Magic Video - Professor Hoffmann - More Magic

The 'Magic Video - Professor Hoffmann - More Magic (Digital Download)' offers an unparalleled journey into the captivating world of illusion, bringing the timeless wisdom of Professor Hoffmann directly to your digital library. This comprehensive guide, formatted as a detailed PDF, is far more than just a collection of tricks; it's a foundational education for aspiring and seasoned magicians alike. Dive deep into the artistry of misdirection and wonder with over a dozen meticulously organized chapters, each revealing secrets previously guarded by master conjurers.

Unleash Your Inner Magician

From the fundamental principles of the magician's wand and table to advanced sleight of hand, this digital download covers an extraordinary range of magic. Learn new forms of 'Servante' and innovative substitutes for the traditional table, or even how to animate a mechanical hat. The early chapters lay a solid groundwork, ensuring you understand the core mechanics before moving onto more complex illusions.

Master the Classics and Discover New Secrets

A significant portion of 'More Magic' is dedicated to the intricate world of card tricks. Explore principles of sleight of hand applicable to cards, including new methods for forcing cards, advanced false shuffles, and innovative ways to change cards. Discover astonishing card tricks that don't require sleight of hand, making them accessible to magicians of all skill levels. For those seeking greater challenges, delve into tricks involving specially prepared cards or the revered 'Charlier' system of card-marking. Beyond cards, master coin manipulation with both apparatus-free techniques and those utilizing special props like the 'Multiplying Coins'. You'll also learn impressive feats with watches, rings, and handkerchiefs, from vanishing acts to miraculous reappearances.

Beyond the Basics: Divination and Grand Illusions

Elevate your performance with captivating feats of divination, including predicting sums of figures and 'Second Sight' tricks that will leave your audience spellbound. The guide further branches out into engaging ball tricks, humorous hat illusions, and surprising egg manipulations. Concluding with a rich array of miscellaneous tricks and even large-scale 'Stage Tricks' like 'The Vanishing Lady', this digital download provides a holistic magical education. With detailed instructions and Professor Hoffmann's authoritative insight, 'More Magic' is an indispensable resource for anyone serious about the art of illusion, ready for immediate download and mastery.

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INTRODUCTORY

CHAPTER I

THE MAGICIAN'S WAND， THE MAGICIAN'S TABLE， AND THE MAGICIAN'S DRESS.

The Firing Wand

The Electric Wand

New forms of "Servante"

Substitute for the "Table"

A Mechanical Hat

CHAPTER II

PRINCIPLES OF SLEIGHT OF HAND APPLICABLE TO CARD TRICKS.

The " Charlier " Pass

To Force a Card (New Methods)

To Force Three Cards together

False Shuffles (New Methods)

To Change a Card--The Revolution

To Spring the Cards from the one Hand to the Other (with Mechanical Pack)

The Bridge (Additional Methods) . . .

CHAPTER III

CARD TRICKS WITH ORDINARY CARDS AND NOT REQUIRING SLEIGHT OF HAND

Methods of Identifying a Chosen Card

Any number of Packets of Cards having been formed face downwards on the Table， to discover the Total Value of the Undermost Cards. (New Method)

New Numerical Trick with Cards

The Capital Q

To name Cards without seeing them

The "Alternate Card" Trick

The "Spelling" Trick

The "Twenty-seven Card" Trick--To cause a Card selected by one Spectator to appear at such number in the Pack as another Spectator may indicate

A Row of Cards being placed face downwards on the Table， to discover how many have during your absence been transferred from one end to the other. (Improved Method)

CHAPTER IV

TRICKS INVOLVING SLEIGHT OF HAND OR THE USE OF SPECIALLY PREPARED CARDS.

To produce Three Cards at any position in the Pack thought of by another person

A Card being freely chosen from the Pack， replaced， and the Pack shuffled， to make any given Card change to the one chosen

The "Alternate Card" Trick with a Complete Pack

To pass a Chosen Card through the Crown of a Borrowed Hat

To change Three Cards， placed in the Pocket of a Spectator into three others previously chosen

To make a Card freely drawn， and replaced in the Pack， change places with another Card on the Table

To distinguish the Suit of a given Card by Weight

The "Three-Card" Trick

"Changing" Cards

"Walking Pip" Cards

The Cards passing up the Sleeve， and the Diminishing and Increasing Cards

CHAPTER V

THE "CHARLIER" SYSTEM OF CARD-MARKING， AND TRICKS PERFORMED BY ITS AID

The method of Marking

Reading the Cards

The Charlier "Dial"

Method of Calculation

Practical Illustrations

The Mysterious Pairs

To name the Article taken by each of Four Persons

To name the Bottom Card of each of Three Heaps of Cards

CHAPTER VI

CARD TRICKS REQUIRING SPECIAL APPARATUS.

