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Perhaps the worst enemy of any mentalism is being challenged with the following words: “Well if you are a mind reader can you read my mind?”

Working as the house mind reader at America's oldest magic bar the safe-house Scott has developed a series of hard hitting effects that can be performed with little or no props. This is ebook one of a series of books that will explore the various effects he has developed over the past few years hustling customers at the magic bar.

In this ebook Scott is proud to reveal the secret to his "New Grail" effect. Where the mentalist lays out five ESP...

"Stellar, practical and definitely holds it's weight on deserving to be on the market." - Lloyd Barnes (The Magic Cafe)

"The effect here is brilliant and fits into so many different areas of performance. The ability to transfer the effect from cards to photos is what did it for me. Im obsessed with photo magic and this will be a great one to add to the mix! it truly rocks!" - Jamie Daws (Phantasm, Scared)

"This is truly brilliant and well worth the money." - Darren61 (The Magic Cafe)

Foreword by leading card cheat and deceptions expert Daniel Madison.

The Ashes concept is a combination of versatile...

• ... Children
• The Best Videos for Working Pros
• Reviews
  • "7 Secrets" by J. C. Wagner
  • "Professional Close-Up" by Leo Behnke
  • "Small World" Chris Hurlbert and Neal Prete
  • "The Remarkable Mister Gigwits" by Schuyler Irish
  • "The Creeps" by Ben Harris
  • "The Radar Deck" by Richard Osterlind
• Changeling Cards by Skip Sansoucie
• E-Z Copper-Silver Purse Transposition by Skip Sansoucie
• Ambitious Card by Skip Sansoucie
• Behind Bars

• Hanging On To Your Job
• Editorial
• Landing Your First Restaurant Job!
• Ask the Only by Al the Only
• Reviews
  • "Ring Flite" by Allan Sherer
  • "Nomen Omen" by David...

• ... with Geoff
• Seance by Arun Bonerjee
• first of an important new series by Ian Adair
• Little Jackpot coins another stunning effect from our resident stunner, Barrie Richardson
• film Case Conjuring with Ali Cardabra
• Colours in Flight by Solyl Kunda
• Basic Card Technique continues with more on key cards
• Al Smith muses through the rear window
• Peter Blanchard does something simple
• Simon Lovell tells how to do it right
• 1997 Competition results
• Farof a kind by Phil Goldstein
• Collector's thoughts and musings
• Steve Jones ends all up
• Soumya Deb offers Predictacolour
• More on locus Pocus from...

A spectator raises a number of fingers behind their back. You instantly know what that number is, without reflections, assistants, or gimmicks.

"When used as a tool within another effect (a reading or the Sympathy idea) most folks would consider this to be real mind reading." - Donald Rackley

"Dirt easy and simple which is what we all yearn for in an effect." - Giani the Mentalist

• 100% Impromptu
• Limitless Possibilities
• Rock Paper Scissors
• ESP Symbols
• Sympathy
• Numbers
• Words
• Cards
• Colors

"This is an ingenious principle that is entirely reliable and realistic. Everyone...

Make clouds vanish, appear and more. With a preface by Paolo Cavalli and a foreword by Enrique Enriquez.

Two of the world's foremost 'Cloudbusters' reveal their inner secrets of cloud magic!

In this ebook the authors strip away the veil of secrecy, revealing cloud secrets only known to a select few. Learn to make clouds vanish and appear. Sculpture them into images of selected playing cards, thought of numbers, ESP symbols, faces, and even animals.

Nothing is held back. Apparently change the weather by delaying rain or snow or even by making it warmer. Believe it or not you can do a...

filled with fun and light ideas. There is some deep thinking going on." - Greg Arce

"Dale Hildebrandt's book, Eight Exercises Plus, is well worth attention by mentalists & hypnotists who prefer to use minimal props. An interesting technique of giving readings is described which does not require cards or other props for divination. The participant's hands are used, although not for palmistry. The method is nicely summarized and even a Tick Sheet is provided. There is a clever approach to determining a person's astrological sign which does not use a progressive anagram. I enjoyed the 'hypnotic'...

Being a past editor of the magazine Paul has picked out what he thought were the best card contributions, nineteen in all. If you missed the magazine, you will find these effects worthy of your attention. For the most part, these are easy effects to do. Paul has also picked some effects that use cards other than playing cards to add a little variety (plus they are good!).

