Magic & Mentalism: page 456

A hard-to-find title, now available again to a new generation of performers and their audiences.

Psychic entertainers and mentalists: Make money telling fortunes with a deck of cards and this book. Many professionals have been doing this for years... and making big money at it. Now you can, too, but only if you have a card reading system that looks and sounds legitimate. Written by Robert A. Nelson, owner of the Nelson Enterprises mentalists' mecca, and a performer himself (as Dr. Korda RaMayne). Unlike other books on the subject, Nelson includes his own professional shortcuts to get you...

Imagine this ... information is written on a paper, it is then folded multiple times until it's 1/9th of the original size, and then it is locked into itself.

Despite the information being covered with two layers of paper from one side and six layers from the other, you still manage to access the center with just one single tear.

Here are its features:

• Wide writing area.
• Takes 3 minutes to learn.
• No fiddling for opening up the paper.
• You can show the paper front and back during the tear.
• You can also steal the center right after the 1st tear and open it with one hand.

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The Reverse Force is a fantastic new force which is not known to have been used in the field of magic so far.

This is very easy to use and is very powerful. Once you understand the basic principle, you can start applying it in a multitude of ways in various tricks. This is a multi-use force to have in your toolbox.

The Reverse Force is so simple that it is explained in just a single sentence. The rest of the pages in this ebook are filled with a dozen killer routines using the Reverse Force. You will surely come up with several of your own applications for it.

1st edition 2026, PDF...

Table of Contents

• Preface
• On Introductory Patter
• For Children's Entertainments
• The Handkerchief And Flag Trick
• The Egg And Card Trick
• The Wizard's Breakfast
• The Miser's Dream
• The Chinese Rice Bowls
• The Mutilated Parasol
• The Torn And Restored Tape
• Imro Fox's Pigeon Trick
• The Linking Rings
• The Clock Dial
• The Hoop And Water Trick
• The Sliding Die Box
• A Novel Spirit Slate
• The Spirit Slate
• Card Patter
• A Zan Zig Burlesque
• The Tinned Rabbit
• Conjuring Yarns In General
• A Ventriloquial Dialogue
• Billiard Ball Patter

1st edition 1923, PDF 48 pages.

You start out with four cards with a blue back on both sides. They transform into four cards with red back designs on both sides, plus they have a big hole through the middle.

1st edition 2026, video 1:49.

The First Korean Book of Magic, translated and annotated

The history of Korean magic awakens from a century of slumber.

A modern interpretation and commentary on Gisulhak, the oldest magic book in Korea, published in 1907.

Today, as Korean magic has risen to a world-class level, we have finally discovered the hidden roots that were once thought to be lost. Countries with a long history of magic have always possessed original literature to prove their roots. Key examples include England's The Discoverie of Witchcraft (1584), Japan's Shinsen Gijutsu (1696), and China's Ehuan...

Principles and stories from cheating at the blackjack table.

Price will increase to $35, once 50 copies have been sold.

Step into the world of 1980s Las Vegas, where the casinos were iconic and the stakes were a matter of life and death. In his gripping memoir, Dustin Marks reveals how he executed over 500 cheating plays and retired without ever being caught.

Discover the "Double Down from a New Deck" and the high-tech "Computer Cooler," a masterpiece of deception that netted $151,000 in a single night. This is more than just a story of crime; it is a master class in psychological manipulation...

From the early 1970's, this unique effect may be the most visual card transformation, without any suspicious handling, fingers spread wide apart, no cover-ups. Walter Cummings was a convention favorite from the old school. Angle proof and quite startling.Requires moderate skill.

1st edition 2026, video 36 seconds.

A fooling routine: the spectator cuts off a packet and notes the bottom card, then shuffles freely, replaces it anywhere in the deck, and shuffles again. The performer still locates the selection. Furthermore, the spectator decides how the shuffle is done; the deck is then mixed into three packets, and the bottom cards of all three packets match the value of the selection.

Performance transcript:

• First, have the spectator cut the deck.
• Have them cut off a small packet and remember the bottom card.
• There is no force involved.
• Then give the deck a shuffle.
• Have the spectator cut a...

Note: A one-way deck uses an asymmetrical back design. If one card is secretly flipped 180 degrees, you can easily spot it because the design is reversed.

DEDUCTION

A two-phase experiment in which the performer can apparently identify any card after memorizing a shuffled deck.

Phase #1: The spectator shuffles and cuts the deck, then selects a card and covers it with his hands. The performer runs through the deck, looking at the faces of the cards, apparently memorizing everyone of them. After a moment's thought, he deduces that the missing card is the 4 of Clubs. The spectator checks...

• Interviews with Famous Magicians
• The Humours of Entertaining
• The Art of Ventriloquism
  • Practice. When to Practice and How to Practice.
  • Distant Voice Work
  • The Figures. The Best Sort to Use. The Cost. How to Work and Where to Buy Them.
  • Stage Fright or Nervousness.
  • Showy Effects, etc.

1st edition ~1913; PDF 9 pages.

An everyday calling card, shown to be blank on both sides, suddenly develops printing details, caused by the magician's fingertips!

Here is an up-to-date revision of a classic idea from that remarkable 20th-century magician Francis Carlyle. It was none other than Bruce Elliott who first raved about this in his magazine The Phoenix, where this gem was first published.

No innovative developments have appeared in print since, until now. Ian Baxter has come up with this clever extension of Carlyle's original - totally impromptu, easy to perform and even more eye-popping than the...

A Surprise Gift worth $18 is included inside. It's like immediately getting back double the return for what you have invested in.

