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Here's how the effect appears to the audience:

A participant freely selects two books from a bookshelf - one for themselves and one for you. You both flip through your respective books, and at any point, the participant says "stop," prompting you to note a page number. The books are then swapped, and the process is repeated, this time resulting in the selection of a word. Astonishingly, both your numbers...

DeToxic is a modern-day approach to the classic number force.

DeToxic is not a variation of the classic TOXIC* force but utilizes a different method altogether.

• It works seamlessly on both Android and iPhones.
• It is devoid of complicated formulas.
• You won't have to worry about prematurely hitting the equals '=' sign.

What is so special about DeToxic?

• DeToxic grants you the option to clear the memory right before your audience
• It also provides you an option to restart the calculation midway during the performance without moving a muscle.

*TOXIC force is a force of a number...

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  • The Capper
  • The Chopping Deal
  • Expose of the Dealing Box
  • The Screw Box
  • Sanding the Cards
  • Rakes
  • Hollows and Rounds
  • Fifty Threes
  • The Cat Hop
  • Snaking Cards
  • How Cards are Snaked
• Roulette
• Chucker Luck, or Sweat Cloth
• Spout
• Poker, or Bluff
  • Cold Decks
• Stamped Cards
• Vingt-un, or Twenty-one
• Seven Up, or All Fours
  • The Long Hand of Seven Up
• Three Card Monte
• Race Courses, Mysteries of the Turf, &c
• The Arm Strap
• The Convex, or Dog eat Dog
• The Broker’s Game
• The Bogus Check Game
• The Five Aces
• The Ring Game
• Dropping the Pigeon, or Heeling
• Watch Stuffing
• Three Card Monte...

"One of the few places I have discovered a complete routine for the Full Light Seance and the Germain Water Jars. A must for your library." - Ray Muse

"An extremely interesting book, very well written and beautifully produced. Fascinating reading and much excellent material." - Bruce Elliott

A spoof prediction routine with a surprising magical ending.

Here's a really fun, entertaining, and surprising card routine for magic or mentalism performances from a longtime pro, Scott F. Guinn.

After introducing a folded paper labeled "My Premonition," four different spectators each select...

VERY IMPORTANT: This list of goals will dictate the type of writer I will employ, and this list of goals will eliminate many of the writers available. You see, many of the writers available today will fail to meet one or more of these goals or expectations and only a few types of writers will meet every expectation I set. Here are my minimum expectations or goals.

1. Show both hands freely and completely empty at any time of my choosing.
2. Show "real" writing with the gimmick hidden or palmed.
3. Write easily....

Here's a knockout triple prediction that may well be the highlight of your act.

You number three large, 8.5" x 11" cards as Numbers 1, 2 and 3. On each you write a prediction, one for each of three people in the audience who agree to assist in the experiment. Another person acts as a witness, keeping a record of the spectator's thoughts. (Note to mental magic buffs: This is not your grandfather's old "four-for-one method.")

Incredibly direct and easy to do. Makes a terrific climax to your mental routine. If we could be so bold, this allows you to perform a similar routine as that using...

Excerpt from the preface:

A close-up routine for the people in your audience who'd rather be fishing.

(Psst! I don't want to say this is self-working, but...)

The effect: Sixteen fish cards are dealt face down in a 4x4 grid, and your helper is asked to choose a number from 1 to 4 so you can eliminate that fishing spot. Remove all the cards from the chosen column and row, and show a few of the faces to display what trophy fish were not caught.

Ask them to eliminate another fishing spot by choosing from the rows/columns that are left and remove those cards, again showing some of the world-class fish that weren't...

Admittedly on the crude side, but a magic effect that doesn't stoop as low as the Magic Ding Dong - this one you can show your Mom.

The effect: The magician shows the back of a shopping list and explains on the other side is everything the volunteer needs to make a special spaghetti dinner for their guests tonight. Unfortunately, the volunteer has forgotten one thing on the list and the magician puts a card face down on the table, saying that's his prediction for what will go wrong with the dinner.

Handing the volunteer a pair of scissors, the magician has them choose a line on the back...

Scripts, frameworks and AI tools for every event host.

Are you a working magician or mentalist looking to expand into paid MC work? The Modern MC is a 35-page, practical guide written specifically for performers like you - people who are already confident onstage but need help writing professional-level...

Johnny Geddes was Britain's leading comedy magician. As a performer, he first worked with many top music hall artistes of the day and was always in constant demand. Billed as 'The Biggest Dope in Magic', he appeared in many television programmes and featured in his own TV series.

