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Here's another good reveal...walking thru glass.[Replies: 32]
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Bill Page is explaining?????
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If you are new to magic especially, this will help you understand some
of the cryptic goings on here, and at other magic message boards. The
list was developed by the original SOMF team in September 2005
If you want something explained or added, send me a message on the
board here, or post in the thread, and I'll add it in to the list for
you.
Ambitious Card Routine (ACR) - Card effect where a chosen card keeps
on returning to the top of the pack.
Angles - People sitting at certain position in the audience can spot
the secret. Usually extreme left or right or behind. If a trick is
"angley" it can only be done with limited audience viewpoints.
Example: The Balducci Levitation which can only be viewed a 45 degrees
view between side and behind angles.
Asrah - Stage Levitation and vanish of a woman, achieved by a
collapsing form in the woman's shape, which is levitated by a zombie
type rod or stage rig wires. Black art is used to hide the form, when
the cloth is removed.
BA - Black Art - You can't see black on black very well which is
useful for secret compartments or secret hiding places on stage. Can
be used for the inside of illusions to hide depth or in close up work,
or the same principle used with patterned materials which hide an
edge.
Bat - Strong magnet in black cloth, used for PK or vanishing objects.
Bobo's - Bobo's modern coin magic. 20th C Book reckoned to be one of
the most comprehensive on coin magic.
Book Test - Mentalism effect where a chosen word in a book is guessed
successfully by the performer. Can use forces, miss calls, swithces,
subterfuge, carbon paper, special books, or a combination of methods.
BT or BTone Double writing gimmick invented by Bill Tarr
Center tear - Special way of tearing up paper so that the centre piece
with the message is retained by the magician. (Revelation/mentalism)
Chop - Code word for a magnet (eg in a ring or in a cup)
Chop Cup- Cup with secret magnet used with a magnetic ball which can
be made to vanish or appear at will using the magnet.
Cold(deck) - Switching in a stacked deck.
Confederate - See Stooge.
Change - Changing one card for another.
Charlier - One handed flourish cut or pass.
Classic force - Making a spectator choose a card by fanning them and
timing the force card to land under their fingers.
Classic palm - Holding an object in the centre of the palm, gripped by
the palm muscles lightly eg A coin.
Clip - Holding an object, usually a coin between the fingers, often on
the back of the hand. Also a device to hold a ball or other object
under the jacket to steal for a production.
CIB - Coin in bottle. A coin is made to penetrate insisde a bottle.
Can use folding coins, split cap, false transfers, magnets, coin
hidden in cap or label, split bottle, deforming plastic bottle mouth
beforehand, or switches.
Crimp - A bend in a card or cards which is used to locate them later.
A gamblers move which can be used in magic, there are many different
types.
CC/MC- Conjurer's/Magician's choice where an object is forced on a
spectator by deciding if he takes or discards the objects selected.
Also known as Equivoque
Daub - Conjurer's wax. Used to stick things together temporarily.
Deal - To take cards off the top of the deck. Deal seconds (take the
second card looking like the top) Deal Middles (take a middle card
looking like the top) Deal Bottoms (take the bottom card looking like
the top)
DL - Double lift. Lifting two cards as one.
DW - Double writing. Writing twice physically or with a gimmick so
that one copy can be used as your prediction later in the effect.
Effect - A magical happening. The proper word for a trick. Beginners
do tricks. Magicians perform effects. Note the word perform.
False transfer - An object is put or taken into one hand while being
retained in the other.
Fake - Similar to a gimmick, the object is modified, but it is seen by
the audience whereas a gimmick is generally unseen.
Faro - A skillful shuffle similar to the riffle where the cards mesh
perfectly.
Flashing - Exposing an object or part of an object momentarily during
a secret move.
Flourish - A showy move which displays handling skills.
French drop - A take false transfer with a coin or small object.
Force - Where a card or object is made to be selected even though
there appears to a free choice.
