Magic & Conjuring: page 34

This is the sixth and final part of the series.

• The Flyaway Blocks
• Reel Magic
• The Cuban Cubes
• The Crystal-Gazer
• "About Turn"
• Discs Of Enchantment
• The Chinese Cashbox

1st edition 1932; PDF 22 pages.

A brand new lecture for 2022. This set of notes brings the live lecture footage directly to you with nearly 20 video clips and live performances.

• 140 pages
• Access to 17 video clips and performance footage
• Access to a secret website with bonus content.
• 12 effects
• 12 rapid-fire ideas / effects
• A total of 24 items!

Bermuda Box: A fun way to use a Gozinta Box set as something more magical than a mere puzzle.

The Man with the two Dollar Hands: An easy two in the hand, one in the pocket presentation.

Money to Burn: Make a drawing of a chosen coin turn into a real coin with no...

This guide will take you step by step through the process of learning the thirteen absolute best DIY thumb tip modifications for magicians. These modifications will allow you to make your thumb tip a lot more sneakier. You will be able to move your handling to a whole new level.

Some of the modifications will allow you to handle liquids. Some modifications will allow you to handle granules like pepper, sand, or salt. And yes, some modifications will allow you to do both within one modified tip.

You will discover modifications that will allow you to handle the thumb tip in incredibly...

Can we move beyond the basic silk vanish? Can we do anything more magical than the old bill change? Can you improve on the basic salt vanish? The answer is, "Yes!". It all starts with your handling of the thumb tip.

I have almost 200 very magical effects that I perform with the basic thumb tip and people never see or even suspect a thumb tip. The secret to skyrocketing your thumb tip skills is to learn how to handle the thumb tip.

Not a day goes by that I don't get asked about how to match a thumb tip color to an individual skin tone. Everyone is concerned about someone seeing it. My...

• "Curious Crayons"
• The "Bes-Tof-Al" Sympathetic Blocks
• Cigarette Transposition
• "The Gold Block"
• "The Mandarin's Fan"
• Groom's Rope Miracle

1st edition 1930; PDF 21 pages.

Cybercup is a fast attention grabber with nothing but a pen that sits in your pocket. Based on a well-known handling, this effect will fool your spectators.

Do it for yourself in front of a mirror. You'll fool yourself, so strong is the illusion.

Cybercup is a fast, visual, and interactive effect. Whether you are a miracle worker, salesperson, event host, or public speaker, this will help you break the ice and engage people in an instant.

The effect has been created to be remarkably visual on camera - whether that's using Zoom, FaceTime, Instagram Live, YouTube, or Skype. Your (digital)...

• Albert Goshman
• Card & Bill Idea
• Impromptu Eye Surgery
• A Rose By Any Other Name---
• Mystery Magazine Book Test
• The Golf Balls & Hat
• Liquid Production
• Magic With Trading Stamps
• Safety Magic
• The Four Fours
• Yeager's New Ones
• Sucker Knife Finale
• Faro: The Game With A Past
• Our Profile: Bob Arno
• The Zombie By John
• "Other Magicians..."
• Preface
• The Anna Eva Fay Act
• Kirk Stiles' Magic Coloring Book
• New Wrinkles For Torn Cards
• Miki's Methods
• The Fun Bottle
• Our Cover

cards, coins, ropes, balloons, thimbles

Aldo likes simple easy-to-do magic that is direct and to-the-point. This is a great collection of forty routines with cards, coins, ropes and rings, balloons, thimbles, something for everyone. Many of the routines are close-up oriented, but you will find unique gems for stage or parlor, too.

• Introduction
• On The "Professor's Nightmare"
• Rope Just Chance
• Vice-Versa
• Up Your Sleeve!
• The One In The Middle
• Bubbles
• That Professor Is A Nightmare!
• Blowing In The Wind
• Gong
• Computer Prediction
• Catching The Wind
• Stabbed Revelation
• Get Off My Spread ...

