Magic & Mentalism: page 445

Adair's ideas on kids' magic.

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• Butterfly Surprise
• No Smoking
• Ice Cream Masterpiece
• Knotty Ribbon
• Sucker Silks Surprise
• Cat And Fish
• Silk/Ball/Egg Opener
• Top Hat Bunnies
• Dan's Magic Van
• Button And Bead Method
• Catch!
• Clear-Vu Lewis Cone
• Just Chance Wands
• Kopy-Kat Painting

1st edition 2011, PDF 10 pages.

II titolo, "Segui i Colori", indica un Packet Trick semplice ma di grande effetto, eseguibile con una decina di carte ed un paio di fiches da Casinò, una Rossa ed una Nera. L'illusionista mostra una serie di carte Rosse, dall'Asso al 5 di Quadri, seguite da una serie Nera, dall'Asso al 4 di Picche. Le dispone in fila sul tavolo e piazza una fiche Nera al fondo ed una Rossa all'inizio, a fianco dell'Asso di Quadri, facendo notare come la loro disposizione corrisponda a quella dei due colori dei semi delle carte.

Ha poi disposto a parte un Jolly,...

The effect is pretty standard, but the sneaky method isn't. Four Aces vanish, and one is located by spelling to it. What's more, the other three magically appear. Standard sleights.

1st edition 2025, video 13:38

Twenty-five ideas.

• Introduction
• About The Author/Lecturer
• Special Thanks And Acknowledgement
• Jumbo Identification
• Diamonds Are A Girls Best Friend
• Some Thoughts On The Willow Patterned Plate
• Slinkeroo Silk Vanish
• Wally The Wizard
• Say How!
• Headline Paper Tear
• Self Contained Colour Force
• Egg Nest
• Billy Button
• Sucker Magic Painting
• Gravity Outdone
• Shop Window Prediction
• Yellow Silk - Red Can Or Red Silk & Yellow Can!
• Balloon Bank Note
• Slinkeroooo!
• Highlighted Book Test
• C - Thru Silk Production
• Pill Box Dead And Alive Test
• Red, White Or Blue?
• Split-Apart Production Box ...

In this PDF, I am publishing one of my most treasured secrets. Like The Exception and The Gift, this effect was originally released as a competition here, where the first person to figure out the method (within a one-month time frame) was to be rewarded prize money. However, no one who entered the competition managed to figure it out.

I call this effect The Gift 2.0 because effect-wise it's very similar to The Gift, even though the method is different.

I won't expose the method of The Gift here but I will speak in 'code' and say this: for those of you who own...

This effect is a professional routine strong enough to close your show. It ingeniously hides one of the most powerful secrets in card magic: the Stacked Deck. The magician never touches the deck, eliminating all possible solutions. The spectator shuffles the deck twice or three times, eliminating the possibility of a stacked deck. When the magician reveals the identity of a card at a position freely selected by the spectator, it eliminates marked cards. During the routine, the spectator unknowingly gives the magician all the information they need!

The "Out of Chaos Comes Order" effect is...

John Northern Hilliard, in his classic text Greater Magic, made this poignant observation: "Stewart Judah looms extravagantly in the field of magic. I would rather see him do a card trick than go to a convention."

Another famous identity, Jay Marshall, editor of The New Phoenix and one of the twentieth century's most celebrated magic dealers, was equally laudatory: "Stewart Judah is the world's greatest magician!"

Similar tributes about Judah have flowed continuously over the years - perhaps helped along by his astonishing book [lp=758790 The Magic...

For any mentalist, a reliable peek is gold - it's what transforms a trick into a miracle. Audacious Eyes gives you not just one, but four powerful ways to peek information. Each method is practical, versatile, and together they work in every setting - from a quiet 1-on-1 to a full audience.

EYE FLY - A sleek DIY device created from a non-metal business card case in under 5 minutes. The best part is that everything is self-contained, you can instantly repeat, and it resets as you perform it.

