ESPidus Novus

Trailer

Use Hands Down by The Other Brothers for the which hand part.

Acidus Novus Peek

 See Al Man - Acidus Plus (google drive)

Salt Shaker Through Table

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTfH0337hds

Opps, the quarter has to be on tails/heads *example

Strong/Weak Effects

Silent Control Rick Lax

Weak by Perseus Arkomanis

https://www.themagiccafe.com/forums/viewtopic.php?topic=635593&forum=218

Knowledge 3

A game where you influence a participant to choose one of three items: keys, business card case or a watch.

See:

Mythology Codex pg. 55

Mental Epic Style Effects

Mental Epic is a mentalism effect where three covered predictions written on the top row of a slate or whiteboard are found to match those later written in a row below it.

It was created by Hen Fetsch, based on Peter Warlock's "The Taped Slate" (1944) [1] and first PRESENTED (but not explained) in Pentagram, Vol. 6, No.7 (April 1952). It was later marketed in 1955 by his good friend Gene Gordon's magic shop. (Citation: Magicpedia: Mental Epic)

Mental Epic Performance

Astor Epic (No Force Mental Epic)

Phill Smith Left Brain/Right Brain

Johnny Thompson Mental Epic

Games Themed Mental Epic Idea:

Predict a game of rock, paper, scissors and a game of tic tac toe

Quinta

Five items are shown in a line. A spectator names some number and the performer counts to that number long the line of items, starting at one end, counting along and then back until he reaches the number and stops on one particular item (the predicted item). 

Force Position:

If item 1 is on your left and item 5 is on your right, the forced item will be item 4.

Object count - Counting the first object (used when the chosen number is even)

Move count - Starting with the first object then moving to the next object as a count of one (used when the chosen number is odd)

Force end - The end closest to the forced object

Opposite end - The end furthest from the forced object.

Even Number 

Use object count. If the number chosen is a multiple of 8 or two more than a multiple of 8, you start at the force end. Otherwise you start at the opposite end.

Odd Number

Use move count. Mentally add one to the number, then follow the rules for even number to determine which end to start at. 

See:

Phill Smith: Penguin Lecture

Phill Smith: Mythology Codex    

Overhand Shuffle - Injog Shuffle to Table Cut

 

See:

Jason England: False Overhand Shuffle

Neck/Wrist Cracking Gag

 Rick Ferguson Video

Johnny Thompson Mental Epic

Uses Martin Gardners Tic Tac Toe Prediction as the forced part of the trick.

See:

Johnny Thompson, Rick Maue & Paul Vigil LIVE (Penguin LIVE)

Overhand Shuffle - Injog to Move Card to 2nd or 3rd From Top

Start overhand shuffle by running one card on top of the top card. Injog the next card, then finish as a normal injog shuffle. The top card is now second from the top.

To make it third from top, run two cards on to the top card, injog the next then finish as a normal injog shuffle. The top card is now third from the top. 

Control Top Card To X From Top

 http://www.talkmagic.co.uk/sutra154507.php

https://www.themagiccafe.com/forums/viewtopic.php?topic=586499&forum=2&start=0

Using an overhand shuffle with out jog *tutorial

Turnover Pass

Tutorial

Tutorial Elusionist

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ld9tr8F4p2Y

See:

Card College Vol. 4

#3 Prediction Card Trick

Prepare three piles of cards:

Pile 1: Three cards (any cards)

Pile 2: Four 3's (from all 4 suits)

Pile 3: Five cards (any cards)

Put all these cards together IN THIS ORDER at the top of a deck to create the illusion that you are going to be randomly taking them off the top though they will have been prearranged (Note 1). 

Now tell your subject that you will use your magical psychic powers to predict which pile the volunteer will pick because your psychic powers are so strong. In fact, you're so good that you will write down your prediction ahead of time (stated as dramatically as possible). Without allowing the volunteer to see what you are doing, write down the number 3 on a large sheet of paper, fold it up, and then turn to the task at hand. Instruct the volunteer to think of a number and really concentrate. Close your eyes and pretend to be "sensing" what the volunteer is thinking. Then instruct the volunteer to point at the pile she or he has chosen. After pointing to any of the piles, say, "Yes, that is what I predicted! I have written down the number 3!!"

You have no chance of being wrong. Pile #1 had 3 cards, Pile #2 has all 3s, and the third pile is "Pile #3." Obviously, you don't reveal what your plan was or the effect will be spoiled.

