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Step into the little-known world of early 20th-century German conjuring with this rare digital edition of F.W. Conradi's "Magical Mixtum Compositum II." Long overlooked in the English-speaking world, this volume offers a fascinating glimpse into a rich magical tradition, packed with ingenious card tricks, sophisticated parlor illusions, anti-spiritualist experiments, and stagecraft that remains strikingly clever and effective today. From the intricate "Mysterious Thought Photography" to the grand stage illusion "Creo," each page reveals ingenious methods and creative thinking, preserved here...

Sensational collection of mystifying pocket and stage tricks. Including tricks with cards or coins.

Table of Contents

• The Erratic Egg
• The Hat And Coin Trick
• The Obedient Dime
• To Lift Three Matches With One
• How To Cut A Visiting Card For A Cat To Jump Through It
• To Make A Cone Or Pyramid Move Upon A Table Without Springs Or Any Other Artificial Means
• To Prepare A Fountain Of Fire
• The Magic Egg
• The Nondescript
• The Miraculous Apple
• The Old Man's Face
• The Turn Wonder
• The Cards By Weight
• The Link Boys
• To Draw Two Figures With Crayon On A Wall, One Of Which Will Light A Taper,...

A silly invention intended to test a spectator's memory starts with a simple switch-up and crescendos to a double-talk flurry of nonsense as four colored pom-poms appear impossibly connected by ever-changing strings. The kicker comes when the hollow rod is opened up to reveal no connecting strings at all. The baffling connections return as the performer reminds everyone to give the hapless spectator a round of applause.

Daryl Hurst's Hometown Magic routines are laser-focused on practical entertainment that can be performed in a variety of formal and informal venues without significant restrictions,...

Here's a fabulous collection of Sam's beautifully routined magic with silks, smoke, dice, cards, liquids and more.

Long out of print, this collection includes several miracles, including some that Berland sold separately through mail order.

Contains ten complete, routined effects that include:

• A triple surprise opening wherein a lighted cigarette emits a puff of smoke that yields a silk handkerchief from which a glass of whiskey is produced and, before you can applaud, a bouquet of flowers pops into view.
• A most effective card trick called "Impact" where two mentally selected cards...

The miniature version of this arrow illusion is a staple of beginner magic kits, but usually goes unappreciated for its true potential. By using a larger, realistic-looking prop and telling a clever story, this effect of arrows magically changing direction becomes a real gem and crowd-pleaser. It's the perfect little extra of easy entertainment for family and adult performances.

Daryl Hurst's Hometown Magic routines are laser-focused on practical entertainment that can be performed in a variety of formal and informal venues without significant restrictions, giving professional results with...

This 19th-century book is a treasure trove of incredible magic tricks.

Magician Paul Gertner is famous for his cups and balls routine using metal balls. I don't know if the idea occurred to him on his own ... but this very same idea that seems so modern was already written over 100 years prior in this book from 1874! I'm talking of Jean Nicolas Ponsin's monumental work, Nouvelle Magie Blanche Dévoilée translated into English in its entirety. And I assure you that within its pages you will find many other excellent magic effects to enrich your repertoire in the 21st century! ...

Criminally good effects...

15 Effects - all self-working with a variety of objects (some you'll have to buy - but nothing that'll cost you more than a few bucks). Several brand new effects, a few crackers (including the Pencil Case Mystery) which have been published before, plus a few other ideas ... brilliant value! Ho! Ho! Ho!

McFooled: An easy effect which uses a McDonald's paper bag and a few pieces of card....

Predict-a-ball: A mentalism effect where a spectator comes up and selects a single, coloured table tennis ball from a stand and shows it to the audience, then replaces it...

As a professional magician for over two decades, I truly can't thank the resort and hotel industry enough, as they have been a constant stream of income over the years. Not just a stream of income but a stream of enjoyment and stability. This is an evergreen market and has been my "holiday" on stage. I have finally decided to share my secrets with you. Every bit of info I share with you comes from a passionate magician's heart, a heart that is hungry for success. The resort and hotel market can provide you with success in many forms. Enjoy!

"As a professional full-time entertainer with...

