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by Dr. Solka
February 23rd, 2024, 7:53 am
Forum: Close-Up Magic
Topic: Who is the best coin magician you have seen?
Replies: 82
Views: 16209

Re: Who is the best coin magician you have seen?

I'd have to say, Willy Wessel. IMHO, one of the greatest living close-uppers. I always remember his ending of a (close-up) matrix with an appearing giant Chinese coin of about 25 kg (like a weight plate) on the table. Willy Wessel twice explained me his routine and deep thinking, but he always decei...
by Dr. Solka
December 8th, 2023, 9:20 am
Forum: Magic History and Anecdotes
Topic: Kalanag
Replies: 19
Views: 2556

Re: Kalanag

Dear Mark,
Yes, you have! Please accept my apologies and my bow. I did not really doubt!
by Dr. Solka
December 7th, 2023, 3:26 pm
Forum: Magic History and Anecdotes
Topic: Kalanag
Replies: 19
Views: 2556

Re: Kalanag

Zig Zagger is correct: Speer wrote in his Errinnerungen "In der Morgendämmerung starteten wir mit meiner neuen Maschine, einer viermotorigen Condor von Focke-Wulf; sie besass durch eingebaute Reservetanks eine besonders grosse Reichweite. Der Geiger Siegfried Borries und ein Amateurzauberer, de...
by Dr. Solka
December 7th, 2023, 7:27 am
Forum: Magic History and Anecdotes
Topic: Kalanag
Replies: 19
Views: 2556

Re: Kalanag

The names Schreiber and Kalanag are not mentioned in the books "Infiltration" and "The Secret Diaries".
by Dr. Solka
December 7th, 2023, 6:52 am
Forum: Magic History and Anecdotes
Topic: Kalanag
Replies: 19
Views: 2556

Re: Kalanag

The names Schreiber and Kalanag are not mentioned in the entire book "Inside The Third Reich".
by Dr. Solka
November 21st, 2023, 9:27 am
Forum: Close-Up Magic
Topic: Carnage - New Thought of Card Coincidence Effect
Replies: 4
Views: 2374

Re: Carnage - New Thought of Card Coincidence Effect

Why you named your effect "carnage"?
by Dr. Solka
November 18th, 2023, 7:54 am
Forum: Buzz
Topic: Not the Bob Read Book...Kurt Volkmann's Geschichte der Zauberkunst
Replies: 48
Views: 23654

Re: Not the Bob Read Book...Kurt Volkmann's Geschichte der Zauberkunst

Until 1948, Dr. Volkmann's series only dealt with the history of magic up to the 17th century.
by Dr. Solka
November 16th, 2023, 7:10 am
Forum: Close-Up Magic
Topic: Enter the Simulation - New OOTW version
Replies: 9
Views: 2659

Re: Enter the Simulation - New OOTW version

Enter the Simulation is an off-spin of Paul Harris’ Galaxy. Since the author M / Trick-or-Die generously gives the effect away for free, it makes sense to write a review for it at least. For free does not mean that the effect is no good. It is an exception to the German proverb (like other effects b...
by Dr. Solka
September 27th, 2023, 3:57 am
Forum: Other Magic Publications
Topic: New Book, 2023: James J. Solberg “Improved Magic Square Methods and Tricks"
Replies: 0
Views: 2148

New Book, 2023: James J. Solberg “Improved Magic Square Methods and Tricks"

I present my review of James J. Solberg’s “Improved Magic Square Methods and Tricks,“ Sun Mountain Publications, 2023. https://www.stevensmagic.com/shop/improved-magic-square-methods-and-tricks-jim-solberg-book/ I’m in Germany, and buying the book in Europe won’t be easy due to postage and customs. ...
by Dr. Solka
September 13th, 2023, 5:09 am
Forum: Buzz
Topic: 9th European Magic History Conference
Replies: 14
Views: 15087

Re: 9th European Magic History Conference

I want to refer to another informative report by Jan Isenbart:
https://zzzauber.wordpress.com/me/
by Dr. Solka
July 6th, 2023, 4:11 pm
Forum: General
Topic: ERDNASE
Replies: 8153
Views: 12366274