Note 1: To get all the threes you could first overtly gather them to perform Dr. Daily's Last Trick. After the performance, put the threes on the top of the deck and shuffle on top three more cards, then throw the rest behind. Now you're ready to go. 

Strange Face In Mirror Illusion

To trigger the illusion you need to stare at your own reflection in a dimly lit room. The author, Italian psychologist Giovanni Caputo, describes his set up which seems to reliably trigger the illusion: you need a room lit only by a dim lamp (he suggests a 25W bulb) that is placed behind the sitter, while the participant stares into a large mirror placed about 40 cm in front.

The participant just has to gaze at his or her reflected face within the mirror and usually “after less than a minute, the observer began to perceive the strange-face illusion”.

The set-up was tried out on 50 people, and the effects they describe are quite striking:

At the end of a 10 min session of mirror gazing, the participant was asked to write what he or she saw in the mirror. The descriptions differed greatly across individuals and included: (a) huge deformations of one’s own face (reported by 66% of the fifty participants); (b) a parent’s face with traits changed (18%), of whom 8% were still alive and 10% were deceased; (c) an unknown person (28%); (d) an archetypal face, such as that of an old woman, a child, or a portrait of an ancestor (28%); (e) an animal face such as that of a cat, pig, or lion (18%); (f ) fantastical and monstrous beings (48%)

Use candle light instead

Article

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/bloody-mary-story/

Disappearing Plastic Bottle

Example

Example

Bottle covered by paper bag

Hand under handkerchief (pocket) gag

Put your hand under a handkerchief (or inyour pocket) and say "name a number from one to five" they say the number, you remove the handkerchief and you are holding up that many fingers. Also can be funny if you hold up the wrong number of fingers "Well it doesn't work every time"

How Random Are You

 https://www.reddit.com/r/Magic/comments/jnjry8/i_think_this_could_be_useful_for_mentalism/

Left Brain/Right Brain

See: 

Mythology Codex: Phill Smith

Phill Smith Penguin Lecture

Trap Door Card: Robert Neale

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=53&v=p1A6mPpBpH4&feature=emb_title

See:

Nick Einhorn Penguin Lecture

Hindu Shuffle Force

Forcing bottom card using hindu shuffle 

Tutorial

Priming Tricks

You say: “Spell MOP.”
Person: “M-O-P”
You: “Spell HOP.”
Person: “H-O-P”
You: “Spell TOP.”
Person: “T-O-P!”
You: “What do you do at a green light?”
Person: “Stop!”
You: Smile and wait for the facepalm.

Question: “How do you pronounce F-O-L-K?”
Answer: “Folk.”
Question: “What is the white of an egg?”

The answer given by people, almost inevitably, is “Yolk.” Then you have to remind them that the yolk is the yellow part of the egg.

Ask someone to say SILK 5 times. They will go:
SILK
SILK
SILK
SILK
SILK
Now ask them: “What does the cow drink?

‘MILK’ will be the swift answer they provide!

Ask the class to spell the word “POTS” along with you. This works best as a call and response:Instructor: P-O-T-S Class: P-O-T-S
Instructor: P-O-T-S Class: P-O-T-S
(repeat 5/6 times)
Immediately ask the class: “What do you do at a green light?”

Questions: What does yes spell?

Answer: yes

Question: What does eyes spell?

Answer: e-yes

Funny video of this effect

Addition Questions To Carrot Answer

Try this game: Ask people these questions, in this order: "What's 1+1? What's 2+2? What's 4+4? What's 8+8?" Then ask them to name a vegetable. They almost always say carrot.

Equifinque

Performance by Eric Dittelman

See Mythology Codex by Phill Smith

Fast and Loose

 

Scam School Tutorial

Wikipedia: Fast and Loose

See:

Paul Vigil Book "Classic Fantastic"

Paul Vigil Penguin Lecture

Coin Through Hand

 Coin Through Hand (toss method) *tutorial

Scotch and Soda

 Vanishing Magic: Scotch and Soda

Flipper Coin

 

Conjuring Credits: Flipper Coin

Vanishing Magic: Flipper Coin

Look Into

Dr Jones by Atlas Brookings

Con Cam Coincidencia (R. Paul Wilson)

Red Hearing

https://www.themagiccafe.com/forums/viewtopic.php?topic=706023&forum=206

Reverse Restriction Principle

The idea of making something feel more fair by asking the participant to change their mind yet actually restricting them to a smaller number of choices.

