The Genii Forum

I am looking for a good newspaper headline effect. There is one in Mind, Myth & Magick by TA Waters & Richard Osterlind's Easy To Master Mental Miracles dvd called Koran's Headline Prediction. The simpler - the better. What can you recommend ? I do favor the Koran routine but I want to know ...

Performer, I was interested how long you spend with someone doing a palm reading at your booth? And also the same with someone wanting a tarot reading, how long ? Do you combine the two ( palms & tarot ) with one price ? Or is each separate ? I am still learning palmistry but, I read the cards t...

Can I ask you a palmistry question ? In my book on palm reading the author tells the reader that Horizontal Lines are considered obstructive and not good. On my dominate hand ( right hand ), I have many horizontal lines on the Mount of Venus and in the book she writes that if these lines intersect t...

I found the following story on Godlike Productions by a guy named Mason Smith on palm reading. The true palm readers are very rare and their knowledge are very deep. They will tell your past by reading your right hand. You will know the accuracy and then they will tell you your future by reading you...

Performer, I believe that palmistry is the study of the unconscious mind i.e more lines on the hand means more of an active mind at work. Is that why you say you read the palms first, before the cards..because you will know quite a bit about the person from their palms. What is your thoughts about t...

Performer, what do you do when asked the question..." Are you psychic ? ", what do you tell them.

Just curious..

I do believe 100% in the Tarot cards. Not because I believe they have certain supernatural powers embedded in them. I do not believe in Jung's theory of synchronicity even if I knew what the hell it was. I believe that the cards come up at random. However for very logical reasons which I do not hav...

This is a great thread !

How much is a Svengali deck going for these days?

I bet that the money that magicians make falls under the " 20%-80% " rule. That is that, 20% of the magicians out there make 80% of the money..and the other 80% of magicians make 20% of the money.

That's the rule for most sales jobs, and I don't see magician's as being any different.

How does your opener effect the other routines in your set? Do you have a short or long opener? I do a gambling presentation/demo and I have a quick opener with the cards, which is called The Slug by Martin Nash. It's quick and sets the tone for the other effects that follow, and it's a skill displa...

I still lurk there..

I think this place is a breath of fresh air..I can no longer log in to the Magic Cafe because I have a free e-mail site. And it's just as well because there is a lot of bad advice and exposure at the green place.

In the seventies when I was a kid my mom took me to see a magic show and this magician did the Zig Zag Cabinet. It totally fooled me. I wanted to do what he does. Then I got a deck of those TV Magic Cards and later on, the TV Magic Kit with all kinds of goodies in there. Later I would get my hands o...

I hear you. My other jobs that were in sales, were working as a sales assistant making cold calls for a local stockbroker. I did that job for a year and a half...I got tired of the commute, got into local real estate when I passed the real estate exam test. I did that job for 4 years. When the real ...

Thank you all for your comments and advice. Joe, That sounds like a great routine! There is a marketed effect by Penguin called " Fair and Sloppy " by Ron Bauer. I believe it's in booklet form. Does anyone like that method ? It's cost is fairly cheap ( $7.50 ), so I'll get it and give a re...

Because you can end the routine making all the cards turn face-up with the selection of their chosen card reversed in the middle of the deck and it's simple in method to do, and always get's a good reaction. Question, do you end the effect as a degree of skill, or..something magicial ? I have been e...

Mark,. I will check out the Felix Dennis book..thanks. I am at the point, where I don't dread making the calls. It's something I need and want to do. I also know that if I don't make the calls...its going to cost me money. I have found out that it takes more energy NOT to prospect than is done to ac...

This is a great resource for making sales calls if you have a show to promote, or if you have the fear of promoting anything that needs to be sold. This book will make you $$..I don't want to give away the info in the book, this book will help you find a state of mind that allows you to take action....

I only do this for family and friends. It's called The Silver Passage by Gary Ouellet from Camirand Magic. It's a four phased presentation that uses four half dollars ( ungimmicked ) and a round mirror. When the hands pass-over the mirror that's when the magic happens. You need to be sitting down du...

I don't know how he did it.

That's why he was a master magician.

I am glad to be here other than the green place..

RIP Ron Martin..

Sounds interesting...

Nice work!!