Blog - The Peoples Palace of Prestidigitation

A place to discuss magic, mentalism, and related arts. Get support and share or find information about improving one's knowledge, ability, and industry experience. We are partnered with a few different magicians/YouTube channel's, but we're still independent, open, and friendly. Join the Discord Server here: https://discord.gg/NfZc9zU

Reviews

Stroop Test by David Jonathan, Nikolas Mavresis & Andrew Neiner Review

The Stroop Test demonstrates a fascinating oddity of the human mind. David Jonathan and Nikolas Mavresis took that concept and made a magic effect out of it, then Andrew Neiner took the idea and ran with it. The Stroop Test…

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2021-09-06

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The Knowing by Mike Powers Review

A magician fooling version of the 21 card trick? Sounds a little far-fetched but with The Knowing, Mike Powers certainly pulls it off. I doubt there is a magician out there who hasn’t at some point had a non-magician announce…

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2021-07-22

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Mastering the Spread Cull by Steve Faulkner Review

Is the Hofzinser Spread Cull the most powerful move in magic? Steve certainly thinks so, and I don’t entirely disagree with him. I recently reviewed The Cullfather by Iain Moran so It thought it was worth taking a look at…

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Review: Gossip by Craig Petty

Gossip is one of those effects you’ll either totally love, or totally hate. Personally I fall into the latter group. The basic premise of Gossip is you pull a ripped out page from a woman’s celebrity news magazine out of…

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2021-06-01

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The Cullfather by Iain Moran Review

If you want to learn how to do the Hofzinser Spread Cull, or improve/troubleshoot how you are doing it already Iain Moran’s The Cullfather is the place to come. What is The Cullfather? The Cullfather is a DVD from Big…

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Inconceivable book by Luke Jonas Review

Is Inconceivable by Luke Jonas rare, out of print, or difficult to find? Yes, looks like Mex better do a review of it then (I will get back to reviewing easy to find magic soon, I promise). And with a…

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2021-03-11

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Castle Dracula Mentalism Book by Charles Cameron Review

Castle Dracula Mentalism Book by Charles Cameron cover

Prior it it coming up on eBay as a recommendation, I had not heard of Castle Dracula Mentalism before, but with a name like that, how could I resist? Vampires and mentalism, I am so into this idea. Back in…

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2021-03-03

General

Can A.I. write a magic blog post?

I use AI in my day job, and a couple of the guys I was good friends with at uni work in the field, so AI comes up frequently in conversation with tech friends. While talking about different uses for…

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Review: Stack Attack Book by L.R. Brooks

I don’t recall hearing about Stack Attack before, but when it came up as a suggested item on eBay, I decided to take a punt. I’m a big fan of memdeck work and the price was low enough to make…

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2021-02-04

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Review: Look No Hands by Wayne Dobson

Wayne Dobson noticed around the year 2000 that his right hand was becoming weaker, so he set out to devise effects androutines that only required the use of his left hand. In the 2008, he started to develop routines and…

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2021-02-02