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MADELAINE’S MYSTERY Difficulty:

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Just like “Mason’s Aces” (vol. 3, page 1475), this trick is named after one of Jay’s children. It’s a wildly original, practical and performable piece that completely fooled your authors after seeing Jay perform it. EFFECT: Jay has someone select a card and return it to the deck. He illustrates the magical properties of a pencil by having a participant wave it over the deck, causing the selection to vanish from the deck and re-appear inside an envelope that has been on the table throughout the routine. “But the most magical property of a pencil is its ability to erase,” Jay says. He then visibly erases the flap and seams from the envelope, leaving just a piece of paper in its place.

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REQUIRED: A pay envelope that is bigger than a playing card, a large paperclip, a pencil with an eraser on the end, and a deck of cards with a duplicate card (say, Two of Spades). PROP CONSTRUCTION: Cut the flap from the envelope and then tape it to the top of the duplicate Two of Spades. It should be affixed with the tape at the back of the card (photo 1). You may need to trim the flap a little to make it fit. Cut out the front side of the envelope (the side without a seam) and discard the rest. This leaves you with a plain piece of paper. Hold up the card to the piece of paper and trim the paper so that it’s just a few millimeters wider and at least half an inch higher than the card (photo 2). Remove the card and then use the

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front of the paper. Slip the paperclip on top to hold everything in place and your gimmick is complete. SETUP: Start with the envelope in view and the pencil in your pocket. The unprepared Two of Spades should be in a position in the deck to be forced (such as on top). METHOD: Force the Two of Spades using whatever method you desire (a suitable force is the riffle force, page 48). Apparently lose the selection into the deck, really controlling it to the top. Palm the top card and then reach into your pocket, leave the palmed card there, and come out with just the pencil. Explain, “A pencil can make a perfect magic wand. For example, it can make things appear, and of course, erase things and make them disappear.” Hand the pencil to the participant and have her wave it over the deck to apparently make her card disappear. Place the deck on the table and then pick up the envelope gimmick, holding it in your right

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hand with the thumb at the back and the fingers at the front. Remove the paperclip and place it on the table. Open the fake flap by pulling it all the way behind the card and hold it to the back of the card with your thumb as you pretend to pull the card from the envelope. Jay finds that it helps if you pucker the envelope a little by pushing with the thumb from behind, as this gives it a little more dimension instead of looking like just a sheet of paper. After the participant has confirmed that the card is her selection, slip it into your pocket. Place the envelope down on the table (the side with the drawn-on flap facing upward) and take the pencil from the participant. You can now bring attention down to the envelope as you start to erase the flap from the envelope, apparently making the flap completely vanish. The best way to illustrate the weird illusion is to pick up the piece of paper, tear it in half and hand the pieces out to two spectators, to show what the envelope has become. Unpublished.

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TRAVELING EXPENSES Difficulty:

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What begins as an illustration of lateral thinking becomes a subtle yet stunning effect using the bill switch. This effect contains a great Sankey in-line: “What is the difference between a puzzle and a trick?” EFFECT: A borrowed bill is punched with four holes, one in each corner. Jay presents a challenge: how can you get all four holes in one corner? After a moment, he illustrates the way it can be done: by folding the bill so the corners are aligned.

PERFORMANCE: Borrow a bill and invite a spectator to punch a hole in each corner (photo 2). Say, “What is the difference between a puzzle and a trick? I’ll show you.” Now pose the following riddle: “How can all four holes be in the same corner?”

Offering a more magical solution, Jay unfolds the bill, and now all four holes are punched in one corner. REQUIRED: Two bills, a hole punch, and a thumbtip. SETUP: Begin with a bill that has four holes punched in the same corner (photo 1). Fold this and place it inside your thumbtip. Have a hole punch at the ready.

2. To illustrate the solution, take the bill and execute the bill switch. As you fold it, the answer is apparent: by folding the bill into quarters, all four corners are aligned. “But that’s a puzzle. This is magic.” Unfold the bill to reveal that now all four holes really are in the same corner.

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MISSING EVIDENCE Difficulty:

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Sometimes Sankey will alter the structure of an effect, and in retooling it, a different experience is achieved. In this demonstration, the Torn and Restored element becomes the surprise climax of a card trick. We love how altering the premise affords the element of surprise, an emotion rarely experienced in the Torn and Restored plot. EFFECT: Jay takes a selected card and tears it into several pieces. He asks someone to write their initial on one of the pieces and then drops the torn pieces into the card box. “My fingers are so sensitive that I can find your initialed piece within the card box,” he says. True to his word, he quickly thrusts his fingers into the box and pulls out the initialed piece. “It was easy though,” he says. He then pulls out the only other thing in the card box: a restored card, with a section missing that perfectly matches the initialed piece. REQUIRED: A deck of cards, a matching duplicate card (say, the Six of Clubs) and a marker pen. PROP CONSTRUCTION: Take the duplicate Six, bend it in half and tear out the middle of the card (photo 1). Put the torn-out piece to one side and then roughly crease the card in a few places to give the appearance that it has been restored from various pieces. SETUP: Place the torn card in the card case with the deck. The unharmed Six of Clubs should be on top of the deck.

The marker pen should start in your left trouser pocket, where it will provide a reason for you to ditch the torn cards later in the routine.

1. PERFORMANCE: Bring out the deck of cards, leaving the torn Six of Clubs inside the box. Place the deck in left-hand dealing grip, covering the small piece of card that you’re palming. Force the top card of the deck (Jay uses the Hofzinser spread force as it naturally hides the palmed piece, see page 43) and then place the cards on the table. Take the Six of Clubs face up in your left hand and place it on top of the palmed torn piece.

Have the torn piece palmed in your left hand.

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Readjust the Six, gripping the torn piece against the back of the card with the left thumb (photo 2). Tear the card into thirds lengthways and then into thirds widthwise, always placing the torn-off pieces to the front of the packet so that the backmost piece is the secret piece that you prepared earlier. Appear to give a random piece of the torn card to the participant, but really hand him the prepared piece from the back of the pile.

dealing grip with the flap at the top and the opening at the inner end (photo 3). Pretend to insert the pieces into the box, but really allow them to fall underneath the box into your left palm. Pick up the box with the right hand (leaving the torn-up card hidden in your hand) and immediately reach into your left pocket. Drop the torn pieces and remove the pen from your pocket. Your focus should be on the card box during these actions to avoid flashing the pieces that you have hidden in your left hand. Hand the marker pen to your participant and ask him to initial his torn piece. As he’s doing this, regrip the case in your left hand with your thumb at the back and the fingers at the front. The opening of the box should be at the top, with thumb notch side of the box facing toward you (photo 4).

