquism Paul reveals how he made a full-time living by doing walk-about ventriloquism. He was able to secure long-term gigs which became the bread and butter for his professional career. Now you can enjoy this as ebook.

"It is rare to find an ebook that tells you everything you need to know to get started and become successful in a given field, but this ebook does exactly that. If you learn and apply the information Paul so generously provides...

Trio a three card revelation with a twist ending.

Convey a signed card transposes with a card mentally read by the magician.

Porous a card penetrates a napkin - perfect for restaurant magic.

Pierce an impromptu, signed card through table.

Re-delinked a rubber band unlinks, vanishes, and appears linked back onto a rubber band.

Ex-change an impromptu, 4 coin only, coin matrix.

Morf change a stunning color change where you end completely clean.

If you get offended by a 15 year old writing about magic, then this is not for you. If you think there is something to learn from...

A thoroughly understandable explanation about how to create new magic and the techniques for improving the magic that you already do. De-mystify the creative process and open up your mind to simple yet effective ways to improve your magic.

Over the years there have been a number of books which have sought to create some sort of ‘system’ to explain and to formalize the process of magical creation. The problem is that in seeking to explain and elucidate the process so much jargon and complex theorizing takes place that the average reader is left with little that is understandable to work...

Several of the conventioneers who attended the 7th Symposium said they thought it was the best yet! So you know that the quality of the contributors to the 7th Symposium ebook are top rate.

You will find magic from Roberto Giobbi, Pit Hartling, Sean Taylor (2 items), Mark Leveridge, Kevin Gallagher (2 items), Nicholas Einhorn and Chris Priest. Everything is fully explained and illustrated where necessary.

• Introduction
• Card Through Body - Chris Priest
• Gold Rush - Nicholas Einhorn
• Wild Business - Roberto Giobbi
• Worlds Collide - Sean Taylor
• The Make Weight - Mark Leveridge
• Colour Changing 3 Card Monte - Kevin...

This is the ebook released to coincide with the 8th Symposium which took place in April 2003 at Bath University and it features the magic of those taking part on the day. Here is a breakdown of the contents:

• Richard Pinner offers a novel color changing penknife idea. (The Opening Colour Change)
• Lee Davis explains a clever way to reproduce two drawings made entirely at random by two spectators. (Roving Duplicates)
• Sean Carpenter gives the lowdown on his behind-the-back card stab. (IBM Card Stab)
• Roger Curzon provides no less than three items, two strong card effects and a well thought out...

This is the ebook released to coincide with the 9th Symposium which took place in April 2005 at Bath University and it features the magic of those taking part on the day. Here is a breakdown of the contents:

• David Stone offers two items. One is an elegant version of the broken and restored cigarette. The other is a thought provoking article on how to make coin magic more accessible. (No Smoking 1 & 2; A Few Reasons)
• Brian Glover explains his variation on the classic 'Reset' card routine. (Reset Revisited)
• Richard Sanders gives the lowdown on a very simple yet strong effect in which a spectator...

This is an impromptu ripped and restored signed card effect. This is a flash restoration and the restored signed card can be immediately given out as a souvenir and you end clean.

In this version, there is no extra card required, palming, etc. The restoration is very visual. The deck can be examined before and after the routine! Best of all, the spectator has a total free choice of the selection and no special setup of the deck. You end clean!

I was really pleased to read your excellent effect. I liked the effect of the tear disappearing. - Peter Duffie

I liked your handling of Healing Portal...

This is a magnificent magic ebook. Some put it among the top 10 or even the top 3 magic books ever written. It was translated by Barrows Mussey, of Amateur Magician's Handbook fame, from the German original Das Wunderbuch der Zauberkunst. It has many photos and beautiful illustrations and covers all disciplines of magic.

With an introduction by Fulton Oursler and an unpublished chapter by Harry Kellar.

Paul Fleming wrote:

A deck of cards is removed from its case and handed to the spectator for shuffling. It is a genuine, unmarked deck – not gimmicked in any way. The spectator shuffles the cards until he is satisfied and then holds on to them – the performer doesn’t touch them again. Drawing attention to the card case, the performer fairly shows it on all sides pointing out that there are clearly no slits or holes to be found anywhere. You turn your back and instruct the spectator to spread the cards face down, push any card from the spread and without looking at it, seal it in the card case. The rest of...

While listening to the 10 Commandments you'll be learning business and selling principles that will change the way you view show business. You'll learn an edge for success. Within The 10 Commandments of Selling Your Program, you'll learn the ten principles that Barry has developed over two decades of selling. You'll also learn the importance of determining your business image. In addition you'll discover what schools really want and how you can fill their needs. Selling is an art and this recording makes you an artist.

1st edition 2001

If your goal is to earn a living as a Children’s magician this recording is for you! It is true that anyone can "do" a trick, but not everyone can "perform" magic. Still fewer can earn their living from performing. This CD gives you the edge to make show business your business. Whether you’ve been performing for years or just beginning, a variety of subjects are covered that will inspire you toward more business and better networking.

• Attitude of Gratitude
• Be Yourself
• Create Heroes
• Dress sharp
• Encourage Others
• First, think of the customer
• Giveaways
• Higher performance fees
• I is...