Columnist: Ted Lesley Using a pencil for a “Swami” effect, is in my opinion outdated for today’s audiences. To the same conclusion came a fellow mentalist from Switzerland, the late PAUL MAURER. In 1985 he invented a “ball-point thumb writer”. This “Swami Gimmick” was brought to my attention a couple of years ago by a […]
Columnist: Ted Lesley (Ted Lesley) A BRIEF HISTORY: This, like many of Ted Lesley’s items, is an untility prop. Baldly stated, it is a special two-compartment switching-envelope, but it has some remarkable features. Many years ago, in 1981, Ted described an early version of this envelope in the German periodical “MAGISCHE WELT” but we have […]
Columnist: Ted Lesley LET’S TAKE a look at a totally new forcing deck–based on the principles of the Bagshawe forcing pack–that I use with great success in my stage act. The deck is described here for the first time. For about seven years, I have used as a forcing device a jumbo deck that is […]
Columnist: Ted Lesley PSYCHOKINETIC BANKNIGHT By Ted Lesley In a recent “Vibrations”, the magazine of the “Psychic Entertainer’s Association” I found an effect which immediately drew my attention. In an article by my good friend Docc Hilford from Florida he explained parts of his “bizarre” show. Amongst the effects he described was a “bank night”-routine, […]
Columnist: Ted Lesley Psuedo-psychometry is an eftect popularized by Theodore Annemann, who presented it with great success in his shows. Through the years many magicians and mentalists have explored the possibilities inherent in this effect. Dozens of versions are available on the market, hundreds are in the literature. The effect, as I’m sure you know, […]
Columnist: Ted Lesley (Boretti/Ted Lesley) Mr. Boretti has a magic mail-order-business in Neustadt/Germany and I was and still am very enthusiastic about the effects he sells, which are mostly his own inventions. One of his marketed mental tricks is “Perfect Pocket-Watch” and I’m very grateful that he granted me permission to share it. EFFECT: With […]
Columnist: Ted Lesley (Ted Lesley) I dedicate this routine to my friend EUGENE BURGER, from whom I learned a lot during the past ten years! My “Teleport Envelope” is a most versatile gimmick, as you will agree after you have constructed one and tried it out before an audience. The “magic” seems to happen in […]
Columnist: Ted Lesley (Ted Lesley) “Ladies and gentlemen,” begins the Mentalist, “mind reading is an extremely intuitive process. So much of what we perceive comes, not from overt observation, but from subconscious perception. Let me give an example.” He points to a man seated in the audience and asks, “Would you please stand for a […]
Columnist: Ted Lesley (Ted Lesley) This particular routine is my favourite one. I’ve been performing it for a couple of years in nightclubs and theatres all over Germany with sensational success. The trick leaves any audience entertained, mystified and completely spellbound. If the conditions are right, this is one of the most talked about mysteries […]
Columnist: Ted Lesley (Invented by Harry Baron. Additional ideas by Ken deCourcy and Ted Lesley) This trick was invented by the late Harry Baron and was published in the first volume of Ken deCourcy’s wonderful magazine “Coffeebreak Chronicle”. Harry Baron was very ingenious in giving old gimmicks and tricks a new “twist”. Let us give […]
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