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Introduction
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Svengali Toss —
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Introduction
Introduction
And as II sit here, wondering in what grammatical dimension I must reside in to get away
with starting a manuscript with the word ‘And.’
My internal alarm bells ring... I look towards the clock and see it’s display of
of that
enigmatical number again. 23:23.
They say that you should look with your eyes, not with you hands... In this manuscript I
intend to explore a few ways in which you will allow your spectator’s to feel with their
eyes.
You’ll
You'll note my use of
of aa common phrase throughout my works; “It is an artist’s job to
provoke emotion.”
With this manuscript, I intend to look at some other routines that allow you to really
connect with your spectators, storyboarding your effects and using the wording to allow
the participants to feel that the routine is relevant to them, or just draw the participants in
when in a more intimate environment.
So, without further a due, II am proud to welcome you to my latest works; ’23:23
’23:23 a
Collection.’
Collection. ’
Sylla-Code
Sylla-Code
Many mentalists including Anneman, Cassidy and Grant have explored the two-person
code and in more recent times Max Maven, who’s heavily inspired this routine with his
“Burnt offerings” which is a very unique two-person code from his Blue book of
of
mentalism.
This code also requires a small extra item, a pad on which you will draw the 55 ESP
symbols we’ve all come to know and love, namely the circle, cross, three wavy lines,
square and five pointed star.
This could of
of course be done on the fly if
if a pad is on stage, or for close up instances it
could be drawn on a napkin.
The reasoning for this is so that the spectator can select one of
of these symbols silently.
The assistant is blindfolded or asked to stand back to back (or cheek to cheek to coin a
phrase) with the spectator.
Banachek phrase) spectator.
Now, in a moment I am going to ask you (the spectator) to silently select any of
Now, of the five
five
standard Zenner symbols and my assistant here is going to attempt to divine this
selection!
Ok,
Ok, could you please
please point
point to one of
of these symbols for
for me...That’s perfect,
perfect, thank you!
The code is in the script above. The reason I’ve named this effect Sylla-Code because it
works on syllables.
Don’t worry!
worry! It’s not a set of
of complex algorithms, but it could be made more complex
with more than five options, I feel that the five options would be fine for a casual
performance however.
That’s the code. Look at the number of of syllables in that quick phrase, it’s five syllables,
which equates to the star —
– the fifth symbol in the Zenner sequence.
1—
– Circle —
– “Great!” (One Syllable)
2—
– Cross —
– “O.K!” (Two Syllables)
3—
– Wavy Lines —
– “Fantastic!” (Three Syllables)
4—
– Square —
– “That’s Wonderful!” (Four Syllables)
5—
– Star —
– “That’s Perfect, Thank You!” (Five Syllables)
You should note that the above pleasantries are just as examples, I’ll use a variety of
of
different phrases, depending on the people I’m performing to. The key is the number of of
syllables in the phrase, which is a very simple idea to adhere to.
I just look forward to the day that somebody comes to me with a set of
of 52 phrases
relevant to a thought of
of card effect!
effect!
I’m aa fan of
of instant stooging. There, I said it!
it!
In my opinion, you can create a very good relationship with aa member of of the audience,
allow them to feel special and have a great time while still retaining an amount ofof
mystery and creating a phenomenally baffling effect for all the other spectators...When
it’s done right.
This is to incorporate a simple stooging technique to the routine. This could be used to
nd
play as a 22™ phase.
I must add credit to Luke Jermay for this, he didn’t create instant stooging by any means,
but it was his work that inspired this twist on the plot. The tapping inconspicuously goes
to Banachek with his PK touches routine.
You will bring 2 spectators up to the stage, your partner will stand at one edge of
of the
stage looking after the first —
– she will be holding the pad with the symbols drawn upon it.
You will be standing on the other side of of the stage with your spectator who you explain
will read the mind this time. You even blindfold them to make it impossible to catch a
glimpse of
of anything. (I think this is quite important, I’ll
I'll explain why in a moment!)
