by Ray Hyman Joshua Jay persuaded most of the greatest magicians of our time to write essays on their thoughts about magic. He compiled these essays into a 500 page ebook. Remarkably, he has decided to give this fantastic compilation free of charge to members of the magic community. Would you like a FREE […]…
On Profiting from Suggestions by Colleagues by Ray Hyman Steve Aldrich is a magician who has recently returned to Colorado after living several years in Montana. Jerry Andrus and I first encountered him around 30 years ago. He had been performing and traveling with a small group calling itself “Ickle Pickle Circus.” While in Eugene, […]…
The Ten Best Card Tricks…Ever by Ray Hyman In the communiqué I emailed to you on January 27th I included the following comment: Roberto Giobbi, a disciple of both Dai Vernon and Juan Tamariz, is also the author of the 6-volume treatise, Card College. Without question, this is the best course on card magic ever. Following the pattern […]…
The Peter Samelson Lecture Review by Ray Hyman The theme for Peter Samelson’s lecture was that “Small Changes Make a Big Difference.” Peter illustrated this theme throughout the lecture. He showed video clips of how he made small changes that made a big difference to Movies, Commercials, and Broadway plays for which he was […]…
by Ray Hyman Ray here, I have included the complete PDF file (as an attachment) of Roberto Giobbi’s Introduction to Card Magic. Giobbi is the pre-eminent teacher of card magic (his 5 volume set Card College has been hailed by the top magicians as the best and most complete and best course in card magic ever. Much […]…
by Ray Hyman Roberto Giobbi, a disciple of both Dai Vernon and Juan Tamariz, is also the author of the 6-volume treatise, Card College. Without question this is the best course on card magic ever. Following the pattern of a previous classic, The Royal Road to Card Magic, Giobbi begins his course with the basics such as […]…
by Ray Hyman I recently returned from the TAM convention in Las Vegas. A total of 1600 enthusiastic skeptics attended. I conducted a workshop on cold reading for 150 students who were eager to learn how to give psychic readings. By the end of the workshop just about everyone had succeeded in giving a […]…