Which levitation trick or illusion do you recommend as easy, effective and really REAL looking?

Ellen

There are literally dozens of discussions on this topic on the Café. Just do a search on levitation and you'll get hundreds of results.

To sum it up, everyone has their own preference and their own reasons why the one they like is better than the rest. You should just look into them and see which one you like best and which one is practical for you.

If card magic is your bag the ghost deck is pretty amazing (and you can make a card rise even when it's contained within the confines of a glass to prove you're not touching it).

The Super-X will be best.

In "Ahead of the Pack," Lewis Jones and Jack Avis write:

Q: How long does it take to do a convincing levitation?
A: Nobody knows.

Maybe not convincing, but how about entertaining? What types of levitation get great reactions?

I saw a magician do the folding chair suspension. He brought up a spectator from the audience to be his assistant. It played very well.

The Ashra.

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For some reason, when I read your question, I didn't even think about levitating cards, other objects or another person. All I thought of was levitating yourself. If that's what you want to do, I'd say nothing can beat the King Rising.........if you like one that doesn't cost a fortune and can be done impromptu, with no gimmick. It's somewhat angle sensitive, so you only usually do it for 2 or 3 people at a time.

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There are alot of different levitations out there, when it comes to levetating yourself, l do think l would wait for the release of The Elevator by Peter Loughran, it does look very cool, so if you are interested check out the good, the bad and the garbage topic on this Elevator..
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It's not a specific levitation, but Steve Fearson's Thread Head video has some really nice techniques for IT. (Poor man's IT reel).

There's one routine in it where you borrow a ring and make it float. The ending is especially nice because you float it into the spectator's hand! They can then close their hand immediately. You walk away clean.

For close-up, seemingly impromptu floating of a borrowed bill or napkin using Jon LeClair's method as explained in his book "The Art of Invisible Thread" or his video, "Who's Afraid of Invisible Thread".

Bill Beach

The only hook up I use yet, is the Jon Le Clair one. It is easy to set up, you can have on you for some time, if you are careful, and it is easy to work with. I am going to continue exploring some more hook ups now. I like IT a lot and they say I am good at it.

Ivan
PS: I saw a spider doing a self levitation with IT

You need, "The Encyclopedia Of Suspentions And Levitations", edited by Bruce Armstrong.
Full of great stuff!!
Ted (Leondo)