New Pentagram in Magazines & Journals

No. 1

• Magneskill / Tan Choon Tee
• Triple Divination / Tan Choon Tee
• Cards to Pocket / Peter Warlock
• Fortunato 5 / Peter Warlock
• Venue, Date and Resources / Ian Adair
• The Albakarlisle Card-Stab Routine / Stanton Carlisle

• Ian Adair Issue
• Flashback over the Years
• News Bits
• Polo Mint Just Chance - Again
• Backward Vision
• Twin Book Test
• Time Factor
• Another Last Card
• Ten Out of Ten
• Slately Mysterious
• Circular Colour Force

• Eddie Malcolm Davison - Biographical Notes
• Six Coin Repeat
• Scientific Sorcery Jr.
• Crystal Aide Memoire
• Selling the Act
• Improved Masterpiece ...

No. 1

• The "Hey Presto" Caper / Jack Avis
• Bolivian Chance / Peter Warlock
• The Body Snatchers / Lyndon B. Wainwright
• Out of Cards? Way Out! / Stanton Carlisle
• Scientific Rope / John P. Hamilton
• More Magic Ian's Ideas: Little and Large / Ian Adair
• Mark Your Words / Ian Adair

• Two from Jack / Jack Avis
• Unites States of Magic / Stanton Carlisle
• Japanese Magic / Ishi Black
• Rescue to Rescue / Peter Warlock
• Button-Up / Ian Adair

• A Poker Player's Picnic / Stanton Carlisle
• Cut Throat 2 / Peter Warlock
• Adair-Ities: Every Word - Every Page Book Test / Ian Adair ...

No. 1

• Half Staggered / Dr. H. N. Harley
• An Opening for an Envelope Idea / Ian Adair, Robert Harbin
• Thought-Flight / Stanton Carlisle
• More Magic Ian's Ideas: A Do-As-I-Do Ribbon Effect / Ian Adair
• Again a Look at the Marlo Theme / Peter Warlock
• Early Harbin: Hammatap / Peter Warlock, Robert Harbin
• Kismet / Will Dexter

• The Z' Factor / Peter Warlock
• The Mystery of the Writing Pad / John Brearley
• More Magic Ian's Ideas: Line-Up Just Chance / Ian Adair
• Travelling Stickers / Tan Choon Tee

• Tribute to Harry Stanley
• Magical Endings for a Puzzle / Jack Avis
• Out...

No. 1

• Peter Warlock Tribute Issues
• Arithmomancy / L. De Bevere
• Palette Blendo / Michael Symes
• The Ultimate 3 Card Prediction / Dr. Nicholls Harley
• A Christianer Conception / Nicholls Harley
• The New Perfect Matching / Paul Flory
• A Tune for Peter Warlock / Stanton Carlisle
• Hidden Identity / Arthur Setterington
• Another Slate-Writing Method / Robert Parrish

• Mr. Colman (or Green) and The Red-Head / Alfred Gabriel
• Further Ideas for the Cups and Balls / Michael Seacome
• The Arabian Three Card Trick / Bill Shew An
• Colour Caprice / Stanton Carlisle
• ESP Miracle / Royal V. Heath ...

No. 1

• The Card You Took Before You Picked The One You Chose / Jon Racherbaumer
• The Annemann Torn Card Method / Theo Annemann
• A Chance In Four / Jack Avis
• Slates / Peter Warlock
• Take an Advertisement / Peter Warlock

• Rovfs Quick on the Draw / Alan Kennaugh
• The Cap and Pence / Eric de la Mare
• Rosareveal / Phil Goldstein
• Back to Devant / Peter Warlock
• Vulcan / Peter Warlock
• Vocal-Vibro / Orville Meyer

• Max Malini
• Eric de la Mare
• Future Tense / Howard A. Adams
• Reputation Maker / Stanton Carlisle
• Cone and Colour-Changing Ball / Michael Symes

