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Time Out
David Devlin
EFFECT: The performer jots down a prediction on a small piece of paper, folds it into quarters, and drops it into a coffee cup. A spectator is now asked to name a time. She says, "7:35". She now reaches into the coffee cup, and removes the slip of paper, opens it up, and reads the time. Of course, it is 7:35.
- No one-ahead
- The spectator does not write anything down
- No nail-writers
- No math or spelling type force
- 99% impromptu
Triple Colour Cups and Balls
Leo Leslie
From the Foreword
When the manuscript arrived from Denmark, Edwin asked me to look through it and give him an opinion. I was intrigued when I read it; whilst the moves appeared to be based on the old "Cups and Corks", Leo had added tremendous impact to it by the introduction of COLOUR. The whole routine seemed to 'live', and there's not a single sleight involved.
Admittedly, the 'Cups and Balls' has been done before in colour, but not with the clean simplicity of the present routine. So rake out that set of cups you have in the cupboard (or nip out and buy three plastic beakers), obtain...
Match-Stick Magic
Will Blyth
Puzzles, games and conjuring tricks - all done with simple matches. Get a matchbox or book of matches and entertain an entire table of guests or just a single person on the bar.
With an introduction by David Devant.
Table of Contents
- Foreword
- Introduction
- Part I: Puzzles
- Introduction
- Dividing The Inheritance
- Boy Scouts' Bridge
- Doubling The Area
- Twin Triangle Puzzle
- Four Triangle Puzzle
- Nothing To Remain
- Shakespearean Quotation
- Match Manufacture
- Removing The Middle
- Evens To Odd
- Tantalising Addition
- Alternative Method Of Presentation
- Easy Multiplication
- Subtle...
Transfix: cards through case
Ben Howard
This is a 'cards through case' effect, but completely different than older versions. This effect takes a classic stage illusion and puts it in the spectator's hands.
Four random cards are selected by the spectator. The four cards are placed inside a card case and given to the spectator to hold at their fingertips.
Three of the four cards are removed, leaving the final card inside of the card case. The remaining three cards are then pushed through the side of the card case and the selected card.
This can be viewed from all angles whilst the spectator is holding the case.
The three...
The Psychic Antenna
Terry G. Smith
This routine allows you to have a spectator think of ANYTHING, have them write it down, and you will be able to determine what it is and end up clean. All you need to carry with you is a few blank cards, a pen and most importantly, a paper clip, as it will be..... The PSYCHIC ANTENNA.
Everything in this routine is natural and logical with no "funny" moves and focuses on everything except the method.
The routine relies on sleight-of-hand of moderate difficulty. The moves are motivated and blend into the normal action and movement of the routine.
1st edition 2013, 10 pages, photo illustrated....
The Annals of Conjuring
Sidney W. Clarke
This is the first real history of magic in the English language. It first appeared in serialized from in The Magic Wand.
Sidney W. Clarke tells the story of magic from its earliest traces in recorded history, all the way to the celebrated masters of Robert-Houdin, Maskelyne, and the ones who followed them.
[Note: This edition was newly formatted for convenient reading and searching on mobile devices.]
1st digital edition 2013, 288 pages.
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Ancient Conjuring
- The Mediaeval Jugglers
- The Jugglers’ Tricks
- Hocus Pocus
- The...
Detour: an incredible double prediction effect
Raphaël Czaja
Effect:
The magician displays a pack of cards and a prediction (one card between the two Jokers, all held by a rubber band). He deals the cards from the top of the pack until the spectator says "stop". He is asked to remember the suit of his first selection.
The deck is gathered and the value of the first card is used to find another card. He is asked to remember the value of his second selection.
So basically, a card has just been made up. The deck is gathered, turned face up and the value of the second selection is used to find a third card. Wouldn't it be great if it was the made-up...
Addicted to Power and Mystical Sandwitch
Jozsef Kovacs
Addicted To Power
The spectator chooses a random number of cards and a random selection from the deck. The random cards have letters on their faces. If you read the letters they give you the name of the selection! After this the magician shows that all the other cards in the deck are blank!
Mystical Sandwich
Two spectators choose two cards by cutting the shuffled deck. They sign their cards and bury them into the deck. The magician spreads the deck and shows that the mystical card of the deck has turned face up in the middle of the deck. By spelling the name of the mystical card, the...
CardPerfect
Roberto Giobbi
CardPerfect war eines der ersten grossen Bücher des produktiven Schweizer Zauberkünstlers Roberto Giobbi.
Die 13 Routinen in CardPerfect sind - von wenigen Ausnahmen abgesehen - technisch verblüffend einfach und für den interessierten Leser unter der erstklassigen Anleitung des Autors leicht lernbar. Obwohl Roberto Giobbi zweifellos zu den virtuosen Kartentechnikern unserer Zeit zählt, werden in den vorliegenden Routinen vor allem die Präsentation, die Ablenkung der Aufmerksamkeit und das harmonische Zusammenspiel von Wort und Handlung in den Vordergrund gestellt. Die intelligente...