The One is a single poker size card which is a powerhouse of killer routines. With just this one card in your wallet or pocket, you are always ready to perform upto 30 minutes anywhere, anytime to anyone.

Of course, you can print this card in any size comfortable for you. The size can be business card, poker card, index card, post card, A5, A4 or A3 depending on your performing situation and readability factor.

The best thing about The One is that it represents...

A magical prediction that will not only turn out to be correct but will also hold a final surprise!

Predictable and Unpredictable Poker is a new card magic effect in which the magician, after showing and shuffling a deck of cards, hands it to a spectator who, after cutting it into three sections, keeps the last pack for himself and, once the rest of the deck has been reassembled, returns it to the magician. The magician then takes the cards behind his back and divides them again into three piles, placing them face down on the table.

Latter takes his cards behind his back and divides...

Una Predizione Magica che non solo si rivelerà corretta ma nasconderà anche un'inaspettata sorpresa finale!

Poker Previsto e Poker Imprevedibile è un nuovo effetto di Cartomagia dove l'illusionista, dopo aver mostrato e mescolato un mazzo di carte, lo consegna ad uno spettatore che, dopo averlo tagliato in tre parti, trattiene per sé l'ultimo mazzetto e, una volta ricomposto il resto del mazzo, lo riconsegna al mago. Quest'ultimo porta le proprie carte dietro la schiena e le divide nuovamente in tre mazzetti, disponendoli di dorso sul tavolo.

Lo spettatore, dapprima conta le carte...

Six stand-up effects from Martin Lewis. This is strong audience-tested material from his cabaret act. Martin shows you, in a step-by-step hands-on guide, how to make the "props" on your kitchen table quickly and easily with only basic tools and materials, and needing no special skills. Then, in live performance, see how the apparatus is used to really make magic

Includes artwork in PDF files and bill-of-goods files listing the materials and tools needed for each routine.

Big Switch: A great MC bit. Attempting to right a wrong, the performer shows the audience how to switch a card... literally! ...

A spectator selects at random a card from an invisible pack - let's imagine the spectator says it is the 5H. This invisible card is apparently placed onto the spectator's hand.

Next a blank faced deck is freely displayed and shuffled before one card is selected. This blank faced card to placed momentarily onto the invisible card, and then when it is turned over, the blank face is now printed with the 5H card face.

video 14:08.

In the hands of a seemingly uninformed magician, a simple picture book becomes a truly enchanting adventure of imagination. Through a playful exchange that features plenty of surprises and lots of laughter, Daryl's fully developed routine for the iconic coloring book trick is based on three key concepts. The first is the inherently funny premise that a grown-up doesn't realize that what he has is a coloring book or even what to do with it. This set-up gives this magic routine a natural beginning, middle, and end. The second is that the prop is made from a real coloring book with the 'colored'...

A spectator freely selects a card, and it is returned to the deck and shuffled. The spectator then cuts a small packet, and the deck is dealt into three piles. From each pile, a number of cards - freely chosen by the spectator - is cut from the top. The three resulting cards are not the selection. However, the total of their values locates the selection, and the bottom cards of the three piles turn out to be the other three cards of the same value.

Performance transcript:

• First, shuffle the deck.
• Then I riffle like this.
• Have the spectator call stop anywhere to select a card.
• Have...

or, how to face an audience.

Excerpt from the introduction:

• Introduction
• Stage Elocution
• Manner
• Showmanship
• The Choice and Arrangement of a Programme

1st edition 1908, 9 pages; PDF 7 pages.

A special surprise gift worth $9 is included inside.

This is an unconventional and innovative marriage between the diary effect and the Acaan effect. An impossible and unbelievable showpiece. Do not be fooled by the low intro price.

Routine One as seen by the audience: A pocket diary is given to a participant and he is asked to check out the lucky playing card on his birthday. A deck of playing cards which was lying in full view on the table right from the beginning is ribbon spread and only one card is seen with Happy Birthday written on its back. When that card is turned over, it is...

Bend reality, blur perception, and make them question everything - straight from your phone.

Here is everything that the demo video does not say:

1. Works seamlessly on both iOS and Android.
2. No apps to install. No memberships needed.
3. Goes beyond ESP symbols - includes multiple alternative ideas.
4. Comes with a complete presentation, plus several additional ideas to perform it.
5. Lives quietly on your phone, ready anytime without interfering with your daily use.

Difficulty: Beginner to Intermediate

1st edition 2026, video 24:33.

A brand-new effect, using two decks of cards, one of which will be chosen by the spectator to represent the prediction.

This is a card an "Any Card At Any Number" magic trick that uses two decks of cards. The magician places both decks on the table, they are identical except for their backs: one has red backs and the other has blue ones. He lets a female spectator freely choose which one to use first and explains that, while one will serve as the prediction deck, the other will be used - after being shuffled - to allow her to freely focus on a card, from which the experiment will begin. ...

Un inedito effetto "Any Card At Any Number" con due mazzi di carte, dei quali uno verrà scelto dallo spettatore a rappresentare la Predizione!

Predizione di Carta al Numero con Due Mazzi è di un effetto di Cartomagia dove l'illusionista dispone entrambi i mazzi sul tavolo, sono identici tranne che per i dorsi: uno li ha Rossi e l'altro Blu. Lascia che una spettatrice indichi liberamente di quale servirsi per primo e spiega che, mentre uno servirà come Mazzo della Predizione, l'altro verrà utilizzato per permetterle, dopo che sarà stato mescolato, di soffermarsi liberamente su di una...