Magic & Mentalism: page 371

Falschspiel in Praxis und Theorie.

Viele, vielleicht allzu viele, versuchen ihr Glück im Spiel. Das war immer so und wird immer so bleiben. Sehr oft kann aber aus harmlosem Spiel bitterer Ernst werden - dann nämlich, wann der ehrliche Spieler, der das Spiel nur zum Vergnügen ausübt, an einen gewerbsmäßigen Falschspieler kommt. Er ist den unsauberen Methoden seines Partners nicht gewachsen, ja er ahnt es oft nicht einmal, daß er betrogen wird. Viele, die nur des Vergnügens wegen spielen wollen, haben in Gesellschaft von Falschspielern schon Vermögen verloren - und ihre Schulden, gemäß...

From the preface by John Ramsay:

From the foreword:

From the Preface:

This collection of math-based tricks includes two effects suitable for virtual shows. One is a Triumph effect the other a spelling trick that works both in English and French. Again, Miller includes some nicely designed print templates which you can print out directly from the PDF to perform the tricks with appropriately themed cards.

Table of Contents

• Star Day
• Doppio
• Left or Right?
• Talmi 1
• Talmi 2
• Separo 1
• Separo 2
• Gigl-Gogl 1
• Gigl-Gogl 2
• Verifying an Oddity
• Sweet and Luxurious
• Hands-off Triumph
• Buoyancy
• Boarding
• Chef’s Special
• Chiamato
• With Comp7ements I
• With Comp7ements...

This effect is undoubtedly a fooler. The magician will be able to cut to three cards that reveal the exact position of the spectator's card. Conditions are really impossible. A true miracle with a normal deck. Always great reactions from both magicians and laypeople. Always a different number.

After the magician shuffles the deck, the spectator is asked to cut the deck about in half, take some cards from the lower portion, shuffle them, remember the top card, and put them back on top of the lower portion of the deck. Then the spectator shuffles the top portion of the deck and places it...

Volume 1, No. 7: July 2022, 47 pgs.

The seventh issue of The Hermit Magazine features:

• EFFECTS
  • CAANADA / Scott Baird
  • Changes in the Box / Luka Kratsashvili
  • Cryptic / Kyle Leon
  • Card Battle Royale / Fritz Alkemade
  • The Floating Bag (a.k.a. The Facebook Trick) / Patrik Kuffs
  • Another Nice Oil and Water / Rudy Tinoco
• ARTICLES
  • #hermitmagicchallenge / Photo Submissions
  • Sankey Says - We must encourage each other / Jay Sankey

A further selection of magical patter and other novelties, including chapeaugraphy and papertearing.

• Patter for Card Manipulation Act
• The Never-Empty Glass of Water
• Selbit’s Sugar and Milk Trick
• Paper Tearing
• Chapeaugraphy
• An Introduction to a Dumb Show
• Miscellaneous Gags

1st edition 1927, 14 pages; PDF 12 pages.

The reader will find in this volume witty and appropriate patter suitable for almost any and every trick. Including patter and hints for tricks with coins, eggs, birds, handkerchiefs, bird cages, oranges, ribbons, bottles, glasses, water, tubes, etc.

• To The Reader
• Opening Remarks
• Patter For Aerial Treasury Act
• Chosen Orange And Mystic Ribbon Trick
• The Egg And Handkerchief Trick
• Bagged Canaries And Cage Trick
• Handkerchief Manipulation Act
• How To Construct Patter
  • Bits About Bottles
  • Gags On Glasses
  • Tube Trifles
  • Water Witticisms

1st edition 1927, 14 pages; PDF 14 pages.

It is not easy to define, in a few words, Mariano Tomatis, but I want to try: he is a "Curiosity Generator". Because his books, his conferences, and, above all, his "pills" on Youtube (Mesmer in pills) are for me an inexhaustible source of information, culture (magical or otherwise), ideas, and, above all, a continuous stimulus to know, to seek, to try, to create, to "go upstairs".

