2002
Written by John Carney
Work of John Carney
367 pages (Hardcover), published by CarneyMagic
Illustrated with drawings by John Carney
Language: English
90 entries
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Jim Steinmeyer Foreword
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John Carney Introduction
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John Carney The Student Begins how to study and improve
  • Biting the Hand that Feeds
  • Reading Required
  • Your Turn...
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John Carney Rubbed Away lightning pull
  • Release Position
  • Threading the Loop
Inspired byRelated to
  • Buatier de Kolta Pull
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John Carney Vanish from the Hands silk becomes smaller and vanishes, lightning pull
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John Carney Vanish from a Glass lightning pull, moment of vanish hidden
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John Carney Legends - Buatier de Kolta
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John Carney Just a Cigar cigar & purse routine
Inspired byRelated toVariations 38
John Carney Cigar False Transfer
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Cigar/Cigarette Change-over Palm
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Dr. E. M. Roberts, John Carney Cigar Sleeving
Related to 49
John Carney On Palming chapter intro
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John Carney Palm Position
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Dai Vernon Vernon Top Palm
Related to 56
S. W. Erdnase Erdnase Top Palm, First Method
Related to 57
John Carney Timing and Management where to hold hands and other palming tips
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John Carney, S. W. Erdnase The Bottom Palm
Inspired by 61
John Carney Bottom Palm of a Single Card
Related to 64
John Carney Bottom-Palm Replacement
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John Carney, S. W. Erdnase The Erdnase Diagonal Palm-Shift rear insertion
Related to 66
John Carney, Edward Marlo The Side Steal transformation, with credit information
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John Carney, Edward Marlo Side Steal and Replacement
Inspired by 73
John Carney The Carney Cop steal from center
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John Carney Up My Sleeve last card is selection and travels visibly across chest underneath jacket
Related to 82
John Carney The Dribble Force
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Martin Gardner Airing the Deck
Related to 88
John Carney False Transfer with Card
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John Carney Silver and Glass
Inspired by 96
John Carney Coin to Glass Finesse sound effect on bottom of glass
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John Carney, John Ramsay False Transfer
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The Edge Palm with stack
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Brett Wolf Coin Star set-up behind other hand
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T. Nelson Downs, John Carney Downs Palm and Production
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John Carney Legends: Dai Vernon
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John Carney Muscade Magic streamlined Vernon routine
Inspired by 120
Cup through Cup
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Measuring inside of Cup
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John Carney Cup Load as hand passes cup
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Charlie Miller Cup Penetration Move actually credited to Mexican magician by Miller
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John Carney Three Ball Vanish
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John Carney Legends: Tony Slydini
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John Carney Dissolving Steel two linking ring moves of unknown origin
Also published here 140
John Carney Hidden Gifts Creativity, self-expression, and the danger of perfectionism
  • Fear Itself
  • Perfectionism is Flawed
  • The Creative Journey
  • The Process
  • Originality - Why?
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John Carney Astral Projection Hawaii chosen as travel destination, performer transforms into Hawaii tourist, sand from shoe, towel and pineapple production
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John Carney Creation of Life magazine instead of fan, with historic information
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John Carney Legends: Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin
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John Carney Mercurial Cards face card changes a few times, deck becomes all backs, blank and normal again
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S. W. Erdnase Sixth Transformation
Related to 184
Martin Gardner, John Carney Wink Change Variation
Inspired byRelated to 185
John Carney Half Pass whole deck under cover card
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John Carney Erdnase First Transformation
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Douglas Dexter, Francis Carlyle Paddle Move with Cards
Related to
  • "The Mystic Star" (Douglas Dexter, Goldston's "Great Magicians' Tricks")
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Edward Marlo All Backs Display
Related to 193
John Carney Art... in Magic? Pretension, presentation, defining effects, and the spirit of the artist
  • Confusion is not Magic
  • Presentation or Procedure?
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John Carney, Nate Leipzig, Michael Skinner Leipzig-Skinner Surprise selection appears on face of deck, penetrates hand, appears face-up on deck
Inspired by 206
Dai Vernon Push-Off
Related to 212
Edward Marlo Deck Turnover Replacement
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Dai Vernon Hand-Washing Acquitment classic to classic
Related to 216
John Carney Legends: Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser
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John Carney Forgotten Recollection
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Jack McMillen Card at Number changing moment of bottom deal
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All-Around Square-up Glimpse
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Larry Jennings Jennings' TNT Bottom Deal
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John Carney The Classic Pass and Other Myths
  • Our Man Erdnase
  • The Big Picture
  • Focus, Misdirection, and Punctuation
Related to 232
Larry Jennings Selection Procedure before the Pass
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John Carney Technique the classic pass
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John Carney Off the Vine using grapes
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John Carney, Dai Vernon The French Drop
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John Carney Legends: David Devant
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John Carney, Eugene Verbeck Verbeck's Envelopes basically a coin into nest of envelopes with magazine-envelope transformations and restoration, repeat, credit information
Inspired by 260
John Carney Multiple Slip culling
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Edward Marlo Prayer Cull
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John Carney Legends: Fred Kaps
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John Carney Tolls of the Trade Approaches to practice, effects, affectations, and the advantages of the southpaw
  • Mental Misdirection
  • On the Other Hand...
  • Practice, Practice, Practice
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John Carney Ascension four selections, one rises underneath silk, one floats into hand, fountain for last card
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George Murray Card Clip Holder
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Buatier de Kolta De Kolta Card Fountain
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John Carney Chair Deck Switch behind chair
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John Carney Variations with a Hat card out of head, then card fountain without motor or thread
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John Carney The Ascension Gimmick wire stuck to thumb tip
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John Carney Legends: Al Baker
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John Carney Swing Blade paddle routine with paper stuck on knife
Inspired by
  • Sachs' "Sleight of Hand"
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John Carney Paddle Move
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John Carney Money for Nothing historic information, using Paul Fox coin pail
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Charlie Miller Single Coin Production from finger palm
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John Carney Legends: John Ramsay
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John Carney Thimble Collection five thimbles produced, then travel to other hand
Inspired by 350
John Ramsay, Edward Victor Popping Sound with Thimble
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John Carney Thimble Stack Vanish false transfer
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John Carney The Final Lesson
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Data entered by Denis Behr.