Mark S. Farrar AIMC - Magic and Illusion - Performing Arts - Arts/Humanities

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Expert Profile: Mark S. Farrar AIMC

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 30 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 e-mails on this subject.

Organizations
I am an Associate of The Inner Magic Circle, as well as belonging to the Northamptonshire Magicians' Club.

Publications
I have also written a series on stacked deck magic for The Young Magicians' Club magazine.

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Average Ratings
Prestige Points: 664
Knowledge	9.83 Best of the best
Clarity of Response	9.61 Best of the best
Timeliness	9.89 Best of the best
Politeness	10.0 Best of the best
Number Of Questions (in Past 24 Hours)		0
Max Questions to be Asked (in 24 Hour period)		5
Total Questions (since joining AllExperts)		129

Recent Reviews from Users

Knowl	Clarity	Time	Politeness	Date
9	9	8	10	07/23/08
10	10	10	10	01/13/08
10	10	10	10	12/06/07
10	10	10	10	09/17/07
10	10	10	10	07/06/07

User Comments

Thanks alot, that helped.
(Daniel on 07/23/08)

This expert offered MORE than plenty of help and suggestions! Excellent and extremely helpful!
(Victoria on 01/13/08)

Thank you so much you were dead on in your answer the device I have is almost exactly like the one pictured in the sites you directed me to. Thank
(Andy on 12/06/07)

hmm... i get it! thank you :)
(Kelly on 09/17/07)

Mark, thank you! You clearly gave my "unique" question a fair amount of thought. I appreciate that. Your ideas are wonderfulyl stimulating and will
(Stephen on 07/06/07)

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Recent Answers from Mark S. Farrar AIMC

2008-06-08 overhand shuffle control 2: Daniel, Thanks for your question and sorry for the delay in replying. If I could show you this in person, you'd get it in about ten seconds, but it will take me a ton of words to describe, so instead...

2008-03-25 magic, duh: Hi! Thanks for your question. As this is a bit hard to explain when I can only use plain text to reply, I've uploaded an extract from my book about Magic Squares to the following address: http://www...

2008-01-13 card magic: Victoria, Thanks for your questions. To answer your first one, the sleight you are looking for is called the Back & Front Palm. It's what enables a magician to show first one side of the hand, typically...

2007-12-05 tool for altering playing cards: Andy, Thanks for your question. I've never heard of a card trimmer like that before, but a quick search on Google turned up the following page that has a photo of a device very much like what you're...

2007-11-09 tamariz or aronson?: Sourav, Thanks for your kind words, and I'm glad you found my previous reply helpful. Yes, Aldo Colombini has some great ideas, and although he's undoubtedly very accomplished from a technical viewpoint...