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Long unavailable, The Invisible Mirror is a large multimedia ebook (including four video clips) featuring an ingenious method - illustrated on video - for obtaining a spectator's hidden thoughts and for apparently predicting the future.

It also contains something you will never see anywhere else - an excerpt of a live performance - in a biker bar - by Dr. Bob!

The Invisible Mirror is a utilitarian technique with unlimited capabilities. Not only is the technique direct and convincing, but it is also easy and actually fun to do.

1st edition 2003; 14 pages + 4 video clips

From the introduction:

These are the first four volumes of the Wizard Magazine as a PDF which you can download. It includes a hyperlinked index.

1st edition April 1947 - June 1951; 1595 pages.

• No. 1
  • George Armstrong / Jasper Maskelyne
  • George Armstrong / Impromptu Book Test
  • John K. Bays / Fantasy Fare
  • W.J. Stapleton / Milestones of Magic
• No. 2
  • George Armstrong / Robert Harbin
  • George Armstrong / Number Prediction
  • John K. Bays / No No Children's Effect
  • W.J. Stapleton / Milestones of Magic 1
• No. 3
  • George Armstrong / Wilfred Tyler
  • Wilfred Tyler / Breakaway Match-box
  • John K. Bays / Flash...

These are the second four volumes of the Wizard Magazine as a PDF which you can download. It includes a hyperlinked index.

1st edition July 1951 - July 1956; 1733 pages.

• No. 49
  • George Armstrong / Charles Cole
  • Geomental Rayond / Two Person Mentalism
  • Dennis Barnes / Opening to a 4 Ace Routine
  • O.H. Patterson / My Rings on Rope
  • Len Belcher / My Card Stab
  • Tom Sellers / Simplex Card Prediction
  • John K. Bays / Famous Magicians
  • A.C. Newitt / Why Use the Pass
  • Harry Thomas, Max Linden / The Tomlin Coin Box
  • Jack Lamonte / Opening for the Egg Bag Routine
  • Philcardo / Bouquet for...

From the introduction: "Seemingly impromptu mental effects are among the strongest you can do. The apparent lack of preparation is what makes them seem real. But never forget that it is the illusion of impromptu, and not its reality, that gives such effects their impact."

"Impromptu" does not mean unprepared, nor does it refer to the ridiculous notion held by many that to be truly impromptu the effect must be something you can do anywhere, anytime, even if you happen to be totally naked.

Impromptu, more sensibly, refers to the effect on your audience. The effect should either SEEM to...

". . . I have found most uses of billets that I've seen to be painful exercises in self-deception on the part of the performer, as to what the audience finds convincing or entertaining. But when I saw Bob Cassidy do his billet routine for an audience of more than a thousand, those silly bits of paper were reduced to virtual non-entities. By the time the routine reached its conclusion he was on stage, standing back-to-back with a spectator, engaged in what was apparently a full scale drawing duplication - with no billets or envelopes anywhere in sight or awareness." - Jamie Ian Swiss, Genii, The Conjurors' Magazine, January 2005

"I will sum up your Knight's Tour routine as follows, IT IS BRILLIANT!" - David Burmeister

In the late 1980s I developed a method for the Knight's Tour which allows a spectator a truly free choice for the starting square and ending square of opposite color (same color start and end is mathematically impossible).

This manuscript describes in detail this method. The method attempts to minimize memorization and teaches you a system to derive a proper complete tour on the spot. The method is so flexible that you can find several different tours for one pair of start and end points. Of...

Horus contains some of Luca Volpe's best kept secrets from his professional repertoire. Mixing a blend of clever thinking and easy to do methods, which creates stunning effects. Each routine is audience tested and contains everything you need to perform the effects, from the script to plenty of bonus tips.

No complicated props to build or expensive items to buy, but just pure mentalism that is suitable for stage and intimate performances. Also included is a special graphic design which allows you to perform one of the effects that Luca Volpe has never revealed... until now!

• THE "HORUS"...

Arising from the ashes of many countless peeks and tears is the astonishing billet peek known as the "Phoenix". This peek was too large for just a DVD or a casual manuscript, so instead "Phoenix" has grown into this complete course on peeking, methodology, justifications, ethics, etc…

The "ash" that the "Phoenix" has risen from has got to be Scott's quest for a perfect billet peek that would replace the "classic" center tear. There have been a few peeks that have come before. But each peek has its strong and weak points. Perhaps you like this one best.

