Magic & Mentalism: page 240

Sometimes we confuse progress and novelty. Not everything new is an improvement.

What the off principle offers is not newness but rather simplicity. The Off-principle is not trying to replace breaks, peeks or controls and yet it is making them less relevant. The off principle is not an advanced move or trick and yet it is able to improve almost every card trick. The off principle is complex in it s applications and yet simplifies almost any card trick you are about to perform.

Yesterday you used controls to keep track of the spectators card, now it is still possible but unnecessary. Yesterday...

In this brand new manuscript, Paul recounts some of his greatest triumphs and most terrible failures as a performer! It is perhaps a little known fact that Paul started out as a children's entertainer, before moving into the realms of mentalism, tarot and palm reading, and seance and paranormal evenings. Here Paul relates tales from all areas that he has worked in. These are stories that will amuse and fascinate you, but they also act as lessons and learning opportunities too.

To the experienced performer, this manuscript will raise smiles of familiarity, whereas to the new performer or...

Riven is a set of techniques for use with small post it pads (51x38 mm) which allow for a series of classic mentalism effects. From 1:1 close up and stage 'add a number' effects to predictions and word reveals, Riven will give you a set of techniques which only require the humble post it pad and a pen.

Contents:

• Introduction
• The Riven Gimmick
• Decisions Decisions
• Riven Envelope Prediction
• Asunder (add a number effect)
• The encapsulated peek
• Dreamer's Force
• Office Roulette
• Other Peeks
• Post it pad as a billet
• An essay on the 50/50 choice
• Psychological Premise
• Influence...

Here is an outstanding routine for psychic entertainers to provide a personal Zodiac reading. It will leave your client breathless! It seems incredible that you are able to divine so much information.

This attractive eBook contains seven practical, tested methods expressly for use under close-up and impromptu conditions, such as you will encounter at clubs, parties and private engagements. It's an absolute "must have" for your mentalism library for those opportunities where you can't rely on mechanical gimmicks or pre-show work.

No previous knowledge of astrology is required, nor are great...

Es sind in jedem Band über 60 Routinen, Tricks, Ideen, Moves und Gimmicks beschrieben, und das aus fast allen Bereichen der Zauberei. Es gibt (viele bisher unveröffentlichte) Tricks mit Münzen (u.a. die Scottish Coins Routine und meine Variante des Fred Kaps Chinese Coin Trick), Tricks mit der Okito Dose, mit Poker Chips, Färbemessern, Umschlägen, Karten, Kronkorken, Schreibblöcken, Zeitungen, Seilen, usw. Zusätzlich auch einige theoretische Artikel, die interessante Themen behandeln. Wer meine bisherige Arbeit kennt, der weiss, dass ich in meinen Seminaren und Veröffentlichungen...

More tricks based on the binary and ternary number system. Miller also exploits figures that cannot physically exist, subtly reinforcing the apparent impossibility of his trick creations.

Table of Contents

• Binary Dice
• Ternary Dice
• Day Off
• Unreal Realities
• More Impossible Figures
• Zodiac Puzzle 1
• Zodiac Puzzle 2
• Zodiac Puzzle 3
• Crazy Laces
• Ariadne
• ESPectulator
• Dicey ESP
• Twin Assistance
• Multiple U/D Choice
• Progressive U/D Deals
• Semi-Progressive U/D Deals
• Marching Lock-Step
• Follow the Star!
• Get Me Out!
• The (Not So) Easy Task

1st edition 2017, 35 pages.

This e-book offers three similar effects all based on a singular premise.

1. Australian Aces: The performer casually shuffles a pack of cards, then hands it to a volunteer. The performer need not touch the cards for the duration of this feat. The volunteer cuts off roughly a quarter of the pack. The volunteer names any Ace freely. He spells its name and gives the packet an Australian Shuffle. The last card he holds is the Ace he named! The volunteer now spells the word 'Ace' and the Ace matching the color of the named Ace turns up. Finally the volunteer spells the suit of the named Ace and...

Distorted Siblings combines the best aspects of several tricks by John Bannon, Max Maven, and Aldo Colombini. The routine is this:

A packet of red-backed cards and a packet of blue-backed cards are placed face-down on the table. It is explained that each packet contains the four kings and that one in each packet is face-up as a prediction. Two spectators each name a king. The named kings are in fact the face up kings. The kings are turned face down and it is shown that each king is in their opposite packets.

