Sub Rosa by Ariel Frailich - Book

Sub Rosa is a wonderfully deceptive and versatile utility technique that you can learn in seconds and master in minutes. It can be applied to a huge variety of closeup and stage magic and mentalism: transpositions and transformations, predictions and divinations, Torn and Restored and penetration effects, card matching and color separations, and much more. Over sixty effects are included, such as: Stage Magic Good Evening: A message appears on a blank sheet of paper crumpled up by a spectator. Fully scripted. Losing Face: A selected card becomes blank, and its face appears printed on a handkerchief held by the spectator. After the Fact: A very clean handling for borrowed-object-to-impossible-location effects. Stage Mentalism A Squeeze of Deception: Without ever touching them, you correctly determine the dates of three borrowed coins held by a volunteer on stage. With several variations, including a design duplication effect. The Game of Keys: Several spectators try to win