Magic & Mentalism: page 168

This manuscript features six routines from Paul Voodini, all utilizing a marked deck. As well as fully explaining the routines, Paul also discusses many subtleties that allow the performer to use a marked deck with confidence and the 'tricks of the trade' that mean the spectators never suspect for a moment that there is anything 'funny' about the cards.

The routines included are:

The Keeper of Secrets. The performer is able to correctly divine a chosen card despite the spectator desperately trying to keep its identity a secret.

Thought Transfer. Performer and spectator work together...

Backdrops add so much to a show, but they can also subtract so much from your wallet. Here's a great resource for building inexpensive backdrops for as low as $30!

A good backdrop can really kick things up on a notch on attaining that professional look. Yet, they don't have to be expensive. Using materials you can find just about anywhere, even around the house, you can make your own backdrop for less than $30.

Many different types of backdrop systems are shown, and the pros and cons of each one discussed. There is a lot of information in these notes... extremely helpful if you want to...

A full stage balloon show adds another options for booking, and can really set you apart from the competition!

Here are just some of the benefits you can offer your clients with a full-stage balloon show...

• COLOR: That's an obvious benefit, and an attractive one. Never underestimate the power of a colorful stage.
• SOUND: The sound of balloons being twisted is anything but "boring". Add fun background music, and you're set.
• MOVEMENT: When balloons are being tossed about, shot off fingers, twisted and balanced, you have a non-stop sea of movement throughout the room.
• AUDIENCE INTERACTION:...

Vol. 10, No. 1, no date [March 2014]; 60 pages
Cover: Wayne Dobson

5. Welcome - editor's letter
6. The Secret Agent - Michael Vine - interview by Jay Fortune
8. Magic Lessons - The 12 Golden Rules
9. In the Phonebox with: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck - short interview
9. Shed 7 with Matthew Wright
10. Readers' Letters
11. In The News
14. Masterclass
    • Heli Knot - Tony Griffith
    • Stand Up Business Card - John Derris
18. The 7 Deadly Sins of Mentalism - Marc Paul
20. The Italian Job! - Luca Volpe - Cruise Ships
24. Dealer Shout Outs - Special 'extra' announcements from a few regular advertisers
26. Back to the Future! - Bobby & Jeramy Neugin...

con una prefazione di Mariano Tomatis

e con introduzione e note di Gregorio Samà ( curatore della collana )

Ecco finalmente disponibile, la versione digitale dell’attesissimo secondo volume dell’ “’Enciclopedia dell’ Illusionismo” di Salvatore Cimò dedicato al MENTALISMO.

Gli appassionati stavano attendendo con ansia la ripubblicazione di questo splendido volume che fù il primo “serio” volume di mentalismo ad essere pubblicato in Italia: 302 pagine stracolme di meraviglie.

Molto lavoro è stato profuso nella preparazione della versione digitale di questo volume....

Pet Readings 4 Mind-Readers outlines a fascinating and engaging personality profile reading system suitable both for beginners and more experienced cold readers. Devised by Cathy Shadows and expanded upon by Paul Voodini, this very special edition of Coffee Break Mental Magic describes in detail the actual reading method which is based around pet animals. Following these details, the manuscript goes on to demonstrate how the technique can be used to win over a table of guests at any kind of function in a matter of moments, to provide insightful and fascinating stand-alone readings, and to augment...

Become a real sleight of hand expert! PLUS 12 excellent tricks and a bonus effect!

Paul Lelekis has written an incredible ebook that every performer must have to make him or her the very best performer possible. This is not just a treatise of sleights - but included is the methodology needed for the more advanced sleights that every card performer needs to know and explained in detail with videos and the methods of performance. ALL FOR ONLY $10.00!

There are over 20 sleights explained in full as well as videos of Paul performing twelve of these sleights, in what situations they are used,...

Paul presents his multi-staged routine, Defective Cups & Balls which he has been performing for almost two decades!

Even Houdini once said, "You can't consider yourself a magician unless you can perform the Cups & Balls!"

Defective Cups & Balls has Paul's complete, hilarious patter and each stage of this routine becomes more and more "eye-popping" as the story goes on. Best, yet, this routine ends with not just a double - but a TRIPLE revelation that will have everyone, including the kids, completely FREAKED OUT! It just seems IMPOSSIBLE!

PLUS, this routine will get you a huge applause from...

This issue deals with the kind of tricks Pat Page would have loved and performed. Therefore it is dedicated to him. Here the contents:

STAB IN THE DARK - A card stab routine, where you stab (underneath a silk) into the deck and hit the mate of a spectator's selected card.

