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  • Conducting Trains and Bones

    Drew
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    This is an idea for those of you who use bone conduction devices. I always thought it was great that you could play your own audio file (on most if not all of the devices currently available). The stock audio preloaded onto the device was always some creepy robotic sounding voice. The script would usually…

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  • Banachek’s Salad: Eggplant Is the New Broccoli

    Drew
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    I’ve always enjoyed the psychological force of a carrot over the other forces Banachek has written about. The carrot force in its basic form is described in his Psychological Subtleties 1. What I’ve always liked about it in particular is that a carrot does not appear to be the classic archetype of a vegetable.  What…

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  • Jazz in Social Magic #6: Doubling Down

    Jerry
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    JISM is our award-winning series on Jazz in Social Magic. That’s all the name means. Jazz in Social Magic. Don’t make this weird. Recently, I did two tricks for someone. They both failed. As a result, the performance was a huge success, bigger than it would’ve been if they had succeeded. Let me explain. I…

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  • Dying People

    Drew
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    Here is a fascinating tale of a study I heard from my professor who taught a class on mysticism and the occult. He mentioned that people who were clinically dead or on the brink of death before coming back to life would report similar out of body experiences. People from all over the world, across…

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  • The Akinator Peek Presentation

    Drew
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    This idea for a word reveal presentation stemmed from jamming with a friend of mine. Before it released and things died down, we were speculating about the notorious trick “Enigma” by Christian Grace. Anyone that has spent longer than a decade on the internet would remember the “Akinator”. It’s essentially a website that has a…

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  • Ten Second Star Sign Tip

    Editor
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    Editor’s Note: This is an idea contributed by a friend of the site, giving our two writers a break. I’m a big fan of the 10S Star Sign Divination, by Olivier Boës. It’s the only star sign divination I use, and I love using it whenever somebody tries guessing my sign. A lot of people…

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  • The Study Center Tear

    Drew
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    Here’s a presentation I did on the spot with a center tear, and then how you can apply this angle yourself. When I was in university, I literally never took notes. This is not to say I didn’t pay attention. I sat in classes and treated them as movies, or TED talks if you will.…

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