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What is the most deceptive false shuffle: Zarrow, Faro, Push-Through, Shank, in the hands shuffle? The answer to this intriguing question is that the most deceptive false shuffle is when the spectator shuffles the deck themselves! This eBook explains this ingenious principle, how to use it, and its numerous variations. One variation uses the spectator's deck. Mastering this technique will elevate your card magic to new heights, leaving your audience in complete awe and amazement.

1st edition 2024, PDF 30 pages.

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.

This is a quick and powerful mentalism routine using a list of banned books. There is a one-time preparation of a single double blank business card or index card or postcard. Or you can even carry this effect on your mobile phone.

The performer introduces the theme of banned books - "Words can be dangerous. Written, published and placed in the wrong hands - words can kill. Some of the most dangerous words ever written are inside these books on this card. These books were deemed dangerous at different points of time by different establishments. They were banned and censored for various reasons." ...

This book documents Sinclair's test of his second wife, Mary Craig Sinclair, psychic abilities. She had an interest in the occult. She attempted to duplicate 290 pictures that her brother drew. Sinclair claimed Mary successfully duplicated 65, with 155 "partial successes" and 70 failures. However, critics pointed out that the experiments were not sufficiently controlled allowing for example sensory leakage. One such critic, Martin Gardner, wrote:

"As Mental Radio stands, it is a highly unsatisfactory account of conditions surrounding the clairvoyancy tests. Throughout his entire life, Sinclair has been...

This ebook teaches you how to use basic numerology to give your clients a reading about the trends of their life. Richard usually gives his clients detailed information about the next twelve months plus the trends for the next five years. This system also enables you to answer your client's questions about the future, such as "Will I be happy?", "Will my marriage last?", and "Should I change job?" These are typical questions that psychics are regularly asked. This book will help you predict the trends in your client's lives and provide satisfactory answers to their questions about the future. ...

A quick and easy packet trick for those with analytical minds. An envelope containing a prediction is introduced, along with seven cards, each displaying a different number. You explain that there is something written behind each card, but that will be revealed later.

The cards are then arranged in two rows - one with four cards and the other with three. The participant is asked to eliminate one of the rows, and you turn over the cards in that row, revealing that you had predicted which row they would choose.

Next, the participant pairs one card from the remaining row with any other...

A stunning color change of blank cards into printed cards.

You show four cards which are blank on both sides. Suddenly an ace of spades appears. When you spread the four cards all formerly blank cards are now aces. Turning over the fan shows four different backs. The blank cards have changed to non-blank front and back.

1st edition 2024, video 3:16.

An enhancement to Aronson's Shuffle Bored.

A streamlined version of the greatest self-working card trick of all time. More spectator involvement, more predictions, and a story that makes the prediction even more amazing. The prediction appears to happen in real-time, and it can be personalized for the spectator. Give it to the spectator to take home. This is a great marketing tool. Word-Doc files are included to make your prediction personalized with the spectator's name and date, along with your name and contract information. This is strong enough to close your close-up shows.

1st edition...

1500 One-liners for magicians.

Unlock the magic of laughter with Abraca-Laughter, the definitive collection of one-liner jokes crafted exclusively for magicians. Over the past three decades, Wolfgang Riebe has penned a treasure trove of short, punchy joke booklets across a multitude of magical themes. Now, he brings them all together in one indispensable volume, enriched with additional fresh and hilarious new material.

Inside this must-have ebook, you'll discover 1500 jokes in over 50 different categories, each packed with witty one-liners designed to elevate your act. Whether you're...

Essential reading for anyone interested in the psychic reading business.

Charles Garner has been a professional psychic reader for fifty years. He's also been a professional magician, horoscope pitchman, stage hypnotist, spook show entrepreneur, and seance medium. He relates some of his adventures in this ebook. Over the years, Charles has deliberately kept a low profile but is well known to his clients, who consult with him from all around the world. His client list is a who's who of the movie, theater, and sporting worlds.

In this ebook, Charles explains his "rules of work," the essential...

25 Drawing Duplication secrets from the masters.

"This is a fantastic resource for the working mentalist! José has done an amazing job of collating all of these classic methods into one comprehensive and convenient book. Some of these methods are extremely rare and difficult to find so this compilation really is a treasure chest of ideas waiting for you to open and delve inside!" - Marc Paul

Imagine learning one of the most mystifying feats of pure mind reading, an invaluable skill that's been closely guarded by the world's most legendary mentalists. What price would you place on such profound...

A spoof prediction routine with a surprising magical ending.