SIMPLE MISRES DREAM - This gimmick enables you to do a perfect coin catch without any sleight of hand! Can be applied to many other things as well.

POOR MANS RINGFLIGHT - The easiest ringflight with an unprepared leather key case. This is really for the working performer and perfect for table hopping.

GAELIC SWITCH - My...

An amazing mental trick for kids using small packets of cereal.

Good comedy mentalism for kids is often hard to find. This funny effect is one that kids love and can relate to. They all eat cereal and are familiar with the cereals used in this effect. Devin Knight has used this effect in his kid shows for the last few years. It plays extremely well for kids.

On the performer's table are eight packages (or one-serving boxes) of breakfast cereal. The performer invites a kid to come forward and play a game with the cereal called Eat-n-Toss. One-by-one, the performer and a kid take turns...

This is ebook 5 in the Marketing for Magicians Series.

Are you having difficulty booking school shows? Are schools telling you that their budgets have been cut and they no longer have money for school assemblies? Many school show performers have been bemoaning that their school assembly shows are declining. This is because of budget cutbacks that most schools are experiencing.

Suppose you told the schools that you could provide a quality educational magic-themed school assembly at NO COST to the school. That is right, a school assembly, at positively no cost to the school. How many schools...

In this issue, I go into great detail for my version of the routine "Cards Through Newspaper", an effect which was popularized by the great Albert Goshman in his professional act.

CARDS THROUGH NEWSPAPER - I taught this version to Doc Eason years ago. Here is the complete description with all the details (for you, Doc!). Doc told me that he showed the routine to Eric Mead and Eric had some nice words for it, means, he liked it. Four cards (any four cards, signed or unsigned) penetrate a sheet of newspaper one at a time. This is a worker's version, no duplicates, preparation or anything. You...

This ebook is all about John Quine's startlingly good "keeper" concept. The Keeper is a Straddle Faro that shuffles the entire deck but retains the second from top card in situ. But, that's just the tip of the iceberg...

This ebook is a reprint of the "keeper" material from both The Card Magic of John Quine (which was mostly Tom's material) and BS timations. The rest of the ebook is made up of "keeper" material from Precursor, The Minotaur and a whole bunch of exciting new stuff! If you can do a Straddle Faro Shuffle, you can do The Keeper. To be frank, as Harry Lorayne pointed out, Mr. Quine's original handling...

Move over, "Three Card Monte"! There is a new BAD ASS kid in town. His name is, "Brain Scam", and He takes no prisoners!

David Devlin has created a fool-proof scam that seems so fair and so honest; suckers cannot wait to plunk down their cash and play the game. The odds of the suckers winning the game seem so much in their favor, and so against the performer that it looks like super easy money for them. The reality, however, is that the suckers cannot win. Not ever. No matter what. It will not happen!

Here is the hustle:

Three cards are given to a spectator. They are a Jack of Clubs,...

It's a pleasance to introduce the fourth issue of volume three of TGM that is full of informative and mattering to reading - literally. Particularly look through the MagiXposed section where you will find the excellent effects which you can easily make and use. However, there are a lot more, go on reading ...

• Let's have a chat: Solyl talks frankly whatever he has in mind.
• Magic as entertainment: by Harold Taylor is an installment from his book of the same title.
• Past Glory of India: featuring Uma Das Gupta - jounalist/magicianne of bygone days.
• Indian Occultism - the Rope Trick and other...

The new issue is packed with workable stuff. This time, you'll find also something for the stage magician! Here the contents:

ESPACOLOGY 2 - My take on a routine by David Berglas. This one is intended for stage/plattform use and can be made to play really big. Multiple predictions lead to a knockout climax incorporating the name of the company you are working for.

GIANT CARD TO SILK - This is truly the most visual and baffling transformation of a giant card into a silk. It looks like trick photography and you end clean. I describe some tips for the table-hopping magician as well.

TAMARIZ MEMO DECK...

"I must congratulate you on producing the most readable 'Reader' deck I have ever seen." - Billy McComb

"A bold yet deceptive marking system that reveals the cards as fast as you can glance at them. An absolute boon to the professional performer." - Larry Becker

"Your marking idea is brilliant. It is quite the cleverest idea that I have seen in a marked deck for magicians." - Jeff Busby

"It is the first marked deck I have seen that is practical for the performing magician, your deck indeed makes miracles with cards so very easy congratulations." - Marvin Roy

Ted Lesley of Germany devised the Working Performer's...

