Kaufman, Richard, David Berglas: The Berglas Effects ©2011 Richard Kaufman, Kaufman & Co. Hardcover, w/dj, 395 pages Includes 3 DVDs and 3D glasses

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Comments: Illustrated by Earl Oakes. "David Berglas Reveals...Almost Everything."

Contents: (from book):

15 Prológo (Juan Tamariz): in Spanish
17 Foreword (Juan Tamariz): in English
19 Introduction (David Berglas)
23 Preface

25 A Starting Point
26 Introduction (Richard Kaufman)
30 Invisible Control
31 The Berglas Approach to Card Magic
31 A Closed System
35 David Berglas Talks About Personality and Presentation
43 Beware the Obvious
44 He Never Touched the Deck
45 Searching for Perfection
46 Zen in a Pack of Cards

49 Think a Card
50 Introduction
52 The All Seeing Fan
53 – The Reverse Drag Fan
54 – The Berglas Push Fan
58 Think a Card with a Fan
61 – Zones
63 – The Two-Tier Push Fan
64 – Final Thoughts
64 – Next Step - Reveals
66 – Finding the Card Verbally
66 – The Joker Adjustment
67 – If Your Cut is Off
67 – If You Can’t Determine the Zone
69 – Times Two
69 – To Locate a Card Rapidly in the Fan - also “Name a Card”
72 – To Locate and Control a Card in a Spread
75 – Openly Holding Cards at the Ready and a Revelation
74 – Additional Scenarios
76 – Controlling Multiple Selections
77 – More Opportunities for Magic
79 Think a Card with a Spread
79 – Think a Card While the Deck is Spread on the Table
81 – Two Tier Spread on the Table
82 – Think a Card While the Spectator Spreads the Deck Between His Hands
84 – Think a Card While the Spectator Spreads the Deck When Far Away
87 Think a Card with Dealing
89 Other Revelations from a Shuffled Deck
89 – Faux Transposition
91 – Showing All Cards Alike
92 – The Card on the Table
94 – Reproducing the Card from the Spectator’s Pocket
95 – Cross Cut Force Presentation
96 – Plucking the Card from the Top of the Deck
97 – Plucking the Card from the Bottom of the Deck
97 – Revolution Berglas Style
99 – The Shooter
99 – Reverse
101 – “Sleeper” Card to Card Box
102 – The Card Under the Plate
104 – The Cards that Never Were - Vanishing Cards in Fan
108 – Flashing a Palmed Card to the Audience
110 – When to Produce a Palmed Card from Your Pocket
110 – Producing a Card from the Spectator’s Breast Pocket
111 – Blank Fan Gags Plus a Mystery
113 – In a Desperate moment
114 Putting it All Together

117 Any Card at Any Number
118 Introduction
119 First Handling Any Card At Any Number from “Think a Card”
120 Influencing a Small Number
122 Second Handling Any Card At Any Number from “Name a Card”
122 – First Example
124 – Second Example
125 - - - Cutting the Deck as It’s Turned Over
126 – Third Example
127 – Influencing the Choice of a Number
128 – Erasing Memory
130 – Intuition
131 – Adding More Cards - Overhand Shuffle
131 – Adding More Cards - Precision Cut
133 A Full Presentation
134 Third Handling Any Card At Any Number From a Spread
135 Presentational Time Delay and “Empty Patter”
136 Fourth Handling Mixing in the Hands
138 Fifth Handling This or That
139 – Example One
130 – Example Two
142 – Continuing On With The Effect

145 Small Tools and Party Tricks
146 A Manner of Dealing
147 David Berglas Explains Cutting to Natural Locators: a demonstration and a tool
147 – Cutting to a Specific Card
149 – A Coaching Session
150 – Using a Natural Locator as a Key Card
151 – The Spectator Cuts to the Natural Locator
152 The Classic Force Face Up and Face Down
152 – The Classic Force Face Up
154 – The Classic Force Face Down
156 Berglas Handling of the Double Lift
158 Vertical Glimpse
159 Palming
160 Deck Switches and Misdirection
161 – The Berglas Deck Switch
164 Let Your Fingers Do the Walking
165 – First Path
166 – Second Path
167 – Third Path
168 Sitting Pretty
172 Camouflaged Card to Card Box
175 The Stretched Card
177 Three Selections from a Spectator’s Jacket
182 Cardcertina: for the manipulative stage act
185 The Berglas Roulette System (described by Keith Wright)
185 – History and Context
186 – Explanation
190 – Creating a Character
190 – Mathematical Facts Versus The Law of Probabilities
191 – Applying the Berglass Roulette System to a Demonstration With Playing Cards
191 –– Red You Win, Black You Win
193 A Poker Deal, Berglas Style
196 The Magic Convention

199 Magician’s Choice
200 Introduction
201 Starting Backward
201 Magician’s Choice with Two Cards
203 Magician’s Choice with Three Cards
203 Magician’s Choice with Four Cards
205 Magician’s Choice with Five Cards
205 Magician’s Choice with Six Cards
206 Picking the Cards to Predict
207 The Predictions
210 Rapid Elimination from the Full Deck
211 Elimination of Spreads
213 Elimination of Handfuls
215 Other Methods of Elimination - Psychological Distractions
215 Odd or Even With One Prediction
216 Odd or Even With Two Predictions