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Pick up the participant’s piece and pretend to drop the signed piece into the card box, but really allow it to drop behind, gripping it with the left thumb (photo 5).

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Explain that finding the initialed piece was pretty easy because you magically made all the other pieces come together. Slowly pull the card out of the box and show that the missing section in the middle of the card perfectly matches the initialed piece. The restoration is complete.

5. Give the box a little shake and explain that you have enough sensitivity in your fingers to reach into the box and find the initialed piece. To remove the piece, dip your right fingers into the box, allowing the thumb to move down behind the box and drag the initialed piece up, acting as if you’re plucking it from inside the box (photo 6, from behind).

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DESTROYING CARDS Jay has probably destroyed more playing cards than any other magician alive. Besides the United States Playing Card Company, another party benefits from this destruction: his audience. Jay believes that every time he tears a card in front of an audience, they sit up and take notice. In his experience, destroying a card just for them makes the situation special and permanent.

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COLLECTOR’S ITEM Difficulty:

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This is a strong closing piece…and you can’t say that about many coin tricks. EFFECT: Jay has a borrowed coin marked by its owner. He then vanishes the coin and reproduces it inside a sealed coin holder (photo 1), which has been inside an envelope that has been in view the entire time.

PERFORMANCE: Place the envelope on the table, flap side facing upward. Have a quarter borrowed and initialled on one side. Make the coin disappear using any technique that you’d like. Jay uses his corkscrew vanish (page 912), ending with the coin in Tenkai pinch. Pick up the envelope with your left hand and lay it on your right fingers. Reach under the right hand with your left fingers, drop the Tenkaipinched coin onto the left fingers and then push it up onto the bottom of the envelope (photo 2). If you use a different vanish, you must ensure that the marking on the coin is facing the floor at this point in the routine.

1. REQUIRED: A coin sleeve (photo 1) big enough to hold a quarter (search for “Fold & Staple Coin Holder” to find these on the internet), a pay envelope and a marker pen. SETUP: Fold and staple the coin sleeve (photo 1) and then cut a small slit through one layer of the plastic. Place the prepared sleeve inside the envelope with the slit side facing outward (i.e. away from the flap) and upward.


2. Open the flap of the envelope and then reach inside with your right thumb (photo 3). Drag the coin sleeve completely out of the envelope, also dragging the coin from below too, pushing

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the coin up against the underside of the sleeve with your right fingers. The end result is that the coin ends up under the sleeve but appears to the audience to be inside it (photo 4). Drop the envelope onto the table. This technique is similar to the classic Ed Marlo and Matt Schulien card box load that we’ve explored several times in this trilogy.

you remove the coin from the sleeve instead of leaving it sealed inside. Say, “You don’t seem to believe me that this is your coin. I’ll show you...” Push the coin upward, causing it to bust through the slit in the sleeve (photo 5), and then slowly turn the coin over to show the mark (photo 6). Hand your participant the coin and the sleeve and allow her to examine everything!

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This has become a popular trick of Jay’s for the simple reason that it’s an update of a classic: ashes on palm. If you find yourself in a billiard room or performing in an environment with pool tables nearby, this is a bewildering piece to use. EFFECT: Jay asks his participant to close her hand into a fist. He takes out some pool chalk, rubs it on his index finger and asks the participant to open her hand. She finds pool chalk all over her palm! REQUIRED: Some pool chalk. SETUP: Have the chalk in your right jacket pocket. PERFORMANCE: Before you start the performance, subtly put your right hand in your pocket and apply some chalk to the tip of your index finger. Ask your participant to hold out both hands, palm down and then take both her hands in yours, with your thumb on top and fingers below. Say, “Please hold them farther apart,” and assist in widening the gap between her hands. As you do so, rub your right index finger into her left palm to transfer some chalk from your finger.


Ask that she close her hands into a fist and state that you’ll use her hands as the pockets on a pool table. As an afterthought, say, “Actually, let’s just use one pocket; please raise one of your hands.” This is simply the magicians choice force and whichever hand she raises, follow up by saying, “Great, we’ll just use your left hand for this.” Remove the chalk from your pocket and openly twist your right index finger into the chalk. Continue, “Obviously I can’t actually shoot a pool ball into your hand, but I can do something more interesting. Instead I’m going to shoot thousands of particles into your hand; namely this chalk.” Thrust your index finger toward the participant as if you are taking a shot. Take a step back and ask your participant to open her hand. She’ll find pool chalk dust all over her palm! Sankey Unleashed. 2004

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MEASLES Difficulty:

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The premise of this whimsical and offbeat effect is that a pack of cards, card by card, becomes “infected” with measles. This allows for some visual changes and a full-deck finale. This creative effect twists the color-changing deck premise into something wackier and, perhaps, more memorable. The effect is most powerful when used as a closer, in conjunction with a deck switch. EFFECT: An “infected” playing card is displayed, and Jay explains that this card has measles as he displays black spots all over the back of the card. He demonstrates the contagious nature of the cards by rubbing the infected card on uninfected cards, causing the measles to appear on every card he comes in contact with. At the end, every card in the pack is shown with measles. PROP CONSTRUCTION: You will need a deck of cards and a double-backed card that matches the backs you are using. For “Measles,” it is advisable to use red backs as the black dots will contrast better with a lighter color. To prepare, draw circular black dots on the back of each card in the pack (photo 1). When you spread the pack at the end, the impact of all the dots showing in a spread is quite visually disarming (photo 2). Draw dots on one side of the double-backed card and leave the other side undisturbed.

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SETUP: Place one card with “measles” in your breast pocket and place the double-backer on top with the normal side uppermost.

backs of every card, the best way to get into the effect is with a deck switch.

