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MAGIC WITH EVERYdAY ITEMS
READ THEIR MINDS
What you need: Some slips of paper, a pencil and
a hat. What the audience sees: You have dierent
persons call out names of famous people. You write
the names on pieces of paper. The papers are placed
in a hat, and a member of the audience is asked to
take one. He is told to read the name on the paper
and concentrate on it. You then “read his mind” and
tell him the name he is thinking of. SECRET: When
the audience calls out the names of famous people,
you merely write the same name on all of the slips.
It doesn’t make any dierence whip slip is selected:
you know what name is on it, because they are all
the same.
GUESS THE CARD
EFFECT: The magician shows three cards. He asks a
person remember one, mentally. The magician puts
the three cards in his pocket. He brings out two cards,
without showing them, then asks the spectator to
name the card he selected. The magician immedi-
ately brings the third card from the pocket. It is the
one the person chose. The trick may be repeated with
dierent cards. SECRET: Have two extra cards already
in your pocket. Note the three cards that you show
the person and remember their order when you put
them in your pocket. Note the three cards that you
show the person and remember their order when
you put them in your pocket. Bring out the two extra
cards, but do not show their faces. When the person
names his card, you can naturally produce it as you
have all three original cards in your pocket. You are
then ready to repeat.
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YOUR OWN TRICK DECK
Prepare your deck by dividing all the red cards from
the black cards. Now put the red cards on the bottom
of the deck and the black ones on top. Have someone
take a card, but watch which part of the deck they
take it from. Have them look at it and when they do,
close up the deck and fan it open again, fanning the
opposite part from which they took the card. Since
they are going to return a red card into a black section
( or visa versa) you can immediately name their card
and while they do so, casually shue the deck to hide
all evidence.
THE VANISHING PENCIL
The magician places a pencil under a handkerchief.
Everyone can see the shape of the pencil. Suddenly
the handkerchief is tossed aside and the pencil is
gone! SECRET: As soon as the pencil is under the
cloth, extend the forenger so that it holds up the
handkerchief and appears to be the pencil. The hand
is raised and the pencil drops down the sleeve. Then
the handkerchief is tossed aside and the pencil has
vanished.