Two pills, in particular, struck me and interested me (n ° 92: Coin, pen and cell phone, and n ° 228: Seeing with the third eye): once seen, I tried to analyze possible developments, discovering Masters, authors,...

Auch Sie können zaubern! Sicherlich haben Sie es schon erlebt, daß ganz plötzlich in einer Gesellschaft, die sich eben noch angeregt unterhielt, ein unliebsamer Gast auftaucht: die Langeweile. Das Gespräch verebbt, man weiß sich nichts mehr zu erzählen und unterdrückt nur mit Mühe ein Gähnen. Da hat ein Gast einen guten Einfall: er beginnt zu zaubern. Sogleich ist eine Sphäre des Interesses und regster Anteilnahme unter den Anwesenden geschaffen. Aber auch Sie können das, denn auch Sie können zaubern! Vielleicht haben Sie schon das eine oder andere Zauberbuch in der Hand gehabt,...

More than the twenty major Marlo items Ed contributed to New Tops Magazine in 1982-1983 - not to mention new sleights, finesses, and subtleties - these items have been largely unavailable since their publication, almost 40 years ago. Wesley James has added another two years of material toward fulfilling Ed Marlo's expressed wishes, keeping his material available "for the guys."

As with Wesley's two previous releases, M.I.N.T. III and M.I.N.T. IV, these long-unavailable Marlo items could have been all Wesley compiled. Such a volume would have been a huge contribution...

A comedy 'just chance' routine with a modern twist.

The performer has five envelopes numbered 1-to-5. One of the envelopes contains cocaine donated free for PR purposes by a leading Columbian drug cartel. (They're not all bad, after all!) Go with it - this is a comedy routine. (Non-adult version also included.)

Audience members select any four envelopes - but there's no 'snow' in any of them. The remaining envelope belongs to the performer - inside is the expensive white powder. This is a comedy routine with a brilliant visual ending that goes down a storm. But don't worry if you want...

From the introduction:

Turn a card trick into something much more relatable - a stack of instant photographs taken just minutes ago.

Polaroid Princess was an effect Gregg kicked around for hours on the phone with the great mentalist Bob Cassidy. He liked the idea. This is a further development of the same idea. You will need some form of instant camera, be it a classic Polaroid camera or any regular camera with a Zero-ink portable instant photo printer.

1st edition 2022, PDF 3 pages.

Available again after a long absence is this fine work by J. Stewart Smith, presenting eleven more of his mystifying card effects, each of which is accomplished without knuckle-busting sleight of hand. This is the book that had card workers talking all over the country. It had to be good to receive praise from such internationally known close-up workers. See below for a few brief quotes from some of the very best.

Table of Contents

• Ascending Treys
• Pop Over Treys
• The Four Aces
• The Four Queens
• Follow The Leader
• Sevens and Jacks
• The Inseparable Sevens
• Peek-A-Boo Discovery
• Horse Sense ...

Learn some of the most deceptive magic ever created, by a modest man, Elmer Biddle ... 5 impromptu effects plus a bonus trick!

Included with this e-book are 3 videos and 10 pictures. This e-book is a deep dive into the famous "Biddle Move", which is composed of The Biddle Steal and the much less known, The Biddle Switch - and all 5 tricks are impromptu. The videos teach the proper way to perform both Biddle Moves with in-depth instruction - plus the 4 as 5 Count.

Bonus effect: A 6th trick taught here is topological and can be used as a fun ESP effect or a straight-up prediction. A written...

A superb selection of items from the professional repertoire of Roy Johnson. Mentalism, comedy and visual magic with cards, books, rope, keys, shoe laces, music, fire and razor. Revealed are some of Roy's most closely guarded secret methods. Much of Roy's own patter is included for you to use, or adapt to your own style. The methods given are simple and effective, leaving you to concentrate on the "job in hand" ... entertainment!

