Magic & Conjuring: page 29

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 ...

This ebook includes innovative sleight of hand routines for the modern magician. A familiarity with basic sleights is required. This is book one of a trilogy. The other two titles are The Shade and The Lizard Wizard's Diary.

From the Foreword by Doug MacGeorge:

This is book 2 in the SOHO (Sleight of Hand only) trilogy. The other two are SOHO and The Lizard Wizard's Diary.

"Gregg Webb has been marching to the beat of a different drummer for the past couple of decades. His wonderful handcrafted magazines contain great magic that is fun to perform. Why sweat the hard stuff when you can fool laymen - and your magic buddies - with stuff that is sneaky rather than difficult?" - Joe McKay

• The Key on the String
• There's the Rub II
• Heads I Win. Tails I Win.
• Real-Gone Queens Revised
• What is Shade?
• Coins Across 2017
• "Hocus" plus "Pocus" Equals "Presto"
• Egg and Salt
• 3-Ball...

This is book 3 in the SOHO (Sleight of Hand only) trilogy. The other two are SOHO and The Shade.

"Gregg Webb's brand of magic spans the full spectrum to include closeup, mentalism, manipulation, and stage. He spins his magic web - always inviting spectators one step closer to his inevitable moment of no explanations we call magic." - Doug MacGeorge

• Foreward
• Chapter I
• Chapter II: Rattle Caps
• Chapter III: Poker Dice and Poker Cards
• Chapter IIII: Nate Leipzig X
• Chapter V: Harry and Bess - Love and Bondage the Card Trick
• Chapter VI: Blinded by the Lack of Light III
• Chapter VII: The Lizard and...

The format follows Gregg's established style of illustrations and hand-lettered text. The material is classic Gregg Webb.

From the introduction:

The format follows Gregg's established style of illustrations and hand-lettered text. The material is classic Gregg Webb.

"I found the latest E-books from Gregg Webb, S.O.H.O., The Shade, and Lizard Wizard's Diary, to be refreshingly different. The books are "hand-written" in journal style and contain simple but clear illustrations. Not only are they a fun read, but also contain top notch practical magic." - John Luka

• 4 Word
• 1 Ping Chien
• One-way Pip
• Wee-Jah
• Coin Productions
• The "Real Work" on Vanishing a Card or Block of Cards
• Torn and Restored Cards Revisited
• Another Torn and Restored Card
• A Platform Coin Trick ...

From the Foreword:

The format follows Gregg's established style of illustrations and hand-lettered text.

• 4 Word
• Introduction
• #1: Thoughts on "Hanging Coins"
• #2: "Hanging Coins" with the Nowhere Palm
• #3: New Handling on the "Squeeze"
• #4: Revamping of Darwin Ortiz's "Jumping Gemini"
• #5: A Good 2-Part Card Trick
• #6: Look At Me Savage a Slydini Trick
• #7: 'Improve' or at least Shorten another Slydini Trick
• #8: Re-Tool a Coin Trick from the new The...

From the Foreword:

The format follows Gregg's established style of illustrations and hand-lettered text.

• Dedication
• Introduction
• Bill in Lemon XYZ
• Three Minus One...

You will receive four effects:

Flick

Show an empty bottle and a coin. Visually toss the coin in to the bottle and the coin will melt through it. The bottle is then handed to the spectator for an inspection and to keep. Spectator cannot find any holes or gimmicks. Also, you can do this effect with a bottle full of water or any drink. Upon learning the secret, you will immediately want to rush out and perform it.

Scam

Attention! The creator takes no responsibility for the actions of the owners of this effect. This video was released with the goal of surprising and entertaining people....

Dennis Barlotta's Tribute to Don Alan includes a re-working of three routines; The Chop Cup, The Benson Bowl, and 'Bag Stabbed' a card stab.

Dennis writes:

Dennis writes:

This is currently the most complete and thorough work on the use of Frixion pens (heat sensitive ink) in magic.

At first glance, Stone Frixion Fire plumbs the depths of what can be accomplished with these ingenious pens to entertain your audience. But it goes farther: it cultivates directions in which these pens can take your performing. The effects presented are smooth and very reachable for nearly any performer. Good, solid material all the way around.

With the coming of Frixion to America, now is the time to ride the wave. Stone Frixion Fire is the most comprehensive study of this fascinating...

Ever since Obie O'Brien brought Aldo Colombini to the FFFF convention many years ago, it has been a love affair between Aldo and magic in America. While Aldo can do some of the hardest moves, he has developed a unique style of strong magic with little sleight-of-hand. The kind that is entertaining to watch and fun to perform. None of the material is hard to do, yet will fool any audience, including those hard to please magicians themselves.

It is hard to miss Aldo, both in person (6' 5"), and in magic, because he has written for many magazines, performed and lectured throughout the world...

