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Mark S. Farrar AIMC

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Expertise

I can answer questions on stacked decks, mnemonics and magic squares.

Experience in the area

I have worked with stacked decks for many years, and am an avid reader of Simon Aronson's work in this area.

I have been using mnemonics for over 40 years, often in conjunction with Magic Squares (see below).

I wrote a book on Magic Squares as my "entrance examination" to become a Member of The Magic Circle, and regularly receive and answers emails on this subject.

Organizations

I am an Associate of The Inner Magic Circle, as well as being a Life Vice-President of the Northamptonshire Magicians' Club.

Publications

I have also written a series on stacked deck magic for The Young Magicians' Club magazine, and wrote a full-length action/adventure novel, Ring Of Daggers, that features a magic square created specially for the story.

Education/Credentials

I left school with 10 O Levels, 3 A Levels and 1 S Level (all with the Oxbridge board of examiners).

Average Ratings

Recent Reviews from Users

User	Date	K	C	P	Comments
Sterling	10/08/11	10	10	10	Thanks Mark on your opinion of other .....
David	11/19/08	10	10	10	It wasn't exactly what I was looking .....
Yusuke	11/16/08	10	10	10	Thank you
Raed	10/26/08	10	10	10
Daniel	07/23/08	9	9	10	Thanks alot, that helped.

Recent Answers from Mark S. Farrar AIMC

2011-10-08 The Ultimate Mind Reading Trick:

Sterling, 13 Steps To Mentalism was my first "real" book on the subject, although it is a bit heavy going. Another old classic is Practical Mental Magic, by Theodore Annemann. In fact, anything

2011-10-07 The Ultimate Mind Reading Trick:

Sterling, Thanks for your question. I'm sorry but I'm not a believer in revealing other people's secrets on sites such as YouTube. The Revelation Effect is somebody's commercial property which means

2011-03-02 begginer magic:

Harrison, Thanks for your question, and welcome to the world of magic. One of the best ways to start learning is to take a look at almost any of the books by Karl Fulves: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywo

2010-08-20 disappearing liquid glass:

Barbara, Thanks for your question. One prop that would seem to do what you want is a Pixie Glass, sold by Abbottt's: http://www.abbottmagic.com/Abbotts-Pixie-Glass-ABBpxgls.htm?categoryId=-1

2008-11-19 Making People Select the Same Card Over and Over:

David, Thanks for your question. I guess there are two parts to my answer. 1. There is a technique called forcing, which is basically making people take the card you want. There are many methods

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