Magic & Mentalism: page 424

MASQ Stack is a rotational or sequential stack that is very easy to learn and looks very random. You should be able to remember the sequence in under ten minutes. Given any card, you will know the next card instantly. Knowing this stack, you can perform almost all the routines out there which can be performed with a Si Stebbins or 8 Kings or similar stacks.

But behind the "MASQ" there is another hidden secret. Once you know the MASQ Stack you can also perform a magic square routine anytime, anywhere to anyone without breaking a single drop of sweat. Absolutely no extra effort is required....

This is the classic work on how to set up and operate a lucrative psychic reading business. Richard Webster has decades of experience as a psychic reader and in this ebook shares his proven methods of success, including a full sample reading and step-by-step explanations, as well as advice on how to provide comprehensive, satisfying readings to your clients, how to extend the length of your readings, how to handle repeat business, and how to make money in private practice.

Richard Webster is your perfect guide to becoming a successful private psychic. As well as many years as a psychic...

"As a total newbie, I've always wanted to explore swami or nail writing, but there were too many choices so I had no idea where to start. I also love the list of tricks. I think I'll proceed down the lie detector route too. Thanks a bunch Hal." - Bill Peterson

Swami Theory 101 is a workshop-style swami writing tutorial for true beginners to this form of magic and mentalism.

The swami writer magic and mentalism trick is a classic effect where the magician appears to predict or reveal a thought-of piece of information, such as a number or word. The trick relies on a small, concealed...

"Bob Cassidy's work with Anneman's Fourth Dimensional Telepathy is legendary. Seeing him perform 4DT live is a masters-level lesson in how to present mentalism. As great as his performance was, there were certain things about the mechanics of his handling I didn't care for. With A Nod to Bob, Scott has ingeniously eliminated all of these, with what may be the most streamlined, efficient handling yet. Three envelopes, three business cards and a couple of pens. Utterly Brilliant." - Bill O'Connell

"I purchased "A Nod to Bob" last night and it's absolutely brilliant. No faffing around with...

Using a small packet of cards, a spectator fairly creates a playing card which was predicted by the magician.

A packet of playing cards is on display. On one side: A mix of every value (from 2 to King) and every suit. On the other side: A mix of red and blue backs. The spectator is asked to create a random card. First, he selects which back color represents the suit and which one represents the value. Following the magician's instructions, he mixes the cards up and cuts them as many times as he wants. Then, he deals the cards on the table in six pairs. Finally, he picks one pair with a red...

You start with 5 blank cards - blank on both sides. A magic word and one of the blank cards has turned into a regular card. Progressively, each blank card assumes a differently colored back until you can show a fan with all five cards showing backs.

1st edition 2024, video 3:32.

A spectator names a number from 1 to 5. The magician takes the deck of cards, shuffles it, and after doing so, lays the cards out like a ribbon on the table, and only 4 cards remain face up, that is, the four-of-a-kind poker hand made up of the number chosen by the spectator.

1st edition 2024, PDF 4 pages.

Das MacGyver Square ist ein universelles 4x4 "Instant Magic Square" (IMS). Das magische Quadrat ist für ein IMS vergleichsweise gut für magische Summen von 50 bis 100 ausbalanciert und sehr einfach ohne Dubletten zu konstruieren. 8x8 magische Quadrate sind aufgrund ihrer Größe für TV-Auftritte beliebt. Das Quadrat wird im Rösselsprung ausgefüllt. Für eine TV-Talk-Show wurde eine Methode zur Konstruktion eines magischen Quadrats mit zwei Daten von Zuschauern entwickelt. Sie kommt ohne komplizierte Berechnungen aus. Das Quadrat wird sehr schnell ausgefüllt. Die Vorführung ist gedacht...

This is a compilation of two booklets that gambling house supply companies sold. The first part, Master Key, describes various ways playing cards can be marked. Illustrations of many marking methods and systems are included. Some of these methods go under the names of shade, glaze, block-out, line, build-up, trim, sorts, etch, swell natural or edge work, and others. The author of this section is unknown. It appears to be culled from various gambling house supply catalogs.

The second part, Run-Up Systems, was culled without credit from S. W. Erdnase's famous book The Expert at the Card Table. It explains several methods of stacking...

This ebook is packed with amazing card magic. Intended for advanced card workers, this is expert material for the person who wants top-notch, subtle work. It contains 45 great tricks.

• Author's Remarks
• Barnhart's Fan Steal
• Johnson's False Cut
• Gusias' Fancy Lift
• Marlo's Two Card Throw
• The "S" Shaped Turn Over
• Push-In Ace Control
• Imperfection Force
• Best Two Card Pushoff
• Marlo's Gambling Routine
• The Sucker Hand
• Bridge Honors
• Marlo's Miracle Routine
• Cards By Weight
• Miracle Location
• The Prediction
• A Straight Flush
• Perfect Bridge Hand
• The Rummy Game
• Faro Aces
• Just Imagine
• The Punch Deal
• Marlo's...

This is my go-to effect. Once you have done this effect, the spectator will believe you can read their facial expressions and more.

If you are looking to: build rapport with spectator(s), learn a memorized deck, and perform jazz-type magic this effect is your incentive.

I have gotten more incredible responses from this effect than any other. The method looks extremely fair. The only sleight, if you call this a sleight, is riffling cards off of your index finger. Learning this effect will make your magic better.

Note: You will need to know any memorized deck perfectly.

1st edition...

