Reelistic Magic by Lewis Ganson

A collection of tricks, stunts and bits of business using a reel.

A reel is a very powerful stage and parlor tool. (In its miniature versions it can even be used in close-up environments.) It is small enough that it can be easily palmed, but powerful enough to pull silks, cords and other items in a fraction of a second. It is like an invisible hand that the performer can use at his command.

Includes care, repair and maintenance of reels.

• The Reel

• Re-Threading The Reel

• Ken Brooke's Method For "The Untying Silk"

• The Self-Tying Silk

• The Untying Silk Again

• Penetrations With Silk

• "Right – Thru"

• "Silk – Thru – Cane"

• Lightning Chair Penetration

• Single Handed Chair Penetration

• Reel-Ly Pulled Apart

• More Magic With Silks

• Floating Silk

• "Reel" 20th Century Silks

• Suspended Card Silk

• Magic With Cards

• The Rising Cards

• Ribbon Card

• Magic With Rope

• "Untying Rope"

• Snap Rope Restoration

• The Determined Knot

• Acrobatic Knot

• The Indian Rope

• The Reel-Ing Knot

• Variation Of "Snap" Rope Restoration

• Magic With Cigarettes

• Repeat Vanishing Cigarette

• Where's That Cigarette?

• Miscellaneous Magic

• "The Vanishing Button"

• The Magnetic Wand

• Rising And Falling Ring

• "Vanishing Coin"

• The Flying Note

• Thimble Vanish

• Bird Cage Vanish

• A Fountain Pen Vanish

• Dropped Thimble

• The Flying Ring

• The Elusive Note