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Theodore Annemann 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"
Related toAlso published here 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 toVariations
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
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 1956 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 Feb. 1956
The New Phoenix (Issue 336)
154
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 432
Shaman Chest of the Lamas production cabinet, rabbit
1974 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 byRelated 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
Related toAlso published here 1995 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 57
Simon Lovell Blind Man's Bluff spectator finds cards in deck, rest is secretly blank, cards are predicted
Inspired by 2000 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 53
Martin Sunshine The 21 Card Spelling Trick
Related toAlso published here 2007 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 2009 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 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 91
Max Maven Letter Carrier
  • Lost Horizons
spectator thinks of a word and takes letters out of an alphabet deck, word later divined
Inspired byAlso published here
  • Abracadabra, Oct. 1979
May 2013
Genii (Vol. 76 No. 5)
21