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PERFORMANCE: “Believe it or not, playing cards, just like humans, can catch diseases. To give

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you an example, here is a card infected with measles.” Take the isolated card from your breast pocket and display its back. As you do, secretly obtain a break beneath the top card of the deck. “If I touch this card to an uninfected card, watch what happens.” So saying, display the back of the measles card in your right hand by holding it in end grip and tipping your right hand palm up slightly. Hold your hand next to the deck so that the spectators can see the contrast between the top, normal card and the measles card (photo 3). Place the measles card in your right hand on top of the deck, immediately picking up the card above the break. Rub your hands together for a moment, and then lift the top two cards, as one, and rotate the right hand palm up to once again display the measles on the back of the card in your right hand. But this time, measles will show on both back surfaces (photo 4).

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Turn your right hand back palm down and replace the double on top of the pack, injogged for half its length (photo 5). Contact the top card of the deck (beneath the double) with your right finger pads and push this card forward as you push the double square on top of the deck (photo 6). This is the Henry Christ alignment move. Release your grip of the double and swivel the outjogged measles card from the deck and drop it on the table. Now deal off the top, face-up card and display both sides. The top card of the deck shows normal, as it should. You have successfully infected one card. Repeat this process to infect two more cards, visually rubbing the measles card against the


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6. infect three more using a different method. Turn the top face-up card face down and deal it on top of the tabled pile. Explain that you can rub the measles cards with your right fingers and transfer it by touch to an uninfected card. So saying, rub your right fingers on the tabled pile, and then execute the Erdnase color change to cause the top card of the deck to become infected. Deal this card onto the pile and repeat twice more, causing more cards to become infected. To finish, execute a double turnover, but turn your wrist toward your body as you turn the double face up to prevent exposing the measles card beneath the cards you are turning over. Once the double is face up and square

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7. on top of the deck, deal the top card into your right hand, again performing a wrist kill with the left hand to prevent exposing the dots on the back of the top card of the deck. “Cards can even catch the measles long distance.” Wave the face-up card in your right hand over the tabled pile and then turn the card face down to show that it now has the measles. Then wave the deck over the pile and spread the cards face down. Every single card has become infected (photo 7). Sankey 1999 DVD 1999

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THE DEFINITIVE SANKEY VOLUME 1 BY Andi Gladwin & Joshua Jay


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CONTENTS

CONTENTS Acknowledgements............................................................................................................................7 The Top Ten.......................................................................................................................................9 How to Read This Book................................................................................................................... 10 Introduction........................................................................................................................................23

Sankey Essentials......................................................................................29 Double Turnover......................................................................................................................... 31 Mercury Card Fold....................................................................................................................... 33 Tilt..................................................................................................................................................35 Erdnase Color Change................................................................................................................ 37 Vernon Stripout Addition........................................................................................................... 39 Hofzinser Spread Cull................................................................................................................. 41 Hofzinser Spread Force.............................................................................................................. 43 Flushtration Count....................................................................................................................... 44 Crossing the Gaze Switch........................................................................................................... 45 Twirl Change.................................................................................................................................46 Optical Monte Switch.................................................................................................................. 47 Riffle Force....................................................................................................................................48 Double Undercut......................................................................................................................... 49 Slip Cut..........................................................................................................................................51 Necktie Second Deal................................................................................................................... 52 BoTop Change..............................................................................................................................53 Attitude Pocket Switch................................................................................................................ 54 Cross Cut Force............................................................................................................................55 EYE Count...................................................................................................................................56 Slop Shuffle...................................................................................................................................57 HaLo Cut.......................................................................................................................................58 Tenkai Optical Revolve............................................................................................................... 59 Marlo/Schulien Box Load.......................................................................................................... 60 Topper............................................................................................................................................61


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Kaps Subtlety................................................................................................................................63 Himber Vanish..............................................................................................................................64 Striking Vanish..............................................................................................................................66 Gallo Pitch....................................................................................................................................67 Pop-Up Move...............................................................................................................................69 Friction Pass..................................................................................................................................70 Bobo Switch..................................................................................................................................71 Two-Way Toss...............................................................................................................................72

Cards & Props Part 1.................................................................................73 Airtight...........................................................................................................................................75 Airtighter.......................................................................................................................................78 Through & Through.................................................................................................................... 79 Nailed.............................................................................................................................................81 Paper Cloud...................................................................................................................................83 Bladerunner...................................................................................................................................85 Drop Zone....................................................................................................................................87 Special Delivery............................................................................................................................ 88 Chain Gang...................................................................................................................................90 Clearly Impossible Transposition.............................................................................................. 93 Madelaine’s Mystery..................................................................................................................... 95

Sankey on Creativity..................................................................................97 Torn & Restored Card...............................................................................103 The Cardboard Contortionists................................................................................................... 105 Transfixed......................................................................................................................................110 Missing Evidence......................................................................................................................... 112 T-Bone...........................................................................................................................................115 Autopsy..........................................................................................................................................118 Papercut.........................................................................................................................................120 Belly of the Beast......................................................................................................................... 122 De-Crease......................................................................................................................................124 Piece De Resistance..................................................................................................................... 127 Green Thumb...............................................................................................................................129 Porous............................................................................................................................................130 Price of Admission...................................................................................................................... 132

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Jay Sankey: In His Words..........................................................................135 Close-up Mentalism Part 1........................................................................145 Prediction Impossible.................................................................................................................. 147 Memory Lapse..............................................................................................................................149 Onion.............................................................................................................................................151 A Very Good Year....................................................................................................................... 153 Undeclared Income..................................................................................................................... 154 Perfect Timing..............................................................................................................................155 Colorblind.....................................................................................................................................157 The Pagemaster............................................................................................................................ 159 Printed Matters............................................................................................................................. 162

Finger Rings..............................................................................................163 Ring-a-Ding...................................................................................................................................165 Ring Around the Collar............................................................................................................... 166 Mercuring......................................................................................................................................167 Hellbent.........................................................................................................................................170 To the Point..................................................................................................................................172 Inside Job......................................................................................................................................174 Stretching It...................................................................................................................................176 Tying the Knot.............................................................................................................................177 Under the Influence..................................................................................................................... 179

Body Magic................................................................................................183 Shadowlands.................................................................................................................................185 Eye Popper....................................................................................................................................187 Twinkle Toes.................................................................................................................................188