Foulard - Old fashioned word for a large cloth, usually silk to cover
something. Often used with the zombie ball to hide the rod gimmick.
Glimpse - To get a secret view of a card or object. Eg the bottom card
or sight the top one while looking through the pack to find another
card. The top card may also be sighted by lifting slightly with the
left thumb while misdirecting in some other way.
Glide - Pulling back the bottom card so the second from bottom can be
dealt.
Gimmick/Gaffe - Secret part or object used to make the trick work.
IT/ITR - Invisible thread, Invisible thread reel. Thin nylon thread
that you can't see is used to levitate stuff.
Impromptu - A trick that can be performed at a moments notice, usually
with everyday objects and little or no preparation.
Invisible deck (brainwave deck) - Gimmicked roughed deck enabling the
deck to be fanned and any card to be shown face up/face down.
Key/Key Card - Known card used to locate another.
Key Ring - Ring with a split in it as used in the linking rings efect.
Lapping - Dropping an object into one's lap to vanish it (done while
seated).
Load - To secretly put an object into a location eg A ball under a cup
or a rabbit into a hat.
M5- Powerful Neodymium magnet used for PK effects, balances, stopping
watches, and vanishes.
Manipulator - A magician with a showy sleight of hand act, often set
to music, who produces cards/coins etc or multiplies balls in the air.
Mechanic - An operator who is very skilled at sleight of hand (usually
with cards).
Mechanic's grip - A way of holding the pack in the left hand ready for
dealing. The fore finger is on the front of the deck to help square
the pack and control the cards. A lay person will hold the deck with
the fingers all underneath or down the side.
Misdirection - Getting the spectators to concentrate elsewhere when a
move takes place.
Monte - Famous con game where three cards are thrown down and the mark
has to find the queen/ace etc. Due to sleight of hand, he never wins.
Muggle/mark - Non magician or subject for a con game
Nose Peek - Seeing down sides of nose while blindfolded
One Ahead - Principle often used in mentalism where the magician
writes down the name of an item previously discovered instead of the
current item he is trying to guess.
Out - An ending to a trick that the magician uses if the trick goes
wrong.
OOTW - Out of this World. A popular almost self working card effect
where the red card are separated from the blacks. Modern variations
include "Galaxy"
Palm - To hold an object in the hand secretly.
BP - Back Palm (Held on back of the hand)
FP - Finger Palm (Held in the fingers)
CP - Classic Palm (Held in centre of the hand)
TP - Thumb Palm (Held in the crotch of the thumb)
Pass - Secret move to transpose the halves of a pack eg to bring a
card to the top.
Patter - The words magicians use.
Peek - See Glimpse
Pinch - Vanish done by snapping coin from lengthways in the finger
tips to edge-ways, incorporating a ROV element. Also a vanish used by
carrying a sponge ball from pinched between fingers to a palm.
PK - Psychokinesis. Ie moving things around usually done with threads
or strong magnets.
Pull - Device on elastic which pulls object up sleeve or under jacket.
PW - Pocket Writing - Writing secretly in a pocket or hidden location,
information to be used later in a prediction.
ROV - Retention of vision vanish. Put vanish for a coin.
Raven - Magnetic Pull device used to vanish a small coin or magnetic
object
Readers/paper - Marked cards which can be read from their backs.
RRTCM - Royal Road to Card Magic. 20th C book by Jean Hugard often
cited as the best text for beginning card magic.
Riffle - To let cards come of the hand creating a noise. Also riffle
shuffle.
R/S - The use of rough or smooth compounds on cards which makes them
stick or slide easily.
Servante - Secret shelf or compartment behind magicians table.
Silk - A silk handkerchief.
Shell - A hollowed out coin or ball which fits over the real object
allowing vanish and reproductions.
Shell game - Con game with walnut shells and a pea where the muggle
has to guess the shell with the pea in. Due to sleight of hand he
never wins.
Sleeving - Dropping an object up a sleeve to vanish it.
