Singapore's Harapan Ong has caused an online sensation with his technical abilities. Videos began to circulate some years ago showing a pair of hands doing extraordinary things. His style is natural, unassuming, and soft. But Aces appear, selections transpose, and magical things just seem to happen in Harapan's hands.
Principia is our very favorite kind of magic book: the kind of book that you pour over every page, trying out each and every piece inside. EVERY single effect in the book (and there are 60 effects described) is practical, fun and radically new. You also receive a special packet of gimmicked cards to use for some of the effects.
The concept of Principia is a magic book fused with a scientific paper on physics. By day, Harapan is a physics teacher and he uses the same laser-focus and precision in both his career and his magic. The results are magnificent.
Harapan's specialty is the under-the-spread cull, and he has created several new techniques in association with this classic tool. The book also features impromptu magic, gaffed card magic, and dead-on easy tricks you can do the first time you try them. We predict that Principia will be the most talked-about card book of the year, and that it will be studied and returned to for many years to come.
Hard cover. 253 pages. Includes set of gimmicked cards.
"Wonderful!"
- David Williamson
"My favorite magician."
- Stephen Long
"Buy it!"
- Tony Chang
"Buy the book."
- Kevin Ho
"The most beautifully constructed card magic I've ever seen."
- Henry Harrius
Thursday, January 31, 2019
Marc Spelmann 2 Day set Complete Course Alakazam Academy Courses 28-29th March 2018
Marc Spelmann 2 Day set Complete Course Alakazam Academy Courses 28-29th March 2018
Bound by Joel Dickinson
If you only have time to do ONE card trick at your tables, BOUND should be a top contender for that spot.
All you need is an unprepared deck and some rubber bands around your wrist - Staple items for the close up magician.
With the tiniest bit of set up (it literally takes seconds as they're reacting to your last trick, or jok
e) you will be ready to perform an incredible, hard-hitting piece of pasteboard wizardry!
Here's the effect:
A card is selected and signed, it is cleanly lost in the deck, which goes into it's box. The box goes into your pocket. Like a master pickpocket, you can reach in and steal JUST their card, from the middle of the deck.
Here's where it gets exciting, you lose the card in the deck again and box it once more, but this time, you create an Alcatraz-esque prison for the deck with rubber bands, making the signed card's escape IMPOSSIBLE.
It's impossible to open the box, let alone find the card... Well, that is without your dextrous digits and the secret knowledge Joel will teach you!
With a nice bit of build up, you thrust your hand into your pocket, emergingwith the signed selection once more. In under two seconds. This second phase FRIED us when we first saw it, the method is so clean and so deceptive that it is completely impossible to catch.
- No palming!
- Stage and close up ideas included!
- Lock the box with other items, like tape or staples!
This trick will work as a final phase to any other signed card routine, but we recommend performing it as a stand-alone piece. The routining and interaction with the audience is a lot of fun and will lead to your tables asking for you to pull a business card out of your pocket so they can book you for their next event!
You're going to have a LOT of fun with this one - download it now and learn instantly!
All you need is an unprepared deck and some rubber bands around your wrist - Staple items for the close up magician.
With the tiniest bit of set up (it literally takes seconds as they're reacting to your last trick, or jok
e) you will be ready to perform an incredible, hard-hitting piece of pasteboard wizardry!
Here's the effect:
A card is selected and signed, it is cleanly lost in the deck, which goes into it's box. The box goes into your pocket. Like a master pickpocket, you can reach in and steal JUST their card, from the middle of the deck.
Here's where it gets exciting, you lose the card in the deck again and box it once more, but this time, you create an Alcatraz-esque prison for the deck with rubber bands, making the signed card's escape IMPOSSIBLE.
It's impossible to open the box, let alone find the card... Well, that is without your dextrous digits and the secret knowledge Joel will teach you!
With a nice bit of build up, you thrust your hand into your pocket, emergingwith the signed selection once more. In under two seconds. This second phase FRIED us when we first saw it, the method is so clean and so deceptive that it is completely impossible to catch.
- No palming!
- Stage and close up ideas included!
- Lock the box with other items, like tape or staples!
This trick will work as a final phase to any other signed card routine, but we recommend performing it as a stand-alone piece. The routining and interaction with the audience is a lot of fun and will lead to your tables asking for you to pull a business card out of your pocket so they can book you for their next event!
