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Senor Mardo brings you a complete analysis of the manipulation, routining, and presentation of that magical classic, The Cups and Balls. Seven beautiful routines devoted to classic close-up and night club magic effects.

We've wanted to offer this hard-to-find title for years and are now able to do so... and at a price that won't break the bank (originally sold for the equivalent of $35.00 in today's money when first released).

Four complete routines are presented in this book, with more than 30 illustrations:

• One cup routine
• Two cup routine
• Three cup routine
• Mardo's "Impromptu...

Two packets, one with four blue-backed aces, and the other with four red-backed kings. Putting one of the aces in the kings pile and one of the kings in the aces pile makes the other cards follow their leaders.

1st edition 2025, video 8:22.

There are three moves and nine complete routines covered.

Allan Ackerman is one of the world's foremost experts at sleight-of-hand magic and gambling moves with playing cards. On this fascinating video recording, you will be treated to card magic's most venerable and classic effects, all given the Ackerman treatment. These are some of Allan's most cherished effects that he has used under fire, night after night to fool both laymen and magicians alike. Card magic like this has earned Allan a worldwide reputation as The Las Vegas Card Expert.

Magic can be a lifetime hobby and card magic...

The effect centers around the illusion of manipulating time by making a prediction about a spectator's card selection. The prediction is revealed to be blank even though the spectator thought he saw the magician write the prediction. This subtly suggests that we have moved backward through time to a point before the prediction was written down. Next, the spectator's freely chosen card turns out to be blank as well. The prediction was correct! This happens with a normal deck of cards. The effect creates a sense that the past, present, and future have been merged through mysterious forces. ...

This ebook includes issues 1 and 2 of the Provenance Hunter.

• Tracking the Lazy Man's Card Trick
• Laziest Man's Card Trick / Edward Marlo & Jon Racherbaumer
• In Situ Lazy Man's / Jon Racherbaumer
• Select Bibliography
• Card-to-Mouth and the Mercury Card Fold

1st edition 2014, PDF 19 pages.

Excerpt from the preface:

Levitation effects have always had a powerful impact on audiences. While these can certainly wow an audience when done on stage when they are performed right under the noses of the spectators the impact is only heightened. Few levitation effects can be performed as close to a spectator as the Okito Voodoo Doll. With these dolls, the magician does not need to consider lighting, proximity or even angles. Added to this the fact that it is a small, cheap and totally self-contained prop there is a lot to like about this effect. It is for all these reasons and more that the Okito Voodoo Doll has become...

A great new presentation by Ed Stoddard for Annemann's famous "Pseudo Psychometry" effect.

Not to worry if you don't own the Annemann original, for that's also included. This is a terrific 10-minute routine, thanks to the marvelous presentation from Stoddard and the devious method from Annemann.

Reviews:

"Stoddard is certainly cooking with gas for you mentalists. We particularly like his handling of Annemann's Pseudo Pyschometry which is being put out as Intuition." - Bruce Elliott

"'Pseudo-Psychometry' has always been a headline effect. Now in its new dress, 'Intuition' likewise tops the bill." - Max Holden

You show four jokers and place them individually on the table. Then you show four 5-of-hearts. By adding jokers to the fives the jokers change to fives. The fives change to jokers and finally, the fives change to the four kings.

1st edition 2024, video 6:53.

This is an original type of secret verbal two-way coding, which, to my knowledge so far, is unprecedented, and inexplicable even to experts. I think it enables incredible mentalism effects, such as the one reported in this text (and others to follow shortly)...

Imagine that the medium's helper, after having her blindfolded and her back turned, hands a spectator a very ordinary deck of poker cards (it might even have been borrowed from a person in the audience), which he can safely check and shuffle at will. The same spectator will then be asked to draw three cards of his choice, taking...

Si tratta di un originalissimo tipo di segreta codifica verbale a due che, a quanto finora mi risulta, è del tutto inedita ed originale, inesplicabile anche per gli esperti, e consente incredibili effetti di Mentalismo, quale quello riportato in questo testo (ed altri che ne seguiranno a breve!) ...

Immaginate che l'aiutante della medium, dopo averla fatta bendare e voltare di spalle, consegni ad uno spettatore un comunissimo mazzo di carte da poker (potrebbe anche essere stato preso a prestito da una persona del pubblico), che potrà tranquillamente controllare e mescolare a piacere....

Excerpt from the introduction by David Goodsell:

In this e-book, I want to teach an incredibly powerful coincidence effect that is based on an idea by Charles Jordan. A card is fairly selected and lost, and then found in a highly unique way. For lay people, it doesn't get stronger than this; of all the effects that I've created, this generates the best reactions from lay audiences.

Imagine:

The magician introduces a deck of cards. He spreads it face-up to display that all the cards are different and in no particular order. He then hands the deck to the spectator as he says, "I want you to cut off about a third of the deck and give it a shuffle until...

