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1. ... - Volume 32, Number 3 - March 1992 - 56 pages
1. Cover - Mike Rogers
5. Contents
6. Counter Intelligence - reviews
   • Abracadabra - periodical
   • Brain Scams - Denny Laub
   • Con-Quests - Gary Inglese & Denny Laub
   • Kard Encounter - Kanko
   • The Christian Conjurer - periodical
   • The Baseball Card Svengali Deck - Chazpro
   • PK Magic - Chazpro
   • Lie Detector - Nick Trost
   • Rouge-et-Nior - Nick Trost
   • High Card Poker - Nick Trost
   • Club 71 - periodical
   • The Leveridge Silk Vanisher - Mark Leveridge
   • The Tommy Wonder Close Up Symposium Lecture - videotape & lecture notes
   • Spider Network...

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       • ... Barlow
       • Reg. Jason - by Frederick Barlow
  26. Tryangle - Stewart James
  27. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
      • reviews
        • Light Ale - Supreme
        • The Long Hare - Supreme
        • Chicken-Egg - Supreme
        • 75 Tricks With a Svengali Deck - Al Stevenson
        • Trick Talk, Bonus Calendar Issue - Ireland Magic Co.
        • The Newsletter - The Magic Wand Club of Hamilton, Ontario
        • The New Phoenix No. 388
        • Hugrard's Magic Monthly, November
        • Genii, March
        • Top Hat, Volume Two, Number Four
        • Magic-Net
  28. From the Editor's Desk - Neil Foster
  29. Mentalism & Things Psychic - Bob Nelson
  30. Twenty-Five Years Ago in "Tops"
      • Pantomime and Patter - Ormond McGill
  32. Abbott's Magic For Magicians - Percy Abbott ...

• ... mit einer Hand
• 27. Die guterzogene Karte
• 28. Die überflüssige Karte
• 29. Non plus ultra
• 30. Die Planeten als Nothelfer
• 31. Der findige Dritte
• 32. Magische Zahlen
• 33. Karten-Changement
• 34. Grenzwächter und Schmuggler
• 35. Überall und nirgends
• 36. Magische Probe
• 37. Das Svengali-Wunder
• 38. Das Joghi-Wunder
• 39. Das Wunderspiel
• 40. Merkwürdiges Zusammentreffen
• 41. Verbesserte Kinematographie
• 42. Die Glückszahl
• 43. Der ausgeprägte Farbensinn
• 44. Überraschende Art, eine ins Spiel gemischte Karte zum Vorschein zu bringen
• 45. Neue Anwendung magischer Zahlen ...

1. ...Living & Dead Idea - Sid Lorraine

84. Psycho-Gizmo - [Volume 3] - Number 29 - January 17, 1963 - 2 pages
84. Extremely Simple Presentation - Sid Lorraine
85. Calendar Memory Act - Nika
85. Square Circle Idea - Nika

86. Psycho-Gizmo - [Volume 3] - Number 30 - July 15, 1963 - 2 pages
86. ESP - Harry Voldini
87. Bookless Book Test - Voldini
87. Svengali Mental - Colta
87. Card Shiner

88. Psycho-Gizmo - [Volume 3] - Number 31 - August 19, 1963 - 2 pages
88. Henderson's Card Penetration
89. Card Prediction - Colta
89. Mental Addition - Nika
89. How to Trim Cards - Teral Garrett
    89. A Visible Card Daub

90. Psycho-Gizmo - [Volume 3] - Number 32 - September 1, 1963 - 2 pages
90. Soap Bubbles - Teral Garrett & Dr. John H. Grossman
91. Original Technique for Hypnosis - Myron D. Pennell (Rennell)

92. Psycho-Gizmo - [Volume 3] - Number 33 - November 20, 1963 - 2 pages
92. Blindfold Ribbon Pulsation - Schuler Crocker (Marda The Magician)

94. Psycho-Gizmo - [Volume 3] - Number 34 - November...

This is one of the earliest publications which has Burling Hull's Svengali deck described. Hull called it originally the "Cards Mysterious". Even in this early publication he complains about unauthorized copies being sold by unscrupulous dealers. A hundred years later and nothing has changed. We still have magic retailers and manufacturers producing and selling illegal and unauthorized copies of magic products.