Ludwig Döbler: Genius des Biedermeier
Robert Kaldy-Karo
Mit ihm, dem Zauberkünstler Ludwig Döbler, hatte Österreich bereits in der Biedermeierzeit einen internationalen Superstar, der von Budapest bis London, von Prag bis St. Petersburg die größten Bühnenerfolge einheimste. Er war zu seiner Zeit genauso, wenn nicht populärer als Nestroy, Grillparzer oder Raimund. Mit den Intellektuellen seiner Zeit, wie z.B. Goethe, Dingelstedt, Saphir, Bäuerle, Heine, Castelli, Raimund, war er freundschaftlich verbunden.
Berühmt war sein Entree, nach einem Schuss brannten 200 Kerzen auf der Bühne oder "Flora's Blumenspende", wobei er dutzende kleine...
Tarbell Lezioni 2
Harlan Tarbell
Eccoci alla seconda lezione di questo magistrale corso ! Dopo aver esordito con una dotta e snella carrellata sulla storia della prestigiazione, Il corso continua con la trattazione di un importantissimo principio: quello dell'autosuggestione. Infine vengono trattati diversi interessanti e pratici giochi con un nostro "caro amico"... Ottimo materiale se si vuole studiare sul serio la prestigiazione!
Elenco dei contenuti
LEZIONE 2
- LA STORIA DELLA DESTREZZA DI MANO
- INTRODUZIONE ALLA LEZIONE 2
- PRINCIPIPIO :IL POTERE DELLA SUGGESTIONE
- Come il Potere della Suggestione agisce su di...
Cappelli con Palloncini
Aldo Colombini
In questo manoscritto Aldo ti insegna una serie di cappelli da creare con i palloncini per modellare di semplicissima esecuzione e di grande effetto.
Puoi utilizzarli in mille occasioni nel tuo spettacolo. Sono originali e divertenti e, soprattutto se lavori con i bambini, sono uno strumento per creare momenti indimenticabili di sicuro successo. Come dice Aldo stesso nell'introduzione: "L' idea di creare cappelli con palloncini è relativamente nuova. I cappelli sono divertenti, attirano adulti e bambini e sono DIVERSI, creando novità nelI' arte di modellare i palloncini Ogni occasione...
Misura le Parole
Aldo Colombini
In questo raro manoscritto di Aldo, trovi una divertente routine con il solo uso di un mazzo di carte e un metro da falegname. Dopo aver fatto scegliere una carta, tu, il performer, esegui una serie di figure con un metro mentre racconti una esilarante storia. Infine, sempre servendoti del metro, ritrovi con successo la carta scelta. Molto originale, sempre pronto e facilissimo da eseguire: intrattenimento allo stato puro.
Blindsight Outdone
Devin Knight
A version that fools those who know the original. A spectator correctly guesses the colors sealed in four envelopes. No gimmick markers.
NOTE: Do not confuse this with the original Blindsight. This 100% new method will fool those who have the original trick.
The performer shows four manila envelopes. There is nothing written on the envelopes, nor are they secretly marked. He shows them freely on both sides and points out the envelopes are opaque. The performer hands the envelopes to a participant; saying inside each envelope is a different colored card: Green, red, blue, and yellow. The performer...
Quick Change: rapid costume changes for men
Lex Schoppi
Quick Change - rapid costume changes for men is the most reviewed book about costume changes on the market. Three print editions are now sold out. A decade ago we don't thinking about a next print edition. Instead, we offer it to you as a modern ebook.
Never before has there been such an extensive treatise on the subject.
- 4 LESSONS
- 7 CHAPTERS
- 15 SECRETS
- 112 PAGES
- SEVERAL HUNDRED combination possibilities for Quick Change methods
Hard Copy: Alternative Manipulation
Gregg Webb
Hard Copy was a magazine by Gregg Webb that ran for 13 issues starting in 2009. You will find primarily ideas on manipulation - manipulation of cards, corks, balls and other items. Includes contributions by Jeff McBride. The occasional non-manipulation effect with cards and or coins is thrown in the mix.
108 pages.
- Hard Copy: Alternative Manipulation - cover page
- Hard Copy: Alternative Manipulation - advertising sheet
- Hard Copy: Alternative Manipulation - Issue 1 - 8 pages
- Welcome
- Webb's No "Steals" Card Fan Routine - Part One
- About Sleeves - article
- Not as Hard - a "column...
