Magic & Mentalism: page 152

Mentalism On-The-Go

• Crusher - immediately cause a plastic bottle to crush itself
• Taster - correctly name the chosen flavor of gum just by having them imagine the taste
• Alarmer - a random time is written down by an audience member and hidden … several minutes later an alarm goes off ... at the exact time predicted
• Stopper - cause a borrowed, un-gimmicked wrist watch to STOP and START on your command

• The Human Calculator - a borrowed calculator is used to total random numbers by the audience – only to total a prediction made by the mentalist days in...

carry it in your wallet ... fill a stage

The following effect by Jack Yates was originally published in 1980, by Supreme Magic under the title of "Accusation." The original version is still available from Magic Inc. Dave Arch has simplified the handling, strengthened the mnemonic aids, and consequently dispensed with an additional key card originally needed to guide the mentalist.

EFFECT: After asking the group how many have ever attended a Mystery Party, the mentalist suggests, "For anyone who has never been to one, let's have one right here! You know how it is. When people come to the party,...

"I want to crawl up your nose and take a sample of your brain so I can clone it." - Iain Dunford

"It's a great book from cover to cover." - Don Theo

"Every time Sean describes a new card effect to me it feels like coming home to that place where 'Out of This World' is brand new and I wonder what's waiting on the next page." - Mike Ince

"A real treasure chest" - Felix Schellenberg

"An Exceptional Book" - Jan Forster

"If you've ever doubted whether cards have a place in mentalism, READ THIS BOOK!" - Gabe Abelson

"Cards DO have a place in mentalism. Here is over 100 pages that further proves it." - Bryn Reynolds

"I could...

Ever wanted to read minds of others in a hassle-free way? There have been hundreds of excellent methods in existence for extracting thoughts from people's minds. Mentalists have been "nailing" the thoughts of others, "tearing" into others' brains, having a "peek" into peoples' minds for a long time now. Imagine what it would be like if there's no need to resort to such methods. Imagine what it would be like if you are looking for the information just where you need to look? Here's something revolutionary for you.

Imagine requesting a spectator to take part in a demonstration on Thought Projection....

This ebook is filled with classic routines and effects performed by Ken Brooke.

From the introduction:

POINT BLANK ASSEMBLY gives you the maximum effect for the minimum effort. Four Kings change places one at a time with four blank cards. The transposition is repeated only this time it occurs instantly. Finally the four Kings disappear altogether.

[You will need four blank-faced cards and four kings of which three have blank backs.]

IMPULSE starts as a transposition effect between a selected card and a blank card but ends with a finish that those who have seen it describe as 'NOT POSSIBLE'. Truly original thinking.

[You will need three blank-faced cards. One is gimmicked. The gimmick is easy to make with a pair of scissors, paper and glue.]

1st edition 1984, 1st digital edition 2013, 13 pages....

The best parts in this publications are the work on thimbles and billiard balls. Also included are card and coin routines.

1st edition 1980, 1st digital edition 2013, 90 pages.

Table of Contents

6. Preface
7. Alfred B. Leech: Magician—Of—The Month
10. Major Surgery
15. A Typographical Error
17. Platform Wild Card
21. A Bicycle Built For Profit
24. Too Small
27. Snap Change
30. Crooked Card
33. Three Cards Across
38. The 1971-72 M-U-M Award
39. A Card Trilogy
43. Coins And Cards
45. The Coin Star
47. Ball Manipulation
49. Chicago Balls: The Chicago Ball Trick And A Routine
54. Substitution For Chicago Balls
55. Color Changes
55. - A Color...

The Boston Stack: Chris' signature stacked deck and routine that requires almost no memorization and is diabolically simple.

The Duchess: this memorized deck is so easy to remember you'll want to perform it every chance you get! Plus, it's fun.

The Seesaw Collection: one final option in Chris' memorized deck booklet. This stack, also requires almost no memorization and uses a back and forth procedure that you can't get wrong!

[Please note that these stacks are not full deck stacks. You are stacking about half the deck. Technically they are algorithmic stacks. This means you will have to do some simple math to derive the next card.]

1st edition 2013, 21 pages...

Drawing Man: a very fun and funny routine designed to get the audience involved. Using a classic artist's mannequin the mentalist predicts the outcome of an impossible to know pose.

