Al Schneider Magic

2011
Written by Al Schneider
Work of Al Schneider
732 pages (Hardcover), published by L&L Publishing
Illustrated with photographs
Language: English
96 entries
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Al Schneider Introduction
7
Al Schneider Some Magic Theory
10
Al Schneider The Five Steps of Deception
11
Al Schneider Intention of Reality
15
Al Schneider Intention of Magic
20
Al Schneider Five Steps to Mastery
22
Al Schneider An Important Philosophical Thought
25
Finger Palm
  • Position of Coin in Hand
  • Holding the Hand in a Natural Position
 		28
Classic Palm
31
Al Schneider Intention Vanish no coin vanish
 		39
Al Schneider Condition of Hands
39
Al Schneider Schneider Vanish
42
Al Schneider Toss Change based on the Schneider Vanish
 		45
Al Schneider Schneider Classic Vanish using classic palm
 		48
Al Schneider Pop Up Move mentions Edward Marlo in the "Linking Ring" June 1957
  • Tumble Move
  • Slide Move
  • Execution of the Pop Up Move
  • A Closer Look at the Pop Up Part
  • Discussion
 		56
Al Schneider Spellbound Drop Change
71
Al Schneider Spellbound Thumb Change
78
Al Schneider, Max Nelson Max Al Ping Chen I Chien, coins are put on the table one by one, shell
 		83
Al Schneider Max Al Ping Chen II Chien, coins are put on the table one by one
 		92
Al Schneider Twirl Load load coin under card, while twisting the card one-handed. Two versions, from a deck and with a single card
 		97
Al Schneider Thumb Flick the coin is flicked under a prop while pretending to pick it up
 		108
Al Schneider Snap Back Vanish
113
Al Schneider Cup and Ball Moves comments on the props
 		118
Al Schneider Rest Positions while palming a ball
 		120
Al Schneider Ball Palms palms for cups and balls, Finger Palm, Tweezers Palm, Final Load Palm
 		121
Al Schneider Schneider Vanish put-type vanish
 		126
Al Schneider Cup Pickup and Replace loading a ball under a cup
 		132
Al Schneider Tip Load
138
Al Schneider Catch Drop Vanish
142
Turnover Move hiding a ball while placing the cups on the table
 		145
Al Schneider Tweezers Steal
147
Al Schneider Tweezers Steal with Large Ball large ball hidden under cup

 		153
Al Schneider Tweezers Load
157
Al Schneider Twist Pickup cup pickup hiding a large ball
 		160
Al Schneider Subtlety Pickup cup pickup hiding a palmed ball
 		163
Al Schneider Rotate Load
165
Al Schneider Double Load
167
Al Schneider Palm Shift palm change
 		170
Al Schneider, Pete Biro Expansion of Texture
174
Al Schneider Pete Biro Load Sequence loading a coin into a silk for Expansion of Texture
 		177
Al Schneider Ring and Pencil
Related to 193
Dai Vernon, Ron Bauer, Al Schneider The False Ring Put On fake ring on stick move
 		195
Al Schneider The Drop Steal
198
Al Schneider Getting Ring onto Finger putting a finger ring on, one-handed
 		202
Al Schneider With One Hand one-handed knot flourish
 		215
Al Schneider Vanishing Card
219
Al Schneider Top Palm action palm after overhand shuffle
 		220
Palm Drop Vanish palmed card on face up card
 		223
Al Schneider Sly Napkins paper balls travel, vanish and reappear, inspired by Slydini, kind of sponge ball routine with crumpled napkins
Also published here 226
Al Schneider Vanishing Saltshaker salt shaker wrapped in paper vanishes
 		238
Al Schneider Ring Gag from hand to hand, humorous presentation
 		245
Al Schneider Split Silver Dollar into two half dollars and back
 		250
Al Schneider Silencing Coins sticking paper on back
 		250
Al Schneider Classic Coins Across HPC three silver and one odd coin
 		259
Al Schneider Heng Ping Chen
268
Al Schneider Beyond a Shadow of Doubt three silver and one odd coin, shell
 		273
Al Schneider Beyond a Shadow of Doubt for Real
306
Al Schneider Special Export
332
Al Schneider French Drop Steal four coins are shown in french drop position and taken by the other hand
 		333
Al Schneider Special Export Plus shell
 		349
Al Schneider Junior Cross Cards coin travels twice under two cards, shell
 		368
Al Schneider Tip Up Vanish coin is taken from a handful change and then vanishes
 		376
Al Schneider Shell Pick Up behind card
 		380
Al Schneider Classic Cross Cards three coins under two crossed cards one by one
 		387
Al Schneider Flick Cross Cards three coins under two crossed cards one by one
 		408
Al Schneider One Half Gone silver coin travels from between copper coins, nested in an Okito box, to under a card
Also published here 440
Al Schneider Spread the Joy card travels from a small packet, reversed to the center of the rest
 		457
Al Schneider False Count from top of deck
 		458
Spread Double Lift
461
Al Schneider Card to Card Case
473
Dai Vernon Card Control to the bottom, credited to Vernon in "The Dai Vernon Book of Magic" (?)
 		476
Al Schneider Al Schneider Palm action palm
 		477
Card from Case
479
Al Schneider Face to Face Aces with four Aces
 		484
Tenkai Ishida Optical Reverse
485
Al Schneider Universal Card three selections, odd-backed universal card
 		491
Push Off Double Lift
500
Al Schneider Insurance Policy Insurance policy can be unfolded, picture of selected card
 		504
Cut and Turnover Force reversed card
 		505
Al Schneider Marked Deck with a stripper deck
Inspired by 511
Riffle Force
513
Al Schneider Snake Basket
518
Al Schneider Card Wipe transforming a card while flipping a spread over
 		528
Al Schneider Classic Matrix "Origin and History" and remarks
Related to 535
Al Schneider Transfer Pickup stealing a coin in the action of putting a card on it
 		546
Al Schneider Transfer Deposit lay down of a secretly hidden coin under a card
 		553
Al Schneider Schneider Pickup Move
556
Al Schneider Stargate three silver coins and two coppers, hands as portals, copper/silver

 		577
Al Schneider Halo five bracelets, explanation how to build the props
 		600
Al Schneider Linking Two Rings
625
Al Schneider Unlinking Two Rings
630
Al Schneider Up the Chain
631
Al Schneider Down the Chain
634
Al Schneider Cone-n-Coin one coin under a cone one in the hand
 		654
Al Schneider Osmosis three coins under a transparent handkerchief penetrate the handkerchief one by one
Also published here 672
Al Schneider LA Street Cups balls travel from cup to cup one by one, vanish and reappear under the cups, one final load
 		688
Data entered by Lorenz Schär, August 2013.