"The Magic Book" reveals the secrets of magicians, the simple techniques that will enable anyone to perform seemingly complicated magic tricks with relative ease. Clearly written and heavily illustrated, with over 200 illustrations in total, this book guides you through the basic principles of magic using only common household items: a deck of cards, coins, rubber bands, and even a potato. The author, after forty years of painful trial and error, provides simple step-by-step instructions for hundreds of amazing tricks that he has perfected.

Some of the secrets you will learn include: controlling the order of cards throughout any number of shuffles, pushing a straw through a potato, making knots evaporate, making coins pass through a handkerchief, predicting numbers that any spectator will give you, adding any 5-digit numbers instantly, and finding any card in a deck, shuffling the deck, and finding the card again. To help new magicians develop their techniques, the author, Harry Lorayne, provides a special "afterthought" section at the end of each magic trick where he discusses possible problems that most beginners have with the trick he has just explained.

In addition to the practical instruction, Lorayne provides the philosophy of magic as it has never been taught before. This book is a comprehensive guide that will enable anyone to perform amazing feats of magic with relative ease, using only common household items. The clear and detailed instructions, combined with the author's wealth of experience and the helpful "afterthought" sections, make this an invaluable resource for anyone interested in the art of magic.

product information:

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publisher

‎Clay Bridges Press; 2nd ed. edition (February 28, 2014)

language

‎English

paperback

‎320 pages

isbn_10

‎1935909983

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