Paperclipped..............................................................................................191 The Full View Switch.................................................................................................................. 193 Paperclipped..................................................................................................................................195 The Appearing Prediction.......................................................................................................... 197 Four Disguises..............................................................................................................................198 Paperclipped Premonition.......................................................................................................... 200 Dollars and Cents......................................................................................................................... 202 Mona Lisa......................................................................................................................................204 Full Lotus......................................................................................................................................206


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Switchless......................................................................................................................................207 Sympathetic PC............................................................................................................................209 Closing Time.................................................................................................................................212 Serial Killer....................................................................................................................................213 Non-Existent................................................................................................................................214

Essay: Concerning Magic as an Art Form................................................217 Wipe Clean Principle.................................................................................221 Wipe Clean Principle................................................................................................................... 223 Wipe Flash.....................................................................................................................................225 Wipe Clean Principle With Cards.............................................................................................. 226 Fact or Friction............................................................................................................................. 228 The Phoenix Effect..................................................................................................................... 229

Ambitious Card Part 1...............................................................................231 A Not So Humble Beginning..................................................................................................... 233 Splat Production........................................................................................................................... 234 Rubber Room Rise....................................................................................................................... 236 Face-up Finale..............................................................................................................................239 Compact Closer............................................................................................................................240 Leather Bound..............................................................................................................................241

Rubber Bands............................................................................................243 Sure-Shot Vanish.......................................................................................................................... 245 Simple Division............................................................................................................................ 246 Dark Powers..................................................................................................................................248 Heat of the Moment................................................................................................................... 249

Essay: Are Laymen Qualified Judges?......................................................253 Bill Switch Part 1........................................................................................257 The Bill Change............................................................................................................................ 259 Real Magic.....................................................................................................................................262 $0 Bill Switch................................................................................................................................263 Traveling Expenses...................................................................................................................... 264 Genuine Counterfeit.................................................................................................................... 265 Strange and Stranger.................................................................................................................... 267

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Public Assembly...........................................................................................................................268 Double Feature.............................................................................................................................269 Strong Medicine........................................................................................................................... 271

Close-up Magic Part 1...............................................................................273 Descendent...................................................................................................................................275 Bingo..............................................................................................................................................277 The Cups Runneth Over............................................................................................................. 279 Hot Tomato..................................................................................................................................290 Bouncing Baby............................................................................................................................. 291 Air of Mystery..............................................................................................................................292 Seeing Red.....................................................................................................................................294 Glass in Steel.................................................................................................................................296 Extended Credit........................................................................................................................... 297 Pulling the Wool........................................................................................................................... 299 Choice Change..............................................................................................................................301 Jagged.............................................................................................................................................303

Coin Sleights..............................................................................................305 Flying Shuttle Pass....................................................................................................................... 307 Downs Palm Finesse................................................................................................................... 309 Bangkok Vanish............................................................................................................................313 Pointing Transfer.......................................................................................................................... 315 Sankey/Himber Count................................................................................................................ 317 Wave Load.....................................................................................................................................318 Motion Change.............................................................................................................................319 Messiah Vanish............................................................................................................................. 321 Merlin Vanish................................................................................................................................324 Newton Drop...............................................................................................................................326 Drop Switch..................................................................................................................................327 Hypnovanish.................................................................................................................................328

Flash Paper................................................................................................333 In a Flash.......................................................................................................................................335 Signed, Singed & Delivered........................................................................................................ 338 Tracking Device............................................................................................................................341 Heist...............................................................................................................................................343 Revelation of a Card.................................................................................................................... 344


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Unmixed........................................................................................................................................346 Transitions.....................................................................................................................................347 Firefly.............................................................................................................................................348 Meltdown......................................................................................................................................349 Blaze of Glory..............................................................................................................................350 The Almost-Human Cannonball............................................................................................... 351 Down in Flames...........................................................................................................................353 Flash Mob.....................................................................................................................................354

Business Cards...........................................................................................357 Stop Sign........................................................................................................................................359 Picture Perfect..............................................................................................................................360 Scrawly...........................................................................................................................................361 Constellation.................................................................................................................................362 Perfect Read..................................................................................................................................364 Power Lunch.................................................................................................................................366 Time Sensitive...............................................................................................................................370 Creepy Crawlers........................................................................................................................... 372 X-Ray Vision.................................................................................................................................373 Reception.......................................................................................................................................375 Change in Direction.................................................................................................................... 378 The Window Trick....................................................................................................................... 381

Impromptu Card Magic Part 1..................................................................385 Back in Time.................................................................................................................................387 Solitary Confinement................................................................................................................... 389 Proximity.......................................................................................................................................390 Group Hypnosis........................................................................................................................... 392 Solo.................................................................................................................................................395 Amateur vs. Professional............................................................................................................ 397 Three Times Lucky...................................................................................................................... 399 Bodyguards....................................................................................................................................400 A Fold in Time.............................................................................................................................401 The Switch Places Aces............................................................................................................... 403 Only in Self Defense................................................................................................................... 405 Maximum Capacity...................................................................................................................... 406 180..................................................................................................................................................408

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Magic For Children...................................................................................411 Yo-Yo Mon...................................................................................................................................413 Circumference..............................................................................................................................415 Hot Wax.........................................................................................................................................416 Chocolate Bar Prediction............................................................................................................ 418 Wrap it Up.....................................................................................................................................420 Ear to Eternity..............................................................................................................................421 Instant Origami............................................................................................................................422

Coin Productions.......................................................................................423 Slick Splits.....................................................................................................................................425 Cartesian Coins............................................................................................................................. 427 Silver Lining..................................................................................................................................430 Thin Air Production.................................................................................................................... 431 Invisible Piano Production......................................................................................................... 433 Bread & Butter Production........................................................................................................ 434

Almost-Impromptu Card Magic Part 1.....................................................437 On Impulse...................................................................................................................................439 Twice as Nice................................................................................................................................441 Head Spin......................................................................................................................................442 From Behind.................................................................................................................................443 Deviant Behavior......................................................................................................................... 445 Splitsville........................................................................................................................................446 Good Vibrations.......................................................................................................................... 447 Selective Memory......................................................................................................................... 449 Nomad...........................................................................................................................................450

