Mr. Andrews
Mr. Andrews
An evening of art, ruse, and subterfuge
one evening. seven unpublished effects.
The Expert at the Card Table by S.W. Erdnase is a groundbreaking masterpiece, a fascinating mystery, a legend in magic literature…and total nonsense. A singularly unique literary contradiction.
Join us for an unforgettable online event as Ben Earl shares powerful magic and mindreading with pasteboards. You will learn seven brand new effects and an array of technical wizardry—all inspired by this truly bonkers book.
Session 1
Digital dexterity
60 minutes of impressive skill and audacious magic.
- The Push: A mucking demonstration that looks so impossible it seems like magic.
- The Inner Circle: An extraordinarily direct approach to The Exclusive Coterie.
- The Real Deal : A False Dealing demonstration of superhuman skill with a surprise ending that nobody sees coming.
- Excessive Vanity: A series of complex visual acrobatics that leads to a shocking transformation of a selected card—misdirection at its finest.
session 2
Subtle Mindreading
60 minutes of direct thought reading and psychological mischief.
- Transformed Thought: A seamless, visual transformation of a mental selection that takes place in slow-motion at the fingertips.
- Delayed Intuition: A spectator finds their own mental selection under baffling conditions.
- Machiavelli: A spectator makes a genuinely free mental selection (which cannot be known by the performer), and yet it is located directly and with certainty.
This material is perfect for Erdnase believers and indifferent agnostics alike. Secrets hiding in plain sight for over a century, revealed for the first time.