You will have the sign chosen and use the code as before, but this time, rather than you
naming the sign, you will say to your spectator:
“Ok,
“Ok, so a symbol has been selected,
selected, it could be the circle,
circle, the star,
star, wavy lines –— Any of
of
the 5.
5. You’ll feel
feel something that will just
just tell you that this is the right symbol,
symbol, you'll
you’ll just
just
get a feeling
feeling that it’s right —
– The square,
square, the circle,
circle, the wavy lines.
lines. Please tell the
audience,
audience, which did you feel feel is the correct sign?”
The reason I’ve ‘bolded’ the word circle above is that you are going to give the signal to
your spectator that this is the correct sign by tapping them quickly on the back at the
point that you say this word each time. I do it twice in case they miss it the first time —
–
They usually click on the second time and will usually acknowledge what you’re doing.
Don’t worry though; the audience won’t catch on to this!
this!
I tap them about 3 times quickly and just hard enough for them to notice that you’re
doing it on purpose rather than just brushing off
off them!
them! Don’t hit them too hard though,
that would be bad.
As for angles, we all know that it’s bad manners to stand with your back to the audience,
here especially as you’Il
you’ll reveal what you’re doing!
doing! It should just look like you’re
standing slightly behind your spectator as you gesture and talk.
I mentioned the importance of of a blindfold earlier; this is simply to heighten the other
senses. If
If they can’t see, they are much more receptive to touch. So it’s just a safety net!
net!
If
If the spectator doesn’t quite get it, don’t worry, try again or if
if all else fails you can still
reveal as the climax as you know what sign it is.
The
The Svengali
Svengali Toss
Toss -- Remastered
Remastered
The following is my take on the classic Tossed out deck made popular by David Hoy.
While I’m sure this must have been done before, I’ve not seen it in print and feel that the
bonus notes are worth looking at!
at! I’m happy to add credits to the product page of
of my site
to reference anyone that should be mentioned here.
“As
“As you can see,
see, all the cards are different.
different. Is there any one in who plays
plays cards? You sir,
sir,
are you familiar
familiar with the idea of a poker peek?
of poker peek? Yes,Yes, it’s usually done with a tabled pair of
pair of
cards and you simply pull
pull up on the corner gently so that you can see your card and no
one else can.”
“I’m
“I’m going to wrap some bands around the deck to make this peek
peek easier.”
The deck is passed to a spectator who will peek one card from the face up deck. (face
down would show an indifferent card!) They are asked to pass on the deck 5 seats until 3
spectators from various places have seen aa card.
“Ok,
“Ok, you all remember your cards? Could you please
please stand up for
for me? Thanks.
Thanks. II am
going to in aa moment name 3 cards,
cards, if
ifyour card is named, please sit down!”
named, please
The method behind this is very simple, as long as they peek the card from the face up
deck, they will always see the force card. The rubber bands stop the deck from being
looked through and as long as the script is followed (and the force card is one of
of the 3
you name) the spectator’s will always sit down!
down!
Notes:
Notes:
The classic tossed out deck by David Hoy was the same as the above routine, but used a
one-way force deck. It’s a great routine and can be picked up in various publications,
though I’ve seen ebooks dedicated to the subject.
I always carry the effect Bang-On in my jacket; it’s an ‘any named card in wallet.’ It’s
very direct and very powerful. Again, this is aa Marc Oberon product!
product! Marc uses Bang-On
mainly as an out for an effect where he genuinely guesses which card the spectator is
thinking of.
It’s perfect as an out for the tossed out deck in case some naughty spectator feels that
they would like to name aa totally different card when you ask them why the haven’t sat
down!
down!
“Are
“Are you sure you saw that card? You must be mistaken as that card is the only one not
in the deck,
deck, I keep it in my wallet here...”
Altered – Signed
Altered — Signed Coin
Coin Disfigurement – Version
Disfigurement — Version 1
1
Effect: A coin is borrowed from a spectator, is dated on one side and the spectator’s
initials are written on the other.