Beyond Secrets Part 1................................................................................453 Preface...........................................................................................................................................455 A Dance of Glances.................................................................................................................... 456 Is Magic an Art?........................................................................................................................... 457 Begin by Connecting................................................................................................................... 458 The Myth of Speed...................................................................................................................... 459 Incomprehensibility..................................................................................................................... 460 Magic as Blood Sport ................................................................................................................. 461 Orchestrating Focus..................................................................................................................... 463


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What is your Market?................................................................................................................... 464 The Anatomy of an Effect......................................................................................................... 467 Intimate Scripts............................................................................................................................ 468 What is the Method?.................................................................................................................... 470 If I Were a Real Magician........................................................................................................... 471 A Little Experiment..................................................................................................................... 472 Key Images....................................................................................................................................474 Learning a Sleight......................................................................................................................... 475 An Actor Playing the Part........................................................................................................... 476 Wonder Without Secrecy............................................................................................................ 477 Creating Magic..............................................................................................................................478 Wonder and Emotion.................................................................................................................. 480 How Did You Do That?............................................................................................................. 481 Any Effect is Possible.................................................................................................................. 482 Cynicism, Confusion and Ego................................................................................................... 483 For My Next Trick....................................................................................................................... 485 Audience Feedback...................................................................................................................... 487 The Opposite of Magic.............................................................................................................. 488 Simplicity.......................................................................................................................................489 The Emotional Camera............................................................................................................... 490 The Imperfect Theory................................................................................................................. 491 The Approach...............................................................................................................................492 Inspiring Humility........................................................................................................................ 494 The Wonder of Wit..................................................................................................................... 495 Classic Audience Members......................................................................................................... 497

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CONTENTS How to Read This Book................................................................................................................... 526 A Trick Question................................................................................................................................539

Keys............................................................................................................543 Leaving Home..............................................................................................................................545 In Vitro..........................................................................................................................................548 True Believer.................................................................................................................................550 Soft Spot........................................................................................................................................551 Sensations......................................................................................................................................552 Off and On...................................................................................................................................554 Spookey.........................................................................................................................................556 Killer Key......................................................................................................................................558 Key Deposit..................................................................................................................................560 Heavy Metal Vanish..................................................................................................................... 562 Twister...........................................................................................................................................563

On the Erdnase Color Change..................................................................567 Fragile Harbor..............................................................................................................................569 Joking Around..............................................................................................................................571 Scrunch..........................................................................................................................................574 Questionable.................................................................................................................................575 I.Q. Test.........................................................................................................................................577 Locomotion..................................................................................................................................579 Imposters.......................................................................................................................................580 Transient........................................................................................................................................582 Hypnotorized................................................................................................................................585 Satan’s Card...................................................................................................................................587

Restaurant Magic......................................................................................589 Stirring Silver................................................................................................................................593 Sweet Bread...................................................................................................................................597


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Break and Entry...........................................................................................................................598 Two for the Spice of One........................................................................................................... 599 Assault with a Deadly Weapon.................................................................................................. 601 Heated Exchange......................................................................................................................... 603 Sweet Surprise...............................................................................................................................605 Freezer Burn.................................................................................................................................607 Numb.............................................................................................................................................608 The Gathering..............................................................................................................................610 Sugar Rush....................................................................................................................................611 Marrow..........................................................................................................................................612 Xtreme...........................................................................................................................................614

Situational Magic.......................................................................................619 Hustler...........................................................................................................................................621 Best Before....................................................................................................................................622 Breaking the Habit....................................................................................................................... 624 How Fortunate............................................................................................................................. 627 Gifted.............................................................................................................................................629 Wacky Tabacky.............................................................................................................................632 Slay Bells........................................................................................................................................633 Duet................................................................................................................................................634 Mute...............................................................................................................................................637 Happy Birthday............................................................................................................................639 Blown Away..................................................................................................................................640 Kick Butt.......................................................................................................................................642 Paper Mâché..................................................................................................................................644 Shaft...............................................................................................................................................645

Essay: Concerning the Volatile Issue of Exposure...................................651 Impromptu Card Magic Part 2..................................................................659 Count On It..................................................................................................................................661 Revolution Aces........................................................................................................................... 662 Midnight Special........................................................................................................................... 664 Against All Odds.......................................................................................................................... 665 Vital Statistics................................................................................................................................667 Departure Time............................................................................................................................668 Double Trouble............................................................................................................................ 670

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Helter Skelter................................................................................................................................671 Geller Card....................................................................................................................................672 Collect Me Not ... Again!............................................................................................................ 673 Apparition.....................................................................................................................................675 Flutter Change..............................................................................................................................676

Stage Mentalism........................................................................................683 Seer.................................................................................................................................................685 Director’s Cut...............................................................................................................................687 Alphamail......................................................................................................................................690 Painkiller........................................................................................................................................692 Child’s Play....................................................................................................................................694 Ghost.............................................................................................................................................696

Ambitious Card Part 2...............................................................................699 Top Card........................................................................................................................................701 Hammered Deception................................................................................................................. 702 Up and Out...................................................................................................................................704 One Last Time..............................................................................................................................706 Fishbowl........................................................................................................................................708 Bit By Bit.......................................................................................................................................710 Magnetic........................................................................................................................................713 Lightning Bolt...............................................................................................................................715 Single Ambition............................................................................................................................717

Essay: Concerning the Term “Magic”......................................................719 Mealtime Magic.........................................................................................723 Re:Cap............................................................................................................................................725 Amphibian.....................................................................................................................................727 Bender............................................................................................................................................728 Broken English.............................................................................................................................730 A Balancing Act............................................................................................................................ 732 Hot Knife......................................................................................................................................734 Uppity............................................................................................................................................735

Drawing on Cards......................................................................................737 Forgery...........................................................................................................................................739


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Squiggle..........................................................................................................................................741 Ground Zero................................................................................................................................743 Snowstorm....................................................................................................................................746 Guaranteed....................................................................................................................................748 One of One..................................................................................................................................749 Coroner’s Transposition.............................................................................................................. 751 Graffiti...........................................................................................................................................752