No. 1

• Thoughts on Take Three / Jack Avis
• Adair Devils / Ian Adair
• Quick Turnover / James Douglas
• Mirror Thought Again / Peter Warlock
• Aces - Red or Blue / Francis Haxton
• Pentachoice / Peter Warlock
• Sympathy in Red / Peter Warlock

• Forklift / Ken de Courcy
• Adair Devils: Crossed Purposes / Ian Adair
• Bohlendo in Silk / Peter Warlock
• Dinner Time Dollar / John Brown Cook
• Take It Or Leave It / Al Koran
• Simplex Stranger / Peter Warlock

• George Blake on Bohleno
• Adair Devils: The Leader of the Pack / Ian Adair
• News Flash / Arthur Setterington
• Hopscotch Deception...

No. 1

• Close-Up Version of Peter Warlock's Classic Ring and Rope Release / Les Sunderland
• Alternative Ending for Peter Warlock's Classic Ring Release / Les Sunderland
• Rupert and Stella / Peter Warlock
• Two Card Change Routine / Remo
• A Set of Setterington's / Arthur Setterington
• A Comedy Version of Paul Morris' Let the Audience Do the Work / T. Bridge

• A Warlocks Second Prediction / E. Malcolm Davison
• A Set of Setterington's / Arthur Setterington
• Trapped / Francis Haxton
• The Astronaut / Marconick
• The Slate Syndrome / Floyd Thayer, Peter Warlock

• Five by Five...

No. 1

• Pentamonition / Phil Goldstein
• Murder by Suggestion / Lyndon B. Wainwright
• Esplate / Peter Warlock
• Aces for Connoisseurs Again / H. Nicholls Harley
• Early Stewart James Famous Folk Test
• Thanks to Stewart James / Peter Warlock

• Poor Man's Fred / Jack Avis
• Let's Choose A Word / James Douglas
• Legerdebrain 2 / H. Nicholls Harley
• Legerdebrain / Peter Moffat
• Prelude to Book of the Mind / Peter Warlock
• Oscar Paulson's Last Letter
• The Million Dollar Mystery, Holborn Empire 1928

• Colours and Coins / Peter Warlock
• The Extraordinary Rising Cards / Peter Warlock ...

No. 1

• Murder by Suggestion / Stewart James
• The Curse of Dracula / Arthur Setterington
• Surprise by the Numbers / Phil Goldstein
• Close-Up Fishing / Edward Bagshawe
• Precog Speller 1980 / Peter Warlock
• Round Five / Phil Goldstein
• Rope Revels / Leslie May
• Horace Goldin: The Merry Magician

• The Multiple D. J. Knot / Phil Willmarth
• Everywhere and Nowhere Simplified / Dr. Nicholls Harley
• John Brearley's Writing Pad Mystery
• ESP Count / Leslie May
• Doubly Impossible / Michael Symes
• A Routine for Rule-It / Jack Avis
• Prince Kuroki

• Laced / John A. M. Howie
• The Witch...

No. 1

• Second Choice / Gus Southall, Francis Haxton
• The Ring Express / Peter Warlock
• Tri-Mental / Stan Lobenstern
• Dexter and a Very Old Trick / Peter Warlock
• U.F. Grant's "Two Deck Card Trick" / Peter Warlock
• Herbert Brooks

• Mirrors, Mirrors, 'Tell me True' / Michael Symes
• Louis Nikola's Croquet Trick / Peter Warlock
• Double Digital Divination / Paul Flory
• I'll Get Your Number / Doug Alker
• Truly Pseudo-Psychometry / Peter Warlock
• Takase - The Japanese Magician

• Money, Money, Money / Arthur Setterington
• Still Five Thoughts Ahead / Peter Warlock
• Cleaning...

