Magic & Mentalism: page 444

Johnny Geddes was Britain's leading comedy magician. As a performer, he first worked with many top music hall artistes of the day and was always in constant demand. Billed as 'The Biggest Dope in Magic', he appeared in many television programmes and featured in his own TV series.

As an originator, numerous effects of his have been marketed by leading magic dealers, and over the years, he authored a number of first-class books on comedy magic as well as 2,000 published articles which appeared in most of the leading magic magazines.

Johnny was also a theatrical agent, booking acts for...

Four, say, duplicate Queen of Clubs magically change to four Ace of Spades. These then change to the four Aces. It's a beauty to perform and watch.

1st edition 2025, video 8:44

Jon Racherbaumer lectured around the globe. These are the lecture notes for a lecture he gave in Italy in 2008.

• Rules of the Game / Max Maven
• Snap-Slap Transpo / Marc Serin
• Supra-Gemini / John Guastaferro
• Mathematician - Psychic - Magician
• Suit Yourself / Henry Evans
• Unambiguous Discernment / Edward Marlo
• Humma-Humma-Hummer / Lewis Jones and Jack Avis
• In the Nick of Time / John Gustaferro
• The Last Game / David Britland
• Dunbury Lie Speller

1st edition 2008, PDF 28 pages.

Includes a comprehensive description of the continuous front and back hand palm with cards, and the sensational new rising card trick.

• CHAPTER I. A Few Incidents in the Life of Howard Thurston
• CHAPTER II. Indispensable Sleights
  • THE PASS
  • THE FORCE
  • THE CHANGE
  • THE ORDINARY PALM
• CHAPTER III. The Continuous Front and Back Hand-Palm and Tricks in Connection Therewith
  • THE DISAPPEARANCE OF FIVE CARDS ONE AT A TIME
  • THE PRODUCTION OF CARDS ONE AT A TIME AT THE FINGER-TIPS FROM THE BACK-HAND PALM
  • THE PRODUCTION OF CARDS AT THE FINGER-TIPS FROM THE ORDINARY PALM
  • PASSING A CARD THROUGH...

This double sandwich is based on Dragnet by Jack Birnman. I added two moves that replace ATFUS with a better move. I would even say that it only works on this sandwich. It's just my imagination. I've never seen anyone do what I do. The last move is even better, and so I distribute the aces with the spectator's cards to be in certain places, so that they are different places not next to each other. And at the beginning, if you notice, I don't arrange the cards red-black-black-red, like in every version.

Inspired from Dragnet by Jack Birnman, Tengard by Paul Gordon, New jack...

Effect: After the spectator shuffles and cuts about 13 cards, he tries to guess the color of each card. The magician reveals how many cards were correctly guessed by the spectator, the identity of the bottom card of the red packet, and finally the bottom three cards of the other packet.

Do you have a marked deck that you don't use or are afraid to use? This effect is for you. It was constructed so that the spectator never suspects a marked deck. If you are asked to do a trick, this is a fun go-to effect you can do. There's no setup, no sleight of hand, and multiple reveals.

• No setup ...

The fans of mental logs are in for a big treat here. X Ray Mental Logs takes the principle of mental logs in a completely novel and innovative direction, which is totally different from my earlier releases on this subject - Mental Logs Unlogged, Einstein's Color Psychology, Logsquare, Logsquare 2 and Invisible Mental Logs - each of which is a unique take on mental logs principle which elevates it from being a mathematical novelty to an unfathomable, impossible and hard hitting mystery.

Most magicians and mentalists are aware of...

Excerpt from the Foreword by John Northern Hilliard:

A mysterious creature appears in your empty hands and then vanishes. It includes an easy do-it-yourself tutorial for the construction of the little fellow and performance details. It is a big hit with children.

1st edition 2025, video 1:11.

A powerful new stacked deck utilizing the brand new suit weighted cycle system.

Designed for real-world workers. The BTM Stack offers built-in balance, hidden structure, and performer-friendly flow that unlocks effects with the merging of a cyclical and memorized order. With BTM, you'll be able to achieve rapid divinations, stunning coincidences, and clean, direct miracles - without the heavy mental strain. Easy to learn, flexible in performance, and deceptive enough to fool the sharpest eyes, BTM is a system you'll return to again and again.

1st edition 2025, PDF 13 pages.

You try to show a Four-Ace trick, but the same indifferent card keeps appearing. The kicker ending is a shocker, and it's both funny and magical.

1st edition 2025, video 12:59

Dennis Barlotta, aka D. Angelo Ferri, studied with Slydini for 8 years. In this video, he is not teaching any tricks but explains the psychology and thinking behind Slydini's method of deception. How did Sldyini use his eyes? How did he involve spectators in a non-threatening way? Why did Slydini do the things he did? This video is intended to give magicians who are curious about Slydini a closer look at how he thought. Dennis will break it down and explain the thinking behind Slydini's system of misdirection and deception.

This video is a good introduction to the other instructional...

The magician begins by taking out four Aces. The spectator selects one red card and one black card, which are then returned to the deck and shuffled. The spectator is asked to cut the deck randomly into four packets. The four Aces are placed on top of each packet. The packets are reassembled. When the deck is spread, the four Aces not only gather together, but the red Aces sandwich the spectator’s red selection, and the black Aces sandwich the spectator’s black selection.

• No force
• No gimmick
• Impromptu performance

1st edition 2025, video 5:08

Effect: The spectator uses their intuition to produce multiple matching card pairs from two seemingly mixed decks. The magician barely touches the cards, making the effect seem even more impossible.