The Coin is placed in the spectator’s own hands in a sandwich manner. They begin to feel
the coin warm up, it starts to twitch and the spectator can feel it warp and bend in their
hands.
When the spectator’s hands are opened, the newly bent coin is apparent. The magician
shows it on either side and the date and initials are still intact and the coin is handed back
to the spectator to keep as a souvenir.
Preparation: A coin must be bent preceding the performance; the main concept involves
switching the borrowed coin for this pre-bent coin.
A coin has been included along with a small magnet and some wax. You must write the
date of
of the performance on the outside of
of the bent coin and wax the small magnet on one
half of
half of this side, per the photo below.
You must also wear a more powerful magnet on your wrist; alternatively a PK ring will
suffice. When using a PK ring, I will secretly remove it from my finger to lay it flat out
on my fingers, clipping it as it is more powerful this way.
Method:
Method:
You must have your gimmicked coin in an easily accessible place so you can grab it into
a right hand (if
(if left handed like me, or left hand if
if right handed. You must write on the
coin in the following stages,) finger palm position as you begin this effect. I place it into
the same pocket as my sharpie as then I can steal the coin as I bring out the pen.
You will borrow a coin from a spectator matching the one you have bent. I often carry
around a few ready to go coins ofof different denominations in case nobody has a 1010 pence
piece on them. If
If your not willing to invest in a few more little magnets, you could
always explain that it must be a 10
10 pence as there is an unusual property to the metal. If
If
you use a different currency, you can adjust the patter to fit.
So, at this point you will have a borrowed coin in your left hand and will appear to reach
into you pocket to retrieve your pen. In reality, you are retrieving your pen, but you also
steal your gimmicked coin into a finger palm.
You will now sign and date the coin for future reference.
I’m left handed, so I have the pen in my left hand and the coins in my right. All I do to
get to this position is switch the borrowed coin from my left with the pen from my right
hand as I open the lid ofof the pen. Nothing sneaky there, but I feel it’s best to cover every
motion.
Now the coins are held as in the photo below and you’re ready to begin the marking of
of
the coins.
You remember that you have written the date on the outside of of the bent coin, so you must
have the blank inside facing you ready to write on their initials. It is good practice to
write the date on the same side of
of the borrowed coin, in case you have any very observant
spectators.
You begin by saying that you are going to mark the coin for future reference, in that you
ask the date —
– I often pretend like I’m unsure and either way the outcome is as predicted.
You write the date on the borrowed coin.
Then you must turn over the borrowed coin in your hand and ask for their initials. When
they answer you, you should write this on the blank side of
of the bent coin.
So now you have a borrowed coin with the date written on one side and a bent coin with
the date and their initials written on it in your right hand and the pen in your left.
To ditch the borrowed coin you will reach over with your right hand to remove the lid ofof
the pen from it’s bottom and replace it on top and place the pen in your left hand side
pocket. As you remove the lid you should transfer the borrowed coin to your left hand
secretly and ditch this also in your pocket.
Now you are left with just the bent, signed coin in your hands. The next step is to place
the coin in their hands and bend it.
You will ask the spectator to hold out one ofof their hands and pinching the coin at the
bend, will place it in their hand magnet side down and ask them to sandwich it with the
other hand. This is illustrated below. Ask them to keep their hands absolutely still during
the effect, I often say that it might not work if
if they don’t.
Don’t worry about them realizing the coin is bent. You’ve not told them what’s going to
happen yet and people just won’t notice, as they’re not used to holding a coin in this
fashion.
Now it’s all about presentation and making them believe they’re feeling the coin bend,
not just move. The best way to do this is to first suggest to them that they will feel their
hands getting warmer and as they begin to react change your patter to tell them that it’s
the coin getting warmer. People naturally associate this heating with bending and when
the coin starts to ‘warp and bend’ they have to circum!
circum! I have my hands over theirs as if if
I’m focusing my energy into this particular place.
All you must do from here is wave your hand closer to theirs and the coin will move
because of
of the magnet you are wearing. I tend to use my PK rig in the flat out method
mentioned before. It’s easy to slide a ring on and off
off the finger with one hand withaa little
practice; alternatively you may just use a wrist worn magnet.