• Foreword
• Music Maestro
• The Key
• Key Cords
• To Hell And Back
• The Library
• Again The Library
• The Card In Anything
• Hyp-Knot-Ic
• Impaled

1st edition 1995,...

Dopo un anno di scrittura e revisioni continue, finalmente pubblico il mio primo lavoro di mentalismo: Trip Mentale. Un lavoro minuzioso, pieno di dettagli e sottigliezze che non si limitano solo alle applicazioni descritte in questo testo.

Ma, nella pratica, cos'è Trip Mentale?

In sintesi, Trip Mentale vi permetterà di divinare una nazione solo pensata dal vostro spettatore. Nessun bigliettino, nessun foglio, nessun mazzo di carte, nessun apparecchio, il tutto avverrà con il solo utilizzo delle parole. Il numero di partecipanti a questo esperimento può andare da quattro a uno....

Leicht ausführbare Kartenkunststücke für jedermann.

Dieses Werk ist ein Überarbeitung von Geheimnisse der Kartenkunst bei Leopold Figner. Es wurden vor allem mehr Illustrationen eingefügt.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

• I. Handfertigkeit
  1. Das Schleifen
  2. Das Austeilen der zweiten Karte
  3. Das Filieren
  4. Das falsche Mischen
  5. Die Karte auf dem Handrücken
  6. Das Palmieren
  7. Das Rauschen
  8. Das Kartenschnellen
  9. Die Charlier-Volte
  10. Die Volte mit zwei Händen
  11. Das Abziehen
  12. Das Forcieren
  13. Die forcierte Wahl
  14. Eine Karte aus der Mitte nach oben oder unten zu mischen
• II. Kartenkunststücke ...

Twenty-five choice messages or object lessons from texts of the Bible are illustrated very effectively with tricks of magic and mystery. Perfect for the magician who wishes to perform before a church audience, whether it be a Sunday School group, church social, or other occasion.

Each effect is fully described and illustrated if necessary. Citations from the Bible for each lesson are provided, too. A great book for the magical entertainer, magi-minister, and Sunday School teacher.

"Tricks with a minimum of apparatus with patter to tie them in to Bible texts." - Harold Sterling

"Easily workable effects...

From the introduction by Terry Seabrooke:

• Why Listen To This Man?
• Karrell...

Table of Contents

• The Mysterious Silk
• The Rings In A Matchbox
• Ultra Combination
• Double Color Laces
• The Odd Vision
• Discolora
• Square Circles
• The Pocket Rings
• The Pack Of 19 Cigarettes
• The Traveling Queens
• The Rings On Rope
• Two Possibilities
• Three Color Mystery
• The Laughing Rabbits
• The Secret Of The Ring

For the German edition see Pavel's 15 Mikro Tricks (German).

1st edition 1971; PDF 32 pages.

The performer hands a prediction envelope to a member of the audience and then asks people to call out the names of any members of the Beatles, the Bee Gees or ABBA. (*You choose any bands). The performer writes down a selection of the names as they are called out until he's got seven or eight of them. He then reads them all out again to make sure he's got every person's selection, which they confirm. The papers are then folded and thrown into a bowl. A spectator selects any one and takes a secret look at it.

The performer then proceeds to read the spectator's mind correctly - telling them...

This periodical was published from June 1974 to August 1975, a total of 7 issues, with the last issue published posthumously.

• Issue 1
  • It's a Mystery to Me
  • An Open Letter to an Open-Headed Senator
  • The Lyron
  • No Guarantee
• Issue 2
  • Castle Comments
  • Comments by the readers of Comments
  • Obits
  • Get Off His Back
  • The Elliphunt
  • Backpage Comments
• Issue 3
  • Castle Comments
  • The Bulletin Board
  • Kuda Bux proves reporters wrong
  • Magicians assemble for Victoria "Seance"
  • I make it a Rule not to Discuss either Politics or Religion
  • Implant Aids Men Stricken by Impotency
  • Comments by the readers...