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95The Definitive Sankey: Volume 1Cards & Props Part 1

MADELAINE’S MYSTERYDifficulty: yyyuu

EFFECT: Jay has someone select a card and return it to the deck. He illustrates the magical properties of a pencil by having a participant wave it over the deck, causing the selection to vanish from the deck and re-appear inside an envelope that has been on the table throughout the routine.

“But the most magical property of a pencil is its ability to erase,” Jay says. He then visibly erases the flap and seams from the envelope, leaving just a piece of paper in its place.

REQUIRED: A pay envelope that is bigger than a playing card, a large paperclip, a pencil with an eraser on the end, and a deck of cards with a duplicate card (say, Two of Spades).

PROP CONSTRUCTION: Cut the flap from the envelope and then tape it to the top of the duplicate Two of Spades. It should be affixed with the tape at the back of the card (photo 1). You may need to trim the flap a little to make it fit.

Cut out the front side of the envelope (the side without a seam) and discard the rest. This leaves you with a plain piece of paper. Hold up the card to the piece of paper and trim the paper so that it’s just a few millimeters wider and at least half an inch higher than the card (photo 2). Remove the card and then use the

pencil to lightly draw a fake flap on one end of the paper. It doesn’t need to be perfect, but does help sell the effect.

Place the card with the face against the side of the paper with the drawn-on flap and position the flap so that it extends over the

Just like “Mason’s Aces” (vol. 3, page 1475), this trick is named after one of Jay’s children. It’s a wildly original, practical and performable piece that completely fooled your authors after seeing Jay perform it.

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front of the paper. Slip the paperclip on top to hold everything in place and your gimmick is complete.

SETUP: Start with the envelope in view and the pencil in your pocket. The unprepared Two of Spades should be in a position in the deck to be forced (such as on top).

METHOD: Force the Two of Spades using whatever method you desire (a suitable force is the riffle force, page 48). Apparently lose the selection into the deck, really controlling it to the top.

Palm the top card and then reach into your pocket, leave the palmed card there, and come out with just the pencil. Explain, “A pencil can make a perfect magic wand. For example, it can make things appear, and of course, erase things and make them disappear.” Hand the pencil to the participant and have her wave it over the deck to apparently make her card disappear.

Place the deck on the table and then pick up the envelope gimmick, holding it in your right

hand with the thumb at the back and the fingers at the front. Remove the paperclip and place it on the table. Open the fake flap by pulling it all the way behind the card and hold it to the back of the card with your thumb as you pretend to pull the card from the envelope. Jay finds that it helps if you pucker the envelope a little by pushing with the thumb from behind, as this gives it a little more dimension instead of looking like just a sheet of paper.

After the participant has confirmed that the card is her selection, slip it into your pocket. Place the envelope down on the table (the side with the drawn-on flap facing upward) and take the pencil from the participant. You can now bring attention down to the envelope as you start to erase the flap from the envelope, apparently making the flap completely vanish.

The best way to illustrate the weird illusion is to pick up the piece of paper, tear it in half and hand the pieces out to two spectators, to show what the envelope has become.

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TRAVELING EXPENSESDifficulty: yyyuu

EFFECT: A borrowed bill is punched with four holes, one in each corner. Jay presents a challenge: how can you get all four holes in one corner? After a moment, he illustrates the way it can be done: by folding the bill so the corners are aligned.

Offering a more magical solution, Jay unfolds the bill, and now all four holes are punched in one corner.

REQUIRED: Two bills, a hole punch, and a thumbtip.

SETUP: Begin with a bill that has four holes punched in the same corner (photo 1). Fold this and place it inside your thumbtip. Have a hole punch at the ready.

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PERFORMANCE: Borrow a bill and invite a spectator to punch a hole in each corner (photo 2). Say, “What is the difference between a puzzle and a trick? I’ll show you.” Now pose the following riddle: “How can all four holes be in the same corner?”

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To illustrate the solution, take the bill and execute the bill switch. As you fold it, the answer is apparent: by folding the bill into quarters, all four corners are aligned. “But that’s a puzzle. This is magic.” Unfold the bill to reveal that now all four holes really are in the same corner.

One Hundred Dollar Miracles DVDCirca 2008

What begins as an illustration of lateral thinking becomes a subtle yet stunning effect using the bill switch. This effect contains a great Sankey in-line: “What is the difference between a puzzle and a trick?”

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MISSING EVIDENCEDifficulty: yyuuu

EFFECT: Jay takes a selected card and tears it into several pieces. He asks someone to write their initial on one of the pieces and then drops the torn pieces into the card box. “My fingers are so sensitive that I can find your initialed piece within the card box,” he says. True to his word, he quickly thrusts his fingers into the box and pulls out the initialed piece. “It was easy though,” he says. He then pulls out the only other thing in the card box: a restored card, with a section missing that perfectly matches the initialed piece.

REQUIRED: A deck of cards, a matching duplicate card (say, the Six of Clubs) and a marker pen. PROP CONSTRUCTION: Take the duplicate Six, bend it in half and tear out the middle of the card (photo 1). Put the torn-out piece to one side and then roughly crease the card in a few places to give the appearance that it has been restored from various pieces.

SETUP: Place the torn card in the card case with the deck. The unharmed Six of Clubs should be on top of the deck.

Have the torn piece palmed in your left hand.

The marker pen should start in your left trouser pocket, where it will provide a reason for you to ditch the torn cards later in the routine.

PERFORMANCE: Bring out the deck of cards, leaving the torn Six of Clubs inside the box. Place the deck in left-hand dealing grip, covering the small piece of card that you’re palming.

Force the top card of the deck (Jay uses the Hofzinser spread force as it naturally hides the palmed piece, see page 43) and then place the cards on the table. Take the Six of Clubs face up in your left hand and place it on top of the palmed torn piece.

Sometimes Sankey will alter the structure of an effect, and in retooling it, a different experience is achieved. In this demonstration, the Torn and Restored element becomes the surprise climax of a card trick. We love how altering the premise affords the element of surprise, an emotion rarely experienced in the Torn and Restored plot.

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Readjust the Six, gripping the torn piece against the back of the card with the left thumb (photo 2). Tear the card into thirds lengthways and then into thirds widthwise, always placing the torn-off pieces to the front of the packet so that the backmost piece is the secret piece that you prepared earlier. Appear to give a random piece of the torn card to the participant, but really hand him the prepared piece from the back of the pile.