No. 1

• Blind Man's Bluff / Doug Alker
• The Wishing Well / Jesse Schimmel
• The Snowman / Woodhouse Pitman
• The Truly Impromptu Paperback Book Test / Peter Warlock
• Villiers de Caston: The African Magician

• The Cards Up Sleeve / Hans Trixer
• Again the Sympathetic Silks / Dr. H. Nicholls Harley
• Early Harbin: The Tower of Cards
• A Letter from Phil Goldstein: Contrasting Prediction
• Chris van Bern: The Surprise Packet

• Alternating Current / Norman Houghton
• Elment Alism: A Pseudo-Occult Happening / Arthur Setterington
• Similize / Francis Haxton
• Chop Bill / Arthur Setterington ...

No. 1

• Willow Pattern in the Seventies / Peter Warlock
• Chinese Divining Rods / Jack Avis
• Addition to Poker Chip Chicanery / J. Dem Aline
• What the? / Ronnie Gann

• Lubor Die Plus / William G. Stickland
• Untouchable / Arthur Setterington
• The Card in Balloon
• Okito Die / C. T. Tadman
• Combined Book Test and Colour Prediction / Doug Alker
• Four Coins Across / Paul N. Rylander

• Message from Hades / Jack Avis
• Secret / Arthur Setterington
• Evolution of Idea: 1. Out of Sequence / Francis Haxton
• The Happy Horoscoper / Phil Goldstein
• Jack's Card in Balloon 2 / Jack Avis ...

No. 1

• Briefly - A Brief-Case Book-Test / Ian Adair
• The Diligent Deck / Allan Slaight
• The Mystery of the Sixth Card / Arthur Carter

• How to Lasso a Silk / Marconick
• Rope's End / Arthur Setterington
• I Know What You Are Thinking / Doug Alker
• Bluebeard .. Afterthoughts / Bob Gill
• Gemini Cards / Dai Vernon

• Dice Dice Dice / Milton Kort
• Magic Chains / Robert Harbin
• Charles Tadman Writes a Letter
• Take Three
• Still Taking Three / Jack Avis, Francis Haxton
• Think a Chance / H. Nicholls Harley
• That River's the Jordan / Tom Ransom

• The Phantom Flush /...

No. 1

• Lightning Link Plus / Roy Johnson
• Haunted Spheres / Hubert Roberts
• Colorblind / Francis Haxton
• More Patterns for Psychics: Colour Coincidence / Peter Warlock

• Strike a Light Note / John Young
• I Am A Camera / Jack Avis
• Gelleritis / Christopher Mieritz-Agito
• Billy Card Read

• Sympathetic Poker Chips / Lewis Ganson
• Go Between / Arthur Setterington
• Happy Birthday / Peter Warlock
• More Patterns for Psychics: Hypnoprise / Leslie May
• Flash-Back to Chair-Back / Leslie May

• Carte Blanche / Ali Bongo
• The Two Guns / Robert Neale
• Two Into One Will...

No. 1

• Dye-Die / Ian Adair
• Synonymous Selection / Francis Haxton
• Colour-Future / Peter Warlock
• Magic, Pure and Simple (continued) / Peter Warlock
• Fugue / Peter Warlock
• Early Koran No. 7 Take it of Leave it!
• The Givers Professor Hoffmann

• Simple Prediction / Alex Elmsley
• Pussy Cat, Pussy Cat - Where have you been? / Leslie May
• Magic, Pure and Simple (conclusion) / Peter Warlock
• Finesse I / Peter Warlock
• The Lever Turnover Move / Yeo Soon Kian

• The Spectator "Peek" Force / Jack Avis
• Think A Word / Peter Warlock
• The G. D. Coin Fold / Gus Davenport
• Mexican...

