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Contents Welcome to minimalistica - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 7 Foreword: Mick Wilson - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 9 £1.25 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 13 All Four One

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Bluff Lie Detector - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 19 Clipped! - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 23 C.T.B - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 27 Cutting for Larry - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 31 Daley Might Have Liked This!

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Deal and Decide - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 37 Dream a Li’l Dream - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 41 Easy Open or Closed

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Finessed Hofzinser ForceForce- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 49 Free as a Bird

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Hands Off Divination - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 55 Hof Stabber!

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Homage to Bannon - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 61 Homage to Fechter

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Homage To Vernon - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 69 The In Transit Force - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 71 It’s all in the cards... - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 73 Just Say When - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 77 Lazy Man’s Mystery - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 81 Lies All the Way

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Lies Damn Lies! - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 89 My Cards Are Your Cards! - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 93 No Further Than That!

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One,Two,Three! - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 101 Open All Day!

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Sense - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 109 Sleightless Cull

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Stranger in the Crowd - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 123 Telekinetic

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The Attitude Force... - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 133 The Gypsy Card

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Think & Synch Reloaded...

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Think As I Think - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 143 Three Chances - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 147 Timely Transposition - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 149 Topping It Off! Translocaan

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Triumphant Dream - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 163 Twin Thoughts

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Two Card Transpo - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 171 When Thoughts Combine - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 173 Whispering Ambitions - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 177 Y.A.F.A.P! - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 181 Your Thoughts Are Mine... - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 185 Featured Ar Artists - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 189 Away We We Go: Tom Tom Dobrowolski- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 191 Poppycock: Pa Patrick G. G. Re Redford - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 195 Open Prediction Deck: David Gemmell - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 203 Hypnosis: Shaun McCree - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 209 Midsection Fo Force: J. J.K.Hartman - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 213 Burying The Aces: Paul Gordon - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 217 Annoying Thought: Pablo Amira - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 221 The Jackal: Ben Blau - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 227 Featured Artist: Shannon Clark - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 239 Collective Thoughts: Shannon Clark - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 241 Forced Coincidence: Shannon Clark - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 247 Got a light?: Shannon Clark - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 255

























































































































Welcome to minimalistica

Welcome to minimalistica Firstly a very big thank you for purchasing Minimalistica. I will keep this introduction very short and let you dive into the material. If you have read or seen any of my previous work, you will know that I have no time for over-handled angle-ridden card magic. All of the material in this volume is practical, powerful, doable and has been created with lay audiences in mind. Nothing in this book is beyond the scope of the intermediate student, although some items will take a little bit more work than others. You will find a wide array of plots covered, streamlined to the essentials, hopefully without compromising impact. In addition a number of utility forces are included that I think you will find very useful. In Crafted with Carey I was lucky enough to assemble some marvellous contributions from magician friends around the world. This is repeated in this latest work and I believe you will love the work my friends have so graciously shared. I am blessed to have some extremely talented friends who I regularly bounce ideas around with.



























































































































Foreword Mick Wilson

Foreword Mick Wilson I first met John at the South Tyneside Tyneside International Magic Festival Festival and within minutes I didn’t know if I should admire him or hit him. As it turns out, I admire the man, not only for his ability to take strong and often complex magic and simplify it beyond belief, but also his extremely generous and passionate nature. John is a very giving man and almost machine like in his creation and sharing of magic. Granted the sharing initially goes to those closest to him for the valued critique, but even then he’s chomping at the bit to get his routines published to share with magicians worldwide. The huge success of his first publication, Crafted with Carey, released in March 2015 and the release of this second book 8 months later is testament to that fact. I share a belief with John, in that an effect is never really ‘finished’, there’s always room for improvements and/or tweaks to add further smoke to enhance amazement. Our on-going marathon phone calls remind us of that constantly. constantly. That has always been John’s approach: lower the work rate and enhance the amazement. If you have not read Crafted with Carey yet you will learn very quickly from this instalment of the Carey Catalogue that John likes to get ‘the































































Although the methods contained within are simple and the plots are very direct the impact upon spectators is huge! This is a good thing. In simple terms you’re doing as little as possible for as much mu ch as possible and believe me, the returns are astounding. There is a banquet of food for thought within these pages. Even if you never perform a single effect as described the methods and ‘bits of business’ are dynamic enough to be taken and used to create further astonishment or to enhance effects you already perform. Personally, I want simple and extremely effective and John delivers that. Approach the material contained within not as a series of effects but as a box of tools waiting to be adapted to which ever job you see them fit for. I could go on all day about John’s routines, moves and subtleties and the great value I hold in the work he has created and those who know me can testify that I can talk a deaf donkey to sleep. Instead I leave you with words in my native Geordie tongue: Is this a canny good book? Why-I, think yu’ll love aal the stuff in it so crack on and get it lawnt! Mick Wilson 2015





























































































































































































£1.25

£1.25 I have been having a lot of fun with the following impromptu mentalism piece. It combines Deddy Corbuzier’s wonderful Free Will concept with equivoque and a nice timing force, which I have not seen in print, but would not be surprised if other people have used in this context. You will require 5 different valued coins: £1 coin, 20p, 5p, 2p and a 10 pence piece. On a business card have the following message pre written: I will have the 2p, you will have the 10p. Leave a space to write some further information during performance. Bring out your business card and state that you will write a message on it. On the lower section of the card write down the name of one of your helpers, say Mary, and then write, “will be left holding exactly £1.25 pence!” Place the card aside
































































£1.25

Place the 10p in front of you and then scoop up the remaining coins and ask Mary to hold them in a closed fist. Now the work has been done and it’s just a matter of selling the conditions and bringing the effect home. In this example you will have Jack pick up the business card and read out the message. Conclude by asking Mary to open her hand and count how much money she is holding. She says £1.25 and everyone goes home happy. Of course if Jack selects the 10 pence, you will read out the message a la Free will. Notes: This hasn’t happened to me yet, but if they stop you on the third coin, just say,, “Fine, please slide the next coin (2p) towards you”. say
































































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John Carey - Minimalistica

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