Magic & Mentalism

Many magicians I know are as interested in both tricks and puzzles and integrate the two.

While elaborate mathematical, logical, or chess puzzles or crosswords have little "performance value", there are many optical puzzles, geometric paradoxes, illusions, ambigrams, after-image generators, and the like, that make for an excellent lead to a magic effect, or for performance as an effect by itself, or as a memorable keepsake printed on the back of your calling card or publicity folder or even your admission tickets. They can also be used as memorable "give-aways" for your assisting spectators,...

This is part two in the "Modus Operandi" series. It continues with chapter 5.

• Chapter Five. Card Magic For The Platform
  • The "Perfect" Torn And Rising Card
  • Tickets, Please
  • "Stop"
  • The Imaginary Aces
  • The Jumbo Card Guillotine
• Chapter Six. The "Lewis" Utility Lift Tray
  • How To Build The "Lewis" Lift Tray
  • Methods Of Concealing The Lift
  • The "Slam-Thru" Glass Of Milk Penetration
  • Another "Magic" Welding
  • "Vanibowl"
  • "He Go - He Come Back"
• Chapter Seven. Conjuring With Cubes
  • The Escaping Cube
  • The Tantalising Tubes
  • British - Always On Top
  • The Repeating Die Through Hat

With added chapters on easy magic you can do, with and without playing cards.

In this book, the secrets of ancient miracles and of modern magic have been thoroughly explained. No phase of the mystic art has been neglected. The reader is initiated into the secrets of antiquity. He is told of the methods of mediaeval wizards; and the secrets of modern wonders are disclosed to him. He is led behind the scenes to study the magic of the stage; true facts of Oriental mystery are brought before him. The secrets of the Hindu fakirs are revealed in detail, based upon the testimony of trained investigators...

Excerpt from the Foreword:

• Modus Operandi
• Foreword
• Chapter One: The "Lewis"...

Creative thought for magicians.

While this ebook does have a trick section at the end, the majority of the content is dedicated to mental processes, habits, and exercises that will help you become a better and more creative magician. This is a part of being a magician that is rarely talked about, but it is more important than the latest and newest trick offering.

Excerpt from the Foreword:

The three ticks in this video are variations of effects by Don Alan, Juan Tamariz, and an old-school sucker trick that appeared in Expert Card Technique.

Don Alan had a trick called Magic Ranch in which a chosen card was found in a wooden egg. I've rearranged the presentation with a new ending, the people think that a real egg is about to be cracked open in the cupped hands of the assisting spectator. The switch of the real egg for the gimmick egg is accomplished by Slydini body mechanics and within reach of anyone willing to understand and apply the concept. I also offer an alternative ending, as well as how to make the special one-way...

• Introduction
• Preface by Horace Goldin
• Liquer Glass Trick
• The Simp-Bern Speller
• The Van Bern Card Penetration Mystery
• Eastern Miracles
• The Sword Card Effect
• The Card & Ribbon Effect
• The Great Long-Distance Mindreader
• The X-Ray Card Effect
• The Lighted Gas Trick
• The Sympathetic Liquids
• The Simplex Silk Penetration
• The Simplex Ribbon Effect
• Invisible Transit
• The Ten Card Effect
• Novel Cup & Ball Effect
• The Colour Spot Mystery
• Production Of Bowl Of Water And Goldfish
• The Milk & Pagoda Mystery

1st edition 1935, 30 pages; PDF 47 pages.

I did a series of monographs at one time, one trick at a time, that I felt had unusual ideas I hadn't seen before, and sometimes variations on ideas that had been around, but handled a different way. My thinking about these went back to the New Stars of Magic which Tannen's put out. These of course were one routine explained well. Lately, I thought of bundling them together and this is the result. I used drawings and not photos.

Aether was another run of ideas as monographs ... one routine or trick or idea per issue. Again, I recently thought to combine them into a collection. Ideas of mine include tricks, routines, and also handlings of various types of magic. I mainly work with sleight-of-hand with an occasional manipulative piece. Drawings and not photos, as illustrations.