See :

Psychological Forces: Peter Turner

Mind Games: Peter Turner

Coin Through Glass

False Transfer Method *Tutorial

Throw Method *Tutorial *Tutorial 

Sankey Discussing Different Methods *Tutorial

Bob Hummer's "Math Monte"

Scam School Tutorial (mediocre presentation)

See Diamond Jim Tyler Penguin Lecture for better presentation

The Under The Spread Force

Tutorial (mediocre)

Tutorial (from the bottom)

See Card College Vol 1

Funny Store Orders

Mac King and Mark Levy - Tricks With Your Head 03/23/22

Andrew Mayne - Body Morphin 03/23/22

Eric Jones-Metal 03/18/22

Shawn Farquhar - Penguin Live Lecture 03/18/22

Jason England - False Overhand Shuffle 03/11/22

Mozique - Decisions 03/11/22

Paul Brook - At The Table Lecture 03/10/22

Johnny Thompson, Rick Maue & Paul Vigil  - Penguin Lecture 03/10/22

Phil Smith - Penguin Live 02/27/22

Nick Einhorn - Penguin Live 02/27/22

Phil Smith - Mythology 02/22/22

Paul Vigil - Classic Fantastic 02/20/22

Paul Vigil - Penguin Live Act 02/13/22

Atlas Brookings - Doctor Jones 02/13/22

Ryan Schultz - Super Strong Super Simple 02/10/22

Ben Seidman - The Oracle System 02/10/22

Mark Lemon & Peter Turner - Mind Games 01/31/22

Jason England - The Double Lift 01/31/22

Mark Mason - Real World Magic (1-2) 01/02/22

Wayne Dobson - Exchange 12/28/21

David Stone Penguin Live Lecture 12/28/21

Looch Penguin Live Act 12/25/21

Ted Kamilovich Penguin Live Lecture 12/25/21

Richard Sanders - Extreme Burn 12/05/21

Allan Kronzek Penguin Live Lecture 12/05/21

Timon Krause - Which Hand Method & Philosophy 11/30/21

Richard Sanders - Extreme Burn 2.0 11/27/21

Chris Philpott Penguin Live Lecture 11/27/21

Jay Marshall - Table Crap 04/25/21

The Amazing Johnathan Penguin Live Lecture 04/22/21

James Brown - The Misdirection Sessions (Part 2) 04/06/21

James Brown - The Misdirection Sessions (Part 1)

Eric Jones - Metal 3 03/03/21

Bob Swadling - Sympathetic Matchboxes 12/31/20

Richard Osterlind - Osterlind's 13 Steps to Mentalism (1-13) 10/17/20

Dan Hauss - Restless (1-3) 09/20/20

Christopher Carter Penguin Live Lecture 08/26/20

Diamond Jim Tyler Penguin Live Lecture 08/13/20

David Regal Penguin Live Lecture 2  08/06/20

Cameron Francis - Driven 07/28/20

Allan Ackerman - Las Vegas Card Expert (1-2) 07/24/20

Doc Dixon Penguin Live Lecture 06/25/20

Tom Stone - Maelstrom 06/24/20

Joshua Jay - Talk About Tricks (1-4) 06/20/20

Pop Haydn - Sucker Silk to Egg 06/01/20

Mark James Penguin Live Act 05/29/20

Naathan Phan Penguin Live Act 05/18/20

Andrew Gerard - Energy Bill 05/14/20

Christian Chelman - Capricornian Tales 05/14/20

Docc Hilford - It's Even Weerder Close Up 05/04/20

Larry Hass - My Way out Of This World 05/02/20

Aeon Sun - Voodoo Needle 04/29/20

Devin Knight - Unknown Forces 04/20/20

Larry Hass Penguin Live Online Lecture 04/12/20
Jolyon Jenkins - Swinging spirit bell 04/09/20
Eugene Burger - Spirit Theater 04/09/20
Daryl - Essentials in Magic The Stripper Deck 04/06/20
Daryl - Essentials in Magic The Stripper Deck 04/02/20
Paul Vigil - Diplopia 04/01/20
Dan Harlan - Tarbell Lesson 93 Mysteries of the Seance 03/28/20
Dani DaOrtiz and Luis de Matos - Reloaded 03/27/20
John Carey - Careys Dozen Live 03/15/20
Liam Montier - The Controls Project (1-2) 03/09/20 

