Approaching magic

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Contents Foreword....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................1 Introduction .........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................5 A deck of cArds Flight Attendants .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 11 The 5280 Opener ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 16 Context ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................20 Off Beat Aces ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................22 Stand-Up Showdown .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................26 Going and Gone........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................35 Never There Aces ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................42 The Automatic Computerized Deck with Spell-Check.......................................................................................................................................48 Goodwill ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................53 Getting to Know You .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................55 Hidden Powers............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................60 Right & Wrong ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................63 King Back..............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................68 Conditions & impaCt .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................77 cocoA ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................83 luck...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................97 A hook up ...............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................111 Not Quite Dead .....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................116 The Haunted Pack ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 124 remunerAtion Visual Magic .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 129 Consolidation............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 131 An Attractive Vanish.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 136 A Quiet Good-Bye............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 142 Brass-Ackwards ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 147 Restored Credit....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 154 The Money Cup ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 159 Strolling Abroad................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 165 Laptop Printer .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 173 Paper Money ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 176

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more thAn A deck of cArds Illusion vs. Reality.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 185 Scratched............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 188 Ad Space ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 193 Character ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 197 The Curiously Strong Nest of Boxes .................................................................................................................................................................................................200 A Card at a Number...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 203 The Fifty-Fifty Deck..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 203 Doubly Stuck ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 207 Satan’s Sandwich ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 209 Sanitized for Your Deception ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 213 a Conversation with armando LuCero ...................................................................................................................................... 221 mentAlism Window Replacement ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................233 Thinking Ahead ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................238 Medicinal Value .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 243 Will the Socks Match? ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 246 Equiv-O-Cash ...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................254 One Thing Happens ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 259 Hotel 52................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 261 Simpatico ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 265 312 .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 271 312.5 ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 279 The Impossible Envelope ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................288 Porn in Your Pants ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 294 Special Bulletin....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 299 The Harlequin Book Test ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................306 Finding moments ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 315 pAcket mAgic Packet Tricks.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 323 Royal Jazz Quartet............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 324 Jewel Thief ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 329 The No-Extra-Card Version ...........................................................................................................................................................................................................334 The Eye Exam............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 339 A Progressive Swindle ..............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................344 Oil Slick ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................349 Not My Last Trick ..............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................356 Raising Kane............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 362

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seLF-working magiC ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 369 liquid refreshment Amstel Heavy ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 377 A Drinking Problem ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 381 The World’s Greatest Invention.................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 387 our secret Storytelling and Magic .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 399 Change For a Five ..............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................400 Exhibit A ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................405 See-Through Monte ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................409 sCripting................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 419 The Puppy Trick ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 432 three-piece BAnd Fear................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................445 The Power of Love ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................447 A Distant Ring.........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................453 In Darkness ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 461 Method and Effect ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 467 sleights with cArds A Control........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 471 A One-Hand Half Pass ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 473 The One-Hand Turnover Half Pass.................................................................................................................................................................................. 473 The Toss Pass............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 476 A Double Change .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................477 An Isolated Change ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................480 A Double Isolated Change ............................................................................................................................................................................................................... 481 An Oil & Water..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 482 The Follow the Leader Switch......................................................................................................................................................................................................................488 The Galileo Switch ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 490 The No-Switch Switch................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 493 A Fan of Herrmann’s.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 496 Doing Nothing ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 498 Ninety Degrees in the Shade ....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 498 Pulling a One-Eighty ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 501 In Conclusion .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................503

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