Miscellaneous

59 entries in Candle / Miscellaneous
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
L'Ecriture Cachée Dans une Tabatiere, d'où on la Tire, Sans la Toucher, Pour la Faire Trouver Dans une Bougie signed piece of paper is burnt and appears in selected candle, switch with a box, with assistant notes from 1788 mention method for paper to orange and signature duplication
 		1784
La Magie Blanche Dévoilée
24
The Handkerchief that will not Burn passed through flame without harm
 		1876
Modern Magic
237
The Handkerchief cut up, burnt, and finally found in a Candle with assistant
 		1876
Modern Magic
249
Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin The Vanishing Pocket Handkerchief, found in a Candle borrowed handkerchief burned, then inside candle
 		1876
Modern Magic
470
A Card found in a Candle two methods (fake or ordinary candle)
 		1889
Tricks with Cards
189
The Card in the Candle card appears on top of candle
 		1889
Tricks with Cards
239
To Produce Coins from a Lighted Candle mechanical candle which holds coins
 		1890
More Magic
157
Professor Hoffmann The Vanishing Pocket-handkerchief found in a Candle "New Method", with phase in which borrowed handkerchief shrinks in two phases
 		1890
More Magic
221
Handkerchief to Candle mechanical candle
 		1890
More Magic
230
To Produce Eggs from the Flame of a Candle four eggs
Also published here 1890
More Magic
340
The Card in the Candle torn-up card fired with pistol on candle, card appears on top of candle
 		1890
More Magic
421
Der Kartenleuchter No. 3, flame of candle changes into selection
 		1895
Der Kartenkünstler
66
Der Kartenleuchter card appears in flame of candle
 		1896
Der moderne Kartenkünstler
187
Coin in Card, Paper in Candle Trick marked coin travels into card, piece of paper into candle
Related to 1902
The Modern Conjurer
249
The Safety Reading Lamp non-magic tip
 		1902
The Modern Conjurer
289
Cardboard Figures Blow Out and Light a Candle non-magical science experiment
 		1902
The Modern Conjurer
306
Buatier de Kolta Reproduction from a Candle
  • Buatier de Kolta's Method
and other methods
 		1903
Later Magic
299
Carl Willmann Die Karte am Licht I. card appears at top of candle
Related to Apr. 1903
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 9 No. 4)
50
Carl Willmann Die Karte am Licht II. card appears at top of candle
Related to May 1903
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 9 No. 5)
68
Carl Willmann Eine Reichsmark auf Reisen "Ein niedliches Handkunststück", question written on paper and cut in two, marked coin wrapped inside on half, vanishes in flash, coin reappears under previously selected, rolled up (to a tube) and tabled card, other half of billet reappears inside candle
 		Oct. 1903
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 9 No. 10)
151
The Valladon Cards on Glass cards adhere to sheet of glass, spectator shoots on glass but candle goes out, performer shoots and all cards drop except selections
 		1909
The Art of Magic
235
Carl Anderson, William G. Edwards Tricks of the Trade compilation of tips on:
1. painting metal
2. glueing cloth
3. table tops
4. painting tables
5. table tops
6. "Anderson Inlaid Top"
7. silk handkerchief quality
8. sheet brass
9. soft & hard brass
10. velvet
11. brass tubing
12. "lighted candle from pocket"
13. candle oil
14. servante for glass of water
15. thread
16. wax
 		1909
The Art of Magic
289
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Die drei Kräfte three chosen cards vanish from deck, arrive in pocket, deck vanishes (in topit type space) and appears in pocket, three selections rise one with corner torn off that visible restores, a card is shot with pistol into candle
Also published here 1910
Kartenkünste
196
Joseph Michael Hartz Card, Coin and Candle coin wrapped in paper vanishes, reappears in chosen card, piece of paper into piece of candle
Related toAlso published here 1911
Later Magic
686
Joseph Michael Hartz Card, Coin and Candle coin wrapped in paper vanishes, reappears in chosen card, piece of paper into piece of candle
Also published here 1911
Magical Titbits
145
Theodore Annemann Candle Interlude
July 1936
The Jinx (Issue 22)
126
Fire-Eating routine with assistant and some byplay, relighting candle, candle bit off, smoke out of mouth, pole and ribbons from mouth, umbrella production
 		1937
The Magic Annual for 1937
107
The Bill In The Candle
  • a,
  • b.
