Thinking the Impossible

Thinking the Impossible
Author	Ramon Rioboo
Editor	Rafael Benatar
Publisher	Hermetic Press
Publication Date	2012
Language	English
Pages	291

Thinking the Impossible: The Birth of Amazement Through Subtlety is a 2011 book by Ramon Rioboo, published by Hermetic Press. It was originally published in Spain as La Magia Pensada in 2002, and translated from the Spanish by Rafael Benatar.

Contents

• Page V: Dedication (Ramon Rioboo)
• Page VII: Show Them a Trick, Ramon! (Juan Tamariz)
• Page IV: Introduction and a Warning

Some Basic Tools

• Page 3: Close Up and Not So Close
• Page 4: Done with Mirrors?
• Page 6: My Secret Card Addition
• Page 11: The Good-old Crimp
• Page 13: The Principle of Equal Piles
• Page 15: The Memorized Deck
• Page 16: The Biddle Count
• Page 18: The Spread Reversal and Disguised Cut
• Page 20: My Lapping Approach
• Page 27: The Treated Card

No Preparation and Light on Sleights

• Page 31: Misdirection and Psychology
• Page 35: Cards, Math, Brain, Hands
• Page 37: In the Bluff
• Page 47: One in the Side Pocket
• Page 53: Spellinoo
• Page 57: Three Minds with But a Single Thought
• Page 61: The Return of the Twenty-one
• Page 67: In the Long Run
• Page 71: By Any Other Name
• Page 75: Four Weddings and an Impossibility
• Page 81: The Accidental Detective
• Page 85: Arresting Matches
• Page 93: Telepathy, X-rays, and Telekinesis
• Page 97: Moments and Their Types
• Page 103: Finelly Found
• Page 107: The Mystery of Cabala
• Page 117: The World's Smallest Computer
• Page 123: Laptop
• Page 125: You Make Three Piles and I Won't Touch

No Preparation and a Bit More Skill

• Page 133: Moves and Flourishes are Different Things
• Page 135: The Magician and the Prophet
• Page 143: Law and Order
• Page 149: Asmodeus
• Page 155: Time Traveler
• Page 167: My Favorite Timepiece

With Some Simple Preparation

• Page 175: Two, Three, Four
• Page 181: A Bad Mind Reader and a Good Premonition

Mnemonica and Other Stacks

• Page 189: The Five Senses
• Page 195: Control in Chaos
• Page 203: Super Telepathy for Skeptics
• Page 207: The Well-Placed Card
• Page 213: Telepathy to Order

Duplicates, Gimmicks, and Special Cards

• Page 223: My Staple Card
• Page 233: Sympathy for the Devil (That's Me)
• Page 239: Cutting it Close
• Page 245: The Fateful Month
• Page 251: Erased
• Page 257: Cardini Plus
• Page 261: James Bond

Tricks with the Treated Card

• Page 269: James Bonded
• Page 273: Assembled Acehesion
• Page 279: The Three Bets
• Page 287: Name Jumper

References

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