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Magic Tricks Revealed For The Beginner

By Gustaf Eriksson

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Published: 02Feb2010
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To have magic tricks revealed deliberately is one thing, but to have them revealed by mistake is not. Therefore, one of the most important secrets for a beginner is to never let slip how the trick is done. Even a very simple trick will look impossible if done right and with the right, professional attitude.

Before TV and the Internet people had no access to the “secrets” of magicians, but nowadays you can google many of the tricks you see performed and people like to think that they know it all.

It would seem that this would kill off all magic - after all, to have magic tricks revealed by googling them makes a magician of everyone, does it not?

Surprisingly, that’s when you, as an amateur magician, can astound and amaze your friends! Most of us have very little training in logical thinking, and are easily fooled.

Almost against our will we all like to be deceived, if it is done in an entertaining manner. Remember, people are basically the same as they were a hundred years ago, or five hundred years ago.

In the same way people in Florence in 1492 were awed by street entertainers picking rabbits out of a hat, so are we entertained by street magicians making a coin disappear and reappear.

A simple but very effective trick is to have a person pick out a card from a deck, then let the person shuffle the deck as much as they want to, and hand it back to you. Turn each card over, one by one, and to their amazement you pick out the exact card they choose at the beginning!

The secret? Once they’ve picked a card, you take it from them - with the back to you - and press your thumb nail into the card at one corner. This will make a small impression in the card, and all you do is to check that corner on each card!

Number one of two magic tricks revealed - simple? Yes. Effective? You bet!

Another simple, but stunningly effective trick is the “Ash Trick”. Have someone write the name of a person on piece of paper, burn the paper, rub the ashes into your arm and presto - the name appears!

The secret?

The person writing the name is given a clip board with several papers on. The name they wrote will be faintly visible on the paper underneath, and with practice you will be able to read that quickly and secretly.

By misdirecting peoples attention you will also learn to quickly write that name using a small piece of soap or wax on your arm. The ash will stick to the writing and the name appears “as if by magic”!

Two magic tricks revealed - basically very simple.

Just remember, practice, practice and more practice!

Your trick must “flow”, and your confidence must be absolute!

To learn magic is not that difficult. And it makes you a sought-after person ... everybody loves to be entertained! To grab 156 pages of magic tricks revealed with text and illustrations, just go here.

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