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i have Spin Doctor and i love it. It is a packet trick, but all the cards are examinable at the end. It get's great reactions from spectators. I have just recently found a way to pull the Spin Doctor cards out of a deck after preforming an opening effect. This makes it very casual and the...

"Not how, but why? that's the much more interesting question"

You are right that "put down" is not the correct phrase. "Discourage a revolt to French rule." i think would be more accurate, but to my knowledge the "Magical Mission" was to convince the tribes that French magic was superior to the local magic and discourage any possible revolt against the...

Hey Aguilar, @danwhite: Yes, the Tachen Magic book is the hotness! I think people have already pointed you towards some good sources. I would also note that William Kalush and Ricky Jay are pretty acomplished Magic historians and worth looking into. here is a video of Kalush that the...

I would say it's hard to know if something is a good idea or not when it first appears. As many inventors have said, sometimes you have a good idea that turns out to be junk and sometimes you have an okay idea that turns out to be gold. You have to explore and play with it. I would try and make...

Silver, this is great, more like a real disscussion :) I'm not telling the Magic community to stop doing "voodoo" magic. I am asking the magic community to reconsider making inaccurate presentations of Vodou within the context of magic effects. Yes, i am making the assumption that the...

Hey Silver, Thank you for bringing your thoughts and ideas to the table. I hope it was good practice for your paper :) I really don't understand where you guys are getting this "African dude" and "African American people" stuff? This is a discussion of Haiti and Haitian Vodou. Haiti is in...

Here is an image of the spades on the Joker's puffy sleeves that Sean noted.

She is holding a flower. There are arrows on her robe, but these clearly are not the same shape as a spade pip. I believe these are a reference to this style of clothing in 16th-17th century France, which most scholars argue, these images on the cards are based on -J1P

Thanks Sean, I had never noticed this. I don't see the Queen of Spades thing though?

Hey Blake, Thank you for adding your two cents :) I think this is clear, but i will sum it up again. In the post there is a QUOTE from a Vodou Priestess where SHE refers to Jesus Christ as a zombie. (in the Hollywood sense of the word) RobAnderson read this and said that i called Jesus a...

I feel this does need some clarification. In/Out Faro: An Out Faro shuffle retains the top and bottom card of the deck. The top card is weaved on top of the 27th card in the deck. An In Faro is just the opposite, the top card is weaved under the 27th card in the deck and the original 26th...

Hey Sean, PH's Blackjack Challenge is quite the thing already... you want to add on to it? :P maybe i read that wrong. You just want to use Cheng's Change in the routine but your not so hot on the Royal Flush production in a long Blackjack routine? Cheng's Change is a 5 card to 5 card...

I contacted the organizers of EMC on the topic of language accessibility and brought up my concerns with them. This is the response they sent me today... Quote: As a multi-national team (Portuguese, Spanish, French, English, German, American) we know the value of being able to...

No one has any thoughts or opinions on this? Agree? Disagree? Indifferent? Let's discuss it. J1P

Hi Brad, I don't know if you are affiliated with the conference at all so i don't mean to direct thoughts and comments to you personally, just to the idea of an "international" English only event. i understand that many people, parts of the world, and organizations view English as a lingua...

This seems like a great idea. I way to get some of the great learning experiences that conventions can provide to people that can't always attend conventions for any number of reasons. I think it makes a lot of sense and it seems like there are enough people who would find this a good idea in...

I'm in the San Juan Islands. What's up? :)

To All: What do you think are three things the magic community can pro-actively do to make the art more welcoming to women and people of color?

Hey Rob, Thank you for your thoughts. I will PM you as well as responding here. I believe your response is in regards to the quote in my post from the Vodou Priestess. These are not my words and not my opinions. I feel it is very important to allow people to speak for themselves and since i...