Magic & Mentalism: page 30

Here's a great collection of self-workers that can be achieved with some of the stuff most magicians will have at hand. For a couple of effects, you'll have to buy some items, but you won't have to spend more than a few dollars. And it will be well worth it!

Eight effects, all easy to do. Including:

EAT TO THE BEAT - a fun effect using a balloon and a free choice of card ...

I PREDICT A RIOT - The magician makes three predictions and the first two are wrong... but what about the third?

SIGHT FOR SORE EYES - A pirate's eye-patch and you'll be able to make a fabulous prediction. ...

After a brief breakfast survey with the audience, the magician brings out a box of a 'new' cereal called Halfsies. Excitedly pointing out the "Free Inside! Magic Card Trick" ad on the box front, a jumbo deck is pulled out. Well, actually, it's just half a deck, like everything in Halfsies land. A half a card trick follows, leading to a half round of applause and a second try. The Split Deck finds its best and most natural use in this funny stand-up routine that features clever wordplay and a surprising and satisfying ending.

Halfsies is one of my favorite routines because of its simplicity...

This is a substantial collection of magic tricks in a wide variety of categories, including puzzles, stunts, and science experiments.

• Preliminary
• I.—Simple Tricks
  • Fly Away, Jack!
  • Dance, Boatman, Dance!
  • Buy A Bird
  • Little Watchman
  • To Add Five To Six And Yet Make But Nine
  • To Carry Hot Coals In The Hand
• II.—Simple Tricks With Coins
  • The Coin Trick, From An Hibernian Point Of View
  • The New Trick Of Melting Money
  • To Reduce A Shilling To A Sixpence
  • The Uncrushable Flower
  • The Flying Cotton Reel
  • The Obedient Sixpence
  • The Invisible Transit
  • The Die And Dove Trick
  • The Coin Wand ...

From the Introduction:

• Introduction
• "A Rose By Any Other Name - "
• Beelzebub's Bookmarks
• Two Little Dicky Birds
• Old Ted
• Wet Paint!
• Observation And Deduction
• "Staring Me In The Face"
• Little Willie's...

• Giant Blunderbore’s Matches
• The Posy
• Twin Souls
• A Fake Blindfold
• Card Jugglery
• Carnival
• Again, The Ring On The Stick
• Snakes And Ladders
• To And Fro
• Carroty Kate And Sandy Sam
• Apple Blossom And Peach
• Confusion In The Ark

This ebook contains five full length effects, achieved with minimum sleights, all based on the plot, intrigue and characters from the popular board game Cluedo, or Clue, as it is known in the States. Each effect involves and engages the audience fully and are easy to do. All you need to do is provide the dramatic art bit!

Murdered (Again!)
As Dr. Black moves around each room in his mansion his killer anticipates every move. Moved by a spectator, with free choice of room or direction, around a plan of his home. Dr. Black is eventually cornered in a room previously predicted.

Choose your...

When one of magic's most clever minds teams up with an award-winning magician and illustrator, you know the result will be unique effects that play strong and is so clever that even magicians are fooled. And that's what you get with Hahne and Berg's Here's Magic.

There is literally something for every performer within these 96 pages. Effects with cards, coins, silks, a gambler's monte effect using a single matchbook, club magic, a stage illusion that predates Copperfield's Statue of Liberty vanish by some 50 years (but with a similar method), mentalism effects, the award-winning poker chip...

Seven years in the making! Another great book by the co-author of Here's Magic.

Magician-dealer Joe Berg reveals 23 secrets of magic that, prior to the release of this book, had never before been divulged. With the assistance of Martin Gardner, Berg reveals his best, tested tricks and routines that magicians of every ilk will put to immediate use.

Featuring killer effects such as the "Adhesive Tape Thumb-Tie" that, unlike a $25 manuscript that uses red electrician's tape, works with any tape and uses no external gimmicks. Or how about "The Magical Hatchery" — a cute effect that's a hit for club workers.

Close-up...

A complete and practical guide to drawing-room and stage magic for professionals and amateurs, including a complete exposure of the black art.

Excerpt from the introduction:

From coin tricks to card tricks, black art, mindreading and even ventriloquism, this work is meant as an introduction for the budding magician and showman.

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This is a great collection of tricks from a list of top-notch contributors.

From the introduction:

The best magic that you're not doing. This brand new eBook is a road map to great magic you already own...

For several years, the last item in my occasional Newsletters was a 'Hidden Gem' - a killer, overlooked trick that's already published somewhere; a book, magazine, eBook, blog or very occasionally a commercial release. Never from a DVD or video download. These are tricks that define the very concept of 'hidden in print'. In each entry I list the trick, where you can find it, why I love it and why you should look it up. I always describe the effect, occasionally the presentation, but never...