Sleight - A secret move.
Slide - A tube to get an object to an impossible location. Eg Marked
coin to ball of wool or object inside nested boxes.
Sponge - A sponge ball
Stack - A prearranged deck or part of the deck of cards
Steal - A slight to obtain an object secretly eg Stealing a ball from
under a cup or stealing a card from the pack.
Strippers/stripper deck - cards are wider at one end, enabling a
reversed card to be located.
Stooge(or shill or stick) - Audience member who is actually planted as
part of the act and who acts in a cooperative manner.
Sucker effect - A trick where the spectator is lead to believe he has
worked it out, only to be proved very wrong.
Svengali/Svengali deck - Gimmicked deck where every other card is the
same and also short. Can be used for forcing and many other effects.
Swami Gimmick - Small writing device hidden under the nail used to
"predict" what a spectator says by writing it secretly after she says
it. (mentalism) Also known as nail writer or Boon writer.
Switch - To change one object for another. Eg Bobo switch for coins or
Gypsy switch which uses a silk handkerchief.
Talking - Not the words spoken, but an inadvertent noise made by the
props which can give away the trick.
Topit - Jacket with secret receptacle to vanish things.
T&R - Torn and Restored. The magician rips something up into many
pieces (eg playing card/paper etc) and then "restores" it. The method
lies in switching in a new undamaged item.
TT - Thumb tip. Plastic thumb cover for vanishing and reproducing
small objects. Can be used for small liquid/powder (eg salt) vanishes
and appearances.
Woofle Dust/Magic Dust - Excuse for going to a pocket to get rid of a
vanished item.
Zig Zag - Stage illusion where a woman is split into 3 pieces. The
effect is achieved by the woman contorting within the apparatus as her
centre section is displaced.
Zombie - An effect with a floating ball. Zombie type/zombie gimmick -
a secret rod to make an object float usually under cover of a cloth.
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Center tear has nothing to do with predictions. It is a way of gaining
information that has been written.
A swami gimmick can also be called a nail writer or boon writer.
PW can sometimes mean Pocket Writing which is a way of writing
information on a piece of paper after you know what the spectator is
thinking of. Similar to using a nail writer.
A stooge can also be called a confederate and is usually in on the
magic with you, but can sometimes be "instant" which means they might
not know what's going on.
Black art can also be applied to patterns that blend and in fact can
be quite bright.
It's also not limited to stage effects, in fact I have a very clever
coin trick that uses the principle.
cc/mc can also be called Equivoque.
Bat a gimmick made by the same company that puts out the raven.
Basically a magnet in cloth that can be attached anywhere on your
clothing.
BT or BTone a gimmick for double writing.
DW double writing.
Key bender a device for bending keys duh. LOL
Peek a way to secretly see a card or a word without your audience
knowing.
Nose peek a way of seeing while blindfolded.
Zig zag could also refer to some pocket tricks that accomplish the
same effect as the stage illusion.
Just a few they must have missed on the old site. A lot can happen in
a couple of years.
Take care and have fun.
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Thanks. I didn't know some of these words.
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foulard - a large silk or cloth used in an illusion to cover
something...
black art - anyone care to tackle this? I don't have time right now,
but it came to mind after a question in another thread... if not, I'll
come back later....
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Black art has been defined by both Tammi and I. What is it you want Q?
MM out.
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Black art has already been put up by Tammi. I don't know if any were
missed but MagicianSchool has these same one's; Tammi must've got them
for here:
http://www.magicianschool.com/terminology.php
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Haha wrong! The original list was developed between Val and me (mostly
Val) for SOMF1 and posted on SOMF1 and also on Wikipedia. Later
Magician School copied it for his site because both our lists were
public domain sources.
So, SOMF1 were first. Magician School is just a sham copy I also see
they quoted Magician School on magic cafe for this list, but really
they are quoting SOMF. They deleted my account at the Cafe cos I was
on SOMF, but they quote our posts. Hehehe, double standards there...
