Vivify contains ten original stage illusions fully described and illustrated in glorious full colour. Also included are two thought provoking essays. Foreword by Brett Daniels. VIVIFY - Etymology: Middle English: to nourish, to give life. Latin: vivificus - enlivening. 1. To endow with life or renew...
From the introduction: Bob Chesbro is a true tipnician and has the uncanny ability to work sheer sorcery using tips. Bob's plots and routines are not only novel, but are constructed and performed with great skill. As John Ruskin (1819-1900) once put it, All books are divided into two classes: T...
Tidbits & Touches is an indepth look into the mechanics for everyday magicians. Answering questions such as How many shuffles? or breaking down the finer details on double lifts, wrist wrangling, or finger flinging. This is an apprenticeship into a magician's intimate workings and handlings. Pag...
This book revolves around one great routine that will give your audiences the impression of you having a super intellect and psychic powers. The basic version was previously released in a private manuscript which debut at the 2009 Psychic Entertainer's Association's annual conference where it was a ...
Thought-Full Telepathy. If you perform a telepathy routine, this 64 page booklet is a must! It contains proven methods and strategies for making any telepathy demonstration more believable, amazing, and entertaining. Using just one gaffed book, you learn how to quickly reveal the thoughts of seven p...
Effect 20 cards are taken from the deck and 10 turned face up, 10 face down. The spectator chooses which packet they want to think of a card from, and in the same condition, the cards are given to a spectator, 10 cards each. Just a snap and there are now 11 in one packet and 9 in the other. The spec...
Wonder and magic surround us, yet we need a guide to see them. Historically, that guide is the magician-and Robert E. Neale is the celebrated mapmaker for this terra incognita. This new Neale collection explores the sphere of close-up magic without playing cards. In the process, it expands the borde...
Effect: Our world is filled with unique creatures that appear to have magical abilities. Take the spider, for instance: it creates a beautiful work of art, then disappears like magic until prey stumbles into its trap. In this illusion, two volunteers prove that a 40-foot rope is real and solid befor...
This effect will get you more publicity than any other headline prediction. It has many features that you cannot do with other headline predictions. THIS NEW METHOD INVOLVES NO SWITCHING OF THE HEADLINE PREDICTION SLIP. There is only one headline prediction slip and it is signed by the VIP! Best of ...
How to create, promote and present a full scale magic show. Everything you need to know about putting a magic show into a theater or similar venue. Twenty-Two chapters with many helpful photographs provide information normally almost impossible to find. As a professional illusionist in his own theat...