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Indian Rope Trick Revealed

Momo — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 11:27:13 +0100

[video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKnfseEmgwE]

Having made two visits to India, I should be lacking in my duty to the fraternity if I failed to record the result of my personal investigation of the traditional miracle.

One day an hotel servant informed me that a "trick wallah" (such was the undignified title assigned to the representative of Eastern Magic) awaited my pleasure without. After a hard life, waiting on the pleasure of others, the iRead More...

George Washington Prediction

Maxim888 — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 22:10:16 +0100

George Washington... a psychic, too?

Effect:

Show your friend a dollar bill and tell her to look at the serial number and to concentrate on just one of the numbers.

Tell her that George Washington wasn't just the first President of the United States, but he was also a psychic!

Ask her what the number was and after she tells you, you show her your prediction - one that was already written on the dollar bill before you began! CRead More...

Handkerchief Through Crystals Tutorial

Zisco — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 12:56:53 +0100

The Effect

You hand to audience for examination, three silk handkerchiefs; one red, one white, and one blue. Next you show the two crystal cylinders, such as is used on gas jets. Have someone in audience to tie the corners of blue and white handkerchiefs together and roll them into a ball, which you place in one of the cylinders, and give to someone to hold.

You next take the red handkerchief and place it in the other cylinder, and hold one hand over each end of cylinder, anRead More...

The Restored Calendar Tutorial

Chung San — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 16:59:55 +0100

NONE of the principles employed in this clever combination are new, but, as the audience only sees the surface of a trick, the effect is none the worse on that account. If this surface is properly camouflaged, the closer one sticks to the time-tried methods the better.

The Effect

The performer takes one of the leaves from an advertising calendar, tears off a corner and gives it to one of the audience to hold. Read More...

The Premier Book Test Tutorial

Chung San — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 16:49:19 +0100

The beauty of this test is, that throughout the experiment, the performer apparently does nothing whatever, and TOUCHES NOTHING USED IN THE TEST. The material used can be thoroughly examined after the experiment is finished. There is the advantage of being able to use ANY MAGAZINE OR BOOK DESIRED. The cards used are an ordinary pack of cards. There are several subtleties used which are practically unknown to magic previously.

The first requires but a slight arrangement of the DECK Read More...

Download links

keshav — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 08:10:23 +0100

Hi fellow people,

this is a link to a document containing most of the download links from a magic sharing website, shortly called, LML.None of them are my uploads.

Here is the link:

RAPIDSHARE

http://rapidshare.com/files/333693003/downloadlinks_from_LML.doc

MEGAUPLOAD:

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PLEASE SHARE IT WITH OTHER MAGIC SHARING COMMUNITIES.

Envelope Vanish Coin Tutorial

Nic Bruce — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 13:26:25 +0100

The Effect:

A fairly heavy Manila paper envelope is prepared beforehand by cutting a slot at the bottom right corner. With a pair of scissors trim a small sliver of paper from the bottom of the envelope. When the envelope is prepared this way the opening will offer no resistance to the coin and it will fall freely into your hand.

The Secrets:

From a piece of paper the same color as the envelope, cut a round piece theRead More...

Magician Prince Episode 4

Magician Raja — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 12:58:06 +0100

Magician Prince Episode 4

[video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLaja_iJFsE]

Magician Raja & Prince

Magician Raja — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 12:50:40 +0100

Hi,

I am from Kolkata, India. India is a land of magic and I am proud to be an Indian Magician. I started my magic when I was in Standard 5. From those days Magic entered into my blood.

I mainly perform sleight of hand Close up and conjuring magic. I learn magic from Magician SOMEERAN a renowned magician and magic teacher from India.

My Only Son Magician Master Prince (10 Years old) whose Debut in Magic was In a TV REality show in ZEE Bangla. He performs in differenRead More...

Telephone Riddle - Mental Calculation

John Franklin — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 11:23:42 +0100

This is rock bottom for simplicity and that is what I work for always. There is no name code and you are always ready with the simplest mental calculation. In my case, the following table is pasted on the wall just over the telephone at home. Weeks go by at a time without working it and then suddenly a call is put in with no warning at all and still I can sit pretty.

Monday AH 4C 7D 10S.

