Meir’s Muses
MyMagic eNewsletter #1,120
July 15, 2023
Today I am releasing a new product by Arthur Kurzweil. Although the trick itself is a self-working one that you will recognize, the premise and presentation is what makes it so special.
As magicians, we are always looking for ways to make our magic more personal, engaging, and meaningful for our audiences. My friends who dabble in mentalism, storytelling, gospel, or the Bizzarist community will immediately realize the potential of this kind of premise and presentation. But for the rest of us, we actually have to do it for someone to see how it can elevate our magic from a puzzle to something conversational and meaningful.
►All Is Foreseen:
The routine is based around the premise of whether we have free will or everything in life has been foreseen.
You begin with a quote from an ancient book which theorizes that “Everything is foreseen, yet free will is given.” You then show a picture of a scale which will be used as a pointer when the spectator weighs their choices.
Three cards are then introduced bearing the words Chance, Choice, and Fate. Your friend is asked to move the scale to the one word that is most meaningful for them… or of how their lives have unraveled so far. Was it their choice, was it just a matter of chance, or was it fate.
They of course have a free choice, and you will show that their choice was predicted… was foreseen… So, did they really have a choice in what they chose?
Watch and buy: HERE
►Victory Cubes:
This is a stage illusion that packs flat and plays big. The large cube is 34”x34”x34”, the smaller cube is 31”x31”x31”, and amazingly it packs into a small bag that weighs around 5lbs and whose size is only 13″x15″x4″.
Although the two cubes are based on a standard illusion where you show them empty and produce a person or a prop, many of the people who purchased them are using them as stage decorations to make their stage acts look bigger, more attractive, and to block bad angles.
As and added feature the spots on the cube (die) are made of spandex and you can reach inside to get stuff or used the cubes to dump props inside them as you progress with your show.
Watch and buy: HERE
►OUR LATEST RELEASE:
►Escapist Coin:
You get two strong coin routines for casual situations, that are very easy to learn, and are examinable at the end.
Show two coins and a broken rubber band. The coins are an American penny and a dime that have small holes pierced through them. Thread the penny and dime on the rubber band and have a spectator hold the two ends of the band so the coins are trapped in the center.
You then pull on the coins and let them snap back, so they spin and bounce on the band. When they stop spinning only the penny is on the rubber band and the dime is found in your hand. It was seemingly plucked off the rubber band in a magical and impossible manner. Everything is examinable at the end.
Watch and buy: HERE
►UPCOMING APPEARANCES:
►Friday July 16: Performing at Comix @ Mohegan Sun Casino. Tickets: HERE
►August 6-9: Exhibiting at Magic Live! in Las Vegas. Info: HERE
Stay happy, Meir
PS: Today’s release is actually the appetizer to my upcoming book release which I consider the main course.
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“Something to learn and something to sell. You have got a show, and unless you get them through that turnstile, past that box office, in effect you don’t eat.”
…Maurice Fogel (Maurice Fogel: In Search Of The Sensational, 2007)