No. 1

• The Houdini Slates / Peter Warlock
• Near Future / Karl Fulves
• The Floating Idol / Douglas Dexter
• Chipo Lata / Phoa Yan Tiong
• Security Plus / Francis Haxton

• The 543rd T and R Note / Sam Dalal
• All in a Box and Drop Through / Peter Warlock
• Early Koran - Copper Sandwich
• Herbert Milton's Sympathetic Clubs / George Blake

• The Magic of Mohammed Bey / Sam Dalal
• Simple Future / Peter Warlock
• Early Koran: 2. The Ring, Coin and Handkerchief
• The Unlimited Take' Elevator / Jack Avis

• Monte Plus / Trevor Lewis
• The N.P. Book Test / Bernard Weller ...

No. 1

• Newstear Telepathy / Fred Lowe
• Just one More Chance / Ian Adair
• The Long and the Short / Peter Warlock
• It is Not What It Seems / Francis Haxton
• Cut & Restored Knot / Bernard E. Weller

• Claude Chandler's 'Yellow Ray' / Peter Warlock
• The Incredible Prediction ... Another Handling / Jack Avis
• Tidy Puss / Peter Warlock
• What's Your Name??? / George A. Dallison

• The Insto-Transpo Slates / Bayard Grimshaw
• Fourtuitous / Paul Maxwell
• The Throw Through Knot / Peter Warlock

• Fade-Away Knots / Peter Warlock
• Silver and Copper / H. Dudley Whitnall ...

No. 1

• Another Change Fold (1) / Sid Lorraine
• Delusion / Arthur Setterington
• Improved Routine for Lippincott Coin Box / Mike Rogers
• I'll Die for You / Tan Hock Chuan
• Let's Make it a Prediction / Peter Warlock
• Another Look at Swindle Flip / Bernard Weller

• Indestructo Envelope and Pound Note / Peter McDonald
• Black and White / R. Woodhouse Pitman
• In My Estimation / George Blake
• Platform Hofzinser Revisited / Francis Haxton
• Telekinesis / Peter Warlock

• The Invisible Travellers / Phoa Yan Tiong
• Touch / Wells Lee Payne
• On the Birthday Magic Square / Bob Neale ...

No. 1

• It's a Date / Ted Danson
• Coin Go / Phoa Yan Tiong
• Doorway to the Unknown / Charles W. Cameron
• When the Pull Snaps / Ed Marlo

• The Crystal Prisoner / Fred Lowe
• "Quid" Pro Quo / Tudor Brock
• Wisdom of the Ages / Arthur Setterington

• The Day of the Reds and the Blues / Herb Runge
• Simplex Four Pennies Through The Table / Harvey Rosenthal
• Covered by the Press / Mysta
• Getaway / Arthur Setterington

• With Thanks to Jennings / Bob Ostin
• Gils Game / Peter Kane, Gustave Southall
• Repeat Cut Ribbon / Arthur Setterington
• The Card on the Ceiling / Gustave...

No. 1

• Tele-Card / Milton Kort
• Pick A Pencil / Ali Bongo
• Pick A Ribbon / Peter Warlock
• Strangers Till We Meet / Francis Haxton
• Imprisioned Ribbon / Arthur Setterington

• Two For The Road / John Derris
• Queenie / Piet Forton
• Haddon's Curse / Arthur Setterington

• Chromo Chop Cup / Fred Lowe
• A Gamblers Insurance Policy / Peter Kane
• A Strange Levitation / Douglas Dexter
• Val Walker (1889 - 1969)
• I Knew That Would Be Your Card / Stanley Jaks

• Ex Pells Ior / Leslie May
• One Good Turn / Dr. Nicholls Harley
• Pippin / Peter Warlock
• The Tredown Joker /...

More magic from the pages of Peter Warlock's legendary magazine.

CONTENTS:

• MURDER BY SUGGESTION (Stewart James): Two cards are used to find a murder suspect.
• DOUBLY IMPOSSIBLE II (Michael Symes): Two selected ESP symbols are predicted by you.
• THREE INTO ONE (Jack Avis): A stunning routine with a series of revelations using just a regular deck of cards.
• AUSTROLOGY (Max Maven): An easy routine with cards that can be done also over the phone (you could use Tarot cards, Zodiac sign cards, etc.).
• BEAUTY AND BOTTLE (Someran): A fun routine to perform using cards with bottles and ...girls.
• ONE MORE LIE DETECTOR (Bob Neale):...