Each king is then placed back into its own packet. All four blue cards are together as are the red cards,...

Some sixty complete routines are performed and explained! As far from a "one trick wonder" type offering as can be imagined, when you get the series you are just paying one dollar and thirty-five cents per routine.

This is the complete set of all four vintage Randy Wakeman instructional videos. now available by download for the very first time. It includes performances and thorough explanations of most of the pieces from Randy's first trilogy of books (Formula One Close-up, Randy Wakeman's Special Effects, Randy Wakeman Presents), Randy's Linking Ring Parade, Randy's Genii issue, Randy's...

Visual sleight-of-hand card magic.

• Acetral Projection
• Do You Feel Lucky?
• Unbelievably Copless
• The Devil and Randy Wakeman
• Miracle Move Aces
• Professional Reverse Assembly
• Eidetically Yours
• Marlo's Aerial Change
• Randy Fooler
• Expecting the Unexpected
• A Dime A Dozen
• Topsy Turvey Charlie
• Marlo's Unbelievable Aces
• Spectator's Invisible Palm
• A Frantic Tumble and a Shy Goodbye

1st edition 1990, length 1h 20min

A variety of close-up magic: cards, coins, cups and balls, sponge balls, and dice stacking.

• How Did You Know?
• Watch Me Work
• Anything I Can Do, You Can Do Better
• The Big Red One (sponge balls)
• R.W. Flying Eagles (coins)
• A Personal Triumph
• Count Wakeman
• A Piece of Your Mind
• Randy's Wild Card
• Stacked Impact (dice stacking)
• R.W. Coins Through Table
• Randy's Cups and Balls

1st edition 1990, length 1h 30min

All card routines except one, which is a torn and restored paper money effect.

• All That Jazz
• Three Phase Follow-Up
• I Like Nice Things
• The Odds Against Me
• The Bill Tear
• Marlo's Six Card Trick
• Mini Surprise Stab
• The Force is with You
• Heba Haba's Favorite
• R.W. Ambitious Card Routine
• Exploding Aces
• The Formula One Card Routine
• The Card of a Thousand Faces
• Smorgasbord Cannibals
• Playing on the Three-Way
• Reverse Reverse Surprise
• Did You Get The Odd One?
• Shuffle Them Twice ... They Rollover Nice

1st edition 1989, length 2h

A selection of Randy Wakeman's favorite card routines.

• Ascension Transposition
• Spectator on Stage
• The Randy Revelation
• The Natural
• Give Us This Day Our Daley Aces
• But Fast!
• Free Choice Sudden Aces
• The Mystic Card
• Marlo's Bluff Ace Assembly
• Triversion
• One-Hand Center Deal
• The Emergency Card
• Overclock
• R.W. Four Card Stunner
• Fore-Figuration
• Maximum Penetration

1st edition 1988, length 1h 24 min

Vol. 12, No. 6, January 2017; 60 pages
Cover: Andi Gladwin

5. Editor's Letter
5. What's Inside - contents
6. Andi Gladwin - The Expert at the Boardroom Table! - cover article/interview
13. In The News
14. Letters
16. It's Christmas
18. In The Phonebox with: ... Waleed Elgadi
19. 5 Props You Can Throw Into The Bin!
20. Highest Paid Magicians 2016
22. International Masterclass [Mexico]
    22. Unusual Assembly - Jorge Betancourt
    23. Water Only Water - Mago Spider
24. Picking The Perfect Podcast - Eoin Smith
    24. The Magicians' Podcast - Richard Young
    25. The Magic Word - Scott Wells
    26. Kids Entertainer Podcast - Julian Mather ...

• Last Card to Laugh (Jon Racherbaumer)
• Sounds of Silence?
• Face Value?
• Elevated Elevator (Edward Marlo, Frank Garcia)
• Shiner Notes (Files of Jon Racherbaumer)
• Remembrance of Things Passed (Jon Racherbaumer)
• About a Procedure for the Clock Trick (Jon Racherbaumer)
• The Cardini Control (Jon Racherbaumer)
• Niggling Narrativity (Jon Racherbaumer)
• New-And-Clear Force (Jon Racherbaumer)
• Bare-Faced Boys With Decks In Hand (Jon Racherbaumer)
• Impromptu Casino Shuffle (Gene Castillon)
• Notes on Peek Decks
• Marlo's Spread Lift (Edward Marlo)
• Magic: On the Edge: Trick-Soup For Dummies? (Jon Racherbaumer)
• Constructive Criticism ...