CONTENTS:

• COMMERCIAL PREDICTION (Arthur Carter): You predict a single card which is removed from an apparently ordinary deck.
• I WANT (Geny Dellan): Four freely selected cards turn out to be the four Aces.
• CENTURY FORCE (Arthur Carter): A very unique way to force a number using discs.
• CARD IN WALLET (John Yeager): A comedy (and magical) way to reveal a selected card inside your wallet.
• MY FUNNY VALENTINE (Tom Ogden): Perfect for Valentine's Day (or any other day!). The spectator shuffles the cards and at the end all the Hearts are face up among the other cards face down.
• ANOTHER JACK...

CONTENTS:

• VACATION (Max Maven): Two Jokers capture the four Kings one by one. A very strong impromptu routine.
• SPEEDY SPONGES (Arthur Carter): A very easy and clever routine with sponge balls in three phases.
• NEWSPAPER MIRACLE (Arthur Carter): A full page of a magazine or newspaper is torn into sixteen and a piece selected by a spectator. You predicted the contents of the piece.
• FLAGGING ATTENTION (Max Maven): A trick with countries and flags. A unique prediction with a principle that you will use for other routines.
• WRONG GUESS (George Blake): An impromptu revelation of a selected card...

The creator of these effects, Jozsef Kovacs, is a Hungarian magician who became interested in magic at the age of four. He was living in a small village but only when he moved to Budapest he was able to find a magic store and the possibility to find books and videos. He published a series of booklets and lecture notes and you can find most of his work here on Lybrary.com. He likes close-up magic but card magic is his real love.

CONTENTS:

• TWIN GIANTS: Two numbers freely selected by two spectators find two cards that you have predicted.
• MATHEMAGIC: Using four cards with math symbols you perform a very...

There is something incurably viral about this curious card problem. Does anyone know? What's so irresistible about displacing, displaying, counting, spreading, mixing, re-mixing, un-mixing red and black cards? What's the allure? What's the incentive? Yet, despite all cease-and-desist entreaties, methods keep popping up, including the ones in this compact manuscript.

The Ten Phase routine described in this ebook combines ideas and handlings by Hideo Kato, Dave Solomon, and Edward Marlo. You can figuratively use the Oil and Water patter theme, referring to red cards as "water" and black cards as "oil," but some...

Contains 38 amazing effects:

1. Introduction
2. Dropping a Match on Edge
3. Coin Cross
4. Coin Triangle
5. One of them is not a Dime
6. Dime for Every Quarter
7. Heads & Tails
8. Bill & Bottle
9. Match Triangle
10. Picking Up Straws
11. Ten Dimes in Shot Glass
12. Bill Between Two Beer Bottles
13. Circumference vs. Height
14. Olive in Ashtray
15. Heckler Shot
16. Stepping through a Business Card
17. William Tell Match
18. The Dry Dime
19. Squeeze Play
20. Topsy-Turvy Coins
21. Centrifugal Force Coin & Glass
22. Heads & Tails on the Line
23. Coin Star
24. Matching Birthdays
25. Dropping a Matchbox on End
26. Ten-Cent Shot
27. Two Shots,...

Contains 20 amazing effects:

1. Starcle (Harlan)
2. Indian Bean Mystery
3. Swallowing a Balloon
4. Reflex (Harris)
5. Swiss Movement (Harris)
6. Gray Elephant in Denmark
7. 11 Carrots
8. Ring on Stick (Maxwell)
9. Ashes through Hand
10. Chink-A-Chink
11. Matrix
12. Out of this World (Lorayne)
13. Ghost Spoon/Floating Dinner Roll
14. Copper/Silver Transposition
15. Miser's Miracle (Andrus)
16. Cut & Restored Rope (Skinner)
17. Wild Coin (Roth)
18. Starcle (Harlan)
19. The Blank Card
20. 3 1/2 of Clubs/ 14 of Spades/ Blank Card

Contains 23 amazing effects:

1. An Olive in the Hand
2. Olive & Shaker Routine
3. Party on the P-A-T-E-O (Maxwell)
4. Towel Chicken
5. Card in Shoe
6. Simple Coins Across (Maxwell)
7. Toony Angel (Maxwell)
8. Pencil through Quarter
9. Bill in Lemon
10. Card in Ice Cube
11. Nickel on Forehead
12. Levitating Salt Shaker
13. Floating Cup
14. Ring in Dinner Roll/One-Handed Knot
15. Stolen Cards (Green)
16. Laser D'Lite
17. Gift of Grab (Maxwell)
18. Whisky/Shoe Production (Green)
19. Producing Items from a Deck (Green)
20. Cigarette Through Quarter (Dingle)
21. Paper Strip (Marotta)
22. The 14 of Spades Trick
23. 3 1/2 of Clubs/ 14 of Spades/ Blank Card ...