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Mentalists, here's the last word in question reading, using no chemicals, no stooges and no apparatus.

Any number of spectators write questions or other data on plain white cards, all of which are sealed by their writers themselves in opaque envelopes. Each spectator is designated by a number and these numbers are written on the envelopes. The performer gathers the questions, which are at no time out of sight of the audience, and begins to divulge the contents!. As soon as each question is answered, it is returned to the writer who acknowledges the card as the one on which he wrote and verifies...

A compendium of Iain Dunford's reading systems.

"Thank you Iain, for dragging readings into the 21st century." - Richard Webster

Tessarula - using old school ADMIT ONE style tickets that are very cheap. Or if that's not your thing, just scraps of paper or blank cards. Tessarula can also replace the tarot.

palm/tree readings - a unique take on palm reading that isn't based on palm reading whatsoever, with thoughts from Dr. Bill Cushman.

AEIOU - tell people about themselves using their names. Or use it to add depth and structure to drawings people make and far more.

thought-paths - similar to AEIOU but numbers...

A hands-off card prediction at any number.

"No other method can achieve what your method achieves." - Dan Harlan

"To be honest, I would have more than one method to achieve the same effect, but - and this is a big BUT - Ali doesn't use any of them! So, it is indeed very clean and very fooling." - Jan Forster

The deck of cards is in the spectator's hands. At no point do you touch the cards. You ask the spectator to think of any number between...

As for the decks themselves, you get complete details on the effect, working and preparation of cards, etc., all fully described so that every one of these great decks can be easily made up by you. Plus: How to use Roughing Fluid properly.

Partial Contents:

• CARD MATCHUM - A surprising matching effect with a Red and Blue deck.
• RASPUTIN DECK - From a Blank deck the magician materializes...

In my methodical (and obstinate) search for effects to be proposed on the phone, numbers are the absolute protagonist. Except for a few small tricks, they are all a consequence of one or more mathematical principles. If, however, so far we have mainly seen effects with playing cards, I would also like to share some collections "without cards", using coins, tickets, mnemonics or calculation procedures performed with paper and pen.

The tickets, then, have a fantastic property: they allow a particular personalization; I often use them in company meetings, parties or birthdays...

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  • ... Multiplication, And Division, And You Not Knowing Any Of The Figures But Those Used In The Addition
  • To Make A Ball Or Loaf Of Bread Dance Upon A Table
  • To Cut And Tear Into Pieces A Handkerchief, And To Make It Whole Again
  • How To Take Three Balls Off Two Strings
  • Magic Squares
  • The Magic Cards
  • The Magic Paper Oracle
• Tricks With Cards And Dice
  • To Tell Any Card In The Pack
  • To Tell A Card Thought Of Blindfold
  • To Pick Out All The Court Cards Blindfold
  • To Hold Four Knaves Or Four Kings In Your Hand, And To Change Them Suddenly Into Blank Cards, And Then Into Four Aces
  • Ups And...

Sherlock - A jazzy melody straight outta Baker Street, Dizzy Mike takes a Harry Lorayne tune and egg-beats-it-to-the-bar. A card is selected and returned, and using Holmesian deduction and Scotland Yard line-ups, is revealed in a rather unusual fashion. But then Sherlock, also...

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  • ...The Bottle Conjuror
  • The Mysterious Wafers
  • Advantageous Wager
  • The Balanced Stick
  • The Little Tumbler
  • The Little Balancer
  • To Fix A Coin To The Wall
  • Eatable Candle Ends
  • The Animated Sixpence
  • The Floating Beacon
  • The Magic Apple
  • The Sentinel Egg
  • To Melt Lead In A Piece Of Paper
  • The Dancing Pea
  • Magical Cards
  • To Support A Pail Of Water By A Stick, Only Half Of Which, Or Less, Rests Upon The Table
  • To Make A Shilling Turn On Its Edge On The Point Of A Needle
  • The Impossible Omelet
  • To Turn A Goblet Of Water Upside Down, And Yet Keep The Water In It
  • To Take A Shilling Out Of A Handkerchief
  • A Good...

Curry Favour - A killer prediction of three freely named cards from a deck, all predicted in advance under cover of a reading.

Pre-Emptive Prime - A presentational idea to demonstrate the next move by Amazon to get products to you before you even know you need them...

Marlo Mindreader - Use four blank cards, and a simple technique to reveal both where...

Conjuring tricks with cards balls, and dice; magic writing, performing animals, etc.

This is a surprisingly interesting book edited by W. H. Cremer. It includes an early precursor of the Chop Cup. (See The Magic Dutch Balls.) It has interesting information on gambling, cheating, and scams. The chapter on 'Magic Writing' is a wonderful history of cryptography and steganography. The chapter on animal training is one of the most detailed I have encountered. It also includes a wealth of magic tricks, science experiments, and effects based on apparatus.

• Part I. Modern Magic By Sleight Of Hand...

Five fantastic mentalism routines from Annemann's creative mind.

The Book Test: Use any book or magazine and do not touch it throughout the entire test.