No Adult Supervision is an updated compilation of Geoff's first two sets of lecture notes: The Lecture Your Mother Never Gave You and The Lecture Your Father Never Gave You.

Updated with lots of new text and illustrations, this ebook is filled with outstanding tricks, illusions, sleights and advice. Just a few of the highlights include:

THE "I HATE DAVID COPPERFIELD" TRICK: Based on "Close-Up Illusion" by Larry Jennings, a card visibly melts through another. The visuals here go way beyond the original.

JUST A BIT MORE ULTIMATE THAN JOHN MENDOZA'S "ULTIMATE TORN & RESTORED CARD": You're clean at...

This is a totally self-working and completely hands off routine which can be a reputation maker for you and allows you to fully focus on your presentation. You will find this a real pleasure to perform.

The theme is that of a psychic librarian who always accurately predicts the total deposit to be paid for a list of book choices made by a series of participants. In an additional phase, the performer can also accurately divine each individual choice of the participants.

The method is a unique combination of two classic principles. It is very easy to perform and you can start performing...

What a fantastic effect, from the audience's standpoint. The performer exhibits a three foot length of rope and mysteriously begins to S-T-R-E-T-C-H it to an unbelievable 20 feet!

Completely revised, these greatly enlarged instructions include both of Milbourne Christopher's exclusive methods for stretching a rope to many times its original length. No hidden reels, magnets, or special rope needed. Regular, soft cotton magician's rope works fine for this. This will be a show-stopper in your act. Also makes a terrific introduction to a cut 'n restored or ring-on-rope routine.

1st edition...

THIS ILLUSION IS 100% SAFE AND NOBODY CAN BE HARMED. IT IS JUST AN ILLUSION, BUT ONE OF THE MOST CONVINCING YOU WILL EVER SEE.

"The method is brilliant! It is important to realize that in this trick, like in the buzz saw illusion, no one is hurt, injured or killed. Also, no state or federal laws are broken." - Ron Levy

You show three candle holders on a table, each with a candle in it. A sheet of clear glass is placed around them and the candles are visibly lighted. The center one is referred to as the sacred light. Anything passed through the flame will not burn hands or other objects. Even flash paper will not be set off by the flame!

The sacred light is removed from the alter and caused to vanish. It immediately reappears back in the holder lighted! Finally, the candle vanishes completely leaving no trace behind.

A trick with visible impact that you will fool yourself with.

These are the exact...

Michael is offering these ideas for free, but asks for a donation to an animal rescue center or other animal causes. The amount is up to the readers own ability and willingness. The ebook is dedicated to Jeremy Le Poidevin.

• A DIY Wand
• Chop Cup Idea
• Coin Trick
• Her Majesty's Birthday - coin routine
• Magic Painting - with a difference
• Woolly Stretchy Wand

1st edition 2017, 15 pages.

Here is another biting parody of a theater program. The parody was published by Geoff Maltby of Repro Magic. It was a supplement to one of the Club 71 issues.

20 pages

This is a classic, a wonderful book now available as PDF. It contains the best of the best from 115 well-known professionals and clever amateurs. 193 tricks and routines from all branches of magic.

Paul Fleming wrote:

Variety assortment of card routines of all kinds - self-working, sleight-of-hand, quickies, classics.

• The Slow Motion Nudist Pack By John Derris
• Ten Knights In A Card Room By Bill Hendricks
• Color Change Illusion With Cards By Everett Lyda
• New Three Card Monte Move By Victor Comello
• All Fair Card Transposition By Jack Avis
• Cardlepathy By Theo Dore
• All Fair Hallucination By Jack Avis
• The Switchless Switch By Edward Marlo
• The Utility Prediction By Victor Comello
• Sympathetic Card Miracle By Roy E. Smith
• Super Do As I Do By Geoffrey Buckingham
• A Double Change By Al Leech
• Kings On The Loose By Al Leech
• Preface To Out Of This World By Harry Riser ...