From the Preface:
This booklet, like our other Expert Series, is not designed to be either a reference or an authority in the ordinary sense. Perhaps, at best, it might be called a tickler, a reminder, or a check list, although none of these terms would be exact. It was written and compiled to stimulate one's "thought processes" and to instill creative activity within those who have a fondness for the pasteboards.
From the introduction by Robert Parrish:
This book contains a remarkably select collection of sophisticated means for increasing and deepening the potential for "pleasant illusion" that resides in a pack of cards. These contributions range from presentation ideas such as Fred Lowe's "Second Deal Sam" to the technical refinement of standard effects, as, for example, in Ed Marlo’s "Approach to the ‘Stop’ Trick."
From the introduction by Robert Parrish:
Although much of the material in this book comes from advanced current contributors to card magic, Al has included some fascinating lore from the past. There is, for example, the first printed information on Eddie Fay's glimmer technique. I recall that the late Rufus Steele, an informed man of gamblers' dodges, simply refused to believe that Fay was using a reflector. He thought it was a put-on and that Fay was probably using a stack or a pack of marked cards. Then there is Paul LePaul's wonderful transportation of cards into a sealed envelope. Although he explained the trick...
A new principle "Proactive Anagram" is explained in this ebook. The power of this method is that it can be used to reduce a range of about 30 choices to just 5 choices in a single step. Normally, creating a progressive or branching anagram for about 30 or more words and performing it would be quite complex and cumbersome. That lengthy process would seem tedious to both the performer and the audience members.
But using this Proactive Anagram principle, a set of 30, 40 or even 50 different words can be reduced into a very short list of 5 or 6 words in a single step. This very interesting and...
Here's a terrific ebook with seven mental-flavored card miracles that you will surely add to your arsenal. Written by Al Baker, past Dean of Magic for the famed Society of American Magicians, these effects are entertaining, yet do not require difficult sleight of hand. Your audiences will enjoy watching them as much as you will enjoy performing them.
Here's what's included:
Color Flight - A beautifully routined Cards Across effect where three selected blue backed cards travel across the stage and join a packet of red backed cards.
Out on Location - A great card location that looks absolutely...
"Devin’s method of locating this first date's name is brilliant!" - Ron LevyEffect: A person is asked to think of the first person that he or she ever dated. Let's assume you are dealing with a woman. So she is asked to think of the first name of the first person she ever dated.
The performer hands her a small ruled pad with a row of numbers from 1-6 running in a column from top to bottom. She is also given a regular gel pen. The performer turns his back to her. She is asked to think of the name of the first person she ever dated. She is instructed to write this person's first name by any...
Audience is on the edge of their seats. Every trick is working fantastic. Getting more applause then ever before on your routines. Then BOOM!!! Music cuts out, microphone starts to feedback and the mechanism on the change bag broke while you were trying to use it. Now you are front stage holding a bag you cannot manipulate with no music or microphone ... Now what?
This ebook helps you identify potential problems. A different form of rehearsal is introduced to help you work through these situations. Good magicians smooth over problems, work through situations and still leave their audience...
"Devin Knight's Phoenix Page Rising has the potential to 'kill' an audience. Brilliant thinking and the instructions walk you through the routine with the clarity needed to present this effect. This will definitely go into my show as the closing effect. I can't imagine anything topping this!" - Tom CravenHere is what I consider one of the most baffling effects I have ever released. This has been kept under wraps for more than 20 years and is finally being released to the magic world. It has fooled every magician it has been shown to. Read the following and ponder. Every word is true and nothing...
Fantastic card effects, rope magic, linking rings, vanishing bird cage, money magic, and a special chapter on "Openings".
There are six videos provided to demonstrate and explain the some little-known sleights, for of which are important false shuffles. Finally learn the "real work" for those false shuffles that are rarely taught - look professional.
This e-book is a wealth of information for the performing magician, providing spectators with some highly entertaining routines that will delight your spectators. Paul presents some killer routines that he has played for his spectators for decades...all the "kinks" worked out with excellent provided. The added "Comedy Shuffles" will provide a comic relief for your...
This is zany and wild interpretation of magic. Harry George is a man who plays only for laughs. All the ideas in his ebook end up in a laugh! Over two dozen tricks of all kinds in the very amusing ebook, delightfully but zanily illustrated by Tom Rietze. For fun in your magic, or magic in your fun, get this.
All 301 issues (1991-2016)
One of the greatest magic magazines ever. Own a complete file, more than 31500 pages, and enjoy the many wonderful tricks, articles, interviews and feature stories. The PDFs are fully in color, searchable, and printable.
If you buy the USB flash memory option you will still be able to download all issues from your digital shelf. The USB flash has 32GB and Magic Magazine takes about 25GB. It makes a great present for a friend or for yourself.
1st edition 1991-2016, digital edition 2016.
A wonderful collection of original magic/mentalism effects and theory.
The Assumption Principle: A deceptive but simple and versatile principle that you'll surely be making your own tricks with.
Bluff ACAAN: To the spectator, it is a meaningful take on the ACAAN using a shuffled deck and free choice. They can handle the deck for the naming of the card and number. They can deal the cards.
The Passive Force: An idea for an elaborate forcing method which you may already use, but have never realized it or thought of it in this way.
The Build Up Principle: You'll totally transform your...
Originally titled Miscellaneous Handkerchief Tricks.
Here's an exciting look-behind-the-counter of the local magic dealer to examine many beautiful silk and handkerchief effects. You'll learn vanishes, appearances, color changes, transpositions, solid thru solid and more. Several utility devices are explained and illustrated, as well.
This is more than a "tell all" book, as DeLawrence also includes an entertaining, 15-minute silk act that uses the very effects described.
Silks and scarves add color and glamour to any magic routine. Audiences will fall in love with your presentation...
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A participant is asked to imagine buying a lotto (lottery) ticket. She even gets to choose a lotto number. From here on she is asked to imagine a series of special events like winning the lottery, celebrating by drinking a beverage, traveling to a holiday destination,...
This ebook is a beginner's guide to the famous Gilbreath Principle and its applications in card magic and mentalism. It includes two ESP-type routines:
Fingertip Sensation
The spectator shuffles the deck. The mentalist (who can be blindfold) then uses his fingertips to correctly identify the colour of cards.
Trinities Card Divination
The mentalist correctly divines attributes (colour, suit, value) of playing cards which the spectator has shuffled, dealt, and covered with his hands while the mentalist has turned away.
[Note: This ebook is a revised extract from Michael Daniels' ebook Trinities, plus an additional routine (Fingertip Sensation).
1st edition...
A simple chair test.
A very simple and practical chair test with three participants.
[The basic effect is included in Pocket Mysteries, and in Cool Hot Pocket Mysteries.
Watch Max Maven perform a very similar effect. (Max Maven never published his method thus his method could be different how Gerard does it.):
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