Magic & Mentalism: page 461

The human lie detector

Imagine an effect where the cards are seemingly merely a formality and the true focus is on the psychology of the human mind. In this incredible effect, a spectator can freely shuffle the deck using any shuffle they choose.

Your spectators cut the deck into multiple packets - which don't need to be equal in size - and shuffle their own packets to ensure total randomness. They can even exchange packets among themselves before looking at their cards, leaving you seemingly with no information at all.

This is where the real magic happens. You explain that in the high-stakes...

There is a surprise gift for you inside this ebook worth $12.

Both Annemann and Bob Cassidy would have been proud of this. I took what I learnt from Annemann a long time back and mixed it with what I learnt from Bob (also a long time ago) and the outcome is a synergy which simply rocks, stuns and blasts any audience.

The effect as seen by the audience is this. You introduce a single prediction envelope which is kept in full view until the climax. You then give a single pocket diary or a single poker sized calendar card (you can choose to perform with any one of the two...

My card routines Triple Cut ACAAN and Three Chances ACAAN have received a great response on Lybrary, and ACAAN routines where the spectator cuts three cards and their values add up to the final position of the selection are one of my favorite types to explore. Today, I'd like to share two more ACAAN routines along the same lines.

Like the previous routines, both are very fooling to magicians, with very direct effects. Both routines also use unconventional methods, resulting in even more unique and powerful effects!

Composite ACAAN:
The spectator freely selects...

You show four cards with yellow backs. On the other side they all have green backs, meaning they are double-backer cards. Then where there were yellow backs, there are now blue backs. Then the cards turn into the four aces. Then the backs change to red backs. Eventually, each ace has a different coloured back.

1st edition 2026, video 2:14.

Table of Contents

• CLOSE-UP MAGIC
  • Expanding Texture / Eddie Joseph
  • Colour Cones / Werry
  • Bolt of Lightning / Fin Haugen
  • Coin Transposition / Kaplan
  • The Penton Dice Routine / Charles E. Penton
  • Paper Balls to Hat / Slydini
  • Burnt and Restored Handkerchief / Jean Hugard
  • My Business Card / Evan P. Morgan
  • A Sharper's Trick (31) / Ellis Staynon
  • Marked Coin, Glass and Okito Box Routine / Lewis Ganson
• MAGIC WITH PLAYING CARDS
  • Dippy Magnet / Robert Harbin
  • Hidden Power / Jack Yates
  • A "Slate" Mistake / Harbin and Lewis
  • Jumbo Wild Card / Peter Kane
  • Sharper Sharped / Eric C. Lewis ...

The secret books of Eric Lewis.

A personal selection by Eric Lewis of the best and most interesting tricks he encountered during a lifetime of magic. Everything is stunningly illustrated.

Excerpt from the introduction:

Excerpt from the introduction by Charles Eastman:

• Preface by Lee Jacobs
• Introduction By Charles Eastman
• Effect
• Secret
• Construction...

Originally released in 1966 when the TV version of Batman was popular. These ideas have received a new lease on life with the fairly recent Batman movies.

Table of Contents

• Foreword
• Bat Magic Utility Belt
• The Magic Bat Wand
• Batty Foiled And Foiled Again
• To Catch A Thief
• The Bat Boomerang
• Quick Change
• Zulieka’s Zingy Purse
• The Vanishing Bathonda Key
• Flying Bat
• The Bat Towel Trick
• Bat Magician Caught Short!
• Next Trick
• Further Bat Magician Possibilities
• Bat Jokes
• Credits

1st edition 1966, 28 pages; PDF 22 pages.

Author Ian Adair offers readers another super batch of original effects and routines, all having a novel touch. Here the children's entertainer will find a wonderful array of practical and original material for the kids' show. Illustrated throughout, the descriptions are easy to follow and most of the effects and routines are easy to do.

Table of Contents

• Preface
• Roll-Over Rall
• Chalks Away!
• A Bit Of 'Business' With A 'Mouse'
• This Side - That Side
• My Girlfriend
• Stolen Pearls
• Three Little Piggies
• Comic Capers
• Creepy Caterpillar
• Three Wand Repeat
• Do-It-Yourself Magic Wand Kit
• Topsy...

The most deceptive drawing duplication you'll ever perform - no electronics, no imp-pads, just pure psychological hacking.