This book presents a large compilation of home entertainment, including conjuring and illusions, but also theatre, dance, puzzles, scientific experiments, shadowgraphy, marionettes, paper folding, and even how to build your own telephone, and many other activities. This paragraph from the prefatory note sums it up:

Table of Contents

• PREFATORY NOTE
• PART I
  • CHAPTER I: AMATEUR THEATRICALS

Noah probably performed this ancient deceit during the dinner shows on the Arc. Not unlike the Magic Coloring (FLIP) Book, it has been denigrated by countless magicians as "Old Hat". Don't believe that. It can be the perfect icebreaker or casual introduction to a dinner table setting. Done with the unwitting host's family silverware, it elicits gasps from startled witnesses. Restored to its pristine condition, the laughter is immediate. Combined with the proper acting and patter, it can be a performance highlight, the result of the surprise it engenders.

1st edition 2025, video 35 seconds....

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

Excerpt from the preface:

Table of Contents

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

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.

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...

without apparatus, preparation or sleight of hand.

Excerpt from the introduction:

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...

Step into the private workshop of Jack Chanin - Philadelphia's "Man With the Magic Hands" - with From the Private Files of Chanin, a curated collection of some of his most ingenious, deceptive, and surprisingly simple magical miracles. This isn't just another magic book - it's a vault of forgotten treasures, meticulously transcribed from Chanin's original instruction sheets, many of which baffled even his fellow magicians. Inside, you'll find 27 astonishing effects with cards, silks, ropes, eggs, coins, and everyday objects - including his legendary "Rip-It" (torn-and-restored bill), the mind-bending...

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.

Twenty-five ideas.

Table of Contents

• 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...

Ventriloquism, conjuring, shadowgraphy, mimicry, comedy, reciting.

Table of Contents

• PART I. VENTRILOQUISM
  • CHAPTER I. The Practical Ventriloquist
    • No New Thing
    • Practice makes Perfect
    • There is Hope for All
    • A Useful Accomplishment
    • How to Begin
  • CHAPTER II. Breathing and Use of Figures
    • Methods of Breathing
    • Vocalisation
    • How to speak without moving the Lips
    • Ventriloquial Figures
    • Estimate of Outlay
    • A Few Practical Hints
  • CHAPTER III. Voice Illusions
    • Near and Distant Voices
    • The Drone
    • The Basis of the "Near" Ventriloquial Voices
    • Different Kinds of "Distant" Voices
    • Voices...

Excerpt from the preface:

Table of Contents

• Preface
• An Original Method of Working the Postal Order and Nest of Boxes
• Thought Reading Outdone
• The Baffler Rising Card Trick
• The Novel Coin Stand
• Le Roy's "Mephisto" Burning Dress ...

Table of Contents

• PREFACE
• I. An Opening Wand Flourish
• II. A Novel Thought Reading Experiment
• III. Magnetic Writing
• IV. A New Multiplying Card
• V. A New Production for the Reverse Palm
• VI. The Enchanted Aces
• VII. A New Continuous Change
• VIII. A novel changing card
• IX. Hamley's Diminishing Pack of Cards
• X. Hamley's Novel Palming Coins
• XI. Two novel methods of vanishing a coin
• XII. Coin Wand a la Talma, Queen of Coins
• XIII. Le Coin Du Roi
• XIV. "The Miser's Dream," (Original Imitation)
• XV. L'eau Mysterieuse
• XVI. A Novel production for the "Organ Pipe" Illusion
• XVII. Hamley's Patriotic...

Excerpt from the preface:

Table of Contents

• PREFACE
• CHAPTER I. Tricks with Thimbles and Coins
  • Thimbles
  • An Improved Thumb-Palm
  • The Melting Thimbles
  • Tricks With Coins
  • A New Handkerchief...

Excerpt from the introduction:

Table of Contents

• Exordium
• Chapter One: Magical Mixture
  • THE ERIC LEWIS PAPER AND HAT ROUTINE
  • A VANISH
  • SEBASTIAN
  • A PRODUCTION ...

The word 'stooge' evokes all sorts of emotions from magicians. Whenever we, as magicians, hear that a stooge is involved in an effect, often we're disappointed or angry. Many magicians have never even used a stooge as part of a routine. There are several reasons for this. Some magicians think that using stooges is dishonest, as if there are moral limits to trickery. Other magicians think that using stooges is too obvious, in the sense that an observing spectator will easily figure out that a stooge is involved.

In this PDF I would like to offer some ways of using a stooge that are not at...