Excerpt from the introduction:

A practice guide for magicians.

"As fine an exposition of this kind of material as I have ever read . . ." - Mike Close

"Fifty years from now this might be right on that shelf next to 'Magic and Showmanship'." - David Goodsell

"It will turn you into a better magician." - David Regal

What is the Ostrich Factor? As well-versed, conscientious amateurs and professionals, we know the accepted axioms of the art. But when practicing to perform, we sometimes inadvertently overlook or ignore one or more of these well-known rules. The oversight keeps our performances from being as good as they could be. We make an assumption:...

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This is part two in the Studies Series. ...

Let's get real. We all have too many tricks and not enough time to learn all of them. Instead of acquiring more tricks, how about learning simple methods to make our tricks better? You know that trick you like, but it is just not getting the reaction you want. The tips in this ebook can help you make your tricks better and get the reactions you want.

You will learn:

• Best way to force a card
• Best methods to create false memories: the secret weapon magicians use
• Discover the superpower of convincers
• How to make a spectator think: What if?
• Advice on how to give clear instructions to...

A visible glass of milk vanishes, a chalk line evolves itself into a length of rope, a floating doll, a roll of ribbon changes place with a glass of whisky, a glass of milk constantly reappears unexpectedly under its cardboard tube and other effects.

This is part three of the Studies Series.

• Introduction
• The Queen Of The Air
• A Quite Astonishing Cigarette
• An Introduction To Rope
• The Colour Hypnotist
• The Whisky And The Ribbon
• "Under My Hat"
• The "Slam Down" Glass Of Milk Vanish
• "I Forgot!"
• Telepathic Card Projection
• "My Card - By Tube"
• Sympathetic Suits
• "Never Has So Much" ...

Excerpt from the introduction:

• An Introduction
• Foreword
• Crazy Aces
• Poker
• With Twenty Cards
• Evolution
• A Love Affair
• Photo Transit
• The Pierced Card
• The Stabbed...

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This is part one of the Studies Series.

17 pieces of magical theatre and 14 essays.

This ebook is about finding yourself in magic and sharing who you are with your audience in a theatrical setting. Franklin Williams shares his story and teaches you how to take magic tricks and turn them into art.

You will learn about scripting and telling deep meaningful stories while doing amazing and strong magic on stage, parlor, and in closeup. This ebook also contains Franklin's award-winning take on the Vanishing Bottle and The Chop Cup.

Excerpt from the foreword by Jeff McBride.

These two TT vanishes are beginner vanishes, but they are oh-so different.

These are real foolers. Fit whatever you want in vanish one. It is a full gimmick vanish. Vanish two will hold just about anything as well. You will need a TT gimmick from your magic shop as described in the video. These are absolutely unmodified gimmicks. You probably already have one.

These two vanishes are angle-proof, close-up, easy to learn, and very deceptive. Perform these right in front of your spectator's eyes. No one, I mean no one sees the gimmick.

Vanish one is a deceptive play on the old beginner...

Karl Germain was a dynamic stage performer whose baffling feats of wizardry have come to life again in this must-have ebook.

Several of Germain's stage, club and close-up mysteries are revealed in this well-illustrated text, allowing them to be appreciated by a new generation of magicians.

Cramer explains many of Germain's feats, including Casadega Propaganda (a small Spirit Cabinet), several large Spirit Cabinets for stage performances, various types of Spirit Slate-Writing, a Spirit Seance In a Lighted Room, the Germain Handkerchief Color Change (the finest ever invented), Miss Confetti...

"Oh Hal, this course is amazing. I've been a magician for 24 years and just like you, I thought there was a void in beginner Sanada training. You have very nice handling and down to earth teaching." - Nick Williams

"This (Sanada) training is very good. I highly recommend it. A great starting point and loaded with good information. My favorite tricks you teach are the wormhole and faux hypnosis routines! Very well done and I love your thinking outside the box." - Matt Hilton

The Sanada Gimmick is an amazingly magical tool. And folks, it's available at your magic shop for well under...

