Magic & Mentalism: page 172

Cards and Strangers contains six effects that will make your audience sit up, take notice, and want more.

These effects aren't just magical. They are entertaining! And isn't that what we get paid for?

Every effect in this ebook has been set on rules! They must be entertaining, have not too many sleights (but NOT self working) and can be performed in the hands. All too often there isn't space on the table to perform or sometimes no table. As American magician Paul Lelekis states in the Forward.

"The number of tricks out there that can be performed completely in the hands can "fit on the head of...

This is truly a gem, an early Vernon publication, the lecture notes to his first European lecture tour in 1955. Explained are classics of card, coin and ball magic and Vernon's Thumb Tie routine:

• Three Ball Transposition
• Ball, Cone and Handkerchief
• Seven Card Monte
• Expansion of Texture
• A Chinese Classic
• The Thumb Tie

1st edition 1955, 1st digital edition 2014, 14 pages.

Three off beat effects which have received the praise of laymen, magicians and reviewers.

CLEAR THOUGHT uses four blank cards. A spectator is asked to think of one of the four Queens, Hearts, Clubs, Diamonds or Spades, and whilst the blank cards are in her own hands one of them changes to the mentally selected card. No questions are asked. Not to be outdone, the performer changes the other blanks into the remaining Queens.

POLYTHENE PAM is a novel version of Find The Lady. A spectator fails to find the lady which continually disappears leaving just four blank cards. At the finish all the...

A different version of the Pitchman Act. This one is based on the tie salesman. Everyone has seen the booth where they sell the cheap ties be it a pushcart, folding suitcase, or a department store counter. The performer is loaded with tricks and gimmicks and things keep happening every time he shows a tie. The routine is full of comedy with a lot of surprises and really clever bits. You probably have the material among your tricks and can easily fix up the rest. The ebook covers every detail, with lots of illustrations.

1st digital edition 2014, 11 pages.

CONTENTS:

• TUNED MINDS (Jack Avis): Four spectators chose four numbers which are used to reveal the four Aces (or four selections).
• HAVE A MATCH (Magini): A novelty funny trick. You offer a match to a spectator and the match rises from the box. A good laugh.
• TWO BALL TRANSPOSITION (C. King): You show a red and a green ball (or any two colors) and they, using a handkerchief, transpose. A strong effect for any ball routine.
• A CHANGE OF PLANS (Bill Simon): A nice routine using the four Kings where they follow the leader. One King changes into an Ace and the other Kings change into Aces too.
• A CARD TRANSPOSITION...

CONTENTS:

• THE EVER READY SPELLER (Al Koran): An excellent impromptu card trick where a selected card is revealed after reciting any jingle (or a short poem). Funny stuff. Can be done in any language.
• MY NAME YOUR NAME (Lewis Ganson): The selected card is revealed using the name of a spectator.
• BETWEEN THE ACES (Don Loder): You give the four Aces to a spectator to hold. A selected card vanishes from the deck and reappears between the Aces.
• ADD-A-PAIR (Tom Sellers): You find two selected cards from a shuffled deck without any help from card keys or other devices.
• CARD PENETRATION AND CHANGE (Cy Endfield):...

The current issue of TGM is full of informative and interesting reading collected from eastern and western magic world. Especially look through the MagiXposed section where you will find the top-drawer effects which you can easily make and use. However, there is a lot more, go on reading ...

• Let's have a chat - Solyl talks frankly whatever he has in mind - this time about Intimate magic.
• Magic as entertainment - by Harold Taylor is another installment from his book of the same title.
• Alladen's Wonderfull Lamp - by Asok Roy will especially intrigue the performers who prefers patter magic. ...

Il terzo volume della versione digitale di questa monumentale opera si apre con un'Introduzione di Marco Pusterla che traccia un interessante profilo di padre Cimò legato al periodo storico-culturale nel quale egli è vissuto e che col suo meticoloso e certosino lavoro di ricerca e di divulgazione ha permesso il fiorire di molti famosi personaggi nel campo della Magia italiana.

Segue quindi un illuminante articolo del curatore, Gregorio Samà, che ripercorre le tappe di Padre Cimò attraverso le varie annate di "Magia Moderna" (organo ufficiale del Club Magico Italiano).

