Prestidigitator by Brian Caswell – A Legacy of Powerful Magic

Prestidigitator is Brian Caswell’s long-awaited legacy: a 350-page deluxe hardback, bound in elegant buckram cloth and packed with over 70 professional routines. Known worldwide for his groundbreaking effect Trilogy, Caswell now expands its concept to four and five revelations—and shares decades of ingenious magic, mentalism, and original principles.

This is not just a collection of tricks; it’s a treasure chest of methods, subtleties, and creative thinking that will inspire stage performers, close-up magicians, and mentalists alike. With nine chapters spanning everything from sleight-of-hand to clever gimmicks and hidden principles, Prestidigitator is destined to become a modern classic.

Highlights include:

• Mentalism & Mind Reading: chair tests, memory erasure, hallucination effects, “Touching on Hoy” variations, and more.

• Close-Up Miracles: weighing cards by touch, naming buried cards without sight, predicting totals, and remote revelations over the phone.

• Stage & Rope Magic: comedy routines, Borromean Rings with impossible links, and visual impossibilities.

• Innovative Card Magic: impromptu effects, prepared decks, double-decker miracles, and brand-new concepts.

Examples from the book:

• Anomaly: The cards you secretly thought of match the cards spectators freely name.

• Unsighted: Spectators bury cards in a deck sealed in a bag—yet you name them without looking.

• Throw of the Dice: You predict not only a chosen envelope but also a die result imagined in the spectator’s mind.

• Miracle: Seven cards spell the word MIRACLE itself.

• The Borromean Rings: Three knotted ropes link and unlink in impossible ways.

Acclaimed magicians including Peter Nardi, James Harrington, Matthew Garrett, Dean Maudsley, and Michael J Fitch praise Caswell’s ingenuity, calling this volume “full of gold” and “a treasure trove of knowledge.”

Prestidigitator by Brian Caswell is more than a book—it’s a lifetime of magic, captured in print for magicians who demand astonishment at every level.