EYE SPY - A smart DIY peek built right into any playing card box. It doesn't eat up space, so...

A deck of cards is shuffled and turned over several times, responding to various "Stop!" commands given by a spectator, to determine a number and the thought of a card which is magically found in the deck. But the miracle will happen a second time, when everything will be interpreted in reverse!

The title refers to a semi-automatic effect with cards, in which the magician invites a spectator to say three different stops at three different points in the deck. For each of them, turn the deck over at the exact point of the 'Stop' and, at the end, turn the whole deck over to extract the first...

Un mazzo di carte tagliato e rivoltato più volte, assecondando i vari STOP di uno spettatore, determina un NUMERO ed il pensiero di una CARTA che magicamente viene trovata nel mazzo. Ma il miracolo si ripeterà pure una seconda volta, quando tutto verrà interpretato al CONTRARIO!!

II titolo, traducibile in italiano con "Taglia e Volta per Trovare Qualsiasi (Carta) Pensata", indica un effetto SEMI-AUTOMATICO con le carte, nel quale il mago invita uno spettatore a pronunciare TRE diversi STOP in tre punti diversi del mazzo. Per ognuno di essi rivolta il mazzo al punto esatto dello "Stop"...

An adventure story merged with magic trick instructions.

Joe Strong was the son of Professor Morretti, a famous magician, and Madame Hortense, an equally famous bareback circus rider. Unfortunately, Joe's parents died while he was still a child. He was adopted by Mr. and Mrs. Blackford, who had not particularly high opinions of circus performers. Thus, ultimately, Joe decided to run away and become the assistant of the magician Professor Roselle, where he learns the art of magic. Mixed into the magic instructions are exciting stories of an exploding firework factory, daring rescues, burglaries,...

On the occasion of the 10th birthday of the Unknown Mentalist (yes, the Unknown Mentalist was born in 2015 and he is now all of 10 years old), for the next 10 weeks, you will be able to buy Special Bundles every week for never-before & neverßagain prices. Each Special Bundle will be live for only 10 days. So watch out for the Lybrary newsletter every week as this is exclusive to Lybrary only. You can catch the Special Bundles on the "On Sale" page of Lybrary also. The biggest buyer of Special Bundles during these 10 weeks put together will get a Nostradum Wallet worth $63 free. This special...

Joseph Gergonne, a French mathematician, read in Guyot's Récréations physiques et mathématiques, volume III, the description of a card trick, which we today call the "27 Card Trick" (see, for example, Adamathica). He was interested enough to analyze the underlying mathematics that made it work and generalized the concept. He published his explanation and generalization in 1813 in Annales de Mathématiques pures et appliquées.

This ebook is a translation into English of the French original from 1813. Also included is the French original.

1st French edition 1813, English...

"Ian Adair is one of the most productive minds of this era - often so involved with the creative process that he forgets to 'proclaim' his achievements or 'trumpet' them as most of us are tempted to." - Sam Dalal

Tricks and routines with a birthday party theme. Effects using Birthday cakes, cards, candles, party hats, hooters, presents, gift boxes, toys, games plus loads of items with a birthday theme.

Most kids' entertainers receive more bookings for Birthday Parties than all the others put together. This ebook will provide you with original material designed for these...

On the occasion of the 10th birthday of the Unknown Mentalist (yes, the Unknown Mentalist was born in 2015 and he is now all of 10 years old), for the next 10 weeks, you will be able to buy Special Bundles every week for never-before & neverßagain prices. Each Special Bundle will be live for only 10 days. So watch out for the Lybrary newsletter every week as this is exclusive to Lybrary only. You can catch the Special Bundles on the "On Sale" page of Lybrary also. The biggest buyer of Special Bundles during these 10 weeks put together will get a Nostradum Wallet worth $63 free and this special...

The psychological Card at Any Number that makes you a master of chaos.

