A Call To Palms by Wesley James

Description

When Wesley James publishes a new book, you know you’ve got to have it, especially when it focuses on the single most powerful weapon in the arsenal of card magic, Palming. Whether you’ve always wanted to Palm cards, only Palm occasionally or are experienced and looking for exciting new applications, this volume will fill you with joy. If you’re a novice, it will make developing Palming skill easier than ever. If you already Palm frequently, you’ll think you’ve found heaven.

Dr. James has packed these 245+ pages, a masterwork on Palming, a gold mine for those experienced in card technique. It is, as its title states, “A Call to Palms.” Rarely does a book offer so much sophisticated thought and analysis. This is a book you’ll return to repeatedly, destined to become an invaluable reference you’ll consult when seeking new techniques to sharpen your Palming skills. It’s a book you’ll look to when you want to explore the history of standard and not so standard Palming related techniques, and effects.

In addition to the wealth of technique these pages contain, you’ll find new magic from Wesley’s repertoire, plus an extensive examination of the insightful yet practical work of Rick Silberman, the most complete revelation of the creations of Carl Albright and Wesley’s exceptional refinements of the innovative “Four Fly” routine of Tobias Dostal, exploiting a brand new Palming position.

This is Wesley’s largest book since his highly praised 2004 classic, Enchantments, and reveals the same deeply considered detail and accurate description he always delivers. In addition, it reveals new plots and the insightful thought he gives every effect and routine. Those who have read Wesley’s works know he examines card magic at an unprecedented depth. Linking Ring Magazine’s reviewer called a previous book, The Complete MOJO “a Ph.D. course in magic.”

No book can exhaust the subject of Palming but what A Call to Palms covers is examined at a depth no previous work has approached. Take it from Matt Field – former Editor of Magic Circular – Wesley is “One of the great minds and two of the great hands in magic,” you need to own A Call to Palms.

Get your order in today. The Table of Contents below will give you some idea of the material covered and the breadth and scope of this volume.

Table of Contents

Palm-a-phobiaManaging VulnerabilityDeveloping a Rule BasePalming RevisitedPalm PositionsFull PalmGamblers’ Flat PalmFront PalmThumb PalmSpider PalmClip StealBold StealLateral PalmLow Lateral PalmHigh Lateral PalmTenkai Palm – Slydini Palm – Marlo Palm – Unit Control GripRotated TenkaiDeep TenkaiLongitudinal TenkaiRear PalmGamblers’ Cop – Longitudinal Gamblers’ CopMisc (Back Palm, Deep Back Palm, Edge Grip, Corner Grip, etc.)Palming TechniquesSingle Card Palming techniques – Top/BottomSingle Card Top Palm – Two hands (Vernon’s Topping the Deck)Single Card Top Palm – One hand (One Hand Top Palm, Lowey Palm, Single Card Top Palm – Small Packet Small Packet One Hand Top (SPOT) Palm)Single Card Bottom Palm – Two handsSingle Card Bottom Palm – One hand (The Curry Palm?)Single Card Bottom Palm – Small PacketMultiple Card Palming techniques – Top/BottomMultiple Card Top Palm – Two handsMultiple Card Top Palm – One handMultiple Card Top Palm – Small PacketErdnase Bottom Palm – First MethodWJ Bottom PalmMultiple Card Bottom Palm – One handMultiple Card Bottom Palm – Small PacketGamblers’ CopInsertion StealsDiagonal Palm Shift (Modernizing Erdnase)Direct Insertion Steal into TenkaiThe Thumb SlideThe Clip StealPalm Steal from a SpreadPalm Steal from a Divided DeckFrom a Squared Deck (Side Steal, The WJ Side Steal, WJ Immediate Peek Steal)Palm ConversionsPalm Conversion ChainAdd Backs – Top/Bottom/MiddleTopTabled Add-onsIn-the-hands Add-onsSmall Packet Add-onsLarge Group Add-onsBottomTabled Add-onsIn-the-hands Add-onsSmall Packet Add-onsLarge Group Add-onsMiddleTabled Add-onsIn-the-hands Add-onsSmall Packet Add-onsLarge Group Add-onsElsewhereLarge Objects (Card Box Load, Right Hand Load, Left Hand Load, Card Withdrawal)Small Openings and Enclosing Objects (Card in Cigarette)Enclosing Objects (Half Fold, Quarter Fold, Lengthwise, Rectangular, Eighth Fold, Sixths Fold)Loading StrategiesPalm TransfersWhy Transfer?How to Transfer (Dai Vernon’s Time to Change)Movement PatternsTransfer SequencesTable TransfersLoadsCuffs, Shelve Clips, Holdouts, and BugsMagicians’ Loads (Hung Cards, Bugs, The Pocket Index)Clips and Droppers (The Nanny Dropper)Hold-OutsUnloadsThe Jack London Deck VanishThe Kick-off ChangeThe Swing VanisherEffects/RoutinesCard to WalletCard to Wallet IIGone Here-ThereAnother Shaggy Dog Story (Script)My Visitor IMy Visitor II (Patter for the Visitor, The Swing Slip Cut, Refinement of the One-handed Slip Cut, Off the Table One-handed Slip Cut(s))Discolored Visitor (Four-as-Four Counts, The FAF-Two C Count, Splay Grip)Jack in the BoxThe James Revelation (Marlo Jog)Tabled No Palm AcesFace up No Palm Aces (The Charlier Tent Vanish)King’s Passage (King 1, King 2, King 3, King 4)Cards to Pocket – Reconnoiter and Abduct (Reconnoiter and Abduct)Crandallers’ Prediction (Card in Matchbox, Etude for Matchbox and Aces)The Hofzinser TherapyThe Card Magic of Rick SilbermanThe Card Magic of Rick SilbermanTable Cloth Servante – Belly Hold-out – Knee ShelfSelections, Steals and Palms (Spread Selections, Force)PhilosophyDiscoveries, Revelations and Changes (The Silberman Tebe Change)Body Loading Applications and TechniquesThe Silberman Rule BaseSome Picky some Less Picky MagicCard in Cigarette BoxScrambled QueensBackfire Assembly (Flustration/Gemini Display, The Virgo Display)The Lean AssemblyThe Hotel 4 for 1 MysteryWide Open TravelersBareface Off-color Card FliteThe Card Magic of Carl AlbrightLongitudinal Tenkai Palm (LTP) PalmingProducing a card from LTPApplying LTPLTP SandwichMaybe It’s In the Box (LTP Insertion Steal)Jack Palmer (Preliminary Display, The 1st Jack, Reshow, Invisible Palming the 1st Jack, The 2nd Jack Appears, Reshow, Invisible Palming the 2nd Jack, The 3rd Jack Appears, Reshow, Invisible Palming the 4th Jack)Non-Dominant One hand Gamblers’ CopSpread Action CopThe Card Magic of Tobias DostalFour FlyIndex

1st edition 2016, 250 pages.
word count: 133652 which is equivalent to 534 standard pages of text