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Inspector Lewis and Mystery of Paper Formats

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Inspector Lewis and Mystery of Paper Formats

I was watching a bizarre magician when I was a kid (well, about 20, but it feels like that now) and, as always, I threw myself into it.  I don't need to 'suspend my disbelief' - I love getting absorbed into a story, plot, book, movie or album, and if I'm paying attention, it's going to get 100% However, that doesn't mean that I can't be snapped out of it, and sometimes by the smallest details.  After explaining how he had found an ancient 'ritual' inked on a old piece of paper in his great grandfathers loft, the mage slowly...

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Balance!

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Balance!

There's an old self working trick that I've read in several places over the years, and apart from being relatively unimpressive in terms of effect, the method remains completely baffling to me, regardless of how many times I look at it. (That doesn't necessarily mean it's clever, I guess.  I asked John Bannon to explain the 'Trick that fooled Einstein' to me, and he simplified it, and again, and again and again, until finally it clicked.  And to his credit, it's not easy to simplify 'you are just holding 22 cards... their number doesn't make any difference', so he did well!)...

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Lucky Charm - FREE TRICK!

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Lucky Charm - FREE TRICK!

A deck of cards is examined, shuffled, and one chosen by a spectator, which is lost back into the pack, and from here on, you don’t touch the deck again. You direct the spectator to think of a small number, something between 5 and 20 and they deal down to their number, but it’s not their card.‘Now that WOULD have been amazing!’Suggesting that they might have needed a bit of luck for that to happen, you remove your wallet and from the coin section you remove a large ‘lucky’ poker chip. The spectator touches it to the pack, and then...

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Going Old School (and a Card At Any Number)

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Going Old School (and a Card At Any Number)

It's funny - I've never really thought of myself as an 'old fashioned' magician, but it's definitely becoming more and more obvious. I worked out a trick based on Roy Johnson's Card In Gum, and sent it to a friend (who also happens to own a successful magic shop).  The effect was simple - a torn card is sealed in one envelope (the little pay envelopes), and a stick of chewing gum in another.  SHAZAM!  They are supposed to change places, but the first envelope is opened, and instead of the card pieces, it contains a stick of gum... the...

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Message in a Bottle

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Message in a Bottle

I've been doing some mentalism lately, and the first port of call is Annemann's Practical Mental Magic. In the first few pages, there's some GREAT work on billet switches, and I enjoyed learning some of the techniques.  Here's how I pieced them together to make a strong routine (and get around some of the problems of using a switch rather than a peek). Get an attractive empty glass bottle, and fold several slips of paper, tucking them inside. With the bottle, you also need a few billets and a folded dummy slip, and a pen. To perform, set the bottle...

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