Displaying 1033 to 1056 (of 1673 products) $24 The World's Most Ingenious Magical ApparatusDerek Lever
This is a fascinating compilation of apparatus magic explained in text and photos.
Excerpt from the foreword:
'The World's Most Ingenious Magical Apparatus' was the title of a Lecture which I have presented all over the world including the famous 'Magic Castle' in Hollywood. Many of the items in this book were used in the Lecture but I have added some recently acquired items which have never before seen the light of day.
- Foreword
- Corinda's Dictionary Memory Feat
- Claude Chandler's Window Penetration
- J. F. Orrin's Match-Box Trick
- The Veroni House Of Magic Presents Gene Morrell's Miniature Illusion
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 ... many Reiss magic sets and as many books as he could find in his local bookstore. At first he didn't like mentalism because he didn't think anyone would be fooled by it. His father fooled him badly when he performed a few mental card effects from Scarne on Card Tricks. Derek went to school the next day and performed some of the same effects on his fellow high schoolers. The reaction was so satisfying that Derek stopped doing magic and focused only on mentalism for many years.
Eventually, Derek found Bizarre Magic and added that to his repetoire. He also became interested in what he calls "real magic": Tarot, Numerology, Hypnosis, NLP, among other things.
In recent years, Derek has returned...  ... Con Games; and has made numerous television appearances in the United States, Europe and Japan, including U.S. appearances on CBS 48 Hours, PBS Nova and the PBS documentary The Art of Magic, Comedy Central, and repeat appearances on The Today Show. He is the creator of Card Clinic, an intensive 3- day seminar on sleight-of-hand card
magic, and has also taught at McBride Magic School and at the Sylvan Academy in Italy. According to Penn and Teller, 'Jamy Ian Swiss makes one understand what a terrifying art form pure sleight of hand can be. He is James Bond with a deck of cards for a pistol!'  ... up mischievous and daring without any fear of what I was about to learn from the world. I was first introduced by a junior’s school friend Joe who had a large magic set. To which I learnt all its contents off by heart better than its owner Joe. I was given two magic books for a Christmas gift one Magic with science by Author Walter B. Gibson, a Collins publication, and Dunninger’s Complete Encyclopaedia of magic by Spring books. Those two books I will admittedly say where read well before Christmas as I knew where the key to the wardrobe was kept and any gifts hidden from view. So pocket money saved and three Air fix magic sets 1, 2 and 3 later I soon started performing full of confidence.... ... Oley Holyson: This is an indirect reference, a homage, to Zane Grey, who turned Hemingway on to deep-sea fishing with his writings. Later Hemingway became close friends with him. Zane Grey was just like Hemingway an outstanding storyteller and writer but was also a pioneering angler, a great innovator, and one-time holder of more than a dozen saltwater world records. Zane Grey was inducted into the IGFA (International Game Fish Association) Hall of Fame in 1998. Ernest Hemingway was among the early officers of the IGFA. Hemingway during mid-summer 1928 read with relish Grey's book on deep-sea fishing in Tahitian waters, and in his enthusiasm for it bought copies to give to friends. We know that Zane... The Gimmick MagiZette is a semimonthly e-zine of Magic and Allied Arts. Though originated in India it has an international flavor.
Solyl Kundu started toying with the idea of revitalizing The Gimmick for some time. It started as two pages of photocopied tatty newsletter - the mouth-piece of International Magical Youth Organization founded in 1975 by Salil Kumar “Solyl” Kundu and some of his like-minded friends. Very soon that newsletter turned into a full-fledged 16 pages A-5 size independent magazine. This had the honor of running for 23 years. Many greats of that time and present days including Sid Lorraine, Bruce Posgate, Tony Kardyro, George Johnstone, Bob Olson aka REO, Edwin Hooper,... ★★★★★ $9.99 Train Your Brain and EntertainScott Cram ... believes that using your memory should be fun as well as functional, he has also included some fun demonstrations you can perform with your improved memory:
- Blindfolded Knight's Tour
- Memorizing 400 Digits of Pi (see the 400-Digit Pi Challenge section)
- Calendar Memory - Being able to give the day of the week for any date (handy for meetings and appointments!)