Transfer the pieces to the right hand and then pick up the card box and hold it in left-hand

dealing grip with the flap at the top and the opening at the inner end (photo 3). Pretend to insert the pieces into the box, but really allow them to fall underneath the box into your left palm. Pick up the box with the right hand (leaving the torn-up card hidden in your hand) and immediately reach into your left pocket.

Drop the torn pieces and remove the pen from your pocket. Your focus should be on the card box during these actions to avoid flashing the pieces that you have hidden in your left hand.Hand the marker pen to your participant and ask him to initial his torn piece. As he’s doing this, regrip the case in your left hand with your thumb at the back and the fingers at the front. The opening of the box should be at the top, with thumb notch side of the box facing toward you (photo 4).

Pick up the participant’s piece and pretend to drop the signed piece into the card box, but really allow it to drop behind, gripping it with the left thumb (photo 5).

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Give the box a little shake and explain that you have enough sensitivity in your fingers to reach into the box and find the initialed piece. To remove the piece, dip your right fingers into the box, allowing the thumb to move down behind the box and drag the initialed piece up, acting as if you’re plucking it from inside the box (photo 6, from behind).

Explain that finding the initialed piece was pretty easy because you magically made all the other pieces come together. Slowly pull the card out of the box and show that the missing section in the middle of the card perfectly matches the initialed piece. The restoration is complete.

Revolutionary Card Magic DVD.Circa 2003

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DESTROYING CARDSJay has probably destroyed more playing cards than any other magician alive. Besides the United States Playing Card Company, another party benefits from this destruction: his audience. Jay believes that every time he tears a card in front of an audience, they sit up and take notice. In his experience, destroying a card just for them makes the situation special and permanent.

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COLLECTOR’S ITEM

EFFECT: Jay has a borrowed coin marked by its owner. He then vanishes the coin and reproduces it inside a sealed coin holder (photo 1), which has been inside an envelope that has been in view the entire time.

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REQUIRED: A coin sleeve (photo 1) big enough to hold a quarter (search for “Fold & Staple Coin Holder” to find these on the internet), a pay envelope and a marker pen.

SETUP: Fold and staple the coin sleeve (photo 1) and then cut a small slit through one layer of the plastic.

Place the prepared sleeve inside the envelope with the slit side facing outward (i.e. away from the flap) and upward.

PERFORMANCE: Place the envelope on the table, flap side facing upward. Have a quarter borrowed and initialled on one side. Make the coin disappear using any technique that you’d like. Jay uses his corkscrew vanish (page 912), ending with the coin in Tenkai pinch.

Pick up the envelope with your left hand and lay it on your right fingers. Reach under the right hand with your left fingers, drop the Tenkai-pinched coin onto the left fingers and then push it up onto the bottom of the envelope (photo 2). If you use a different vanish, you must ensure that the marking on the coin is facing the floor at this point in the routine.

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Open the flap of the envelope and then reach inside with your right thumb (photo 3). Drag the coin sleeve completely out of the envelope, also dragging the coin from below too, pushing

This is a strong closing piece…and you can’t say that about many coin tricks.

Difficulty: yyyyu

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the coin up against the underside of the sleeve with your right fingers. The end result is that the coin ends up under the sleeve but appears to the audience to be inside it (photo 4). Drop the envelope onto the table. This technique is similar to the classic Ed Marlo and Matt Schulien card box load that we’ve explored several times in this trilogy.

At this point the marking on the coin is facing downward. This provide motivation as to why

you remove the coin from the sleeve instead of leaving it sealed inside. Say, “You don’t seem to believe me that this is your coin. I’ll show you...” Push the coin upward, causing it to bust through the slit in the sleeve (photo 5), and then slowly turn the coin over to show the mark (photo 6). Hand your participant the coin and the sleeve and allow her to examine everything!

Revolutionary Coin Magic 2.0 DVD.2008

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PTUHUSTLER

EFFECT: Jay asks his participant to close her hand into a fist. He takes out some pool chalk, rubs it on his index finger and asks the participant to open her hand. She finds pool chalk all over her palm!

REQUIRED: Some pool chalk.

SETUP: Have the chalk in your right jacket pocket.

PERFORMANCE: Before you start the performance, subtly put your right hand in your pocket and apply some chalk to the tip of your index finger.

Ask your participant to hold out both hands, palm down and then take both her hands in yours, with your thumb on top and fingers below. Say, “Please hold them farther apart,” and assist in widening the gap between her hands. As you do so, rub your right index finger into her left palm to transfer some chalk from your finger.

Ask that she close her hands into a fist and state that you’ll use her hands as the pockets on a pool table. As an afterthought, say, “Actually, let’s just use one pocket; please raise one of your hands.” This is simply the magicians choice force and whichever hand she raises, follow up by saying, “Great, we’ll just use your left hand for this.”

Remove the chalk from your pocket and openly twist your right index finger into the chalk. Continue, “Obviously I can’t actually shoot a pool ball into your hand, but I can do something more interesting. Instead I’m going to shoot thousands of particles into your hand; namely this chalk.” Thrust your index finger toward the participant as if you are taking a shot. Take a step back and ask your participant to open her hand. She’ll find pool chalk dust all over her palm!

Sankey Unleashed.2004

This has become a popular trick of Jay’s for the simple reason that it’s an update of a classic: ashes on palm. If you find yourself in a billiard room or performing in an environment with pool tables nearby, this is a bewildering piece to use.

Difficulty: yuuuu

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MEASLES

EFFECT: An “infected” playing card is displayed, and Jay explains that this card has measles as he displays black spots all over the back of the card. He demonstrates the contagious nature of the cards by rubbing the infected card on uninfected cards, causing the measles to appear on every card he comes in contact with. At the end, every card in the pack is shown with measles.

PROP CONSTRUCTION: You will need a deck of cards and a double-backed card that matches the backs you are using. For “Measles,” it is advisable to use red backs as the black dots will contrast better with a lighter color. To prepare, draw circular black dots on the back of each card in the pack (photo 1). When you spread the pack at the end, the impact of all the dots showing in a spread is quite visually disarming (photo 2). Draw dots on one side of the double-backed card and leave the other side undisturbed.

SETUP: Place one card with “measles” in your breast pocket and place the double-backer on top with the normal side uppermost.

Since the effect is a closer and affects the

backs of every card, the best way to get into the effect is with a deck switch.

