Magic & Mentalism: page 436

Lost ideas, concepts and tidbits of legerdemain.

This issue presents a collection of practical concepts, techniques, and ideas for serious magicians.

• Theory & Concepts: The D‑E-C-O-V‑A formula revisited, the five steps of deception, false assumptions and their use in magic.
• Sleight-of-hand techniques: Advanced false transfers, structuring a performance, and an alternative method for the card stab effect.
• Presentation & Scripting: The art of writing scripts, character development, and how to craft compelling magic routines.
• Exclusive Effects & Routines: The worldwide card trick,...

Effect: The magician shows the spectator a unique deck of cards, each bearing a different word. The spectator riffle shuffles the deck. The magician turns away as the spectator takes the top five cards and creates a sentence using those words on the cards. Different sentences can be created by the spectator. Without asking any questions, the magician reveals the exact sentence created by the spectator.

Unlock the power of words with Gilbreath with Words - amaze your audience with your knowledge of the future!

Gilbreath with Words is a powerful and baffling effect that will leave your...

Tony Kardyro, aka Senor Torino, was a sleight-of-hand master. However, this routine with seven effects uses a simple to make gimmick, a thick card, that eliminates difficult sleights. It is perhaps the best card routine Kardyro ever created. He performed it throughout his entire professional career. It is a masterclass in routining and structuring an effective and entertaining card routine.

• Locating The Key Card
• To Bring Selected Card Second From Top
• To Bring Selected Card Second From Bottom
• Shuffling The Cards
• The Routine Supreme
• Mental Card Discovery
• Card In Pocket
• A Total Mystery ...

A fun close-up or parlor magic routine (with a mentalism flavor and an "OMG!" ending) that revolves around the game of chess.

The Effect: The performer shows six square cards, each with the image of a chess board setup. On each card, a different piece is missing - a pawn on one, a rook on another, etc. He then shows the backs of those cards, and each is numbered from 1 to 6. Those cards are laid aside for now.

A deck of cards is introduced, and instead of playing cards on the faces, there are pictures of chess pieces, one piece on each card. A spectator is asked to pull a card from the...

I have already published a few behind-the-back location effects, such as Behind the Back Location and The Gift. In this ebook, I am publishing another behind-the-back location effect, except this one is, in my opinion, the strongest one. I think it’s more fooling than the aforementioned two. Hence why I decided to call it The Ultimate Behind the Back Location.

There is a full performance video by my friend attached below, but before you watch it, here are some important conditions to keep in mind:

• The deck in play is completely regular. It doesn’t contain any gaffs or gimmicks. It doesn’t even contain any crimped...

An "Any Card At Any Number" effect that, brought forth from the imagination of the viewer, an instant later turns into reality.

A new card magic and mentalism effect in which the magician, after placing a case of cards on the table and randomly choosing a spectator, will ask him to imagine being in a dream.

The protagonist will be that very case from which all the cards have, however, flown away, tired of "captivity." He will have to imagine seeing them fluttering freely over the horizon, but he will also realize that, perhaps repentant or simply tired, they are coming back, toward them....

Un effetto di Carta al Numero che, partorito dall'immaginazione dello spettatore, un istante dopo si trasforma in realtà!

Un nuovo effetto di Cartomagia e Mentalismo, a tema "Any Card At Any Number", in cui il prestigiatore, dopo aver appoggiato sul tavolo un astuccio di carte ed aver scelto a caso uno spettatore, gli chiederà di immaginare di essere in un sogno.

In esso il protagonista sarà proprio quell'astuccio dal quale tutte le carte sono però volate via, stanche della "prigionia". Egli dovrà immaginare di vederle svolazzare liberamente all'orizzonte, ma si accorgerà anche...

Wonderful recollections and stories about show business and performers, including some magicians, spanning the late 19th century and the early 20th century.

• Bibliography
• I Brighton Front
• II Brighton Front (Continued)
• III Circus Memories
• IV Famous Clowns
• V Early Days In America
• VI America On Business And Holiday
• VII "Tout Paris"
• VIII Beauty In Woman
• IX Giants Of The Theatre
• X Shakespeare In My Time
• XI A Panorama Of Playgoing
• XII Ballet Memories
• XIII Settings and Shows
• XIV Nothing New
• XV Seventy Years Of Song
• XVI Celebrities Of The Ring
• XVII Farewell To Boxing Promotion
• XVIII...

You show four cards from the backs. Turning one face up, say the seven of hearts, will magically turn all cards face-up - they are all sevens. You turn them all back face-down. Suddenly they change to the four jacks.

1st edition 2025, video 5:02

Uno stupefacente effetto di "Carta al Numero" che parla di Magia e Intelligenza Artificiale per creare un Doppio Miracolo di Cartomagia! E la parte migliore: il tutto è completamente AUTOMATICO!

A.I. ACAAN Deck è un originalissimo e inedito DOPPIO effetto di Cartomagia a tema "Any Card At Any Number", in cui il prestigiatore si servirà di un paio di dadi da gioco e di uno speciale mazzo di carte, che annuncerà essere stato ideato dalla congiunzione tra la più raffinata Magia e l'Intelligenza Artificiale!

Dopo averlo velocemente mostrato e mescolato, chiede ad uno spettatore di lanciare...

The essential mentalism reference work. No mentalist should be without it.

"It is the best, and most complete, introduction to mentalism ever written." - Bob Cassidy

Today, known throughout the world, Corinda has been acclaimed as inventor, writer, and teacher of mentalism - the art of mindreading. Whilst on tour in America, his friends persuaded him to write a book, and with the support of nearly every professional mentalist in the world, Corinda set out to compile The Thirteen Steps to Mentalism.

After two years, the series was published step by step. Corinda succeeded in producing what has...

