Magic & Mentalism

Jack and the Beanstalk

This was designed as a series of booklets (even though I am only aware of one), each featuring one routine. This one explains a paper-tearing routine, including the original patter by Cedric Richardson.

1st edition 2003, PDF 8 pages.

An adaptation of a classic card routine - the Spades 1, 2, 3, and 4 travel between the top and bottom of the deck, finally gathering together on top. Just when you think it's over - no, the magic has only begun. The Spades 5, 6, 7, and 8 appear on top of the deck, the Spades 9, 10, J, and Q appear on the bottom, and the final Spade King rises to the very top of the deck. For full details, see the performance video.

1st edition 2025, video 8:00.

Effect: The spectator freely selects a card under the fairest of conditions. It is lost in the deck by the spectator. After placing the cards in the cardbox, it is wrapped in a handkerchief. The spectator holds the handkerchief and gives it a shake. His card falls to the table.

Description: This is a classic of card magic. Under the fairest possible conditions, a spectator selects a card from a deck that he has shuffled. The deck is placed in the cardbox and wrapped in a handkerchief. It is dropped by the spectator instead of the magician. This version uses an ungimmicked opaque handkerchief...

A card game between four players, in which the magician seems to have no control, unless he manages to use magic to enchant the cards of each of the players.

This is a completely improvised card trick that the illusionist performs by randomly choosing three spectators and giving them a common deck of cards (even borrowed) that they can freely shuffle, before dealing a hand of cards (five apiece) to each of them.

The magician will show that, after everyone has looked at their cards, they must choose and remember the highest value card, placing it on top of their deck, keeping all cards...

Una Partita a Carte tra Quattro giocatori, in cui il Mago parrebbe non poter avere alcun controllo, a meno che non riesca con la Magia a stregare le Carte di ognuno dei giocatori

Anche con il titolo originale, "Haunted Card Game", si è voluto indicare un effetto di cartomagia del tutto IMPROMPTU, che l'illusionista esegue scegliendo a caso tre spettatori e consegnando ad uno di essi un comune mazzo di carte (anche preso a prestito) che potrà liberamente mescolare, prima di distribuire una mano di carte (cinque a testa) per ciascuno di loro. Il mago mostrerà che, dopo che ognuno avrà...

Ready-to-perform routines from a working magician's repertoire.

Hidden in Plain Sight isn't just another magic book - it's a curated collection of four battle-tested routines from Marko, a professional magician with 57 years of real-world experience. These are not theoretical curiosities or over-engineered gimmicks, but practical, powerful tricks that have fooled audiences on television, cruise ships, corporate stages, and intimate parlors across two continents. Each routine is streamlined for performance, easy to prepare, and designed to leave spectators genuinely astonished.

Whether...

Fun with paper, coins, matches, handkerchiefs, and other homely articles.

Excerpt from the preface:

• Preface
• A Chat with my Readers
• The Red, White, and Blue Candles
• The Half Crown that Goes
• The "Diana" Trick
• Any Card You Like
• Reading the Cards ...

The reason for this bundle is to help raise funds for a fellow magician's family member who is suffering from a recently diagnosed cancer. This offer will be available only during October. All portions of the author's sales will be given to the Unnamed Magician.

This ebook explores the famous card magic theme "Any Card At Any Number," coined by mentalist David Berglas.

All these effects, selected from the best I have created, involve a specific card being miraculously found in a precise position in a shuffled deck. The text presents over twenty original variations of A.C.A.A.N., divided into four main categories:

• IMPROMPTU (6 effects that require no preparation)
• WITH A STACK (11 effects: 4 of these use my very own VR Stack Pro, and the other 2 use well-known mathematical stacks)
• WITH TWO DECKS (2 effects)
• WITH SPECIAL CARDS (1 effect...

Imagine a meaningful and memorable piece of mentalism using just a deck of cards.

• 100% impromptu
• No boring storytelling
• No gimmicks
• Simple sleights
• Useful for all situations

Welcome to Autumn Leaves, a piece that I originally released at the Emergency Act, part of my professional repertoire that can serve you well as a fascinating card prediction and a reminder of the power of child-like awe.

