The Magic Book: The Complete Beginners Guide to Anytime, Anywhere Close-Up Magic

simple techniques that will enable anyone to perform

seemingly complicated magic tricks with relative ease.

Clearly written and heavily illustrated—there are over 200 illustrations in all—this

book guides you through the basic principles of magic using only common household

items: a deck of cards, coins, rubber bands, and even a potato. The author then

provides simple step-by-step instructions for hundreds of amazing tricks which he

has perfected after forty years of painful trial and error.

HERE ARE SOME OF THE SECRETS YOU WILL LEARN:

CONTROLLING THE ORDER

OF CARDS THROUGHOUT

ANY NUMBER OF SHUFFLES

PUSHING A STRAW

THROUGH A POTATO

MAKING KNOTS EVAPORATE

MAKING COINS PASS THROUGH A HANDKERCHIEF

PREDICTING NUMBERS THAT ANY

SPECTATOR WILL GIVE YOU

ADDING ANY 5-DIGIT

NUMBERS INSTANTLY

FINDING ANY CARD IN A DECK, SHUFFLING THE DECK AND

FINDING THE CARD AGAIN

... AND MUCH, MUCH MORE!

To help new magicians develop their techniques, Harry Lorayne provides a special

“afterthought” section at the end of each magic trick where he discusses possible

problems that most beginners have with the trick he has just explained. In addition

to the practical instruction, Lorayne provides the philosophy of magic as it has never

been taught before.