General Comments

58 entries in Cards / Sleights / Multiple Lift / General Comments
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Victor Farelli Third Variation (The "End" Overlap) letting the double land in-jogged
 		1936
Lend Me Your Pack
50
Jean Hugard Note by the editor credit information
 		Aug. 1945
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 3 No. 3)
144
Chapter I: The Double Lift
1961
Professional Card Magic
15
Preparing for the Double Lift
1972
The Living End
162
Harry Lorayne The Double Lift
1977
The Magic Book
60
John F. Mendoza A word about double lifts praising the strike lift
 		1978
The Book of John
16
Andrew Galloway The Double Lift misdirection applied to the double lift
 		1980
Diverting Card Magic
9
Harry Lorayne A Lorayne Storm rants
 		July 1981
Apocalypse (Vol. 4 No. 7)
512
Walt Lees Double Lift with a push-off in which deck is pivoted away, double never aligned face-up on deck
 		1981
The Complete Cannibal Act
9
Walt Lees Management of the Double Lift get-ready (removing top card first and looking at it), psychology of gaze
 		1981
More Professional Card Tricks
8
Juan Tamariz Gaze Management during Double Lift
Jan. 1982
Pabular (Vol. 7 No. 1)
970
Gordon Bruce Double Lift Techniques and Variations
May 1982
Pabular (Vol. 7 No. 4)
1024
Juan Tamariz Doble Volteo "Engañoso psychological strategy to switch a card by using a double lift
 		1984
Magia Potagia — Volume III
12
Davide Costi Two Words about d.l.
1987
For Friends Only...
7
Jamy Ian Swiss The Secret Lifts "a Double-Lift Dissertation", including many references and discussions of different approaches
Also published here 1987
Theories
13
Jerry K. Hartman Notes on End-for-End Lifts
1991
Card Craft
39
トリプルリフト・マルティプルリフト (Triple Lift / Multiple Lift) Just saying that you can extend the method to more cards
 		1993
Larry Jennings's Card Technique
58
ダブルリフトを使った応用例 (Uses of Double Lift)

1. Color Change
2. Transposition
3. Travelling (to top of the deck)
4. Reversal
5. To locate a card
 		1993
Larry Jennings's Card Technique
59
Vicente Canuto Sugerencias de Manejo de la Carta Doble
1993
Cartomagia Fundamental
135
Vicente Canuto Capitulo 10: El Manejo de la Carta Doble chapter intro, on the double lift
 		1993
Cartomagia Fundamental
203
Roberto Giobbi The Double Lift, Part 1 Introduction
 		1995
Card College — Volume 1
127
Roberto Giobbi The Double Lift, Part 2 Introduction
 		1996
Card College — Volume 2
330
Roberto Giobbi The Double Lift, Part 3
1998
Card College — Volume 3
571
David Regal In Praise of the Double Lift
1999
Close-Up & Personal
57
Fredric P. Lamazor A. Double Lifts list of various double lift techniques with short comments
 		1999
Card Sleight of Hand Innovations And Improvements
3
Jamy Ian Swiss A Double-Lift Dissertation "a Double-Lift Dissertation", including many references and discussions of different approaches
Also published here 2002
Theories III
14
R. Paul Wilson Double your Pleasure
2003 ca.
Double your Pleasure
1
Davide Costi Double Lifts
2004
Close-Up Elegance by Davide Costi
41
Wesley James Naturalness - The Double Lift and - more
2004
Enchantments
153
Wesley James The Double Lift general comments and approaches
 		2004
Enchantments
155
Lee Asher Interesting Trivia credit information
  • The Origin of the Double Lift
  • The Diving Board Double History
 		2005
Diving Board Double
8
Arturo de Ascanio On Doubles Without Lifts Exhibition Lift and Replacement Lift, theoretical concept
 		2006
The Magic of Ascanio — Studies of Card Magic
250
Arturo de Ascanio Thoughts on the Double Lift
2008
The Magic of Ascanio — More Studies of Card Magic
321
Roberto Giobbi Rule of the Eye misdirection for Double Lift, Zarrow Shuffle, Elmsley Count
 		June 2008
Genii (Vol. 71 No. 6)
16
Jamy Ian Swiss A Dissertation on the Double Lift The Honest Liar
with many approaches and references, credit information
  • Stuart Gordon Lift
  • The Paul Curry Lifts
  • Charlie Miller's Double Lift
  • Brother John Hamman
  • Flourish Lifts
  • D'Amico One-Handed Double Lift
  • Jennings Snap Lift
  • Bert Allerton Snap-Over Lift
  • Bob White's Flash Double
Related toAlso published here Mar. 2008
Antinomy (Vol. 4 No. 1)
37
Jamy Ian Swiss An Extract from a Dissertation on The Double Lift credit information
Related to July 2011
Genii (Vol. 74 No. 7)
48
Jamy Ian Swiss A Dissertation on the Double Lift with many approaches and references, credit information
  • The Stuart Gordon Lift
  • The Paul Curry Lifts
  • Charlie Miller's Double Lift
  • Brother John Hamman's Double Lift
  • Flourish Lifts
  • The D'Amico One-Handed Double Lift
  • The Jennings Snap Lift
  • Bert Allerton's Snap-Over Lift
  • Bob White's Flash Double
Also published here 2011
Devious Standards
95
Aaron Fisher The Double Turnover, Part I
  • Aaron Fisher Teaches Card Magic
intro
  • Tracing the Double Turnover to Its Lair
 		June 2012
Genii (Vol. 75 No. 6)
38
Aaron Fisher The Double Turnover, Part II
  • Aaron Fisher Teaches Card Magic