Fishbowl Production Revealed

John Franklin — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 11:08:58 +0100

For a number of years this fishbowl Production was used as the opening effect in my stage shows. It is quick and very astonishing because a very large howl is used and the production is made on an undraped table so far down stage that it is almost against the footlights. The trick is completely mystifying to the lay audience and to magicians as well. Although I believe that it is wrong to design shows to fool other magicians, it is rather satisfying to find a trick which they don't catch and Read More...

Ring And Program Trick

Aramaic Kasvinski — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 15:51:23 +0100

Introduction:

This was one of the best features of the program given by Guibal when he played at the Eden Musée many years ago. It was not new even at that time; in fact, I had made it a part of my own show in my amateur days; but it is extremely effective if properly handled, and it has always been a surprise to me that it has not come into more general use.

Guibal probably learned the trick from Verbeck, for whom he acted as interpreter during the tour of the Read More...

Magic Shouldn't Have To Be Hard To Perform

RHMAGIC — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 10:33:01 +0100

Magic shouldn't have to be hard to perform.

Real magic can be learned by everyone.

Real magic is easy to learn.

Real magic is original.

Real magic is not something that only looks amazing on a video preview.

Real magic can be handed out for examination.

Real magic has no unnatural or awkward movesRead More...

Vanishing a Coin with the Aid of a Handkerchief

Zisco — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 20:13:43 +0100

Here is an oldie, the method of which can be used to vanish not only a coin but any other small article as well.

Spread a handkerchief over the palm up left hand so one corner will lie on the forearm. Show a half dollar in the right hand, then place it between the thumb and first and second fingers of the left hand, holding it vertically through the cloth, Fig. 1.

With the right thumb and forefinger, pick up the inner corner of the handkerchief and bring it forward over Read More...

One in 52 Card Trick Tutorial

Maxim888 — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:44:26 +0100

This is a simple trick too, but use a little care when you handle the cards. Spread a normal deck of cards face-up on the table. Ask someone to point to any card they want.

Pull their chosen card from the spread deck and drop it on the bottom card. Pick up the deck and give it a couple of cuts. Now spread the deck, face down, and your friends see there is just one card with a different color back. You lift that card out and turn it over - that's right, it is their chosen card!

The Hypnotized Handkerchief Tutorial

Maxim888 — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:31:13 +0100

Hypnotize a handkerchief to move at your command!

REQUIREMENTS: One handkerchief with a hem, one drinking straw

In order to perform this effect you will need to take a drinking straw and flatten it out. This is easier with the old fashioned paper straws, but a plastic straw will do. Be careful not to mangle the straw as you flatten it.

Next, sew the straw into the hem of a handkerchief as shown in Figure Read More...

Houdini Rubber Band Escape Revealed

Maxim888 — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:37:56 +0100

A miniature escape that demonstrates how solid can pass through solid!

REQUIREMENTS: One medium sized rubber band.

This is sometimes also called the Hopping Rubber Band. You loop a rubber band over your first two fingers, and then it inexplicably jumps to the second two fingers.

The Telephone Bullet Catch - Mentalism Tutorial

Aramaic Kasvinski — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 10:13:36 +0100

Call someone on the phone. Ask him to take out five of his business cards. He is to turn them blank side up and place them in a horizontal row. He is then asked to draw a sketch of a bullet on any one of the cards. Allow him to exchange the bullet card with any other card in the row. He has a completely free choice.

"We have started out by giving you a completely free selection as to which position the bullet card is in. Only you, and you alone know how far from the left side of thRead More...

Mysterious Indian Yogi Magic

geoff knapp — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:16:10 +0100

Greetings Magis

A mysterious Indian man approached me in the street and began foretelling my future.
This is of course a great way of getting someone's attention!
As he explained the good and not so good things that were to befallme he wrote something on a small piece of paper, screwed it up and then handed it to me and asked me to put in in my pocket.
As we talked further he then asked me for my mothers name, my age and my wife's age.
He was very particuRead More...

Torn and Transformed Card Tutorial

Albert Zinx — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:56:15 +0100

EFFECT:
A card is selected and lost in the pack. The magician then claims he will cause the card to rise to the top of the deck, but he fails. When he turns over the top card, it is NOT the selection, as he said it would be. The magician gets mad, tearing up the top card into four pieces and placing them into a spectator's hand. The magician then looks through the pack for the spectator's card, finding it somewhere in the middle. Flustered, the magician then tries to redeem himself. He hRead More...