44 entries in Sand
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Der Saharasand sand is poured into bowl of water and mixed, performer retrieves dry sand from bowl with bare hands, also with sand heaps of four different colors
Related to Jan. 1895
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 1 No. 1)
4
Carl Willmann Briefkasten answering letters, on using "professor", Embryoskop (Prof. Dr. W. Preyer), reading letter inside envelope (alcohol), x-rays, colored ashes from bowl of water (sand-like)
May 1896
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 2 No. 5)
80
Die indische Sandillusion four different-colored sands are poured into bowl of water and mixed, performer retrieves dry sand of wanted color from bowl with bare hands
Related to Aug. 1896
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 2 No. 8)
120
Friedrich W. Conradi-Horster Briefkasten answering letters, description of effect in which different colored ashes are taken out of water (not sand effect)
Related to Mar. 1896
Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 1 No. 7)
112
Friedrich W. Conradi-Horster Briefkasten answering letters, on the colored ashes in water effect, Moltke und der Globus
Related to Apr. 1896
Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 1 No. 8)
127
Der Saharasand with four colored sands
May 1897
Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 2 No. 10)
147
Ein Papierschnitzel-Kunststück "By E. B. from Berlin", sands of the desert with paper confetti
July 1899
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 5 No. 7)
105
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Ameisenarbeit different colored confettis are mixed in a bowl, performer produces handful of named color, à la sand of the desert
1927 49
Eugene Laurant The Sands of the Desert method of preparation
Variations 1938 865
Charles Bertram The Sands of the Desert - Charles Bertram's Method
1938 867
The Sands of the Desert - Wax Paper Method
1938 868
The Sands of the Desert - Veterinary Capsule Method
1938 868
David "Fu Manchu" Bamberg The Sands of the Desert - Fu Manchu's Presentation
1938 869
Harlan Tarbell The Sands of the Desert - Harlan Tarbell's Presentation
1938 869
George Armstrong Geomancy of the Gods Q & A with one envelope and sand as a reading tool
Mar. 1943
The Phoenix (Issue 30)
125
Robert Gable Lota Bowl and Sand Cup idea for humorous presentation
Dec. 1943
The Phoenix (Issue 49)
203
Bob Somerfeld The Sands of Time sand of different colors, chosen one is divined
1951
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1951)
21
Leonard Austin Sands of Time three buckets are filled with sand, they change into costumes
1956
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1956)
20
Dagmar Mazakian Eine Täuschung die gefällt sands of the desert done with paper confetti, three colors mixed in bowl
Also published here
  • in "Zauberkunst"
1958
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 19 No. 3)
669
Ali Bongo Symbols in the Sand sand in box, spectator draws a letter and shows it around, then letter is erased by shaking the box, medium divines letter
Inspired by
  • Ron Baillie's "The Finger of Fate" in Peter Warlock's "Pentagram" Vol. 5, No. 6, 1951.
1966 46
Francis J. Baker, Ron Baillie In the Sands cardboard box with sand, spectator writes ESP symbol in sand and shakes sand, assistant recreates sand drawing
Inspired by
  • idea in Pentagram from Ron Baille, ca. 20 years ago
May 1971 419
V. Robert Allen Geomancy! sand reading, box with word, word divined and reading
1973
Magick (Issue 83)
413
Karrell Fox The Shifting Sands of the Sahara white sand on tablet used as presentational ploy to read answer from spectator's palm impression
1976 97
Tan Hock Chuan Sands of Gobi Teaches method on how to make the sand, plus a simple handling
1977 22
Don Tanner Colored Sands three different-colored sands mixed in cloth bag, performer reaches in and produces sand of one color three times
1978 15
Sand Cannisters two cannisters of different sizes, sand is filled from small to large cannister and vanishes, repeated
1982 67
Karl Fulves Coin in Sand invisible coin moves in sand, then appears under glass visibly, posed as problem
1985 107
Alan Wakeling The Liquid Sands Routine beer, milk and red wine are mixed in a champagne bucket, then glasses are used to take out the liquids separately again
Also published here Dec. 1992
Magic (Vol. 2 No. 4)
42
Alan Wakeling The Liquid Sand Routine beer, milk and red wine are mixed in a champagne bucket, then glasses are used to take out the liquids separately again
Inspired by
  • William Larsen idea inspired by Jack Gwynne's Sands of Egypt, Genii, Dec. 1941
Also published here
1993 77
Frank Thompson Sand Ace Assembly only effect description, Aces in T-formation are covered with sand and travel together
Jan. 1996
Magic (Vol. 5 No. 5)
66
Rusty Cook Infamentalism six jars with different colored sand, one is secretly shaken and later divined by performer
1997 139
Joshua Jay Beach Business Cards Magician makes sand appear underneath business card that is placed on spectator's hand
1999 148
Masklyn ye Mage Geomancy tray with sand, smoke appears when wand is pulled through sand, a gold coin appears in sand
Also published here
  • The New Invocation, Dec. 1990
Oct. 2000
Genii (Vol. 63 No. 10)
43
John Carney Astral Projection Hawaii chosen as travel destination, performer transforms into Hawaii tourist, sand from shoe, towel and pineapple production
2002 159
Steve Cohen Shell Shocked sand and large seashell is produced from spectator's shoe
2007 311
Karl Fulves Alien Presence "Unexplained"
crop circles appear in a carpet or on sand on beach, also drawing information in sand box and deleting it again, posed as a problem
Related to 2009
Prolix (Issue 6)
403
Milt Larsen The Colored Sands
Also published here
  • Genii, May 1945
Nov./Dec. 2012
Genii (Vol. 75 No. 11 & 12)
46
Jonathan Pendragon Algorithm
  • Panmagium
series on Sands of Desert
  • Part One: Getting Sane
Oct. 2015
Genii (Vol. 78 No. 10)
24
Jonathan Pendragon The Sands of the Desert
  • Panmagium
Dec. 2015
Genii (Vol. 78 No. 12)
34
Jonathan Pendragon Tesseract
  • Panmagium
Feb. 2016
Genii (Vol. 79 No. 2)
24
West McDonough Sand Care and Feeding
Feb. 2016
Genii (Vol. 79 No. 2)
25
The Technique of Putting Five Colors of Sand into Water and Not Getting Them Even a Little Wet
  • Dan Sherer (additional comments)
  • Max Maven (additional comments and credit information)
Also published here
  • Hōkasen, 1764
May 2016
Genii (Vol. 79 No. 5)
77
Jeff Prace Straw Ingredient
  • Left-Handed
cherry drink dissects into raw ingredients: cherry, water, dry sugar
July 2016
Genii (Vol. 79 No. 7)
50
Jan Logemann An Anfang war 'ne Münze three coins appear and vanish, jumbo coin finale, pendulum, incorporating appearing sand in presentation
2019 4