Verbal Magic by Juan Tamariz

There’s an old saying among magicians: the strongest magic occurs in the hands of the audience.

A lesser-known truth expands on this: the more that happens in their hands, the stronger the magic becomes.

But what if all of it happened there?
What if the magician wasn’t even present?
What if only his voice guided them from the radio, the television, internet or from far away?
And what if the audience themselves performed the magic?

This is the question that Spain’s greatest magician, Juan Tamariz, asked himself. From it emerged a body of magic that has amazed audiences across Spain and Latin America—on radio, television, stage, and up close. Magic that has fooled both the public and seasoned magicians alike.

With nothing more than a few playing cards, pieces of paper, or other simple props, audiences are led through clever, entertaining routines that leave them completely astonished. Using a blend of timeless principles, modern innovations, psychological insight, and groundbreaking strategies, Tamariz makes magic happen in everyone’s hands. He doesn’t just perform tricks, he makes people amaze themselves. And as you follow the radio transcripts in this book, you’ll discover that he can fool you, too.

Open these pages and join the ranks of the amazed. Then share that wonder with your own audiences—whether they’re listening on the radio, watching on television, or sitting right in front of you.

Follow along as Tamariz instructs you to take a few red and black cards, shuffle them randomly, and mix them in chaotic, independent ways. And yet by the end they separate perfectly! You’ve just performed Oil and Water on your own, without understanding how it happened—just as thousands have done while following Tamariz over the radio, on television, or in live performance.

Audience members freely choose a card, lose it in the deck, shuffle the cards thoroughly, and then—magically—discover their selection without knowing how. Here, the magic leaves the magician’s hands and settles in theirs.

This book collects over forty of these extraordinary routines, all honed and tested through professional performance. Close associate Gema Navarro, under Tamariz’s guidance, has meticulously transcribed dozens of radio broadcasts. The transcripts are detailed enough to let you fool yourself first, then provide the guidance to amaze your own audiences, while giving you the tools to create your own effects that happen entirely in the spectators’ hands and minds.

Participation based magic for radio and television is rare and highly prized by professionals. In Verbal Magic, Juan Tamariz reveals the largest collection of such effects ever published, while introducing new principles with far reaching applications.

And this style of magic is just as astonishing in close-up or theatre settings.
For non-Spanish speakers, this book provides the most extensive window yet into Tamariz’s audience experience—a deep, immersive look at how a master magician entertains and mystifies simultaneously.

176 pages – Deluxe Hardcover

More details of this book and other Juan Tamariz books can be found here:
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