30+ professional routines. 40+ years of experience. 450 pages. Mosaic perfectly captures the enduring legacy of Christian Scherer—a masterful magician who has dedicated more than four decades of his life to creating powerful, original, audience-tested material with clever methods and thoughtful presentations.
Christian Scherer is a multiple time award-winning magician, gifted prop maker, and overall legend in German-speaking magic circles. However, due to his limited material in English, he is less known in other parts of the world. That all changes with Mosaic. We’re so honored to introduce Christian to the global magic community with a stunning hardback book containing his best material from the last 40 years (almost all of which has never been available in English before).
The title of this book stems from Christian’s belief that a good magic routine must come together like a mosaic. Each individual piece must be identified and then carefully molded to fit neatly with the other pieces to create the broader picture. You’ll not only learn Christian’s best secrets, but will get a rare peek into his fine-tuned philosophy for creating strong magic and making your audiences care in a way that will have them surrendering to the illusion of experiencing the impossible.
This vast text contains something for every magician. There is super strong card material, of course. But you’ll also find incredible coin magic like “World’s Smallest Currency Converter”, a unique and fun routine that will have your audience convinced your Okito Box is actually a revolutionary piece of technology with magical powers. There are also more enigmatic routines like “Free Fall”, where you seemingly possess the ability to make time slow down; as well as intriguing, offbeat parlor routines like “Magic Miniature Golf”, where a mystical golf club and teleporting golf balls come together to leave your audience as entertained as they are stunned.
To improve the learning process, detailed descriptions of each effect are accompanied by more than 700 intricate illustrations that Christian drew by hand. He’s also included his scripting and presentation ideas for each effect.
Christian rounds out these amazing routines with a variety of thought-provoking essays. His groundbreaking thoughts on the Cups and Balls will have you completely rethinking your approach to this all-time classic.
EXCLUSIVE BONUS
Anyone who purchases their copy of Mosaic directly from Vanishing Inc. will also receive access to a special collection of videos in which Christian performs many of the best effects from the book. These videos will be automatically added to your Vanishing Inc. account and are only available to those who get their copy directly from our store.
If you’re the type of magician who enjoys cunning, novel magic that has been honed in front of real audiences, Mosaic by Christian Scherer deserves a spot on your shelf. This remarkable book will not only supply you with a breadth of new material but will inspire you to evolve your magic as a whole. Get your copy today from Vanishing Inc.!
Contents of Mosaic by Christian Scherer
Before We Begin
More Than Small Change
- More Than Small Change
- The Matter Transmitter
- Chinese Fortune Coins
- The World’s Smallest Currency Converter
Enigmatic Happenings
- Escaped
- Weaned from Smoking
- The Magic Stones of Stonehenge
- Mary’s Charm
- The Fourth Dimension
- Free Fall
- Motion Control
The Die Is Cast
- The Hapless Dice Cheat
- Dice Player’s Spleen
Cups & Balls
- Essay on the Cups and Balls
- Click Wand
- Applied Physics
- Cagliostro the Alchemist
Cards à la Carte
- The Royal Fours
- Another Fancy False Cut
- A Card Index
- The Poetry of Magic
- Is It a Trick?
- Good Luck Number
- The Oracle of Bern
- French Leave
- Uncanny Reflex
- The Missing Page
- Hofzinser’s Glove
- Phantasmagoria
Intriguing Occurrences
- Fisherman’s Yarn
- Gone Terribly Wrong
- Magic Miniature Golf
- Keep Away from Card Cheating Games
- A Childhood Dream
- Cause and Effect
Parting Thoughts
- Some Parting Thoughts
- Like a Swiss Clockwork
- Bibliography
- Christian Scherer’s Publications 1978–2021
Linen hardback | 6in x 9in | 450 Pages | 700+ Illustrations | Ribbon Bookmark