Here's a really fun, entertaining, and surprising card routine for magic or mentalism performances from a longtime pro, Scott F. Guinn.

After introducing a folded paper labeled "My Premonition," four different spectators each select a card. The chosen cards are left face up on the table. You reveal a series of amusing predictions on the paper that are . . . not so impressive. Everyone believes the whole thing is just a joke. But, then you spread the deck revealing all blue backs, before turning over the selections to reveal...

The Silent Bell is an impossible-looking playing card divination. It is totally sweatless, deckless, elegant, enigmatic and can also be made propless if you so wish. A physical deck of cards is not required to perform this effect. You can perform this anytime, anywhere to anyone. The impact of this routine is such that, surely, this will become your 'go to' deckless playing card divination effect.

An interesting principle called the Shadow Limitation principle is used here to achieve the desired impact.

You will be performing The Silent Bell just 10 minutes after reading this ebook....

A semi-automatic card magic effect in which the magician, using some cards from the deck, narrates an adventure characterized by thrill and mystery that will end with a disturbing final surprise.

This is a new effect where the magician, using a deck of cards, narrates the adventure of four bold young men (the protagonists, chosen at the “stop” by a spectator) who, on a dark and stormy night, meet three daredevil girls, who magically jumped into the center of the story by being the only cards turned face-up in the middle of the deck.

Gathered to face the night, they will find nothing...

Un effetto di cartomagia semi-automatica in cui il prestigiatore, servendosi di alcune carte del mazzo, narra un’avventura caratterizzata dal brivido e dal mistero che si concluderà con un’inquietante sorpresa finale!

Un nuovo effetto dove il prestigiatore, servendosi di un mazzo di carte, racconta l’avventura di quattro baldanzosi giovani (i protagonisti, scelti allo “stop” da uno spettatore) che, in una notte buia e tempestosa, incontrano tre ragazze temerarie, saltate magicamente al centro della storia essendo le uniche carte voltatesi di faccia in mezzo al mazzo.

Riunitasi...

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...

(Note: The The Bill bill gimmick is not manufactured. This manuscript provides detailed instructions to help you build the device for about $30 in about three hours.)

Effect: Using mysterious powers, the performer folds a dollar bill but unfolds a hundred. While musing on the legal status of the now larger bill, the performer is suddenly confronted by tiny police officers in a cop car! Well, not really, but there are flashing blue, red, and white police lights coming from somewhere. What happens after the police show up is your business, although I would recommend exercising good taste...

A person thinks of any card, mixes the deck any way they want, squares it up so that the holes are all the way through, cuts to any question card, answers the question and performs the action. In no more than 6 actions, the spectator themselves finds the playing card they thought of.

The deck works in such a way that the answers to the questions will lead the person to their thought-of card in 100% of the cases. This is hellishly cool.

And here's why it's cool:

• No memorization whatsoever, i.e. it's a completely self-working trick.
• No repeats of questions of the same kind.
• The playing...

Three cards are put face down on the table. Put three blank cards over the first card and the blank cards all change into the same card they were put on. Repeat this with the other two cards. The cards always magically change their faces. At the end, the faces change again and the entire deck is blank.

1st edition 2024, video 5:09.

Be more confident when using Equivoque.

This eBook provides you with a comprehensive understanding of Equivoque, enabling you to use it effectively and confidently in your routines. It is filled with a variety of graphics, illustrations, and examples to make the process of learning how to use " Equivoque" as easy and enjoyable as possible for you.

You will learn:

• What two things you must do when using Equivoque?
• One thing you should never do when performing Equivoque
• Master the fundamentals: Thoroughly understand the basic principles of Equivoque, including its structure and psychological...

Here's an incredibly direct book test that not only will amaze your audience, it will stun magicians, as well. There have been book tests with external paraphernalia and book tests with specially printed books... but never one so diabolically bold, clever, simple and direct as this.

The spectator simply opens a book, notes a word, and you can reveal it immediately or later. No involved mathematics. No stooge. None of the old thrusting of a card into the pages and all of that. No force, never the same word twice, and the book is an ordinary paperback that you can buy at any drug store. Or...

Translation of La Machine à Voler, a French classic revealing the legal circumvention of gambling laws to establish crooked gambling clubs and casinos. It also exposes cheating methods for baccarat.

This work is primarily interesting to the magician due to its exposure of cheating methods at baccarat including sleight-of-hand techniques. These are explained in detail including photos.

Excerpt from the preface:

Étude sur les escroqueries commises dans les cercles & les Casinos.

Extrait de la préface: