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Effect: Behold the secrets of the world’s greatest conjurer! Stretch handkerchiefs! Bend spoons!
Until his untimely death on stage in 1936, the Amazing Mr. Mysterio was one of the world’s most celebrated magicians—a brilliant showman who rivaled Harry Houdini and Howard Thurston with his astonishing performances. And now, with the publication of Mysterio’s Encyclopedia of Magic and Conjuring, his secrets are finally made known to the world.
This giant compilation of techniques and variations features illustrated step-by-step instructions for card tricks, rope effects, mind-reading magic, stage illusions, and more. Readers will learn how to vanish coins, produce rabbits, predict the future, escape from captivity, and even make a person disappear. With effects ranging from intimate tricks to epic on-stage illusions, Mysterio’s Encyclopedia of Magic and Conjuring is an indispensable reference for magicians of all ages.
(Format: Hardback)
Contents:
INTRODUCTION……………… 3 CHAPTER II
CARD MAGIC………………….. »
PASTEBOARD
CHAPTER I
PRESTIDIGITATION
BODY MAGIC……………………..5
PROPLESS WONDERS
SELF-WORKING CARD TRICKS
Odd Man Out……………………….. 31
Boy, Are My Arms Tired!………….6 Further than That……………………32
Finger Finder……………………………7 Double Reverse……………………… 34
Rubber Digit…………………………….7
Four Bullets the Hard Way…….. 36
Lengthened Limb…………………….9
Simplicity Four-Ace Trick……… 37
Four out of Five……………………… 10
Miraskill………………………………… 38
D.O.S. (Dead on Stage)………….. 11
Slight Adjustment………………….. 12 CARD SLEIGHTS AND THEIR USES
Triple-Jointed………………………….13
Controlling a Card………………….41
Modern-Day Georgia THE DOUBLE UNDERCUT..41
Magnet………………………………. 14
THE HINDU SHUFFLE
Stay Put!………………………………… 16 CONTROL…………………………….42
Floating Finger………………………. 17 JOG SHUFFLE CONTROL ….43
Stuck like Glue………………………. 18
OVERHAND SHUFFLE
Skewed Sense of Touch………….. 19
CONTROL………………………….. 44
Perceptive Pulsation………………. 20
THE FLEXIBLE
Rooted…………………………………….21
SWITCHOUT…………………….. 44
Make like a Tree……………………..23
Forcing a Card……………………….. 46
Stiff as a Board……………………….24
CROSS CUT FORCE…………….. 46
Impromptu Levitation……………25
PSEUDO-HINDU SHUFFLE
FORCE…………………………………46
RIFFLE FORCE…………………… •47 SKILLED CARD TRICKS
SLIP FORCE………………………… .47 The Triple-Speller…………….. …65
Palming a Card………………… …. 48 Deuce Sandwich……………….. …68
PALMING POINTERS ………. 48 Follow Your Card……………… …69
BASIC TOP PALM……………… 49 Trick of the Year……………….. …71
CLASSIC TOP PALM…………. 49 Business Card Prophecy……. …72
50 Twin Souls………………………… …73
BASIC DOUBLE LIFT……….. 5° Name and Number……………. …74
DOUBLE TURNOVER……….. •5i
Quick Double Trick………… …. 52 REPUTATION MAKERS
Al Baker’s Deck That Cuts Itself
SHORTCUTS: (The Haunted Deck)……. …76
GIMMICKS, GAFFS, AND SUBTLETIES The Rising Cards……………… …78
THE KEY CARD………………… • Card in the Orange………….. …81
The Next Card I Turn Over …..53 Out of This World……………. …82
Do As I Do……………………… …..55 Finding Everyone’s Card…… …85
The Short Card……………….. …. 56
BASIC SHORT CARD ……….. •56
CORNER SHORT……………….. ¦56 CHAPTER III
VERNONS SHORT CARD … •57 CLOSE-UP MAGIC………. …,m
Eye-Spy Short Location…… …..57 SMALL MIRACLES
The Missing Card……………. …. 58
Crimps……………………………… …..60 Acrobatic Rubber Band…….. …92
BASIC CRIMP……………………. 60 Tabletop Uri Geller………….. …93
RIDGED CARD CRIMP……… 60 Magnetic Fingertips ………… …94
CRIMP AS LOCATOR……….. .61 Postage Prediction…………….. …96
Cutting to the Queens……… …..61 Pseudo Sword Swallowing…. …98
Specially Printed Cards……. …. 62 Paper and Silver (Including
Hands-off Transposition….. …. 63 the Paddle Move)…………. …99
Double Backer Behind Mr. Freeze………………………… . 101
the Back……………………… …. 64 Hanging in the Balance…….. . 102
Floated Loan…………………….. . 103
Bottoms Up…………………….. …. 104 BASIC LOAD #1………………….. 13°
Crazy Man’s Handcuffs…… ….105 BASIC LOAD #2………………… 13°
Vanishing Thimble…………. …. 107 TIP-OVER LOAD……………….. •UI
Comeback Key……………….. …. 109 STEAL……………………………………. .131
Finger, Finger…………………. …. 110 THE INERTIA MOVE……….. 132
Two in the Hand, THE SCOOP MOVE…………… I32
One in the Pocket………. …. Ill The Basic Routine…………… …. 133
Sugar Trick……………………… …. 113
Matches Fly via Gravity….. …. 114 BUSINESS ESSENTIALS
Twist and Change…………… …. 116 SCREWING A CUP
Saltshaker through the Table.. 117 TOGETHER…………………… 134
Dual Control………………….. …. 119 WAND THROUGH CUP…. 134
MAGNETIZED CARDS…….. .121 CUP THROUGH CUP……… •135
CLINGING PENCIL…………… „121 PATTER AND
THE DRAWER THAT MISDIRECTION…………… •US
won’t CLOSE………………. . 122 Impromptu Cups and Balls
OTHER OBJECTS UNDER Routine……………………… …. 136
PHASE ONE—- GONE AND
YOUR SPELL………………….. • 123
SECRET PALMING………….. . 123 BACK AGAIN………………… .136
DUAL POSSIBILITIES…….. . 123 PHASE TWO—-
INVISIBLE FLIGHT…….. ..137
PHASE THREE—-
ALL TOGETHER NOW.. .138
CHAPTER IV
CUPS AND BALLS. … SÊ PHASE FOUR—- THE FINAL
THE OLDEST DECEPTION LOAD SURPRISE………….. •139
TWO BUILDING BLOCKS
PROPERTIES…………………………… …….. 126
CUPS RUNNETH OVER…. . 141
STACKED APPEARANCE .. . 141
BASIC SLEIGHTS
FINGER PALM………………….. . 128
SIMPLE FALSE TRANSFER. 129
ROLL-DOWN VANISH…… . 129
CHAPTER V The Four Coin Roll-Down …. 161
MONEY MAGIC…………. ….. The Five Coin Pirouette-
CONJURING WITH CURRENCY A Challenge……………….. ….163
The Coin Roll……………….. …. 164
COIN SLEIGHTS: Ballpoint Magic Wand…… …. 165
PALMING, SWITCHING, AND VANISHING The Porous Paw……………… …. 166
THE CLASSIC PALM……….. 145 Through a Ring……………… …. 167
KTNTCFl? PAT 1/I T a c Silver Extraction…………….. …. 169
rllNwEix r/A. 1^1 VI…………………. x45
THUMB PALM…………………. 146 Silver from Paper……………. …. 170
PURSE PALM……………………. 146 The Sympathetic Coins…. ….171
DOWNS PALM………………… 146 Coin in the Ball of Wool… …. 174
THE BOBO SWITCH ……… U7 The Miser’s Dream………… …. 176
COIN VANISHES…………….. 148 Slow-Motion Bill
Fake Put………………………… …. 148 Transposition……………… ….178
Lapped …………………………… …. 149 Rip-It…………………………….. …. 179
The French Drop…………… …. 150 Roll-Over……………………….. ….181
Retention of Vision Vanish …. 151 Cutting Money………………. …. 182
Pinch Vanish…………………. …. 152
Foiled Vanish…………………. …. 153
First the Pencil, CHAPTER VI
then the Coin…………….. ….154 ROPE MAGIC……………. … as®
Borrowed, then Gone…….. ….155 CONJURING WITH CORDAGE
MORE COIN SLEIGHTS: PRODUCTIONS MAGICIAN’S ROPE
FROM FINGER PALM……… 156 CORING A ROPE……………… 186
FROM DOWNS PALM……… •157 THE ENDS ……………………….. 186
KEEPING UP THE Cut and Restored Rope…… …. 187
CHARADE……………………… •158 Scissorcut………………………… …. 190
FURTHER STILL—- Three There, Three Gone… …. 191
THE SHUTTLE PASS …. 159 Release the Ring……………… …. 193
Cut in Half Miller’s Miracle Move…….. …. 194
(The Coin Fold)………… …. 160
International Taste Buds……… 233
Tight-Rope Walking
in Miniature…………………… 196 Under the Influence……………..234
Three Direct Hits………………..235
Stiff Rope………………………….. 197
Chefalo’s Vanishing Knot…… 198 The Center Tear………………….237
Rope through Neck……………..199 Ashes on the Arm……………….239
Linked……………………………….201 Instant Magic Square…………. 240
Color Coded via Kicks……….. 242
Sefalaljia…………………………….203
Genuine Dissolving Knot…… 204 One Word in a Million……….. 245
No Escape (Vest Turning)…..205 Cellular Psychic…………………..246
Headline Sensation……………. 248
Pop off Knot…………………….. 206
Professor’s Nightmare…………207
Clifton’s Ring Move…………..210
The Hunter Knot………………212 CHAPTER VIII
Stretching a Rope………………214 PARLOR MAGIC…………..
Impossible Knot………………..215 CONJURING ON STAGE
Kellar’s Rope Tie……………….216
Sleeved………………………………254
Magic Pitcher……………… 255
CHAPTER VII Square Circle………………………256
MAGIC OF THE MIND…. »1 Table Lifting………………………258
MENTAL MARVELS Torn and Restored
Newspaper Strip…………….. 259
Gray Elephants in Denmark.. 222 Mirage in Your Pocket………… 260
Mass Mathematical Egg in Newspaper……………… 262
Mentalism…………………….. 223 Hydrostatic Miracle……………. 264
Technicolor Divination……….. 224 Rabbit Required………………… 265
Over and Over and Over…….. 225 Change Bag………………………..267
Handled……………………………..227 Mental Celebrity
Devilish Date Photography……………………269
Determinations……………… 228 Vanishing Wand ………………..271
Sixteen Dates…………………….. 230 Vanishing Bowl of Water…….. 272
Like a Sore Thumb…………….. 231
CHAPTER IX CHAPTER X
HANDKERCHIEF ILLUSIONS………………… ..8®®
MAGIC……………………… ,8TO STAGE-FILLING CONJURING
SILKEN SORCERY
Production Panels…………… …310
The Dissolving Knot……….. ,.276 Broom Illusion……………….. ..311
,. 277 Daring Production………….. ..313
Without Letting Go………… .279 Silken Switch…………………. ..314
Haunted Knot………………… .280 Sack Escape…………………… ..316
Producing a Handkerchief- The Tip-over Box…………… ..318
Method 1…………………… .280 Double Box Illusion……….. ..320
Producing a Handkerchief- The Exchange Illusion……. ..321
Method 2……………………. .281 Substitution Trunk Illusion. ..323
Handkerchief through Arabian Tent Illusion……… ..325
the Arm………………………. .282 Stupendous Suspension…… ..327
Soft Glass………………………… .284
deKolta’s Vanishing
Handkerchief………………. .285 AFTERWORD…………….. ..ssa
Handkerchief to Golf Ball…. .287 SECRETS ARE ONLY THE
Escape!……………………………. .288 BEGINNING
The Go-Go Vanisher……….. .289
Silken Lunch…………………… .292
Kling Klang…………………….. .293 OTHER RESOURCES… .888
CHAPTER IX CHAPTER X
HANDKERCHIEF ILLUSIONS………………… ..8®®
MAGIC……………………… ,8TO STAGE-FILLING CONJURING
SILKEN SORCERY
Production Panels…………… …310
The Dissolving Knot……….. ,.276 Broom Illusion……………….. ..311
,. 277 Daring Production………….. ..313
Without Letting Go………… .279 Silken Switch…………………. ..314
Haunted Knot………………… .280 Sack Escape…………………… ..316
Producing a Handkerchief- The Tip-over Box…………… ..318
Method 1…………………… .280 Double Box Illusion……….. ..320
Producing a Handkerchief- The Exchange Illusion……. ..321
Method 2……………………. .281 Substitution Trunk Illusion. ..323
Handkerchief through Arabian Tent Illusion……… ..325
the Arm………………………. .282 Stupendous Suspension…… ..327
Soft Glass………………………… .284
deKolta’s Vanishing
Handkerchief………………. .285 AFTERWORD…………….. 331
Handkerchief to Golf Ball…. .287 SECRETS ARE ONLY THE
Escape!……………………………. .288 BEGINNING
The Go-Go Vanisher……….. .289
Silken Lunch…………………… .292
Kling Klang…………………….. .293 OTHER RESOURCES… 335
The Invisible Hen……………. .294
Flash Color-Changing Silk… .296
Three Hands-off Knots…….. .297 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. 340
Cut and Restored Silk………. .298
Cords of Phantasia…………… .300
Pull-apart Silks s. ……………….. . 301
Self-unknotting Hankie……. .303
Twentieth-Century Silks…… .304
Shower of Sweets…………….. .306
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