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This is PRECURSOR C and is published in May 2006. PRECURSOR is edited by William P. Miesel and is published by unikorn magik. The editorial offices are at 2215 Myrtle Street. Erie.

Pennsylvania, 16502-2643 (phone 1-814-454-8802). unikorn magik can be reached through Ed Eckl, "Clutter Cottage," 3 Gregg Street, Beverly, Massachusetts, 01915-2913 (phone 1-978-9279388). This final PRECURSOR is issued as a Thank You for the support we received from all of our subscribers.

"Pseudo Brain-Weave" by Gary Plants is a very practical handling of Alex Emsley's "'Brain Weave."

In "Fault Lines," Robin Robertson expands upon idea presented by Reinhard Miiller in "N X M Divination" in Precursor LVIII and LAI'.

Marty Kane's "Ten-Ace - Anybody?" is a card discovery based on a tennis story and the Williams sisters.

Cushing Strout's "Perceptive Power of the Queens" is a Bizarre Presentation of "Aces for Connoisseurs" and a version of his "From Bicycle to Sword" in Precursor ATTthat is performed with a Tarot Deck.

In "Creativity & Mario's Mental Topper," Paul Gordon provides his thoughts on Ed Mario's "Mental Topper" from New Tops, Vol. 6 #4, starting out with a short essay on Creativity.

In "Zoo Story," Marty Kane finds three Australian animals using Gene Finell's "Free Cut Principle" and the "Down/Under Deal."

Robin Robertson gives us a triple coincidence. "Trinity Affinity," which expands Peter Duffie's "Deal-Mix" from two piles to three.

"SATO by Kato" is a variation of the popular "CATO" principle that Hideo Kato has discovered where shuffles replace cuts.

In "Lyin' King" by Tom Craven, a spectator inserts two rookie Mounties on either side of any card in a face down fan, which turns out to be the criminal.

"Elevator Tag" is Ed Eckl's presentation and climax to Ed Mario's "Penetration" or "Elevator Cards" as it is known today. This routine dates back to Ed's performing days from the fifties to the eighties.

In My "Bi-Color Transposition," the two cards that transpose each has a different color back and face.

William P. Miesel

February 14,2006

PSEUDO BRAIN-WEAVE This is an easier handling of Alex Emsley's "Brain Weave" in the Complete Works of Alex Elmsley.

Set-Up: Bring twelve cards that spell with exactly twelve letters to the back of the face-down deck.

Editor's Note: If this is a prearranged set-up, then it might be a good idea to have a key card, such as a Breather Crimped card, directly under this packet of cards.

1. Cut off the packet of twelve cards from the top of the deck and hand it to the spectator. Invite the spectator to shuffle this packet, thoroughly mixing these twelve cards.

2. When the spectator is satisfied that these cards are well-mixed, he looks at and remembers the top card of the packet and then returns it back face down on top.

3. Say, "It is very important that you remember your card. As an assist to your memory, silently, spell the name of your card and transfer a card for each letter in the name of the card from the top to the bottom of the packet. " 4. Since there are twelve cards, each of which consists of twelve letters, the selected card will return to the top of the packet at the conclusion of the spelling.

5. While the spectator is going through the spelling procedure, bring your left thumb under the deck and pivot it face up. As the deck is coming face up, take it from above in the right hand between the fingers at the outer end and the thumb at the inner end.

6. Take back the small face-down packet from the spectator in your left hand and immediately obtain a little finger break under the selection on top of the packet.

7. In order to help in squaring the spectator's face-down packet, the right hand with the face-up deck comes over the top of the face-down packet for just a second and steals the face-down selection under it.

8. As the hands separate, the left thumb goes under the small packet and pivots it face up.

9. Straddle Faro the small packet into the center of the larger packet. It does not matter if the cards weave perfectly or not; this is actually a "Butt Shuffle." The cards are left in a "Partial Faro" with the small packet in-jogged. Be careful not to expose the reversed card on the back of the deck.

10. The right hand now takes the telescoped deck from the front end and turns it around so that the small packet is now out-jogged from the front of the deck.