• Here Lies The Truth (Peter Duffie)
• Datum (Arthur Setterington)
• Predomination (Arthur Setterington)
• Haunted Alphabet (Brian Glover)
• The Dark Triangle (Chris Wardle)
• Bell, Card and Candle (Jim Cuthbert)
• Uninhibited...

1. ... Deck
2. Professor's Nightmare
3. Vanishing Napkin
4. Book Test (Michael Maxwell)
5. Number Prediction (Michael Maxwell)
6. Fizz Master (Paul Harris)
7. Twisted Sisters (John Bannon)
8. Ghost Handkerchief
9. Coin Prediction
10. Heads I Win
11. Peebody
12. Flying Match
13. Happy Birthday Trick
14. Glass through Bar
15. Anywhere Cards (Michael Maxwell)
16. Appearing Glass of Liquid (Lennart Green)
17. Miracle with a Fork (Guy Bavli)
18. Rip-It Revolutionized (Johnny Hirose)

runtime almost 2 hours

What is Impossible?

Impossible is a tried and tested workable effect that will stun your audience! (Especially if one of them asks you 'that' IMPOSSIBLE question!) "Can we shuffle the cards? Can we just cut to and look at a card? Can YOU find that card?"

Ronald Wood presents Impossible. A card effect that shows your audience nothing is IMPOSSIBLE.

1st edition 2014, 11 pages.

[Note: This is part of the Fly On The Wall ebook.

Omniscient is a mentalism theory created by "The Urban Entity", Cedric Taylor that works as a Q &A. It unique in its approach because it:

• allows the performer to do a mass reading while walking around in the audience without ever needing the stage.
• can be performed for 5 or 5,000
• billet-less. (Billets are used only for pre-show work. You will also need a deck of cards.)
• can be performed at a "kisser's length" away from your spectator.
• can be adapted and used for drawing duplications, predictions, direct mind reading, hellstromism reveals, warm and cold reading, automatic writing,...

1. ... Vernon Touch - Dai Vernon
372. The Rudy Coby Magic Section
     372. Rudy Coby - by Franz Harary
     372. Rudy Coby - An Up and Coming Young Geek - Robert Baxt
     373. Rudy Coby - Magical Masochist - Jay Sankey
     374. Rudy Coby - An Interview - Max Maven
     376. The New Wave of Magic - New York - Rudy Coby
     377. New Age Rising Cards - Jeff McBride
     378. New Wave Torn and Restored Card - Rudy Coby
     380. The New Wave of Magic - Toronto - Rudy Coby
     381. Two Acts of Self-Mutilation - Jay Sankey
          • Twinkle Toes
          • Eye-Popper
     382. The New Wave of Magic - Nashville - Rudy Coby
     383. Q-Tip Trick - Joe Givan
     383. Super Sawa - Steve Cohen
     384. Optical Delusion - Michael Baker
     385. The New Wave...

1. ... is only an actor playing the role of a magician
2. Gilbreath Principle
3. Too Perfect Theory
4. How many effects?
5. Creative Process
6. Bottom Deal Applications
7. Philosophy of Magic
8. Trick That Can't Be Explained
9. Origin of Display Pass
10. In Spectator's Hands
11. Vernon's Travellers
12. Effect Categories for Cards
13. Why do Magic?
14. Ten Best Card Effects
15. Practice
16. Best Self-Working Card Trick
17. Starting with Card Magic
18. Tabled Faro/Riffle Shuffle
19. Delayed Setup
20. Program Construction of an Act
21. How to Prepare for a Competition
22. Dirty Cards
23. Constructivism
24. Favorite Card Routine
25. Favorite ESP Card Trick ...

Have you ever noticed that sometimes daughters and mothers look similar, not only because of genes, but also the way they dress, their hair style or colour, their glasses, etc. Same thing with pets, especially dogs. Sometimes, they really look like their owner.

In this ebook, you will find some ressources to use this idea in packet tricks, using images instead of playing cards. The impact on your audience will be much bigger and entertaining.

Example of effect:

You show a bunch of photos in one pile, and you show another pile face down, without showing the photos. "There is a sosie...