Every magician and mentalist can predict a card, but be the one who creates a beautiful precognition.

1st edition 2025, video 15:15.

Sandwich and Collectors are two of my favorite card effects and the ones I've studied the most. This is my original routine combining both effects.

The spectator selects a card, returns it to the deck, and the deck is shuffled. The magician cuts the two Jokers and four Aces into the center. When the deck is spread again, the two Jokers are found sandwiching the spectator's selection, while the four Aces have collected the other three cards of the same value. A pure sleight-of-hand routine with no difficult moves.

1st edition 2025, video 6:59.

Effect: The spectator shuffles the deck and cuts it, looking at the card he cut to (4D). The magician does the same showing his card to the spectator (KS). He places that card (KS) face down on the table. The magician spreads the deck face up, revealing one face-down card. It is the magician's card. The card on the table is the spectator's card.

Description:

Are you looking for an easy-to-do card effect that delivers an astonishing transposition while convincing the spectator they are in full control? This is the card transposition the spectator does not see coming.

Maximum deception...

A reading system utilizing 4 coins and 4 phases.

Addition and expansion of Paul Voodini's brilliant 3 Coins 4 Your Thoughts...

In this ebook, Curtis Foster develops and augments Paul Voodini's innovative "3 Coins 4 Your Thoughts...". He then shows how to incorporate it into Curtis Foster's "The Equation of Life". It contains everything that is happening in one's life.

Use oracles as manipulatives to gain balance and control over life's issues.

The goal of this PDF is to bring attention to Paul Voodini's vast experience and illuminating body of work. Paul Voodini's...

At one point, a long time ago, Epes Winthrop Sargent was a person of interest in the hunt for S. W. Erdnase. The primary reason for this was his initials E. W. S., which, when reversed, give S. W. E., the same initials as the author of The Expert at the Card Table. He also had connections to magic (writing about Saram R. Ellison, an important collector and personality in the world of conjuring, and The Sphinx) as well as writing an article about a cardsharp.

However, a forensic linguistic analysis quickly revealed that Epes Sargent does not write like...

Dr. Saram R. Ellison was a Canadian, born in 1852, but he lived most of his life in New York. He was one of the co-founders of the Society of American Magicians and had the member number 1. He was an avid collector of magic books and apparatus. At one time, he had the most important magic book library, which he donated to the New York Public Library.

This ebook is a biographical sketch of Dr. Ellison and his magic collection, including some photos and letters he received from prominent magicians.

1st edition 1915, PDF 13 pages.

"Thank you for your kind-hearted support. The entire royalties share received on this bundle sale by me will be sent to Unnamed Magician to support him in his fight against cancer of his family member. I have never known Unnamed Magician. Came to know about his family member's illness only through the Lybrary newsletter. I feel that, irrespective of whether performers are well-known or unknown, they deserve our community's support equally. This bundle will be live till the end of October, 2025" - Unknown Mentalist.

On the occasion of the 10th birthday of the Unknown Mentalist (yes, the Unknown Mentalist was born in 2015 and he is now all of 10 years old), for the next 10 weeks, you will be able to buy Special Bundles every week for never-before & neverßagain prices. Each Special Bundle will be live for only 10 days. So watch out for the Lybrary newsletter every week as this is exclusive to Lybrary only. You can catch the Special Bundles on the "On Sale" page of Lybrary also. The biggest buyer of Special Bundles during these 10 weeks put together will get a Nostradum Wallet worth $63 free. This special...

Magic tricks, bar bets, gambling scams, cons, puzzles, and gotcha's with playing cards, dice, coins, rope, dominoes, and humor.

"Bob's brilliance, deviousness, and creativity are perfectly balanced by his wacky sense of humor .... With The Bammo Flim-Flam Conglomeration you get everything you expect from a Bob Farmer book: an off-the-wall sense of humor, laser-sharp intelligence, clear and concise writing, and a mountain of intriguing and entertaining scams, cons, betchas, and tricks - enough to amuse any magic enthusiast of any skill level, whether or not they have larceny in their heart."...

About the Sweat Palm.