Psych Five
Andy Cannon
Engaging, interactive and a little bit cheeky
PSYCH 5
This is Andy's multiple phased, business card routine. Like every other piece in this collection it allows for ample byplay, and a fun competitiveness and out guessing theme between you and the participant. Perhaps the coolest part about this is the psychology that allows you to do it "gimmick" free with near 100% accuracy. Although the 100% accurate version is thrown in. This is pure psychological fun.
TERASBOS bit o' business
You'll need to be familiar with the Rick Maue Classic, this simple verbiage puts the odds in your favour...
Intuition
David Devlin
A cased deck is placed on the table. You remove your wallet, and also place it on the table. Both are on the table, and they are there in FULL view before ANYTHING happens. You tell the spectators that you removed one card from the deck, and put it in your wallet. A spectator then makes a series of choices bringing her to one card. The spectator herself removes the deck from the case, and deals the cards one at a time to the table. There are only 51 cards. The thought of card is missing. You then open your wallet, and remove a card. It is the thought of card!
This is a "new" method for the...
Mindbending Meltdown
Richard Mark
Richard Mark teaches advanced techniques for the experienced psychic entertainer. Learn the innermost thoughts and concerns of others with nothing written and without props of any kind. The real work on pre-show techniques.
1st edition 1992, 1st digital edition 2013, 34 pages.
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Crystal Clear
- The Singular Dwarf
- O What Clams Eat
- Clams Casino
- No/Know Croiset
- A Swiftian Delight
- Hyper Smith
- Psychometric Fourth Dimension
- No Stull
- A Real Trip
- Pre-Show Work: An Analysis
- The Ghostly Hand
- Just Good Fortune
- Presentation
- Postscript
Magicseen No. 52 (September 2013)
Mark Leveridge & Graham Hey & Phil Shaw
Vol. 9, No. 4, September 2013; 60 pages
Cover: Dynamo
- Welcome – editor's letter
- Letters
- Phillip Escoffey: Full Steam Ahead - interview
- Ben Hart: Setting the Pace - interview
- All In Character, Part 3 – Writing in Character - Morgan and West
- Pros and Cons – It's All a Metter of Opinion – Mark Leveridge
- Should card magic contain overt exhibitions of skill, or should all handling appear move free and natural?
- Ali Cook Gets Lucky! – interview by Graham Hey
- News
- Magic In The Movies – Why Magic Movies Don't Work! – Nick Schager
- Dynamo, Magician Impossible –...
Aqua-Whirl: spinning glass of liquid on a hoop or harness
Val Andrews
From the introduction:
A spot of "juggling" has always been a safe bet as an interesting "change-of-pace" for the magician, particularly where he is presenting a long programme. "The Eggs And Glasses" has proved this point with its recent popularity (or "revived popularity") with both magicians and their audiences. The feat was hardly seen for a decade or so, then came a wave of popularity for the feat when it was discovered that "no skill was required" ... just confidence and "knack".
In the same category is the feat of spinning a glass of liquid, either on a hoop or "harness". But this...
The Novena Enigma
Ken de Courcy
Another great trick by Ken. You can do it anytime, anyplace with any deck. You can perform it even if the deck is incomplete. It is a perfect impromptu trick. It has all the elements of a great trick: an entertaining patter, comedy and a surprising finish.
THE EFFECT
A pack is shuffled and a card is selected by a spectator, shown to a few other people, then returned. The magician shows the face card of the pack and asks whether it is the chosen card. This is denied. The performer tries to right the things.
He drops the pack face down on the table but the top card is face up. But once...
Fantasia in As-Dur
Roberto Giobbi
Eine tolle jedoch technisch anspruchsvolle Routine bestehend aus drei Teilen. Jeder Teil kann auch alleine vorgeführt werden.
Effekt:
Vier Damen werden auf überraschende Weise produziert. Sie verwandeln sich einzeln und sichtbar in die vier Asse. Diese werden unterschrieben und verschwinden aus den Spiel, um anschliessend aus vier verschiedenen Taschen des Vorführenden hervorgeholt zu werden.
Erstausgabe 1987, erste digitale Ausgabe 2013, 44 Seiten.
Tarbell Lezioni 1
Harlan Tarbell
TARBELL CORSO ORIGINALE IN 60 LEZIONI
Di Harlan Tarbell
SE VUOI STUDIARE SERIAMENTE LA PRESTIGIAZIONE IN OGNI SUO CAMPO
"FINALMENTE!" Questa, siamo sicuri sarà la prima espressione di moltissimi di voi lettori quando avrete fra le mani questa prima lezione del "Corso Originale Tarbell".
Si , era ora che qualcuno si prendesse l'onere e l'onore di tradurre quello che per decenni è stato definito il più organico e completo corso di giochi di prestigio in esistenza.
Quella che avrete tra poco fra le mani è la prima lezione di quello che in origine venne preparato e pubblicato...