This U. F. Grant publication was revised, enlarged and illustrated by Gene Gloye. This is the kind of material - assorted comedy bits and pieces, that you can add to any group of tricks to build up your show, add laughs, fill in for time.

Chapters cover:

• Cards
• Comedy Props
• Using Volunteer Assistants
• Mental Magic Gags
• Gag Bits of Business
• Stunts with an Assistant or Plant
• Patter
• More Stunts
• For the Master of Ceremonies
• For Magicians
• Politicking With Magic.

The effect is that the magician – using a borrowed deck of cards - predicts the past, the present and – in this version – even predicts the future!

This ebook gives you every line, joke, piece of timing, setup, move, rationale and nuance of the routine. The ebook also takes you through the an overview of some of the steps of script writing that were...

Here's a look at what's included:

• Preface
• The Magician's Mistake
• Astonishing Prediction
• Color Perception
• Kings and Queens
• Billfold Mystery
• Reds and Blacks
• Three Trick Routine with a Svengali Deck
• Houdini Card Climax
• Telepathic Revelation
• Balanced Cards
• Black Hand
• The Hopkins Drop
• Coin Thru Hand
• Coin to Quarter
• Coin Vanish from Hank
• Two Coins to One
• Coin Vanish from Paper Square
• My Double-Headed Quarter
• Ring on Shoelace
• Ring through Rope
• Ring through Rubber Band
• Ring through Silk
• Ring through Card
• Ring and Balloon Problem
• Finger-Ring ...

J. G. Thompson, Jr's fabulous master-key to card control.

From the introduction by B. W. McCarron, "T-Formation (TF) is a monograph of card sleights that are not at all difficult for the average performer; yet they allow a nice range of performance possibilities. Forces, controls, peeks and even the versatile double lift are all given the 'Thompson treatment.' "

T-Formation teaches the average magician or mentalist an assortment of maneuvers with cards that are easy to execute but full of deceptiveness. In the author's words, T-Formation "enables the performer, with a minimum of effort, to perform...

• PREFACE
• FOREWORD
• DETECTED BY FINGERPRINTS (Jean Hugard)
• DICK TRACY CARD TRICK (Clyde F. Cairy)
• BREATH CONTROL (John Scarne)
• DETECTED BY PULSE (Conrad Rheiner) ...

Thimbles Two - A thimble held in the hand changes places with one wrapped in a handkerchief and held by a spectator.

Up! Cards! - A rising cards effect that can be performed close-up.

The Ghost Ring - A handkerchief is twirled into a rope-like condition. An examined ring passes onto the center of the silk, while both ends are held by a spectator.

Impossibility - A spectator selects a card and writes the name of...

• Foreword
• Background
• Original Tosheroon / Bob Driebeck
• Card Flight / Edward Marlo
• Razzle-Dazzle / Frank Garcia
• The Changing of the Card / Earl Nelson ...

Mancala Madness: A highly interesting presentation for the lowly novelty known as the Rattlerock; inspired by a marketed item; although you can find the required prop at many hobby stores.

In-Tuit: An old gag once mentioned by Martin Gardner turned into a prediction of an ESP symbol combined with the gag.

Bang! Bang!: A variation of a Tom McCarron effect involving bang caps combined with a Sam Berland that allows you to psychically set off the cap.

Ear of Van Gogh: A silly presentation centered around Van Gogh and the infamous ear incident

Paul is Dead: An...

• ...Bruce Hurling's "Invisible Man" / Peter Warlock
• The Red Faced Queen / Fred Lowe
• A Question of Memory / Francis Haxton
• A Piet Forton Saga / Gus Southall, Francis Haxton
• Magic, Pure and Simple (continued) / Peter Warlock

• Arthur Ainslie and the Chocolate Box Mystery / Peter Warlock
• Paper Rise / Edward Victor
• The Computer Cards / T. Nordness
• Magic Pure and Simple (continued) / Peter Warlock
• ESP Calling Card / Ray Hafler

• The Cards Tell All! / Oscar Paulson
• Ropes - Blend / Arthur Setterington
• Rapport / Sam Dalal
• Magic Pure and Simple (continued) Peter Warlock
• Early Koran No. 6. The Perfection Do...