More magic from the pages of Peter Warlock's legendary magazine.

CONTENTS:

• MIRRORS, MIRRORS (Michael Symes): A card is chosen from a red deck. Two blue-backed Jokers are shown and they take the reflection of the chosen card, both changing into that card.
• SEPARATE COLORS (Francis Haxton): A spectator separates the red cards from the black by inserting a joker exactly between the two sections of colors.
• A CARD SANDWICH (Victor Monleon): A selected card vanishes from between the red Queens (or any pair) and then reappears between them again.
• CHANGE ALLEY (Tudor Brock): A coin (say half-dollar) placed...

More magic from the pages of Peter Warlock's legendary magazine.

CONTENTS:

• CONTRASTING PREDICTION (Max Maven): A red-backed card is shown as a prediction. A blue-backed deck is spread face up and a card is selected. The prediction card is a perfect match.
• ALTERNATING CURRENT (Norman Houghton): Two sets of four cards each, one face up and one face down. You place them together and the cards magically alternate, face up, face down all the way through.
• RED VERSUS WHITE (Peter Warlock): This is a transposition effect using two balls, say one red and one white. Involves a cup and some sleight of hand. Neat effect. ...

More magic from the pages of Peter Warlock's legendary magazine.

CONTENTS:

• UNTOUCHABLE (Arthur Setterington): A very easy and direct book test.
• OUT OF SEQUENCE (Francis Haxton): A packet is left on the table and one card selected by a spectator. A card from the packet is chosen and it changes place with the selection.
• BLANK AMAZEMENT (Francis Haxton): A packet of blank cards reveal a selected card.
• HARMONY OF THREE (Lyndon B. Wainwright): Two decks of cards. Spectators deal cards and they stop at any time. The top cards of the dealt portions match and you have predicted these cards by having them...

More magic from the pages of Peter Warlock's legendary magazine.

CONTENTS:

• STILL TAKING THREE (Jack Avis): A card selected among three, vanishes from one half of the deck and reappears in the other half.
• THE PHANTOM FLUSH (Sam Dalal): You show 6 blank cards on both sides. You then print the cards one at a time, until you have a Royal Flush.
• POOR MAN'S BOOMERANG (Francis Haxton): Two cards are selected and replaced. Another card is thrown in the middle of the deck and it lands between the two selections.
• PROSPERO TWO, THREE AND FOUR (Peter Warlock): An amazing coincidence of three cards from two decks of cards.
• SALUTE TO VERNON...

More magic from the pages of Peter Warlock's legendary magazine.

CONTENTS:

• LIGHTNING LINK PLUS (Roy Johnson): You show a piece of rope and tie the two ends into a knot. A ring penetrates the knotted rope. Everything can be examined.
• COLORBLIND (Francis Haxton): Two cards are selected from two decks, one red and one blue. These two cards are the only odd-colored cards of the decks.
• SYMPATHETIC POKER CHIPS (Lewis Ganson): Four different colored chips placed one at each corner of a handkerchief and covered with two cards, magically pass separately until all four are under one card.
• THANK YOU, JOHANN NEPOMUK! (Peter Warlock):...

More magic from the pages of Peter Warlock’s legendary magazine.

CONTENTS:

• SYNONYMOUS SELECTION (Francis Haxton): Two decks of cards. You and the spectator pick a card each from each deck and, of course, they match.
• SIMPLE PREDICTION (Alex Elmsley): Two spectators each select a card. The cards have been predicted.
• FINESSE 1 AND FINESSE 2 (Peter Warlock): Two clever utility moves you will want to use for any standard cut and restored rope routine.
• THE G.D. COIN FOLD (Gus Davenport): A coin is wrapped in a piece of paper and it vanishes. The feature here is that the coin REALLY is wrapped all around...