Excerpt from the foreword:

Digital Book Test is an ebook in PDF format that you can easily carry on your mobile phone. It takes up very little space on your phone. With a physical book, a participant riffles through the pages. But here on an ebook, a participant will scroll through the pages up and down.

The core method is a word divination. A participant chooses a random word based on his birthday (he never reveals his birthday at any point) and you will reveal the word with zero fishing. You will be able to first reveal the first letter of the word, which will always hit accurately and never be wrong and then you...

I have been enamored with this principle for the past 50 years, and some of my earliest "commercial " creations were devised on the Parity Principle.

This manuscript attempts to explain and exploit the principle for "across-the-table" use to even a large stage demonstration, with an abundance of practical examples that you can just "print and perform".

There are also many ideas and suggestions to enable you to customize the effects for your needs and performing preferences. While it would not be practical to perform more than one of these effects in a single show, once you understand...

A spectator, very inexplicably, leads the performer to produce a four-of-kind poker hand in a very casual manner. The second is my version of an effect by John Mendoza also published in the book I dedicated to him, called 1-2-3-4 & 5 Ambitious.

1st edition 2024, PDF 4 pages.

A novel semi-automatic effect in which a spectator rolls a pair of dice and freely chooses any card, to arrive at a random spot in the deck where two more cards will determine both a random card and a number where it will be magically found.

A new semi-automatic card magic effect, where the magician, once introduced to an ordinary deck of poker cards, proceeds with a quick shuffle and finally hands it to a spectator, asking her to cut it into three parts. She shuffles the last one and chooses from it any card. Before turning it over, the magician announces that its value, added to that...

Un inedito effetto Semi-AUTOMATICO di Carta al Numero, in cui uno spettatore lancia una coppia di dadi e sceglie liberamente una carta, per giungere ad un punto a caso nel mazzo dove altre due carte determineranno sia una CARTA casuale che un NUMERO al quale verrà magicamente ritrovata!

Un effetto inedito di Cartomagia, praticamente Self-Working, dove il prestigiatore, una volta introdotto un comunissimo mazzo di carte da poker, procede con un veloce miscuglio ed infine lo consegna ad una spettatrice, chiedendole di tagliarlo in tre parti. Mescola l’ultima e sceglie da essa una carta...

Seit rund einhundert Jahren wird in der Zauberkunst für die Vorführung des ma-gischen Quadrats auf das einfache Prinzip des 4x4 "Instant Magic Square (IMS)" - auch "Automatic Magic Square" genannt - zurückgegriffen. Magisch Vierkant I ist das Kompendium über IMS. IMS besitzen Nachteile, so wird die Wahl der magischen Summe eingeschränkt, wenn man doppelte oder auffällige Werte vermeiden möchte. Abhilfe bieten 4x4 und 5x5 Sequential IMS, Flexible IMS und Balanced IMS mit harmonischeren Werten. Erläutert wird auch das legendäre Nostradamus Square für Jahre ab dem 20. Jh. ohne Dubletten...

A printing effect. Five blank cards turn in an instant into a royal flush.

You show five blank cards. They are blank on both sides. In a snapping motion, you pull them apart and suddenly their faces show playing cards, a royal flush, and the backs are also printed.

1st edition 2024, video 3:02.

This is one of the earliest works describing card artifice. It describes how unsuspecting folks, and even those who are careful, are being lured into playing cards. Once they play, they are easy prey for card advantage players.

For example, a simple card trick is used and then explained to get the trust of the mark. The trick exposed is "The Three Knaves", where three knaves magically gather together after a cut even though one was returned to the top of the deck, the second to the middle, and the third to the bottom.

The subtitle reads:

This is the authoritative reference for false counts and displays. It is the only encyclopedia of its kind. If you read somewhere a reference to the Copdiddle Count or the Biddyro Count and you have no idea what they are and how they are done, Racherbaumer's Counthesaurus will provide the answer. More than 70 counts and displays are explained. False counts are particularly useful for small packet tricks. If you want to create your own small packet tricks and you need a false count with particular characteristics and features you will likely find it here.

Includes Robert Walker's trick "Hyper...

I have learned a dozen false shuffles and the Rosetta shuffle was the clear winner. The Rosetta shuffle is one of the most convincing false shuffles of all the false shuffles. It looks so innocent and impossible to manipulate.

Key points:

• Learn step by step how to perform this amazingly deceptive shuffle.
• Practice tips
• Psychology approach
• 9 crystal clear photos to help you learn how to perform this amazing shuffle.
• Demo video provided so you can see for yourself how deceptive this shuffle is.
• This is the shuffle to use when you absolutely want your audience to believe the deck is...

Seit rund einhundert Jahren wird in der Zauberkunst für die Vorführung des magischen Quadrats auf das einfache Prinzip des 4x4 "Instant Magic Square (IMS)" - auch "Automatic Magic Square" genannt - zurückgegriffen. Magisch Vierkant I ist das Kompendium über IMS. IMS besitzen Nachteile, so wird die Wahl der magischen Summe eingeschränkt, wenn man doppelte oder auffällige Werte vermeiden möchte. Abhilfe bieten 4x4 und 5x5 Sequential IMS, Flexible IMS und Balanced IMS mit harmonischeren Werten. Erläutert wird auch das legendäre Nostradamus Square für Jahre ab dem 20. Jh. ohne Dubletten...

Excerpt from the foreword:

This is part two in the Studies Series. ...