The basic idea goes back to Scot's Discovery of Witchcraft. Jon traces the principle, as much as possible, through the conjuring literature.

1st edition 2025, PDF 10 pages.

Impromptu rising card trick.

No setup is required, no gimmicks, and no difficult sleights. With just a regular deck, the spectator's selection rises from the pack. The effect is direct and fast. For the full effect, see the performance video.

1st edition 2025, video 3:32

Effect: Spectator thinks of any card, no force. They can change their mind. Without asking any questions or looking at the faces of the cards, the magician names the card. This is about as close to pure mind reading as it gets.

Description:

If you could truly read a spectator's mind, you would have them think of a card and then reveal it without asking any questions. But there's one more important element: verification of the card the spectator is thinking of. We all know there are spectators who want the magician to fail. They might lie about which card they were thinking of.

You...

The Ian Adair lecture for Kidology.

• Welcome....
• Slippery Silks
• Caterpillar Ropes
• Bags..Bags..Bags
• Rabbit Changing Bag
• Wizard Bag
• Tissle-Tassel
• Silks/Bag Sequence
• My Girlfriend -Magic Painting
• Paper Tears For Kid Shows
• Wizard Paper Tear
• 1000 Birthday Paper Tear
• Silk And Ball Opener
• Tip-Top Wand
• Fun With The Snowy Mouse
• Scamp The Dog
• Harry's Wand
• Using A Rabbit In The Show
• Routine For Balloon Box
• Peter's Bunny Bank
• Backdrops..Back-Cloth Displays
• Tips...Hints...Advice For Children's Entertainers
• Wally The Wizard

PDF 14 pages.

Looking for commercial, practical, and unforgettable material you'll actually use? Four Real Workers delivers exactly that - four powerful, practical, audience-tested routines that belong in every magician's arsenal.

Inside you'll discover:

MYSTERIOUS BOILING WATER - a startling impromptu effect with nothing more than a glass, water, a handkerchief, and a rubber band. The water boils mysteriously.

ULTIMATE IMPROMPTU DIE DIVINATION - a clean, fooling way to divine any thought-of number on a die.

INTO THIN AIR - a brilliant, overlooked handling of Theodore DeLand's Phantom Card...

or a full explanation of the principal and most interesting performances of legerdemain as exhibited by Monsieur Adrian and other performers, which of late has excited so much curiosity in the public mind, in Philadelphia and other cities of the United States and elsewhere. With amusing dialogues and original and true Yankee stories.

• GENERAL DIRECTIONS TO BE OBSERVED BY THE PERFORMER
• PREFACE
• EXPERIMENT NO. 1. To make a person disappear in a sack.
• EXPERIMENT NO. 2. To produce oranges or apples apparently in an empty box.
• EXPERIMENT NO. 3. To change a glove into sugar plums.
• EXPERIMENT...

William Manning was the playfellow of Robert-Houdin's two sons, Emile and Eugene, and learned during those visits a lot about the family, conjuring, and Robert-Houdin himself. These are his recollections.

1st edition 1890, PDF 23 pages.

The reason for this bundle at this massive discount is to help raise funds for a family member suffering from a recently diagnosed cancer. This offer will be only available during October.

without apparatus, preparation or sleight of hand.

Excerpt from the introduction:

Effect: Spectator 1 shuffles the deck, takes it under the table and looks at any card. Spectator 2 just thinks of a card. The magician reveals the name of spectator #1 card and the name and position in the deck of spectator #2 thought of card!

This is the strongest effect I have ever created! An effect that dives deep into the timeless mystery of chance versus choice.

This routine combines two classic principles of magic into an amazing new weapon: a third principle that can be used with other card effects. And just when you think it can’t go further, a brand-new principle is introduced—pushing...

Stop digging through countless books looking for practical routines for your shows! Discover fourteen powerful routines designed to captivate any platform or parlor audience. Blending classic principles with clever innovations, this collection offers practical, audience-tested magic that is both visual and memorable. Whether you're a professional seeking new material or a student of magic eager to grow, these routines provide everything you need to turn simple tricks into unforgettable performances.

1. THREE CARDS TO POCKET
The magician shows three cards that vanish from his hand, one...