Once they are suitably freaked out, you may show your hands empty and get them to
slowly lift off
off their top hand. They will see the bent coin and react heavily to this, you
must gently remove it from their hand before they do and see the magnet!
magnet!
This is a very simple to perform, yet powerful effect which the emphasis is on the
performance, but is a simple enough idea to convey. You don’t necessarily have to have
the coin signed and you don’t necessarily have to say anything. In a foreign speaking
country you could walk up with a coin, place it in someone’s hand and they will feel it
bend. The suggestion in this effect is not the basis on which they feel the coin bend, but
merely an emphasis. The strength ofof using the magnet concept is that everyone will feel it
happen, that’s the key.
Shift 2.0
This routine is an evolution from the original Shift routine from my first book "Proximity
Effects."
Required Props: To perform this effect you will need a double backed card, if
if you do
not have one you can quite easily make one by gluing 2 cards face to face.
As well as the double backed card, you will also need a duplicate of
of the card you are
going to force them to choose.
This should be placed face out (so that the face is revealed first) where ever you wish to
produce it. I usually use my breast pocket, perhaps my wallet or an envelope, which has
been lain on the table from the start.
Method: There are a few different parts to this routine. These are as follows:
- The Force
- The Signing
- The Vanish
- The Production
- The Signature Revelation
I'll begin by explaining the force I tend to use, I've explained this in my previous work
and it's also covered by a number ofof different sources.
This is the force I use the most in my performance and I've yet to be caught out. The
photo’s are of
of a very exposed view, naturally!
naturally!
The below photo’s demonstrate the force, you simply ask a spectator to stop you at any
point during your riffle through of of the cards. Instead of
of cutting directly to the real
selected card, you retain the top card and slip it down onto the bottom packet. The top
‘force’ card now looks like aa totally random selection.
Any force will work though as long as you can retain the double backed card on the top
after the card has been taken.
Now that the correct card has been selected, it must be signed.
I take quite the un-orthodox route with having cards signed for this routine, I ask for a
signature on the back ofof the card.
The real reason for this will become apparent later on, the reason I tell my spectators is
that by signing on the back it's creates a totally unique card, different from all the other
cards in the deck, a unique face and now aa unique back.
Aside from being a reasonable explanation, you'll note that it also suggests that there are
no other cards with the same face in play. I feel this is something important to note, but in
a subtle way.
The card has been signed and is taken back by the magician - it doesn't matter if if he sees
the value in this trick, I'll often explain as I place the card face up on top of
of the face down
deck. The signed card sits upon the double backer.
From here we do the vanish. The vanish used is a variation on the classic colour change
ala Erdnase.
"You
"You know why use magicians are often banned from
from casinos?"
"You
"You cheat?"
At this point you will push your hand forward, following the approximate motion that the
Erdnase colour change does, sliding the card off
off into a classic palm to show the
spectators.
"Ok,
"Ok, watch - hold out your hands,
hands, get ready to catch the card in case I drop it!"
Here you will mock the exact same motion, but instead of
of palming off
off the selection you
perform an Erdnase colour change ending with the double backed card on top ofof the face
up selection.
This is the important bit - you must allow them to believe that the card is really in your
hand and take your time.
Allow it to go aa little quieter and gently 'drop' the non present card onto their waiting
hands - obviously there is no card in your hand, but if if you jerk your hand down a
millimeter and spread your closed fingers open, it looks as if if the card vanishes in mid air.
I make a note to now show my hand empty, still in silence and slowly reach up to my top
pocket, pulling the card out very slowly, allowing the anticipation to build.
"Yes!"
"Yes!"
"And
"And can you also confirm that this is your signature?"
This is the point at which aa triple lift is done, literally just to flip the 3 top cards over as
one so that the spectator's signature is staring right up at them and you are now free of of
any reversed cards.