For over a decade, Steve Pellegrino has created strong magic and mentalism routines that have been released to the market. Professional magicians and mentalists have added many of those routines to their repertoires. Until now, these manuscripts have been unavailable anywhere.

Collected Secrets is a 455-page collection that combines Steve's previously released manuscripts into one large volume. It features 36 effects, including 5 previously unreleased routines.

Divided into three chapters, Cards, Mentalism & General Magic, here is what is included:

• Cards
  • Your Card!
  • Take It Further...

Excerpt from the introduction:

• Introduction
• Brunel White's Rabbit Box
• A Silk Warehouse from an Examined Empty Bowler Hat
• The B.W. "Mystic" Bouquet and Frame
• "The" Dove and Bouquet Transposition
• The Marvellous Eight Cut Strings Mystery
• A New "Master" Table Top
• The "B.W." Skeleton Table
• The "Limit"...

These are lecture notes that provide a quick summary of effects that were presented at the lecture. While the descriptions are brief, most provide enough details for the average magician to get the idea.

1. Blendo Bag
2. The Blooming Bush
3. Flower Production One
4. Flower ProdUCTION TWO
5. Bongoloon
6. Balloon Valve
7. Card Fantastick
8. Ring Rope And Hat
9. Ring Off Rope
10. Wedding Bowls
11. Witch Switch
12. The Mouse In The Bag
13. Holy Hanky
14. Chain Of Office
15. The Blooming Stooge
16. Fortune In The Flames
17. Button Bag & Blackboard
18. Clarence
19. Coins Across For Children
20. Coins Across - Impromptu
21. Coins Across With Bongotray ...

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• A Magical Mish-Mosh (And Other Tricky Trivia)
• The Magic Scroll
• Milk To Dove
• Dagger Dime
• My Six Card Repeat
• Two Coins And A Wineglass
• The Peripatetic...

• Games (Pass the Beads; The Magician Game; Sweet Production)
• Toadstool And Ragdoll
• Rabbit Production
• Happy Birthday / Happy Christmas Box
• Routine For Blind Date
• The Magic Christmas Tree
• Prize Spell
• Grandma's Knitting Bag
• The Space Rocket Trick

1st edition ~1988, PDF 10 pages.

Tricks with silks, ropes, rings, and balls.

If you like to work with invisible thread you will find interesting material here.

• Effect with Two Silks
• Two Ring Effects
• Silk, Paper Bag, and Ring
• With Two Rings
• Another Effect with Two Rings
• Ball and Glass
• Ball Production with a Silk
• Sleeving Principle
• Ball Color Change

1st edition ~1960; PDF 14 pages.

The magician picks up a card box as if to demonstrate a card trick and discovers that it rattles. Opening it, he tips from within four 3-volt circular batteries. Taking one of the batteries into his fist, he squeezes it and on opening the hand it is seen to have changed to a more powerful AAA battery. Holding this battery at the fingertips, the performer passes his other hand across it and causes it to visibly change to a larger AA battery.

Finally, he clasps his two empty hands together and on parting them reveals that now a square 9-volt battery has magically appeared!

No gimmicks...

Ideas for radio magic, podcasts, and ZOOM shows

Radio has a following of thousands of listeners. It is a powerful promotional vehicle for magicians that the magic press have long neglected.

Combining the extensive research of Ian Fenn with the previously unpublished thoughts of Arthur Setterington, this ebook aims to help magicians make the most of this challenging medium.

It's not merely a book of tricks. It's intended to give you the information you need to create your own routines that will turn listeners into clients or live audiences.

Contents

• Introduction
• History of radio...

There are currently three e-books in the Four-midable Magic Series, each containing four top routines dedicated to a particular type of magic.

Each issue of this series by Gregg Webb started out as three articles - hence the name. Usually, each issue was devoted to a topic such as cards, coins, or mental magic ideas. Usually, two articles were about specific tricks and the 3rd article was sometimes an article about theory or other more general topics.

