Sefalaljia is the close-up version of the "Spirit Cabinet" routine designed by Stewart James. Gaetan Bloom has revisited the principle by including his famous "Bloom Touch": the "cabinet" is a simple cardboard box that he hands out for examination. Different "spirit" phenomena happen to various objects while they are isolated inside the box: - A borrowed ring is threaded onto a cord. - A small rugby ball, placed inside the box, mysteriously comes to life. A great classic... revisited by Gaetan Bloom.  

The magician shows that he has one red-backed card in a blue-backed deck. He explains that he can influence the spectator's thinking without the spectator being aware of it! The spectator chooses a card COMPLETELY FREELY from the 52 cards in the deck. The red card is then turned over: it is the same one! Success guaranteed! To buy: - a “Regular Bicycle Rider Deck” click here. - a bicolor double back card click here. - some “Repositionable Adhesive Dots” click here.  

Card Technique: A method of controlling a card to the top of the deck after doing a Tilt Move. To buy a “Regular Bicycle Rider Deck” click here.  

Leonardo da Vinci was a painter, inventor, engineer, scientist, humanist, philosopher... he was a universal mind. He was also a visionary. He was an inventor too far ahead of his time for his projects to be realized; he nevertheless recorded them on parchments. Among his more confidential inventions are... playing cards! You are clearly showing front and back cards representing reproductions of secret parchments drawn by Leonardo da Vinci. All these parchments instantly turn into real playing cards, front and back! But this invention remained a secret... that's why these playing cards instantly turn back into parchments!  

Alexandra Duvivier shows you a way to produce the four Aces one by one. Each Ace appears in a different way. In the process, you will learn various techniques that will enrich your technical toolbox. This routine is the result of 20 years of reflection, because Alexandra wanted to produce the Aces in a way that suited her. To buy a “Regular Bicycle Rider Deck” click here.  

"Chinese Bit" is a classic coin magic trick. Everything is handed out for examination at the beginning and at the end of the trick, the transpositions of two coins for one are simply incredible! Dominique Duvivier delivers a very short version, very striking, and which is reset at the end of the trick. Ideal for table hopping conditions. Success guaranteed! To buy a standard Chinese Bit “English, Chinese, American” click here. The gimmicked coins of the version you can get in our store is different, but you can do the same effects as with the original version of Ken Brooke.  

It is a marvel of a trick, ideal for parlour or stage conditions, and permitting to create a real pandemonium, very playful and with a tremendous end... Beyond the trick, you will see that it is really the play that you set up with the spectators that brings the magic... It is by seeing my so dear Ali Bongo using cardboard plates (for a completely different trick) that I came to this idea... Sure that you will not be disappointed!  

How to win a bet in a fun way, with a playing card and a coin!  

The magician shows a blue deck and sets it aside : this is the prediction deck. He now displays a red deck, shows that the cards are all different, and a spectator FREELY choose one card. He then takes the blue deck out of its case, and ribbon spreads it on the table: there is a red-backed card among the blue-backed cards... and that card is the same as the chosen card ! Success guaranteed ! To buy “Regular Bicycle Rider Decks” click here.  

The magician gives a folded paper to the spectator: this is his prediction. He will invite the spectator to make an imaginary trip: the latter takes out of a purse various virtual (and therefore invisible!) coins from different countries of the world. He chooses the country of origin of each coin. Then he chooses one of them, and flips it. The prediction is then read: the magician has not only predicted which coin it is, but also if it fell on the heads or tails side! A completely impromptu trick... really crazy!  

A new "killer" version on the theme of "Nervous Breakdown". The magician ribbon spreads a red-backed deck face down on the table. A spectator FREELY chooses one of the cards, which is set aside. Then a second spectator FREELY THINKS about a card, which is taken from a blue-backed deck. The red card is turned over: it is the card thought of by the second spectator! Success guaranteed! To buy: - a “Regular Bicycle Rider Deck” click here. - a bicolor double back card click here. - some “Repositionable Adhesive Dots” click here.  

The "Bloom Touch" version of this classic close-up trick. A card is chosen, torn up by a spectator, who keeps a piece of it. The other pieces are placed in the magician's pocket. A coin is borrowed, signed by another spectator, and placed in the magician's pocket. The magician then takes out of his pocket two wooden plates linked by rubber bands. The spectator removes the rubber bands and between the two plates, the spectator's card is found, which has been restored; but a piece is missing... which corresponds exactly to the one the spectator had kept. The climax is crazy: the spectator feels that there is something inside the card: he tears it up, and in its "entrails" there is... the signed coin! A real miracle. To buy an “Intercessor” click here.  

Two metal cups are displayed. The magician magically makes one cup pass through the other. The illusion is stunning! This is a perfect introduction to your cups and balls routine.  

On the table, there is a globe of the world that the magician rotates. He puts his finger down on a country, England, takes out a small English flag... and produces from a silk an English penny! He repeats the process to produce this time an American half-dollar... then does the same with a Chinese coin. As a climax, he puts his finger down on France, takes out a big French flag... and produces a giant 2 euros coin! To buy: - a Penny click here. - a Standard Half-Dollar click here. - a Chinese Coin (Half Dollar Size) click here. - a Silk click here.  

How to hold two coins on top of each other by the edge! A magical "incongruity"!  

This balloon sculpture will allow you to discover one of the bases used to make animal heads (here, the "bear" base), as well as the "pinch twist", a small bubble which is used quite often and is very important. Balloons needed: - One 260 balloon; optional: three 160 (or 260) balloons or one heart balloon. The techniques used: - The "bear" base for the head - “Pinch/ear twist”: first described by Roger Siegel in Roger's rubber Jungle, 1973 (?) - “Apple/tulip twist”: created by Henry Maar in 1931 and first described in Don Alan's Rubber circus, 1958. The idea of the tulip bouquet in the bear's paws is described in "Double Decker" by Michael Decker, 1995. To buy “Modeling Balloons” click here.