Magic & Mentalism: page 300

Vol. 15, No. 3, July 2019; 60 pages
Cover: Peter Turner

5. A Word From The Editor
5. Contents
6. The Mailbox - Your View - Have Your Say
8. Peter Turner: His Majesty of Mind Manipulation - cover article/interview by Graham Hey
18. Masterclass
    18. Riffle Four - Chiam Yu Sheng
    19. Book of the Fallen - Peter Turner
20. Shout Outs - Here are some special 'extra' announcements from a few of our regular advertisers
22. Reinventing the Magic Model - Jez Rose
23. Live Review - Monday Night Magic - The Players Theatre, New York - review by Phil Shaw
26. The Strolling Mentalist - Mark Leveridge
29. Pros & Cons - "It's a good idea to feature routines...

50 neue Kartenkunststücke für jeden und ohne große Fingerfertigkeit.

Die 50 hier beschriebenen Kartenkunststücke sind für die deutsche Sprache tatsächlich neu. Einige davon habe ich aus meinen früheren Aufzeichnungen aus den fünfziger Jahren entnommen, andere stammen aus der englischen Literatur. Ich habe sie aber zumeist verändert, teilweise sogar wesentlich, so dass das Original nicht mehr wieder zu erkennen ist. Ich wünsche Ihnen viel Spaß beim Lesen und Ausprobieren.

• Erratene Karten
  • Magisches Kartenerraten
  • Doppeltes Erraten
  • Die erratene Karte
  • Mysteriöses Kartenfinden ...

A deck of cards is shuffled and put in trouser pockets, any card called for produced, then any non-playing card (birthday card, membership card, postcard, ...) called for, with gags and card castle finale.

This manuscript has not been available for a long time. This comedy and mysterious act, which has not been seen for a number of years, contains all the ingredients for hit entertainment today.

THE EFFECT

The performer comes on to a stage which bears only a table. He introduces a pack of cards and hands them out for shuffling, then has them cut into two halves and, after rapidly glancing...

This is an exceedingly clever and versatile way to gimmick a coin to create a stunning and visual effect. It works with many coins including US quarters, half dollars and dollars, some Euro coins, as well as many other coins from various countries.

Effect: You ask a spectator for a coin. The spectator or performer marks or draws something on the coin. You show your hands empty and you show the coin clearly from both sides. At this point there is no secret second coin involved. You simply move your finger across the face of the coin and the drawing instantly changes, either vanishes or transforms...

Magic is mostly performed with man-made products - cards, coins, silks, ropes, ... Why not perform magic with items nature provides? This is even more powerful, because there is inherently no suspicion of gimmicked objects. Ralf has created a stunning miracle that is easy to perform during a stroll in the woods, or during a garden party, or other places where plants are in reach. All you need is access to leaves growing on a tree or a shrub and a pen to sign a leaf.

Effect: You and your spectator collect a couple of leaves. The spectator tears one in half, and signs it. Miraculously the torn...

Each ebook in the series will feature a single effect from Gregg's vast oeuvre. Whenever applicable, Gregg will present new handlings, suggestions, and presentations. The series follows Gregg's established style of graphics and hand-lettered text.

The effect, "The Key on the String," was originally published in Gregg Webb's ebook, The Shade.

1st edition 2019, 3 pages.

Kartentricks mit den Hofzinser-Zauberkarten.

Von der Einführung:

Here's a rare book of 16 mental effects, brought back to life for a new generation of performers and audiences. The tests in this unusual book run from mediumistic effects where the spirits do the work, to design duplication tests to billet reading to two-person mental mysteries.

Experienced psychic entertainers will find novelty in the methods used to perform the various effects. They will definitely capture your attention and get you thinking. Each of the effects is examined in detail with an "afterthoughts" section that provides alternate performance ideas, substitute methods and new material...

Un inusuale e magico gioco di caccia all'assassino per la scena e il close-up. Tutte le carte necessarie sono accluse e potrai stamparle immediatamente per eseguire il gioco!

Un effetto eccitante e inusuale per il tuo numero di mentalismo o il tuo show in generale, ricco di partecipazione da parte del pubblico. Ciascuno di tre spettatori prende parte ad una messa in scena di un "Terribile Omicidio". Ciascuno gioca un ruolo nella parte di un personaggio scegliendolo a caso tra quelli proposti senza sapere cosa impersonano gli altri. Uno spettatore sarà il cadavere, un altro il testimone...

• One Thing You Never Hear
• Transporting Materials
• Professional Show Development
• Performance Investment
• Oops, now what?
• Website
• What's in it for Me?
• Assistant Cosmetic or Tool

1st edition 2019, 10 pages.

You apparently teach four card tricks to a member of the audience, but the explanation leave the spectators more and more bewildered ... with a strong climax.

Here's a routine that has withstood the acid test of time. Jack Shepherd's great comedy routine performance to the paying public has been very valuable to the originator. It can be as valuable to you too! You get a member of the audience to help and offer to teach him how to do four card tricks. False explanations of the various effects as performed lead up to a brilliant climax where the spectator reaches into his own pocket and removes...