You're going to have a LOT of fun with this one - download it now and learn instantly!
Hive Mind by Matt Baker
A prediction is written down on a piece of paper but unlike most effects that begin this way, you let a spectator write the prediction. They choose a couple others to be involved and the spectator even chooses the outcome for each spectator. A lot of decisions are made and at the end everything is 100% correct. This is a mind blowing experience for the spectator that they help create.
-Uses ordinary items(coins,piece of paper)
-Works 100% of the time
-No difficult moves
-Uses ordinary items(coins,piece of paper)
-Works 100% of the time
-No difficult moves
Duct Tape by Blake Vogt
The audience names ANY playing card and it is inside your mouth behind a layer of duct tape.
You walk out on stage with duct tape wrapped around your face and scream at the audience to narrow the deck from 52 down to one card. When you take the tape off of your face, one card cleanly comes out of your mouth and when you unfold it, its their card. Every time, any card. No force. No magician's choice. Any card.
This has been Blake's favorite opening effect for the last 7 years and he performed it for millions of people on television in China. When you purchase this effect you will get a full video instruction tutorial as well as custom handmade gimmicks which allow you to produce 52 different outcomes from your mouth.
The gimmicks are made with red bicycle backs and please allow 2 weeks for shipping as each gimmick is handmade by Blake.
Max Maven LIVE ACT (Penguin LIVE)
“I have never seen a mentalist to compare with him.” –Dai Vernon
“The most creativ-e mind in magic.” –Orson Welles
“This man is dangerous.” -Muhammad Ali
Bulldog by Joel Dickinson
"I am super impressed by the thinking here. Wish I had thought of it!" -Matt Johnson
"Joel always comes up with practical, direct methods for strong effects and Bulldog is no exception." -Ben Williams
"The second I saw this, I knew I would be using it! It’s simple, versatile and soo damn clever! I absolutely love it, and so will everyone else! Get it! It’s GOLD!" -Jamie Daws
When choosing a closer for your card magic set, there are a few things to take into consideration:
You need this final effect to be incredibly powerful, memorable, impossible and it's REALLY nice if you can include a call back to the beginning of your set so your act comes full circle to give you an automatic applause cue and a resolved finish.
BULLDOG by Joel Dickinson ticks all of the above boxes. It can be used as a stand alone effect, or as the final phase to ANY signed card routine!
The best part is that it's SUPER easy to make with a couple items you already have at home, it resets in seconds and you can use the same gimmick over and over and over and over! (It'll take a long time to wear out, and when it does, it will take just a minute or two to make a new one!)
Here's what happens; you show two folded cards clipped together (use a bulldog clip, a paperclip, a peg - Anything!) at the beginning of your set. You isolate this 'prediction' in a wine glass, or leave it in the middle of the table as you proceed to perform your other favourite tricks.
As your set comes to a close you draw attention back to the clipped cards. You remove the clip (which is examinable, by the way) and open the first card. This card predicts the card that they selected at the top of the act! **Hit One**
You then open up the second card, or hand it to a spectator to open and unbelievably, it is the signed card that they saw lost in the deck just moments before! **K.O.**
Seeing Joel perform BULLDOG when we shot this was a dream come true - When you're shooting magic videos you NEED to be shooting the hardest hitting effects possible to get those HUGE reactions. BULLDOG definitely fit the bill and it was a lot of fun to see how FLOORED every group was when Joel closed his set with this!
A few things to consider:
- This will work with any deck of cards.
- Joel has worked this countless times, so you'll be learning everything you need to know to go out and perform this with a just tiny bit of practice.
- You don't have to use a bulldog clip, it could be anything that can hold two cards together.
- For mentalists, with a bit of thought this could easily work as a confabulation or prediction of any kind if you use business cards.
- The secret is diabolical, they will never figure this one out; it looks even better in person than it does on video.
Order now, download instantly, and learn your new favourite closer!
David McCreary LIVE ACT (Penguin LIVE)
"David is all at once disarming and devious. He will have you laughing all the way to astonishment. Don't let the goofy exterior fool you, let the magic do that." - Aaron DeLong
"David McCreary does the kind of comedy magic I love. HIs touches on his stage act are gold for anyone who wants to take their show from good, past great, to incredible." - Erik Tait
"David McCreary does the kind of comedy magic I love. HIs touches on his stage act are gold for anyone who wants to take their show from good, past great, to incredible." - Erik Tait
Des Fleurs (Of The Flowers) Lewis Le Val
In this exclusive ebook, you will find two of Le Val’s pet favourite routines, and one incredibly useful tool that he has used for years and not told anyone about! This is Des Fleurs.
