Top Secrets of Magic — Volume 2

Routined Mystification with Small Objects

Consecutive page numbering from Volume 1
1967
Written by James G. Thompson Jr.
Work of James G. Thompson Jr.
128 pages (Stapled), published by M. S. Messinger Printing
Illustrated with photographs
Language: English
29 entries
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Milbourne Christopher Introduction
cxxxiv
James G. Thompson Jr. Preface
cxxxv
James G. Thompson Jr. Silver Shenanigans chapter intro on the following coin tricks
 		137
James G. Thompson Jr. Numismatic Necormancy longer coin routine, where four coins are produced using two cards which also change faces, a pencil and a handkerchief; coin produced from two cards, vanishes and appears again using pencil, coin is then split into two and coin travels to second in other hand several times, coin penetrates handkerchief, chink-a-chink with handkerchief and two cards, continuous production of coins with handkerchief (Chanin), ending with lighter and cigarette
Related to 137
John Ramsay Ramsay Subtlety
140
Coin Transfer while picking coin up from open hand
 		142
Han Ping Chien
143
Jimmy Buffaloe Switchover coin appears out of a handkerchief
Also published here 143
Paul Curry Turnover Change brief
 		147
The Pinch Vanish
149
James G. Thompson Jr. Flight Four
154
James G. Thompson Jr., Milton Kort Pocket Piece coin vanishes repeatedly and appears in spectator's various pockets four times
Inspired by 155
Utilitarian Coin Move
155
James G. Thompson Jr. Just Passing Thru eight rings and a handkerchief used
 		159
Drop Count
161
Herman L. Weber Weber Link Move
161
Stewart James The Captive Ring
164
James G. Thompson Jr., Eugene Laurant Linking Methods
  • Forward Link
  • Heel Link
  • The Crash Link (Laurant)
 		167
Edward Loyd Enochs The Fadeaway
171
The Vertical Drop
171
James G. Thompson Jr. Colormatic Leapfrog routine for Royal Wonder Block, cigarette produced as climax
 		178
James G. Thompson Jr. Velvet Slate board to visibly reproduce numbers and symbols for two-person telepathy act
  • With Bills
  • With Numbers
  • With Designs
 		183
James G. Thompson Jr., Grady S. Nicholson Lucifer's Lucifers electric match, match vanish Do As I do with matchbox, thimbles appear and vanish, two in the hands with heads of matches
 		191
James G. Thompson Jr. Cards - Anyone? chapter intro
 		199
James G. Thompson Jr., Mark Weston It Went Thataway! two card transposition without deck, envelope used, 15 of Diamonds as climax
 		199
Mexican Turnover
200
Monte Throw
201
James G. Thompson Jr. Fantasy in Red and Black red black separation while doing Slop Shuffle, not just red and black but in preparation for a riffle shuffle which does not alter colors
 		202
James G. Thompson Jr. Fatigued Finger Flinger's Panacea combination of Si Stebbins and half forcing stack, selection ends up at position indicated by second selection and matches prediction
 		204
Data entered by Lorenz Schär, May 2025.