• "Travelling Balls"
• A "Sense Of Touch" Deception
• "Mephisto's Matches"
• The Ring And The Cord
• Simplified Fishing
• A Coin Surprise
• "Threading The Disc"
• The "Turnover" Card
• A Triple Matchbox Mystery

1st edition 1928; PDF 23 pages.

• Par Avion Via Air Mail
• World's Unique Magic Bartender
• Thimbles Unanimous
• Visible 20th Century Silks
• Bouquet Production
• Silk-N-Cups
• Twin Pipe Trick
• "Poor Man's" Roll-On Table
• Thoughts On Ranch Bird
• New Routines For Your Shelved Magic
• On Misdirection
• Two Ideas
• Kid Trick With A Rope
• Gung Ho Box Routine
• Impromptu Atomic Routine
• Knot Routine
• Magic Helper
• Written In Blood
• Loads Of Fun
• Cat's Eyes
• Hocus Pocus With Chop Cup
• Every Magician Has One!
• Comedy Sawing Ending
• A Smart Opening
• You, Too, Can Tie A Turban
• Technicolor Prediction
• Three By Jack Avis
• Red And Black
• Double...

Cards, coins, ropes, and rings.

From Lothar Malmberg's introduction:

• Introduction
• Turn Over Revelation: Two selected cards are revealed in a spectacular way!
• Boom-Boomer!
• Twice Cato: Two cards are...

This Year Book includes a wonderful article on the Chicago magic bar scene by Jay Marshall. It originally appeared in Rogue Magazine.

• When Old Friends Meet
• Shades Of Sorcery
• The Safety Magician
• Safety, A United Effort
• The Vanisher
• Tips On This And That
• Dots A Dandy Presentation
• Trickities 3
• Coin Combination
• Die Box Routine
• Bubble Trouble
• Fingerless Psycho
• Grant Plus Karrell Fox
• A New Card Spatula
• Two Tips
• Southern Accent
• Table Trick
• The World Of Illusion
• Patter For Neil Foster’s Center Tear
• An Original Coin Comedy
• The Many Uses Of Chen Lee
• Squaring The Circle
• Pet...

• The Homemade Magician
• Penny Dime Transposition
• On The Spot
• Out-Witted
• Loaded Spook
• Dark Thoughts
• Impromptu Twentieth Century Silks
  • Eggs From Handkerchief
  • Another Here, There And Everywhere
  • Tip For Anti Gravico
  • A House Of Cards
• Now What?
• Tuning Up
• By Chance Alone
• A Self Lighting Candle
• The Blue Quints
• Silks From Nowhere
• Three Golden Pyramids Of The Valley Of Oom
• Tom Fitzgerald's Passe Passe Bottles
• New Use For A Forcing Deck
• Rope Records And Ribbon
• Card Telepathy De Luxe
• The Flight Of Thought
• The Mystic Ringer
• A Portfolio Of Bar And Close Up Tricks
  • A "Long" Card...

• About The Year Book . . .
• A Detective's Dream
• New Effect For The Color Changing Knife Routine
• Card Force For The Stage
• Knock Out Prediction
• Unsigned - Sealed - Delivered
• Thumb Fun
• Comedy Bit With The Wrist Chopper
• The Easy Comedy Golf Ball Routine
• Self Working Double Load Lota, With A Comedy Routine
• A Modern You Do As I Do Trick
• The Invisible Card Routine
• Rubber Ice Cream Cone Routine
• The Boomerang Card
• Jack Yeager's Portfolio Of Magic Tricks And Ideas
  • A Bar Gag
  • "Flash" Cigarette In Handkerchief
  • The Yeager Four Ace Trick
  • Card In Egg Routine De Luxe
  • Intimate Bottle Levitation ...

In this work, we find for the first time the popular Out-to-lunch principle (see for example Anagramation by Jim Krenz) being published.

