Magic & Mentalism: page 262

NOTICE: This is an expanded version of an illusion described in Grant's Lost Illusion Files. It gives you far more information.

Although this illusion can be done year-round, this makes a great illusion for spook shows or Halloween shows. For those affairs, it is the perfect illusion and it would be hard to find an illusion more suited for those occasions.

EFFECT: The magician shows a three-fold screen with a black interior. He forms the screen into a three-sided cabinet with opening at the front. The performer says that he is going spook hunting. As the saying goes, it takes a thief to catch a thief.

The performer...

Do you want to take your magic career to the next level?

From whom would you like to learn the real secrets of success in the magic business? Someone that has a little theoretical knowledge and lives in one-bedroom apartment and claims to know it all? Or someone that started with nothing and today has the global hands-on experience, lives in the dream mansion, drives the big cars, walks the talk and has actually done it all?

As a magician, you may not have heard of Wolfgang Riebe. Why? He never focused on the 'magic scene' - instead he focused on the 'layman out there' and building a mega...

Sell this pitch book at your performances to double your performance income!* Now with color cover.

If you're not selling "back of room" books and merchandise at every show, you're leaving money on the table - money that should be in your wallet. All the pros are doing it. Now you can, too. And it costs so little to get started.

This package enables you to become an instant author, with full reprint rights for making and selling printed copies of the Magic Miracles You Can Do book. Charge as little or as much per copy as you want: it's up to you. Your audiences will flock to the sales...

This charming act tells the story of the Willow Pattern plate design and the performer first shows how two sheets of ordinary newspaper have been glued together and pleated to make the basic paper fold. A variety of different figures is then produced by fanning, folding and twisting the pleated paper strip to illustrate the story of the Willow Pattern legend; they include a giant fan, double fan, bridge, pagoda door, sun, boat of dreams and twin stars. With a little practice, each figure flows into the next with almost magical effect and the complete routine is a good example of stage origami. ...

An impromptu card divination.

Divine the amount of cards randomly cut off the deck by you or spectator without using stacks or gimmicks; you may be off by one or two cards; no setup, totally impromptu. Spectator even shuffles the deck beforehand. Borrowed deck.

Kevin Parker's system allows for this type of feat and many others.

• you're not cutting to predetermined spots; you can cut anywhere or let spectator cut.
• no insertion of a crimped, cut, shaven, or altered card into the deck to mark a location; no setup whatsoever.
• no gimmicks or stacks or deck setup; borrow a deck, let them...

A free e-manuscript that explores an age old method to show the power of scripting and analysis.

One of the joys of magic is going through old and dusty ideas and actually finding usable material. This is one of those.

An old, old trick - routined, and scripted - that will fit into a parlor or stage act with almost no difficulty. A trick that - while not a world-beater - will still fool and entertain your audience. A trick that you can keep in your act for those days where you need just a couple of minutes more material.

This ebook gives you every line, joke, piece of timing, setup,...

Vol. 13, No. 5, November 2017; 60 pages
Cover: Young & Strange

5. Editor's Letter
6. Young & Strange - Can We Talk About the Boat Now? - cover article/interview - Graham Hey
13. Letters - Have Your Say
14. Masterclass - From Screen to Page
    14. The Hof - Liam Montier
    16. Aerial Splinter - Michael Kaminskas
18. Tim Ellis - The Master of the Milkshake! - interview - Graham Hey
26. Ask Christopher [T. Magician] - Part 2 - Mark Leveridge, compiler
28. Comedy and Authenticity - Mel Mellers
32. A Tribute to Eugene Burger - Jay Fortune, compiler
    32. The Curious Incident of the Curb Stone at the Convention - Jay Fortune
    35. David Berglas...

Two locations based on a unique method.

No Mean Card Trick

Effect: From an unprepared pack he has just shuffled and cut, a spectator counts out ten cards and thinks of one. He buries the packet in the deck himself. The performer cuts the pack and deals out a 5x4 face-up array. He asks the spectator to think "yes" if his card is in the array. The performer confirms the card is on the table. Next the performer asks the spectator to concentrate on which horizontal row his card is in. After some effort, the performer discards the other three rows correctly. Finally, the spectator is asked...

NOTICE: This is an expanded version of Santa Clause Arrives in Grant's Lost Illusion Secrets. There are more ideas in this PDF.

Yes, Santa Clause arrives - and in such a manner that any performer can bring about his appearance. There is no elaborate or expensive equipment required. Indeed, you can build the necessary items right in your own home without any difficulty. If desired, some of the items may be purchased at a very low cost. Yes, you can have a full stage illusion for less than you have to pay for many club effects.

Here is an illusion which has eye appeal, will mystify your audience and, most important,...

In this rare manuscript you will find several gags and stunts (exactly 21) that you can use with a rubber hand, which you can insert into your show in many ways to create laughter and mystery. There are some very funny and entertaining ideas here. Have fun!

1st digital edition 2017, PDF 4 pages.

This is a completely clean, Mate-At-Any-Number routine, using 2 decks. Oh, and no forcing.

What you're getting:

• A video explanation of the original "Long Lost Mates" routine
• A deceptive card switch
• Peeks

1st edition 2017, length 25 min

Paul Fleming wrote:

One of the cleverest telephone tricks ever invented. You do not need a special phone or app. You only need an assistant, friend or colleague on the other end of the line to make this miracle possible.

"I am fascinated by such thinking - your method is extremely devious. Congratulations on a great idea." - Paul Daniels

"It's incredible!" - Stephen Fry

"This telephone test of yours is the cleverest idea that I have encountered in years." - Peter Duffie

You tell the spectator of the importance of character in reaching decisions. You explain that recent studies have shown that a couple...

