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It can go as far as, "don't reveal the secret" has gone. The vast majority of magicians don't reveal the secrets of magic. Some do but they still know and understand the "don't reveal the secret" maxim. Even if they don't follow the guideline they still know that it's there and that there is...

I can see it now but I think I'm more stumped than I was before haha! Was it a self working trick or was there sleight of hand involved?

It's a problem in magic culture that many believe that once they know the secret they have the right to perform a trick. This does not exist in other artistic endeavors such as comedy. I think this should change. We can get to the point where it's okay and acceptable to take a magician aside...

This is it, I agree with this. All of this is gospel as far as I am concerned.

Your Steinmeyer is showing! Haha!

The image isn't showing up for me either. I can imagine a way that this would work if you added up the sides rather than just the individual piles but I think I might have been mistaken.

The way that you get around it is by performing your own magic haha! Or magic that you have purchased. You don't have to get ahold of anyone if you do one of those two things. If you could get ahold of them they'd probably say no anyways. There's probably a reason why they haven't released it...

This is another gray area. Personally, I think you have to do your due diligence and cut the act out until you have received proper permissions. Some people would continue to use the trick anyways. I can see their argument, but I don't agree with it. If the versions of PK Touches, ACAAN etc...

I think so, I just think magicians stop short much of the time. If I have a boat and I replace the sails it does not become a new boat. If I replace the rudder too it still is the same old boat with a new rudder and sails. At some point there is hardly any of the old boat remaining and we can...

Yes, this is what I'm talking about. In my opinion it would be extremely unethical to perform that routine without his explicit permission. If you can't get ahold of him you absolutely can't do the routine. Knowing the secret does not grant you the moral right to perform the effect.

I'm not sure of the name of the routine but I think I understand what you are getting at. To clarify can you answer these questions? Was the routine based on adding up the cards? Or adding up the values of the cards? How many piles of cards were there altogether? What did the cards look like...

No, he's definitely a friend I completely respect him and hope to work with him more in the future. Really he's close enough that I may have discussed the method and technique with him at some point and I just don't remember. I was a little dramatic in my description earlier. Really I was just...

I actually like this to some extent. I've been a part of several choirs and theater groups. The music industry has specific guidelines for what it takes to perform their music. When you buy music for a production you have to specify how many performers, performances and audience members you will...

My favorite place for material like this is on Jay Noblezada's Penguin LIVE lecture. He goes over several pieces of amazing hypno-magic effects. He teaches a Darth Vader style choke routine and some imaginary string effects. I love this kind of thing! Jay Noblezada LIVE...

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A few weeks ago I had the opportunity to attend a lecture by Cyril Takayama. It was amazing! But I found something out that was news to me. Cyril created this routine: Justin Willman gave Cyril permission to perform one of his routines, and Cyril gave Justin permission to perform this. They...

Yup, I love it! I wish I could have seen it live. Erik Tait was raving about it.

I think it's worth it. I don't think of it as a trick as much as I think of it as a gag. I wouldn't use the exact handling he uses but I like the idea of a routine with a double sided coin and the magical con is nice too. It's definitely worth it if you are going to use it. If you don't have...

Don't do it. You can really mess up your stomach and body by doing it. There isn't anyone on these forums that could help you. The only person I can recommend if you really want more information is Ryan Stock. My advice is to not do it at all.

I think he legit holds the record for the longest ever human crazy straw.