PERFORMANCE: “Believe it or not, playing cards, just like humans, can catch diseases. To give

The premise of this whimsical and offbeat effect is that a pack of cards, card by card, becomes “infected” with measles. This allows for some visual changes and a full-deck finale. This creative effect twists the color-changing deck premise into something wackier and, perhaps, more memorable. The effect is most powerful when used as a closer, in conjunction with a deck switch.

Difficulty: yyyuu

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you an example, here is a card infected with measles.” Take the isolated card from your breast pocket and display its back. As you do, secretly obtain a break beneath the top card of the deck.

“If I touch this card to an uninfected card, watch what happens.” So saying, display the back of the measles card in your right hand by holding it in end grip and tipping your right hand palm up slightly. Hold your hand next to the deck so that the spectators can see the contrast between the top, normal card and the measles card (photo 3).

Place the measles card in your right hand on top of the deck, immediately picking up the card above the break. Rub your hands together for a moment, and then lift the top two cards, as one, and rotate the right hand palm up to once again display the measles on the back of the card in your right hand. But this time, measles will show on both back surfaces (photo 4).

Turn your right hand back palm down and replace the double on top of the pack, injogged for half its length (photo 5). Contact the top card of the deck (beneath the double) with your right finger pads and push this card forward as you push the double square on top of the deck (photo 6). This is the Henry Christ alignment move. Release your grip of the double and swivel the outjogged measles card from the deck and drop it on the table.

Now deal off the top, face-up card and display both sides. The top card of the deck shows normal, as it should. You have successfully infected one card.

Repeat this process to infect two more cards, visually rubbing the measles card against the

top card of the deck, causing it, too, to get the measles. After each change, swivel out the infected card and deal it onto the tabled pile.

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infect three more using a different method. Turn the top face-up card face down and deal it on top of the tabled pile. Explain that you can rub the measles cards with your right fingers and transfer it by touch to an uninfected card. So saying, rub your right fingers on the tabled pile, and then execute the Erdnase color change to cause the top card of the deck to become infected. Deal this card onto the pile and repeat twice more, causing more cards to become infected.

To finish, execute a double turnover, but turn your wrist toward your body as you turn the double face up to prevent exposing the measles card beneath the cards you are turning over. Once the double is face up and square

on top of the deck, deal the top card into your right hand, again performing a wrist kill with the left hand to prevent exposing the dots on the back of the top card of the deck.

“Cards can even catch the measles long distance.” Wave the face-up card in your right hand over the tabled pile and then turn the card face down to show that it now has the measles. Then wave the deck over the pile and spread the cards face down. Every single card has become infected (photo 7).

Sankey 1999 DVD1999

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3The Definitive Sankey: Volume 1

THE DEFINITIVE SANKEYVOLUME 1

BYAndi Gladwin & Joshua Jay

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CONTENTSAcknowledgements ...........................................................................................................................7The Top Ten ......................................................................................................................................9How to Read This Book ..................................................................................................................10Introduction .......................................................................................................................................23

Sankey Essentials .....................................................................................29Double Turnover ........................................................................................................................31Mercury Card Fold ......................................................................................................................33Tilt .................................................................................................................................................35Erdnase Color Change ...............................................................................................................37Vernon Stripout Addition .......................................................................................................... 39Hofzinser Spread Cull ................................................................................................................41Hofzinser Spread Force ............................................................................................................. 43Flushtration Count ......................................................................................................................44Crossing the Gaze Switch .......................................................................................................... 45Twirl Change ................................................................................................................................46Optical Monte Switch .................................................................................................................47Riffle Force ...................................................................................................................................48Double Undercut ........................................................................................................................49Slip Cut .........................................................................................................................................51Necktie Second Deal ..................................................................................................................52BoTop Change .............................................................................................................................53Attitude Pocket Switch ...............................................................................................................54Cross Cut Force ...........................................................................................................................55EYE Count ..................................................................................................................................56Slop Shuffle ..................................................................................................................................57HaLo Cut ......................................................................................................................................58Tenkai Optical Revolve .............................................................................................................. 59Marlo/Schulien Box Load ......................................................................................................... 60Topper ...........................................................................................................................................61

CONTENTS

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Kaps Subtlety ...............................................................................................................................63Himber Vanish .............................................................................................................................64Striking Vanish .............................................................................................................................66Gallo Pitch ...................................................................................................................................67Pop-Up Move ..............................................................................................................................69Friction Pass .................................................................................................................................70Bobo Switch .................................................................................................................................71Two-Way Toss ..............................................................................................................................72

Cards & Props Part 1 ................................................................................73Airtight ..........................................................................................................................................75Airtighter ......................................................................................................................................78Through & Through ...................................................................................................................79Nailed ............................................................................................................................................81Paper Cloud ..................................................................................................................................83Bladerunner ..................................................................................................................................85Drop Zone ...................................................................................................................................87Special Delivery ...........................................................................................................................88Chain Gang ..................................................................................................................................90Clearly Impossible Transposition ............................................................................................. 93Madelaine’s Mystery ....................................................................................................................95

Sankey on Creativity .................................................................................97

Torn & Restored Card ..............................................................................103The Cardboard Contortionists .................................................................................................. 105Transfixed .....................................................................................................................................110Missing Evidence ........................................................................................................................112T-Bone ..........................................................................................................................................115Autopsy .........................................................................................................................................118Papercut ........................................................................................................................................120Belly of the Beast ........................................................................................................................122De-Crease .....................................................................................................................................124Piece De Resistance ....................................................................................................................127Green Thumb ..............................................................................................................................129Porous ...........................................................................................................................................130Price of Admission .....................................................................................................................132

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Jay Sankey: In His Words .........................................................................135

Close-up Mentalism Part 1 .......................................................................145Prediction Impossible .................................................................................................................147Memory Lapse .............................................................................................................................149Onion ............................................................................................................................................151A Very Good Year ......................................................................................................................153Undeclared Income.....................................................................................................................154Perfect Timing .............................................................................................................................155Colorblind ....................................................................................................................................157The Pagemaster ...........................................................................................................................159Printed Matters ............................................................................................................................162

Finger Rings .............................................................................................163Ring-a-Ding ..................................................................................................................................165Ring Around the Collar .............................................................................................................. 166Mercuring .....................................................................................................................................167Hellbent ........................................................................................................................................170To the Point .................................................................................................................................172Inside Job......................................................................................................................................174Stretching It ..................................................................................................................................176Tying the Knot ............................................................................................................................177Under the Influence ....................................................................................................................179

