Wonder and magic surround us, yet we need a guide to see them. Historically, that guide is the magician-and Robert E. Neale is the celebrated mapmaker for this terra incognita. This new Neale collection explores the sphere of close-up magic without playing cards. In the process, it expands the borde...
Effect: Our world is filled with unique creatures that appear to have magical abilities. Take the spider, for instance: it creates a beautiful work of art, then disappears like magic until prey stumbles into its trap. In this illusion, two volunteers prove that a 40-foot rope is real and solid befor...
This effect will get you more publicity than any other headline prediction. It has many features that you cannot do with other headline predictions. THIS NEW METHOD INVOLVES NO SWITCHING OF THE HEADLINE PREDICTION SLIP. There is only one headline prediction slip and it is signed by the VIP! Best of ...
How to create, promote and present a full scale magic show. Everything you need to know about putting a magic show into a theater or similar venue. Twenty-Two chapters with many helpful photographs provide information normally almost impossible to find. As a professional illusionist in his own theat...
For those bitten by the bug, performing magic is far more than a profession. It is a calling. Roger Blakiston's The Spiritual Stage is an indispensable guide for anyone who calls the stage home. While some people experience personal happiness and others professional success, it is rare to find someo...
The Show Doctor is the first full-length book of magic from Jeff McBride, one of the great magicians of our time. The Show Doctor includes: Eleven of Jeff's previously unpublished routines, including stage illusions, stand-up routines, manipulation, close-up magic, cards, and mentalism. Revised vers...
Man's mind stretched to a new dimension never goes back to its original position. Few know the simple mechanics of the forgotten Mene-Tekel deck and even fewer know its real secrets. This book reveals the deck's true potential as a Self-Contained Card Delivery System, a Pseudo-Copying Machine and a ...
World-famous illusionist, master deluder, showman; Harry Houdini (alias of Ehrich Weiss) is one of the most legendary figures of the modern stage, and probably the most controversial and misunderstood magician of all times. So fantastic were his tricks that many thought him to be supernatural, a mys...
The Secret is mentalism and does take some guts. Some will want to use an occasional out. Bob Sheets, Allen Zingg and Kenton all have made reputations on this material. We supply some no-miss methods as well as the more bold approaches. This is POWERFUL stuff - some of the most valuab...
Countless magicians achieved success commercially and with their peers - and accomplished this impressive feat by incorporating the classic effect - Linking Rings. One example that comes to mind it would be Viktor Voitko, who took this classic in a completely different direction - and the rest is hi...