PRESTIGIAZIONE...

This time I start a little series on the "signed folded card in box" plot. The effect that a signed card ends up folded in a little box is a classic and has been performed by many top professionals and amateurs alike. I am a great lover of this trick and accumulated quite a lot of methods and ideas concerning this top trick. These I will share with you through my Scrapbook magazine. This is the first issue dealing with this highly interesting topic. After a lengthy and detailed discussion on my opinions, strategies and thoughts about this effect, learn:

THE WILD WILD WEST FOLD - A novel method...

Paul A. Lelekis provides a trio of titillating tricks for the close-up performer! All three routines are world-class effects. The bonus effect was contributed by the amazing Scottish performer, Ronnie Wood - this effect will blow your spectators away!

The highlight of this e-book is The Ultimate Poker Demo. There have been many poker demos out there...but NONE like this beauty. This will become your absolute favorite routine to perform and is an ideal closer.

These wonderful effects are not for the faint of heart, but for magicians who not only want to "up" their game, but also provide...

More magic from the pages of Peter Warlock's legendary magazine.

CONTENTS:

• MURDER BY SUGGESTION (Stewart James): Two cards are used to find a murder suspect.
• DOUBLY IMPOSSIBLE II (Michael Symes): Two selected ESP symbols are predicted by you.
• THREE INTO ONE (Jack Avis): A stunning routine with a series of revelations using just a regular deck of cards.
• AUSTROLOGY (Max Maven): An easy routine with cards that can be done also over the phone (you could use Tarot cards, Zodiac sign cards, etc.).
• BEAUTY AND BOTTLE (Someran): A fun routine to perform using cards with bottles and ...girls.
• ONE MORE LIE DETECTOR (Bob Neale):...

Vol. 10, No. 2, no date [May 2014]; 60 pages

Cover: Johnny Thompson

5. Welcome - editor's letter
6. Visual Comedy
   • Diabetic Cigarette - Nathan Kranzo
   • Book Test Gag - Graham Hey
8. Readers' Letters
9. In The News
9. Shed 7 - humor - David Williamson
11. In The News
12. Who Needs Hogwarts? - re: Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School - Brian Lead
16. Masterclass
    • Heartless - Alan White
    • Sum Total - Ian Adair
18. Blackpool 2014 - A Very Quick Blackpool Convention Round-Up!
20. 7 Steps To...Protecting Your Magic Income - Cila Warncke
24. Dealer Shout Outs - Special 'extra' announcements from a few regular advertisers
26. Jamie Allan - profile -...

Wie ver­spro­chen das zweite Heft der Son­der­aus­gabe zur Falt­karte. Und da sie noch recht­zei­tig im April erschie­nen ist, befinde ich mich wie­der im Timing. In die­ser Aus­gabe beschreibe ich wei­tere Tech­ni­ken und Ideen zur Falt­karte. Von man­chen wirst du noch nie gehört haben. Wie auch im ers­ten Heft geht es vor­ran­gig um Metho­den des Fal­tens und des Aus­tau­schens. Anzu­mer­ken wäre noch, dass vie­les von dem Mate­rial in den bei­den Hef­ten sich sehr gut auch in der Men­tal­ma­gie mit Zet­teln ein­set­zen läßt. Hier der Inhalt:

CARD...

Known for his work in the field of mentalism, it may come as a surprise (unless you attended his first lecture tour), to know that Scott Creasey performed his first underwater handcuff escape in 1976 at just twelve years of age and that during the early part of his career he spent as much time hanging upside down wrapped in chains, tied in packing cases and struggling to escape from various types of handcuffs, as he did reading minds.

In this ebook for the very first time, Scott explains the various methods he used for his underwater handcuff and chain escapes to gain publicity during those...

A new ebook developed to guide the home hobbyist into creating professional museum quality sideshow props. You will learn numerous steps to creating lifelike figures. Skin, ears, eyes, its all about the detail! From an alien fetus in a jar to a mermaid, you will be able to create realistic detailed exhibits and you will learn how to display them for maximum effect! All these skills were developed after several years touring with a grind show museum.

1st edition 2014, 33 pages.

New tossed out deck where 5 people peek at a card and each sits down one at a time as each card is revealed.