The Obsidian Oblique peek...

The power to provoke motion with one's mind is something that has fascinated man since the existence of such a concept. Imagine a perfectly simplistic demonstration of mind over matter.

In this video download, you will learn how to make a borrowed soda can move freely across the table at a moments notice.

Dee Christopher teaches with the utmost precision this underground miracle, with all the tips, tricks and subtleties added in so that you can go out and perform this effect and blow peoples minds.

You will learn two versions, one an impromptu version without any gimmicks, and another...

Following the great response from his first ebook Horus Luca Volpe returns with his second work Nephthys. Nephthys is the name of an Egyptian god, the goddess of magic and knowledge. True to this title, if you perform these effects you will appear to have god-like powers. But don't let this get to your head, they are only magic tricks.

In this ebook Luca Volpe has incorporated many psychological aspects and basic methods to create mindblowing experiences that are 100% surefire! All of the effects come complete with script and performance tips.

The routines Luca describes are:

• DOUBLE PREDICTION:...

Six dynamic mentalism routines plus a bonus!

Critters allows the psychic entertainer to explore the many ways humans & animals connect with one another by employing simple toy animals (small plastic or large stuffed ones).

PLUS Craig has included his exclusive "Baby Elephant Walk" -- Chair Prediction Routine -- a fantastic large scaled stage production loaded with comedy potential and perfect for the family market -- a most excellent piece of mental magic that's suitable for the more traditional magician and mentalist alike.

1st edition 2009; 56 pages.

In 1981 Al Mann devised a billet tear he called the "Mag-Eye" move. He enthusiastically demonstrated it for Bob Cassidy and gave him a copy of the manuscript, Phanta Graphs in which he had first described it.

Some time later, after playing around with the move, Bob devised a substantially different approach and a handling that allowed secret access to a much larger area of the billet. Bob also gave Al some of his ideas regarding the proper type of paper that had to be used to insure that the move worked smoothly as well as a presentational gambit that justified the use of a pre-folded billet.

Al was...

This is incredible. Technology enabled magic at its best. You will read this and say: "No way, impossible, how can that be?" This effect creates the illusion that you hypnotize someone to forget their MSN live password! They will not be able to login until you want them to - while they sit at their computer potentially half way around the world from you. No gimmicks no kidding. You will control if they can login or not. It's the effect that has secured Alan more bookings via online communication than any other effect.

Effect:

You offer a small display of hypnotism over Windows Live. You...

The average magician focuses on tricks, moves and method. The really good ones know that acting is an even more important aspect of a magic performance, regardless of if you are standing on a stage or close-up next to a cocktail table.

Richard Tenace is one of those performers who urges all magicians to take acting classes, to develop a character or persona, to script your effects, to treat our audience with respect, to go beyond fooling somebody to achieving astonishment and entertainment.

Tenace describes these methods and practices on a very accessible and practical level. This is not...

"This is going to fry a lot of people..." - Richard Kaufman

"...the Crossroads Deck; a devious conception and one of the most interesting to hit the magic scene in recent times..." - Peter Duffie (from the foreword)

"The Crossroads technique alone, which we really like, will be seen as food for thought by many. As mentalists, our variation would be to use no deck at all. Just a single, thought-of card in the pocket. The solution will dawn on you after reading the text..." - Richard Busch & Larry Becker

A SPECIFICALLY SELECTED CARD VANISHES FROM A SEALED DECK YOU'VE NEVER TOUCHED! And then... RE-APPEARS WHEREVER YOU...

The new collection of mind-blowing English mind magic!

Once again, some of England's top mentalist's tip their mitt. Following the success of Mind Blasters we now have: Mind Blasters II - the Sequel!

• 220 pages
• 45 contributors
• over 60 sensational routines
• fully illustrated with photographs & graphics
• the price is criminally low

1. Wayne Dobson: Tax / TLC
2. Marc Paul: Square Thoughts / T.A.R.P. Squared
3. Simon Shaw: Stuck for Words
4. Mike Hopley: Crystal Clear / Beyond Chance
5. Craig Petty: Frick Off! / Psychic Paper Clip
6. John Holt: Hit List / Open...

