Michael Daniels
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Mike is a magician, psychologist, webmaster, and author with a special interest in mental magic, parapsychology, psychical research, and transpersonal psychology. His magical writings explore applications of mathematical principles in card magic and mentalism. Formerly senior lecturer in psychology at Liverpool John Moores University, his academic publications include books and papers on archetypal psychology, paranormal and mystical experience, and poltergeists. He is the developer of three educational-entertainment websites: mindmagician.org, psychicscience.org, and transpersonalscience.org. He lives in retirement in the Isle of Man.
Coauthors: Biagio Fasano
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Poker DealsMichael Daniels Poker Deals includes two self-working card effects, ideally suited to performing for spectators who are familiar with the rules of poker. Both effects utilize the StayCard Principle and were first published in OCD and Other Effects: The StayCard Principle.
Ten Card Poker Deal Variation A procedural variation on Arthur Buckley's celebrated Ten Card Poker Deal. The magician and a spectator are each dealt five cards (either person can deal). The spectator decides whether to keep his cards, or whether the cards should be mixed by dealing again. No matter how many times the dealing is repeated before the cards are examined, the magician's hand wins.... | 2019 / 5 / 2 | $5.00 Au$7.39 Ca$6.86 €4.56 £4.02 ¥558.61 | to wish list | ||
AlmagestMichael Daniels Almagest is a simple, completely propless, star sign divination. Almagest allows you to very easily determine a spectator's star sign while giving an engaging palmistry reading.
1st edition 2019, 10 pages. | 2019 / 1 / 19 | $10.00 Au$14.78 Ca$13.73 €9.12 £8.04 ¥1117.21 | to wish list | ||
Mostly Perfect / Perfectly Possible: ComboMichael Daniels | 2016 / 12 / 8 | $8.00 Au$11.83 Ca$10.98 €7.29 £6.44 ¥893.77 | to wish list | ||
Perfectly PossibleMichael Daniels In this sequel to his 2011 ebook Mostly Perfect, Michael Daniels presents a new 'Instant Magic Square' method that makes the effect even easier to perform.
Effect Performer instantly creates a 4x4 Magic Square for any total freely chosen by the spectator. The total can be obtained from the magic square in at least 36 different ways.
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Understanding and Using Gilbreath PrincipleMichael Daniels This ebook is a beginner's guide to the famous Gilbreath Principle and its applications in card magic and mentalism. It includes two ESP-type routines:
Fingertip Sensation The spectator shuffles the deck. The mentalist (who can be blindfold) then uses his fingertips to correctly identify the colour of cards. Trinities Card Divination The mentalist correctly divines attributes (colour, suit, value) of playing cards which the spectator has shuffled, dealt, and covered with his hands while the mentalist has turned away. [Note: This ebook is a revised extract from Michael Daniels' ebook Trinities, plus an additional routine (Fingertip Sensation). 1st edition... | 2016 / 11 / 18 | $4.00 Au$5.91 Ca$5.49 €3.65 £3.22 ¥446.88 | to wish list | ||
Kalenda and Speed Dating ComboMichael Daniels | 2015 / 12 / 14 | $16.00 Au$23.65 Ca$21.96 €14.59 £12.87 ¥1787.54 | to wish list | ||
KalendaMichael Daniels Kalenda is a card and diary routine in which the mentalist divines the spectator's star sign, exact birthday, and selected card. As well as being a strong effect in its own right, it can lead into a cold reading, and also combines well with Michael's Speed Dating day for any date method.
The ebook is 17 pages and it comes with a browser app which creates the necessary diary set-ups for each year, and also provides training in the method (which requires a certain amount of memory work and mental calculation). [Download this HTML file from your digital shelf.]
| 2015 / 12 / 11 | $12.00 Au$17.74 Ca$16.47 €10.94 £9.65 ¥1340.65 | to wish list | ||
I Ching Oracle Divination CardsMichael Daniels The I Ching Oracle Divination Cards have been designed as an alternative to more traditional ways of consulting the I Ching (e.g., those using coins or sticks).
