Magic & Conjuring: page 99

A very interesting article about early conjuring, conjurers, books and manuscripts. Includes detailed research on how the term 'hocus pocus' came about.

A lightning sketch lecture.

The presentation of this amusing "Lightning Sketching" act involves no particular skill. Very little practice is required to produce the drawings that illustrate the booklet.

This ebook can also function as an introduction to learning to draw, because it takes the reader from the most simple beginnings of drawing (dots and straight lines) all the way to rather impressive sketches which can be achieved literally with a few well placed strokes.

• Foreword
• Presentation
• Fishes
• Notes On The "Birds" Sketch
• The Restless Fays

An attractive rapid sketching act suitable for any entertainment. Easily acquired by means of the guide to presentations, non-technical self-instructor. Includes 30 exclusive lightning, reversible, and plain line sketches. Accompanied with the appropriate and witty patter. Anyone can do it. Little practice required. No preparation necessary.

• A Triangular Yacht
• Oval Oddities
• An Animal With Points
• The Cat
• A Fruitful Pear
• A Full Man From An Empty Coffin
• Reversible Sketches
• Line Sketches
• Suggested "Patter" For Lightning Sketches

This practical method of Cliff Osman can be performed anywhere and is easy to do. The magician's right thumb is tied with a long piece of thick string; two or more knots being used. The left thumb is then bound tightly to the right thumb and the ends of string tied. The string is drawn skin tight around each thumb and all knots are genuine. Now, with his thumbs thus tightly bound together, the performer is able to perform a series of amazing tests. Instantly link your arms with those of the spectators, catch solid hoops or rings on your tied arms, pass your hands "through" table legs, etc.,...

Evans raises the possibility that Cagliostro's real name might not have been Giuseppe Balsamo, as well as describes his Egyptian Rite of Freemasonry.

• Introduction
• PART I.—A Master Of Magic
• PART II.—The Egyptian Rite
• PART III.—A Visit To The House Of Cagliostro
• PART IV.—Reception Of An Apprentice In An Egyptian Lodge

Una routine in otto fasi sul tema delle "Carte Cannibali"

Una routine che intrattiene veramente il tuo pubblico ed è piena di effetti sorprendenti!

Nella routine in ben otto fasi accompagnata da una parlantina veramente divertente su come i cannibali vivono nella giungla e su come catturano le loro vittime, accade veramente di tutto! I "cannibali" ( ... due Re) appaiono all'improvviso. Cambiano di vestito (...colore). Intrappolano una vittima (...carta scelta). Ne mangiano un'altra (...altra carta scelta). Si trasformano in "missionarie" (...Regine). Si riuniscono con i loro amici (appaiono...

Gli effetti con le carte adatti ad essere presentati su un palcoscenico sono piuttosto rari. La routine che state leggendo ha il grande vantaggio di poter essere presentata su un grande palco o in un locale per spettacoli, in un bar, etc. Può essere presentata ovviamente anche a distanza ravvicinata . Si tratta di una versione aggiornata del grande classico "Nap Hand", che si può eseguire senza grossi sforzi di memoria e senza alcuna abilità.

EFFETTO:

Il prestigiatore mostra un comune mazzo di carte, lo mescola apertamente e chiaramente ( il miscuglio è reale e può farlo anche uno...

Vol. 16, No. 4, September 2020; 60 pages
Cover: Nathan Kranzo

4. The Team
4. Editor's comments
4. What's Inside This Issue
6. It's The Kranzilla! - Nathan Kranzo - cover article/interview by Graham Hey
14. Zoom Lectures Take Off - Mark Leveridge
18. A Little Bit of Business - Part Three - Ian Brennan, AIMC
22. Steve Spade - interview/article by David Peace
26. In The News - Katherine Mills Gets an (Un)Linked Wedding Ring!
26. In The News - Mr Popular Derren Brown Became a Magician to 'Show Off and Impress People'
28. Parting is Such Sweet Sorrow - How to end a close up performance effectively - Mark Leveridge
30. Reader's Letters -...

A self-working and examinable ACAAN effect with two decks.

EFFECT: The magician thoroughly shuffles a deck of cards. Then, the spectator cuts the deck to split it into two piles. Only now is he asked to create a random number in his mind. After a very quick and simple procedure, he writes his number down on a Post-it note - let's say, "13". He sticks it onto the card he cut to - let's say, the King of Diamonds. From a second deck - on the table from the start - he deals the cards one by one. Amazingly, the 13th card is the King of Diamonds!

