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MADELAINE’S MYSTERY
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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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pencil to lightly draw a fake flap on one end
of the paper. It doesn’t need to be perfect, but
does help sell the effect.
Place the card with the face against the side
of the paper with the drawn-on flap and
position the flap so that it extends over 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.
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TRAVELING EXPENSES
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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
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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.
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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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Transfer the pieces to the right hand and then
pick up the card box and hold it in left-hand
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
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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.
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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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4.
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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!
At this point the marking on the coin is facing
downward. This provide motivation as to why
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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!
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MEASLES
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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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2.
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.
Since the effect is a closer and affects the
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
5.
top card of the deck, causing it, too, to get
the measles. After each change, swivel out the
infected card and deal it onto the tabled pile.
After you have infected three cards, you will
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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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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).
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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
Index..........................................................................................................501
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VOLUME 2
BY
Andi Gladwin
& Joshua Jay
523

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CONTENTS
CONTENTS
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
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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VOLUME 3
BY
Andi Gladwin
& Joshua Jay
1059

4/30/12 5:44 PM
Photo by Arto Airaksinen
4/30/12 5:44 PM
CONTENTS
CONTENTS
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
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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“Creativity is contagious. Pass it on.”
—Albert Einstein
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