The Hierophant – Volumes 1 and 2 (Racherbaumer)

Description

Jon Racherbaumer’s famous publication for close up/card magicians. All the greats contribute to these volumes: Hamman, Dingle, Marlo, Jennings, Vernon, Cervon, Elmsley and more. Many photographs and illustrations make this the most comprehensive descriptions of the latest and greatest routines.

Contents include:

Issue 1:

• Proem
• Marlo Handles the Open Prediction (10 Variations, 15 Methods)
• Addition to Marlo’s “Matching Miracle”
• Heldman’s out of this World Clean-Up
• Estimations: Faro Fantasy, Finagling, and Paul Swinford
• The Satiricon
  • Cardmanship
  • Footnote to Ferris
  • Mirabile Dictu
  • Excerpt from a Dialogue Overheard at a Convention
• Postscript

Issue 2:

• New Fangled Glimpse Anthology
  • If Glimpse
  • Fi Glimpse
  • Spring Glimpse
  • Neo-Piquant Glimpse
  • Marlo’s Beveled Deck Glimpse
  • Turn Around Center Glimpse
• Marlo Stalks the Ultimate Sandwich
  • Marlo’s “Collectors”
  • Alternatives for the “Collectors”
  • Signed Card Transposition
  • Pre-Peeked Deuce Sandwich
• Holiday Bonus Section – All Marlo Material
  • Notes on the Lie Speller
  • Marlo’s “Unknown” Speller
  • Marlo on Stebbins/Stay-Stack
  • Four Ace Stop
  • “Over Here, Of Course!”
  • Air Mail Prediction
  • Lasso-Due-Tre
  • Marlo’s Double Count
  • Marlo’s Nomad Aces
  • One-Cut, Double-Control
• Minor Arcana
  • Ace-Cutting without Double-Cutting
  • Tibetan Checkers
  • Petite La Pilule Du Diable
  • Notes on the Vase(Hurley)
  • Marlo’s “Pitch” Routine
• The Satiricon
  • Lester Overton: Tragic Hero
  • Excerpt from the Adventures of Harry Inane
• Estimations
  • Albert Goshman: Boob on the Tube?
  • Last Word on the Fields’ Book
  • 13 Ways of Looking at Criticism
  • An open letter to Nick Trost
  • Vernon, Gibson, and Sharpe
  • Aftermath
• Postscript