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Wow. very informative.. Thanks, I'll save this to my computer.
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Thanks Claw.
I notice the change in board background has made it difficult to read
for the graphite scheme so I'll attend to that...
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A great list, very great. I only hope that the list on Wikipedia won`t
make non-magicians wiser than they should see. Publishing these things
is a great thing for people who want to learn magic, since I know from
my own experience that starting seriously with magic is so difficult;
especially when you don`t have a lot of money and such lists aren`t
available. I only hope that an audience member will never ask: "are
you using a thumb tip, cause I read on that on the internet", because
that whould be to sad for the art.
However, to be on topic again, does anyone have a link for the Bill
tarr double writing gimmick? A link to a magic site selling it is fine
already
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this helped me out alot when i was a beginner thanks for reposting it
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QUOTE (MagicTammi @ Apr 29 2007, 06:27 PM)
Gimmick/Gaffe - Secret part or object used to make the trick work.
Can we be more specific:
Gimmick: a secret object used to make a trick (or several) work
(unseen if you're having a good day).
Gaff/Gaffe: a doctored object used to make a trick (or several) work.
Appears to be the real object and is presented as such.
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Can anybody elaborate the skills for the Woofle Dust/Magic Dust idea?
Or is it pure patter?
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I would like to clarify / expound on a couple of the items listed
above.
Daub IS NOT AS STATED, Conjurer's wax. Used to stick things together
temporarily.
Daub can be any substance used for MARKING items..., typically cards
and used in gambling. A substance that is used to mark a card for
later identification and/or location is know as daub.
Also it's stated above that "Swami Gimmick - Small writing device
hidden under the nail used to "predict" what a spectator says by
writing it secretly after she says it. (mentalism) Also known as nail
writer or Boon writer."
Not technically right either. A swami IS an under the nail writer. A
boon is applied to the thumb pad. So yes, they provide the same
function, but technically a boon is not a swami.
Not trying to bash the original post, just don't want to see folks get
confused.
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If you are new to magic especially, this will help you understand some
of the cryptic goings on here, and at other magic message boards. The
list was developed by the original SOMF team in September 2005
If you want something explained or added, send me a message on the
board here, or post in the thread, and I'll add it in to the list for
you.
Ambitious Card Routine (ACR) - Card effect where a chosen card keeps
on returning to the top of the pack.
Angles - People sitting at certain position in the audience can spot
the secret. Usually extreme left or right or behind. If a trick is
"angley" it can only be done with limited audience viewpoints.
Example: The Balducci Levitation which can only be viewed a 45 degrees
view between side and behind angles.
Asrah - Stage Levitation and vanish of a woman, achieved by a
collapsing form in the woman's shape, which is levitated by a zombie
type rod or stage rig wires. Black art is used to hide the form, when
the cloth is removed.
BA - Black Art - You can't see black on black very well which is
useful for secret compartments or secret hiding places on stage. Can
be used for the inside of illusions to hide depth or in close up work,
or the same principle used with patterned materials which hide an
edge.
Bat - Strong magnet in black cloth, used for PK or vanishing objects.
Bobo's - Bobo's modern coin magic. 20th C Book reckoned to be one of
the most comprehensive on coin magic.
Book Test - Mentalism effect where a chosen word in a book is guessed
successfully by the performer. Can use forces, miss calls, swithces,
subterfuge, carbon paper, special books, or a combination of methods.
BT or BTone Double writing gimmick invented by Bill Tarr
Center tear - Special way of tearing up paper so that the centre piece
with the message is retained by the magician. (Revelation/mentalism)
Chop - Code word for a magnet (eg in a ring or in a cup)
Chop Cup- Cup with secret magnet used with a magnetic ball which can
be made to vanish or appear at will using the magnet.
Cold(deck) - Switching in a stacked deck.
Confederate - See Stooge.
Change - Changing one card for another.
