45 entries for Shaman

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Theodore Annemann uses the penname Shaman.

Bruce Elliott uses the penname Shaman.

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Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Shaman* The Postman's Dream marked stamp travels from paper to inside watch
 		1940
The Jinx (Issue 107)
639
Shaman* Bartender's Nightmare water to wine, glass of wine vanishes
 		1940
The Jinx (Issue 107)
640
Shaman* Curious Coin marked coin wrapped in newspaper and burned, appears in nest of boxes
 		1940
The Jinx (Issue 112)
667
Shaman* Lost-Found blank silk, then with card printed on it
 		1940
The Jinx (Issue 119)
701
Shaman* Ode to the Sun deck put in threaded paper bag, bag put on fire, only selection remains on thread
 		1941
The Jinx (Issue 138)
783
Shaman* The Farmer's Daughter thieves and sheep with hats and different colored blocks, gaffed
 		Apr. 1942
The Phoenix (Issue 7)
25
Shaman* Shear Nerve! cut and restored paper, unusual method
 		Sep. 1942
The Phoenix (Issue 17)
73
Shaman* 21 Plus spectator guesses in which row his card is, in the end the card is found by spelling "This is the card you took"
Also published here
Related to
 Dec. 1942
The Phoenix (Issue 24)
101
Shaman* Big Man! person grows and shrinks, gag
 		Jan. 1943
The Phoenix (Issue 27)
112
Shaman* 13 Steps by placing the deck on the stairs, different positions
 		Feb. 1943
The Phoenix (Issue 29)
121
Shaman* Mental Mirror word and card are divined by medium, cards code word
 		July 1943
The Phoenix (Issue 39)
160
Bruce Elliott* The Back Room on Jack Trepel performing magic on the radio, Jay Marshall, Shaman
 		July 1943
The Phoenix (Issue 39)
163
Shaman* Cagliostro's Spectacles spectator puts on special glasses when the cards are spread in front of him, he names all of the selections
Inspired by
  • an idea of DeLands, credit reference on page 191
Related to
Variations
 Oct. 1943
The Phoenix (Issue 45)
185
Bruce Elliott* The Back Room on an article in the Sunday Mirror Magazine about spotting gambling, John Scarne, Frances Ireland, Kolmar, Shaman
 		Nov. 1943
The Phoenix (Issue 47)
195
Shaman* Half-Head/Half-Tail Coin for rubbing-two-coins-together illusion
Related to
 Nov. 1943
The Phoenix (Issue 47)
195
Shaman* Bifocals eight people look at a card individually, they all see the same card, glasses presentation
Related to
 Feb. 1944
The Phoenix (Issue 53)
218
Alvarez Gonzales (reviewer) Shaman's Show by Shaman* Sep. 1944
The Phoenix (Issue 69)
283
Bruce Elliott* The Back Room on Jim Sherman, Richard Himber, Al Koran, Charlie Miller, Dell O'Dell, Shaman
 		Sep. 1944
The Phoenix (Issue 70)
287
Bruce Elliott* The Back Room on Connie Haden, Jay Marshall, Shaman, Dr. Beebe and John Snyder, S.B. Blodgett
 		Apr. 1945
The Phoenix (Issue 81)
331
Shaman* Shaman's Lucifers two matchboxes, in one the matches are burnt, then they change places with the unburnt matches in the other matchbox
Related to
  • Stuart Robson's "Tips on Flashpaper"
 May 1945
The Phoenix (Issue 83)
336
Bruce Elliott* The Back Room About the Life, Hard Times and Unseemly Death of Shaman, Shaman was invented by Annemann and Bruce Elliott
 		Oct. 1945
The Phoenix (Issue 93)
379
Martin Sunshine The Twenty-One Card Spelling Trick No. 135, 21-Card Trick using Spelling for Revelation
Also published here
Related to
 1950
Scarne on Card Tricks
261
Shaman* 21 Plus spectator guesses in which row his card is, in the end the card is found by spelling "This is the card you took"
Also published here
Related to
 1956
The Best in Magic
104
Shaman* 21 Plus spectator guesses in which row his card is, in the end the card is found by spelling "This is the card you took"
Also published here
Related to
 Feb. 1956
The New Phoenix (Issue 336)
154
Norman Houghton On Shamans and their Spices
Nov. 1964
Ibidem (Issue 30)
22