Angelo Carbone - The Gift 02/22/20
Joel Dickinson - VOLITION 02/03/20 

Lloyd Barnes - Acme Hole 02/03/20
Jimmy Fingers Penguin Live Online Lecture 02/01/20 

Lloyd Barnes - Acme Hole 01/29/20
E.E. - Mental Think Of A Card 01/28/20 

Docc Hilford - Real Mind Reading 01/24/20
Julian Moore - Speed Learning Cartomancy 01/23/20 

Olivier Boes - 10S Star Sign Divination 01/21/20
BEN SEWARD - COG 01/04/20 

Peter Turner - Bigger Fish Files 01/01/20
Marc Paul Penguin Live Online Lecture 12/29/19
Aaron Alexander - Bridge 1.1 12/28/19 

Peter Turner - Bigger Fish 12/27/19
Allen Zingg - Master Billet Course (1-4) 12/23/19 

Peter Turner - Freeform Mentalism 12/22/19
Ian Rowland - Full Facts Book of Cold Reading 12/20/19
Fraser Parker - Mentalism Fundamentals 12/18/19
Ian Rowland Penguin Live Act 12/14/19 

Peter Turner - Astronomical 12/11/19
Reel Magic Magaizine 12/02/19 

Perseus Arkomanis Penguin Live Act - 11/30/19
Carisa Hendrix Penguin Live Acts 11/28/19 

Magick Balay - Monkey In The Middle 11/27/19
Kenton Knepper Penguin Live Online Lecture 11/26/19 

Mark Strivings - Walk Around Mentalism 11/24/19
Jason England - Foundations 11/21/19
Tony Corinda - 13 Steps to Mentalism 11/18/19 

Peter Turner - Jinxed (1-2) 11/18/19
Peter Turner Penguin Live Online Lecture 2 11/16/19 

Jay Sankey - Paperclipped Special Edition 11/15/19
Bob Cassidy - Mental Miracles 11/14/19 

Peter Turner - Bigger Fish 2 11/13/19
James Brown- Cerebral Steal 11/08/19

Luca Volpe - Senti-Mentalism 11/07/19

Richard Webster - Psychometry From A to Z 11/05/19
Patrik Kuffs Penguin Live Online Lecture 11/04/19
Michael Murray - A Piece Of My Mind 10/28/19

Colin Mcleod Penguin Live Online Lecture 10/28/19
Clint Barron - Rhine's Revenge 10/25/19