Effect: In this demonstration of mind reading, a spectator simply thinks of one shape from a selection of seven distinct shapes. The spectator keeps their chosen shape private. Through the process where the spectator secretly spells out their chosen shape, the magician reveals the shape they had only moments ago held in their mind.

Here's what makes this effect so special: by using geometric shapes instead of regular playing cards, and adapting a clever principle from the gambling world into mind reading, we've created something truly different. It's not only astonishing to your audience,...

You display four 7 of Clubs from the front and from the back. Turning over one of the sevens, they all turn over from face-up to face-down. Suddenly they change into four different sevens, all four suits. It also turns out that they have changed their backs.

1st edition 2024, video 4:07.

A slot machine prediction using three decks of cards.

Three decks of cards in their card box are piled up on the table in front of three spectators. The magician is about to show the spectators why he is not welcome in casinos anymore. Each spectator is asked to pick a different suit (free choice) and is given a deck that they shuffle. Then, the magician removes from each deck the cards of the suit chosen by the spectator without changing their order. At the end, three face-up piles are displayed in a row on the table. The magician explains that the piles represent the spinning reels of...

Discover the Revolutionary Magic of GiACAAN. Gino D'Alessandro, a young prodigy in the world of Italian card magic, has brought a breath of fresh air to magical effects with his extraordinary routine GiACAAN. Inspired by the legendary Slow ACAAN version of his master Gianluigi Sordellini, Gino has created something truly unique and spectacular.

Why GiACAAN is a Must-Have?

• Innovation and Creativity: Gino has revisited and perfected the Slow ACAAN, adding his personal touch and making it even more astonishing.
• Guaranteed Effect: Every spectator will be left speechless by the precision and magic...

Il prestigiatore olandese Rink (van Rinkhuyzen) possedeva una mente davvero geniale per quanto riguarda i numeri di magia. Come molti grandi inventori di questa arte, egli personalizzava ogni effetto che creava e, se lo trovava interessante, continuava a perfezionarlo. Il risultato? Una serie di variazioni spesso incredibili che stupiscono tutti, incluso lui stesso.

Diversi anni orsono, la Supreme Magic Co. ha commercializzato il "Loop La-La" di Tommy Talbot, un divertente numero con due anelli di corda non truccati. In pratica due anelli di corda di colore diverso tenuti incatenati e...

This is a combination of Shufflebored and Joshua Jay's Total Recall effect. Think Shufflebored with no setup and the spectators shuffle the cards. There is only one minor sleight, if you can call it a sleight, and no setup. There is some easy memory work. The reset is instant, and the deck is clean. The prediction AH card has three other predictions.

New: A timeline of the events is included making it quicker and easier to learn the effect.

Two .jpgs of the prediction AH card are included, front and back. You can print it on a blank playing card, index card etc.

Q1: What is the effect...

January 2023 - December 2023
Richard Kaufman, Editor
1120 pages

1. Genii - Volume 86, Number 1 - January 2023 - 88 pages
1. Cover - Max Maven
4. Contents
6. Genii Speaks - Richard Kaufman
   6. online video file available - More Genii Speaks - Richard Kaufman
   7. online video file available - FISM Québec 2022 - Max Maven Interview by Luis de Matos
10. The Eye - Vanessa Armstrong
16. In Memoriam - Max Maven (19550-2022) by Steven Minch, David Michael Rich & Jamy Ian Swiss
    16. online video file available - January 2022 Max at the Genii Convention
    18. Sticks - Stephen Minch
        21. online video file...

January 2022 - December 2022
Dustin Stinett, Editor
1040 pages

1. Genii - Volume 85, Number 1 - January 2022 - 104 pages
1. Cover - Gabi Pareras
6. Contents
8. Genii Speaks - Dustin Stinett
   • online video file available - More Genii Speaks - Dustin Stinett
   • online video file available - Gabi Pareras - Chop Cup
12. The Eye - Vanessa Armstrong
20. Gabi Pareras - Roberto Mansilla (translated by Pipo Villanueva)
    23. A Thoughtful Journey: On Ascanio - Roberto Mansilla
    23. online video file available - Ascanio about Gabi Pareras - 1994
    26. Gabi Pareras and Fictional Magic - Roberto Mansilla ...

Cashing in on Past Lives was written to help psychic entertainers and psychic readers learn how to make money from the profitable field of past life regressions. Much to Richard's surprise, this book proved more popular with hypnotherapists than it did with its target market. Although hundreds of psychic readers seized the opportunity to add another string to their bow, thousands of hypnotherapists around the world bought it to help them cater for this lucrative market.

No matter who you are, if you have a sincere interest in helping people recover memories of a previous lifetime, this...

The purpose of these reports is to cite known references, suggest ancestral ties, credit precursors and progenitors, reveal any chronology, and trace the evolvement of ideas, tricks, sleights, and presentations.

1. Automatic Placement Used to Produce a Different Effect
2. Flustration Count
3. Three Jacks Deal
4. In-the-Hands False Riffle (Waterfall) Shuffle
5. About Convincing Control

1st edition 1997, PDF 10 pages.