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...
With Bending Minds 2 continues the collection of effects centered on the principle of the binary system, according to a new and innovative vision. From this second volume on, not only playing cards will be used to tell our magical stories, but also simple notes or some business cards.
We present four more effects, two with cards and two with notes, with a number of elements varying from 4 to 8. Throughout the course of the effect, the cards are subject to a dynamic, the positions are constantly changing, each time in a different way. Even more than in the first volume you will be able to...
... hand, and be passed from thence where you list
To convey a tester out of one's hand that holds it fast
To convey a shilling, being in one hand, into another, holding your hands abroad
To transform any small thing into any other form by folding paper
Another experiment of the like nature
Of cards, with good caution how to avoid cozenage therein, especially rules to convey and handle the cards, and the manner and order how to accomplish all difficulties and strange things wrought with cards
How to deliver out four aces, and to convert them into four knaves
... set, think impossible "Blizzard" abetted by several audience members. Bebopping with your spectators, they name any card color, value, and suit to jam a card. You cleanly remove that named card from the deck and then instantly show every other card hasn't been printed yet! Yeah, they are all blank, Hepcats!
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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Off-Colour Hummer - A spectator freely names a suit, then freely mixes a four-of-a-kind under the table (or behind their back). Their freely named suit is the only one that ends up face-up - then turns out to have a different colour back.
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 blankcards, 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.
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...
Introducing The Ultimate Forcing Method - a groundbreaking method for card magic that combines a floating key card with the unique properties of shuffling face-up and face-down cards. It's a "hands-off miracle" where the magician never touches the cards.
Here's why you will want to add this to your act:
Spectator Involvement: The spectator does everything. They shuffle face-up into face-down cards, cut the deck multiple times, and ultimately remove the forced cards themselves. This creates an illusory sense of complete randomness, making it seem impossible for you to have any knowledge...
... easily adapted to any occasion like birthdays, anniversaries, any milestones, etc. The core principle is self working so you can focus on your presentation. You can leave a memorable and visual souvenir with the anniversary couple.
There is a one time preparation for which you need a few double blankcards in any size of your choice - business card size, post card size, A4 size, index cards, poker size cards or even A3 size cards etc - depending on your performance venue, whether it is close up, parlor, stage etc.
You can either print the content or hand write it. The routine does not...
Ch. 11. Mentalism with Cards (49 pages, 34 feats).
Ch. 12. Psychic Codes (25 pages, 8 feats).
It will be clear, from even a casual examination of this list, that Practical Mental Effects covers the field of "mentalism" with surprising thoroughness. The absence of information on "radio mindreading" is doubtless attributable...
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 blankcards, 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.
As it will be branded into the memories your audiences when you perform Emotional Imprints. Psychometry comes alive in the hands of one of their own!
5 blankcards. 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!
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...
This is a physical product that will be shipped to you. You get 3 beautifully produced plastic cards in wallet size (one additional card you will have to print out yourself), which should last you for a very long time with reasonable care. The accompanying PDF can be downloaded from your digital shelf instantly.
According to the dictionary, Trialogue means a dialogue between three persons or groups. But here the trialogue is between the past, the present and the future of the participant.
The basic principle is an old classic. But the premise, presentation and props are very novel and...
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...
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...
... new to this edition are ready-made roughing compounds that are as close as your local hardware or hobby store. Try them all to see which works best for the card design and finish that you prefer.
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.
Table of Contents
CARD MATCHUM - A surprising matching effect with a Red and Blue deck.
RASPUTIN DECK - From a Blank deck the magician materializes...
... this can be extended based on your presentation and patter.
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 blankcards 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...
A simple, multifaceted routine you can carry in your wallet. Four blankcards, eight words, multiple revelations and much more. Names, places, emotions, objects, lies, truth and more.
"I've just bought and read both Moniker and DDT - Fantastic stuff." - Timon Krause
"It is clever, and I like it a lot! Especially as it uses something which I really like and use in different and various routines of my own." - Jan Forster
Basic Moniker
A spectator mixes four cards. Each card has two common names written on it. She thinks of one of the names while the performer's...
It has been my pleasure to have seen Walt Lees perform his magic on many occasions and each time, the result has been very, very impressive. A quiet unassuming chap sat down, took out a pack of cards and within moments, had his audience spellbound.
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When we were discussing the composition of this book, I nominated those tricks which I would like to have and Walt readily and generously agreed to their inclusion. That I had selected just a few, is due to the need for conforming to the size and format of the books in this 'Teach-In'...
You present three blankcards 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.
... infinity ...
