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Here's an easy, self-working magic trick that anyone can do! There's no sleight of hand involved -- the secret principle I explain does all the work for you. Rather than just reveal how the trick works, I walk you step by step through the entire routine so you can perform it for all your friends.
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FURTHER INFO:
There are...a lot of spelling tricks in magic. Too many. They raise lots of questions, like "Why are you spelling a card?" "What does this have to do with finding my card?" "What are you doing with your life?" This simple (yet impressive) version of the trick I teach here doesn't seek to answer these existential questions. The "joke" about "the name of your card" provides a little bit of internal logic -- just enough for a basic magic trick.
NOMENCLATURE:
I've called this trick "Spellbound" because "a spelling card trick" isn't very catchy. These days, "Spellbound" usually refers to a trick where a silver coin transforms into a copper coin (or vice versa) using a specific technique. However, it's a cool sounding word and it contains the word "spell," so it fit the bill. Luckily, there's a precedent for using this name. A trick (from an unknown creator) published in The Royal Road to Card Magic (1948) that involves spelling to a selected card is also called "Spellbound" (page 181).
CREDITS:
- The earliest reference to a card trick that involves spelling was published in 1889 in "Tricks With Cards" from an unknown creator. Since then, hundreds of variations have been published in the literature -- far too many to catalogue briefly.
- The predecessor and inspiration for many common spelling tricks is "Thought Stealer," published in The Royal Road to Card Magic in 1948 by an unknown creator. A modified version under the same title was published in Card College Volume 1 by Roberto Giobbi, which is where I first encountered this general plot.
- The method that places the joker a known number of cards above the selection is called the floating key principle, which I first learned in Simon Aronson's book Simply Simon. However, the use in this trick is slightly different from Simon's use.
- The idea of having a "joke" show up, written on the back of a card, is certainly not original to me. It's difficult to track down the first use of it, but it's been around for a long time.
- Given the plethora of spelling tricks that have been created, it's entirely possible (probable, even) that someone else has utilized the same combination of principles, techniques, and subtleties discussed in the video.