Magic Card Tricks Revealed

The Truth of Magic Card Tricks Revealed
When the majority of us first began to learn magic, card tricks revealed the most important skills to our repertoire; you could have been most impressed by the classic Charlier pass or the more-current Carnahan fan from the Buck brothers (seen in the movie Smokin’ Aces), it’s ultimately simple card magic where we first learned the tricks that astounds our family and friends.
The majority of children, in fact,picked up their first basic card tricks, from the pages of children’s books, they discovered things like the “four robbers named Jack” or some version of the famous “pick a card, any card” ruse.
This always filled us with great excitement and pride, amazing relatives with our new found talents, even when they winked knowingly at one another – because the same tricks had been shown to them in their own childhood, of course.
Those of us who remained intrigued by the art scoured obscure bookshops and library’s to find publications which enhanced our knowledge of magic. The card tricks we became skilled at found in the pages of Hugard and Braue’s “Royal Road to Card Magic”, or the S.W. Erdnase classic “Artifice Ruse and Subterfuge at the Card Table”, eventually gave us the confidence  to attempt the more difficult and mind blowing  tricks – cards through handkerchiefs,fantastic passes, card switching, and the rest.


Magic Card Tricks Revealed Shown Here

With hours of practice our skills got better and better and with that the pressure grew from our audiences. They of course demanded to know how we were performing these tricks  – they didn’t actually want to do the tricks, but needed to know exactaly what we had done. Maybe you let the secret out to a few friends and family members, and then discovered all your hard work learning and researching your tricks were no longer appreciated.

The biggest kick in the teeth a budding magician can  get is when after hours and hours of practice you perform a trick perfectly and then hear that dreaded voice in your audience come out with “I know how you did that.” . You feel as if all your practice hours have been a waste of time.
If a magic trick is revealed to enough people, the mystery is gone. The wonder is lost. That one heckler in the crowd can ruin your entire performance, and turn the audience against you. A good magician should never reveal his tricks to anyone.
And that one heckler isn’t just making a mess of your performance…he’s ruining others, too. That one card trick, shared with the wrong person, can become a thorn in the side of magicians anywhere for years.
Nobody can really be blamed for the first few magic card tricks revelaed to a friend. We all want to share the wonder and joy we’ve found in learning a new sleight, or mastering a new passing procedure. Butalways remember this, that magic is kept secret for a purpose…and by keeping it secret, the wonder and joy is preserved. The magic can enthrall and delight future generations.


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