... transposition effect with a fun, unique presentation.
NEAR-SIGHTED JACK SANDWHICH: A killer double sandwich routine using the two one-eyed jacks, but with a little difficulty. Eventually, the other two jacks make a surprise appearance.
DALEY PLUS 2: An updated handling of John’s February 2012 Geniimagazine effect. Dr. Daley's classic plot with the four kings, two selections, and an incredibly impossible card-in-box ending.
HOLD UP: John's version of the famous "Ambitious Classic"; Ace, 2, 3, and 4 of spades rise to the top of the packet (even visually!). At the end, the ace vanishes...
... work only through Micky Hades' Seattle retail shop, which has since closed. The material in this ebook is just too good to forget. With the advent of smartphones, GoPro cameras, and YouTube, smart performers are going to find gold within these pages and put the routines to work.
Billy McComb, Geniimagazine columnist, said of this monumental work, "Some of you will make reputations with this!"
... for dealing and counting processes, unusual display processes, and a trick that has no climax. This is a complete script and revised handling for the COUNTING ON LOTHAR trick, perhaps one of the strangest and mystifying card tricks around. Adapted from an audio presentation by Jon Racherbaumer in Geniimagazine, April 2014.
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...
and how to accomplish the effects. Included are advice on booking, exploitation, a spook party in your home, spirit manifestations in the seance room, illusions with luminous properties and other information. Mr. Nelson's text seems to me to cover the entire subject effectively." - Dariel Fitzkee, GeniiMagazine.
"Received your Ghost Book and to say that I am pleased would be a gross understatement. It is worth its weight in gold to me." - Cecil L. Henson
"Recently, I received your Ghost Book of Dark Secrets, and am well pleased. This book contains a wealth of usable information." - Bobby...
"These ideas are tested, workable and usable. Not aimed at the uninformed, this is a friendly magician letting you in on some of his secrets. Well worth reading." - Lloyd E. Jones' (Geniimagazine review)
Tossed Out Cube
When I share my ideas for using a Rubik Cube in a mentalism routine (Mind Stunts vol.1) it was not my original idea. The routine that will follow is the first ever idea I got with the famous puzzle. The routine was first publish in Geniimagazine. It contain a possible patter for the presentation, but you may adapt it to fit your style.
... from 19 audience-pleasing effects and routines, Mardo also includes professional advice on performing magic for television. But don't just take our word for it. Read what the experts have to say about "White Sorcery":
"I found this book interesting and the material practical." - Dariel Fitzkee (Geniimagazine)
"There is a very effective coin routine [and] a rising card method ... which, to the best of our knowledge, has never been published. Having used it, we can guarantee its effectiveness." - Geo. Armstrong (The Magic Wand)
"Sound advice on effective presentations for both "flesh" and...
Elucidations of a classic card trick: The Biddle Trick
The basic plot is fairly straightforward: A card is selected and in the process of determining its identity it is winnowed down to five possibilities. Then, in a surprising act of differentiation, the selection disappears from this five–card packet and reappears elsewhere. In most cases, the selection ends up face up in the middle of a spread deck. This trick has been variously named but ultimately it was christened "The Biddle Trick", named after Elmer Biddle who published the trick in Geniimagazine in 1947. It marks the first appearance of the well-known...
This effect was originally published in Gregg Webb's various newsletters as "Hit-and-Run" before landing in GeniiMagazine as "Coins Across 2000." This Super Session is an improved and updated version. This ebook has hand-lettered text.
... Once the card protrudes from the box it is removed, spun on the finger, taken off the finger, and exhibited with a hole through the card's center.
(This idea was originally developed by Clayton Rawson in the 1930s and published in the Sphinx. Later Pete Biro unearthed it in a column in an old Geniimagazine from the 80's.)
The Freestyle Book Test is a powerful book test that you can make at home, with practically any book.
"This book test is unlike any other I have seen." - David Regal (review in Geniimagazine)
"Wow, very, very impressive. I like the way so much information can be divulged, this info on the mnemonics certainly applies to many, many effects. I am guessing that even if someone does not use the book test, they will walk away with something from this. Good stuff." - Banachek
You display a book that you say you've had for a long time and have even written and doodled inside of it. Throughout the...
... near perfection. Whether you're a seasoned performer or just starting your magical journey, The Great Eyeless Vision Act is your gateway to a level of mastery that will amaze, bewilder, and inspire awe like never before.
"Marko (Jose Antonio Gonzalez Campos) is a Panamanian who now lives as a professional magician in Barcelona, Spain. A frequent television performer there, in this excellent manuscript he describes his blindfold routine. This is his closer, with which he regularly...
... Card At Any Number. He is a French Champion of Card Magic, an FFAP Grand Prix Winner and a FISM Award Winner. In 2008, he was the Guest of Honor at the prestigious FFFF Convention, being the very first French perfomer to get this title and the youngest ever. In 2011, he appeared on the cover of GeniiMagazine with a 14-page story.
After 16 years as a working magician, Gregg turned to illustrating, writing, and in some cases "ghost" writing technical magic.
Besides his own collections of his newsletters for magicians, he worked on the Tannen catalog, Tannen's Top Hat Topics, Sam Sharp's Mechanical Secrets, GeniiMagazine, Richard Robinson's ALL MAGIC web site, David Roth's 3-Ball Trick lecture notes, two books for Doug Edwards, dust jackets and a few interior illustrations for Steve Minch's Hermetic Press, and he has helped build, sculpt, or decorate props for a number of working pros.
Gregg still invents magic, writes his newsletters, and occasionally still performs. His Zarrow Shuffle draws praise when seen from...
(Green Bay, Wisconsin: 31st December 1904 - 5th July 1953)
Inspired and learned from tricks bought by his father. Moved to Southern California in 1922. Criminal lawyer. Semi-pro mentalist and magician. Founder-editor Geniimagazine 1936-53. In 1939 toured a full-evening show thru USA with wife Gerrie and sons Bill Jr and Milt. Owned Thayer Studio of Magic in Los Angeles 1942-1950 when sold to Clayton Jacobson. Retired from law practice in 1945 to give full time to magic. Founder of the Larsen magic dynasty. SAM Hall of Fame.
Co-invented (with T. Page Wright) Boudoir of a Dancing Girl (by 1928). Published several booklets jointly with his friend Wright, including The L.W. Mysteries for...
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