More magic from the pages of Peter Warlock's legendary magazine.

CONTENTS:

• NEAR FUTURE (Karl Fulves): A prediction card is placed between two Aces. Any card is chosen from the deck and the prediction card turns out to be the chosen card.
• SECURITY PLUS (Francis Haxton): The four Aces are clearly seen between the two red Jacks. They disappear and reappear between the two black Jacks.
• MONTE PLUS (Trevor Lewis): A FIND THE LADY routine which gets away from the usual Monte throw and allows you full control over the Queen.
• THE LAZY MAGICIAN DOES A CARD TRICK (Al Koran): A very entertaining card trick where the spectator finds his own...

More magic from the pages of Peter Warlock’s legendary magazine.

CONTENTS:

• NEWSTEAR TELEPATHY (Fred Lowe): You tear a piece of newspaper in 16 pieces and one is selected. You predicted that part of the newspaper. It is a clever way to do this classic.
• JUST ONE MORE CHANCE (Ian Adair): A new principle in this classic effect. Three envelopes, two spectators pick an envelope each (no force). The remaining envelope remains to you and it is the only one containing money.
• THE INCREDIBLE PREDICTION (Jack Avis): You predict a card chosen under the fairest possible conditions and after the deck has been shuffled. ...

More magic from the pages of Peter Warlock’s legendary magazine.

CONTENTS:

• ANOTHER CHANGE FOLD (Sid Lorraine): A cute and original way to reveal a selected card. A piece of paper with letters suddenly folds in a way to show the name of the selection.
• I’LL DIE FOR YOU (Tan Hock Chuan): One of the most direct and effective book tests ever.
• PLATFORM HOFZINSER REVISITED (Francis Haxton): Four Aces are placed into glasses. One card is selected and sealed in an envelope. The Ace of the same suit of the selection disappears and the selected card is in its place. The Ace is found in the envelope.
• THE INVISIBLE TRAVELLERS...

More magic from the pages of Peter Warlock’s legendary magazine.

CONTENTS:

• COIN GO (Phoa Yan Tiong): A coin placed into the folds of a banknote (bill) disappears.
• ANSWER TO A PROBLEM (Francis Haxton): Three cards from a blue-backed deck are placed on the table. A spectator selects three cards from a red-backed deck and they match the previous cards.
• GILS’ GAME (Peter Kane-Gustave Southall): An amazing routine with a gambling theme with several climaxes.
• THE THREE FOUR ACES (Herb Runge): A very easy and unique four-ace assembly.
• TRIODENAL CARDS (Peter McDonald): You leave a prediction in view....

Peter Warlock's legendary monthly magazine New Pentagram ran for 20 years. During those two decades some of the finest close-up and stage magic of the period was explained in its pages. Aldo has selected ten routines from each volume (in chronological order), so you should expect 20 download DVDs dedicated to this great magazine.

You will have: Card tricks, mental effects, coin routines, tricks with rings, etc, from magicians like Alex Elmsley, Peter Warlock, Max Maven, Francis Haxton, Ian Adair, Al Koran, Eddie Joseph, Ali Bongo, Milton Kort, Arthur Carter, Robert Neale, Peter Kane, Jack Avis and many more!

CONTENTS:

• STRANGERS TILL WE MEET (Francis Haxton): Two cards appear at the same...

The New Pentagram Magazine appeared from 1969 to 1989 - over 2000 pages. This amazing magazine followed in the footsteps of Pentagram Magazine which had been published first by Peter Warlock and then was backed by The Magic Wand publishing company. Supreme Magic then backed and helped Peter to continue the original magazine but under the name of New Pentagram. And it ran for twenty years.

This wonderful magazine was packed with contributions from some of the leading names from magical history. Ted Danson's diary effect first appeared in its pages. Here, taken at random, are some of the top names who wrote...