Coin Routines Part 1..................................................................................755 Spinner...........................................................................................................................................757 Reversal of Fortune..................................................................................................................... 759 Prime Time Bend......................................................................................................................... 761 Wrapture........................................................................................................................................763 Secret Passages.............................................................................................................................765 No Jacket Required...................................................................................................................... 767 Flesh Pocket..................................................................................................................................769 Ups and Downs............................................................................................................................ 770 Symbolic........................................................................................................................................772

Cards & Props Part 2.................................................................................773 Uniquely.........................................................................................................................................775 Backspin Special........................................................................................................................... 778 $100 Top Change......................................................................................................................... 780 Trio.................................................................................................................................................782 Economic Risk.............................................................................................................................785 Pipsqueak.......................................................................................................................................787 Entranced......................................................................................................................................788 The World’s Smallest Magic Wand............................................................................................ 790 Bounty Hunter..............................................................................................................................792

Coins and Props.........................................................................................793 Recurrency.....................................................................................................................................795 Collector’s Item............................................................................................................................797 Strike Three...................................................................................................................................799 Stand-up Twilight......................................................................................................................... 801 Penny Ante....................................................................................................................................804 Pawnbroker...................................................................................................................................806

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The Wager.....................................................................................................................................808 Java Transpo..................................................................................................................................809 Another Dimension..................................................................................................................... 810

Close-up Mentalism Part 2........................................................................811 Past, Present and Future............................................................................................................. 813 Hypersensitive..............................................................................................................................815 Heads Up.......................................................................................................................................817 Seeing Read...................................................................................................................................819 Choice Effect................................................................................................................................822 X’s & OhMyGod.......................................................................................................................... 824 Four Seasons.................................................................................................................................827 Road Rage.....................................................................................................................................830 Lottery...........................................................................................................................................832 Greed.............................................................................................................................................833 Testament......................................................................................................................................834

Bar Magic..................................................................................................837 Permanent Press........................................................................................................................... 839 Forced Entry.................................................................................................................................841 Eternity Dime...............................................................................................................................844 Creamed.........................................................................................................................................846 Exit Strategy..................................................................................................................................848 Cut and Restrawed....................................................................................................................... 852 Climber..........................................................................................................................................854

Almost-Impromptu Card Magic Part 2.....................................................857 Carbon Paper................................................................................................................................859 Walking Wounded........................................................................................................................ 860 Fed Exchange...............................................................................................................................862 Jaw Dropper..................................................................................................................................863 Skin Deep......................................................................................................................................865 Where There’s Smoke.................................................................................................................. 867 Touch of Evil...............................................................................................................................870 Was this Your Card?.................................................................................................................... 872 Partial Knowledge........................................................................................................................ 873


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Levitations.................................................................................................875 Floater............................................................................................................................................877 Zero Gravity.................................................................................................................................879

Invisible Deck............................................................................................881 Out of Sight..................................................................................................................................883 X.....................................................................................................................................................884 Buckshot........................................................................................................................................885 Echo...............................................................................................................................................886

Mischief .....................................................................................................887 Borrowed Trust............................................................................................................................892 Personality Test.............................................................................................................................893 Rubber Glove...............................................................................................................................894 Revival............................................................................................................................................895

On Mixing Magic and Comedy.................................................................897 Tenkai Pinch..............................................................................................901 Tenkai Pinch Master class........................................................................................................... 903 Waterwheel Production............................................................................................................... 908 Drop Zone Production............................................................................................................... 910 Corkscrew Vanish........................................................................................................................ 912 Airborne Vanish........................................................................................................................... 913 P.O. V. Change............................................................................................................................ 914 Capricorn Change........................................................................................................................ 916 Mr. Clean Coins Across.............................................................................................................. 918 Holy Cross.....................................................................................................................................920 Mr. Universe Coins Across......................................................................................................... 922 Found Money................................................................................................................................924 Sight Unseen.................................................................................................................................926 Mineral Withdrawal...................................................................................................................... 927

Essay: The Danger of Pragmatism...........................................................931 Gimmicked Cards Part 1............................................................................935 Lockdown......................................................................................................................................937 Bigger Finish.................................................................................................................................939 Split Ends......................................................................................................................................941

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State of the Union....................................................................................................................... 943 Public Transit................................................................................................................................945 Terra Unfirma...............................................................................................................................948 Hole Hop......................................................................................................................................951 Threadbare Rise........................................................................................................................... 953 TRANZ4MR................................................................................................................................955 The Disappearance...................................................................................................................... 957 Shift................................................................................................................................................960 Imaginings.....................................................................................................................................962

Beyond Secrets Part 2................................................................................965 Performing New Material........................................................................................................... 967 Rhythm..........................................................................................................................................969 Vulgar Magic.................................................................................................................................970 Whose Magic is it?....................................................................................................................... 971 Learning from Mime................................................................................................................... 972 Truth and Credibility................................................................................................................... 973 Minimum Effort........................................................................................................................... 974 Performer as Product.................................................................................................................. 976 What is the Magic About?.......................................................................................................... 978 Enthusiasm....................................................................................................................................979 Fewer Words, More Magic.......................................................................................................... 980 Secrecy is Fear...............................................................................................................................981 The Art of Practice..................................................................................................................... 983 Inside Out / Outside In.............................................................................................................. 984 Suspending Disbelief .................................................................................................................. 985 Responding...................................................................................................................................986 Parade of Characters................................................................................................................... 987 Mirroring ......................................................................................................................................989 Taking it Personally...................................................................................................................... 990 Multiple Climaxes......................................................................................................................... 992 Vivid Language.............................................................................................................................994 The Natural...................................................................................................................................997 Expressing and Communicating................................................................................................ 998 Suspicion.......................................................................................................................................999 Mind Over Matter........................................................................................................................ 1000 What is a Narrative?..................................................................................................................... 1001


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Magic and Mentalism................................................................................................................... 1002 Vulnerability..................................................................................................................................1004 Choosing a Spectator................................................................................................................... 1006 Under and Over Proving............................................................................................................ 1007 How Do You Feel?...................................................................................................................... 1008 Fear and the Sudden Audience.................................................................................................. 1009 Power.............................................................................................................................................1011 The Mysterious and Humorous................................................................................................. 1012 Becoming a Better Magician....................................................................................................... 1014 Control and Trust........................................................................................................................ 1015 Circuit Practicing.......................................................................................................................... 1016 Purge Your Puzzles...................................................................................................................... 1017