Partners: this is a clever two person card routine that uses 2 decks, and comes with a surprise kicker ending! Mentalism with cards at it's finest.

The Magic Square: Chris unleashes all of his work on the classic magic square. With looks at the easy to the complicated you'll learn how to build, code and perform your own magic square.

Don't You Know It: A totally impromptu routine using some cards you're...

This is the second in the series "print and perform". In this series you have not only the instructions for the tricks but also the templates to print and perform the effects.

EFFECT : You show an envelope containing a "prediction" and give it to hold to someone. A spectator is given a pocket calculator (… or he can use the one on his cellphone…). He freely chooses a 3 digit number and then is told to make some simple calculations arriving at a random total. At this point you take the envelope with the prediction, open it and extract a sheet of clear plastic with your prediction printed...

Une compilation d'étonnantes routines de corde. Une routine de corde coupée et restaurée amusante destinée aux enfants ; une routine exceptionnelle dans laquelle six boucles sont comptées, trois de ces boucles s'enclavent et les trois autres se transforment en une boucle géante comportant trois nœuds (pas de gimmick); et une routine utilisant à la fois une corde et des foulards.

Il y a aussi deux routines de corde crées par Ronald Dayton (un effet comique et une corde à travers le cou) et bien d’autres. 84 illustrations. Aucun gimmick et toutes les routines à l'exception de la...

Une incroyable routine en 8 phases dans laquelle un anneau s'enclave sur un morceau de corde ordinaire puis se libère. Elle peut être présentée en close-up, en déambulation et même en magie de salon ou sur scène. Cette routine est totalement différente de la routine d'Aldo "Ringing Around Too".

[Traduction et adaptation en langue française par Patrice Bernard.]

Una fantastica routine con oltre 20 effetti !

Come dice Aldo nell' l'introduzione di questa pubblicazione "Questa routine è una di quelle che il pubblico ricorda. Credo di poter dire che ti offro un gioco stupendo che ho usato con successo centinaia di volte in ogni parte del mondo (Giappone, Sud America, Stati Uniti, etc., e in posti come il Magic Castie di Hollywood e il Magical Empire di Las Vegas). Alcuni di questi passaggi sono presi dalla mia precedente routine chiamata “Mamma Mia Rope Routine” e venduta in video con il libro di istruzioni. Altri passaggi sono tolti da un’...

Questo opuscolo tratto da un classico di Grant contiene ben 16 effetti da cui potrete trarre materiale da inserire nel vostro repertorio, sia che facciate giochi in scena che per gli amici. Per giunta diversi degli effetti sono stati annotati per renderli più pratici e attuali.

Tutti i giochi portano il tocco di quel Genio di U. F. Grant e sono veramente eccezionali, alcuni hanno dei metodi veramente straordinari

Eccovi alcuni degli effetti che troverete:

• Indovinate l'anno di emissione ed il numero di serie di una banconota presa a prestito.
• Predirete in anticipo quello che uno spettatore...

Una stupefacente rivelazione di ben 12 carte scelte. Questa routine è quasi un intero numero. Fate scegliere velocemente ed in seguito ritrovate ben 12 carte in un'esplosione di stupore e in un crescendo di destrezza . Un vero "Reputation Maker"!

Se avete un mazzo di carte siete pronti per eseguire questa spettacolare routine professionale. Essa è alla portata di tutti coloro che conoscano un minimo di cartomagia. Una routine semplicemente meravigliosa. Le carte vengono fatte scegliere con un sistema veloce e ritrovate in maniere diverse: prima una alla volta, poi due alla volta,...

Werner Miller is certainly one of the most prolific creators with regards to ESP cards. All these routines are self-working with no sleight-of-hand whatsoever.

CONTENTS:

• MIXED DOUBLE: Two spectators pick a card each and they lose it in the middle of two packets. At the end of the routine, they find their own symbols.
• 1,2,3,!: A matching symbol routine.
• TRIPLET: After a spectator freely picks an ESP card, you find two more symbols matching the selection.
• EMPTY NET GOALS: Two spectators pick a card each. You place two packets on the table and turn over cards at the same time. Only two pairs match,...

