Prepare to be amazed! “I’ll Have a Double” by Wesley James unveils the secrets of multiple lifts, a must-have for card magic enthusiasts! Over 100 pages filled with techniques & routines. Get ready to elevate your magic!”
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Master the Art of Multiple Lifts with Wesley James’ “I’ll Have a Double”
Wesley James, a renowned name in the world of card magic, has once again delivered a masterpiece with “I’ll Have a Double”. This comprehensive guide is the ultimate resource for anyone serious about mastering multiple lift techniques in card magic. While no single book can cover every technique, this volume comes closer than any other, offering an extensive collection of methods, theories, and practical applications that will transform your card magic.
Why Multiple Lifts Are Essential
Multiple lifts are a cornerstone of card magic, providing magicians with a powerful tool to enhance their performances. This book goes beyond mere technique, delving into the theory behind multiple lifts, enabling you to use them practically and reliably. Whether you’re a beginner or a seasoned pro, mastering these techniques will revolutionize your approach to card magic.
What You’ll Discover Inside
- In-Depth Techniques: From the classic Double Lift to advanced variations like the WJ Two-Step Double Lift and the Leipzig Snap Double Lift, this book covers it all.
- Practical Applications: Learn how to apply these techniques in real-world scenarios with detailed routines and effects.
- Expert Insights: Benefit from Wesley James’ 50+ years of experience, distilled into clear, actionable advice.
- Comprehensive Coverage: Over 50,000 words and 100+ pages of meticulously illustrated content, formatted for easy study.
More Than Just a Book
This isn’t just a collection of techniques—it’s a complete guide to understanding and mastering multiple lifts. With an exhaustive bibliography and a wealth of practical examples, “I’ll Have a Double” offers everything you need to elevate your card magic to the next level.
Format: 1st edition 2021, PDF, 116 pages
Word Count: 52,929 (equivalent to 211 standard pages of text)
Wesley James has done it again! While no single volume could include every multiple lift technique that has been shared in magic’s vast literature, anyone that performs card magic needs the powerful tool multiple lifts can offer. Simply stated, this is the single most extensive work on multiple lifts ever created. No list could be fully comprehensive, but you’ll find an abundance of techniques referenced in the exhaustive bibliography. You’ll also discover as much multiple lift information as has ever been placed between two covers, and more.
Everyone who performs card magic needs to understand the extraordinary weapon multiple lift techniques can provide. That understanding demands more than an array of techniques designed to address specific applications but a grasp of the theory that enables multiple lifts to be employed practically and reliably. Mastery of this one class of techniques can revolutionize your card magic. In the pages of this work, you will find all you are ever likely to need to know about how and why multiple lifts can be used to amplify the impact of your card magic. Study of these pages will allow you to grasp the scope and limitations of multiple lift techniques.
All these subjects and more are addressed with the in-depth insight and attention to detail characteristic of Wesley James’ writing. In more than a hundred densely packed, well-illustrated pages you will find the accumulated wisdom garnered from well over fifty years of experience distilled into clear concepts and detailed descriptions. You’ll also find a collection of effects and routines that exploit the power of multiple lifts. It offers more than expected and precisely what you need.
More than 50,000 words plus extensive illustrations, in over 100 pages, formatted for careful study. The ebook price is just $60 and, as you’ll see from the Table of Contents below, you’ll want to read this book carefully to learn all it offers.
- Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Overview
- The Terrain
- Multiple Lift Issues
- Setting cards for Multiple Lifts
- Moving multiple cards for display
- Gripping multiple cards for display
- Cleaning Up
- Naturalness – The Double Lift–And More
- The Double Lift
- Setting Up a Lift
- Wesley’s Half Wrist Turn – WHWT Double Lift
- The Pinky Count
- The Squeeze
- Turning the Lift
- The WJ Two-Step Double Lift
- The WJ Two-Step Double Lift Hit Variation
- The KDW Double Lift
- The Leipzig Snap Double Lift
- Curry’s Drawback Double Lift
- Throw Change/Toss Change
- Gravity Lifts
- The Gravity Turnover
- The WJ/Stuart Gordon Turnover Variation
- Cleaning Up
- The Unload Subtlety
- Vernon’s Double Lift Clean Up
- WJ Variation
- The KM Move
- Reversed Fingered KM Move
- Theory
- Three-Point Theory
- Developing Rules
- The Torrales Bounce
- Effects/Routines
- Topsy Turvy III
- Impeccable Follow-Up
- The Slide Out Double Lay-down
- Paint it Blue
- Bertram/James Spread Revelation
- Notes on a Limited Stack
- Too Much Ambition
- More than a Transpo
- Invisible Flight II
- Handling I
- Handling II
- Handling III
- Invisible Flight II
- Got Milk II
- RTM II
- Splay Grip
- Neoteric Monte (Applying the Change)
- The Divine Open Prediction
- Appendix A
- Breaking in the Cards
- Index
- Cited Text
- Bibliography
- Push Off
- The Vernon Push Off
- Vernon Simulated Push-Off
- Strike/Hit Lift
- Leipzig Double Lift
- Get Ready Techniques
- Stuart Gordon Turnover & Variations
- Altman Trap
- Replacement Moves
- Vernon Replacement
- Tamariz/Bruce/Close/James Replacement
- Other Lift Techniques
1st edition 2021, PDF 116 pages.
word count: 52929 which is equivalent to 211 standard pages of text