The Rising Cards (La Houlette) (Improved Methods)

To Catch a Selected Card on the End of a Walking Stick

Frames of various kinds for producing Cards

Field's Card-Frame

The French Card-Frame

The Sand Frame

The Velvet Frame and Artist's Easel

The Crystal Frame

The Cabalistic Star， for the production of Cards

The Velvet Cloth

The Black Cloth Target

The Magic Card Case

The Card Drawer. (Improved)

A New Changing Card-box and Tricks therewith

The Magnetic Wand and Walking Card

The Enchanted Hand-Mirror

The Multiplying and Vanishing Cards

CHAPTER VII

METHODS OF SLEIGHT-OF-HAND APPLICABLE TO COIN TRICKS.

The "Jerk-back" Palm

Coin Changes

To Extract a Coin from a Folded Paper

To Wrap a Coin apparently in a Handkerchief

CHAPTER VIII

COIN TRICKS WITHOUT APPARATUS.

To make a Coin vanish from and return to the Left Hand

To rub a Coin into the Elbow

To vanish Coins and reproduce them from the Elbow

The Penetrative Coins

Another Method

A New "Multiplication" Trick

CHAPTER IX

COIN TRICKS REQUIRING SPECIAL APPARATUS

To produce Coins from a lighted Candle

To pass Coins into a Bottle

Multiplying Coins and Tricks therewith

The eight Coins and two Brass Covers

Head or Tail

The Mysterious Tumbler--To pass a coin from a Glass of Water into the Centre of an Orange

The Climbing Coin--A Florin made to climb up the face of a small Wooden Pillar， into a Box at top

CHAPTER X

TRICKS WITH WATCHES AND RINGS.

A Smashed Watch (New Methods)

The Improved Watch Mortar

A Watch found at the root of a Flower

Taylor's Watch Trick

Devono's Watch-bag

The "Lady's Stocking"

The Wandering Ring

Verbeck's Wedding-ring Trick

CHAPTER XI

TRICKS WITH HANDKERCHIEFS.

A Handkerchief Puzzle

The Instantaneous Knot

The Stretched Handkerchief

To "Vanish" a Handkerchief (Sundry Methods)

The Buatier "Pull"

The "Bare-armed” Vanish

The Dissolving Handkerchiefs

The Two Decanters and the Flying Handkerchief

Multiplication of Handkerchiefs

Red， White， and Blue

The Vanishing Pocket handkerchief found in a Candle. (New Method)

"Flash" Handkerchiefs

The Revolving Candle for Handkerchief

A Pack of Cards transformed into a Handkerchief

A Saucepan to cook a Handkerchief

CHAPTER XII

FEATS OF DIVINATION.

The Expunged Numeral

To Predict the Sum of Five Rows of Figures

The Magic Circle (To discover a Card or other Object touched during the Performer's Absence)

"Second Sight" Tricks

Reading Blindfold

Dr. Lynn's "Second Sight" Trick

The Thinkophone

The Box of Numbers

CHAPTER XIII

BALL TRICKS.

The Billiard-ball Trick

Another Method

The Chameleon Ball

The Obedient Ball (Improved)

CHAPTER XIV

TRICKS WITH HATS

Hartz and his "Hat" Trick

The Bundle of Firewood

Flower-garden from a Hat

A New Folding Bouquet

The Cannon-ball Trick (Improved)

The Cannon-ball Globe

The Paper Ribbon and the Barber's Pole

The Animated Cigar

A Hat with a Hole in it

The Finger through the Hat- The Cork-The Coin-The Cigar

The Wand passed through the Hat

The Magnetized Hat

Another Method

The Smashed Hat

CHAPTER XV

TRICKS WITH EGGS

The Egg made to Sink or Swim at Command

To Balance an Egg on a Table

To Balance an Egg on the End of a Straw

To Spin an Egg on End

To Produce Eggs from an Empty Handkerchief

Another Method

“Patter " for this and a "Cake" Trick

Prepared Eggs--Paper from an Egg

A Barber's Pole from an Egg

To Produce Eggs from the Flame of a Candle

Egg Swallowing

To Pass an Egg through a Hat

The Climbing Egg

CHAPTER XVI

MISCELLANEOUS TRICKS.

The Mysterious Release

The Bottle Imp. (Improved)

Conjurer's Cress

Candle-lighting Extraordinary

The Obedient Candle

Newspaper Cuttings turned into Pale Ale

The Bran Plate

Bran Disappearing from a Glass， and Re-appearing under a Plate

The Flying Glass， Watch， and Handkerchief

The Inexhaustible Punch-bow

The Coffee Trick. (Improved Method)

The Wine and Water Trick. (Improved Methods)

Wine or Water. (Another Method)

The Wine Proof

The Inexhaustible Portfolio

The Horn of Plenty

The Bewitched Fan

A Shower of Flowers

The Spiritualistic Ball， Ring. and Card

CHAPTER XVII

STAGE TRICKS

The New Target， for Watch and Card

The Broken Mirror

The Card in the Candle

The Bewitched Skull

The Talking Hand

The Shower of Gold

The Demon Marksman

The Vanishing Lady

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