A large coin is made to spin on its edge around the inside rim of a metal basin.

This effect was popular over a hundred years ago with all types of performers both for parties and at outdoor venues. The high keening sound made by the coin attracts a large crowd of onlookers who become fixated by the combination of sight and sound.

You will receive both a PDF and a video.

1st edition 2019, 4 pages + video length 23s.

This is a wonderfully visual effect. Take a coin throw it at a water bottle, can or other liquid container, and have the coin visibly penetrate the bottle and sink to the bottom.

1st edition 2019, length 17:27

[Note: Also included in More Miracles in Mentalism.

Now you can perform apparent acts of "Hellstromism" or muscle reading, similar to how a world-famous psychic entertainer finds his paycheck after every performance.

True muscle reading is a phenomenal ability, in the hands of a master showman. Yet this skill takes months to fully master. Now, with the release of this fine routine, Meyer reveals the method behind his supreme mental test. Each of several audience members decides on an experiment or "test" (of the kind usually associated with contact mindreading) for the mentalist to attempt. The mentalist, while blindfolded, asks one of...

Here's a great change of pace routine for the magician -- an act that parodies the medicine pitchman. Audiences love it ... and you will, too.

The author includes his exact routine, including every bit of the hilarious patter and bits of business that made Tommy's act a laugh riot on stages from coast to coast. Not burlesque, but a clean comedy "pitch" act that can be performed in churches and schools as well as lodges and clubs. Full of laughs, but not a "blue" gag in the lot. A riot of fun but contains nothing to offend anyone.

You sell and demonstrate "Dr. Presto's Magical Medicines...

A training program and process to learn how to successfully palm cards.

Three palms taught including video instructions:

• Pivot Palm
• Erdnase Palm
• Swivel Fan Palm

1st edition 2019, PDF 53 pages, video length 2:20

You do not have to hire a director, choreographer and technical designer to produce your own professional show. This ebook covers the environment, building your outline of magic, using music, and developing your show. Learn how to fine tune your performance through rehearsal, problem area recognition and the flow from opening to your finale. A high-quality professional production is within your grasp using a lot of materials you may already own.

1. Set the stage
   • Backdrop
   • Sound, P/A System
   • Music
   • Lights
   • Working tables, etc.
   • Transporting
   • Cases, boxes, bags trunks and carts.
2. Show components ...

Aus dem Vorwort:

Maybe a friend of yours needs a bit of encouragement in their life. Maybe you'd like to give them that encouragement in a mystical/magical way. Consider this handling of the Tarot cards. Using eleven cards from the Major Arcana and the first name of someone who has been particularly encouraging to your friend during his/her formative years, s/he'll be amazed as s/he inexplicably one-by-one eliminates all but the Sun card - arguably the most positive card in the Tarot deck.

1st edition 2019, 2 pages.

A billion-to-1 psychic miracle using a regular deck of cards. A reputation maker, yet easy to perform.

A deck of cards is legitimately riffle shuffled and cut. A spectator selects any two suits, say Spades and Diamonds. These two suits are removed from the pack and given to the spectator. The performer takes the other two suits not chosen. The spectator deals a card face down. The performer places a card face up on this card. This is repeated. Variety is added by the performer dealing a card face down and spectator covers this card with one of his cards face-up. When all cards are dealt...

The Professor brought up-to-date in this ebook of the original Twenty Dollar Manuscript, Three Dollar Manuscript, and ten new Vernon variations. Illustrated by Vernon, edited by Faucet Ross, with nostalgic photos of the great man's life.

• Three Faces Of Vernon
• How It Began
• The Manuscript Story
• The Prospectus
• The Twenty Dollar Manuscript
  • Vernon Five Card Mental Force
  • Vernon Miracle Card Location
  • Club Version
  • Vernon Super Count Down
  • Vernon Super Card Prediction
  • Vernon Poker Demonstration
  • Vernon Automatic Second Deal
  • Slow Motion Card Vanish
  • The Vernon Card Puzzle
  • The Vernon Four...

A lovely story trick involving two queens, four kings and two hotel rooms. Both the faces and the numbers of cards in two piles magically change.

length 5:29

Phoa Yan Tiong performed this clever effect in his cabaret act and it never fails to produce a gasp of amazement.

Effect: A handkerchief becomes visibly restored after being cut in half and the halves held well apart to prove that no trickery is involved. Indeed there is no trickery in the cutting, for both halves are quite separate. The effect has proved a great hit also, in the act of Will Ayling who used a regular linen handkerchief for its performance.

Phoa used to demonstrate and explain a version of this trick in the lecture he gave to Magical Societies and at Conventions, but the method he...

Seven 'impossible' cards. Some but not all do require hidden cuts. Ralf teaches you how to best hide the cuts. Everything is explained in his meticulous way. For each one you will get PDF cutting templates.

• Arrow and Heart
• And Tell
• Bended Link
• Framed Link
• Initial Cards
• Tribble Fold
• Twist Flaps