Are you looking for a stunning and simple drawing duplication that leaves spectators completely baffled? This effect allows you to duplicate a meaningful image drawn by a spectator without ever asking a question or seemingly touching their billet

The Effect: Your spectator thinks of a meaningful event - something impossible for anyone else to know - and draws a symbol or image representing it on a blank card. They mark the back with an "X," place it face down, and...

A shuffle principle designed to fool magicians.

The magician begins by removing a prediction card. The spectator freely selects a card and returns it to the deck. The magician performs a riffle shuffle, which mysteriously stops halfway through. The shuffle stops exactly at the spectator's selection. The three resulting packets are then turned over, and their values match the prediction card from the beginning.

Two different handling methods are included.

Riffle Location and Prediction: An almost self-working card trick that relies on a simple gimmick to achieve the final effect.

...

An uncommon title that exposes the methods used by fraudulent mediums and so-called "office readers" to fleece the public.

Includes Annemann's no-fail, twelve-point system for how the medium obtains personal information about their victim without their knowledge.

Reveals how the phony psychic delivers a convincing personal reading that sounds so real, so on-the-spot, that the client will believe the medium possesses true psychic abilities.

Read for yourself the spiel of the medium and see how authentic it appears. Compare it to your own life history and see how convincing it can be. ...

This is a doubly magical effect in which a spectator selects a card from the deck - twice - based on the number resulting from the roll of two imaginary dice.

It's an effect in which the magician shows the entire deck to the audience while removing the two Jokers, shuffes it, and has a spectator cut the deck and complete - over and over again, as many times as the spectator wishes. When satisfied, the magician will stack a small pile of face-down cards, setting aside the rest of the deck. The spectator will imagine rolling two six-sided dice and mentally read the total (from 2 to 12). He...

A collection of effects for anyone with a warped sense of humor that are not only eye-popping and startlingly visual, but also entertaining with offbeat and humorous presentations.

Poultry-geist
A packet of cards is shown front and back. A ghost is depicted on each card (the front of the ghost is on the front of each card and the back of the ghost is on the other side). A spectator is given one of the ghost cards and instructed to scare the others away by saying "Boo." One by one, the ghosts get scared and vanish from the cards. You state that the ghosts ran away because they are "chicken."...

This book contains a collection of effects utilizing one of my favorite gimmicks: double-sided tape.

This hard-to-find ebook is once again available for purchase. Contains 12 illusions, plus a tutorial on printing custom cards.

"... strong magic... interesting plots... devious methods. What more could one ask for?" - Martin Lewis

"... will keep you glued to the pages." - Paul Hallas

YFW!
Four Jokers and an Ace are shown. The Ace is set aside. One by one the four Jokers turn face down. But wait... this trick doesn't use four Jokers and one Ace. It uses...

A complete guide to the crimp in card magic.

Tired of spectators catching your pinky break? The Bent Truth: A Complete Guide to the Crimp is your essential guide to mastering one of the most reliable tools in card magic.

Why the crimp is your new best friend:

• It's Set-and-Forget: Unlike a pinky break, a crimp requires zero muscular effort to maintain. Once it's set, you can do anything with your hands-or even hand the deck to a spectator.
• It Survives the Shuffle: Whether it's a riffle, overhand, or Hindu shuffle, a properly applied crimp stays intact. Your spectator can genuinely shuffle...

A completely impromptu ACAAN routine in which a single card points in two directions.

The spectator freely selects two cards and they are returned to the deck and shuffled. The magician then has the spectator freely name another card, which is openly placed into the center of the deck. After being controlled to the middle, the value of the indicator card points left and right to reveal the spectator's two original selections.

Performance transcript:

• Give the deck a shuffle.
• Have the spectator freely name two cards.
• The 3 of Spades and the Jack of Diamonds.
• Insert the two cards...

The periodical's slogan was: Magic You Can Count On

A complete file of Abacus is very hard to find. With the help of several collectors, we could put together a complete file. Among the distinguished contributors are people like Paul Hallas, Peter Duffie, Max Maven, Walt Lees, Aldo Colombini, Mark Leveridge, Stephen Tucker ... and of course Al E. Smith himself.

See the table of contents on the separate volume pages.

