SYNOPSIS:
Approaching Magic by David Regal is a collection of original close-up magic that reflects Regal’s creative thinking, practical construction, and entertaining performance style. The book features commercial routines using cards, coins, and everyday objects, along with insightful discussions on presentation, routining, and audience management. Blending clever methods with engaging plots and humor, Approaching Magic has become a modern classic for performers looking to add strong, real-world material to their repertoire.
Book Details:
Author/Creator: David Regal
Publisher: Blue Bike Productions
Edition: 1st
Publication Year: 2008
Subjects: Cards, Coins, Everyday Objects
Pages: 506
Skill Level: Intermediate
Availability: Vanishing Inc., Penguin Magic
TABLE OF CONTENTS
• Foreword (p. 1)
• Introduction (p. 5)
A DECK OF CARDS
• Flight Attendants (p. 11)
• The 5280 Opener (p. 16)
• Context (p. 20)
• Off Beat Aces (p. 22)
• Stand-Up Showdown (p. 26)
• Going and Gone (p. 35)
• Never There Aces (p. 42)
• The Automatic Computerized Deck with Spell-Check (p. 48)
• Goodwill (p. 53)
• Getting to Know You (p. 55)
• Hidden Powers (p. 60)
• Right & Wrong (p. 63)
• King Back (p. 68)
CONDITIONS IMPACT (p. 77)
COCOA (p. 83)
LUCK (p. 97)
A HOOK UP (p. 111)
• Not Quite Dead (p. 116)
• The Haunted Pack (p. 124)
REMUNERATION
• Visual Magic (p. 129)
• Consolidation (p. 131)
• An Attractive Vanish (p. 136)
• A Quiet Good-Bye (p. 142)
• Brass-Ackwards (p. 147)
• Restored Credit. (p. 154)
• The Money Cup (p. 159)
• Strolling Abroad (p. 165)
• Laptop Printer (p. 173)
• Paper Money (p. 176)
MORE THAN A DECK OF CARDS
• Illusion vs. Reality (p. 185)
• Scratched (p. 188)
• Ad Space (p. 193)
• Character (p. 197)
• The Curiously Strong Nest of Boxes (p. 200)
• A Card at a Number (p. 203)
• The Fifty-Fifty Deck (p. 203)
• Doubly Stuck (p. 207)
• Satan’s Sandwich (p. 209)
• Sanitized for Your Deception (p. 213)
• A CONVERSATION WITH ARMANDO LUCERO (p. 221)
MENTALISM
• Window Replacement (p. 233)
• Thinking Ahead (p. 238)
• Medicinal Value (p. 243)
• Will the Socks Match? (p. 246)
• Equiv-O-Cash (p. 254)
• One Thing Happens (p. 259)
• Hotel 52 (p. 261)
• Simpatico (p. 265)
• 312 (p. 271)
• 312.5 (p. 279)
• The Impossible Envelope (p. 288)
• Porn in Your Pants (p. 294)
• Special Bulletin (p. 299)
• The Harlequin Book Test (p. 306)
• FINDING MOMENTS (p. 315)
PACKET MAGIC
• Packet Tricks (p. 323)
• Royal Jazz Quartet (p. 324)
• Jewel Thief (p. 329)
• The No-Extra-Card Version (p. 334)
• The Eye Exam (p. 339)
• A Progressive Swindle (p. 344)
• Oil Slick (p. 349)
• Not My Last Trick (p. 356)
• Raising Kane (p. 362)
• SELF-WORKING MAGIC (p. 369)
LIQUID REFRESHMENT
• Amstel Heavy (p. 377)
• A Drinking Problem (p. 381)
• The World’s Greatest Invention (p. 387)
OUR SECRET
• Storytelling and Magic (p. 399)
• Change For a Five (p. 400)
• Exhibit A (p. 405)
• See-Through Monte (p. 409)
• SCRIPTING (p. 419)
• The Puppy Trick (p. 432)
THREE-PIECE BAND
• Fear (p. 445)
• The Power of Love (p. 447)
• A Distant Ring (p. 453)
• In Darkness (p. 461)
• Method and Effect (p. 467)
SLEIGHTS WITH CARDS
• A Control (p. 471)
• A One-Hand Half Pass (p. 473)
• The One-Hand Turnover Half Pass (p. 473)
• The Toss Pass (p. 476)
• A Double Change (p. 477)
• An Isolated Change (p. 480)
• A Double Isolated Change (p. 481)
• An Oil Water (p. 482)
• The Follow the Leader Switch (p. 488)
• The Galileo Switch (p. 490)
• The No-Switch Switch (p. 493)
• A Fan of Herrmann’s (p. 496)
• Doing Nothing (p. 498)
• Ninety Degrees in the Shade (p. 498)
• Pulling a One-Eighty (p. 501)
• In Conclusion (p. 503)
