Magic & Mentalism: page 427

Among the hundreds of ACAAN effects, this one stands out. It offers a unique experience for the spectator that's far from boring. The spectator takes center stage, performing most actions, which makes the effect seem totally impossible. From the outset, the spectator isn't sure what to expect. The Number deck, different and intriguing, invites curiosity. It can be examined until rapture - it's not gimmicked.

This effect is simple to perform, involving only one minor sleight - if you can even call it that and you can skip it if you want. For those considering learning a stack deck, this...

Here numerology is only a presentational angle and a very interesting one at that, as you will find out within these pages. You absolutely do not need to know anything about numerology at all to perform these effects.

All the routines explained in this manuscript are easy and self-working but very stunning from the participant's perspective. And you will just be using one or two business cards to perform these effects. So that is as minimal as minimal can get.

A participant secretly assigns any number of his choice to each letter of his first name. And hence the name Subliminal Numerology. ...

An entire act performed with a length of rope.

Destined to become a classic of magic! Knots jump from end to end – the ends change places – the rope stretches in length – the rope is cut and magically restored – knots in the rope vanish and reappear – it keeps the audience amazed and amused from start to finish.

An ungimmicked rope is used (not supplied). No magnets, cement, snaps or other gimmicks are used. A fast-moving, easily learned rope routine.

Note: Ropesational requires more performing skill than the author's earlier release, Sandsational Rope.

Painstakingly illustrated by Ed Mishell...

A three-phase in-hand routine that lets your audience experience what it feels like to be a mentalist with a jaw-dropping kicker they never see coming.

PHASE I - GUT FEELING
You show five cards, each bearing a different ESP symbol. After mixing them face down, you ask the participant to point to one of the symbols. Astonishingly, they choose exactly the symbol you named. (You hand all five cards to the participant.)

PHASE II - MIND READER
You secretly draw one of the ESP symbols on a card and the participant reads your mind and accurately guesses which one you drew. (The card with...

A classic of card magic: Oil & Water. This version is done entirely face-up, a strong and unusual version of this classic effect.

1st edition 2024, PDF 4 pages.

Four black cards magically change places with four Jacks, only to return to their original positions. The four Jacks then turn into three 3s, and it is revealed that the fourth 3 is the card initially chosen by the spectator and kept in the case.

1st edition 2024, PDF 12 pages.

Several color changes of faces and backs combined. Watch the demo video for details.

1st edition 2024, video 3:52.

In these wonderful lecture notes, you will find a lovely self-working card trick called Dueling Card Tricks, which uses a unique principle discovered by Alex Elmsley. It has a great presentational theme of how a mathematician, a psychic, and a magician go about their business. It finishes with an unexpected climax and thus has everything a good magic trick needs.

This lecture was prepared for the participants of the Midwest Magic Jubilee - St. Louis, Missouri - August 5-8, 1993.

• Pumping B'wave
• Wide-Open Prediction
• Hull-Scam
• Opportune Oldie
• Cased-In Vision
• Ladyspell
• Chi-Psi Opener ...

The three ticks in this video are variations of effects by Don Alan, Juan Tamariz, and an old-school sucker trick that appeared in Expert Card Technique.

Don Alan had a trick called Magic Ranch in which a chosen card was found in a wooden egg. I've rearranged the presentation with a new ending, the people think that a real egg is about to be cracked open in the cupped hands of the assisting spectator. The switch of the real egg for the gimmick egg is accomplished by Slydini body mechanics and within reach of anyone willing to understand and apply the concept. I also offer an alternative ending, as well as how to make the special one-way...

• Introduction
• Preface by Horace Goldin
• Liquer Glass Trick
• The Simp-Bern Speller
• The Van Bern Card Penetration Mystery
• Eastern Miracles
• The Sword Card Effect
• The Card & Ribbon Effect
• The Great Long-Distance Mindreader
• The X-Ray Card Effect
• The Lighted Gas Trick
• The Sympathetic Liquids
• The Simplex Silk Penetration
• The Simplex Ribbon Effect
• Invisible Transit
• The Ten Card Effect
• Novel Cup & Ball Effect
• The Colour Spot Mystery
• Production Of Bowl Of Water And Goldfish
• The Milk & Pagoda Mystery

1st edition 1935, 30 pages; PDF 47 pages.

These are a set of mind-reading routines based on the theme of city names, countries, and currencies of the world. These are fully self-working and almost impromptu which you can do anywhere, anytime to anyone. You just use a couple of business cards.

You can even perform these effects as completely propless if you want. Or you can even carry these routines as images on your phone. There are 3 different routines explained here.

You hold up one of your hands after designating each of your 5 fingers with the 5 vowels of the English alphabet. After each of the three steps in each of the...

