[MyMagic] Mavenism

Meir’s Muses
MyMagic eNewsletter #1,445
October 17, 2026

I met Max Maven when he was still Phil at the first Magic Convention I ever attended. We started out friendly but eventually became friends as we attended many magic events and shared meals and jokes.

I remember when I put out his Giant B’Wave and put his face on my website, one of the first in magic, I started getting emails telling me that I stupidly put Max Maven’s picture with the name Phil Goldstein under it. He laughed and said he gets that all the time… he eventually changed his name to Max Maven for all ventures.

A book was just released which combined all his lisp series of booklets into one accessible volume. I actually read most of them when they came out and found them very interesting and enlightening.

I also just received a few more of the trick he used to fool magicians with. The Pocket Nightmare and listing the Jumbo B’Wave that I released (only black Queens left but working on making more, with some modifications).

►Ansology:

This is a collection of mentalism, mental magic, and card effects from the mind of Max Maven with more than 80 effects explained in his clear, unmistakable voice.

Ansology’s is a collection of Max’s “Lisp” series booklets: Thunday, Thequal, Amperthand, Doth, Fifth, Thavant, and Thabbatical. The text has been revised and updated.

Bonus: Each copy of Ansology includes the special astrological forecast booklet for “Zodiagnostic,” which could easily stand on its own as a marketed product.

Watch and buy: HERE

►Pocket Nightmare:

The basic routine: You tell your audience that you will perform an effect with only one hand, to make sure that everyone knows that sleight-of-hand is not possible. The other hand is placed in your pocket. The spectator peeks at a card in the deck. You are then able to divine the card that the spectator is only thinking of.

The deck is then given to the spectator who is invited to search through the deck for their card only to discover that it completely vanished. You said you would do the trick with only one hand, but you did not specify which hand. You remove your other hand from your pocket holding the vanished selection.

Watch and buy: HERE

►Jumbo B’Wave:

Max Maven created a sensation when he released his original “B’Wave.” Practically every magician on the planet owns one, carries it and uses it. Since that time many have created variations but this classic version has stood the test of time and is still the best.

You display four Jumbo blue-backed cards (said to be four queens). A spectator selects one of the queens. The named queen is shown to be the only one that is face up. It is also the only one with a red back. To everyone’s amazement the other three cards are shown to be blank.

Watch and buy: HERE

►FOR EVERYTHING MAX MAVEN GO: HERE

►Spread The Love:

You get two sets of LOVE cards that are printed on Red Bicycle stock. One set says the word LOVE with one letter on each card and the other set is the four Aces with one of the indexes spelling LOVE instead of the ace pips.

You can use these cards for many different routines of your own or learn the Travelers that is taught in the tutorial.

Watch and buy: HERE

►A MYMAGIC EXCLUSIVE:

►Neutrino:

A Precision Penetration Puzzle that is made of stainless steel. Self-working and can be done surrounded.

You begin with a twelve-piece puzzle that is made of heavy half-inch, stainless-steel pieces. You and your friend assemble the pieces into a solid, impenetrable block that is around the size of a deck of cards.

The block is slid into an examinable heavy-plastic case that has a slit running through it. You then insert a playing card right through the slit and the stainless-steel block that was just built. The card is moved around and even inserted lengthwise! Once your friend removes the card from the block the puzzle is removed from its case and all the pieces are separated showing the impossibility that was just created.

Watch and buy: HERE

►eBay:

I continue to add books and tricks to my eBay auctions. Recently added some hard-to-find Tenyo, Dusheck, and Johnson items.

►eBay Auctions direct link: HERE

►eBay Store direct link: HERE

►UPCOMING APPEARANCES:

►NOVEMBER 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: Max also recommended me for a Japanese TV special he was hosting. It turned out to be the very last recording of me performing my Finger Fantasies act right-handed. I have the VHS tape somewhere. Will try to find it and share it in the future.

“Even the simplest trick can only become ‘magic’ if you are prepared to practice it over and over again. Only when it feels natural to you, should you present the mystery to your friends.”
…Jon Termaine (Magic and Card Tricks, 2002)