Self-working. No gimmick. No extra card. Both...

This is the revised and expanded second edition. (The first edition can be found here.) In particular it includes two additional effects: "Follow the Leader", and "Vernon's Automatic Gambler".

• Introduction
• "Topping The Deck"
• The Royal Marriages
• "Follow the Leader"
• Vernon's Automatic Gambler
• Addition And Subtraction
• The Little Dictators
• Winged Silver
• Two Impromptus
  • (1) Fallacy Of Vision
  • (2) Matchless Digits
• A Cigarette Switch
• Heads Or Tails
• Twentieth Century Handkerchief Trick
• Snow Storm In China

2nd edition 1949, 41 pages; PDF 38 pages.

(We are carrying this ebook primarily because of the author, Henry Ridgeley Evans, who published several interesting books on conjuring.)

On its face the book is about the myth that Napoleon never existed. It was at one time a popular myth, hoax, or fake news as it would be called today. It also provides interesting lessons and insights on how myths can develop. Since there are a number of myths in the world of conjuring, this work can help one understand why and how some of the myths in magic may have developed.

• Introduction
• Grand Erratum. The Non-Existence of Napoleon Proved
• The Mythical...

This is Thomas Carlyle's long essay on Count Cagliostro, published in 1833 in Fraser's Magazine. He is examining the hero and his shadows - what was false about Cagliostro. Cagliostro was a Sicilian mountebank, whose lasting notoriety was a bit part in the Diamond Necklace Affair that rocked pre-Revolutionary France, and whose most enduring work was the confession extracted by the Roman Inquisition, a tome published in 1792, three years previous to Cagliostro's demise in an Inquisitional cell.

1st edition 1833, 61 pages; PDF 42 pages.

As entertainers we must use every tool available to delivery our magic to the audience. Body language, often not considered, enhances the connection, compliments the communication and directly impacts the entertainment factor. This ebook identifies body language. It is an attempt to bring the skills associated with theater into the hands of the magician. We have to play to those in the back row and balcony. The best approach is to entertain using your full body.

• Body language
• Body elements
• Timing and body language
• Body language comparisons
• Wrapping it up

From the Foreword:

• Foreword
• Escapo
• Match Divination
• The Dissolving Ring
• A Production Box Idea
• A Novel Egg Trick
• The Magnetised Cards
• The Smoke Vase
• A Vanishing Wand
• Living Or Dead?
• Vibrato
• A New Reversed Card Effect
• A Baffling Card Prediction
• Card...

From the Foreword:

• Foreword
• A New Jumping Card Trick
• Steps
• A Card From Pocket Trick
• Card Divination
• On The Top
• A Trick With The Si Stebbins Pack
• The Persistent Joker
• An Excellent Card Change
• The Laughable Rising Card
• Lift A Few
• Unique Card Prediction
• Finding A Selected Card At Any Number Called For
• A Two Person Telepathy Effect
• Named Card And Slates
• The Paired Card
• A Practical Prediction
• Unique Control...

Vol. 16, No. 5, November 2020; 60 pages
Cover: Rafael

4. The Team
4. Editor's comments
4. What's Inside This Issue
6. Rafael's Room of Wonders - cover article/interview by Graham Hey
12. Web of Deceit 2020 - re: online magic suppliers - Mark Leveridge
    13. Alakazam
    13. Illusioncraft
    14. Magic Box
    14. RSVP Magic
    15. Merchant of Magic
    15. Read My Mind
    16. Vanishing Inc Magic
    16. Merlins of Wakefield
    17. Saturn Magic
    17. Practical Magic
    18. Mission Magic
    18. Propdog
20. In The Phonebox with Jordana Spiro
24. Hiam Goldenberg - Toronto's Master Mentalist - interview by Graham Hey
28. The Dealer's Booth - Neo Magic
30. Get...

From the Preface:

• Preface
• The Torn And Restored Paper
• Glido - The Thimble That Glides
• The Vanishing Cigarette
• The Cut Tape And Match Box
• Another Cut Ribbon Effect
• A Deceptive Card Trick
• The Twin Aces
• An Easy Spelling Trick
• The Psychic Tissues
• Rollo
• The Phantom Domino
• The Phantom Ring
• An Advertisement Trick
• A Numeral Mystery
• A Surprise Slate Trick ...

