Magician Foolers & Myths of Magic

I have long been interested in the great myths of magic, obviously the Indian Rope Trick is up there with the most famous and most outrageous of these but on a smaller scale things like Open Prediction/51 Faces North and the 'Berglas' Effect hold a similar mystique and are very much the holy grail for card magic enthusiasts. 

I'm not a fan of conditions in magic tricks, we are in the entertainment industry not conducting scientific experiments so for me they are open to a bit of creative license. But what I will say is the conditions as written for something like Open Prediction actually offer a series of solutions to the great effect. It becomes a game for magicians to try and find a new way of performing the trick, lay audiences don't get it, they're much moe fascinated with the invisible deck than any ACAAN/OP I've ever performed. It's purely for the benefit of magicians. 

I am happy to share links to my videos with fellow enthusiasts, I have created a very deceptive method for Open Prediction (which I' pretty sure channels A Dianoetic Rage and Criminal Induction) which can be performed live, on stage, even over video call and can take in multiple spectators. I've had allegations of stooging but this could not be further from the method! 

Additonally, I can make the Berglas Effect appear as real as gravity, and I am constantly in search of more and more solutions to this great plot. The holy grail may not exist, but there are some very clever and devious ways of pulling it off!

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