Modern Magic Manual

Modern Magic Manual
Author: Jean Hugard
Publisher: Scrawny Goat Books
Total Pages: 372
Release: 2022-05-04
Genre:
ISBN: 9781647644505

From the pen of one of the handful of magicians ever to be officially declared as "Dean of Magicians" by the Society of American Magicians comes one of the most complete overviews of modern magic ever written. Containing detailed instructions for hundreds of sleights, illusions, and flourishes, the Modern Magic Manual will guide those already familiar with the basic concepts of conjuring to new heights of skill and perfection of the art. Find in this work the sleights, routines, and effects for items as varied as coins, balls, watches, silks, thimbles, rings, cigarettes, flowers, ropes, mentalism, cards-and even rabbit-out-the-hat magic! Filled with routines, patter, suggestions, and explanations of effects and devices used in everyday magic, this book provides a comprehensive rounding off to any magician's repository of skills and is a "must-have" for any serious amateur or professional prestidigitator. This new edition has been completely reset, contains all 273 original illustrations now digitally enhanced and enlarged, and a new index of tricks Contents Introduction by Julien J. Proskauer, Past President, The Society of American Magicians Foreword by Theo Hardeen, Brother of Houdini I. The Wizard's Wand II. Conjuring with Coins III. Wizardry with Watches IV. Magic with Rings V. Magic with Balls VI. Experiments with Eggs VII. The Linking Rings VIII. Silks and Sorcery IX. Conjuring with Cigarettes X. Cigar Conjurations XI. Thimble Thaumaturgy XII. The Birth of Flowers XIII. Ropes and Cords XIV. Magic with Money (Bills) XV. Out of the Hat XVI. Mental Magic XVII. Playing Cards Index of Tricks

Modern Coin Magic

Modern Coin Magic
Author: J. B. Bobo
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 386
Release: 2012-05-24
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 0486154238

The most complete treatise on sleight-of-hand coin conjuring, including best traditional methods and modern innovations. Guides you systematically from basic techniques, through integrated tricks to complete acts, 18 in all. 510 clear illustrations.

Jean Hugard's Complete Course in Modern Magic

Jean Hugard's Complete Course in Modern Magic
Author: Hugard
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 467
Release: 2018-09-15
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 163158247X

A Comprehensive Magic Overview from a Master Magician Do you want to explore the vast gamete that is the world of magic? Learn from a master in Jean Hugard?s Complete Course in Modern Magic. Detailed step-by-step instructions for each trick, often accompanied by diagrams, fill the book?s pages for you to expand your magician?s repertoire. No, your eyes don?t deceive you. Through this book, you can learn mesmerizing tricks featuring: Balls Coins Playing Cards Mental Magic Flowers Ropes and Cords Rings And Much More! This book is perfect for anyone interested in magic. Whether you?re an aspiring amateur magician putting your act together or a seasoned virtuoso, there is a little hint of magic for everyone in Jean Hugard?s Complete Course in Modern Magic.

Making Magic in Elizabethan England

Making Magic in Elizabethan England
Author: Frank Klaassen
Publisher: Penn State Press
Total Pages: 160
Release: 2019-12-11
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 0271085177

This volume presents editions of two fascinating anonymous and untitled manuscripts of magic produced in Elizabethan England: the Antiphoner Notebook and the Boxgrove Manual. Frank Klaassen uses these texts, which he argues are representative of the overwhelming majority of magical practitioners, to explain how magic changed during this period and why these developments were crucial to the formation of modern magic. The Boxgrove Manual is a work of learned ritual magic that synthesizes material from Henry Cornelius Agrippa, the Fourth Book of Occult Philosophy, Heptameron, and various medieval conjuring works. The Antiphoner Notebook concerns the common magic of treasure hunting, healing, and protection, blending medieval conjuring and charm literature with materials drawn from Reginald Scot’s famous anti-magic work, Discoverie of Witchcraft. Klaassen painstakingly traces how the scribes who created these two manuscripts adapted and transformed their original sources. In so doing, he demonstrates the varied and subtle ways in which the Renaissance, the Reformation, new currents in science, the birth of printing, and vernacularization changed the practice of magic. Illuminating the processes by which two sixteenth-century English scribes went about making a book of magic, this volume provides insight into the wider intellectual culture surrounding the practice of magic in the early modern period.

The Royal Road to Card Magic

The Royal Road to Card Magic
Author: Jean Hugard
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 319
Release: 2012-06-28
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 0486156680

DIVSimple-to-use book gives versatile repertoire of first rate card tricks. The authors, both expert magicians, present clear explanations of basic techniques and over 100 complete tricks. 121 figures. /div

Modern Magic

Modern Magic
Author: Professor Hoffmann
Publisher: e-artnow
Total Pages: 610
Release: 2020-05-15
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN:

"Modern Magic" is a treatise in book form, detailing the apparatus, methods and tricks used by the magicians and conjurors. It was the first book in the English language to really explain how to perform magical feats. The treatise contains advice on the appearance, the dress and the staging of a magician. It then goes on to describe many tricks with playing cards, coins, watches, rings, handkerchiefs, dominoes, dice, cups, balls and hats, and concludes with a long chapter of miscellaneous tricks, including magic with strings, gloves, eggs, rice and some utility devices. The penultimate chapter describes large stage illusions, and the final chapter contains advice on routining a magic show, as well as more advice on staging.

Field Manual for the Archaeology of Ritual, Religion, and Magic

Field Manual for the Archaeology of Ritual, Religion, and Magic
Author: C. Riley Augé
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Total Pages: 276
Release: 2022-07-08
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1805399063

By bringing together in one place specific objects, materials, and features indicating ritual, religious, or magical belief used by people around the world and through time, this tool will assist archaeologists in identifying evidence of belief-related behaviors and broadening their understanding of how those behaviors may also be seen through less obvious evidential lines. Instruction and templates for recording, typologizing, classifying, and analyzing ritual or magico-religious material culture are also provided to guide researchers in the survey, collection, and cataloging processes. The bulleted formatting and topical range make this a highly accessible work, while providing an incredible wealth of information in a single volume.

Herrmann the Great's Wizard Manual

Herrmann the Great's Wizard Manual
Author: Alexander Herrmann
Publisher: Courier Dover Publications
Total Pages: 146
Release: 2020-03-18
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 048684675X

One of history's most acclaimed magicians provides clear and concise explanations of more than 100 tricks and illusions, including sleight of hand tips, coin and card tricks, and much more.

Jean Hugard's Mental Magic

Jean Hugard's Mental Magic
Author: Jean Hugard
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 75
Release: 2018-09-15
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 1631582461

Learn the Secrets Behind Mind Tricks and Mental Mysticism with Cards Learn the Secrets Behind Mind Tricks and Mental Mysticism with Cards Looking to expand your magical repertoire? Want to entrance and confound your audience with amazing card tricks? Written by the great Jean Hugard, this classic magic manual to mind tricks with cards will teach readers some of the most unbelievable card tricks ever invented. Included within are sections on how to perform awe-inspiring card illusions that will captivate any audience, including timeless tricks such as The Three Heaps, The Trio, The Moving Finger, A Card and a Number, and many more! Hugard’s instruction provides the methodology needed to seamlessly execute each trick and wow your spectators. With a new foreword by Steve Cohen, master contemporary magician, this edition of Jean Hugard’s Mental Magic is perfect for any card magic lover, whether an aspiring magician or a professional, and is sure to inform and inspire.