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