Houdini’s Wall by Willi Wessel, Robert E. Neale

This is Willi’s version of Bob Neale’s Walking Through a Brick Wall that was first published by Bob in his lecture notes More Than Lecture Notes #2 (1991).  The original idea for Bob’s routine was created by Martin Gardner in Mathematics, Magic and Mystery (1956). Willi created this for friends and has done a very …

Life, Death and Other Card Tricks by Robert E. Neale

_EF Life, Death & Other Card Tricks by Robert E. Neale: Over 60 New Presentations with Normal Playing Cards, 441 Pages – 164 Illustrations – Hardcover In Robert E. Neale’s world playing cards appear, vanish, turn over, multiply, change and identify themselves to the magician, all in very mysterious ways. But if that were all …

Magic and Meaning by Eugene Burger, Robert E. Neale

_EF In 1995, two celebrated philosophers of magic, Eugene Burger and Robert E. Neale, wrote a book that examined the psychological, symbolic and spiritual roots of theatrical conjuring. The result was a work brimming with new ideas that set readers’ heads spinning and revealed a way of thinking about performing magic that is at the …

Eugene Berger: From Beyond by Lawrence Hass, Eugene Burger

_EF In 2010, Eugene Burger asked Larry Hass to write and oversee two books that would share all of his unpublished material.  Eugene had two firms conditions. First, that the books would only appear after his death. Second, that Larry could tell NO ONE about this project until after he was gone. After agreeing, Larry worked closely …

Time Stopper by Joker Magic

This is an improved version of Robert E. Neale’s Confetti c. 1974. _EF The magician shows the audience a black tube and a red ball. He asks a member of the audience to pick a number between one and ten. Let’s say the spectator picks five. The magician pushes the button on the tube five …

The Divining Rod by Allen Zingg

_EF Peter Marucci, the clever and very creative Canadian performer of a diverse blend of magic and mentalism, shared a brilliant approach to the neo-classic “Hot Rod”. Not your father’s “Hot Rod” any longer, Peter suggested an approach that gives this meaning, depth, and texture. Blaine Harris, a fellow magician and expert craftsperson working with …

On the Other Side of the Mirror by Cushing Strout

_EF In the tradition of Eugene Burger, Robert E. Neale, Ariel Frailich and others, here is a collection of card tricks that will entertain your spectators as much by the magic as by the interesting presentations with which they are clothed. The tricks are based primarily on prearrangement and most requite no sleight-of-hand; the ones …

Joyal Index: N as in Nikola by Martin Joyal

_EF Imagine four great magicians gathered at the same convention: Louis Nikola, the father of the memorized deck; Martin A. Nash, the living legend of gambling demonstrations; Robert E. Neale, the inexhaustible wizard; and Robert A. Nelson, the prolific and controversial mentalist. The hour is late but they’re still seated in the hotel lobby, exchanging …

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