Cartoons.....................................................................................................1019 Index..........................................................................................................1037

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CONTENTS

CONTENTS How to Read This Book................................................................................................................... 1062

Close-up Magic Part 2...............................................................................1075 Holy Moly......................................................................................................................................1077 Holy Stretch..................................................................................................................................1079 Twentieth Century Fox................................................................................................................ 1081 Bound and Tagged....................................................................................................................... 1084 Border Crossing........................................................................................................................... 1086 Chain Reaction.............................................................................................................................1088 Three Ring Circus........................................................................................................................ 1090 Houdini’s Touch........................................................................................................................... 1095 Trinity.............................................................................................................................................1096 Alchemy Seltzer............................................................................................................................ 1098 Earplugs.........................................................................................................................................1099 Hot Knot.......................................................................................................................................1100

Essay: Magician, Reveal Thyself ..............................................................1103 Magic with Bills.........................................................................................1105 Global Warming........................................................................................................................... 1107 Trial Separation.............................................................................................................................1109 Mismade Monopoly..................................................................................................................... 1111 Collateral Damage........................................................................................................................ 1113 Dough............................................................................................................................................1114 East Meets West........................................................................................................................... 1116 Identifying Features..................................................................................................................... 1118 Spiral...............................................................................................................................................1120 Space Ship.....................................................................................................................................1122 The Company One Keeps.......................................................................................................... 1123 Seventy-Five Percent................................................................................................................... 1125 Bill Fusion.....................................................................................................................................1126


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Unscrewed.....................................................................................................................................1129

Cards & Props Part 3.................................................................................1131 Voodoo..........................................................................................................................................1133 Montreal Transpo......................................................................................................................... 1135 Op Bones......................................................................................................................................1137 Blockbuster...................................................................................................................................1139 In a Bind........................................................................................................................................1143 What If ?.........................................................................................................................................1145 Big Time........................................................................................................................................1147 Juicy Fruit......................................................................................................................................1149 Forbidden Fruit............................................................................................................................ 1151 Diamonds in the Rough.............................................................................................................. 1153 Drawing to a Close...................................................................................................................... 1154

Matches......................................................................................................1157 Chameleon....................................................................................................................................1159 Vital Signs......................................................................................................................................1164 Reunited.........................................................................................................................................1165 Burning Down..............................................................................................................................1166 Black Market.................................................................................................................................1167 Quest for Fire...............................................................................................................................1168 Perennial........................................................................................................................................1170 A Match by Any Other Name.................................................................................................... 1173 Snatchbook...................................................................................................................................1175 Metamorph....................................................................................................................................1176 Gimme Five..................................................................................................................................1178 Maaaatchbox.................................................................................................................................1180

Cards and Bands........................................................................................1183 Pyramid..........................................................................................................................................1185 Outsider.........................................................................................................................................1186 Definitely Warped........................................................................................................................ 1188 Wild Thing....................................................................................................................................1193 Elastic Infiltration........................................................................................................................ 1196 Please Don’t Feed the Playing Cards......................................................................................... 1198 Temporal Elasticity...................................................................................................................... 1201 Babylon Band................................................................................................................................1203

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One for Fifty-One!....................................................................................................................... 1205 Somerassault.................................................................................................................................1209 Underbanded................................................................................................................................1210

Pens............................................................................................................1211 The Pen is Mightier...................................................................................................................... 1213 Cappy Cap Cap Cappity Cappero Cap Trick........................................................................... 1215 Remarkerable................................................................................................................................1216 Where Did That, the Marker, Come From?............................................................................ 1217 Marked Down...............................................................................................................................1219 Vanishink.......................................................................................................................................1221 Cap in Hand..................................................................................................................................1224 Black Magic...................................................................................................................................1225 Family Tree....................................................................................................................................1226

Coin Routines Part 2..................................................................................1229 Inside Out.....................................................................................................................................1231 Turn of the Century.................................................................................................................... 1232 The Odd Coin..............................................................................................................................1234 Fifth Quarter.................................................................................................................................1235 The Visible Coin Assembly........................................................................................................ 1237 Underfoot......................................................................................................................................1240 Through Thick and Thin............................................................................................................ 1241 Mass Consumption...................................................................................................................... 1243

Card Box Trickery......................................................................................1245 In Case of Emergency................................................................................................................ 1247 Reenactment.................................................................................................................................1248 Final Fusion..................................................................................................................................1249 Housebound.................................................................................................................................1250 A Case of Mistaken Identity...................................................................................................... 1252 Haunted Card Case...................................................................................................................... 1254 The Folding Deck........................................................................................................................ 1256 Untorn...........................................................................................................................................1258 Penalty Box...................................................................................................................................1260 Nosferatu.......................................................................................................................................1262 Inside Out (Card Trick)............................................................................................................... 1265


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Han Ping Chien.........................................................................................1269 Chien Ping Han............................................................................................................................ 1271 Rollover..........................................................................................................................................1273 H.P.C.-C.P.H..................................................................................................................................1274 Under Wraps.................................................................................................................................1276 Snatch Production........................................................................................................................ 1278 Silver Snatch..................................................................................................................................1279 The Copper Clutch...................................................................................................................... 1281 Royal Rivet....................................................................................................................................1283 Push Button..................................................................................................................................1285 Seed Money...................................................................................................................................1288

Playing Card Mentalism............................................................................1291 Hide, Keep & Give Away........................................................................................................... 1293 Third Eye......................................................................................................................................1295 Photo Finish.................................................................................................................................1297 Laying on of Hands..................................................................................................................... 1300 Witching Hour..............................................................................................................................1302 Secrets............................................................................................................................................1303

Packet Tricks.............................................................................................1305 Resistance is Futile....................................................................................................................... 1307 Dreamscape...................................................................................................................................1309 About Face....................................................................................................................................1310 Casualties of War......................................................................................................................... 1313

Coins Across..............................................................................................1315 Mexican Jumping Coins.............................................................................................................. 1317 Sound for Thought...................................................................................................................... 1320 New Arrivals.................................................................................................................................1323 Bridging the Gap.......................................................................................................................... 1324