"Red Chaos fooled me every single time." - Markobi

"What I love in Red Chaos is that the spectator believes everything is free, everything is chaos... and yet, at the end, there is only astonishment." - Dani DaOrtiz

Imagine this ... A spectator freely chooses a card that is lost in a shuffled deck. They name random numbers. They decide if the cards are taken from the top, the middle, or the bottom. Everything is in their hands. The chaos seems total. And yet ... at the end, their card appears exactly at the number...

From a packet of shuffled Tarot cards, the mentalist divines the first selection, and a century-old photo predicts the second and final selection.

EFFECT: The mentalist recounts the story of a distant relative from the early 20th century who was reputed to possess clairvoyant abilities. All that remains of her is a single photograph and a few handwritten notes that informed his next experiment.

Beforehand, he sends the spectator a cropped portion of the photograph on his Smartphone, requesting that he refrains from opening it until instructed to do so later. Next, he presents ten Tarot...

A classic routine for producing the four Aces: the magician shuffles the deck and has the spectator cut the cards. The cards at the cut are shown to be indifferent, but with just a few throws of the two packets in the magician's hands, the four Aces are easily found.

1st edition 2025, video 1:57.

Introducing The Ultimate Forcing Method - a groundbreaking method for card magic that combines a floating key card with the unique properties of shuffling face-up and face-down cards. It's a "hands-off miracle" where the magician never touches the cards.

Here's why you will want to add this to your act:

• Spectator Involvement: The spectator does everything. They shuffle face-up into face-down cards, cut the deck multiple times, and ultimately remove the forced cards themselves. This creates an illusory sense of complete randomness, making it seem impossible for you to have any knowledge...

Probably for the first time ever, the value of the special bonuses included here is 3 times the value of the main ebook itself. All the previous 4 ebooks in the Brain Knewmerology Series are included here free. So enjoy it while it lasts.

In Propless Brain Knewmerology, the basic Brain Knewmerology principle is extended to a movie theme. Another deceptive principle is also blended in, which makes the overall experience for the participant more memorable.

The assumption is that the performer and the participant are on both ends of a voice call and have come around to discussing movies,...

An award-winning comedy magic act that pokes fun at the snake oil salesman or carnival huckster of old.

A magical medicine show script that is different. Standard props are used to hilarious effect. Printed script with stage direction prompts gives complete illustrated patter, tricks, staging, presentation, costume and makeup.

This laugh-tested routine won the coveted Werner Comedy Trophy at the TAOM Convention. The accent is on magical fun in this clever act. If you want to portray a specific character, the author provides costuming and makeup instructions for that of a famous film star...

In this book, for the first time, Borodin reveals parts of his performing repertoire that he has used very successfully as a mental magician, a bizarrist, and a storyteller. The secrets here have been carefully guarded. They are the ones Borodin did not want to reveal until the time was right.

The 24 routines from the original German work are contained here, as well as an additional 12 new routines that were prepared especially for the English edition. Final Curtain is a chamber of mental treasures that will be difficult to put down, once you have started to read it.

Borodin has been...

In the early days of the Phoenix, issue number 12 to be exact, Lu Brent had an intriguing idea in an Ace effect titled "Together Again." In the effect, he was able to show each and every Ace being replaced into the deck, except for a chosen packet that contained, of course, the chosen Ace. At the finish, the four Aces were in the chosen pile. It used duplicate Aces. Marlo eliminated the need for duplicate aces.

• Together Again / Lu Brent
• Hindu Aces / Arthur Buckley
• Methods of Apparently Losing the Aces
• Sudden Aces
• Convincing Aces

1st edition 2025, PDF...

A card conceit based on a scientific principle never before used with a complete deck of 52 cards.

That statement above was true in 1921 when Adamathica was first released in a very limited run of 100 copies. Bertram Adams expanded the 27-card trick to a pack of 52 cards. The mathematics are based on Gergonne's Pile Problem.

EFFECT: The spectator is asked to make a free mental selection of any card in a deck of 52. This selection is made purely mentally without reference to any deck, hence it is not forced in any way. The same spectator or another, if there be more than one,...