- Memorizing playing cards, including an entire stack.
Preferences and a manual are included, and you can get help for the techniques and the interface in every section.
Also included are some special bonuses to help you take... $10 Scarney DiceJohn Scarne John Scarne invented many games. None had any lasting success, although many of them a very clever inventions. This is a collection of games with dice.
From the back cover:
Scarney Dice, the fantastic, new dice era, is without a doubt the greatest contribution to dice playing since the invention... ★★★★★ $25 Staging ItBob Cassidy There is no argument about the dilemma faced by many newcomers to mentalism. Are mental effects best presented as natural phenomena of the mind, or as examples of rare paranormal or supernatural abilities?
Most of today's mentalists use the "mental skill" as opposed to the "psychic gift" approach,... $15 Side EffectsBob Cassidy One of the inherent difficulties in presenting effective mentalism is that it generally lacks the element of surprise. The performer states that he will read a thought and proceeds to do so. He says he will predict tomorrow’s headlines and he does. Many would-be mentalists infallibly demonstrate so many different alleged mental powers that the element of believability is lacking as well.
By applying the "Side Effects" principle, the element of surprise is returned to the art and variety is introduced into a performance without sacrificing believability. Bob's good friend Ross Johnson, one... $10 The 9th British Close Up Magic SymposiumMark Leveridge This is the ebook released to coincide with the 9th Symposium which took place in April 2005 at Bath University and it features the magic of those taking part on the day. Here is a breakdown of the contents:
- David Stone offers two items. One is an elegant version of the broken and restored cigarette. The other is a thought provoking article on how to make coin magic more accessible. (No Smoking 1 & 2; A Few Reasons)
- Brian Glover explains his variation on the classic 'Reset' card routine. (Reset Revisited)
- Richard Sanders gives the lowdown on a very simple yet strong effect in which a spectator...
★★★★★ $5 The Adventures of Ajeeb - The Wonderful Chess Automatonunknown ... his face set in serious calculation. Yet he was fated to join his illustrious predecessors in defeat.
Much has been said and written regarding the modus operandi of Ajeeb. A journalist of 1854 blandly informs his readers that Maezel's chess-player (this was the name by which Ajeeb was known at one stage of its career) was destroyed in a Philadelphia fire. This is not true. Here are the facts of Ajeeb's ownership:
Ajeeb's inventor, Baron M. de Kempelen, a nobleman of Pressburg, Hungary, after many years spent perfecting his invention, amazed Europe with its introduction in 1769, exhibiting... ★★★★★ $14 Misleading MisleadAlan Rorrison The best pen-through-bill routine you will find!
(If you are interested only in the first penetration phase you can also buy it separately with Real Pen-Etration for much less. You might also want to check out the same effect achieved with different sleights: Driven by Cameron Francis.)
In late 2003 / early 2004 Misleading Mislead stormed into the magic community and quickly gained its self-critical acclaim. However, the full routine had been trimmed down from a two-phase routine to a one-phase trick by the company who produced it. Alan was very unhappy about this as all the hard work and tested moves that took... $15 Sleight of Mind: Give Your Creativity a Kick-StartTimothy Hyde Sleight of Mind, is a unique 7 day thinking course, designed to unleash a torrent of bright ideas.
Written by magician and creativity expert Timothy Hyde, it will change the way you think. This ebook was first developed as an online course and then fine tuned by many hundreds of participants over the last three years at many different workshop sessions.