This is a compilation of three books:

• Let's Make Magic (1st edition 1945)
• Traveling Ghost
• Restless Spook

• The Art Studio Illusionette
• Vibratory Deck
• The Malcolm Blindfold
• The Scintilating Spectre ...

Inside these notes you will find routines, thoughts, and short essays on the art of magic. These effects range from quick fun effects to full blown formal close-up routines. There is something for every close-up performer in here. Lessons in misdirection are found throughout this ebook. Principles explored with in this magic lecture can be applied to many effects you already perform. The effects are straightforward and hard hitting for real audience. Simple workable routines and ideas.

Magic Effects

TacsMan: One by one, a dime, penny, and quarter penetrate a tic tac box.

Sweet: A truly...

This is a gorgeous and careful digitization of a classic originally published by Harry Stanley in 1962. All drawings have not simply been scanned and included as images but have been converted to vectorized graphics. This means they are crisp and clear even under the largest magnification as well as when printed out.

This PDF ebook has very detailed bookmarks making it easy to browse to your section of choice.

Max Malini was one of the most extraordinary personalities in the history of the performance of magic.

In this ebook, Dai Vernon shows how successfully Malini acted the role of magician and...

This is a fascinating combination of biographical detail and carefully described magical secrets researched and recorded by Dai Vernon and Lewis Ganson.

Vernon was an intimate friend of Leipzig. Vernon not only saw many performances given by Leipzig, but Leipzig also explained Vernon in detail how all of his tricks worked and how they are to be performed. Vernon recorded this in his notebooks from which this publication was prepared by Ganson and Vernon. It is therefore fair to say that this is as close as you will ever get to learn from Leipzig.

Leipzig was a gentelman of magic who could...

"extremely visual and psychological magic at its best!" - Titanas (Creator of Titan's Finger)

"So visual. This ones in the gig bag for sure! I love the fact that the gum changes in the spectator's hands. It's unbelievably good methodology to achieve that!!" - Rob Nekros (Professional Magician)

Exchange is a workable piece of visual and psychological magic that takes place in a spectator's hands and your own, making it personal and applicable to perform to a large group.

The effect is simple; you take out a pack of fruit gum. You take out a stick and have a spectator smell it, “smells...

13 close-up effects from the twisted mind of Stephen Tucker.

35 pages.

Table of Contents

5. Tucker Trip
8. Cluster
12. Foiled
14. Small Change
17. Half & Half
20. Abort
23. Xact
24. Hypno
26. Omni
28. Satan’s Card
30. Domino Match
32. Whoops
33. Malfunction

The Professional Worker Series is a selection of targeted and focused ebooks which offer professional, sound advice on a number of key performance areas. The ebooks are written in an easy to understand style which cuts out all the waffle and padding, and instead gets right to the core of each subject.

The first volume in the series is entitled Going Walkabout, and it contains 28 pages of important and valuable information about how to make a success of working close up magic at reception style events where the spectators are all standing or where there is, at best, only a very informal arrangement...

The Professional Worker Series is a selection of targeted and focused ebooks which offer professional, sound advice on a number of key performance areas. The ebooks are written in an easy to understand style which cuts out all the waffle and padding, and instead gets right to the core of each subject.

Volume 2 in this series concentrates on how to use magic at trade shows and business exhibitions. For many years I have been working at business events using my strolling magic as a highly effective way to put across company messages and to help promote them at their exhibitions. My approach...

The Professional Worker Series is a selection of targeted and focused ebooks which offer professional, sound advice on a number of key performance areas. The ebooks are written in an easy to understand style which cuts out all the waffle and padding, and instead gets right to the core of each subject.

Volume 3 in this series takes a close look at what is required to work commercial magic at a table side. It's probably true to say that more opportunities are available for close up magicians to work at a table side than for any other form of close up. From big dinner functions with large numbers...

15 monster effects and 8 videos. 14 major effects with cards, coins, gambling themes, mentalism, silks, predictions...and 8 brain busters.

Introduction - discussing a philosophy of "tried and true" performance that just might change your mind...and it works.

What is quantum reality? - You may not be interested in Quantum Physics...but this may open up your mind.

The Magic Effects. Quantum Quickies:

Quantum Optical Triumph - A Triumph effect that will make their heads spin...and it's very easy to do. Just watch the video.

She Has Quantum Power - Give your spectator a power that...

The Professional Worker Series is a selection of targeted and focused eooks which offer professional, sound advice on a number of key magical areas. The eooks are written in an easy-to-understand style which cuts out all the waffle and padding, and instead gets right to the core of each subject.

Volume 5 sets out to discover whether there is one key element that contributes more than any other to making a performer a success. The conclusion is that CONTROL is a factor that if properly harnessed can exert a huge influence on the life of any performing magician.

With this in mind, I examine...