This is a fascinating compilation of apparatus magic explained in text and photos.

Excerpt from the foreword:

• Foreword
• Corinda's Dictionary Memory Feat
• Claude Chandler's Window Penetration
• J. F. Orrin's Match-Box Trick
• The Veroni House Of Magic Presents Gene Morrell's Miniature Illusion ...

I have already published an open prediction effect called Open Prediction: A New Approach to a Classic Plot. Here I am publishing a different open prediction method of mine. I call this one Open Prediction: The Simplest Approach because the method is extremely simple, yet, despite that, it produces the ideal effect from a lay person's point of view. Also, despite the simplicity of the method, it is previously unpublished as far as I'm aware.

Below you can see a full performance video by my friend:

1st edition 2025, PDF 7 pages.

This eBook offers practical tips for magicians to enhance their performances. It emphasizes the importance of clear communication and engaging presentation to make magic effects more impactful and deceptive. The eBook offers specific suggestions on what to say and do, covering topics like misdirection, audience interaction, and handling potential issues. It stresses the value of showing rather than telling, using casual language for important actions, and minimizing dead time. Furthermore, it touches upon psychological principles to influence spectator choices and create stronger magical experiences. ...

The ultimate digital book test.

A mind-reading experiment like no other. Imagine peering into a spectator’s thoughts as they browse a digital book on their own device, freely selecting a word from thousands. No gimmicked books, no apparent restrictions. Yet, against all odds, you reveal the exact word they are thinking of.

Phantom Whisper redefines the classic book test, leveraging modern technology to create a seamless, direct, and utterly impossible experience. Whether you're performing live, at corporate events, or in casual settings, this effect delivers a cutting-edge demonstration...

3 new effects with a regular ESP deck.

The deck is shuffled by the mentalist and cut by two spectators.

SEVEN SEES PART I – Three packets of seven cards are dealt in a row. Spectator 1 picks any packet. Spectator 2 chooses either the top or the bottom card twice. They each look at a symbol and remember it. They replace their card into the packet and shuffle it. They concentrate on their symbol as the mentalist is looking through the packet and removes two cards. They are the two selected symbols.

SEVEN SEES PART II – The two remaining packets are piled up and the cards are dealt...

Create your own unique performance.

This ebook explores how great performances go beyond technique - they are driven by emotional energy and connection with the audience.

Rooted in psychology, neuroscience, and the performing arts, this ebook introduces the Sleight of Presentation theory: a method for creating impactful, unique performances that leave a lasting impression. It's not just for magicians, but for anyone who performs - speakers, dancers, artists - anyone who steps in front of an audience.

• Introduction
• Chapter 1: What Is a Good Performance; 100% Technique + 100% Energy = Your...

You start out with eight cards consisting of two packets of four identical cards each. The two designs are different. Peter uses two differently colored spots. This display move allows you to show eight identical cards with one design, and then eight identical cards with the other design. The spectator will think you have eight identical cards, and then suddenly they change to eight different cards.

1st edition 2025, video 2:44

The ultimate compilation of 21-card trick routines: rigged, reconsidered, and retro-fitted.

A who's-who of card experts has put their minds and creativity to the plot of the 21-card trick. You will find greats like Peter Duffie and Chris Kenner, legends like Marlo, Maven and Allerton, pros like Cervon and Aronson, and many more.

• Prologue
• Foreword (Jack Parker)
• Introduction (Jon Racherbaumer)
• PROTYPE
  • Old Gray Model
  • Distribution of the Cards in the 21-Card Trick
• STREAMLINERS
  • Streamliner (Bert Allerton)
  • 21-Card Trick Streamlined (Edward Marlo)
  • 21 Plus Subtlety (Edward Marlo)
  • Swindle 21-Card Trick...

Excerpt from the introduction:

Here is a manuscript that begins where all other texts on hypnotism leave off. The author, a noted stage performer and hypnotist himself, presents a comparative study of Mesmerism versus Hypnotism, with suggested experiments with the extraordinary powers of the human mind that you, yourself, can try.

McGill also gives you a modernized mesmeric method of hypnotizing, especially designed for ESP research.

This hard-to-find monograph was written and designed for use by professional hypnotists. It is not a text for beginners.

Published by St. Vitus Press, an imprint of blamepro.com, this...

Effect: One spectator merely thinks of a card. A second spectator deals cards face down, stopping absolutely anywhere they choose. The card they stop at is the first spectator's exact thought of card. Easy to do, no complicated procedures, instant reset.

Here's why "The Jokers Are In On It" is a must-have for your repertoire:

Spectator Shuffles the Deck: The spectator shuffles before and after thinking of their card, making any suspicion of magician manipulation impossible. This reinforces the feeling of fairness.

Minimal Magician Handling: You seemingly only touch the deck to remove...

A flexible approach to the impossible coincidence.

Find a quiet, secluded space... get comfortable, close your eyes, and imagine: the postman rings. A package trapped for 60+ years in the USPS's Dead Letter Office has finally arrived. The sender: Some odd Canadian named Lyons. Contents: The long-lost issue of an obscure mag dedicated entirely to a flexible, multi-layered framework for one solitary routine. Hidden math of some kind may be involved.

Enough to jolt some from their magical slumber in frantic search of freshly-baked eye cookies? Sure. But for those still reveling comfortably...

Effect: Step into a world of mentalism with Final Destination, where the magician predicts the exact final destination of a virtual journey chosen by the spectator. Using a sleek and intuitive app, the spectator freely selects a departure city, and the journey unfolds with a series of destinations. As the journey progresses, the spectator's final destination is revealed — matching the magician’s prediction perfectly.

How it Works: The magician secretly writes down a prediction and hands it to a spectator. Through the app, the spectator mentally selects a departure city, not by physically...