Not real hypnotism, but "Hypno-Trix," in which the subject actually believes that he or she has been hypnotized.

Here is a brilliant series of 12 pseudo-hypnotic stunts that, unknown to the audience, rely on subtle bits of trickery instead of actual hypnotic methods. In fact, the subject's reactions to these tests are so positive that they are convinced that they were truly under hypnotic control. By employing certain known natural laws, the desired susceptibility is easily and positively obtained.

Hypno-Trix can be used as stepping stones to genuine hypnotism. Once the subject is convinced...

Mind-bending mentalism for psychic entertainers who demand the best.

Dr. Thornton reveals 30 effects, psychic principles, ruses and ideas in this must-have mentalism how-to ebook. These are effects and devices that you will use.

If the name sounds familiar to you, Thornton's ideas have been used, vetted and praised by the likes of Robert A. Nelson and David Hoy, to name a few. After reading the contents of this amazing work, you, too, will be singing his praises.

Here's a partial look at the contents:

• Introduction
• Thorntonism
• Other Thorntonism Ideas
• Pulse Control
• Thornton's Impossible Book Test
• Direction...

Aldo ci regala un eccellente numero di apertura per una seduta micro cartomagica che lascerà i vostri spettatori a bocca aperta e con la convinzione di avere davanti a loro un vero Artista!

Ruotine: U Una carta scelta si gira due volte nel mazzo. Le carte sono poi mescolate a dorso in alto e a faccia in alto. Una carta qualsiasi si trasforma nella carta scelta. Il mazzo viene steso sul tavolo e tutte le altre carte dello stesso seme della scelta si sono girate a faccia in alto e in ordine numerico tra le altre carte tutte a dorso in alto.

Fantastiche lecture notes di una delle innumerevoli conferenze del grande e compianto Aldo. Ben NOVE routines davvero molto di effetto! Eccoti una breve descrizione del contenuto:

SETTIMO PIANO: Sei carte sono scelte. Una carta viene firmata. Le carte vengono perdute nel mazzo e ritrovate a partire da quella firmata. Infine la carta firmata ,in maniera incredibile, viene ritrovata in tasca!

FUOCO SOTTO LA CENERE: Tre carte vengono scelte e messe nell'astuccio. Si mostrano i quattro fanti. Uno viene messo nell'astuccio. Improvvisamente l'esecutore si ritrova le tre carte scelte in mano...

• 2018 Planning
• Coming Soon ...
• Confusion Crayons Without A Volunteer
• 2018 Conventions
• Do As I Do - Not As I Say
• Multiplying Balls with a Twist
• Performance Failure

1st edition 2017, 10 pages.

The Handbook for Impromptu Magic

• Preface
• At The Dinner Table
  • Coin Through Saucer
  • Coin Vanish
  • Coin And Glass Of Water
  • Inflation
  • Coin Tester
  • Balancing Coins
  • Phoenix Matches
  • Smokeless Cigarettes
  • Multiplying Matches
  • Musical Cutlery
  • Telepathic Tapping
  • Psychic Steam
  • Burning Sugar
  • Production Of A Glass Of Wine
  • Bending A Spoon
  • Salt Transposition
  • Seven-Cornered Napkin
  • Surprise Penetration
  • Vanishing Shaker
• Impromptu Magic ... Anywhere!
  • Evaporating Scent
  • Disappearing Pen
  • Drink Cards
  • Horrific
  • Telekinesis
  • Vanishing Ring
  • Maxwell's Miracle
  • Coin Penetration
  • Optical Change ...

• Baffling At The Bar
• Remaking A Cigarette
• Fun With Cigarettes
  • Self-Lighting Cigarette
  • Stretching A Cigarette
• Visible Elongation
• The Writing On The Palm
• Three In One
• Levitation
• Vanishing and Appearing Lit Cigarette
• Lighting A Cigarette By Magic
• Tossing A Cigarette
• The Invisible Influence
• Penetrating and Rising Lit Cigarette
  • Working
  • The Penetration
  • The Rising Effect

1st edition 1983, 12 pages; PDF 15 pages.

Dieses Buch beinhaltet zwei Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Geschichten (Effekte), und eine Sammlung von Zeitungskritiken und Schilderungen von Hofzinser Vorstellungen.

• Vorrede
• Zwei weiße Rosen
• Gedanke und Bild
• Kritiken
• Miscellen

Erstausgabe 1857, 54 Seiten; PDF 41 Seiten.

An ebook for anyone who wants to improve the way they are received by their audience whether onstage, in the bar or in casual settings and we cover a few simple things we can do right off the bat to see this change.

Many people are struggling and not getting suggestion to work. This ebook will change that! We look at what the majority of people are NOT doing that is preventing them from seeing success in their use of suggestion and normally its just one simple thing.

If you're interested in being seen as unique and different and above all look and feel real - you'll find the approaches...

This nice choreography utilizes some basic moves and concepts to create an appearance of something real. It feels that the implications of the effect are real.

First the spectator examines a card, a Joker lets say, and it remains face up on the table. Afterwards the deck is spread face up in front of him and he is asked to move his finger, pointing always vertically towards the cards, from one end to the other. The spectator stops where he wants. The selection is determined - the four of clubs.

Not knowing what the reason for it might be, the spectator is advised to examine the Joker from...

Audiences rate magicians based on their entertainment experience. One can have the best of everything: magic, manipulation, etc. and still fail in front of an audience. This material is not new. It has been taught in the theater industry and at schools for a very long time. However, there are not that many materials written to bring these skills into the hands of a magician.

This ebook will identify key elements that the magician must follow, and be aware of as he/she performs. Suggested materials might seem unimportant or a waist of time. But those same elements could be the factors that...