Magic & Mentalism: page 458

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No, you don't have to sin after reading this. SIN here stands for Shadow Invisible Numerology.

A completely blank grid is displayed on an A4 size card (you can use any size of the card you want). A participant is asked to place a coin (the coin is totally ungimmicked and can belong to either the performer or the participant or any other audience member) on any random cell on the blank grid. The performer now predicts the past, present and future of the participant which is proved to be correct by the participant.

This is a uniquely...

A spectator freely selects a card and loses it into the middle of the deck. The magician claims he only needs three chances to cut to the selection, but all three cards cut to are misses. In the end, the combined values of those three cards reveal the exact position of the spectator’s selection.

1st edition 2026, video 6:51.

There are no tricks explained in this ebook. It references dozens of effects most magicians are familiar with, and a presentation to deliver a message beyond simple entertainment. Over half the book is devoted to Gospel Magic, to make the Good Word as interesting to watch as it is to hear!

By extension, the message in your magic could extend to morals and healthy habits, or even mundane matters like plugging a specific product or service. There are some ideas for all these.

There is no charge for the ebook, simply because I believe spreading the "Good Word" ceases to be "Good" when distributed...

Six stand-up effects from Martin Lewis. This is strong, audience-tested material from his parlor act. Martin shows you, in a step-by-step, hands-on guide, how to make the props on your kitchen table quickly and easily, with only basic tools and materials, needing no special skills. Then, in live performance, see how the apparatus is used to really make magic.

Includes artwork in 3 PDFs.

Instant Coffee: A few coffee beans tossed into a paper cup turn into real hot coffee.

Nigel: This is Martin's revival of that lovely old chestnut the Soup Plate and Handkerchief. For Martin, it is...

Wands for adult performers, kids' entertainers, comedy magicians, clowns, and anyone who uses a magic wand in the show.

Author Ian Adair conjures up a multitude of magic wands for all types of magical entertainers. There's tricks and routines using un-gimmicked wands, gimmicked wands, comedy wands, banner wands, jumbo wands, coloured wands ..., a 'wanderful' collection. New wands and new ideas from Ian.

Every adult performer will use one or more of these wands in his/her show - every kids' entertainer will love the super-duper comedy gag wands. There are 'message' banner wands too!

PLUS:...

A hands-off cheating demonstration.

The traditional card-cheating demonstration ends with the audience admiring the performer's hands. This one ends somewhere else entirely.

The spectator shuffles a borrowed deck. They cut as many times as they like. They deal five poker hands, face down, in front of them. Before a single card is turned, you commit aloud: the winning hand will be a full house, sitting in the third seat from my left.

It is.

The cheating happened somewhere they cannot point to. They shuffled, they cut, they dealt - by their own hand. And the outcome arrived exactly...

Reveal secrets on folded or unfolded business cards.

A few years ago, I introduced the SpyCat Wallet to the magic community, where it received outstanding reviews at the Café. I later sold the rights to it.

Now, I'd like to introduce something new, the Whisper Wallet, a modern, sleek, minimalist peek wallet unlike any other peek wallet on the market.

Reveal a spectator's secret written on a business card and folded by the spectator using a completely new principle and technique never used before.

The Whisper Wallet can also be used as a traditional peek wallet with a straight business...

A finger ring is borrowed from a spectator and placed under a handkerchief, where it is held by a second onlooker.

The performer removes a reading glasses case from his pocket and extracts his glasses from inside, the case itself being examined. The glasses are then dropped back inside, and the spectator holds the case up in view.

Reaching across to the handkerchief, the magician suddenly pulls it from the helper's hands, and instantly the borrowed ring disappears.

The assistant holding the glasses case now reaches inside and slides the spectacles out to reveal the ring hanging on...

A variation on the classic Invisible Palm plot. A powerful visual effect performed with just a few playing cards.

1st edition 2026, video 10:37.

From children's magician to popular premium act.

The family entertainment market in 2026 has radically changed. Children growing up with smartphones, high-resolution CGI films, and interactive media are no longer simply fascinated by "a man with colorful scarves." They are looking for role models. They are looking for characters they can love, protect, and accompany on an adventure.

If you, as a magician, continue to simply string together one trick after another, you'll be phased out of the market or driven down by price. Become incomparable. If you take to the stage with a character...

Vom Kinderzauberer zum gefragten Premium-Act.

Der Markt für Familienunterhaltung im Jahr 2026 hat sich radikal verändert. Kinder, die mit Smartphones, hochauflösenden CGI-Filmen und interaktiven Medien aufwachsen, lassen sich nicht mehr bloß von "einem Mann mit bunten Tüchern" faszinieren. Sie suchen Identifikationsfiguren. Sie suchen Charaktere, die sie lieben, beschützen und durch ein Abenteuer begleiten können.

Wenn du als Zauberkünstler weiterhin nur Trick an Trick reihst, wirst du vom Markt wegrationalisiert oder über den Preis gedrückt. Werde unvergleichbar. Wenn du mit...

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Once you start performing this effect, you will get so addicted to this routine that you will never stop performing it. It is that strong and powerful and gets you absolutely great reactions.

There is no physical deck of cards involved. You just carry a single folded preprinted card in your pocket or wallet. A participant secretly thinks of a set of 4 random playing cards. And he tells you a sequence of 3 lies about the cards in his mind.

And yet, in an absolutely impossible manner, you are able to divine the 4 cards in his mind....