Charlier - One handed flourish cut or pass.
Classic force - Making a spectator choose a card by fanning them and
timing the force card to land under their fingers.
Classic palm - Holding an object in the centre of the palm, gripped by
the palm muscles lightly eg A coin.
Clip - Holding an object, usually a coin between the fingers, often on
the back of the hand. Also a device to hold a ball or other object
under the jacket to steal for a production.
CIB - Coin in bottle. A coin is made to penetrate insisde a bottle.
Can use folding coins, split cap, false transfers, magnets, coin
hidden in cap or label, split bottle, deforming plastic bottle mouth
beforehand, or switches.
Crimp - A bend in a card or cards which is used to locate them later.
A gamblers move which can be used in magic, there are many different
types.
CC/MC- Conjurer's/Magician's choice where an object is forced on a
spectator by deciding if he takes or discards the objects selected.
Also known as Equivoque
Daub - Conjurer's wax. Used to stick things together temporarily.
Deal - To take cards off the top of the deck. Deal seconds (take the
second card looking like the top) Deal Middles (take a middle card
looking like the top) Deal Bottoms (take the bottom card looking like
the top)
DL - Double lift. Lifting two cards as one.
DW - Double writing. Writing twice physically or with a gimmick so
that one copy can be used as your prediction later in the effect.
Effect - A magical happening. The proper word for a trick. Beginners
do tricks. Magicians perform effects. Note the word perform.
False transfer - An object is put or taken into one hand while being
retained in the other.
Fake - Similar to a gimmick, the object is modified, but it is seen by
the audience whereas a gimmick is generally unseen.
Faro - A skillful shuffle similar to the riffle where the cards mesh
perfectly.
Flashing - Exposing an object or part of an object momentarily during
a secret move.
Flourish - A showy move which displays handling skills.
French drop - A take false transfer with a coin or small object.
Force - Where a card or object is made to be selected even though
there appears to a free choice.
Foulard - Old fashioned word for a large cloth, usually silk to cover
something. Often used with the zombie ball to hide the rod gimmick.
Glimpse - To get a secret view of a card or object. Eg the bottom card
or sight the top one while looking through the pack to find another
card. The top card may also be sighted by lifting slightly with the
left thumb while misdirecting in some other way.
Glide - Pulling back the bottom card so the second from bottom can be
dealt.
Gimmick/Gaffe - Secret part or object used to make the trick work.
IT/ITR - Invisible thread, Invisible thread reel. Thin nylon thread
that you can't see is used to levitate stuff.
Impromptu - A trick that can be performed at a moments notice, usually
with everyday objects and little or no preparation.
Invisible deck (brainwave deck) - Gimmicked roughed deck enabling the
deck to be fanned and any card to be shown face up/face down.
Key/Key Card - Known card used to locate another.
Key Ring - Ring with a split in it as used in the linking rings efect.
Lapping - Dropping an object into one's lap to vanish it (done while
seated).
Load - To secretly put an object into a location eg A ball under a cup
or a rabbit into a hat.
M5- Powerful Neodymium magnet used for PK effects, balances, stopping
watches, and vanishes.
Manipulator - A magician with a showy sleight of hand act, often set
to music, who produces cards/coins etc or multiplies balls in the air.
Mechanic - An operator who is very skilled at sleight of hand (usually
with cards).
Mechanic's grip - A way of holding the pack in the left hand ready for
dealing. The fore finger is on the front of the deck to help square
the pack and control the cards. A lay person will hold the deck with
the fingers all underneath or down the side.
Misdirection - Getting the spectators to concentrate elsewhere when a
move takes place.
Monte - Famous con game where three cards are thrown down and the mark
has to find the queen/ace etc. Due to sleight of hand, he never wins.
Muggle/mark - Non magician or subject for a con game
Nose Peek - Seeing down sides of nose while blindfolded
One Ahead - Principle often used in mentalism where the magician
writes down the name of an item previously discovered instead of the
current item he is trying to guess.