Body Magic ...............................................................................................183Shadowlands ................................................................................................................................185Eye Popper ...................................................................................................................................187Twinkle Toes ................................................................................................................................188

Paperclipped .............................................................................................191The Full View Switch .................................................................................................................193Paperclipped .................................................................................................................................195The Appearing Prediction ......................................................................................................... 197Four Disguises .............................................................................................................................198Paperclipped Premonition ......................................................................................................... 200Dollars and Cents ........................................................................................................................202Mona Lisa .....................................................................................................................................204Full Lotus .....................................................................................................................................206

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Switchless .....................................................................................................................................207Sympathetic PC ...........................................................................................................................209Closing Time ................................................................................................................................212Serial Killer ...................................................................................................................................213Non-Existent ...............................................................................................................................214

Essay: Concerning Magic as an Art Form ...............................................217

Wipe Clean Principle ................................................................................221Wipe Clean Principle ..................................................................................................................223Wipe Flash ....................................................................................................................................225Wipe Clean Principle With Cards ............................................................................................. 226Fact or Friction ............................................................................................................................228The Phoenix Effect ....................................................................................................................229

Ambitious Card Part 1...............................................................................231A Not So Humble Beginning .................................................................................................... 233Splat Production ..........................................................................................................................234Rubber Room Rise ......................................................................................................................236Face-up Finale..............................................................................................................................239Compact Closer ...........................................................................................................................240Leather Bound .............................................................................................................................241

Rubber Bands ...........................................................................................243Sure-Shot Vanish .........................................................................................................................245Simple Division ...........................................................................................................................246Dark Powers .................................................................................................................................248Heat of the Moment ..................................................................................................................249

Essay: Are Laymen Qualified Judges? .....................................................253

Bill Switch Part 1 .......................................................................................257The Bill Change ...........................................................................................................................259Real Magic ....................................................................................................................................262$0 Bill Switch ...............................................................................................................................263Traveling Expenses .....................................................................................................................264Genuine Counterfeit ...................................................................................................................265Strange and Stranger ...................................................................................................................267

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Public Assembly ..........................................................................................................................268Double Feature ............................................................................................................................269Strong Medicine ..........................................................................................................................271

Close-up Magic Part 1 ..............................................................................273Descendent ..................................................................................................................................275Bingo .............................................................................................................................................277The Cups Runneth Over ............................................................................................................ 279Hot Tomato .................................................................................................................................290Bouncing Baby.............................................................................................................................291Air of Mystery .............................................................................................................................292Seeing Red ....................................................................................................................................294Glass in Steel ................................................................................................................................296Extended Credit ..........................................................................................................................297Pulling the Wool ..........................................................................................................................299Choice Change .............................................................................................................................301Jagged ............................................................................................................................................303

Coin Sleights .............................................................................................305Flying Shuttle Pass ......................................................................................................................307Downs Palm Finesse ..................................................................................................................309Bangkok Vanish ...........................................................................................................................313Pointing Transfer .........................................................................................................................315Sankey/Himber Count ............................................................................................................... 317Wave Load ....................................................................................................................................318Motion Change ............................................................................................................................319Messiah Vanish ............................................................................................................................321Merlin Vanish ...............................................................................................................................324Newton Drop ..............................................................................................................................326Drop Switch .................................................................................................................................327Hypnovanish ................................................................................................................................328

Flash Paper ...............................................................................................333In a Flash ......................................................................................................................................335Signed, Singed & Delivered ....................................................................................................... 338Tracking Device ...........................................................................................................................341Heist ..............................................................................................................................................343Revelation of a Card ...................................................................................................................344

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Unmixed .......................................................................................................................................346Transitions ....................................................................................................................................347Firefly ............................................................................................................................................348Meltdown......................................................................................................................................349Blaze of Glory .............................................................................................................................350The Almost-Human Cannonball .............................................................................................. 351Down in Flames ..........................................................................................................................353Flash Mob ....................................................................................................................................354

Business Cards ..........................................................................................357Stop Sign .......................................................................................................................................359Picture Perfect .............................................................................................................................360Scrawly ..........................................................................................................................................361Constellation ................................................................................................................................362Perfect Read .................................................................................................................................364Power Lunch ................................................................................................................................366Time Sensitive ..............................................................................................................................370Creepy Crawlers ..........................................................................................................................372X-Ray Vision ................................................................................................................................373Reception ......................................................................................................................................375Change in Direction ...................................................................................................................378The Window Trick ......................................................................................................................381

Impromptu Card Magic Part 1 .................................................................385Back in Time ................................................................................................................................387Solitary Confinement ..................................................................................................................389Proximity ......................................................................................................................................390Group Hypnosis ..........................................................................................................................392Solo ................................................................................................................................................395Amateur vs. Professional ........................................................................................................... 397Three Times Lucky .....................................................................................................................399Bodyguards ...................................................................................................................................400A Fold in Time ............................................................................................................................401The Switch Places Aces .............................................................................................................. 403Only in Self Defense ..................................................................................................................405Maximum Capacity .....................................................................................................................406180 .................................................................................................................................................408

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Magic For Children ..................................................................................411Yo-Yo Mon ..................................................................................................................................413Circumference .............................................................................................................................415Hot Wax ........................................................................................................................................416Chocolate Bar Prediction ........................................................................................................... 418Wrap it Up ....................................................................................................................................420Ear to Eternity .............................................................................................................................421Instant Origami ...........................................................................................................................422

Coin Productions ......................................................................................423Slick Splits.....................................................................................................................................425Cartesian Coins ............................................................................................................................427Silver Lining .................................................................................................................................430Thin Air Production ...................................................................................................................431Invisible Piano Production ........................................................................................................ 433Bread & Butter Production ....................................................................................................... 434

Almost-Impromptu Card Magic Part 1 ....................................................437On Impulse ..................................................................................................................................439Twice as Nice ...............................................................................................................................441Head Spin .....................................................................................................................................442From Behind ................................................................................................................................443Deviant Behavior ........................................................................................................................445Splitsville .......................................................................................................................................446Good Vibrations .........................................................................................................................447Selective Memory ........................................................................................................................449Nomad ..........................................................................................................................................450

