Self-Working Rope Magic 70 Foolproof Tricks

by Fulves, Karl

• ISBN13: 9780486265414
• ISBN10: 0486265412
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1990-12-01
• Publisher: Dover Publications

Summary

70 of the best rope tricks ever devised using overhand knots, slip knots and square knots. Dissolve knots, cut and restore ropes, make ropes magically shrink or grow longer, rope escape tricks, flourish knots. 423 illustrations and clear, easy-to-follow directions make performing these startling feats foolproof.

Author Biography

Karl Fulves is one of the most respected authorities in the field of magic. For over 40 years, he has written hundreds of books on the subject and taught the art of illusion to thousands of people of all ages. This legendary figure also edited and published such magazines as Epilogue and The Pallbearers Review.

Table of Contents

The Preliminaries
The Overhand Knot
1 The Basic Overhand Knot
2 Slide Off
3 Betcha Knot
4 Triple Knots
5 Dissolving Double Knot
6 The Captive Knot
7 Ghost Knot
The Slip Knot
8 Quick Slip Knot
9 Slippery Knot
10 Ringo
11 Name a Number
12 Convertible Knot
13 Soap on a Rope
14 Miller's Sliding Knots
The Square Knot
15 Basic Square Knot
16 The Granny Knot
17 Time in a Knot
18 Half a Square
19 Enough Rope
20 Siberian Rope Release
21 Square-Knot Paradox
Special Effects
22 Pop-Off Knot
23 The Fake Knot
24 Sliding Knot
25 "Here, Spot!"
Flourish Knots
26 Throw Knot
27 One-Hand Knot
28 Self-Taught Ropes
29 One-Hand Figure
30 Fake Unknot
31 The Double Knot
32 Double-Ring Ceremony
Dissolving Knots
33 Not Knot
34 Dissolvo
35 Pull-Away Knot
36 Posi-Negative Knots
37 Pretzel Knot
38 Triplicity
39 The Penrose Knot
Cut-and-Restored Rope
40 Vishnu Rope Mystery
41 Impey's Impromptu
42 Karl Germaine's Method
43 Hindu Turban Mystery
44 Scissorcut
45 Knot at All
46 Victor Rope Trick
The Hunter Knot
47 A Possible Impossibility
48 Fooling the Expert
49 Neale's Knot
50 Double Cross
51 Hunter Killer
Ropes That Think
52 Liar's Ropes
53 Thought Knots
54 Wishing Rings
55 Spirit Knots
56 Séance
57 The Hanging
Miracle Move
58 Miller's Move
59 Hummering I
60 Hummering II
61 Releaso
Psychic Rope Ties
62 Telekinetic Ring
63 Fourth-Dimension Knot
64 Locked in Place
65 Watch the Watch
66 Gysel Spirit Tie
67 Spirit Music
68 The Kellar Tie
69 Six Glasses
70 Adam's Apple