Out - An ending to a trick that the magician uses if the trick goes
wrong.
OOTW - Out of this World. A popular almost self working card effect
where the red card are separated from the blacks. Modern variations
include "Galaxy"
Palm - To hold an object in the hand secretly.
BP - Back Palm (Held on back of the hand)
FP - Finger Palm (Held in the fingers)
CP - Classic Palm (Held in centre of the hand)
TP - Thumb Palm (Held in the crotch of the thumb)
Pass - Secret move to transpose the halves of a pack eg to bring a
card to the top.
Patter - The words magicians use.
Peek - See Glimpse
Pinch - Vanish done by snapping coin from lengthways in the finger
tips to edge-ways, incorporating a ROV element. Also a vanish used by
carrying a sponge ball from pinched between fingers to a palm.
PK - Psychokinesis. Ie moving things around usually done with threads
or strong magnets.
Pull - Device on elastic which pulls object up sleeve or under jacket.
PW - Pocket Writing - Writing secretly in a pocket or hidden location,
information to be used later in a prediction.
ROV - Retention of vision vanish. Put vanish for a coin.
Raven - Magnetic Pull device used to vanish a small coin or magnetic
object
Readers/paper - Marked cards which can be read from their backs.
RRTCM - Royal Road to Card Magic. 20th C book by Jean Hugard often
cited as the best text for beginning card magic.
Riffle - To let cards come of the hand creating a noise. Also riffle
shuffle.
R/S - The use of rough or smooth compounds on cards which makes them
stick or slide easily.
Servante - Secret shelf or compartment behind magicians table.
Silk - A silk handkerchief.
Shell - A hollowed out coin or ball which fits over the real object
allowing vanish and reproductions.
Shell game - Con game with walnut shells and a pea where the muggle
has to guess the shell with the pea in. Due to sleight of hand he
never wins.
Sleeving - Dropping an object up a sleeve to vanish it.
Sleight - A secret move.
Slide - A tube to get an object to an impossible location. Eg Marked
coin to ball of wool or object inside nested boxes.
Sponge - A sponge ball
Stack - A prearranged deck or part of the deck of cards
Steal - A slight to obtain an object secretly eg Stealing a ball from
under a cup or stealing a card from the pack.
Strippers/stripper deck - cards are wider at one end, enabling a
reversed card to be located.
Stooge(or shill or stick) - Audience member who is actually planted as
part of the act and who acts in a cooperative manner.
Sucker effect - A trick where the spectator is lead to believe he has
worked it out, only to be proved very wrong.
Svengali/Svengali deck - Gimmicked deck where every other card is the
same and also short. Can be used for forcing and many other effects.
Swami Gimmick - Small writing device hidden under the nail used to
"predict" what a spectator says by writing it secretly after she says
it. (mentalism) Also known as nail writer or Boon writer.
Switch - To change one object for another. Eg Bobo switch for coins or
Gypsy switch which uses a silk handkerchief.
Talking - Not the words spoken, but an inadvertent noise made by the
props which can give away the trick.
Topit - Jacket with secret receptacle to vanish things.
T&R - Torn and Restored. The magician rips something up into many
pieces (eg playing card/paper etc) and then "restores" it. The method
lies in switching in a new undamaged item.
TT - Thumb tip. Plastic thumb cover for vanishing and reproducing
small objects. Can be used for small liquid/powder (eg salt) vanishes
and appearances.
Woofle Dust/Magic Dust - Excuse for going to a pocket to get rid of a
vanished item.
Zig Zag - Stage illusion where a woman is split into 3 pieces. The
effect is achieved by the woman contorting within the apparatus as her
centre section is displaced.
Zombie - An effect with a floating ball. Zombie type/zombie gimmick -
a secret rod to make an object float usually under cover of a cloth.
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Center tear has nothing to do with predictions. It is a way of gaining
information that has been written.
A swami gimmick can also be called a nail writer or boon writer.
