Meir’s Muses
MyMagic eNewsletter #1,305
May 24, 2025
Three exclusives below… actually 4+. Check them out:
At my recent excursion to the New York Toy Fair there was a disproportionate number of booths with fidget objects. These are various types of toys and objects that you use to relax with, especially for people with active or nervous personalities… kind of a service animal that you don’t feed!
Although most of them were toys I did find one high-end company that made a very interesting one that I liked because it also seemed to stimulate the nerves in your hand and that kind of exercise is very beneficial for people who practice sleight of hand. Made a trailer for it for you to see: HERE
►ONO Roller Silicone:
Released to the public as a high-end fidget, for magicians it is ideal for keeping your hands and fingers limber along with the other benefits that it was made for. The Silicone ribs are ideal for stimulating blood flow and nerve endings.
With its textured exterior, the Silicone ONO is perfect for relieving hand tension and massaging small knots away. With its two frictionless rollers, it calms restless fidgeting and soothes busy minds. It is also adjustable for different tensions.
The patented smooth and silent system can help anchor your focus, channel restless energy, can give your brain a micro-reset, and of course keep your hands and fingers limber for accomplishing sleight of hand maneuvers.
Watch and buy: HERE
This is one of the products that Michael Breggar sells at his lectures. It is a complete set of his Face Your Fears booklet and the Phobia Deck that is used for all the routines.
►Phobia Deck:
The Phobia deck consists of 25 brightly colored cards with various phobias and associated artwork printed on the faces. There is also 1 card that has a “no fears” comment on it. Plus, cards with a phobia list and a blank face. Some phobia cards make natural pairs (like Doctors, Illness, Germs, Needles). You get the picture … depending on your routine the Phobia cards can be easily mixed and matched.
The deck comes with a 29-page PDF booklet with the following routines: Three Frightened People, Two Point. Oh..!, One Mind-Reader, GO! Read Minds!, Not Afraid of Diets, Still Facing After All Those Fears, The Faro Faucet and It’s Easy Opposite, The OG: The Original Face Your Fears, Frightening Effect, No Sweat Method, Snakes On A Plane (Marty Kane), Doctor’s Notes, Place Your Fears, Face My Fears, Unfortunate Cookie, The Thai Die Force, Haymow! Hey Larry!, and more.
Get one: HERE
Below is another download by Geoff Latta. If you ever wanted to learn how to do the Han Ping Chien naturally and deceptively this is likely your best opportunity. You will also learn his Two-Minus One Retention Of Vision Vanish which is a sleight you will use for the rest of your life…I promise. I should also mention that the introductory price will expire on Tuesday night.
►Spectator Coins Across:
Geoff performs and teaches two of his coins across routines where the coins vanish from his hand and arrive in the spectator’s hand. Also included is a masterclass on how Geoff approaches the Han Ping Chien move.
►Spectator Coins Across: A coins across routine, that only uses four coins, where the coins vanish one at a time from your hand and appear in the spectator’s hand.
►M.A.Y.B.A.L.I.N.E: This routine is similar to the Spectator Coins Across routine except that it uses four coins and a shell.
►Bonus: During a live discussion at the New York Coin Magic Seminar Geoff discusses and teaches his revolutionary technique and applications of the Han Ping Chien move, with additional commentary by David Roth.
Techniques explained include: Securing Two Coins Of A Group In Classic Palm, Two-Minus One Retention Of Vision Vanish, HPC Transfer, Harvey Rosenthal’s Subtle Coin Steal, and Han Ping Chien techniques.
Watch and buy: HERE
►BACK IN STOCK:
When I introduced you to the autographed Jack Carpenter stuff a couple of weeks ago the Shadow & Shake sold out immediately, so I had to get more. I don’t know how many more will be available as the first printing is almost gone.
►Shadow & Shake:
Here is what Jack Carpenter wrote in the Introduction: “This visually explosive extrapolation never fails to evoke audible gasps with lay audiences and is one of the most satisfying sequences I perform. It hits all the notes that are important to me: The effect is clear and concise, can be performed surrounded, is gimmickless, and totally impromptu.”
The basic routine is a three-phase transposition routine that looks and feels impossible. But it does not take 44 pages to explain one card trick. What makes this book special are the many additional optional climax endings, professional performance tips, psychology, advanced fingertip visuals and much more.
Watch and buy: HERE
►UPCOMING APPEARANCES:
►JUNE 8: Spinnato’s Comedy Magic Show at Comix @ Mohegan Sun Casino in CT. Tickets: HERE
To view all my upcoming appearances go: HERE
Stay happy, Meir
PS: I have been playing with the routines in the Latta download. Basically, doing the ungimmicked version with two minor changes. Doing it into a cup instead of a spectator’s hands and using a patter idea from the gaffed version.
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“Much of the charm and beauty of card magic lies in the skillful and adroit handling of the pasteboards. Flourishes, therefore, are a very essential part of the stock-in-trade of every manipulator.”
…Paul LePaul (The Card Magic Of LePaul, 1949)