"Devin first released 'OuttaSight' which was really good. Now, he has released "Knockout Tossed Out" which is as good, if not better than OuttaSight. Any student of the tossed-out deck can learn a lot from Devin's version. It's not just the method behind it but the psychology as well that makes this one really special and fun to perform. I enjoy it, fooling laypeople and magicians alike, and so will those who use it." - Robert Marsi

The Knockout Tossed Out is the latest craze in tossed...

More magic from the pages of Peter Warlock's legendary magazine.

CONTENTS:

• MIRRORS, MIRRORS (Michael Symes): A card is chosen from a red deck. Two blue-backed Jokers are shown and they take the reflection of the chosen card, both changing into that card.
• SEPARATE COLORS (Francis Haxton): A spectator separates the red cards from the black by inserting a joker exactly between the two sections of colors.
• A CARD SANDWICH (Victor Monleon): A selected card vanishes from between the red Queens (or any pair) and then reappears between them again.
• CHANGE ALLEY (Tudor Brock): A coin (say half-dollar) placed...

More magic from the pages of Peter Warlock's legendary magazine.

CONTENTS:

• CONTRASTING PREDICTION (Max Maven): A red-backed card is shown as a prediction. A blue-backed deck is spread face up and a card is selected. The prediction card is a perfect match.
• ALTERNATING CURRENT (Norman Houghton): Two sets of four cards each, one face up and one face down. You place them together and the cards magically alternate, face up, face down all the way through.
• RED VERSUS WHITE (Peter Warlock): This is a transposition effect using two balls, say one red and one white. Involves a cup and some sleight of hand. Neat effect. ...

Die aktu­elle Aus­gabe stellt eine Beson­der­heit dar: Das Thema ist die Falt­karte von JORO. Der Effekt also, bei dem eine signierte Karte gefal­tet in einer Schach­tel (oder irgendwo anders) erscheint. Zuerst wollte ich ja nur mei­nen "LAGER Switch" beschrei­ben, dann aber merkte ich schnell, dass in dem Thema noch viel drin ist und dazu noch viel mehr gesagt wer­den kann und ich sam­melte Ideen. Dar­aus wur­den dann zwei Hefte, die sich sehr aus­führ­lich mit dem Effekt aus­ein­an­der­set­zen und ihn von allen mög­li­chen Sei­ten beleuch­ten. Ich könnte alleine...

A packet of cards is introduced for a "kind of" poker game in which the spectator cannot lose. The magician explains he has two rewards for him. At the end of the dealings, if the spectator's hand beats the magician's, he gets a $20 bill. If his hand is a royal flush, he gets the magician's credit card. And if the magician's hand beats the spectator's, nobody loses anything. Fair enough?

The cards are then dealt accordingly to the spectator's choices between the magician and him - five cards each. When the spectator spreads his cards face up on the table, he has four cards from a royal flush...

A simple and easy, but, effective way of doing the famous, or infamous, Three Card Monte. The effect where three cards are placed on a table and the 'money' card keeps appearing or disappearing!

Using the story-line of Field Marshal Montgomery's attempts, during WWII, to keep the enemy guessing where he was, you use the cards to illustrate the story and allow you to use a very bad pun.

You will need to buy a 'special' card or two to do this effect. But, these cards can be very easily found on the internet or obtained from your local friendly magic dealer. (Or you can make them yourself!) ...

In Sean Waters latest release, you will find a gallery of realistic mentalism for group showings and for etching lasting memories with the most powerful form of mentalism - one on one. Sean introduces a new method to introduce yourself to complete strangers and already know their name; the way a real mind-reader would. This is no washroom eavesdropping. Sean provides a re-constructed manner to predict a series of numbers (and reveal what they mean). This improvisational method can be used anywhere and at any time. Sean has sculpted two ESP symbol presentations that will devastate any onlooker...

This is a collection of six theory talks by Ian Kendall on various subjects of performing in general and performing magic in particular.

1st edition 2009

This is the sixth video from Egotistical Opinions. In this six minute lesson Ian explains his approach for conquering stage fright, a proven method that may sound strange, but one that means stage fright, and 'shaky hand syndrome' are a thing of the past. Everyone can benefit from this advice, beginners and experienced performers alike.

1st edition 2009, runtime 6 minutes