Beyond Secrets Part 1................................................................................453Preface ..........................................................................................................................................455A Dance of Glances ...................................................................................................................456Is Magic an Art? ..........................................................................................................................457Begin by Connecting ..................................................................................................................458The Myth of Speed .....................................................................................................................459Incomprehensibility ....................................................................................................................460Magic as Blood Sport ................................................................................................................ 461Orchestrating Focus ....................................................................................................................463

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What is your Market? ..................................................................................................................464The Anatomy of an Effect ........................................................................................................ 467Intimate Scripts ...........................................................................................................................468What is the Method? ...................................................................................................................470If I Were a Real Magician .......................................................................................................... 471A Little Experiment ....................................................................................................................472Key Images ...................................................................................................................................474Learning a Sleight ........................................................................................................................475An Actor Playing the Part .......................................................................................................... 476Wonder Without Secrecy ........................................................................................................... 477Creating Magic .............................................................................................................................478Wonder and Emotion .................................................................................................................480How Did You Do That? ............................................................................................................ 481Any Effect is Possible .................................................................................................................482Cynicism, Confusion and Ego .................................................................................................. 483For My Next Trick ......................................................................................................................485Audience Feedback .....................................................................................................................487The Opposite of Magic ............................................................................................................. 488Simplicity ......................................................................................................................................489The Emotional Camera ..............................................................................................................490The Imperfect Theory ................................................................................................................ 491The Approach ..............................................................................................................................492Inspiring Humility .......................................................................................................................494The Wonder of Wit ....................................................................................................................495Classic Audience Members ........................................................................................................ 497

Index .........................................................................................................501

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THE DEFINITIVE SANKEYVOLUME 2

BYAndi Gladwin & Joshua Jay

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THE DEFINITIVE SANKEYVOLUME 2

EDITORSDenis Behr, Rod Doiron,

Trisha Ferruccio, Joel Givens,Erik Jansson, Raj Madhok, Liam Montier, Jim Munsey,Mike Vance & James Went

HAND MODELSJay Sankey & Matthew Cooper

PHOTOGRAPHERSAlex Darke, Lisa Dickie

Cheng Lin & Glenda Macfarlane

COVER DESIGNERVinny DePonto

LAYOUT DESIGNERAndi Gladwin

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CONTENTSHow to Read This Book ..................................................................................................................526A Trick Question ...............................................................................................................................539

Keys ...........................................................................................................543Leaving Home .............................................................................................................................545In Vitro .........................................................................................................................................548True Believer ................................................................................................................................550Soft Spot .......................................................................................................................................551Sensations .....................................................................................................................................552Off and On ..................................................................................................................................554Spookey ........................................................................................................................................556Killer Key .....................................................................................................................................558Key Deposit .................................................................................................................................560Heavy Metal Vanish ....................................................................................................................562Twister...........................................................................................................................................563

On the Erdnase Color Change .................................................................567Fragile Harbor .............................................................................................................................569Joking Around .............................................................................................................................571Scrunch .........................................................................................................................................574Questionable ................................................................................................................................575I.Q. Test ........................................................................................................................................577Locomotion .................................................................................................................................579Imposters ......................................................................................................................................580Transient .......................................................................................................................................582Hypnotorized ...............................................................................................................................585Satan’s Card ..................................................................................................................................587

Restaurant Magic .....................................................................................589Stirring Silver ...............................................................................................................................593Sweet Bread ..................................................................................................................................597

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Break and Entry ..........................................................................................................................598Two for the Spice of One .......................................................................................................... 599Assault with a Deadly Weapon.................................................................................................. 601Heated Exchange ........................................................................................................................603Sweet Surprise ..............................................................................................................................605Freezer Burn ................................................................................................................................607Numb ............................................................................................................................................608The Gathering .............................................................................................................................610Sugar Rush ...................................................................................................................................611Marrow .........................................................................................................................................612Xtreme ..........................................................................................................................................614

Situational Magic ......................................................................................619Hustler ..........................................................................................................................................621Best Before ...................................................................................................................................622Breaking the Habit ......................................................................................................................624How Fortunate ............................................................................................................................627Gifted ............................................................................................................................................629Wacky Tabacky ............................................................................................................................632Slay Bells .......................................................................................................................................633Duet ...............................................................................................................................................634Mute ..............................................................................................................................................637Happy Birthday ...........................................................................................................................639Blown Away .................................................................................................................................640Kick Butt ......................................................................................................................................642Paper Mâché .................................................................................................................................644Shaft ..............................................................................................................................................645

Essay: Concerning the Volatile Issue of Exposure ..................................651

Impromptu Card Magic Part 2 .................................................................659Count On It .................................................................................................................................661Revolution Aces ..........................................................................................................................662Midnight Special ..........................................................................................................................664Against All Odds .........................................................................................................................665Vital Statistics ...............................................................................................................................667Departure Time ...........................................................................................................................668Double Trouble ...........................................................................................................................670

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Helter Skelter ...............................................................................................................................671Geller Card ...................................................................................................................................672Collect Me Not ... Again! ........................................................................................................... 673Apparition ....................................................................................................................................675Flutter Change .............................................................................................................................676

Stage Mentalism .......................................................................................683Seer ................................................................................................................................................685Director’s Cut...............................................................................................................................687Alphamail .....................................................................................................................................690Painkiller .......................................................................................................................................692Child’s Play ...................................................................................................................................694Ghost ............................................................................................................................................696

Ambitious Card Part 2 ..............................................................................699Top Card .......................................................................................................................................701Hammered Deception ................................................................................................................702Up and Out ..................................................................................................................................704One Last Time .............................................................................................................................706Fishbowl .......................................................................................................................................708Bit By Bit ......................................................................................................................................710Magnetic .......................................................................................................................................713Lightning Bolt ..............................................................................................................................715Single Ambition ...........................................................................................................................717

Essay: Concerning the Term “Magic” .....................................................719

Mealtime Magic ........................................................................................723Re:Cap ...........................................................................................................................................725Amphibian ....................................................................................................................................727Bender ...........................................................................................................................................728Broken English ............................................................................................................................730A Balancing Act ...........................................................................................................................732Hot Knife .....................................................................................................................................734Uppity ...........................................................................................................................................735

Drawing on Cards .....................................................................................737Forgery ..........................................................................................................................................739