PW can sometimes mean Pocket Writing which is a way of writing
information on a piece of paper after you know what the spectator is
thinking of. Similar to using a nail writer.
A stooge can also be called a confederate and is usually in on the
magic with you, but can sometimes be "instant" which means they might
not know what's going on.
Black art can also be applied to patterns that blend and in fact can
be quite bright.
It's also not limited to stage effects, in fact I have a very clever
coin trick that uses the principle.
cc/mc can also be called Equivoque.
Bat a gimmick made by the same company that puts out the raven.
Basically a magnet in cloth that can be attached anywhere on your
clothing.
BT or BTone a gimmick for double writing.
DW double writing.
Key bender a device for bending keys duh. LOL
Peek a way to secretly see a card or a word without your audience
knowing.
Nose peek a way of seeing while blindfolded.
Zig zag could also refer to some pocket tricks that accomplish the
same effect as the stage illusion.
Just a few they must have missed on the old site. A lot can happen in
a couple of years.
Take care and have fun.
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Thanks. I didn't know some of these words.
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foulard - a large silk or cloth used in an illusion to cover
something...
black art - anyone care to tackle this? I don't have time right now,
but it came to mind after a question in another thread... if not, I'll
come back later....
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Black art has been defined by both Tammi and I. What is it you want Q?
MM out.
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Black art has already been put up by Tammi. I don't know if any were
missed but MagicianSchool has these same one's; Tammi must've got them
for here:
http://www.magicianschool.com/terminology.php
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Haha wrong! The original list was developed between Val and me (mostly
Val) for SOMF1 and posted on SOMF1 and also on Wikipedia. Later
Magician School copied it for his site because both our lists were
public domain sources.
So, SOMF1 were first. Magician School is just a sham copy I also see
they quoted Magician School on magic cafe for this list, but really
they are quoting SOMF. They deleted my account at the Cafe cos I was
on SOMF, but they quote our posts. Hehehe, double standards there...
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Wow. very informative.. Thanks, I'll save this to my computer.
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Thanks Claw.
I notice the change in board background has made it difficult to read
for the graphite scheme so I'll attend to that...
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A great list, very great. I only hope that the list on Wikipedia won`t
make non-magicians wiser than they should see. Publishing these things
is a great thing for people who want to learn magic, since I know from
my own experience that starting seriously with magic is so difficult;
especially when you don`t have a lot of money and such lists aren`t
available. I only hope that an audience member will never ask: "are
you using a thumb tip, cause I read on that on the internet", because
that whould be to sad for the art.
However, to be on topic again, does anyone have a link for the Bill
tarr double writing gimmick? A link to a magic site selling it is fine
already
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this helped me out alot when i was a beginner thanks for reposting it
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QUOTE (MagicTammi @ Apr 29 2007, 06:27 PM)
Gimmick/Gaffe - Secret part or object used to make the trick work.
Can we be more specific:
Gimmick: a secret object used to make a trick (or several) work
(unseen if you're having a good day).
Gaff/Gaffe: a doctored object used to make a trick (or several) work.
Appears to be the real object and is presented as such.
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Can anybody elaborate the skills for the Woofle Dust/Magic Dust idea?
Or is it pure patter?
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I would like to clarify / expound on a couple of the items listed
above.
Daub IS NOT AS STATED, Conjurer's wax. Used to stick things together
temporarily.
Daub can be any substance used for MARKING items..., typically cards
and used in gambling. A substance that is used to mark a card for
later identification and/or location is know as daub.
Also it's stated above that "Swami Gimmick - Small writing device
hidden under the nail used to "predict" what a spectator says by
writing it secretly after she says it. (mentalism) Also known as nail
writer or Boon writer."
Not technically right either. A swami IS an under the nail writer. A
boon is applied to the thumb pad. So yes, they provide the same
function, but technically a boon is not a swami.
Not trying to bash the original post, just don't want to see folks get
confused.
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