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Books by Harry Lorayne Close-Up Card Magic • Personal Secrets • My Favorite Card Tricks Deck-Sterity • Best of Bill-Fooled The Hundred Dollar Book • Dingle’s Deceptions Reputation-Makers • The Great Divide • Tarbell #7 Rim Shots • Afterthoughts • The Epitome Location The Magic Book • Finger Fantasies • Card Animations The Card Classics of Ken Krenzel • Quantum Leaps Best of Friends, Volume I • Best of Friends, Volume II • Best of Friends, Volume III Star Quality • Trend Setters • Doug Edwards Packs A Wallop The Himber Wallet Book • Personal Collection Lorayne: The Classic Collection Volume 1 • Mathematical Wizardry Lorayne: The Classic Collection Volume 2 How To Develop A Super-Power Memory Secrets of Mind Power • Instant Mind Power Miracle Math • Memory Isometrics Course Mental Magnetism Course • Good Memory— Good Student! Good Memory—Successful Student! • The Memory Book Remembering People (The Key to Success) The Page-A-Minute Memory Book • Memory Makes Money Super Memory—Super Student • Ageless Memory The MEMORY POWER Package (sold on national television) Monthly magic magazine: Apocalypse, Bound Volumes I through IV Videos by Harry Lorayne “Best Ever” four-volume DVD set
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Harry Lorayne Photographs by Robin Chantawan Design & Composition by Andrew J. Pinard
Harry Lorayne, Inc. 62 Jane Street New York, NY 10014 U.S.A. harrylorayne.com
Copyright Š 2008 by Harry Lorayne, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form or by any means, which are now known or to be invented, without the written permission of the author.
Dedicated to all lovers of card magic and To my wife, RenĂŠe and my son, Robert.
Contents Preface......................................................................................................................ix
Reputation-Makers Foreword................................................................................................................... 3 The Card Sharp & The Four Gamblers............................................................... 5 Stranger Card Faro Locator................................................................................ 17 Super Location...................................................................................................... 21 Further Than Further Than That..................................................................... 26 The Magic Eraser................................................................................................. 29 To Catch An Ace #1............................................................................................. 36 To Catch An Ace #2............................................................................................. 38 To Catch An Ace #3............................................................................................. 41 To Catch An Ace #4............................................................................................. 46 To Catch An Ace #5............................................................................................. 49 To Catch An Ace #6............................................................................................. 54 Fourcefully............................................................................................................. 57 The Phantom Card............................................................................................... 59 Lorayne’s Move-A-Card, A La Moe................................................................... 64 Roll Your Own...................................................................................................... 67 Pseudo Memory #3............................................................................................... 72 The Lorayne Card Spin....................................................................................... 75 The Difference & The Sum................................................................................. 78 The HC Difference & Sum.................................................................................. 85 Tally-Ho!............................................................................................................... 86 Snap! Plus.............................................................................................................. 95 Half A Faro Onward.......................................................................................... 103 Circle Of Light.................................................................................................... 106 Lorayne’s Poker Deal #2......................................................................................113 The Australian Sixes.......................................................................................... 122 Four By Four....................................................................................................... 125 Ring On Stick...................................................................................................... 130 Card To Wallet.................................................................................................... 135 vii
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The Memory Magic Square............................................................................... 139 Instant Magic Square..........................................................................................149 The Flying Kings.................................................................................................151 The Pecking Bird................................................................................................ 157 The Color-Changing Deck.................................................................................162 Super Triple Change............................................................................................169 Faro Quickie & Follow-Up................................................................................. 173 Sandwich Locator............................................................................................... 177 Trampoline, The Second....................................................................................178 Spread-Pass Delay............................................................................................... 180 Behind-The-Back Force..................................................................................... 183 The Lorayne Double-Lift Breakthrough......................................................... 186 Evolution Of A Sleight....................................................................................... 190 The Scoop Change.............................................................................................. 193
Rim Shots Foreword............................................................................................................... 199 Chapter I The Flip-Up Double Lift................................................................................... 201 The Mind Boggler.............................................................................................. 203 The Half Force.................................................................................................... 209 Quick Crimp........................................................................................................211 A Fast Repeat Reverse.........................................................................................212 Half-Force Aces...................................................................................................215 Half-Force Open Prediction...............................................................................219 A Double-Cut Lap...............................................................................................221 The Chopstick One-Hand Cut.......................................................................... 223 A Unique Red-Black Shuffle............................................................................. 227 The Riffle Diffle................................................................................................. 229 The Super Riffle Diffle...................................................................................... 232 Three False Cuts................................................................................................. 236 The Retention-Of-Vision Cut............................................................................ 240
