Magic & Mentalism: page 430

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.

Paul LePaul was one of the all-time great card manipulators of the 20th century enjoying an amazing career in vaudeville, cabaret, and nightclub work, performing magic just with playing cards.

His lasting contribution to magical literature was that classic text, The Card Magic Of LePaul, first published back in 1949. It has been a revered source of exceptional card magic ever since.

In this new manuscript, card man Ian Baxter revisits three of Le Paul's favourites - The Substitution Envelope Mystery, Hand Picked Aces and that perennial favourite, The Gymnastic Aces.

No sacrificing of effect, no knuckle-busting sleight...

Here's a knockout triple prediction that may well be the highlight of your act.

You number three large, 8.5" x 11" cards as Numbers 1, 2 and 3. On each you write a prediction, one for each of three people in the audience who agree to assist in the experiment. Another person acts as a witness, keeping a record of the spectator's thoughts. (Note to mental magic buffs: This is not your grandfather's old "four-for-one method.")

Incredibly direct and easy to do. Makes a terrific climax to your mental routine. If we could be so bold, this allows you to perform a similar routine as that using...

"This is staggering in its brilliance" - Marc Salem

"What a great idea ! Bravo !" - Luca Volpe

CalendarX is a novel and fascinating concept. You just have to print out this 2025 calendar in whatever size you want and you can perform several effects throughout the year using this innovative calendar.

You can do coincidence effects, pin reveals, ACAAN effects, book tests, prediction effects, birthday divinations, add a number effects, diary effects, tossed out type routines, envelope routines etc. This will be a very handy tool for you to carry with you all through the year and perform different...

Experience the magic with the Impossible Sandwich routine. This incredible performance allows you to find a spectator's chosen card, completely lost in the deck, sandwiched between two randomly chosen cards. A visual effect that will leave your audience speechless!

1st edition 2024, PDF 3 pages.

You show four blank cards. They become the Jacks with red backs. Then they turn into four aces and finally all the backs have different colors.

1st edition 2024, video 2:44.

Ten things to do when spurred by the moment.

• Rules Of The Game
• Further Impact
• Snap-Slap Transpo
• Houdini Breaks Out
• Between Elmsley, Brown, and Himber
• Pushing Past Failure
• Why Is This Odd Card So Queer?
• Stranger Succession Aces
• Simple-Simon Copper-Silver
• Marlo's Pellet Classic

1st edition 2002, PDF 31 pages.

This is an excellent but often overlooked primer on magic.

Excerpt from the introduction:

Paul Fleming wrote:

Inspired by the Sagrada Familia magic square, Dr. Hans-Christian Solka created his diptych, The Passion, Death, and Resurrection of Jesus Christ, in 2017. The diptych consists of the magic squares The Passion and Death of Jesus Christ and The Resurrection of Jesus Christ. By combining Christian symbolism and mathematics, Solka created them with the symbolic sum of 33 without using duplicate numbers. Not only do the sums of each row, column, and diagonal add up to 33, but also the sum of the numbers of the cross. In the center of the cross is the number 9, commemorating the hour of Jesus Christ's...

Easily one of the most remarkable mentalism card routines you will ever perform!

Two participants select two cards from a shuffled deck. The deck is again shuffled and mixed. It is clear it is not marked (it could even be a borrowed deck) and not stacked in any way. The cards are placed face-down in front of each participant. Using telepathy, the mentalist proceeds to read their minds and discern the cards that each possesses. The mentalist then removes what he or she believes to be the "mates" of each participant's freely selected card and places them unambiguously on the table face-down...