223 Mind Mapping for Magicians
224 David Berglas On Mind Mapping For Magicians
226 Ten Logical Steps to Creating Card Miracles
230 A New Kind of Mind Map - The MentaGraph: Thinking in the Round
231 – Developing Mind Maps From Two Dimensions to Three
233 – Helpful Tips for Using 3D Glasses

237 The Set-Up Deck
238 Introduction
240 David Berglas Explains How to Create a Set-Up Deck
240 – Techniques for Remembering a Set-Up
242 – The Magic Convention Set-Up
251 -- Using Combinations of Cards In the Magic Convention Set-Up
251 -- Learning the First Group
253 -- Helpful Facts Within the Set-Up
254 -- Useful Numbers
255 -- An Aid to Memorization - Cue Cards
256 Starting to Use a Set-Up Deck
256 – Regarding False Shuffles
257 – Resetting the Order
262 The Bridge
262 – Preparing the Bridge
263 – Cutting to the Bridge Yourself
264 – The Spectator Cuts to the Bridge
265 – Bridging a Jumbo Deck
266 Where is the Magic in This Set-Up?
266 – Maintaining Your Set-Up
267 – Tossing the Deck, A Psychological Throw-Off
268 – Eight Convenient Cards
270 -- Various Ways of Climaxing and Effect
271 -- About the Stepped Deck
272 – Reaching Into the Deck
275 – Consistency
276 – Magician's Choice to Reveal the Card
276 – The Spectator Counts to His Though-Of Card - Outs from a Set-Up Deck
276 -- Working From the Top of the Deck
278 -- Working From the Face of the Deck
279 -- Working From the Bridge
280 – Four Deals
280 - - Dealing the Sevens
281 - - Dealing the Aces
282 - - Dealing the Court Cards
283 - - Dealing the Fours
283 – A Principle for Many Location Effects Using a Set-Up Deck
285 – Weighing the Cards
286 – Using the Card Box
288 – Two Adjacent Cards
288 – Find a Card
290 The Invisible Multiple Tossed-Out Decks
282 Jazzing Around with a Set-Up Deck
292 – A Basic Structure
292 – Estimation and Matching
295 – Using Additional Tools
296 – A Memory Feat Using a Partial Set-Up
299 The Spectators Set Up the Deck for You - A Pseudo-Memory Feat
301 “Think a Card,” “Name a Card,” and a Set-Up Deck
302 Counting on Louis Gombert

305 The Berglas Effect
306 Introduction
309 Different Scenarios for The Berglas Effect
313 Performing the Berglas Effect
316 Finding Time to Think
320 Contingencies if the Cut to the Bridge is Missed
321 Four More Cards to be Revealed Before Asking for a Number to be Named
322 Getting to Any Card at Any Number
323 Maintaining Your Set-Up
323 Influencing the Choice of the Number
325 Top or Bottom
326 If You Get Lucky
326 One Card Out
327 Using Multiple Spectators
327 Staying Away From the Deck
328 Secretly Cutting the Deck
332 Would You Like to Change Your Mind?
334 Openly Cutting the Deck - Working from the Bridge
336 The Magic Circle Collector’s Day Demonstration
336 Taking Advantage of the Jokers
338 A Wide Range of Numbers
339 – Another Range of Numbers
341 A Ploy When the Spectator Cuts at the Bridge if You’re Two Cards Out
341 – Working Downward from the Bridge
342 – Working Upward from the Bridge
342 Eliminating a Batch of Cards
344 – Another Tip For Any Card At Any Number With A Shuffled Deck
345 Using the Card Box
345 – Cutting the Deck as it Leaves the Card Box
347 – Subtracting a Card Using the Card Box
348 The Double Berglas Effect
349 – First Scenario
349 – Second Scenario
350 – Third Scenario
351 Another Ploy to Eliminate a Card
352 The Psychology of Numbers
352 There’s More than One Way to Skin a Cat
354 Two
355 Do It Again
355 Make It Simpler

357 The Act: The Berglas Effects
358 Introduction
359 The First Path: Aces and Eights
364 The Second Path - A Convenient Card is Called
365 The Third Path - The Berglas Effect
367 The Berglas Effect or Any Card at Any Number
369 A Memory Feat Using the Deck Switch
372 Working with Multiple Decks
372 The Magic Circle Collector’s Day Demonstration
379 The Multiple Decks Climax

385 Penultimate Word (Richard Kaufman)

386 Afterword (Max Maven)

387 Appendix: An item by item list of the contents of the three DVDs which accompany this book.
387 DVD 1: David Berglas Interviewed by Marc Paul: with some performances and a PDF of Nothing is Impossible interview and three tricks that require the 3D glasses
387 DVD 2: David Berglas Live
387 – 1. The Mind of David Berglas TV Show, 1986
388 – 2. An Evening of Mystery and Imagination at the Lyric Theatre 1991
388 – 3. The Magic Circle at the Victory Services Club 1992
388 – 4. The Magic Circle Collector’s Day Demonstration 1996
389 – 5. The Young Magician’s Day at the Magic Circle 2006
389 – 6. The Bull Theatre Show 2010
390 – 7. The Session 2011
390 – 8. The Essential Magic Conference Interview 2010
390 DVD 3: The Berglas Effects
390 – Close-Up Magic
391 – Demonstrations and Explanations
391 – The Supreme Magic Video 1986
392 David Berglas on the FP-AM: Foundation for Promoting the Art of Magic
394 David Berglas: a brief history
395 The Magic Convention Set-Up: chart