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Chapter II Amazing Prediction............................................................................................243 One-Hand Top-Palm Method........................................................................... 248 A Top Palm......................................................................................................... 250 A Multiple Palm.................................................................................................. 253 Controlled Spelling............................................................................................. 255 Cast A Triple Spell.............................................................................................. 259 Spell Again.......................................................................................................... 262 The Rockin’ Chair.............................................................................................. 264 The Ribbon-Spread Palm.................................................................................. 267 Deal Location...................................................................................................... 269 “Wired”................................................................................................................ 272 One-Hand Instant Crimp.................................................................................. 276 Chapter III The Lap Switch................................................................................................... 279 Color-Full............................................................................................................ 281 The Status-Quo Shuffle..................................................................................... 283 The Persistence-Of-Vision Control................................................................... 285 A Switch/Control................................................................................................ 289 The “Clipper” Switch......................................................................................... 292 One Of Four........................................................................................................ 296 Improvisation Location...................................................................................... 299 A Poker, Or 4-Card, Switch............................................................................... 301 Chapter IV Spectator-Challenge Aces................................................................................... 305 Any Ace Spell...................................................................................................... 308 Spell Mell..............................................................................................................310 Two Simple Controls...........................................................................................313 HaLo Aces............................................................................................................315 HaLo Again.........................................................................................................319 HaLo Mates......................................................................................................... 324
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Afterthoughts Foreword............................................................................................................... 329 Chapter I The Ultra Move....................................................................................................331 The Ultra Move For The Ambitious Card...................................................... 337 The Ultra Move And The Fast Pass................................................................. 339 The Ultra Sandwich Routine............................................................................ 340 Ultra Aces............................................................................................................ 343 Ultra Aces To Kings........................................................................................... 345 Ultra General Card (& Impossible Location)................................................... 348 Ultra Potpourri.................................................................................................... 350 Lorayne’s New Fan Steal.....................................................................................353 The Peek Lap.......................................................................................................355 Goin’ Fishin’........................................................................................................ 358 Snappy Flush....................................................................................................... 362 The HaLo Cut Cop............................................................................................ 365 The Spread Cop.................................................................................................. 367 One From Three................................................................................................. 369 Chapter II Double-Cut Series............................................................................................... 373 Easy Indicator.......................................................................................................376 A Flourish Deal.................................................................................................. 382 The Regal Royal Flush....................................................................................... 383 Fource................................................................................................................... 389 Any Ace Spell Variation..................................................................................... 393 Combination Aces............................................................................................... 396 The Lorayne Force Open Prediction................................................................ 400 Think Of Any Card........................................................................................... 404 An Instant 3-Card Location.............................................................................. 407 Chapter III Two-Gether Again..............................................................................................413
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The Square Reverse.............................................................................................416 The Fascinating Travelers.................................................................................. 420 Flash Reverse....................................................................................................... 425 Bust Out!............................................................................................................. 427 Match Up............................................................................................................. 430 A Riffle Shuffle Cop............................................................................................431 The Ribbon-Spread Grab.................................................................................. 434 TCAA #5, The Second...................................................................................... 437 The 29th Card..................................................................................................... 439 Tally-Ho Detector............................................................................................... 443 Tally-Ho Ace Locator........................................................................................ 447 Last Word........................................................................................................... 451
Preface As I wrote in the Preface of Volume 1, I’ve wanted to do this for a long, long, time. That is, re-write the books I’d written so many decades ago—update them, upgrade them, add to them, and so forth, and have them in one volume. That’s because, I write better now than I did all those years ago; I can make sure the effects/routines are taught in a better, clearer way. Well, it took a long time for me to be talked into doing volume one of LORAYNE: THE CLASSIC COLLECTION. It was quite an undertaking and I felt that it wouldn’t sell very many copies because so many people had the originals of CLOSE-UP CARD MAGIC, PERSONAL SECRETS, MY FAVORITE CARD TRICKS and DECKSTERITY (and THE EPITOME LOCATION). Well, happily, I was wrong; volume one sold many more copies, all over the world, than I thought it would—many more—and still selling. I had to re-print it in order to fill orders. As I look over that book, I’m not surprised. Forgive the immodesty, but I know of no other book, certainly not in recent decades, that contains as much, as many, terrific ideas/effects/routines. (It’s okay; I have a separate file for letters pertaining to my ego!) I thought “Okay, that’s it,” but people started to ask for volume 2! Asking that I do another volume (tome) that’d include … and they simply named all my other books. Well, there was room for only three books, the three that chronologically followed those in volume one. They are here, in the book you’re now holding. (Who knows? There may eventually be a volume 3.) Just as for volume one, besides re-writing, upgrading, etc., I’ve added some new ideas, but carefully, so as not to take away from the originality of the original books. I’ve added those thoughts and ideas in both the body of the effects, and in my Afterthoughts. Also, as in volume one, you’ll occasionally find the same, or similar, photos in different effects. I’ve done that purposely because there are times when I don’t want you to flip back through the book for a particular figure. Once I have your attention, I don’t want to lose it! I’m pleased with the outcome. To repeat from Vol. 1—I know that those who have the originals will still welcome this and I know that those who don’t have the originals are, in the opinion of so many, in for quite a treat. Welcome to Lorayne: The Classic Collection, Volume 2. Harry Lorayne xiii