Joe Barry - Inscrutable 10/21/19

Drew Backenstoss Penguin Live Act  10/18/19

Stefan Olschewski - Mentalities 10/18/19

Steven Palmer - Rogue 9/19/19

Max Maven - Kayfabe 5/28/19

Andi Gladwin - The Master Pushoff & Darwin Ortiz - Nothing But The Best 5/24/19

Richard Osterlind - Easy to Master Mental Miracles 5/19/19

Docc Hilford - Penguin Live Lecture 05/18/19

Dee Christopher Penguin Live Lecture 05/16/19

Phedon Bilek - Proteus 05/15/19

Atlas Brookings - The Prodigal 05/13/19

Atlas Brookings - Penguin Live 05/13/19

Richard Osterlind - Mind Mysteries (1-7) 04/27/19

Gregory Wilson - In Action 04/24/19

David Hoy - Book Test 04/23/19

David Hoy - The Bold and Subtle Miracles of Dr. Faust 04/23/19

Marc Paul - Penguin Live    04/22/19

Liam Montier - The Double Lift Project 04/18/19

Paul Voodini - Palm Reading for Magicians 04/17/19

WGM - Cannibal Cards 04/15/19

David Williamson - Penguin Live 04/11/19

Jeff Stone - Penguin Live 04/08/19

Robert Smith - Psypher 04/06/19

Banacheck Penguin Live 04/03/19

Paul Voodini - A Magicians Guide to the Tarot 04/01/19

Paul Voodini - Penguin Live 03/31/19

Tony Chris - Hampton Falls 03/28/19

Jamie Dawes - Scream 03/28/19

Joshua Jay and Luis De Matos - Unreal 03/27/19

Tony Chris - Karnival of Magick 03/26/19

Daryle - Encyclopedia of Card Sleights  03/25/19

Eugene Burger - Spirit Magic 03/25/19

Dixie Dooley - Seance 03/25/19

David Roth - Expert Coin Magic Made Easy 03/22/19

Ian Rowland - Penguin Live Lecture 03/20/19

Jonathon Pendragon - Penguin Live Lecture 03/19/19

Dan Harlan - Tarbell Lesson 82 Stage Productions 03/18/19

WGM - Ambitious Card 03/18/19

Emran Riaz - Penguin Live Lecture 03/17/19

Michael Ammar - Easy To Master Card Miracles 03/14/19

WGM - Out of This World 03/13/19

Michael Ammar - Cannibal Kings 03/12/19

Geregory Wilson - Hundy 500 03/11/19

Magick Balay Penguin Live Lecture 03/08/19

Marc Paul - ACTS of Mentalism 03/04/19

Cody Fisher - Penguin Live Act 03/04/19

Jeff McBride - Magic At The Edge 02/27/19

Roberto Giobbi - Card College (1-2) 02/25/19

Roberto Giobbi - Card College (1-5) 02/22/19

John Bannon - Dealing With It 02/20/19

Liam Montier - The Elmsley Count Project 02/12/19

Jay Sankey - Anytime Anywhere 02/11/19

Liam Montier - The False Shuffles and Cuts Project 02/02/19

Jay Noblezada - Self Working Card Tricks 01/29/19

Gregory Wilson-On The Spot 01/24/19

Patrick Redford - Prevaricator 01/24/19

David Parr Penguin Live Lecture 01/23/19

Eugene Burger - Penguin Live Lecture 2  01/18/19

Richard Osterlind - 13 Steps To Mentalism (1-6)  01/18/19

Eugene Burger Penguin Live Lecture  01.15.19

John Bannon- Move Zero Vol 1  01/13/19

Wayne Houchin-Stigmata 01/12/19

Camerson Francis - Ultimate Impromptu Card Magic 01/12/19

Mark Elsdon-Conversation As Mentalism Vol 2 01/10/19

Robert Bertrance-Tembus 01/09/19

Mark Elsdon-Pocketses 01/08/19

At The Table Live Lecture - Mark Elsdon 01/07/19

Mark Elsdon & Peter Turner - Tequila Hustler Deluxe 01/06/19

Jeff McBride-World Class Manipulation 01/04/19

Jeff Mcbride-A Magickal Life 01/04/19

Richard Osterlind Penguin Live Lecture 01/03/19

Derren Brown - The Devil's Picturebook (1-3)  01/02/19

Harry Lorayne - Classic Collection Vol 1  01/02/19

Paul Gordon-Gold Dust Live (1-3) 12/28/18

Spelmann and Nardi-The Unexpected (1-2) 12/23/18

Jamie Saws-Torce    12/23/18

Andrew Gerard, Ricard Webster-Te Scryer Project 12/23/18

Banacheck-Psychological Subtleties 1  12/22/18

Mark Mason Penguin Live Lecture 12/21/18

Dan Harlan Starcle 12/20/18

Anthony Jacquin The Trilby Connection 12/14/18
James Brown Penguin Live Lecture 12/14/18
BBM Ultimate Self Working Card Tricks 12/11 18
Mark Elsdon Penguin Live Online Lecture 12/11/18

Lines/Gags

"Debera thank you so much, we're going to do a little trick. Do you do tricks? I mean the mag uh I mean the magic uh...(awkwardly turns away)"

Jeff Hobson

"Just watch to make sure my fingers never leave my hands" 

Diamond Jim Tyler

"Anyone have a birthday recently? Ow we have a birthday in the house! Well happy birthday. It's not polite to ask a lady her age so how much do you weigh?

Diamond Jim Tyler

"This trick requires I remove the two jokers so, you two have to go"

Diamond Jim Tyler

"Never use a big word when you can use a diminutive one"

Diamond Jim Tyler

"It's ok if I see them, I've already seen this trick"

"Money talks. But all mine ever says is goodbye."

"People look at me like I'm crazy but I don't suffer from insanity. I enjoy every minute of it."

"I wouldn't cheat someone unless it was absolutely convenient"

Doc Dixon

"If you believe in telekinesis I want you to raise my hand" Then lift your hand up.

Diamond Jim Tyler 

"Do you believe in mind reading? I knew you were going to say that"?

Card to Mouth

52Kards Tutorial

See: 

Mark Mason Real World Magic Vol 1