Re: ERDNASE

I have known Oleg since 2005 and could exchange interesting information with him. I received no answer when I tried to contact him at the end of 2022. I found a message about his death in a Russian media channel a few weeks ago. He had been buried in the closest circle and had been very ill. I think...
by Dr. Solka
July 6th, 2023, 6:09 am
Forum: General
Topic: ERDNASE
Replies: 8153
Views: 12366274

Re: ERDNASE

Oleg Stepanov earned great merits for researching the history of magic art in Russia. He saw the need to know history to create something new in Russia. His critical thinking did not only win him friends.
RIP my friend!
by Dr. Solka
June 23rd, 2023, 4:43 am
Forum: General
Topic: Eddy Taytelbaum
Replies: 13
Views: 5331

Re: Eddy Taytelbaum

Georg62 wrote:Dear magic friends in the forum.
I am writing from Germany and I am looking for any information about Eddy Taytelbaum. I guess there are not so many details about him in the magic world. Who can help? I collect any information. Thanks in advance.
Georg
Ask Claus Wegener aka Dixon, Germany.
by Dr. Solka
March 22nd, 2023, 5:01 am
Forum: Feature Articles
Topic: Card Counting
Replies: 44
Views: 18919

Re: Card Counting

Phillippe and Maxwell, thank you very much!
Hans-Christian
by Dr. Solka
March 21st, 2023, 2:38 pm
Forum: Feature Articles
Topic: Card Counting
Replies: 44
Views: 18919

Re: Card Counting

Dear Phillippe, I’m glad that you love my book. Thank you very much for the advice that I will prove in detail. I could read the English version only, not the French. So I relate my writings to the English version. I wrote, “The principle of card counting dates back more than 300 years; maybe it is ...
by Dr. Solka
March 20th, 2023, 6:18 am
Forum: Feature Articles
Topic: Card Counting
Replies: 44
Views: 18919

Re: Card Counting

The most comprehensive work about card counting is my book "Gaukelwerk With Playing Cards – Clocking the Deck and Other Gems."
https://www.lybrary.com/gaukelwerk-with ... tml#review
by Dr. Solka
February 1st, 2023, 8:06 am
Forum: Close-Up Magic
Topic: ChatOpenAI's Best Tricks for Laymen... and more!
Replies: 23
Views: 2610

Re: ChatOpenAI's Best Tricks for Laymen... and more!

Bob Farmer wrote:Ask it the following question: how do I destroy ChatOpenAI so it never works again?
This will be impossible!
ChatOpenAI and others make the stupid dumber and the smart smarter.
:twisted:
by Dr. Solka
October 28th, 2022, 6:00 am
Forum: General
Topic: ERDNASE
Replies: 8153
Views: 12366274

Re: ERDNASE

Gallaways Bookplate, see
James B. Alfredson % Bernhard Schmitz "Magic Bookplates;" 2022
https://www.facebook.com/groups/search/ ... %20schmitz
by Dr. Solka
October 21st, 2022, 4:32 am
Forum: General
Topic: ERDNASE
Replies: 8153
Views: 12366274

Re: ERDNASE

Maybe. I'm not a native speaker, and I don't know if Stebbins was able to do a pass or was meaning the term pass. Si Stebbins wrote: TRICK 9. How in a game of Hearts to deal every Heart to yourself. After shuffling have parties playing cut the cards and either by their CUTTING OR A SHIFT get a Heart...
by Dr. Solka
October 20th, 2022, 4:43 pm
Forum: General
Topic: ERDNASE
Replies: 8153
Views: 12366274

Re: ERDNASE

The term SHIFT occurs in "Si Stebbins - Card Tricks and the way he performs them," 1898.
by Dr. Solka
October 19th, 2022, 8:03 am
Forum: General
Topic: ERDNASE
Replies: 8153
Views: 12366274

Re: ERDNASE

Just compare Erdnase's "Expert; 1902" on Single Handed Shift (pp. 130-131) and Acrobatic Jacks (pp. 193-195) with Sachs's "Sleight of Hand; 1877" on single-handed passes (pp. 58-59) and The Congenial Aces (p. 62) and Hoffmann’s "More Magic; 1890" on single-handed passes...
by Dr. Solka
October 18th, 2022, 5:14 pm
Forum: General
Topic: ERDNASE
Replies: 8153
Views: 12366274