Karl Fulves* Gaffed Coins - 3/4 Silver Fake double facer with silver on one side and a bit of silver and mostly copper on other side, used in transposition with Okito box, see also p. 513
Related to
 July 1971
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 6 No. 9)
432
Shaman* Chest of the Lamas production cabinet, rabbit
 		1974
The Conjurors' Book of Stage Illusions
12
Paul Maurer Cagliostro's Wunderbrille spectator puts on special glasses when the cards are spread in front of him, he names all of the selections, using card with two and with four indices
Inspired by
 1974
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 35 No. 4)
74
Thomas Alan Waters Bluecue two spectators select the same card individually, difference to Standout, second spectator choses a card face down
Inspired by
Related to
 1985
Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Mystyx)
699
Eugene Burger The Shaman's Magic: Milbourne Christopher On American Indian Conjuring
  • Christopher’s Treatment of Shamanism
  • Shamans
  • Shamanism and Deception
Related to
 Jan. 1992
MAGIC (Vol. 1 No. 5)
37
Eugene Burger 3. The Shaman's Magic
  • Native American Conjuring
  • Shamans
  • Shamanism and Deception
Also published here
Related to
 1995
Magic and Meaning
25
Eugene Burger 5. Stories of the Origin of Magic
  • Stories of the Beginning
  • The Magic Behind the Magic
  • The Economic-political Theory
  • Shamanism and the Origin of Conjuring
  • Deception in the Animal World
Also published here
 1995
Magic and Meaning
57
Simon Lovell Blind Man's Bluff spectator finds cards in deck, rest is secretly blank, cards are predicted
Inspired by
 2000
Son of Simon Says!
85
Jeff McBride The Shaman's Bag "An Initiation into the Four Magical Elements"
one of the four elements (earth, air, fire, water) is chosen and predicted
 		2003
Mystery School
53
Martin Sunshine The 21 Card Spelling Trick
Also published here
Related to
 2007
7-7-7
48
Dr. Raffaele De Ritis, Christian Chelman A Shaman Among Magicians "The Theatrical Close-Up Magic of Christian Chelman"
 		Oct. 2007
Genii (Vol. 70 No. 10)
32
Eugene Burger 3. The Shaman's Magic
  • Native American Conjuring
  • Shamans
  • Shamanism and Deception
Also published here
Related to
 2009
Magic and Meaning [Expanded]
25
Eugene Burger 5. Stories of the Origin of Magic
  • Stories of the Beginning
  • The Magic Behind the Magic
  • The Economic-political Theory
  • Shamanism and the Origin of Conjuring
  • Deception in the Animal World
Also published here
 2009
Magic and Meaning [Expanded]
57
Carlos Vinuesa Interesting variants variants of the principle of the deck switch: start with a forcing or banked deck and, after the forces, switching it for a regular deck missing the forced cards
Related to
 2013
Numbers, Cards... and Time!
91
Max Maven* Letter Carrier
  • Lost Horizons
spectator thinks of a word and takes letters out of an alphabet deck, word later divined
Also published here
  • Abracadabra, Oct. 1979
Inspired by
 May 2013
Genii (Vol. 76 No. 5)
21
Simon Coronel Full Shaman
  • Walkabout Soup
 		May 2016
MAGIC (Vol. 25 No. 9)
17
Dennis T. Tittus The Brief Life, Times and Death of Shaman
Dec. 2024
Genii (Vol. 87 No. 12)
32
Peter Alan Ross The Forgotten Magicians Who Never Existed AI generated photos with biographies
  • Valerie Caldwell
  • Winston Harrington
  • Clarence T. Johnson
  • Carlos Delgado
  • Archibald Mallory
  • Vincent Landon
  • Leopold Fitzroy
  • Shaman
 		Jan. 2025
Genii (Vol. 88 No. 1)
39
Jim Steinmeyer The Spectacles of Yourself spectator puts on special glasses when the cards are spread in front of him, he names all of the selections
Inspired by
 Mar. 2026
Genii (Vol. 89 No. 3)
50
Cardonli* The Hampstead Shaman
  • You've Got to Hand it to Her
  • Taken to the Cleaners
  • What's the Difference
  • An Impromptu Switch Folder
 		Feb. 2026
The Sleightist (Issue 3)
6