Rock, Paper, Scissors

Imagine turning something as simple as rock-paper-scissors into a profound demonstration of influence and control. Fraser Parker does just that, flipping the classic premise upside down to create a routine that practically performs itself. Over three rounds, you don't just play the game - you control it. The audience won't just watch the game unfold; they'll feel your influence at work in every move.

There's no need for complicated processes or drawn-out instructions. You introduce the game, explain your intent to influence the outcome, and then ... you play. It's...

The magician finds the spectator's card despite impossible conditions.

A spectator selects a card from a shuffled deck and remembers it. Before he puts it back on top and cuts the deck, the magician suggests that he shuffles a few cards from the top so nobody knows what the top card is. The spectator does so and puts the packet back on the deck. Then, the magician suggests that he also shuffles a few cards from the bottom for the same reason. The spectator does so and, this time, drops the deck on the bottom packet. The magician actually doesn't know what the top or the bottom cards are....

If you have been thinking about including a rope or handkerchief effect in your routine, this is the one. Here is why: This classic magic trick is popular for several reasons. It's easy for spectators to understand, easy to perform, and captivating. The effect works well in noisy or dimly lit environments. If you're only doing the first two phases, the reset is instant. Involving the spectator in tying the knots adds an interactive element. It's an excellent choice for table-hopping, and the handkerchiefs take up little pocket space.

The new approach focuses on the relationship between...

The spectator selects a card, which is then truly lost in the deck in an impossible way to find, yet the performer cuts the deck exactly at the spectator's chosen card.

1st edition 2024, PDF 6 pages.

Yet another reinterpretation of a timeless classic in international card magic, namely Any Card At Any Number, through the fresh and brilliant mind of Gino D'Alessandro.

1st edition 2024, PDF 3 pages.

A new impromptu and self-working card magic effect, in which the magician leaves a prediction in sight, a card is chosen and lost into a packet of a few cards taken at random and, when the prediction is opened and read aloud, what appears to be a joke, magically turns out to be the key to finding the chosen card!

A new self-working card magic effect, always possible to improvise (practically a packet trick) that will both amuse and fool you. The magician leaves a prediction in sight, then sets aside the two red Aces and has a spectator choose any nine cards from the deck. After one of them...

Un nuovo effetto Impromptu e Self-Working di Cartomagia nel quale il Mago lascia a vista una predizione, una carta viene scelta e dispersa in un mazzetto di una decina di carte prese a caso e, quando la Predizione viene aperta e letta ad alta voce, quello che sembra uno scherzo, magicamente si rivela essere la chiave per ritrovare la carta scelta!

Un nuovo effetto Self-Working di Cartomagia, sempre possibile da improvvisare (praticamente un Packet Trick) che saprà sia divertire chee stuprvi! Il mago lascia a vista una predizione, poi mette da parte i due Assi ROSSI e ad uno spettatore...

I did a series of monographs at one time, one trick at a time, that I felt had unusual ideas I hadn't seen before, and sometimes variations on ideas that had been around, but handled a different way. My thinking about these went back to the New Stars of Magic which Tannen's put out. These of course were one routine explained well. Lately, I thought of bundling them together and this is the result. I used drawings and not photos.

Aether was another run of ideas as monographs ... one routine or trick or idea per issue. Again, I recently thought to combine them into a collection. Ideas of mine include tricks, routines, and also handlings of various types of magic. I mainly work with sleight-of-hand with an occasional manipulative piece. Drawings and not photos, as illustrations.

Just Coins is intended to be a fun approach to performing a few standard coin routines. Almost totally devoid of any difficult moves or sleights, the routines depend mostly on the two fundamental principles of magic - misdirection and timing.

What's shared in this ebook are new ways to accomplish the coin classics in a unique manner. Included are Four Coins Across, Coins Through Table, and a Single Coin Routine-Slydini style. As a bonus is a mechanical suggestion to just play around with. Many supporting photos and videos are also available and referenced.

1st edition 2024, PDF 32 pages....

To become a master in anything you have to pay attention to the details. This ebook is all about details, the details of sleight of hand with cards.

Excerpt from the foreword:

This may well be the last word in Book Tests! Here is a totally gimmick-free test that looks like mind reading at work. Imagine this...

Two spectators read just a few words from one of three books. The page has been arrived at by chance, with the performer concentrating on just one stand-out word. Following a few moments, the performer announces what that very word is!

As mentioned, a total absence of extras - no cheat sheets, stooges, playing cards, slates, electronic devices, or specially printed books. None of the usual stuff. For the working performer, this is an exceptional, completely...

Effect: For the revelation of a chosen card, the deck cuts itself. The upper part of the deck moves slowly and mysteriously sidewards at the location of the chosen card.

A serious advantage of this version is that it can be done with a borrowed deck. Another bonus is that you can do it at any time during your (card)act. No threads are being used. The method is very practical and incredibly easy. Well, as a matter of fact almost self-working.

"I've always loved the Haunted Deck and have during the years studied and performed many methods. Often there are several preconditions, such as...