The Lottery - a frightening adaptation of the classic psychometry routine using a premise you might not have known existed. All based off of Shirley Jackson's famous short story "The Lottery"

Invisible Dreams - a clever adaptation to a prop you probably already own.

Gilbreath Revisited - this card effect is utterly baffling, so much that it's gone by some of the brightest minds in magic!

Psychic Art Thief - a drawing duplication routine that you can do during a walk around performances or even seated at a table.

Intuition - a foolproof cards across routine that never fails!

1st...

The mentalist walks on stage holding 2 foam poster boards (or dry erase boards) with a grid of 16 squares on them. Two easels reside on stage. He places one board on top of each easel and walks towards the audience. Claiming to posses the power of impossible lighting fast calculations he boldly challenges the audience to think of a two digit number. In which he will not only display amazing mathematical and memory skill, but he'll also read their minds!

He hands out a piece of card stock to two volunteers from the audience and has them secretly write down their thought of 2 digit numbers....

Effect 1: A Fortunate Ending

An audience member is asked to come up and participate in a demonstration of fortune and possibility. A deck of cards is introduced, displayed, shown to be all different and shuffled by the audience member. He/She is asked to then begin to deal cards into rows and at any moment deal one card forward, a specially chosen card. Then continue dealing until he/she feels compelled to stop.

When the audience member stops the chosen card is revealed (for example the 7 of Diamonds). A small envelope is handed out to the audience member, it is opened and a small hand...

Solyl Kundu invited the then IBM International President Phil Willmarth to visit Kolkata in 2007 for a magic Get-Together, and he encouraged local IBM members to join. It was a big success. For this occasion a souvenir booklet was published. This is a PDF version of this souvenir booklet. It includes:

• A Greeting from the President
• Phil Willmarth laudatio
• Chronicle of IBM Ring #83
• Cornered by Aldo Colombini
• Bang Gun - Balloon Antics by David J. O'Connor
• Anti-Gravity Bottle by Gora Dutta
• Centrifugal ESP by Max Maven
• Elementary, My Dear Watson by Peter Marucci
• Balls Across - Persistence of Vision by Paul Hyland ...

Four new effects using cards and coins.

"Good stuff! I really like the quarter trick ("25 Cents")." - Cameron Francis

"I really enjoyed watching these clips." - John Carey

Meet Chip: A fun, easy, and commercial routine with a signed poker chip.

A Chance Meeting: It's gambler vs. mentalist vs. magician time - hold on to your hats, people.

25 Cents: You predict a randomly chosen coin; simple but effective coin magic to liven up any card act. Includes a great variation by John Carey!

It's Still a Mystery: My short, snappy approach to the mystery card plot, inspired by Paul Gordon and John Carey. ...

Wayne Dobson has had a life full of incredible highs and hard-to-bear lows, and in this candidly written ebook, he lays it all before you. The full story is here charting his meteoric rise to international fame and TV stardom in which, when he was at the height of his powers, he became a household name in the UK and was seen as a genuine alternative to Paul Daniels as a mainstream TV magician, right through to his valiant and uncomplaining struggle with MS. It's a tale of courage, is often very funny, and it is always fascinating.

As well as Wayne's life story this excellent ebook provides...

Readers of Magicseen will be familiar with Andrew as there have been a couple of features on him and he has also appeared a few times answering questions in the Close Up Clinic. Now Andrew reveals the secrets of his commercial success by recounting his life story so far, gives readers excellent food for thought in a section called Devil's Advocate in which he passes opinion on all manner of magical themes, and finally he also gives full details of 28 of his pet routines for close up, stand up and mentalism. Everything Andrew does is geared to commercial performance and his methods are delightfully straightforward....

Right from its first issue, Magicseen Magazine has sought to showcase talent from the UK, talent that sometimes can be a little swamped by high profile personalities from other parts of the world. To put this right, Magicseen approached a list of the UK's top performers and creators and invited them to contribute to a book that is designed to show the world what they have to offer. Best Of British contains routines from over 20 creative British magicians, including Wayne Dobson, Peter Duffie, Geoffrey Durham, Paul Gordon, Simon Lovell, Shaun McCree, Marc Paul, Scott Penrose, Mark Shortland, Paul Stockman and many more. It's a fabulous collection...