This is the ulitimate blindfold act - it is done truly and totally blind! It doesn't matter how they blindfold you, because you can perform these feats without any vision whatsoever!
Eyeless in Gaza is a full-blown Blindfold Mentalism Act using a deck of cards and some strange power that operates independent of normal vision. This 20-30 minute act took Stephen Minch over eight years of research, thought and experimentation to include: several methods for Predicting the Position of a Card in a thoroughly mixed deck; Directing a Draw Poker Game; and Divining the Colors of Cards. Most of the act is conducted with two assistants from the audience, who are free to mix the cards thoroughly. Eyeless in Gaza is fully routined, fully described, fully illustrated and guaranteed to astound the audience every time.
Eight blockbusting routines from Australia's exciting close-up innovator!
Using coins and cards, these effects have their own special appeal. In Elevated Thought, a thought-of-card rises instantly to the top of the deck. A signed card is torn and restored in Simplified Matrix; and four coins are produced in Coin Fantasy with the last two produced as a double climax.
In all, eight effects add to your close-up repertoire.
Another blockbuster by Blake, crammed with usable material from yesteryear, including entire chapters on cards, cigarettes, coins, dice, matches, and matchboxes, as well as tricks using handkerchiefs, chalk, pencils, bottles, glasses and more. In fact - a potpourri of magical effects.
George Blake offers good, usable magic to suit the taste of almost any magician. This book details 103 tricks, stunts and gags which were long-forgotten, that can be put into the program of the modern performer. You're sure to find something different, something that hasn't been overworked by every other magician in the business.
The most prolific and most consistently published English magic author, Val Andrews has written on a large variety of subjects, all thoroughly researched.
His first-hand knowledge as a performer and writer developed from his appreciation of and contact with great magicians of the past and present. This is the story of his life: his dreams, loves and disappointments. He sprinkles it liberally with anecdotes about the early years, presenting a clear view of magical entertainment in the 1930s and '40s.
Also included are eleven of his favorite routines and there are two pages of professional hints and tips.
