SYNOPSIS:
Evidence of a Well Spent Life is Helge Thun’s first full-length book in English and showcases the thoughtful, theatrical card magic that has made him one of Europe’s most respected performers. Rather than presenting isolated tricks, the book focuses on multi-phase routines that build steadily toward memorable climaxes, emphasizing structure, audience engagement, and impossibility. Alongside polished professional routines, Thun shares original sleight of hand, his innovative work with signed duplicate cards, and insightful essays on humor, deception, stand-up card magic, and spectator management. The result is a book that teaches not only what to perform, but how to create stronger, more memorable magical experiences.
Book Details:
Author/Creator: Helge Thun
Publisher: Vanishing Inc.
Edition: 1st
Publication Year: 2025
Subjects: Cards, Parlor Magic
Pages: 175
Skill Level: Intermediate
Availability: Vanishing Inc.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
• Foreword (p. 7)
• Introduction (p. 11)
Single Cards (p. 13)
• Instant Camera Card (p. 13)
• Bulkoki Reloaded (p. 18)
• Humor as Deception (p. 23)
Technique (p. 29)
• Action Fan Palm (p. 29)
• The Bent Cop Transfer (p. 32)
• Card in Matchbox – Three Loading Methods (p. 36)
• Hands Up! (p. 41)
Beauty Of Complexity (p. 47)
• Better Safe than Sorry 3 (p. 48)
• Strangers or Friends? (p. 68)
• The Flying Four (p. 74)
• Eight Ahead! (p. 77)
• Pockets Full of Presents (p. 88)
The Duplicate Principle (p. 103)
• The Signatures (p. 104)
• Another Basic Point (p. 106)
• 4 Card Brainwave (p. 107)
• Free Choice (p. 109)
• Cornered (p. 112)
• Round the Corner (p. 116)
• Filling the Gap (p. 117)
• The Cloth of Death (p. 121)
• Duplicate Travelers (p. 131)
• Boxed (p. 149)
Encore (p. 161)
• Clear Voyage (p. 162)
