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Jonathanmc
Loyal user
Las Vegas, NV
209 Posts
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Posted: Apr 28, 2004 5:07pm
I have read several references to the 18 basic effects but cannot find a list anywhere. I can figure out the basic ones but my list hasn't reached 18 yet.
Vanish
Production
Solid through solid
Transformation
Levitation
Broken and restored
But that's only six.
Thanks
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thumbslinger
Elite user
My fence is looong. It now has
426 Posts
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Posted: Apr 28, 2004 7:22pm
Hmm...I remember something about 8, adding transportation to your list (as in something going from one place to another within the same space)...Transforming including, size changes, people/objects switching place, color changes, etc...which leaves only one other which I can't seem to think of....unless you put something more towards the realm of mentalism.....
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rgranville
Elite user
Boston area
438 Posts
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Posted: Apr 28, 2004 9:16pm
Lamont and Wiseman list eight basic categories in their book Magic in Theory:
Appearance
Vanish
Transposition
Transformation
Penetration
Restoration
Extraordinary Feats
Telekinesis
ESP
Most of these categories have subcategories.
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jcards01
Inner circle
Waterloo, IL
1391 Posts
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Posted: Apr 28, 2004 9:51pm
Dariel Fitsgee has a lit in his book, The Card Expert Entertains.
Jimmy 'Cards' Molinari
www.jimmycards.com
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phread
Elite user
md
468 Posts
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Posted: Apr 28, 2004 11:04pm
Hi there are 19 effects listed in the trick brain by fitzkee. a good book to get you thinking.
phread
Deckless Wonder
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Reis O'Brien
Inner circle
Seattle, WA
2467 Posts
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Posted: Apr 29, 2004 10:57am
The 8 basic reactions goes as thus;
"Holy Moses!"
"Good gravy!"
"What the...?!"
"How did you...?!"
"You've got to be kidding!"
"Great Custer's Ghost!"
"Oh.... my... GOD!"
"NFW!" (abreviated)
Homo vult decipi; decipiatur
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silent shadow
New user
91 Posts
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Posted: Apr 29, 2004 3:29pm
Lol... , I say I only got what "NFW" mean't when I saw it performed in the magic shop , I said "NO WAY" then I twigged .. 
Magic or just an illusion? it's a free choice .... isn't it?
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Ricky B
Regular user
Northern California
172 Posts
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Posted: May 3, 2004 12:54am
Here are the 21 classifications of magic per Fitzkee:
Production (appearance)
Multiplication (making one into many)
Vanish (disappearance)
Transposition (invisible travel)
Transformation (making one into another)
Penetration (solid through solid)
Restoration (making the destroyed whole)
Animation (making things move by themselves)
Levitation (anti-gravity)
Attraction (mysterious adhesion)
Sympathetic Reaction (making an object do the same thing as another object)
Invulnerability (indestructibility; ability to avoid harm)
Physical anomaly (contradictions; freaks)
Spectator Failure (challenges; "sucker" effects)
Mind Over Matter (making things "move" with the power of the mind)
Divination (mentally locating an object)
Thought Reading (mentally reading another's thoughts)
Thought Transference (mentally sending thoughts to another)
Prediction (foretelling a future action or situation)
Mental agility (memorization; lightning calculation)
Hypnotism (mentally causing changes in the actions of others)
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Jonathanmc
Loyal user
Las Vegas, NV
209 Posts
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Posted: May 3, 2004 4:16pm
Thank you Ricky,
That is very helpfull.
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andre combrinck
Special user
South Africa
868 Posts
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Posted: May 8, 2004 3:39pm
Tarbell has all the effects listed although I can't remember in which volume.
Andre
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tedski
Special user
New Jersey
696 Posts
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Posted: May 10, 2004 7:20pm
Buckley's Principles and Deceptions has a take on this also - not as long as Fitzkee if I recall correctly...
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Dr_Stephen_Midnight
Inner circle
SW Ohio, USA
1555 Posts
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Posted: Jul 8, 2004 8:00pm
Fitzkee left out "escapes" (not all of which classify as penetrations).
IMHO those who try to definitively classify magic effects need to find something more productive to do.
Steve
Dr. Lao: "Do you know what wisdom is?"
Mike: "No."
Dr. Lao: "Wise answer."
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Jonathanmc
Loyal user
Las Vegas, NV
209 Posts
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Posted: Jul 8, 2004 8:25pm
Steve,
Some would say that about people who practice the art of illusion also.
Thank you for your insight. Escapes seem to balance between magic and something else. There is the "How did he do it" factor in both.
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armagician
Regular user
142 Posts
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Posted: Jul 9, 2004 2:03am
WOW Thanks
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marlotto
New user
East Riding of Yorkshire
5 Posts
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Posted: Jul 9, 2004 3:46pm
I was taught that there are 7 BASIC magic effects:
Production
Vanish
Transportation
Transformation
Penetration
Levitation
Restoration
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Mark Williams
Loyal user
Las Vegas, Nevada
292 Posts
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Posted: Jul 10, 2004 1:55am
Gary Darwin did a DVD series listing what he considers the 10 Basic Principles of Magic:
1. Productions and Appearances
2. Disappearances and Vanishes
3. Transpositions
4. Transformations
5. Penetrations
6. Restorations
7. Levitations and Suspensions
8. ESP
9. Spirit Effects
10. Identifications
"Once is Magic!! Twice is an Education!!"
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