The ebook begins with a short but thought provoking essay on how we perceive “method” in mentalism, and how much of a method can we dispose of, whilst still retaining the original, intended effect with all the impact.
Then, you will find “Tarot Des Fleurs”, a routine which uses tarot cards, but can be substituted for playing cards, ESP cards, photographs, business cards, etc. Completely hands off (you never touch anything, EVER) and with ZERO setup or preparation of any kind, Tarot Des Fleurs looks like the work of pure! After your spectator has shuffled the cards and selected one, not only can you provide them with a detailed reading, you can also reveal the exact card they are holding. All wrapped up in a beautiful presentation themed around the classic, “she loves me, she loves me not” flower game. Tarot De Fleurs is extremely easy to do (all you have to do is talk) and it can be instantly repeated.
Next up, “Dealing With Ghosts” uses the same concept as the previous routine, but the effect is completely different! Imagine this; You take a small amount of business cards and write a name on each one. These are the names of dead loved ones provided by audience members. Again, you could have a spectator write these so that you never have to touch anything, ever. Moments later, the mini seance begins and a spirit is silently called forwards by one of the cards being selected. No markings of any kind, you could even be blindfolded during the entire process. Suddenly, you make a connection, and you can reveal the name of the selected spirit! After this you begin to provide a reading based on what you sense about this person! Once again this routine requires absolutely no setup or preparation of any kind. Dealing With Ghosts is followed by a brief word on ethics, and a presentational idea for if you do not wish to use the real names of dead people. This too is extremely easy to perform, and can serve as a stand alone demonstration of spirit contact or clairvoyance.
Finally, you will find Le Val’s “Metaphysical Alphabet”. This is his wonderfully clever take on an established principle (building on the works of Ken De Courcy and Richard Webster). A beautiful reading system and flexible structure that you can begin using right away! It can be used by itself as a reading system, with no scripts to memorise, or it can be used to enhance the routines in this ebook, as well as existing routines in your repertoire! If you like doing readings, you will love this. It can even be used alongside other similar systems that you may already be using.
PDF, 36 pages, instant download.
The ebook begins with a short but thought provoking essay on how we perceive “method” in mentalism, and how much of a method can we dispose of, whilst still retaining the original, intended effect with all the impact.
Then, you will find “Tarot Des Fleurs”, a routine which uses tarot cards, but can be substituted for playing cards, ESP cards, photographs, business cards, etc. Completely hands off (you never touch anything, EVER) and with ZERO setup or preparation of any kind, Tarot Des Fleurs looks like the work of pure! After your spectator has shuffled the cards and selected one, not only can you provide them with a detailed reading, you can also reveal the exact card they are holding. All wrapped up in a beautiful presentation themed around the classic, “she loves me, she loves me not” flower game. Tarot De Fleurs is extremely easy to do (all you have to do is talk) and it can be instantly repeated.
Next up, “Dealing With Ghosts” uses the same concept as the previous routine, but the effect is completely different! Imagine this; You take a small amount of business cards and write a name on each one. These are the names of dead loved ones provided by audience members. Again, you could have a spectator write these so that you never have to touch anything, ever. Moments later, the mini seance begins and a spirit is silently called forwards by one of the cards being selected. No markings of any kind, you could even be blindfolded during the entire process. Suddenly, you make a connection, and you can reveal the name of the selected spirit! After this you begin to provide a reading based on what you sense about this person! Once again this routine requires absolutely no setup or preparation of any kind. Dealing With Ghosts is followed by a brief word on ethics, and a presentational idea for if you do not wish to use the real names of dead people. This too is extremely easy to perform, and can serve as a stand alone demonstration of spirit contact or clairvoyance.
Finally, you will find Le Val’s “Metaphysical Alphabet”. This is his wonderfully clever take on an established principle (building on the works of Ken De Courcy and Richard Webster). A beautiful reading system and flexible structure that you can begin using right away! It can be used by itself as a reading system, with no scripts to memorise, or it can be used to enhance the routines in this ebook, as well as existing routines in your repertoire! If you like doing readings, you will love this. It can even be used alongside other similar systems that you may already be using.
PDF, 36 pages, instant download.
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