Meir’s Muses
MyMagic eNewsletter #1,131
August 26, 2023
Craig Petty is magic’s leading influencer. It is amazing how he has been able to grow his brand and profile in such a short time. A case study can be made on the different methods he simultaneously and continuously employed on a daily basis to achieve that.
But probably his biggest secret is his relentless work ethic. He accomplishes more in a week than most of us do in a month.
In addition to his live shows, and the continuous videos he produces, he has also managed to find time to release many products through different magic companies.
Today I will introduce you to two of those that were released through Penguin. One of them sold-out at Magic Live and I had to wait until now to get some. I believe they sold out again and I got the last of them.
►Gatekeeper:
This is the sequel to Craig’s Keymaster. It is a self-contained effect that uses simple sleight of hand, it can also be as an addon to the original since it uses the same type of keys.
You introduce a brass key and a coin. You then tell your audience that you will give them $100 if they can push the coin through the hole in the key.
After the audience tries and realizes it’s impossible, you offer to show them how. With just a rub, the hole in the key magically stretches ten times in size to become a coin-sized slot. You can then easily drop the coin through the key before shrinking the hole to its normal size. Everything is examinable.
Watch and buy: HERE
►Keymaster:
An entire act that lives on your keychain. Move and vanish holes on keys and much more. This is an updated and greatly enhanced version of the previous release.
The basic routine has you remove house keys from a keychain. One of the keys is put into the spectator’s hand for safekeeping. You then pluck the hole right off the key they are holding. When the spectator opens their hand, the key they are holding now has two holes. You then visibly remove the second hole from the key that the spectator is holding and transplant it to the stem of the original key. Everything is examinable at the end.
Watch and buy: HERE
The September issue of Genii Magazine carried two reviews of our recent releases. You can read them on product pages:
►Arthur Kurzweil’s All Is Foreseen: HERE
►Meir Yedid’s Escapist Coin: HERE
►OUR NEWEST RELEASE:
►Meaningful Conjuring:
Ed Solomon, who was also known as DeNomolos, was a master storyteller who used magic to emphasize the point or moral of his stories. He wanted his magic to appeal to the intellect and touch the soul of his audiences, or as he put it: “People may not remember my name or the magic that I performed, but they will remember how it made them feel.”
Between 2004 and 2015 Ed wrote 125 columns in The Linking Ring magazine that featured short stories that used simple magic to highlight their messages. All those columns are included in this book along with some bonus tricks, essays, and more.
If you ever wanted to elevate your magic from just being a series of puzzles into meaningful moments of magic, this book may inspire you to think along those lines. Remember that all good magic revolves around solid stories and premises and this book is full of both.
Watch and buy: HERE
►UPCOMING APPEARANCES:
►Sunday September 10: Performing at Comix @ Mohegan Sun Casino. Tickets: HERE
►Friday October 13: Mind Games Reloaded with Marc Salem at the Turning Point in New York. Info/Tickets: HERE
Stay happy, Meir
PS: Been very busy with some new releases, both mine and some from friends who will be giving me exclusives. I think you will really like them.
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“The field is limitless, and the further a magician advances, the more interesting does his road become.”
…Walter Gibson (Howard Thurston 400 Tricks You Can Do, 1940)
