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COVER PAGE
TITLE PAGE
COPYRIGHT PAGE
DEDICATION
CONTENTS
1. PRODUCTION: IN WHICH SOMETHING APPEARS, SEEMINGLY FROM THIN AIR.
2. PALM: IN WHICH AN OBJECT IS CONCEALED IN THE HAND.
3. LOAD: TO SECRETLY PLACE AN OBJECT IN A LOCATION.
4. PREDICTION: IT IS FORECAST THAT A PARTICULAR THING WILL HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE.
5. TRANSFORMATION: SOMETHING IS TRANSFORMED FROM ONE STATE INTO ANOTHER.
6. PERMEATION: A SOLID OBJECT PASSES THROUGH ANOTHER.
7. VANISH: SOMETHING IS MADE TO DISAPPEAR.
8. EXPOSURE: A MAGICIAN’S SECRETS ARE REVEALED.
9. SWITCH: ONE ITEM IS COVERTLY EXCHANGED FOR ANOTHER.
10. STEAL: TO SECRETLY OBTAIN A REQUIRED OBJECT.
11. FORCE: A SUBJECT IS OFFERED AN APPARENTLY FREE CHOICE, BUT THE MAGICIAN IS IN CONTROL OF WHAT WILL BE CHOSEN.
12. SIMULATION: TO GIVE THE IMPRESSION THAT SOMETHING HAS HAPPENED WHEN IT HAS NOT.
13. MISDIRECTION: TO LEAD ATTENTION AWAY FROM A SECRET MOVE.
14. DITCH: TO SECRETLY DISPOSE OF AN UNNEEDED ITEM.
15. THE SUCKER EFFECT: THE SPECTATOR IS WRONGLY LED TO BELIEVE THEY HAVE GUESSED THE SECRET BEHIND A MAGIC TRICK.
16. ESCAPE: THE MAGICIAN OR SUBJECT IS PLACED IN A RESTRAINING DEVICE, AND ESCAPES TO SAFETY.
17. RESTORATION: AN ITEM IS DESTROYED, THEN RESTORED TO ITS ORIGINAL STATE.
AUTHOR’S NOTE
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
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