  • 10 Years Later
  • Evolutionary Card Magic: Lines and Stages
  • First Things First
  • Thoughts and Commentary
    • Naturalness and Uniformity of Action
    • The Process Unfolds Over Time
 		July 2012
Genii (Vol. 75 No. 7)
42
Dani DaOrtiz La Carta Doble - Acercamiento básico al manejo on the double card handling
  • Adquisición, Manejo y Dejada
    • Adquisición
    • Trabajo
    • Dejada o abandono
  • 1. Omisión verbal y visual (Omisión de la doble)
  • 2. Las Enseñadas Fotográficas
 		2013
El Manuscrito (Vol. 6 No. 23)
770
Alexander de Cova Das Doublieren
  • Grundlegendes
  • Das eigentliche Doublieren
 		Feb. 2013
New Avantgarde Magic (Issue 4)
27
Roberto Giobbi The Double Lift and Double Turnover for stand-up use
  • Showing a Double Card
 		2016
Standup Card Magic
87
Simon Henderson Anomalies in Double Lifts
  • Anomalies in Beginner's Double Lift
  • Anomalies in Push-Off Double Lift
 		2020
The Shift #3
77
Larry Jennings Jennings Talks About the Double Lift and Top Change
2020
Mr. Jennings Takes It Easy
133
Richard Kaufman History credit information
 		2020
Mr. Jennings Takes It Easy
137
Jesús Etcheverry Chapter Three - Introduction general introduction on double card handling
  • On the subject
  • Its importance
  • General plan
  • Note
 		2020
Reflections on the Double Card (Ascanio's Handling)
26
Jesús Etcheverry Technical Aspects general comments on double lifts and technique
 		2020
Reflections on the Double Card (Ascanio's Handling)
29
Jesús Etcheverry e) Return technique on returning a double card
 		2020
Reflections on the Double Card (Ascanio's Handling)
37
Jesús Etcheverry Construction aspects ("Modus operandi") on how the double lift should be embedded in a routine, smart movements
 		2020
Reflections on the Double Card (Ascanio's Handling)
37
Jesús Etcheverry Presentation aspects in combination with double card handling
 		2020
Reflections on the Double Card (Ascanio's Handling)
43
Roberto Giobbi Naturalness in Practice
  • The "Perfect" Double Lift
  • Authentic Props
  • Consistent Construction
 		2021
Sharing Secrets
25
Sylvain Juzan Handling Double Cards
2021
Every Card You Take
33
Eugene Burger On Double and Multiple Lifts they should not be used
 		2021
Eugene Burger: Final Secrets
xxiii
Andrew Frost What Are You Aiming For?
2022
Double Lift
16
Andrew Frost Turning the Double
2022
Double Lift
42
Andrew Frost Convincers
2022
Double Lift
60
Andrew Frost Natural Doubles
  • Effort
  • Attitude
  • Context
  • Contrast
 		2022
Double Lift
68
Andrew Frost Credits and Reference and Inspirations
2022
Double Lift
92