Preserving Mystery

2017
Written by Jamy Ian Swiss
Work of Jamy Ian Swiss
254 pages (Hardcover), published by Vanishing Inc.
Illustrated with drawings by Tony Dunn
Language: English
40 entries
Cover photograph
Creators Title Comments & References Page Categories
Jamy Ian Swiss Acknowledgements
viii
Adam Gopnik Foreword
xi
Cannon Fodder
1
Jamy Ian Swiss Hacked to Death
3
Jamy Ian Swiss What Works
Also published here 21
Jamy Ian Swiss How Do We Insult Thee? Let Me Count the Ways
Also published here 29
Jamy Ian Swiss Critical Thinking
39
Neil Gaiman Email from a Friend
Also published here 45
Jamy Ian Swiss Dichotomies: Mentalism versus Mental Magic
  • Clarity of Effect
  • The Method is Not The Trick
  • Mental Magic
  • The Revelation of Thinking
  • Process and Derren Brown
  • Minor Processes
  • Process versus Procedure
  • More on Process: From Psychic to Psychologist
  • Predictions Are Mental Magic
Also published here 46
Jamy Ian Swiss Escape Artistry movies The Prestige & The Illusionist
Also published here
  • Smoke & Mirrors #4, June 2012
 66
Yesterdays
79
Jamy Ian Swiss Al Flosso: Coney Island Fakir
  • From the Land of Malagoola
  • The Affus-Gaffus
  • Snadda, Madda Goola, Beef Stewla, Lolla-Paloola! Nobody Sleeps When I Work!
  • King of Koins
  • The Closer You Watch Me, the Quicker You'll Find Out How Little You Know
  • Watch the Professor
  • Stand Up Straight, Boy. He's All Right. He's All Right.
Also published here
  • Genii, Oct. 1995
 81
Jamy Ian Swiss IMAM! on Imam Hossain
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Jamy Ian Swiss The Skinner Touch
  • I Miss Michael Skinner
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Michael Skinner Skinner's KM Move Finesse
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Michael Skinner Skinner's Time Trick Finesse
Inspired by
  • "The Time Machine" (Steve Freeman, Genii, Vol. 34 No. 7, 1981)
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Michael Skinner Skinner's Elevator Double Lift flourishy double lift
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Jamy Ian Swiss A Giant Among Us on Herb Zarrow
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Jamy Ian Swiss Presto: A Grand Master on Earl "Presto" Johnson
  • Presto!
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Jamy Ian Swiss Presto Magic introduction to trick section
 		141
Earl "Presto" Johnson "Coin Go" Coin Pull
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Earl "Presto" Johnson The One-Two-Three Coin Trick coin slapped into ear, comes out of nose
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Earl "Presto" Johnson The Naughty One-Two-Three Cigarette Vanish cigarette slapped into butt, comes out from zipper
 		143
Earl "Presto" Johnson In-the-Hands Han Ping Chien
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Earl "Presto" Johnson Coin Assembly on any surface
Also published here 144
Earl "Presto" Johnson Four Half Dollar Assembly on any surface
Also published here 146
Earl "Presto" Johnson Presto's Palm Change One-Hand Palm Change, credit information
Also published here 147
Earl "Presto" Johnson Jumbo Copper/Silver penny transposes with silver dollar in spectator's hand, penny grows to silver dollar side in his hand
Also published here 148
Earl "Presto" Johnson The Really, Really Instantaneous Coin Change one-handed version
Inspired byAlso published here 149
A Magician Prepares
151
Jamy Ian Swiss Making Introductions on introductions in magic books
  • The Book List
Also published here 153
Jamy Ian Swiss Suiting Repertoire
175
Jamy Ian Swiss On the French Drop detailled discussion
Related to 186
Jamy Ian Swiss Gaffs versus Skill "And the Clear Winner Is ..."
Also published here 197
Jamy Ian Swiss SSSS: The Swiss Sleight Study System how to developing a sleight repertoire, list of sleight categories with cards with references, updated
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Jamy Ian Swiss The "SSSS" Applied to Coin Magic updated
Also published here 229
Jamy Ian Swiss On the Slow-Motion Vanish Plot and Concealments
230
Jamy Ian Swiss Preserving Mystery
Also published here 233
Jamy Ian Swiss Publication Credits
250
Jamy Ian Swiss About the Author
254
Data entered by Denis Behr, March 2021.