PDF templates are provided (both US and European page sizes) that you can print out yourself to make the cards. Please note that no actual cards are supplied. You can use standard Avery Business Card stock (e.g., C32015 for European A4, or #8471 for American Letter). Avery stock is pre-cut allowing quick and very clean separation of the cards. Alternatively you can use ordinary medium weight card stock and cut the cards manually to... | 2013 / 8 / 4 | $4.00 Au$5.91 Ca$5.49 €3.65 £3.22 ¥446.88 | to wish list | ||
OCD and Other EffectsMichael Daniels OCD and Other Effects is a collection of seven card routines for magicians and mentalists that explore some of the possibilities of a mathematical principle designated The StayCard Principle.
[While the principle is not new, others have made use of it before, this is the first systematic treatment and explanation of it.] The effects included are: OCD The magician talks about how he was helped to conquer his OCD (Obsessive Cereal Disorder). He explains his childhood ritual for deciding which breakfast cereal to eat each morning. Cards made from fourteen breakfast cereal packets are mixed in a formalised dealing procedure. Despite the spectator deciding how the dealing should proceed, the cards correctly predict... | 2013 / 7 / 29 | $14.00 Au$20.69 Ca$19.22 €12.76 £11.26 ¥1564.09 | to wish list | ||
Jiggery PokeryBiagio Fasano & Michael Daniels Jiggery Pokery is a self-working three-phase Texas Hold 'em routine for mentalists and card workers and develops a principle by Ben Harris which he published as Psi Poker. This ebook is fully endorsed by Ben Harris
"This is great. I am thrilled. BRILLIANT." - Ben Harris | 2012 / 12 / 30 | $20.00 Au$29.56 Ca$27.45 €18.23 £16.09 ¥2234.42 | to wish list | ||
More Mind MagicMichael Daniels "I really like clever principles and if you're also a fan, you'll like this eBook a lot" – Michael KociolekMore Mind Magic is a collection of four mentalism effects that are suited to close-up and especially one-to-one performance. The first effect, Predetermination, is a completely self-working impromptu effect in which the mentalist correctly predicts the outcome of a card-mixing procedure, even though the spectator freely chooses the procedural steps after the prediction is made. The second effect, Seven Shooter, is a packet trick with a Russian Roulette plot. The seven firing chambers of a... | 2012 / 6 / 30 | $10.00 Au$14.78 Ca$13.73 €9.12 £8.04 ¥1117.21 | to wish list | ||
Self-Discovery The Jungian WayMichael Daniels Clearly and entertainingly written, Self-discovery the Jungian Way presents an exciting new technique of self-analysis. Based on the theories of the great psychologist C.G. Jung, the 'Watchword' technique will enable you to identify your psychological type and to explore the structure and dynamics of your personality. As you learn to recognize the various forces and tendencies within the psyche, you will acquire greater understanding of your inner self and your personal relationships.
This practical method of self-exploration guides you systematically along the difficult path towards the... | 2012 / 3 / 14 | $12.95 Au$19.14 Ca$17.78 €11.81 £10.42 ¥1446.79 | to wish list | ||
Three Easy PiecesMichael Daniels Three Easy Pieces is a collection of three self-working mentalism effects for close-up, especially one-to-one, presentation.
The first effect, The Prisoner, is a variation on a trick and principle first published by Howard Adams. Two sets of five ESP symbols are shuffled and dealt into two face-down piles. The spectator successively eliminates pairs of symbols by spelling out a key phrase as cards are moved from the top to the bottom of either pile – switching piles whenever, and as often, as the spectator wishes. The last pair of symbols is found to be a match. The other four eliminated... | 2012 / 1 / 13 | $10.00 Au$14.78 Ca$13.73 €9.12 £8.04 ¥1117.21 | to wish list | ||
Mostly PerfectMichael Daniels Mostly Perfect is an instant 4x4 magic square presentation for any named total that simplifies the computational method originally developed by Orville Meyer (and which has also been published by Mark Farrar, Bill Fritz and Harry Lorayne, among others). Mostly Perfect also produces even more balanced and elegant squares than those produced by the Meyer method.