  • c. Mechanical Candle, Stage Version
 		1937
Money Magic
48
Candle Shells tip
 		1938
Greater Magic
875
Weihnachtszauber paper christmas tree changes to tree with lit candles under silk
 		1940
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 2 No. 4)
2
Tom Sellers Borrowed Note in Candle gimmicked knife
 		1943
Magical Mixture
16
Jean Hugard Silk Production from Candle Flame silk production, with gimmick
 		Feb. 1945
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 2 No. 9)
102
R. J. Cooper Wand Shells, Candle Shells etc. how to build shells
 		Mar. 1945
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 2 No. 10)
109
Laurie Ireland A Dollar Bill in Candle Effect in chosen candle
 		1947
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1947)
12
Otto "Sasso" Lutz Einmal anders gag with candle, removing wick and igniting it on candle
 		1956
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 17 No. 2)
430
Bert Douglas Safety Magic series of tricks / presentations about safety and accident prevention
  • A Safety Introduction
  • The ABC of Safety (paper cutting routine)
  • Think (ABC card manipulation)
  • Don't Take Chances (Brent's Bill to Matches & Atomic Candle Trick)
  • How Come? (Blow book)
  • We All Do Crazy Things - Sometimes (Milk Pitcher routine)
  • Safety Begins at Home (Multiplying Thimble)
  • Don't Gamble with Safety (Die Box)
 		1964
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1963-64)
21
Willy "Tex Williams" Peter Sven-Maro-Kerze gaffed candle, silk through burning candle
 		1965
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 26 No. 1)
6
Piet Forton The Popokatepetlpaper Produce dollar bill with flash paper
Also published here 1967
Piet Forton Lecture Notes
7
Piet Forton Popokatepetl-Paper production of dollar bill with flash paper, burning candle from inside the coat
Also published here 1968
Piet Forton Seminar
6
Sam Lebeoff A Canticle candle does not extinguish underneath glass, but when it is removed
 		Jan. 1969
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 4 No. 3)
233
Theo "Okito" Bamberg Color Changing Candle colors of handkerchief and candle transpose, apparatus
 		1973
The Oriental Magic of the Bambergs
76
Donald Holmes The Tea Chests of Wang Foo handkerchiefs vanish and appear inside candle, then placed inside one of three chests, covered with a tube and handkerchiefs travel from chest to chest
 		1978/76
More Classic Magic with Apparatus
235
Jack Hughes The Gospel Suspension different design of the Three Sword Suspension
 		1981
Jack Hughes World of Magic — Volume One
28
Thomas Alan Waters Candelabra Quantimental stand with candles
Related to
  • Eric Lewis' "Whosgotwot Plus One" in "The Crowning Miracles" p. 203
 1982
Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Grymwyr)
288
Al Mann Ideo-Sight spectator sees color in candle and toothpick in water moves, ideomotor phenomenon
 		1982
Eff-Oes
17
Leo Kostka Shadow Seance impromptu Ouija board, shadow appears on wall using a candle
 		Jan. 1983
Magick (Issue 314)
1569
John Kennedy Haunted Candle Flame candle flame travels around
 		Mar. 1987
Magical Arts Journal (Vol. 1 No. 8)
18
Jay Scott Berry Frozen Fire flame picked off a candle with bare hands, flame changes into two silks, using Flame Tip
 		1995
Totally Eclipse
23
Martin Gardner The Candle See-Saw
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
balancing candle that is burning on both sides
 		Apr. 1995
Magic (Vol. 4 No. 8)
88
Rudolf Braunmüller Zauberkerzen-Getrickse about the candles that cannot be blown out
 		2000
Intermagic (Vol. 23 No. 4 & 5)
162
Rudolf Braunmüller Happy Birthday candle that cannot be blown out, but than it can
 		2000
Intermagic (Vol. 23 No. 4 & 5)
162
Rudolf Braunmüller Der unsichtbare Flammenflug flame travels from candle to candle, candle that cannot be blown out
 		2000
Intermagic (Vol. 23 No. 4 & 5)
189
Rudolf Braunmüller Eine Kerzen- und Streichholz-Kombination gag sequence with candle that cannot be blown out and gag matches
 		2000
Intermagic (Vol. 23 No. 4 & 5)
189
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser The Three Powers three chosen cards vanish from deck, arrive in pocket, deck vanishes (in topit type space) and appears in pocket, three selections rise one with corner torn off that visible restores, a card is shot with pistol into candle
Also published here 2002
Hofzinser's Card Tricks
146
Eggs from Candle Flame - First Method four eggs
Also published here 2002
The Encyclopedia of Egg Magic
51
Juan Mayoral Aparición Mágica de un Bastón fireball from candle in which a cane is produced, and then a handkerchief
 		2003
La Magia Española del Siglo XX
324
Patrick Page Topsy Turvey Candle burning candle in tube turns over
 		2011
Magic Page by Page
246
Patrick Page A Flaming Candle fake candle gag
 		2011
Magic Page by Page
285
Joaquín Matas Aparición "Flash" production of a large envelope or similar object in a flash, with candle
 		2016
A Fuego Lento — Volumen II
181