As well as his work as a mentalist in the high end corporate market and on luxury cruise ships, Timothy has developed a number of in demand corporate development workshops. This particular course has been run on 8 separate occasions for... ★★★★★ $5 The Sphinx Volume 43 (Mar 1944 - Feb 1945)John Mulholland
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| The Cover. | 4 |
| With a Bow to Anderson. From notes by Brander Matthews. | 5 |
| One Of The Ups and Downs Of Magic. By W. A. Russell. | 6 |
| Hathaway Card Change. By Hathaway. | 7 |
| Spelling. By Elmer Appelgit. | 7 |
| Musical Magic. By San Era. | 8 |
| Break-A-Way Die Box Routine. By Tommy Windsor. | 8 |
| Dr. Brochu's Flash Card Location. By Dr. R. Brochu. | 9 |
| Cards and Envelopes. By Eugene Laurant. | 10 |
| Eugene Laurant Dies. | 11 |
| London Notes. By Wilfrid Jonson. | 12 |
| S.A.M. Parent Assembly Show. | 12 |
| John Henry Anderson "Great Wizard of the North" | 17 |
| Editor's Page. | 20 |
| Squawks. By Frazee. | 21 |
| 25 Years... | $4 The Magic Wand Volume 9 (Mar 1920 - Feb 1921)George Johnson Numbers 97-108
248 pages
- Vol. 9, No. 1, March, 1920 [20 pages]
- Monthly Chat - little bits of news and talk
- The New Volume
- Taking It Easy
- The "Instanto" Competition
- A Chat On Magic
- The Conjuring "Johnny"
- Artificial Wood
- A Floating Wand Effect - Professor Edgar
- Northern Magical Society - club news
- Marked Cards - article and effects by Gwilym Williams
- Reviews
- The Magic Circular - March 1920 magazine
- The Magician - January 1920 magazine
- The Sphinx - January 1920 magazine
- The Magical Bulletin - January 1920 magazine
- The Magazine of Magic - February...
$4 The Magic Wand Volume 17 (1928)George Johnson ... - ...
- ... Pack - A. C. A
- A Wrinkle for the Drawer Box - Norman Hunter
- A Card Cutting Note - E. F. Impey
- The Incomparable Hat Load
- Ball and Pill Boxes - Tom Sellers
- Water and Wine - A. De Brett
- The Annals of Conjuring - Sidney W. Clarke [continued]
- Conjurers of Yesterday and To-day [continued]
- Chung Ling Soo Presenting the Cannon Trick - photo page
- Book Reviews
- The Book of Secrets. Miracles Ancient and Modern - Walter B. Gibson
- The World's Best Book of Magic - Walter B. Gibson
- Merlin's Master Manipulations - Parts I, II & III - Jack Merlin
- Shadows in Moonlight - T. Page Wright
- Leichte Zauberei [Easy Conjuring Tricks] - Fritz Hugli
- Hôhere Kartenkunst [Higher Card Magic] -...
$4 The Magic Wand Volume 21 (1932)George Johnson Numbers 153-156
253 pages
- Vol. 21, Number 153 March-May, 1932 [52 numbered & 8 unnumbered covers and advertising pages]
- Quarterly Notes - by the editor
- Twenty-One
- Fire Kings
- Variety from the U.S.A.
- The Gentle Art of Disparagement
- Hartz Mysteries
- A Week of Magic - report
- The Maskelyne Memorial Fund - auction of "Erdnase - His Book" by Mr. Graham Adams
- The Bead on the String - Vincent Dalban
- A Novel Wand Effect - T. Westwood Bradley
- Again the Spelling Bee - S. H. Sharpe
- Crystalogy - Wilf. Huggins
- Off Goes His - Nothing - J. F. Orrin
- The Rainbow Sticks - Tom Sellers
- Wicked Willie and Naughty Nancy - Will Blyth
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$4 The Magic Wand Volume 29 (1940)George Johnson ... - ...