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Squiggle .........................................................................................................................................741Ground Zero ...............................................................................................................................743Snowstorm ...................................................................................................................................746Guaranteed ...................................................................................................................................748One of One .................................................................................................................................749Coroner’s Transposition ............................................................................................................. 751Graffiti ..........................................................................................................................................752

Coin Routines Part 1 .................................................................................755Spinner ..........................................................................................................................................757Reversal of Fortune ....................................................................................................................759Prime Time Bend ........................................................................................................................761Wrapture .......................................................................................................................................763Secret Passages ............................................................................................................................765No Jacket Required .....................................................................................................................767Flesh Pocket .................................................................................................................................769Ups and Downs ...........................................................................................................................770Symbolic .......................................................................................................................................772

Cards & Props Part 2 ................................................................................773Uniquely ........................................................................................................................................775Backspin Special ..........................................................................................................................778$100 Top Change ........................................................................................................................780Trio ................................................................................................................................................782Economic Risk ............................................................................................................................785Pipsqueak ......................................................................................................................................787Entranced .....................................................................................................................................788The World’s Smallest Magic Wand ........................................................................................... 790Bounty Hunter .............................................................................................................................792

Coins and Props ........................................................................................793Recurrency ....................................................................................................................................795Collector’s Item ...........................................................................................................................797Strike Three ..................................................................................................................................799Stand-up Twilight ........................................................................................................................801Penny Ante ...................................................................................................................................804Pawnbroker ..................................................................................................................................806

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The Wager ....................................................................................................................................808Java Transpo .................................................................................................................................809Another Dimension ....................................................................................................................810

Close-up Mentalism Part 2 .......................................................................811Past, Present and Future ............................................................................................................ 813Hypersensitive..............................................................................................................................815Heads Up ......................................................................................................................................817Seeing Read ..................................................................................................................................819Choice Effect ...............................................................................................................................822X’s & OhMyGod .........................................................................................................................824Four Seasons ................................................................................................................................827Road Rage ....................................................................................................................................830Lottery ..........................................................................................................................................832Greed ............................................................................................................................................833Testament .....................................................................................................................................834

Bar Magic .................................................................................................837Permanent Press ..........................................................................................................................839Forced Entry ................................................................................................................................841Eternity Dime ..............................................................................................................................844Creamed ........................................................................................................................................846Exit Strategy .................................................................................................................................848Cut and Restrawed ......................................................................................................................852Climber .........................................................................................................................................854

Almost-Impromptu Card Magic Part 2 ....................................................857Carbon Paper ...............................................................................................................................859Walking Wounded .......................................................................................................................860Fed Exchange ..............................................................................................................................862Jaw Dropper .................................................................................................................................863Skin Deep .....................................................................................................................................865Where There’s Smoke .................................................................................................................867Touch of Evil ..............................................................................................................................870Was this Your Card? ...................................................................................................................872Partial Knowledge .......................................................................................................................873

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Levitations ................................................................................................875Floater ...........................................................................................................................................877Zero Gravity ................................................................................................................................879

Invisible Deck ...........................................................................................881Out of Sight .................................................................................................................................883X ....................................................................................................................................................884Buckshot .......................................................................................................................................885Echo ..............................................................................................................................................886

Mischief ....................................................................................................887Borrowed Trust ...........................................................................................................................892Personality Test ............................................................................................................................893Rubber Glove...............................................................................................................................894Revival ...........................................................................................................................................895

On Mixing Magic and Comedy ................................................................897

Tenkai Pinch .............................................................................................901Tenkai Pinch Master class .......................................................................................................... 903Waterwheel Production ..............................................................................................................908Drop Zone Production .............................................................................................................. 910Corkscrew Vanish .......................................................................................................................912Airborne Vanish ..........................................................................................................................913P.O.V. Change............................................................................................................................ 914Capricorn Change .......................................................................................................................916Mr. Clean Coins Across ............................................................................................................. 918Holy Cross ....................................................................................................................................920Mr. Universe Coins Across ........................................................................................................ 922Found Money ...............................................................................................................................924Sight Unseen ................................................................................................................................926Mineral Withdrawal .....................................................................................................................927

Essay: The Danger of Pragmatism ..........................................................931

Gimmicked Cards Part 1 ...........................................................................935Lockdown .....................................................................................................................................937Bigger Finish ................................................................................................................................939Split Ends .....................................................................................................................................941

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State of the Union ......................................................................................................................943Public Transit ...............................................................................................................................945Terra Unfirma ..............................................................................................................................948Hole Hop......................................................................................................................................951Threadbare Rise...........................................................................................................................953TRANZ4MR ...............................................................................................................................955The Disappearance .....................................................................................................................957Shift ...............................................................................................................................................960Imaginings ....................................................................................................................................962

Beyond Secrets Part 2 ...............................................................................965Performing New Material .......................................................................................................... 967Rhythm .........................................................................................................................................969Vulgar Magic ................................................................................................................................970Whose Magic is it? ......................................................................................................................971Learning from Mime ..................................................................................................................972Truth and Credibility ..................................................................................................................973Minimum Effort ..........................................................................................................................974Performer as Product .................................................................................................................976What is the Magic About? ......................................................................................................... 978Enthusiasm ...................................................................................................................................979Fewer Words, More Magic ......................................................................................................... 980Secrecy is Fear ..............................................................................................................................981The Art of Practice.....................................................................................................................983Inside Out / Outside In ............................................................................................................. 984Suspending Disbelief .................................................................................................................985Responding...................................................................................................................................986Parade of Characters ..................................................................................................................987Mirroring .....................................................................................................................................989Taking it Personally .....................................................................................................................990Multiple Climaxes ........................................................................................................................992Vivid Language ............................................................................................................................994The Natural ..................................................................................................................................997Expressing and Communicating ............................................................................................... 998Suspicion ......................................................................................................................................999Mind Over Matter .......................................................................................................................1000What is a Narrative? ....................................................................................................................1001

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Magic and Mentalism ..................................................................................................................1002Vulnerability .................................................................................................................................1004Choosing a Spectator ..................................................................................................................1006Under and Over Proving ........................................................................................................... 1007How Do You Feel? .....................................................................................................................1008Fear and the Sudden Audience ................................................................................................. 1009Power ............................................................................................................................................1011The Mysterious and Humorous ................................................................................................ 1012Becoming a Better Magician ...................................................................................................... 1014Control and Trust .......................................................................................................................1015Circuit Practicing .........................................................................................................................1016Purge Your Puzzles .....................................................................................................................1017