Re: ERDNASE

In Sec1:130:2; Single Handed Shift; “Charlies Pass,” is a typo.
In Sec1:194:2; The Acrobatic Jacks; “Charlier Shift,” is Charlier correctly written.
by Dr. Solka
October 18th, 2022, 7:16 am
Forum: General
Topic: ERDNASE
Replies: 8153
Views: 12366274

Re: ERDNASE

Charlier was a fictional character thought up by Prof. Hoffmann. He never lived. His great model was Robert-Houdin, who invented his master Torrini. Great fairy tales.
by Dr. Solka
August 22nd, 2022, 4:21 am
Forum: Buzz
Topic: FISM 2022 Day 5
Replies: 9
Views: 2320

Re: FISM 2022 Day 5

Thank you for your warm words and advice.
by Dr. Solka
August 21st, 2022, 4:51 am
Forum: Buzz
Topic: FISM 2022 Day 5
Replies: 9
Views: 2320

Re: FISM 2022 Day 5

FISM 2022 – Day Five Dustin Stinett receives top credit for discovering the true meaning of FISM: Fatigue Intensified Sleep Mitigated :-) The audience is dropping like flies for the morning contests. On with the overviews: FRI STAGE ... 8. Anca & Lucca – Mentalism Dressed as a gypsy tambourine ...
by Dr. Solka
August 11th, 2022, 4:38 pm
Forum: General
Topic: ERDNASE
Replies: 8153
Views: 12366274

Re: ERDNASE

"Against stupidity the very gods Themselves contend in vain."
Friedrich von Schiller "The Maid of Orleans", III,6 / Talbot; 1801
by Dr. Solka
July 29th, 2022, 7:17 am
Forum: Buzz
Topic: FISM 2022 Day 4
Replies: 44
Views: 4837

Re: FISM 2022 Day 4

By far the best reviews without exaggerations, I had the pleasure to read about FISM!
by Dr. Solka
March 8th, 2022, 2:32 pm
Forum: Buzz
Topic: FISM 2025 - Russia or China ...
Replies: 43
Views: 5870

Re: FISM 2025 - Russia or China ...

My rant about Putin – not about the Russian people - was censored in this forum. Respect for the Putin supporters here! Thanks for supporting the Ukrainian people! They are also fighting for our freedom!
(BTW, I survived more than 38 years under soviet-russian pressure.)
by Dr. Solka
August 29th, 2021, 7:38 am
Forum: General
Topic: pool/billiards tricks.
Replies: 20
Views: 17723

Re: pool/billiards tricks.

I recommend Chef Anton's book and DVD.
Pool Hustler's Handbook by Chef Anton (Penguin Magic)
by Dr. Solka
June 23rd, 2021, 3:51 pm
Forum: Buzz
Topic: The June Issue of Genii Features the Nazi Kalanag on the Cover
Replies: 60
Views: 14683

Re: The June Issue of Genii Features the Nazi Kalanag on the Cover

It is rumored the Magic Circle of Germany has determined that Kalanag may have been a Nazi after all. At least, it is said, the board of the circle decided to stop awarding the Kalanag ring. I am grateful to Mr. Kaufman that The June Issue of Genii features the NAZI Kalanag on the Cover. It could no...
by Dr. Solka
June 17th, 2021, 4:45 am
Forum: Buzz
Topic: The June Issue of Genii Features the Nazi Kalanag on the Cover
Replies: 60
Views: 14683

Re: The June Issue of Genii Features the Nazi Kalanag on the Cover

At the best resolution and highest magnification of that photo that I can find, it might be this "NSDAP Supporters" pin (there are several variants, but all that I have found have the same basic design): https://hannasmilitaria.com/nsdap-supporters-pin/ The translation "Supporter Pin...
by Dr. Solka
June 17th, 2021, 4:45 am
Forum: Buzz
Topic: The June Issue of Genii Features the Nazi Kalanag on the Cover
Replies: 60
Views: 14683