One thing has changed though over the last 100 years - the use of Bicycle cards. Hull writes:

Bank Note: You write a prediction on a banknote and put it on the table, or keep it in your fist. The spectator must think of something that is either a lie or a true statement. When they open the banknote, it says: "You lied" (or "You said the truth")

Svengali, and The spy who came in from the cold: Two simple but powerful tools that allow one to know if the participant is a liar or not.

Thelma and Louise: A simple example (prediction), using the final scene of the movie, to introduce the principle.

A man and a woman 1: A puzzling experiment...

Contents

• Introduction
• Chapter 1: History: The Name Game
• Chapter 2: The Concept of Duplicate Pairs
• Chapter 3: Short / Long vs. Long / Short Configuration
• Chapter 4: Handlings for the Svengali Hybrid
• Chapter 5: Multiple Card Selections
• Chapter 6: The Blue / Red Set-up
• Chapter 7: Rough & Ready
• Chapter 8: Non-Gaffed Arrangements
• Chapter 9: Variations on the Theme – Jazz Deck
• Chapter 10: Marked & One-Way
• Chapter 11: Self-Contained Card Delivery System
• Chapter 12: The Pseudo-Copy...

FAQ

Is this really hypnosis? No, this is not hypnosis. This is mentalism with a hypnotic presentation. Everything you do with hypnosis, you...

An excellent work on the Svengali Deck, including drawings and photos.

• Mechanics Of Svengali Deck
• Handling The Svengali Deck
• Main Points To Remember
• Running The Cards
• Double Lift
• The Riffle Shuffle
• The Overhand Shuffle
• The Fan
• The Spread
• The Drop
• Effects With Svengali Deck
• Stabbing Trick No. 1
• Stabbing Trick No. 2
• Stuthard’s Svengali Subtlety
• Methods Of Switching Deck To Ordinary Cards
• Suggested Routine With The Svengali Deck
• Finally

1st edition 1948, 15 pages; PDF 13 pages.

Originally intended for forcing a card, but soon adopted to other magical purposes. The principle was known as early as 1584 when it was applied to the flick book, which Sam Sharpe asserts was the basis of the long-and-short card Svengali Deck. Whatever its inspiration, the Svengali Deck was invented by Burling Hull, patented by him in 1909, and marketed by him in 1910. Pirated by W.D. LeRoy who apparently renamed it Svengali, adopting the name of the fictitious evil hypnotist in George du Maurier's then current best-selling novel, Trilby (1894).

An improved...

This ebook holds extremely valuable information for anybody who would like to become a pitchman or grafter who sells Svengali decks and other items. Even if you do not sell as a pitchman, but perform on the street or other public venues you will learn quite a bit from Walt Lees.

Some of the points discussed are:

• Which magic tricks are suitable for pitching?
• Types of pitching
• Earnings and rewards
• Requirements of a good pitchman
• Styles of pitching
• Choosing a good site
• Peek selling times
• What to have with you
• Dealing with complaints, hecklers, pilferers, non-buyers, aggro merchants,...

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   • Houdini Card - Snyder
24. More New Tricks and Reviews
    • Patriotic Release
    • Two Way Nu Idea Forcing Deck - Snyder
    • Rolling a Cigarette by Magic - Brema

25. The Bat - Number Five Extra - n.d. - 4 pages
25. Impromptu Card Routines
27. Card Tricks - Special Decks
    • Mene-Tekel Pack
    • Svengali Deck
    • Stripper Deck
    • Brain Wave Deck
    • Out Of This World
    • St. Leon Deck
    • Nu-Idea Deck
    • 400 Tricks You Can Do - Howard Thurston
    • Secrets of Magic and card Tricks - Blackstone
    • Deucy
    • Magic Card System
    • Thirty-Two Impromptu Card Tricks
    • Stacks and Stacks of Cards - Val...