As an originator, numerous effects of his have been marketed by leading magic dealers, and over the years, he authored a number of first-class books on comedy magic as well as 2,000 published articles which appeared in most of the leading magic magazines.

Johnny was also a theatrical agent, booking acts for...

George Parker Bidder is one of history's greatest mental calculators. In the early 19th century he toured Britain as a 'calculating boy'. The amazing demonstrations he gave caught the attention of eminent scholars who offered to fund his education. Bidder went on to become one of the leading engineers of his time. His position as vice president of the Institution of Civil Engineers afforded him the opportunity to speak openly about his views on mental calculation in a lecture to fellow members of the institution. That lecture, given in 1856, is the subject of this document. In it, Bidder describes...

can tell him what the cards are! from across the room!!! (You got to be kidding Leo, I thought.) And I have a way of reading the backs of anybody's unmarked deck!!!"

Many of the effects Leo describes are based on what mathematicians call a 'De Bruijn cycle' and coding specialists call a 'Gray code' or 'bracelet code'. It has unique properties which...

This is a collection of three card effects with a Mentalist's presentation. Because of this, there are no knuckle-busting sleights or use of anything but a standard deck of cards (although one of the effects works better with a single double-backer).

Not only do you get three audience-tested, astounding effect, but you also get a video explaining the author's improved method for the cascade control and many extra tips, tricks and alternate endings. The video is in wmv format. You are taught everything you need to perform all the effects to know except the humble double lift.

You will learn...

Effect

Two cards are selected and lost in the deck. The first card magically travels under a napkin that's been on the table the entire time. This card is wrapped in the napkin and handed to a spectator for safe keeping. They can actually see the face of the card through the napkin so they know what card is in there and that the magician can't touch it. The magician then causes the card in the napkin to turn into the second selection.

Above is just one possible routine that can be done with this gimmick. It can really be used any time you wan to turn one card, or any number of cards, into...

Do you know the correct temperature for your library? What should the humidity be? Can you save rotting leather? What's the best method of storing playing cards? How do you recover computer disks that have been drowned? Just one reading of The Conservation of Magic will save you years of research and study in order to care for your artifacts so future collectors will find them in the best possible condition. Each chapter gives you the basics of understanding your magic collectibles, and then, step-by-step, how to care for them. You will learn how to look at your treasures like a professional,...

This ebook can change your gambling future! John Scarne, who is widely recognized as greatest gambling expert, reveals the secrets and strategies you need to increase your enjoyment - and winnings - at the world's popular card game.

Scarne lays down the rules of all 117 forms of poker, including the latest variations, making this ebook invaluable as a source of new games and as the final arbiter of all disputes. Where at one time the ultimate verdict on rules was "according to Hoyle," today it is "according to Scarne." You will learn how to:

• Bet like an expert.
• Protect yourself from poker...

1. ... "Cigarettes from Nowhere" - N. B. Houghton
143. Your Horoscope, Sir! - Eric C. Lewis
146. A Juvenile Version of the 'Six Repeat' - W. H. Eyles
147. The Guillotine - S. P. Bowman
148. String and Coin - R. H. Slater
149. Chit Chat - column by Frederic Culpitt
151. Programme
     • Murray - at the Chelsea Palace
152. The "Day" Changing Bag - Prof. Day
153. A Shadow Bottle - Prof. Edgar
154. Simplex Several Cut and Restored Rope - Allan Lambie
155. Book Notes
     • The Magician Presents-- - Laurie L. Davenport
     • Ventriloquial Verbosity - Maurice Hurling VliMagic for 1944 - catalogue from Messrs. Hambleys
     • Call the Witness - R. J. Gunter & A. S. Fleishchman
     • Simplex Rapid Flight Cards - Allan Lambie
156. Olla Podrida - miscellaneous comments

1. ...Miracle Link - Melvano
42. Sellers' Magic - series by Tom Sellers
    • A New "Transfer" for Cards
    • No Table Four Ace Trick
44. Block to Silks - Lawrence
47. Book Notes
    • The Nullifactor - Stuart James
    • Third Collectors Annual - 1951 - James B. Findlay
    • Methods for Miracles - Willane, editor
      • No. 1. The N'Gai Dog Race
      • No. 2. Edward Victor's Ring Release from Cord and Super Card Transformation
      • No. 3. The late E. G. Brown's Wandering Card
      • No. 4. The late E. G. Brown's Diminishing Cards
      • No. 5. Peter Warlock's A Glimpse into the Future and Teleslate

49. Vol. 41, Number 234, June, 1952 [48 numbered & 10 unnumbered cover & advertising pages]
49. Quarterly Notes - by the editor
    • The...