Re: The June Issue of Genii Features the Nazi Kalanag on the Cover

I guess that in the photo of Hitler with Kalanag, Kalanag wears the N.S.D.A.P.-Ehrenzeichen (NSDAP Badge of Honor) on his reverse. You have better eyes than I do, Dr. Solka! I am sure you would not like to change with my eyes! That would be most interesting if it could be verified. I assume you mea...
by Dr. Solka
June 16th, 2021, 3:19 pm
Forum: Buzz
Topic: The June Issue of Genii Features the Nazi Kalanag on the Cover
Replies: 60
Views: 14683

Re: The June Issue of Genii Features the Nazi Kalanag on the Cover

I guess that in the photo of Hitler with Kalanag, Kalanag wears the N.S.D.A.P.-Ehrenzeichen (NSDAP Badge of Honor) on his reverse.
by Dr. Solka
June 16th, 2021, 10:26 am
Forum: Buzz
Topic: The June Issue of Genii Features the Nazi Kalanag on the Cover
Replies: 60
Views: 14683

Re: The June Issue of Genii Features the Nazi Kalanag on the Cover

Dear Mr. Hatch, thank you very much for the valuable link to the frightening pictures “Staff members as spectators of the magician Kalanag in front of the Kohnstein.” https://www.bpk-bildagentur.de/ Unfortunately, Kohnstein was not an ordinary armament factory but a concentration camp from the summe...
by Dr. Solka
June 15th, 2021, 8:24 am
Forum: Buzz
Topic: The June Issue of Genii Features the Nazi Kalanag on the Cover
Replies: 60
Views: 14683

Re: The June Issue of Genii Features the Nazi Kalanag on the Cover

@Richard Hatch The intention of my words “I think ...” was a sarcastic one. I hope I was able to make it clear. I’m sure you mistooke Helmut Schreiber/Kalanag with Helmuth Schreiber / SS. @Zig Zagger Jan, you’re correct (as every time). It speaks for the civilian Schreiber's craving for the prestige...
by Dr. Solka
June 14th, 2021, 10:36 am
Forum: Buzz
Topic: The June Issue of Genii Features the Nazi Kalanag on the Cover
Replies: 60
Views: 14683

Re: The June Issue of Genii Features the Nazi Kalanag on the Cover

The website of the Magic Circle of Germany https://www.mzvd.de/verein/historie/geschichte-des-mzvd states: … Despite his (Kalanag's – Dr. Solka) pandering to the Nazi leadership, there is no evidence that he shared their politics and ideology. There are severe documents in the Federal Archives that ...
by Dr. Solka
June 4th, 2021, 5:57 am
Forum: Buzz
Topic: The June Issue of Genii Features the Nazi Kalanag on the Cover
Replies: 60
Views: 14683

Re: The June Issue of Genii Features the Nazi Kalanag on the Cover

Sadly to this day, the Magic Circle of Germany awards a ring of honor named after Kalanag. https://www.mzvd.de/verein/ehrungen/kalanag-ring The text reads: “On the decision of the board of the Magic Circle of Germany MZvD, this Kalanag ring was created in 1983. It is to be awarded to members who hav...
by Dr. Solka
June 3rd, 2021, 11:48 am
Forum: Buzz
Topic: Sending good thoughts to Max Maven
Replies: 87
Views: 18359

Re: Sending good thoughts to Max Maven

Dear Max,
We have met only once in Cologne. I was deeply impressed by your personality. My best wishes for a speedy recovery from Germany!
by Dr. Solka
May 22nd, 2021, 3:49 pm
Forum: Buzz
Topic: Kalanag Munchausen 1943 film
Replies: 22
Views: 6915

Re: Kalanag Munchausen 1943 film

Konstantin Chet - a great-nephew of the famous theater director Stanislavsky - was responsible for the trick shots. He also directed the trick shots in the famed film Metropolis.
by Dr. Solka
May 5th, 2021, 4:31 pm
Forum: Buzz
Topic: Your Suggestions for the New Edition of Greater Magic
Replies: 65
Views: 11199

Re: Your Suggestions for the New Edition of Greater Magic

The chapter about magic squares is outdated. Meaningfully it deals with a satellite launch; clever people can fly even to the moon. The knowledge for Mars landings is out there but is kept secret.
I love rocket science.

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