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Instructional Videos, PDFs, and Books
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A FREE GUIDE FOR MY VALUED SUPPORTERS
Practical guidance on practice, original material, repertoire, criticism, creativity, and presentation. A free PDF booklet, originally written for the Magic Castle Juniors.
Free
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NINE METHODS. ONE CLASSIC EFFECT.
Nine visual, innovative methods for the Torn and Restored Card, with lessons in problem solving and classic sleight-of-hand management. PDF download.
$10.00 USD
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THE COMPLETE BOOK · PDF DOWNLOAD
John Carney’s workbook on study, practice, original material, scripts, characters, and presentation, with assignments to put the ideas to work. PDF download.
$20.00 USD
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A ROUTINE FOR COINS AND SILK
Three coins appear, vanish, visibly arrive in a handkerchief, penetrate it, and finally disappear. PDF download.
$15.00 USD
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JOHN’S FIRST BOOK · PDF DOWNLOAD
John Carney’s long out-of-print first book: coin and card routines, a full deck vanish, and essays on theory, study, and presentation. PDF download.
$15.00 USD
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A LESSON WITH JOHN CARNEY
Learn John’s streamlined, deceptive approach to the cups and balls, performed with ordinary coffee cups.
$30.00 USD
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A LESSON WITH JOHN CARNEY
Explore unexpected coin vanishes and the details that make sleight of hand look effortless.
$30.00 USD
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LESSONS IN MISDIRECTION
Explore John Ramsay’s thinking through John Carney’s insights, with lessons in directing attention that apply throughout your magic.
$30.00 USD
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MAGIC FROM CARNEYCOPIA
Magic from Carneycopia: cards, coins, an animated matchbox, and a borrowed bill inside a lemon. A 54-minute downloadable video.
$30.00 USD
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MORE MAGIC FROM CARNEYCOPIA
Cards, coins, and a borrowed bill: explore more magic from Carneycopia, plus advice on the Classic Pass and side steal.
$30.00 USD
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FURTHER MAGIC FROM CARNEYCOPIA
Aces up the Sleeve, Oil and Water, card predictions, jokers that become aces, jumping paper, and a bullet-themed coins across routine. A 49-minute downloadable video.
$30.00 USD
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FIVE ROUTINES FROM THE BOOK OF SECRETS
Five selections from The Book of Secrets, from cigars and linking rings to the Miser’s Dream, grapes, and Leipzig’s Opener. A 74-minute downloadable video.
$30.00 USD
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FIVE MORE ROUTINES FROM THE BOOK OF SECRETS
Handkerchief vanishes, coins and a champagne glass, card control, thimbles, and cards up the sleeve. Five more selections from The Book of Secrets in an 80-minute downloadable video.
$30.00 USD
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MASTER SESSIONS · WINTER
Coin, sponge ball, and card routines, including Copper-Silver, Coins in the Mist, the Versa-Switch, and Kings and Aces Change Places.
$30.00 USD
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MASTER SESSIONS · SPRING
Cards, coins, and a matchbox: Four Gone, Karate Coin, Acrobatic Aces, Matchbox Surprise, and Slow Motion Coins.
$30.00 USD
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MASTER SESSIONS · SUMMER
Eleven routines, including Cards Under Cover, Crystal Flash, Hot Slot, In Hands Monte, and Seconds on Jack Sandwich.
$30.00 USD
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MASTER SESSIONS · FALL
Dai Vernon’s Cup and Ball Routine with John’s variations, plus the Swing Blade, the Wand Spin Vanish, final loads, Super Rise, and Coins From Here to There.
$30.00 USD
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A LESSON WITH JOHN CARNEY
Learn the technique, timing, and misdirection behind natural, confident card palming.
$30.00 USD
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CARNEY 2013 · LESSON 01 · 34:50
Three balls appear, travel between the hands, multiply, and vanish. Learn natural handling and how to change the moment.
$25.00 USD
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CARNEY 2013 · LESSON 02 · 57:21
Fresh approaches to hook-ups, ditches, and vanishes, with and without a pull. A lesson in solving performance problems.
$25.00 USD
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CARNEY 2013 · LESSON 03 · 65 MINUTES
Improve your practice and refine breaks, the dribble force, side steals, and passes with John’s attention to timing, naturalness, and context.
$25.00 USD
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CARNEY 2013 · LESSON 04 · 45 MINUTES
Refine the top change, palming management, Elmsley count, glide, double lift, crimp handling, and false overhand shuffle.
$25.00 USD
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CARNEY 2013 · LESSON 05 · 30:33
A working Cards Across routine with a surprise finish, plus practical advice on palming and management.
$25.00 USD
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CARNEY 2013 · LESSON 06 · 1:00:11
Four aces appear from the air, vanish individually, and return in four pockets. Explore the thinking behind this manipulative routine.
$25.00 USD
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CARNEY 2013 · LESSON 07 · 52:58
Coins appear from a purse frame, vanish, travel, transpose, and penetrate. Includes advanced switches and a handkerchief production.
$25.00 USD
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CARNEY 2013 · LESSON 08 · 1:01:11
Magic and gags with everyday objects, from straws and sugar packets to coins and napkins, with little or no preparation.
$25.00 USD
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CARNEY 2013 · LESSON 09 · 54:19
A miniature spirit illusion with animated objects and a floating face, plus the Magnetized Wand.
$25.00 USD
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CARNEY 2013 · LESSON 10 · 33:06
A blindfolded catch of a signed bill with chopsticks. Also explores plucking a selected card from cards scattered in the air.
$25.00 USD
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CARNEY 2013 · LESSON 11 · 1:12:11
Working handlings for Rising Card, Stabbed in the Pack, Ace Transposition, Dunbury Delusion, and Diminishing Cards.
$25.00 USD
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CARNEY 2013 · LESSON 12 · 1:32:25
Refinements for Cups and Balls, Egg Bag, Linking Rings, Ambitious Card, Card to Wallet, Cards Across, and Color Changing Hank.
$25.00 USD
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CARNEY 2013 · LESSON 13 · 51:04
A handkerchief vanishes and returns under test conditions. Includes L’Homme Masque’s production and Charlie Miller’s knots.
$25.00 USD
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JOHN CARNEY · PRINTED BOOK · 80 PAGES
31 simple tricks, gags, and flourishes for beginners of every age, with practical advice on learning and presenting magic.
$35.00 USD
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Sold OutJOHN CARNEY · PRINTED WORKS
Close-up and stage magic, with concrete lessons in creating, refining, and making routines more natural and deceptive.
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Sold OutJOHN CARNEY · PRINTED WORKS
Written by Stephen Minch, this illustrated hardcover teaches John’s close-up routines and sleights in detail. 266 pages.
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Sold OutJOHN CARNEY · PRINTED WORKS
25 lessons for stage and close-up, with essays and assignments on presentation, misdirection, timing, and management. 377 pages, 262 illustrations.
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