![]() ![]() It's however a demonstration of Bill's great skill, not of magic. This has nothing to do with the trick's entertainment value for Bill's routine is unarguably very entertaining (in a style that I don't like, but this will not prevent me from remaining honest about Bill's quality of performance). Naturally they cannot detect any suspicious moves in Bill's technique but too much proving is over proving. ![]() Then naturally the shuffling is necessary but not necessarily to the point that Bill Malone does.īill is demonstrating so much skill that it's not magic anymore since people soon understand that these shuffle serve only to create movement. If the audience is convinced that the cards are thoroughly mixed and if you can sustain the doubt as to whether you are making this up as you go along, it can be magic. Both can be entertaining, but one is not magic and the other one is. Is magic serving the story or is the story serving magic. There is a point raised by Whit Haydn in our Café (Food For Thought: what is magic). and another interesting link: Soldier's Deck of Card - Military Bible Playing Cards-> To stack the deck in the correct order place the first card in the story, The Ace of Diamonds "AD" face up on the table and continue through the story laying all the cards in the correct story order face up on top of the first card." "For this story you will require a pack of 54 playing cards with blue backs plus an extra blank card. The story of Gideon the fighter by Colin Benton Some of the illustrations can be funny as many have puns or things which link the card to the point in the story. Listed below are a series of stories which can be told using a pack or deck of playing cards which have been stacked in a specific order.Īs you tell the story you turn the cards one at a time face up to illustrate the story. ![]() Gospel stories using stacks of playing cards I just found the following most interesting source:įellowship of Christian Magicians (United Kingdom)īible Stories with Stacks of Playing Cards ![]()
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