Cosmosis: The original floating match by (Benny) Ben Harris

"...at last, the originator explains his classic micro-levitation in complete detail — a digital first..."

Invented in 1986, and marketed as Cosmosis by Ben Harris, this effect has become one of the most pirated close-up creations in magic's recent history. It truly has become a "classic." Even today, twenty-three years after its debut, unscrupulous individuals and manufacturers in many countries market it without any due respect for its heritage or compensation for its creator. From street stalls in India and across Asia, to the high streets of London and Paris, you'll find this effect ripped-off and offered to the casual purchaser. The inventor now offers all the intimate details of this examinable micro-illusion in digital format.

This edition has been specially prepared as an "Authorized Download." This contains all the information you need to make this a miracle levitation. You'll even fool those who think they know how it's done! Start Floating Today!

• Introduction
• Cosmosis: The Effect
• The Basic Principle
• Making a Cosmosis Card
• The Basic Handling
• Introducing The Card Into Play Pre-Flexing The Card
• Basic Rise 1
• Tipping The Match Off The Card
• One Handed Rise
• In The Spectator's Hands
• Fingertip Power
• Seance Presentation
• Ticket Time
• Other Objects
• Basic Rise 2
• The Big Curl
• With Two Cards
• Geoff Pearce Ring Move
• 12 Tips: Jim Kleefeld

Tenyo in Japan have released a version (with full permission) that uses a little broomstick. Gloriously produced, this appears as an entry in their "World's Greatest Magic" series. The broomstick makes this a great Harry Potter tie-in.

1st released 1986; digital edition 2009; 26 pages.