This PDF not just includes the four issues of volume 1, but also the sneak preview issue.
You will get all the indexes that have been issued for THE MINOTAUR:
1st edition 1994 - 2011; 39 pages.
Funny stuff for magicians, MCs and other entertainers. For a pro just one new gag or bit of comedy that fits into his program is worth a lot of money. Even though Aldo demonstrates these gags not in front of a life audience, it is so much better to see a video and get a sense of how they have to be delivered, rather than just reading about them. Here you have a sampling of some great gags:
Performed by Cameron Francis himself. Stacks can allow you to perform miracles under the fairest and cleanest conditions imaginable. Stuff you just can’t do impromptu. Stuff that will seriously blow your spectator's minds. This download DVD contains three such effects. Each trick requires a full deck set up and each one is self-working. Just add presentation and stir vigorously. The three effects use completely normal decks which, after the trick is over, can be shuffled up and used to produce all sorts of impromptu miracles. All of them make very good openers. Give at least one of these effects...
Dave Campbell is another of Scotland's creative cardmen. He's perhaps best known as the creator of the popular 'Fred' card effect which was copied all over the world.
Here, in Duplicity Dave Campbell presents an entertaining card effect in which the performer re-enacts one of Houdini's famous feats - walking through a wall. A signed card represents Houdini and a jumbo card represents the wall. Although you have told the spectators in advance what is going to happen the signed card manages to disappear from among four blank cards and then reappear under the tabled jumbo card.
Perhaps the...
A killer, self contained packet effect that makes a great closer!
Effect:
“Right now I'd like to show you one of my favorite tricks. I love it because It's got a really big finish.”
The magician displays a packet of blue backed Jokers and one Ace of Hearts. One by one, three of the Jokers print the mates of the Ace of Spades.
“Now, I can understand how the Jokers turn into Aces. But the thing I don't understand is where these backs came from!”
The magician turns the Aces over to reveal four different back designs.
“Now, you might think that this is the big finish...
"Get out of here, don't release it. Make up some story, only I may have this!" - Branden Wolf (Bison, Room with a View - After seeing the workings)
"From the very first second I learned and understood what Legion was and was capable of, my mind hasn't thinking of some absolutely mind blowing magic and mind reading that this can achieve. This is truly versatile and beyond practical. I don't believe anyone is going to be disappointed with Legion, it's devious and wicked." - Lloyd Barnes (Method, Barrell Change)
"Legion took the fear out of forces for me. My close up has improved dramatically...
Impromptu card magic performed with a regular deck of cards.
Contents:
Ten easy routines with rings and ropes. All the effects are performed with regular props (3 to 5 inch diameter rings, ropes and silks). They are suitable for close-up, walk-around, stage, etc. You may tie several effects together to create a unique routine.
CONTENTS:
Re-Thinks is a new series of eBooks from TC Tahoe.
This routine has served TC very well for years. It was a major part of both his restaurant work and his Close-up show at the Magic Castle, for which he was nominated Close-up Magician of the Year.
"Perfect example of Jazz Magic." - Daryl
"Fantastic routine, so much magic with just one knife!" - Michael Ammar
The routine is fun, fast and entertaining...
1st edition 2011; 10 pages.
The first issue is a potpourri of topics and contributors.
I rarely get to work on my own creations these days. 911 Summing is one of those rare occasions. It is an effect and method I have created more than 20 years ago. Both the effect and the method are to the best of my knowledge completely new and have never been published before.
This is a math effect I have had a lot of fun with. It can even be performed as puzzle challenge rather than a magic effect. I have performed this for people twice as smart as myself - engineers, scientists, researchers, professors - you name it. Not once has anybody figured out how it is done, even though, the principle...
An early publication filled with routines from the creative mind of Stephen Tucker.
1st edition 1984; 56 pages
Table of Contents
Young inventor Kyle MacNeill brings you his latest ebook – seven hands off card tricks. All seven tricks are strong and streamlined, with most being completely hands off and others being predominantly hands free. I think that you will find all the ideas refreshing.
1. Spectator does the Sandwich (This first appeared in Inventions) - A 100% hands off effect whereby a card is picked by the spectator, and cut into the pack. He then suddenly finds the two red Kings face up with four face down cards in between. The spectator then picks one of these cards, and discovers that it is his card! The three other...
A candid intimate interview with the Italian Teddy Bear. With wit, honesty, and lots of inside details, Aldo shares with his fans his life as a comedy magician and lecturer; his view on magic, tells about his career, the move to the USA, his hobbies, and how he was able to survive until 60 just with a deck of cards and a piece of rope! He also teaches an easy Italian recipe for a great pasta dish, and he may even play the guitar and sing a song if pressed by Rachel (and helped by a glass of wine). Of course, he will also show and explain a trick never before released.
Aldo and Rachel have...
"Companionage is a French word from medieval times, used to define that stage in the life of a person when formal education was over and learning happened by a direct exchange of secrets, from one craftsman to another. Under companionage a person would travel across Europe, staying in several towns, each for a while.
This way, a traveling blacksmith, for example, would stay with the town's blacksmith to work with him, learn from him and share his own knowledge in return. By staying with blacksmiths from town to town, each would achieve mastery, go back home, set shop and start receiving...
A small collection of ideas and variations with the pasteboards.
Its been a while since David Gemmell has put anything out. His life has taken a strange turn for the better, and other interests have held his attention for quite some time now. What follows is a small and possibly incomplete collection of ideas and variations on classic themes that have held him captive for many years and these are the latest handling’s that he uses.
No pictures this time, just words, ideas, pathways, and references where possible.
1st edition 2011; 29 pages.