Cartoons ....................................................................................................1019

Index .........................................................................................................1037

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THE DEFINITIVE SANKEYVOLUME 3

BYAndi Gladwin & Joshua Jay

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THE DEFINITIVE SANKEYVOLUME 3

EDITORSDenis Behr, Rod Doiron,

Trisha Ferruccio, Joel Givens,Erik Jansson, Raj Madhok, Liam Montier, Jim Munsey,Mike Vance & James Went

HAND MODELSJay Sankey & Matthew Cooper

PHOTOGRAPHERSAlex Darke, Lisa Dickie

Cheng Lin & Glenda Macfarlane

COVER DESIGNERVinny DePonto

LAYOUT DESIGNERAndi Gladwin

Photo by Arto Airaksinen

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CONTENTSHow to Read This Book ..................................................................................................................1062

Close-up Magic Part 2 ..............................................................................1075Holy Moly .....................................................................................................................................1077Holy Stretch .................................................................................................................................1079Twentieth Century Fox ............................................................................................................... 1081Bound and Tagged ......................................................................................................................1084Border Crossing...........................................................................................................................1086Chain Reaction ............................................................................................................................1088Three Ring Circus .......................................................................................................................1090Houdini’s Touch ..........................................................................................................................1095Trinity ............................................................................................................................................1096Alchemy Seltzer ...........................................................................................................................1098Earplugs ........................................................................................................................................1099Hot Knot ......................................................................................................................................1100

Essay: Magician, Reveal Thyself .............................................................1103

Magic with Bills ........................................................................................1105Global Warming ..........................................................................................................................1107Trial Separation ............................................................................................................................1109Mismade Monopoly ....................................................................................................................1111Collateral Damage .......................................................................................................................1113Dough ...........................................................................................................................................1114East Meets West ..........................................................................................................................1116Identifying Features ....................................................................................................................1118Spiral ..............................................................................................................................................1120Space Ship ....................................................................................................................................1122The Company One Keeps ......................................................................................................... 1123Seventy-Five Percent...................................................................................................................1125Bill Fusion ....................................................................................................................................1126

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Unscrewed ....................................................................................................................................1129

Cards & Props Part 3 ................................................................................1131Voodoo .........................................................................................................................................1133Montreal Transpo ........................................................................................................................1135Op Bones .....................................................................................................................................1137Blockbuster ..................................................................................................................................1139In a Bind .......................................................................................................................................1143What If ? ........................................................................................................................................1145Big Time .......................................................................................................................................1147Juicy Fruit .....................................................................................................................................1149Forbidden Fruit ...........................................................................................................................1151Diamonds in the Rough ............................................................................................................. 1153Drawing to a Close .....................................................................................................................1154

Matches .....................................................................................................1157Chameleon ...................................................................................................................................1159Vital Signs .....................................................................................................................................1164Reunited ........................................................................................................................................1165Burning Down .............................................................................................................................1166Black Market ................................................................................................................................1167Quest for Fire ..............................................................................................................................1168Perennial .......................................................................................................................................1170A Match by Any Other Name ................................................................................................... 1173Snatchbook...................................................................................................................................1175Metamorph ...................................................................................................................................1176Gimme Five .................................................................................................................................1178Maaaatchbox ................................................................................................................................1180

Cards and Bands .......................................................................................1183Pyramid .........................................................................................................................................1185Outsider ........................................................................................................................................1186Definitely Warped .......................................................................................................................1188Wild Thing ...................................................................................................................................1193Elastic Infiltration .......................................................................................................................1196Please Don’t Feed the Playing Cards ........................................................................................ 1198Temporal Elasticity .....................................................................................................................1201Babylon Band ...............................................................................................................................1203

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One for Fifty-One! ......................................................................................................................1205Somerassault ................................................................................................................................1209Underbanded ...............................................................................................................................1210

Pens ...........................................................................................................1211The Pen is Mightier .....................................................................................................................1213Cappy Cap Cap Cappity Cappero Cap Trick .......................................................................... 1215Remarkerable ...............................................................................................................................1216Where Did That, the Marker, Come From? ........................................................................... 1217Marked Down ..............................................................................................................................1219Vanishink ......................................................................................................................................1221Cap in Hand .................................................................................................................................1224Black Magic ..................................................................................................................................1225Family Tree ...................................................................................................................................1226

Coin Routines Part 2 .................................................................................1229Inside Out ....................................................................................................................................1231Turn of the Century ...................................................................................................................1232The Odd Coin .............................................................................................................................1234Fifth Quarter ................................................................................................................................1235The Visible Coin Assembly ....................................................................................................... 1237Underfoot .....................................................................................................................................1240Through Thick and Thin ........................................................................................................... 1241Mass Consumption .....................................................................................................................1243

Card Box Trickery .....................................................................................1245In Case of Emergency ............................................................................................................... 1247Reenactment ................................................................................................................................1248Final Fusion .................................................................................................................................1249Housebound ................................................................................................................................1250A Case of Mistaken Identity ..................................................................................................... 1252Haunted Card Case .....................................................................................................................1254The Folding Deck .......................................................................................................................1256Untorn ..........................................................................................................................................1258Penalty Box ..................................................................................................................................1260Nosferatu ......................................................................................................................................1262Inside Out (Card Trick) .............................................................................................................. 1265

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Han Ping Chien ........................................................................................1269Chien Ping Han ...........................................................................................................................1271Rollover .........................................................................................................................................1273H.P.C.-C.P.H. ................................................................................................................................1274Under Wraps ................................................................................................................................1276Snatch Production .......................................................................................................................1278Silver Snatch .................................................................................................................................1279The Copper Clutch .....................................................................................................................1281Royal Rivet ...................................................................................................................................1283Push Button .................................................................................................................................1285Seed Money ..................................................................................................................................1288

Playing Card Mentalism ...........................................................................1291Hide, Keep & Give Away .......................................................................................................... 1293Third Eye......................................................................................................................................1295Photo Finish.................................................................................................................................1297Laying on of Hands ....................................................................................................................1300Witching Hour .............................................................................................................................1302Secrets ...........................................................................................................................................1303

Packet Tricks ............................................................................................1305Resistance is Futile ......................................................................................................................1307Dreamscape ..................................................................................................................................1309About Face ...................................................................................................................................1310Casualties of War ........................................................................................................................1313