Final
Final Notes:
Notes:
As I mentioned, this routine is one that I do all the time. A variation on the vanish I've
just taught is Daniel Madison's half
half vanish, which puts the card into the right position but
rather than mocking picking up the card you can appear to just wave your hand over the
deck and the card will vanish one half
half at a time.
The standard Mexican turnover allows you to switch 2 cards of of the same back, a card the
spectator names with a joker for instance, where as ‘Turnover 23’ allows you with the aid
of
of a double backed card to appear as if if you have aa different backed prediction —
– thus
giving aa really fair prediction effect.
I used to use this routine with a 5-way force deck and using the fishing taught in my
effect ‘Cold’ from the book ‘Proximity Effects.’ I found that this just wasn’t very logical;
the 5-way force deck isn’t necessary, though it makes your location job easier, it means
that a card has to be selected rather than the freer naming of
of a card.
Also, if
if there’s a prediction on the table which you know is their card —
– why would you
have to read their thoughts?
Effect:
A card from a different deck is laid on the table as a prediction. The spectator is asked to
name the first card that pops into their head on the count of
of 3. The magician flips over the
card at arms length to show that is matches perfectly!
perfectly!
Preparation:
You will have the deck set up with a joker on the top of
of the deck —
– You could if
if you
wished use a brand new deck still in order to make your location of
of the named card
easier.
I suggest looking up the Mexican Turnover however — – It’s described in various books,
it’s in “Giobbi’s Card College Vol. 4” though Conradi described the so called "Mexican
Turnover" in his Der Moderne Kartenkunstler (1896) on page 16 16 under the title “The
American Strong Trick.”
That’s the furthest back reference to the move I could find, though it could be older!
older!
Method:
Method:
Once the card is named you can cover having to locate their card like so:
“The
“The 4 of
of clubs? Is there any reason you chose that card? — – Let me just
just grab a joker
joker here
– Do you live at number 4 or born of
— of the forth?
forth? So it was a totally random choice?
Interesting...”
I’ve found that through adding the joker line in the middle of
of something else allows
people to take note of
of what you’re doing, but not really question it as you’re asking
things and very much in command.
You’ve found your selection, so place it on top and double lift to show the joker you have
pre-placed.
“I
“I don’t want to even touch the card,
card, so we’ll use the joker
joker to flip
flip it over at arm’s
length!”
You need to slide the selection in your hand (they believe it’s a joker), face down of
of
course, under the bottom right corner of
of the card from your perspective and begin to flip
it inwards. So the long left hand edge retains contact with the table.
As the card flips, you need to grasp the double backed card and drop the selection letting
it flip face up, and continue flipping the double backed card over to reveal the back
matching the deck.
To the spectator it should look simply as you have used the indifferent card to flip over
the different backed prediction.
The illusion is perfect as they see the indifferent back vanish and the face appear, while
the same back is constant.
After the amazement has set in from your spectator’s that you knew all along what card
they would merely think of, take the card and place it face up on the face down deck. It’s
now sitting directly above the double backer, so if
if you double lift, you can show that the
card ‘really does’ have the different back. You shouldn’t draw attention to this though, if
if
it were a card from a different deck —
– you wouldn’t stress that it has a different colour
back.
You have flipped the cards so now the different backed card is on top of
of the deck, just
take this off
off and place it back in your pocket!
pocket!
If
If you slide the top card now into the middle again, you’re reset!
reset!
Final
Final Words:
Words:
The following people have all been very influential in different ways and I wish to thank
them all:
Lola Lenore | Chris Lafferty || Dominic Reyes | Ben Williams | Marc Oberon | Daniel
Madison | Brad Christian | Chris Schuh | Steve Fearson | Jay Crowe | Aaron Smith |
Andrew Mayne | Arthur Emerson | Owen Packard | Liam Montier | Brandon Wolf Wolf | Death
Metal | China One| Apple | Adobe | Avril Lavigne | David Blood | David Leon | Tim
Trono | Justin Miller | Paul Zenon | Uri Geller | Erick Castle | Combichrist | Titanas
D.
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