Number 1 (September 2001)

• Riffs
• The Real Work / Dave Wyton
• Photat / Paul Hallas
• Booted
• Handson Dabs
• Peter's Poetry / Paul Gordon
• Final / Ken Speckle
• Hoax Busters? / Peter Spence

Number 2 (October 2001)

• Riffs
• Amount Account Recounted / Peter Duffie
• Impare Diary / Mike Hopley
• Punbumers
• The Streets of Humdrum
• Derren Brown II / Mel Drew

Number 3 (November 2001)

• Riffs
• Jacks / Roger Curzon
• For Whom The Tollbell Clangs / Ernie Bulstrode
• Word Processor / Lewis Jones
• Missed Match / George McBride
• Doncon
• Hear and Their
• Could Be Dept
• Where Have All the Followers...

Number 1 (September 2000)

• Riffs
• Rogues Galorey
• No Surrender Dept
• Beware of the Jog
• This Charming Man
• Bookstore: Unfairty Harry
• Phake Transpo / Paul Hallas
• Conck House Creation / Paul Gordon
• Direct Miss?

Number 2 (October 2000)

• Riffs
• Playing Those Mind Games
• Life, Death & Other Card Tricks by Robert E. Neale
• Not This Year Either
• Hip Hip Hype Baby / Bob Earl
• Long Pocket
• Barnsley Bootie
• Forcing the Issue / Peter Duffie
• Clip Joint / Jack Jansen
• Staple Diet / Stephen Tucker
• Scarborough Fair Fare
• Never Mind The Show. Watch the Crowd

Number 3 (November 2000) ...

Number 1 (September 1999)

• Riffs
• Photat / Paul Hallas
• Wronged
• Spell My Number or Watch The Paint Dry / Stephen Tucker
• The Magic of Ken Hawes
• prelude / Ken Speckle
• Roger's Real Gone Aces
• Collected Card Notes by Justin Higham
• Max Maven Rites
• What Every Close-Up Competitor Wants
• Music Is Magic
• Mallory Towers

Number 2 (October 1999)

• Riffs
• Dear Al
• Which Trials? / William O'Connor
• Pass the Salt
• Nothing Changes Dept
• It's a Point of View / Dave Wyton
• Ban the Crimp / Joe McKay
• Peter Duffie Rights
• Tricks They Never Play On the Radio: Intooit
• Edcomment
• Review: Chad Long...

Number 1 (September 1998)

• Riffs
• Sandspell / Norm Little
• The Sheffield Solution / Roger Curzon
• Parish Or Perish / Ian Surl
• Travis Perkins Assembly Day of Magic Sunday 5th July
• Paul Gordon Performs Miracles?
• Bob Loomis writes ...
• The One-Way Widow / Phil Goldstein
• The Devious One-Way Widow
• The Final Frontier
• How Odd
• A Cinema Ticket Magically Changes to Match One Selected by a Spectator / Paul Hallas

Number 2 (October 1998)

• Riffs
• Primarily Odd / P. S. Hale
• FredstackEd
• Gaffs and Ungaffs
• Class and Classrooms / Granville Rhodes
• Pair Off / William Denbob
• News & Blues ...

Number 1 (September 1997)

• Riffs
• Suspension Bridge / Clive Sullivan
• Positive Mind Control / Bob Hamilton
• Western Wizards
• Hanks for the DemGeoffrey
• Twist In A Glass / Paul Hallas
• Ferry Bridge
• Hi Ho Silver
• Early in the Morning / J.P. Richardson
• The Day the Music Sighed
• Scene and Heard
• NLAFT
• More Bragging
• Interview Anthony Owen
• Picky Picky Dept
• Strange Currencies / Peter McLanachan

Number 2 (October 1997)

• Riffs
• The Poker Prediction Puzzle Problem / Roy Walton
• Interview Peter Duffie
• Flying / Peter Duffie
• Eddie's Readers
• A Twisted Tale
• Liquid Fueling
• Heavy Mental...

Number 1 (September 1996)

• Riffs
• Friendly Persuasion / Dec Hides
• Aquae Sulis
• Write Away John Dory
• Busy Beam: The Steve Beam Tour
• Tri-Out / Harry Wise
• Never Mind the Ballots ... / Arthur Illery
• Criminal Acts / Paul Hallas
• Remains to be Seen
• Just Like Eddie
• The Malady Lingers On / David Hawkins
• Reviews: The Sticky Blue Book
• Speckleation / Ken Speckle
• Fight of Hand

Number 2 (October 1996)

• Riffs
• Imogenetic
• Simon Says
• Keeping Company
• How Does Peter Do It? / Roy Walton
• Balducci's Double
• Collectic
• Message Understood / Roger Curzon
• Max-Wax / Max Maven
• Lead on McDuffie...