Coins Across .............................................................................................1315Mexican Jumping Coins ............................................................................................................. 1317Sound for Thought .....................................................................................................................1320New Arrivals ................................................................................................................................1323Bridging the Gap .........................................................................................................................1324

Card Sleights .............................................................................................1329Wichita Slip ..................................................................................................................................1331Toss Twirl .....................................................................................................................................1333Face-Up Rub-a-Dub Vanish ...................................................................................................... 1334Surfboard Change .......................................................................................................................1336Flick Production ..........................................................................................................................1338

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The Sleeves Up Pass ...................................................................................................................1339The Turnover Force ....................................................................................................................1341Shanghai Change .........................................................................................................................1342

Bill Switch Part 2 .......................................................................................1343Dye Job .........................................................................................................................................1345Pop! ...............................................................................................................................................1346Fan Mail ........................................................................................................................................1347Found in Translation ..................................................................................................................1348Geller .............................................................................................................................................1349Realization ....................................................................................................................................1350Eye Witness ..................................................................................................................................1351Paging Ben Franklin ....................................................................................................................1353A Medley of Bill Switch Ideas .................................................................................................. 1355

Not-So-Impromptu Card Magic ..............................................................1357Supercool ......................................................................................................................................1359In Captivity ...................................................................................................................................1362Mix Master ...................................................................................................................................1364Final Countdown ........................................................................................................................1367Parallel Worlds .............................................................................................................................1369Remote Control ...........................................................................................................................1371Sankey Panky Meltdown ............................................................................................................ 1372

Coins & Props Part 2 ................................................................................1373Golden Treasure ..........................................................................................................................1375No Way Out .................................................................................................................................1378Tunnel Vision ..............................................................................................................................1380Time is Money .............................................................................................................................1382Change Under Pressure..............................................................................................................1384Making Change ............................................................................................................................1386Monty Hall Goes Close-Up ....................................................................................................... 1387Smashed! .......................................................................................................................................1390Jam Session...................................................................................................................................1393

Firestarters ................................................................................................1395Destiny ..........................................................................................................................................1397V.I .P. (Very Intimate Prediction) ............................................................................................ 1398

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Hotlink ..........................................................................................................................................1400Under the Table ...........................................................................................................................1402Eye2Eye ........................................................................................................................................1403Guiding Rhythm ..........................................................................................................................1404Soul Mates ....................................................................................................................................1405Flower Power ...............................................................................................................................1407Wholehearted ...............................................................................................................................1408Kinky .............................................................................................................................................1410

Gimmicked Decks ....................................................................................1411Close Contact ...............................................................................................................................1413Measles ..........................................................................................................................................1414The Blackpool Effect .................................................................................................................1417Yes and No ...................................................................................................................................1418The Blues ......................................................................................................................................1420Confession ....................................................................................................................................1422Fade Away ....................................................................................................................................1424The Genesis Prediction .............................................................................................................. 1426Once in a Lifetime ......................................................................................................................1429Practice Pack ................................................................................................................................1431Blind Man’s Bluff ........................................................................................................................1434Wham Bam! .................................................................................................................................1435What’s in a Name? ......................................................................................................................1436Out of Control ............................................................................................................................1437

Sankey Utilities .........................................................................................1439Omnilope .....................................................................................................................................1441Nest Egg .......................................................................................................................................1445Pandora’s Box ..............................................................................................................................1447Fort Knox .....................................................................................................................................144999 ...................................................................................................................................................1451Matchbox Mentalism ..................................................................................................................1453Purse Vanish ................................................................................................................................1454Last Coin Trick ............................................................................................................................1455Gemini Pouch ..............................................................................................................................1456

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Gimmicked Cards Part 2 ..........................................................................1459Inseparable ...................................................................................................................................1461Open Sesame ...............................................................................................................................1463Spanish Inquisition .....................................................................................................................1465R.E.M. ...........................................................................................................................................1468Misguided Angels ........................................................................................................................1469Reconstruction ............................................................................................................................1472Uberchange ..................................................................................................................................1475Extended Version ........................................................................................................................1478Mason’s Aces ................................................................................................................................1479

Gimmicked Coins .....................................................................................1483Two-Fisted Vanish ......................................................................................................................1485The Four Dimensional Coin ..................................................................................................... 1487Half a Coin Trick ........................................................................................................................1489Razor’s Edge ................................................................................................................................1490

Beyond Secrets Part 3 ...............................................................................1493Magician, Clown, Priest .............................................................................................................. 1495Which Direction? ........................................................................................................................1496Magic And The Magical ............................................................................................................. 1497Sanding .........................................................................................................................................1499Those Who Will Resist ...............................................................................................................1500Let The Audience Lead .............................................................................................................. 1502In The Blink Of An Eye............................................................................................................ 1504The Master Imagined .................................................................................................................1506Secrets, Understanding & Wonder ........................................................................................... 1507Is There Such A Thing As A Bad Trick? ................................................................................. 1508Articulate Hands .........................................................................................................................1509The Best Teacher.........................................................................................................................1511Random Acts Of Magic ............................................................................................................. 1513Self-Expression ............................................................................................................................1514Stick To Your Weaknesses ......................................................................................................... 1515Creative Promotion .....................................................................................................................1516Reminder And Promise .............................................................................................................. 1518Choosing Material .......................................................................................................................1520The Play’s The Thing ..................................................................................................................1521

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In Search Of Real Magic............................................................................................................ 1522Encouraging Co-Creation .......................................................................................................... 1523Knowing And Forgetting ........................................................................................................... 1525Exposure, Appreciation And Education ................................................................................. 1526Clothing ........................................................................................................................................1527Magician vs. Entertainer ............................................................................................................. 1528Tension, Expectation and Release ............................................................................................ 1529An Invitation to Wonder ............................................................................................................ 1531Larger Truths ...............................................................................................................................1532All Of You ...................................................................................................................................1533Unpresentations ..........................................................................................................................1534Ending...........................................................................................................................................1535Re: Creation..................................................................................................................................1536It Takes Time ...............................................................................................................................1538A New Magic ...............................................................................................................................1539Effects Only Happen In The Past ............................................................................................ 1541The Love Of Magic ....................................................................................................................1543

Jay Sankey: The Complete Bibliography ..................................................1545

Index .........................................................................................................1589

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“Creativity is contagious. Pass it on.” —Albert Einstein

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