From the introduction:

• About The Year Book............
• The Community Chest Card Trick Or The Red Feather Card
• Community Chest Routine And Patter For The Square Circle
• New Idea For The Paddle Trick
• Restless Cigarettes
• Rabbit Out Of Top Hat
• Stage Size Out To Lunch Trick
• The Golf Ball "Egg" Bag
• To Vanish The Last Ball
• A Switch For The Mentalist
• Nice Doggy!
• Paper
• Glorifying Your Magic
• A Flash Paper And Match Stunt
• Joseph Dongu's Do As I Do Trick
• Production Load
• My Favorite Rising Card
• The Never Ending Tie
• Do You Drink?
• Producing Two Flashes Of Flame
• Billiard Ball To Playing Card
• Cashing In On Close...

From the introduction:

• Introduction
• The "Baffla" Card Detection
• "A Record Mystery"
• A Card And Cigarette Conception
• "Obstructing The Line"
• "Mystery Ribbons"
• The Necromancer's Notebook
• Cigarette Card Magic
• A "Miraculous" Change
• "Twentieth Century" Tissues
• A Colour Metamorphosis ...

• Introduction
• Tying And Untying Knots In A Cord Without Letting Go Of The Ends
• The New And Improved Ink Handkerchief And Turnip Trick
• A Checker Mystery
• Carlton King's Rabbit Box
• Ice Cream Cone Production
• A Dollar Bill In Candle Effect
• Nelson's Candle Trick
• Bossie Cow
• The Shrinking Glass Of Milk
• Words And Music
• The Jack Yeager Thumb Tie Trick
• The N. E. Book Test
• Three Linked Discoveries
• Triple Climax To Cups & Balls
• The Stripper Combine
• Glendi's Mental Photography - The Dream Photograph
• Magic In Milk Containers
• Thimble Box
• Clock Dial Card Prediction

From the introduction:

• Introduction ...

• My Blendo Load
• Amazing Coincidence
• You Can't Lose - Apparently!
• Okito Goes Mental
• My Favorite Routine With Otto The Duck
• Two Tips On Tricks
• One Card In 52
• Dice Stack Addenda
• A New Idea On Rising Cards
• Confetti And Milk
• Method For An Unprepared Blendo
• Drink Your Milk
• Cut Ribbon Gag
• About Tables
• Wine To Beer A Chemical Trick
• Utility Glass
• The Floating Glass
• Candy From The Air
• Paper Lady An Illusion For Production Of A Girl
• An Addition To Reversette
• The Crystal Flame
• The Magic House
• Checkers To Pear To Rice
• Colossal Glass Of Beer Production
• Tic Tac Toe - A Super Mental...

From the introduction:

• AUTHOR'S NOTE
• THE PRINCE OF WALES AS A CONJURER
• THOUGHT-READING TRICKS
  • Mind-Reading Magic
  • Seeing Through the Envelopes
  • Reading the News
  • A Remarkable Card Trick
  • Another Code
  • The Domino Trick
  • The Tell-Tale Touch
  • A Six-Fold...

These are the notes to Aldo Colombini's lecture from 1999.

• the K.I.S.S. Formula
• The Rule Of Three
• Hand Language
• Be Natural
• Use The Spectators' Brain
• Holmes Vs Moriarty
• Punch Meets His Match!
• Twice
• Point Of No Return
• Contact Colors
• Aces A Go-Go
• You Can Count On Them
• Coin Wrap
• Italian Emotional Bonding
• Telecard Across
• A Book Is Better
• Trifle
• Chinese Purse
• Deep Impact
• Stand Up

1st edition 1999, PDF 33 pages.

Numbers have tremendous power. They rule life and the universe. There is no living being, molecule, event, evolution that cannot be described with an algorithm, a mathematical formula. Numbers, everywhere. From the speed of light to the circumference of the earth, to the inhabitants of the world, to the ATM pin. And then your lucky number, the number of destiny, bad luck, infinity ...

In my methodical (and obstinate) search for effects to be proposed on the phone, numbers are the absolute protagonist. Except for a few small tricks, they are all a consequence of one or more mathematical...

A simple but dramatic magic effect just for Halloween. A paper sack is blown up and popped for aloud Bang! A second sack has a multi-colored scarf dropped in by a spectator, then inflated and popped. Bang! But this time there is a shower of colored specs in the air as a ghostly white silk floats to the ground.

1st edition 2021, PDF 1 page.