A compendium of mysteries from 20th century experts.

Here is a rare opportunity to purchase seven separate manuscripts at a heavily discounted price. All seven have been written by Ian Baxter and feature careful revisions of exceptional mysteries stemming from these brilliant magicians:

• John Scarne
• Stewart James
• Dai Vernon
• Ed Marlo
• Paul Curry
• Jean Hugard
• Walter B. Gibson

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The secret grammar of magic. Theory and practice of attention control.

Misdirection is not just a trick or gimmick. It is a way of thinking.

For over a century, magicians have discussed how to direct attention. Far less often, they ask why this direction works. Rarer still, they describe it with precision. This ebook does exactly that.

Alexander de Cova does not view misdirection as a collection of tricks, but as the secret grammar of magic - a system of rules, interactions, and psychological mechanisms that shape perception, memory, and meaning. Those who understand this grammar have...

Die geheime Grammatik der Magie.

Das umfassendste deutschsprachige Werk über die Kunst der Aufmerksamkeitslenkung in der Zauberkunst.

Nach über zwanzig Jahren intensiver Beschäftigung mit diesem Thema hat Alexander de Cova ein Buch geschrieben, in dem er Misdirection nicht als Trick, sondern als fundamentales Werkzeug und System der Zauberkunst versteht, das eine Täuschung der Zuschauer überhaupt erst möglich macht. Misdirection ist die geheime Grammatik der Magie, die aus einem Puzzle ein unerklärliches Wunder macht.

Misdirection ist die Kunst der gezielten Lenkung der Aufmerksamkeit...

A theatrical two-card revelation.

A spectator selects a card. The card is returned to the deck. The performer begins to shuffle... and suddenly loses control. Cards spill from the hands and scatter across the table in what appears to be a genuine mistake.

Recovering, the performer invites a second spectator to also select a card. Both cards are lost in the deck. Then the tone changes.

The performer speaks quietly about moments of stillness - about the instinct people have to bring their hands together when they want to focus, reflect, or ask for something beyond themselves.

Cards...

A made-up card at a made-up number effect where the spectator does (almost) all the work.

While the performer's back is turned, a spectator cuts the deck twice to two different cards. He adds their values together, then adds 10 to obtain a random number - let's say, 23.

He deals that many cards into a pile and divides the pile into two packets. He freely chooses one of the packets, looks at its top card and remembers its value. He repeats the same procedure with the second packet, this time remembering the suit of the top card. By combining the chosen value and suit, he mentally creates...

The performer offers to demonstrate an effect that is part mentalism and part magic. For the mentalism part, he slides a blue-backed prediction card from a pay envelope, displaying that the envelope is otherwise empty before returning the card and leaving the envelope in view.

A red-backed deck is shown to be well mixed, and a spectator genuinely freely (no force) touches the back of any face-down card. This selection is left reversed in the centre of the deck.

The blue-backed prediction card is now removed from the envelope and its face displayed - let's say it is the QC. When the red...

A spectator freely selects a card, freely cuts the deck to determine a number, and divides the deck into four packets. After multiple rounds of reassembling and cutting, the selection still arrives at the exact corresponding number. A self-working, fooling card routine.

1st edition 2026, video 6:26.

Stop practicing moves. Start entertaining people.

You've practiced that pass for six months. You've never spent six minutes on what your face and body are doing while you execute it. Here's the uncomfortable truth most magicians never face: your moves are not what fool people. Your acting is. This eBook fixes that. No fluff, no images, no charts, just practical advice that will make your magic better.

What You'll Learn

The Two Hands Problem - the single most useful concept in close-up magic, and most magicians get it backwards. Learn why the hand doing the dirty work should be the boring...

Jules DeBarros was, according to Jon Racherbaumer, perhaps the finest coin worker of his, or any, era. His timing and execution were flawless and angle-proof. Here is a fine example of his approach.

1st edition 2026, video 1:14.

The Magigram Index covers the complete run of Magigram from September 1966 to the last issue in February 1995.

Items in the Index are listed by Author, Title, Date, Volume, Issue, Page and up to four categories. Each category is represented by a three letter abbreviation such as CARds (2097 entries), CHIldren (1152 entries), CLOse-up (391 entries), COIns (483 entries), REPorts of Societies, Conventions, Shows and other events (260 entries), BIOgraphy (377 entries), MANipulation (84 entries), etc. There are a total of 11797 entries with 456 different categories plus a listing...

"Luke has a truly beautiful mind, and it shows through his work as a mentalist." - Morgan Strebler

"After reading this, I really am excited to see what the future holds for Luke." - Peter Turner

Inconceivable is a collection of practical, hard-hitting mentalism from Luke Jonas - material designed for real-world performance, not just the page.

Inside, you'll find a range of effects and routines built for both close-up and stage environments, using familiar objects including newspapers, playing cards, coins, and more. The material focuses on strong presentations, layered...

Richard Southall's latest ebook again shows his interest in bizarre magic. Like his previous book on the Okito Voodoo Doll, this book also deals with a single topic. However, this time he is examining Project MK-Ultra, the CIA's secret experiments into mind control techniques. However, unlike his previous work, which presented a number of individual effects, this ebook includes a full routine of six MK-Ultra-based tricks and a bonus trick also related to the topic.

Effects range from MK-Ultra's experiments in ESP and remote viewing to the attempt to create a Manchurian Candidate,...