Hofzinser's Card Conjuring

Hofzinser's Card Conjuring is a book about Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser card magic written in German by Ottokar Fischer as "Kartenkünste"

Editions

• 'Kartenkünste' by Ottokar Fischer (1910) (German)
• Hofzinser's Card Conjuring by Ottokar Fischer; 1st edition, (1931), George Johnson, London;
• Hofzinser's Card Conjuring by Ottokar Fischer reprint, 1973 by Karl Fulves
• Hofzinser's Card Conjuring by Ottokar Fischer reprint, 1986, Dover Publications, New York

• Hofzinser's Card Tricks based on S.H. Sharpe's "Hofzinser's Card Conjuring". Illustrated by Joseph K. Schmidt by Karl Fulves (2002)

Contents

• iii Foreword iii
• 8 Editor's Preface
• 11 Preface
• 14 Biography of J. N. Hofzinser
• 19 Guide to Performance

• 23 Experiments with Unprepared Cards
• 23 The Sympathetic Numbers
• 25 Synonymous Thoughts (First Method)
• 29 Association of Thoughts
• 33 The Four Eights

• 39 Experiments with Duplicate Unprepared Cards
• 39 Everywhere and Nowhere (First Method)
• 45 The Four Aces
• The Metamorphosis of the Flying Card

• 55 Experiments with Double-Sided Cards
• 55 Sensation
• 59 Pre-Determination of Thought
• 65 Thought
• 69 The Power of Faith
• 75 The Four Kings
• 81 Experiments with Pre-arranged Packs
• 81 Domination of Thought (First Method)
• 85 Domination of Thought (Second Method)

• 89 Experiments with Divided Cards
• 89 Remember and Forget (First Method)
• 93 Remember and Forget (Second Method)
• 97 Remember and Forget (Third Method)
• 101 Omnipotence of the Ladies
• 111 Deceive Your Neighbour as Yourself
• 117 The Married Hearts
• 123 The Married Hearts, the Loving Couple
• 127 The Queen of Hearts
• 131 The Mysterious Pack of Cards
• 135 Everywhere and Nowhere (Second Method)
• 141 Everywhere and Nowhere (Third Method)

• 151 Experiments with Differently Prepared Cards
• 151 Synonymous Thoughts (Second Method)
• 155 The Insoluble Impromptu
• 159 Lost, Stolen or Strayed - a King

• 163 Experiments with the application of Transparent Cards
• 163 The Ace of Hearts

• 167 Experiments with Mechanical Apparatus
• 167 The Flying Thought
• 169 The Three Powers

• 185 Appendix
• 185 Card Problems