Card Sleights..............................................................................................1329 Wichita Slip...................................................................................................................................1331 Toss Twirl......................................................................................................................................1333 Face-Up Rub-a-Dub Vanish....................................................................................................... 1334 Surfboard Change........................................................................................................................ 1336 Flick Production...........................................................................................................................1338

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The Sleeves Up Pass.................................................................................................................... 1339 The Turnover Force..................................................................................................................... 1341 Shanghai Change.......................................................................................................................... 1342

Bill Switch Part 2........................................................................................1343 Dye Job..........................................................................................................................................1345 Pop!................................................................................................................................................1346 Fan Mail.........................................................................................................................................1347 Found in Translation................................................................................................................... 1348 Geller..............................................................................................................................................1349 Realization.....................................................................................................................................1350 Eye Witness...................................................................................................................................1351 Paging Ben Franklin..................................................................................................................... 1353 A Medley of Bill Switch Ideas................................................................................................... 1355

Not-So-Impromptu Card Magic...............................................................1357 Supercool.......................................................................................................................................1359 In Captivity....................................................................................................................................1362 Mix Master....................................................................................................................................1364 Final Countdown......................................................................................................................... 1367 Parallel Worlds.............................................................................................................................. 1369 Remote Control............................................................................................................................ 1371 Sankey Panky Meltdown............................................................................................................. 1372

Coins & Props Part 2.................................................................................1373 Golden Treasure........................................................................................................................... 1375 No Way Out..................................................................................................................................1378 Tunnel Vision...............................................................................................................................1380 Time is Money..............................................................................................................................1382 Change Under Pressure.............................................................................................................. 1384 Making Change............................................................................................................................. 1386 Monty Hall Goes Close-Up........................................................................................................ 1387 Smashed!........................................................................................................................................1390 Jam Session...................................................................................................................................1393

Firestarters.................................................................................................1395 Destiny...........................................................................................................................................1397 V.I.P. (Very Intimate Prediction)............................................................................................. 1398


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Hotlink...........................................................................................................................................1400 Under the Table............................................................................................................................ 1402 Eye2Eye.........................................................................................................................................1403 Guiding Rhythm........................................................................................................................... 1404 Soul Mates.....................................................................................................................................1405 Flower Power................................................................................................................................1407 Wholehearted................................................................................................................................1408 Kinky..............................................................................................................................................1410

Gimmicked Decks.....................................................................................1411 Close Contact................................................................................................................................1413 Measles...........................................................................................................................................1414 The Blackpool Effect.................................................................................................................. 1417 Yes and No....................................................................................................................................1418 The Blues.......................................................................................................................................1420 Confession.....................................................................................................................................1422 Fade Away.....................................................................................................................................1424 The Genesis Prediction............................................................................................................... 1426 Once in a Lifetime....................................................................................................................... 1429 Practice Pack.................................................................................................................................1431 Blind Man’s Bluff ......................................................................................................................... 1434 Wham Bam!..................................................................................................................................1435 What’s in a Name?....................................................................................................................... 1436 Out of Control.............................................................................................................................1437

Sankey Utilities..........................................................................................1439 Omnilope......................................................................................................................................1441 Nest Egg........................................................................................................................................1445 Pandora’s Box...............................................................................................................................1447 Fort Knox......................................................................................................................................1449 99....................................................................................................................................................1451 Matchbox Mentalism................................................................................................................... 1453 Purse Vanish.................................................................................................................................1454 Last Coin Trick.............................................................................................................................1455 Gemini Pouch...............................................................................................................................1456

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Gimmicked Cards Part 2...........................................................................1459 Inseparable....................................................................................................................................1461 Open Sesame................................................................................................................................1463 Spanish Inquisition...................................................................................................................... 1465 R.E.M.............................................................................................................................................1468 Misguided Angels......................................................................................................................... 1469 Reconstruction............................................................................................................................. 1472 Uberchange...................................................................................................................................1475 Extended Version......................................................................................................................... 1478 Mason’s Aces.................................................................................................................................1479

Gimmicked Coins......................................................................................1483 Two-Fisted Vanish....................................................................................................................... 1485 The Four Dimensional Coin...................................................................................................... 1487 Half a Coin Trick......................................................................................................................... 1489 Razor’s Edge.................................................................................................................................1490

Beyond Secrets Part 3................................................................................1493 Magician, Clown, Priest............................................................................................................... 1495 Which Direction?......................................................................................................................... 1496 Magic And The Magical.............................................................................................................. 1497 Sanding..........................................................................................................................................1499 Those Who Will Resist................................................................................................................ 1500 Let The Audience Lead............................................................................................................... 1502 In The Blink Of An Eye............................................................................................................ 1504 The Master Imagined.................................................................................................................. 1506 Secrets, Understanding & Wonder............................................................................................ 1507 Is There Such A Thing As A Bad Trick?.................................................................................. 1508 Articulate Hands.......................................................................................................................... 1509 The Best Teacher......................................................................................................................... 1511 Random Acts Of Magic.............................................................................................................. 1513 Self-Expression............................................................................................................................. 1514 Stick To Your Weaknesses.......................................................................................................... 1515 Creative Promotion...................................................................................................................... 1516 Reminder And Promise............................................................................................................... 1518 Choosing Material........................................................................................................................ 1520 The Play’s The Thing................................................................................................................... 1521


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In Search Of Real Magic............................................................................................................ 1522 Encouraging Co-Creation........................................................................................................... 1523 Knowing And Forgetting............................................................................................................ 1525 Exposure, Appreciation And Education.................................................................................. 1526 Clothing.........................................................................................................................................1527 Magician vs. Entertainer.............................................................................................................. 1528 Tension, Expectation and Release............................................................................................. 1529 An Invitation to Wonder............................................................................................................. 1531 Larger Truths................................................................................................................................1532 All Of You....................................................................................................................................1533 Unpresentations...........................................................................................................................1534 Ending...........................................................................................................................................1535 Re: Creation..................................................................................................................................1536 It Takes Time................................................................................................................................1538 A New Magic................................................................................................................................1539 Effects Only Happen In The Past............................................................................................. 1541 The Love Of Magic..................................................................................................................... 1543

Jay Sankey: The Complete Bibliography...................................................1545 Index..........................................................................................................1589

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