The Mentalist's Card Staggerer: A pack of cards is shown and shuffled. The spectator deals a row of five cards face down. Any one of these he looks at while your back is turned. The five cards only are picked up by you and placed into an empty pocket. One at a time, the cards are drawn forth openly from your pocket until but one remains. This one the spectator removes himself from the pocket and finds it to be his own card. Everything...

Anniversary Mystique is more suitable for a mentalist/mind reader persona. It has no sleights, is easy and self-working, and allows you to leave a couple of visual and memorable souvenirs.

The routine does not require any playing cards at all. All you need is 2 to 3 double blank cards in any size of your choice – postcard, poker size, business card, A4 etc.

Anniversary Mystique delivers 3 different memorable and surprising hits for the anniversary couple. There is also an optional phase which involves the entire audience...

Following on from the success of Ripped & Repaired, Holes is a manuscript from David Forrest featuring three close up miracles with playing cards, each involving holes!

• On Holemeal - A super visual sandwich! A signed card which was lost into the center of the deck suddenly appears between two blank cards, one of which has a hole in it, as they are waved over the deck. The spectator actually sees their card arrive through the hole! Extremely visual. Easy to do. Resets automatically. Special cards included.
• Hole’d the phone - A card is freely selected from a genuinely shuffled pack and signed across the...

• ... such things? I didn't and I certainly never thought myself capable of such abilities but this experience is forever branded upon my memory.

5 blank cards. 5 random emotions written down, one per card.

Your participant is guided to invest each card with the emotional energy derived from the memory of a time they experienced the chosen feelings. The cards are turned over and mixed so no one knows their order, even you!

Then, through...

It’s a peek wallet…without the wallet!

Evil Twin is an easy-to-make / easy-to-use gimmick that allows you to obtain information in a super-clean way. You will need some blank business cards or other small cards one can write on.

"It is a very clever idea and will be making one up straight away." - Carl at The Magic Café

"This is an excellent, portable p**k device that will be on me at all times." - Anthony Brandonissio

"I like my mentalism simple and the more I play about with this effect the more I like it." - NeilS

"Jose just keeps putting out those …Wow, I wish I thought...

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...

Four superb card routines.

From the introduction:

You present three blank cards and a Joker. The Joker has a big hole located close to a corner. The hole magically moves to the center, then vanishes entirely, and then the four cards change into the four Jacks with no holes showing anywhere.

1st edition 2021, video length 3:15s.

Show five blank cards. Magically they all change to cards with crosses on the front and the back.

1st edition 2023, video 2:16.

1. ... Places
31. 28 - In performer's pocket.
31. 29 - Pocket index.
32. 30 - Card in wallet.
32. 31 - Use of spectators for "outs."
32. 32 - The "Eveready Life Saver."
33. Apparatus Alibis
33. 33 - When force is missed.
34. First Aid For Feeble Memories
34. 34 - Confusion as to suits and values.
34. 35 - Spectator's mind a complete blank.

    PART II: CHALLENGES

36. Chapter 6 - Taking On All Comers
36. "Outs" Compared With Challenges
37. A Word of Caution

37. Chapter 7 - Before Card Gets Lost In Shuffle
37. Try To Keep As Much Control As Possible
38. 36 - Controlled returns.
38. 37 - Use of "Locators."
38. 38 - The "Gimmicked Cut."
39. 39 - The "Cut...

The performer states that for thousands of years, devices have been invented and used to measure and keep track of time. The first time measuring obelisks and water clocks were introduced in Mesopotamia and Egypt as early as 2000 BC. Tonight, he continues, we're going to explore both time and its relation to man's ability to project images telepathically.

Removing a small packet of blank cards, the performer explains they will be used to focus on an hour and a timekeeping device that will be thought of by a member of the audience. A volunteer is randomly selected to assist in the demonstration....

Hallucination is Andrew's first packet trick that is very easy to do and highly entertaining.

Basically, this effect involves four Queens and you magically cause any two Queens to penetrate with the other two Queens visually.

At the end, you cause all the Queens to vanish magically leaving the blank cards on the table!

There is no slit or any special cut-out card at all in this effect.

This ebook is not suitable for beginners. While all the moves are explained clearly some previous card handling experience is preferable.

Skill Level: 3-4 (Intermediate)

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This routine allows you to have a spectator think of ANYTHING, have them write it down, and you will be able to determine what it is and end up clean. All you need to carry with you is a few blank cards, a pen and most importantly, a paper clip, as it will be..... The PSYCHIC ANTENNA.

Everything in this routine is natural and logical with no "funny" moves and focuses on everything except the method.

The routine relies on sleight-of-hand of moderate difficulty. The moves are motivated and blend into the normal action and movement of the routine.

1st edition 2013, 10 pages, photo illustrated....

The basic Effect is this:

Blank cards are handed out to 10, 15, 20 or more audience members, they write details of an event in their past on the card, these are then sealed in wage envelopes and the date of the event is written on the address side. A number of these envelopes are chosen at random by different audience members,...