Paul Voodini works professionally as a mind-reader, psychic and mentalist. Having worked for many years alongside the UK's most popular "shut eye" mediums and clairvoyants, he has studied their performance techniques and is now able to present to you the subtle art of ungimmicked mind-reading - as practised by mediums, clairvoyants and psychics around the world. However there will be no talking with dead people! What Paul presents here is a totally new approach to mind-reading, free from billet switches, centre tears, electronic gimmickry and accomplices. This is "hands free" mind-reading, made...

David Gemmell spans with this publication the range from near self-working effects to very tough sleight-of-hand routines.

1st edition 2009; 78 pages.

7. Collins, Marlo & Lewis four ace routine
12. OMG Collectors
14. Queens Supreme
17. A Bite on the Side...
20. Card to Box
22. Conspiracy #23
27. #23 revisited
28. ESP #23
30. Inspired By Howard Adams
32. 36
33. Dr. Evil or Dr. Fun?
35. Twenty-1
37. EZ Match up
39. Remembering Stewart James
41. 485
42. Lucky seven
44. Three Wishes
47. AdamsmadA
48. Monge E-deal
49. Sandwich Down-Under
50. Ladies on Top
52. The Unexpected Triumph
54. HFACAAN
56. Donna's Birthday Card Trick
58. Gilbreath meets Hummer
63. What the .....?
66. Reflections...

Stuff is a beautifully designed and produced book (now available as ebook) of top quality magic and contains detailed descriptions of several marketed props and routines. These include the Beta Wallet, the Breese-Mason Wallet, Cummupence, the Silver Retriever, the Golden Retriever and Pandora. Eric Mason was not only a brilliant inventor and magician; he was a creative and talented illustrator. You will find several examples of Mason's skill as illustrator in this ebook.

Eric Mason was a highly talented and exceptionally creative magician and illustrator. He was the Art Editor of Pabular magazine and illustrated...

Here's the follow-up to the best-selling CrossRoads Deck. An amazing variety of material!

This detailed ebook looks at expanding the "CrossRoads revelations phase" in a variety of ways. "Compression" is what the author calls it, and here he squeezes the "outs" into Double Faced and "multi-index" configurations. The full instructions for the commercially available D/F SET and DEVIL'S PEEK SET are included, along with additional photographs. By fully exploring the possibilities in print, with this ebook, you can then decide if the special card sets would be worthwhile additions to your tool box.

Further...

The art of the ungimmicked seance! Could this be the holy grail of bizarre magic and seance theatre?

This detailed manuscript teaches the mentalist and bizarre magician how to run completely ungimmicked evenings of paranormal entertainment. It covers introductions and establishing the right atmosphere, opening routines to involve the guests and put them in an expectant mood, ouija board and/or glass moving session, and finally the actual seance! An enthralling, wondrous, and terrifying evening for all your guests - and all done without a single gimmick! That's right - no billet switches,...

Übersetzt ins Deutsche von Christian Scherer. Mit einem Vorwort von Roberto Giobbi.

Dies ist mit Sicherheit kein Werk für den Anfänger. Es ist jedoch für mehr als 100 Jahre das bedeutendste Werk der Kartenzauberei. Mehrfache Nachdrucke und Interpretationen existieren. Einige der besten Kartenkünstler sehen es als ihre Bibel - allen voran Dai Vernon.

• Vorwort zur Deutschen Ausgabe von Roberto Giobbi
• Vorwort
• Einleitung
• KUNSTSGRIFFE AM KARTENTISCH
  • Geheimnisse der Berufsspieler
  • Hold-Outs
  • Präparierte Karten
  • Verbündete
  • Zwei Mischmethoden
  • Grundgriffe
  • Möglichkeiten des Falschmischens
  • Gleichförmigkeit...

Bevorzugen Sie Kartentricks, die (fast) von selbst gehen, damit Sie sich voll auf die Präsentation konzentrieren können? Wollen Sie Ihr Publikum als Rechengenie beeindrucken, ohne Ihre kleinen grauen Zellen dabei ernsthaft zu fordern? In diesem E-Book finden Sie ca. 90 neue Effekte, Routinen und Methoden für Kartenfreaks, Mentalisten und Rechenkünstler, alles ausschließlich halbautomatische Tricks ("Selbstgänger") ohne Fingerfertigkeit und ohne "Gehirnakrobatik".

Erstausgabe 2002; 105 Seiten