There is even material about how to learn to be creative and not simply follow the crowd. The series contains some of Gregg's most original thinking in years. If you like "outside the box" thinking, try this. Some of the items are improvements and streamlined versions of Gregg's...

Moves and tricks culled from the early issues of the Magic Wand.

• PREFACE
• WITH BILLIARD BALLS
  • A Billiard Ball Colour Change / Stanley Norton
  • Magical Juggling / T. Wilson
  • A Billiard Ball Sleight / Edward Victor
  • New Billiard Ball Production and Manipulation / Kingsley Ronald
  • Legerdemain / Horace Rose
  • Rice, Silk and Ivory / Stanley Norton
  • A Billiard Ball Trick / Phillip Lenard
  • A Billiard Ball Move / Tom L.Waterman
• WITH COINS
  • A Novel Tourniquet Pass / Chris Van Bern
  • A Feat of Dexterity / Horace Rose
  • Moves With a Penny / T. Wilson
  • A New Coin Pass / George Johnson
  • A Coin Effect / Stanley Norton ...

Gaffed games, clever cons, sensational swindles - how to spot the bunco artist before he cheats you.

This may well be the greatest exposé of gambling methods, swindles, confidence games and carnival midway hustles ever published. No matter if you're a magician, gambler, carnival midway patron (or operator), law enforcement professional, or simply want to protect yourself, you're going to enjoy this book.

Especially valuable to those with an interest in carnival and gaming paraphernalia are the methods used to gaff the devices as sold back in the day by H. C. Evans, K. C. Card Co., and...

• The Pass Surpassed
• Chameleon Card
• Henry Hardin's Handkerchief Production
• B. H. Additional Wrinkle To Show Both Palms At Once
• Additional Wrinkle
• Super-Supreme Force
• Concluding The Effect
• Auto-Operative Shuffle
• Handkerchief Creation
• Climax Color Change
• The Wonder Pass
• The Impromptu Magician
• The Indeceptive Deception
• Burling Hull "Invisible Pass"
• A Unique Thimble "Move"
• Burling Hull Thimble Production

1st edition 1914, 26 pages; PDF 20 pages.

Excerpt from the introduction by Herbert Holmes:

Timeless magic for today's audiences.

A captivating collection of little-known magic routines meticulously curated for modern performers. Dive into the world of enchantment as you uncover a treasure trove of almost forgotten tricks rejuvenated for today's audiences.

This ebook offers an array of easy-to-master yet impactful routines that will leave your audience spellbound. Whether you're a seasoned magician or just starting on your magical journey, these routines are designed to captivate and astonish, ensuring unforgettable performances every time. Rediscover the joy of magic and delight...

This is a compilation of three lecture notes released during the 1980s by Ray Grismer: Short Notes, Magic, and Lecture. As the name suggests these are short notes on the items Grismer presented during his lecture. There is some overlap between these three notes.

• Short Notes
  • About These Notes
  • Queens And Fives
  • Separ-Ace-Ion
  • Flakie
  • Hooz?
  • Handy
  • Swivel Cutting Aces
  • Fan Spell
  • Psychic Game
  • Mental Stop
  • Bookie
• Magic
  • Fraces
  • Hooz?
  • Flakie
  • Fan Spell
  • Prep H
  • Mindray 2nd
  • Computer
  • B_J Demo
  • Hip ESP
  • E-Z Foxy
  • Bookie
  • Values
• Lecture
  • Quickwich
  • Idaho Poker
  • Tiger
  • Timeit Or Peekit ...

• Twentieth Century Billiard Ball Trick
• New Card To The Pocket
• A Modern Card Miracle
• A Different Conclusion
• Sympathetic Aces
• A New Click Pass
• The Coins Up The Sleeve
• A New Miser's Dream
• The Magic Square
• The Percival Shoe Lace Trick

1st edition 1933, PDF 16 pages.