Miracles with ESP Cards

Mental card magic and thoughts about successful presentations

2023
Written by Szabolcs Molnár
Work of Szabolcs Molnár
80 pages (Paperback), published by Selfpublished
Illustrated with photographs
Language: English
32 entries
Cover photograph
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Szabolcs Molnár Foreword
1
Szabolcs Molnár Introduction
2
I. Basics
6
Szabolcs Molnár Things to know about ESP cards
  • History of ESP cards
  • Different type of ESP cards
    • Classic
    • Coloured
    • Coloured (all the cards are different)
    • Jumbo ESP
    • Parlour
    • Home made
  • Where to get them
 		7
Card Sleights
12
The Dealing Position
12
Dealing
13
Szabolcs Molnár Cuts
14
Szabolcs Molnár False Shuffles
15
Overhand Shuffle running top cards twice
 		15
Overhand Shuffle 2 (simple cut)
16
Charlier The Charlier Shuffle
17
Szabolcs Molnár Bottom card peeks
19
Straightening the deck
19
Taking back the deck
20
Putting the cards in the pocket
20
The Glide
22
Alternate Glide bottom card pushed back with fingers of the taking hand
 		23
Szabolcs Molnár ESP stacks
  • The classic ESP stack
  • The Trafficlight stack (for colored ESP decks)
 		25
Szabolcs Molnár Marked Cards on ESP marking systems
  • Royal Magic ESP deck
  • Marking unmarked cards
    • Tools
 		28
Vince Szöke Kiss The ESP marking system of Vince Szöke Kiss (Bicycle)
  • Tips from Vince
 		30
II. Routines
33
Szabolcs Molnár A Quick Trick card chosen from ESP deck is divined by performer, repeats, stacked
  • Tips from the author
 		34
Szabolcs Molnár Intuition ESP card chosen, performer is blindfolded and deals through ESP deck and sets aside several cards, those match the selection
  • Tips from the author
Inspired by
  • Luke Jermay routine from Marksman Deck video
 37
Szabolcs Molnár, Máté Hajnal MentaCOLOR colored ESP deck, color and design of chosen card are divined
  • Tips from the author
 		44
Szabolcs Molnár M.T.W.C. "(Marked Thought With Chips)"
five ESP cards dealt face down on table, spectator places chips on some, another round dealt on top, only the ones with chips have matching ESP symbols which are also predicted on other side of chips
Inspired by
  • "Marked Thought" (Bob Mason)
 48
Szabolcs Molnár ESP Memory multi-phase memory demonstration with ESP deck
  • Tips from the author
 		55
III. Essays
64
Szabolcs Molnár Pyramid
  • Choosing the right technique
  • Practice
  • Music and scripts
  • Prop management
  • Silent script
  • Rehearsal
  • Performance
  • Closing thoughts
 		65
Szabolcs Molnár With us or against us?
  • The magician as a circus artist
  • Where we fail
  • Bad jokes
  • The magic formula
 		71
Szabolcs Molnár Closing Words
75
Szabolcs Molnár About the author
80
Data entered by Denis Behr, January 2025.