The ebook also comes with a browser application (no Internet connection needed) to facilitate learning of the method. Download a free extract. "Mostly Perfect creates the most well-balanced magic square I've ever seen ... And it's not even hard to do ...... | 2011 / 11 / 4 | $6.00 Au$8.87 Ca$8.24 €5.47 £4.83 ¥670.33 | to wish list | ||
Speed DatingMichael Daniels "ingenious ... innovative ... Probably the best thing about Michael Daniels' Speed Dating eBook is the completeness. If you've thought about learning this feat, you can learn everything you need to know from this book." - Grey Matters: Blog (Scott Cram)Speed Dating is a refinement to Day for Any Date calculation that Michael Daniels has developed over the last thirty years, and which incorporates some new shortcuts to the mnemonic methods previously published by Bernard Zufall, Harry Lorayne, Will Dexter, and Tony Corinda. It does take quite a bit of initial training but, when mastered, it is very quick and... | 2011 / 9 / 27 | $10.00 Au$14.78 Ca$13.73 €9.12 £8.04 ¥1117.21 | to wish list | ||
TrinitiesMichael Daniels Trinities is a two-phase mind-reading routine. In the first phase, the mentalist correctly divines attributes (colour, suit, value) of playing cards which the spectator has shuffled, dealt and covered with his hands while the mentalist has turned away. In the second phase, which can be performed alone, the spectator forms a page number by combining the values of freely selected cards from the deck. Without the mentalist seeing, the spectator then opens up and freely examines an eBook (standard PDF) from a
collection of classic literary works stored on a computer, eBook reader or smartphone.... | 2011 / 8 / 2 | $10.00 Au$14.78 Ca$13.73 €9.12 £8.04 ¥1117.21 | to wish list | ||
DivinorumMichael Daniels In Divinorum (first published 2011) Michael combined a new mathematical principle with known techniques to come up with something astonishing. This new 'Reloaded' edition is a major revision. Michael has taken the opportunity to revisit the procedures, to simplify them, to present them in a more accessible way, and also to include a new training app (runs in your web browser) which will significantly aid learning and practice.
"Kudos to Michael for bringing something this good to the magic community ... Diabolic and truly amazing ... pure killer magic!" - Doug CanningEffect Three, four or five... | 2011 / 5 / 26 | $12.00 Au$17.74 Ca$16.47 €10.94 £9.65 ¥1340.65 | to wish list | ||
Reversal PlusMichael Daniels A spectator forms a five-figure number from freely chosen digits. The mentalist successfully divines the spectator's number.
"some very clever thinking" - Banachek
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Double ScamMichael Daniels "A lovely card effect. Highly recommended!" - Andrew LohDouble Scam is a two-phase ACAAN effect (Any Card At Any Number). A full deck of cards is freely shuffled by the spectator. Both spectator and mentalist choose a two-digit number. Each then secretly selects and remembers a card. The two cards are lost in the... | 2011 / 3 / 28 | $10.00 Au$14.78 Ca$13.73 €9.12 £8.04 ¥1117.21 | to wish list | ||
EquirockMichael Daniels This is a conceptual breakthrough for improving the old and trusted magician's choice or equivoque.
Equirock is a simple technique to force one of three items. As a direct, ONE STEP force, it is almost impossible for the spectator to backtrack and thereby discover the method. Equirock is immensely versatile and can be used to force any kind of object or other item – a word, number, person, card, coin, book … in fact anything at all! The method can also be easily extended to allow for a force from any number of items, not just three. The only props needed are your hands, a pen... | 2010 / 9 / 27 | $10.00 Au$14.78 Ca$13.73 €9.12 £8.04 ¥1117.21 | to wish list |
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