More killer magic that you're not doing. A guidebook to fabulous but forgotten material curated by Mark Elsdon.

He has been making notes and sticking Post-its in all his books for decades, so he has hundreds and hundreds of great tricks book-marked, annotated and logged, and after some (not so subtle) prompting by friends he finally decided to collect 100 of them together and publish them in an ebook.

That book - Hidden Gems - proved far more popular than he ever expected. So here we are with Vol. 2 and another 100 killer tricks that most of us have either forgotten about or never even seen before....

As previously recounted, I've been making notes and sticking Post-its in all my books for decades, so I still have hundreds of great tricks book-marked, annotated, and logged. The first two Hidden Gems ebooks proved far more popular than I could have reasonably expected, so here we are with Volume 3 and another 100 great tricks that most of us have sadly forgotten about.

These are tricks that define the very concept of 'hidden in print'. In each entry, I list the trick, where you can find it, why I love it and why you should look it up. I always describe the effect, occasionally the presentation,...

More excerpts from my notebooks, listing fantastic tricks that have caught my eye over the years. The first three Hidden Gems ebooks have been very, very popular so here we are with Volume 4.

These are tricks that define the very concept of 'hidden in print'. In each entry, I list the trick, where you can find it, why I love it and why you should look it up. I always describe the effect, occasionally the presentation, but never the method. Most are in books that you already own (or should!), some are in magazines that you can easily get access to and the odd one or two entries will send...

More excerpts from my notebooks, listing fabulous tricks that have caught my eye over the years. The first four Hidden Gems ebooks have been incredibly popular so here we are with Volume 5.

These are tricks that define the very concept of 'hidden in print'. In each entry, I list the trick, where you can find it, why I love it and why you should look it up. I always describe the effect, occasionally the presentation, but never the method. Most are in books that you already own (or should!), some are in magazines that you can easily get access to and the odd one or two entries will send you...

Highlight Magic contains top flight routines for close-up, parlor, and stage. While not every effect requires some knowledge of sleights, some require mid-level skill. Nelson Hahne did the pen and ink illustrations, and as usual, his work is top notch, too.

Contents

• Foreword.
• From the Publisher. Introductory comments from John Snyder, Jr., magic dealer and past president of the IBM.
• THE SPIRIT OF THE COBRA. Three cards selected and returned to deck are tossed into a lidless box. Patter about a Cobra and a card peeps over the edge of the box and rises. Other cards are seen to be surprisingly...

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...

Excerpt from the foreword by Duncan Fletcher:

The magic of India comes to life in Dr. Carrington's colorful look at the fables, feats, and magic of the mystical fakirs of India.

You'll learn the inner workings of the Basket of Death, Mango Seed to Tree, Buried Alive illusion, Flying Rabbit, the Dry Sands Trick, the Beans and Scorpion Trick, Snake Charming, and more.

Want to add something different to your act? Perhaps one of your primary assistants can adopt the role of a Hindu fakir and present one or two of these effects as an added attraction in your existing magic or hypnosis show.

For magic historians, Carrington provides...

This book includes detailed work on the "Cups and Balls," and the first version of the "Stack of Pence" (i.e., "Stack of Quarters"). It is probably the first English book written from the viewpoint of a performing magician. Any serious magician should read this book, not to learn a lot of new tricks, but to realize how much has been known for a long time. This book is part of our history. I understand that $60 or more for a paper reprint is hard to justify, but now for a few bucks there should be no excuse to not read this wonderful little treasure.

1st edition, 1634; 52 pages.

3. The Epistle...

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:

• PREFATORY NOTE
• PART I
  • CHAPTER I: AMATEUR THEATRICALS
    • STAGE CONSTRUCTION...

• Foreword
• Bennett's Silken Sorcery Routine
• Perfected Silk Production
• Take Five
• Eight Ball Routine

1st edition 1978, 80 pages; 1st digital edition 56 pages.

Cristian has performed his original Hot Rod routine thousands of times in a strolling magic environment, amazing spectators with this unique blend of visual and mental magic. He now shares his time-tested routine with the magic community. He also includes two other variations as well as other practical tips. The last variation is a very strong mentalism routine, suitable for close-up or stand-up, and which can even be incorporated in a hypnosis or pseudo-hypnosis show.

• Introduction
• Magic, Mental Magic, or Mentalism
• Props
• VARIATIONS
  • My Standard Hot Rod Routine
  • Single Prediction Hot...