Lavand, René: Magic from the Soul ©1993 Mike Caveney's Magic Words, CA Hardcover, w/dj, 8.5x11", 228 pages

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Comments: Edited by Mike Caveney & Homer Liwag translated by Tina Lenert & Donald Lehn. B&W Illustrations by Homer Liwag.
Includes the contents of Slow Motion Magic I (1988), Slow Motion Magic II (1991), Slow Motion Magic III (unpublished) and additional content.

Contents: (from book ToC):

5 Introduction (Juan Tamariz)
7 Prologue (Arturo de Ascanio)
11 Publisher’s Note (Mike Caveney)
13 Foreword (Rene Lavand)
15 My Life
30 A Philosophy

37 Techniques
37 That Which is Simple
38 The Importance of the Preamble and the Epilogue
38 A Story for Young Enthusiasts
39 The Importance of Pauses
40 Regarding My Techniques
42 Turn-Over Second Deal
43 Third Deal
45 Fourth Deal
45 Fifth Deal
46 Sixth Deal
47 Synthesizing
49 To Start A Routine With Four Cards
50 Bottom Deal
51 La Carambola - The Break
52 Turn-Over Switch
53 Turn-Over Change
56 Palming Before The Cut
58 The Lavand Double Lift
58 One-Handed False Shuffle and Cut

62 Tricks With A Normal Deck
62 Nothing Happens By Chance
63 Monte Revelation
6 I Was A Gambler
65 The Tijuana Story
67 Private Conference
68 Switching Hands
69 I Can’t Do It Any Slower
74 The Story of Victorio de Pardu
78 Transposition
79 A Little More On Gambling
84 Old Man River
92 The Deck Is Feminine
93 Chance
96 Three Queens – Four Aces
100 Ace, Two, Three, Four
102 Swing With A Sonnet
104 I’m Going To Be Honest With You
107 All Fours
108 Ah!...If They Were
109 Ah!...If They Were - Variation)
110 Showing Off
111 You Find Your Card
114 An Alternative Technique for Reversing Cards
115 Reverse Two
116 This Is The Simplest of All
117 Something More
120 With Just One Hand
122 Improvisations
126 Poker Against All
128 Slip-Cut Technique
131 Flash Effects
133 My Monte
141 I Don’t Know Why

145 Tricks With Prepared Cards
145 Proposal
146 Peace
146 The Story of Antonio the Gypsy
147 Antonio’s Three Card Monte
149 My Turn
150 Your Signature In My Wallet
151 Just One Moment...Just One
152 Perhaps, Some Day
155 Rosary Deck Routines
156 Rosario Stop
156 More Rosary Effects
158 There Are Many Legal Tricks for a Resourceful Gambler
160 This Shall Be A Noble Trick and Nothing More
161 My Favorite
162 The Little Martian
163 My Grand Illusion
166 Playing Pirates
168 Rehearsal In Madrid
171 Pygmalion
172 Poker Bagatella
176 Mahtub
180 That’s The Way We Are
181 You Wanted It
182 Tripie Prediction
184 A Box of Candy For Your Kindness
187 It Would Be Impossible For Me

192 My Penknives
192 A Trick For The Chosen Few
199 The Routine
205 Something Else
206 Spotted Knives
211 My Engraved Penknife
212 My Little Penknife

216 Three Bread Crumbs
216 Bread Crumb Routine