Imagine this: Your spectator freely cuts both decks, chooses one, and deals cards face down, stopping when they want (no force). You do the same with the other deck. Initially, the cards don't match – but this is by design! Then, through an astounding twist, the spectator's intuition takes over. They try again, and miraculously, not only do the cards match, but two more pairs match as well. ...

The value of the special bonuses included here is more than 3 times the value of the main ebook itself. All the previous 6 ebooks in the Mind Spark Series which are a total value of $66 are included here free. So enjoy it while it lasts.

Neuro Code is a hard hitting 3 phase routine with 6 different hits, which can be performed for a small group of people in both close up and parlor situations, using nothing but just a few business cards - either your own business cards or double blank ones.

In phase one, the performer demonstrates his mind reading skills by reading the thoughts of 3...

Adair's ideas on kids' magic.

• Hi there!
• Red & Yellow Make Orange
• Monkey Nuts
• Water On The Brain!
• Dracula
• Wally The Wizard
• Pet Parade
• Mobile Message
• Postman Pete
• Woody Woodpecker
• Butterfly Box
• Super Sceptre
• Magical Text
• Wizard Bag
• Two 'Traffic Light' Tricks Traffic Light Silks
• Ready-Steady-Go!
• Slinky Linky!
• Rabbit Return
• Catching Colours
• Bunny Bag

1st edition 2012, PDF 14 pages.

Adair's ideas on kids' magic.

• Hi there!
• Butterfly Surprise
• No Smoking
• Ice Cream Masterpiece
• Knotty Ribbon
• Sucker Silks Surprise
• Cat And Fish
• Silk/Ball/Egg Opener
• Top Hat Bunnies
• Dan's Magic Van
• Button And Bead Method
• Catch!
• Clear-Vu Lewis Cone
• Just Chance Wands
• Kopy-Kat Painting

1st edition 2011, PDF 10 pages.

II titolo, "Segui i Colori", indica un Packet Trick semplice ma di grande effetto, eseguibile con una decina di carte ed un paio di fiches da Casinò, una Rossa ed una Nera. L'illusionista mostra una serie di carte Rosse, dall'Asso al 5 di Quadri, seguite da una serie Nera, dall'Asso al 4 di Picche. Le dispone in fila sul tavolo e piazza una fiche Nera al fondo ed una Rossa all'inizio, a fianco dell'Asso di Quadri, facendo notare come la loro disposizione corrisponda a quella dei due colori dei semi delle carte.

Ha poi disposto a parte un Jolly,...

The effect is pretty standard, but the sneaky method isn't. Four Aces vanish, and one is located by spelling to it. What's more, the other three magically appear. Standard sleights.

1st edition 2025, video 13:38

Twenty-five ideas.

• Introduction
• About The Author/Lecturer
• Special Thanks And Acknowledgement
• Jumbo Identification
• Diamonds Are A Girls Best Friend
• Some Thoughts On The Willow Patterned Plate
• Slinkeroo Silk Vanish
• Wally The Wizard
• Say How!
• Headline Paper Tear
• Self Contained Colour Force
• Egg Nest
• Billy Button
• Sucker Magic Painting
• Gravity Outdone
• Shop Window Prediction
• Yellow Silk - Red Can Or Red Silk & Yellow Can!
• Balloon Bank Note
• Slinkeroooo!
• Highlighted Book Test
• C - Thru Silk Production
• Pill Box Dead And Alive Test
• Red, White Or Blue?
• Split-Apart Production Box ...

In this PDF, I am publishing one of my most treasured secrets. Like The Exception and The Gift, this effect was originally released as a competition here, where the first person to figure out the method (within a one-month time frame) was to be rewarded prize money. However, no one who entered the competition managed to figure it out.

I call this effect The Gift 2.0 because effect-wise it's very similar to The Gift, even though the method is different.

I won't expose the method of The Gift here but I will speak in 'code' and say this: for those of you who own...

This effect is a professional routine strong enough to close your show. It ingeniously hides one of the most powerful secrets in card magic: the Stacked Deck. The magician never touches the deck, eliminating all possible solutions. The spectator shuffles the deck twice or three times, eliminating the possibility of a stacked deck. When the magician reveals the identity of a card at a position freely selected by the spectator, it eliminates marked cards. During the routine, the spectator unknowingly gives the magician all the information they need!

The "Out of Chaos Comes Order" effect is...

John Northern Hilliard, in his classic text Greater Magic, made this poignant observation: "Stewart Judah looms extravagantly in the field of magic. I would rather see him do a card trick than go to a convention."

Another famous identity, Jay Marshall, editor of The New Phoenix and one of the twentieth century's most celebrated magic dealers, was equally laudatory: "Stewart Judah is the world's greatest magician!"

Similar tributes about Judah have flowed continuously over the years - perhaps helped along by his astonishing book [lp=758790 The Magic...

For any mentalist, a reliable peek is gold - it's what transforms a trick into a miracle. Audacious Eyes gives you not just one, but four powerful ways to peek information. Each method is practical, versatile, and together they work in every setting - from a quiet 1-on-1 to a full audience.

EYE FLY - A sleek DIY device created from a non-metal business card case in under 5 minutes. The best part is that everything is self-contained, you can instantly repeat, and it resets as you perform it.

EYE SPY - A smart DIY peek built right into any playing card box. It doesn't eat up space, so...