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- Levante - at the Kingston Empire
- New Magic - Allan Peterson
- Humorous Silk Transference
- Card Fan and Glass
- Chit Chat - article by Frederic Culpitt
- Initial Memory - Les. Vincent
- Correspondence
- The Flying Initials - Leonard Ashton
- Book Notes
- Zufall's Memory Trix, Number 1, Magazine Memorising - Bernad Zufall
- Zufall's Memory Trix, Number 2, Mental File Index - Bernad Zufall
- Zufall's Memory Trix, Number 3, Calendar Memorising - Bernad Zufall
- Zufall's Memory Trix, Number 4, Memorising a Deck of Cards - Bernad Zufall
- More Card Manipulations, No. 3 - Jean Hugard
- The Magic Circle Library Catalogue
- Smilestones - reminiscences by Herbert J. Collings
- Olla Podrida - miscellaneous comments
- Vol. 29, Number 188...
★★★★★ $8.95 Hole in the Head(Benny) Ben Harris ... her—wait until the sun is in just the right spot in the sky—etc. So, it's not for everyday use. It's for special occasions when the circumstances are just right. Sometimes, simply having the knowledge is having the "power".
Create a beautiful moment—sometime later down the track. Yes, the day will come when you will stand back to the sun, open your "third eye" and pop a hole in your head!
Be patient, grasshopper.
The softcover edition includes a DVD.
1st edition 2006; digital edition 2009; 22 pages. $20 Pasteboard AdventuresDavid Gemmell A collection of routines from David Gemmell's working repertoir. Difficulty varies from effect to effect and is in the reach of most magician.
From the introduction by Jon Racherbaumer:
A few years ago Eugene Burger introduced a useful phrase to Cardopia—one that partially describes what passionate card guys do on a regular basis: to overly indulge themselves in the "antics of the pasteboards." Antics is the apt word because it evokes other defining words: playful, fantastic, theatrical, whimsical…
Those who memorialize their personal "antics" realize the nature of their acts. They take notes.... $19.99 The MagiCIAn: John Mulholland's Secret CIA Life (Audiobook)Ben Robinson This is the audio-book version of The MagiCIAn: John Mulholland's Secret CIA Life. Listening time over 9 hours. The author, Ben Robinsion, reads the entire book. Additionally he also reads ten letters to and from Mulholland previously unpublished and not part of the book or ebook. Here is the first half of the first chapter:
[If the embedded player should not properly work in your browser you can also download the MP3 here.
"John Mulholland is surely one of the most fascinating personalities in
magic history. For his work to advance conjuring as a recognized art, he
deserves tremendous respect, and no serious student of magic will want to skip this book." - Michael Claxton, Magic Magazine, Feb 2009.
"I can even imagine... ★★★★★ $9.98 Light and EasyNefesch In this manuscript you will learn two effects, one of them is Nefesch's CAN effect in which he makes a volunteer loose his weight. They can feel it, they can feel themselves becoming lighter and lighter till they weigh less than a feather. You can prove to the audience that your spectator has indeed lost his weight. As a hypnotherapist this routine has been Nefesch's bussiness card to his customers who want to take hypnotherapy sessions to loose some weight. In adition Nefesch is including an almost impromptu newspaper test, and a way to combine both effects to mark your reputation as a mentalist,... The MagiCIAn: John Mulholland's Secret Life, 2nd Edition (for resale)Ben Robinson
"John Mulholland is surely one of the most fascinating personalities in
magic history. For his work to advance conjuring as a recognized art, he
deserves tremendous respect, and no serious student of magic will want to skip this book." —Michael Claxton, Magic Magazine, Feb 2009.
"I can even imagine him up in heaven huddling with Christopher, Houdini, Blackstone and Thurston as they discuss your biography. Their applause is loud enough to be heard on planet Earth." —Maurine Brooks Christopher
"I am an avid reader of books, all types of books, but not since Harry Potter or The Da Vinci Code have I been so engrossed... Displaying 1033 to 1056 (of 1673 products)
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