This exclusive book has now been republished as an ebook. Encyclopaedic in scope, with notes on making, handling, pitching, and performing in a variety of situations.

Contents

• Handling the Svengali Deck
• Pitching the Svengali Deck
• About the Tricks
• Impromptu
• Almost Impromptu
• Multi-Method Classics
• Novelty Revelations
• Things going wrong, and sucker effects
• Apparatus Required
• Special Decks
• Publicity, Promotion, Spectacle
• Using sleights and moves
• Miscellaneous
• The Last Word

1st edition 1999, 181 pages.

1. ... Clip
60. Vanish from the Left Hand
60. The Tenkai Palm
61. Screens and Music
62. The Unexpected
62. Discard Container
63. The Stacked Deck
64. The Reversed Card
65. Stabatwin
65. Calling the Cards
66. The Six Card Repeat
68. Three Cards Across
70. The Cards to Pocket
72. The Stripper Deck
73. Four Ace Trick
74. The Reds and Blacks
74. The Svengali Deck
75. The Fourteen Fifteen Deck
76. Spectacular Card Effects
76. The Card Sword
78. The Card in Balloon
80. The Card Star
81. The Card Stab
83. The Jumbo Four Ace Trick

85. CHAPTER SIX Ball Manipulation
85. The Multiplying Billiard Balls
86. One to Four Multiplication
90. One to Eight Multiplication
92. The Sponge Ball...

1. ... and appreciated from a distance.
63. CHAPTER SIX. -- APPLICATION OF THE TENKAI PALM.
    The clever magician, Tenkai, has evolved a unique method for palming a card. By employing this method of palming, Dai Vernon has originated two new sleights. One is a startling colour-change which he has called "SVENGALI" because the card seems to change through an hypnotic gesture, and the other is a subtle method for secretly exchanging one card for another. By utilizing the latter sleight, he has built a routine, the basic effect of which is the transposition of two cards. Only two cards are seen the whole...

Moves, routines, and stories around the Svengali deck.

"Okay, I'm impressed!!! Your book on The Long and the Short of It is wonderful. I'm still working on a few of the moves that I never dreamed were possible with a Svengali Deck. Excellent Routine!!! You've definitely put in the time and have the expertise with this trick to be called a Master. You get 2 big thumbs way up for your book." - Doug Howe

"Mark Lewis has spent a considerable amount of time pitching Svengali decks. He has written a useful and succinct manuscript on the subject. There is no padding. The routine Mark explains...

1. ... - Bill Bishop
   • Part VI
     • How to get the Idea - Method Three - Concentration (continued)
     • Similies in Colour
141. The Magic Letter Box - correspondence
141. The Mystic Card Frame - more on the effect from page 78
142. Book Notes
     • Mind Out of Time - Peter Warlock
     • Stuthard's Svengali Routine - Joe Stuthard
     • Principles and Deceptions - Arthur Buckley
     • The Eyes of the Gods - John P. Hamilton
     • Your Deck Your Card - Tony Kardyro
     • Fifty Tricks with a Thumb-Tip - Milbourne Christopher
     • Novel Passe Coin Routine and Climax - William Kalman
     • Mentale Mysterier - Aage Darling
     • Fantaisies Avec les des a Jouer - Treborix
     • Trucs et Ficelles du Metier - Robert Veno

145. Vol. 37, Number 220, December, 1948 [48 numbered; 14 unnumbered cover, advertising pages]
145. Quarterly Notes - by the editor
     • The Problem Solved
     • An Important Year
     • Publicity ...

Make money at magic shows, fairs, carnivals, or simply entertain your audience with the Pitchman's Svengali Routine. Now you, too, can add extra income at your shows by demonstrating and selling Svengali Decks, using this carefully constructed routine. Built along the time-honored comedy sales pitch, as used by medicine men and carny hucksters, this routine includes full patter and presentation so not only is the audience entertained, but the spectators are also primed to buy.

In this revised and updated version, you also get wholesale sources and other valuable information to help ensure...