• The Shooting Pellet
• Easy Ropes And Rings
• A Different Ring Release
• The Milk Goes Down
• Silks From Confetti
• Oriental Cut And Restored
• The T.S. Safety Rice Bowls
• Think Of A Card
• A Good Prediction
• A Novel Colour Change
• A Different Pass
• A False Count
• Matching The Colours
• Telepathy Simplified
• Graphology Supreme
• A Different Stretching Rope
• Giant Match Trick
• An Easily Worked "Stung" Trick
• Sun And Moon
• Bottle, Glass And Discs

1st edition 1941, 16 pages; PDF 18 pages.

• Foreword
• The Disjointed Finger
• Ashes Of The Sun
• Block And Ribbon Penetration
• More Beads On A String
• Burnt And Restored
• Tape Through The Wrist
• Sympathetic Light
• A Ring Release
• A New Thumb Tie
• Coin And Handkerchief
• Cut And Restored Rope
• Easy Diminishing Cards
• Impromptu Card Rising
• Two Person Card Code
• The Penetrative Coins
• Novel Re-Appearing Coin
• Silent Change-Over For Several Coins
• Ace-King Passe Passe
• The "T.S." Glass Penetration
• A Good-Night Cigar

1st edition 1943, 20 pages; PDF 19 pages.

• An Opening Effect
• Predetermined Thought
• A Different Die-Box
• Organ Pipe Flower Growth
• Stretching A Rope
• Stretching A Rope
• Ring And Loop
• Die And Rope
• Unique Cut Rope
• Practical Living And Dead Test
• Thimble Through Hat
• Simple Cigarette Catching
• Ropes And Ring
• Duplex Fish-Bowl Production
• A Sum Prediction
• A Production Box Idea
• A Broken Match
• The T.S. Production Box
• Glass Penetration
• A Magazine Test

The ace assembly effect is a plot that has been done to death in the annals of card magic. The following is my version of an ace assembly effect with a twist at the end. The method is so simple that even a beginner can master and perform it.

Four aces are dealt face down next to each other. Three indifferent cards are added to each pile. The magician says that he will attempt to move all the aces from the different piles into one pile. After some mumbo jumbo, the aces have disappeared from three of the piles. When the fourth pile is turned over, to everyone's surprise, it contains ... the...

• Preface
• Spook Pencils
• The Loop And The Ring
• Novel Silk Vanish
• Handkerchief Production From Bare Hands
• Double Date
• Novel Vanishing Glass
• The Revolving Match-Box
• The Marked Cigarette
• Spirit Message Improvement
• The Patriotic Discs
• Handkerchiefs And Lemons
• Production Bowl
• Turn Up
• Push. A Novel Card Trick
• Revolvo
• Tips
• A Speller Idea
• Reading The Cards Behind The Back
• Reading The Cards
• Swing
• Cut
• The U Win Card Trick
• Card And Number
• The Climax Card Effect
• The Seller's Coin Holder
• A Ball Dropper Idea
• A Cigarette Dropper
• Colour Change Through Fist Fake

From the Foreword:

• Foreword
• A New Cigarette Sleight
• The "Pass" Cigarette Sleight
• The Strong Cigarette
• Pin Divination
• The Novelty Cigarette Exchange
• "Duplex" On The Top Card
• A Mysterious Card Change
• Bow Balls
• Handkerchief Production From An Empty Glass
• New Magnetic Pencil
• A New Idea For The "Living And Dead" Effect
• Bending A Glass Rod
• An Amazing Dictionary Feat
• Touch Counters
• A Pretty Card Turnover
• A Colour Change Handkerchief...

Vol. 16, No. 6, January 2021; 60 pages
Cover: Gaëtan Bloom

4. The Team
4. Editor's comments
4. What's Inside This Issue
6. Gaëtan Bloom - Le Faiseur de Miracles! - cover article/interview by Rafael
12. Romany Writes! - re: Spun Into Gold
13. Either ... Or? - with Chris Congreave
14. Either ... Or? - with Andy Nyman
14. In The Phonebox with Joel Courtney
16. It's ... Christmas Everybody!!!
18. Magical Women - interview of Connie Boyd by Jay Fortune
23. Reader's Letters - Have Your Say
24. Luca's Lounge! - interview by Graham Hey
28. You're Spending How Much? - Mark Leveridge
29. One Liners
30. Graeme Shaw - UK Family Entertainer of the Year! - interview by...