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Mark S. Farrar AIMC

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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.

Average Ratings

  • Knowledgeability 9.86
  • Clarity of Response 9.67
  • Timeliness 9.86
  • Politeness 10.0
  • Number of Questions (in Past 24 Hours) 0
  • Max Questions to be Asked (in 24 Hour Period) 5
  • Total Questions (since joining AllExperts) 134
  • Volunteer Since 2001-11-26
  • Prestige Points 754

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David11/19/0810101010It wasn't exactly what I was looking .....
Yusuke11/16/0810101010Thank you
Raed10/26/0810109 10 
Daniel07/23/089 9 8 10Thanks alot, that helped.
Victoria01/13/0810101010This expert offered MORE than plenty of .....

Recent Answers from Mark S. Farrar AIMC

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

2008-11-14 Magic Tricks:

Yusuke, Thanks for your question, and sorry for the delay in replying. I'm not a great fan of websites that are available to all and sundry revealing magic secrets, so I'm not really aware of any

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

 

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