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====== One-Card Middle Pass and Reverse ====== | ====== One-Card Middle Pass and Reverse ====== | ||
- | The idea of passing or slipping a single card from the top to the bottom of the deck is centuries old. The One-Card Middle Pass is of similar vintage, and is probably accidentally rediscovered by every magician while attempting to master the standard Pass. Victor Farelli, in // | + | The idea of passing or slipping a single card from the top to the bottom of the deck is centuries old. The One-Card Middle Pass is of similar vintage, and is probably accidentally rediscovered by every magician while attempting to master the standard Pass. Victor Farelli, in // |
It is a small step from slipping the top card to the bottom to reversing it along the way, revolving it face up around the side of the deck. This may be considered the original method for the Half Pass. It was also done with a portion of the deck. An early description of this--perhaps the first--is given in the context of a Card at Any Number effect, described by Henri Decremp in // | It is a small step from slipping the top card to the bottom to reversing it along the way, revolving it face up around the side of the deck. This may be considered the original method for the Half Pass. It was also done with a portion of the deck. An early description of this--perhaps the first--is given in the context of a Card at Any Number effect, described by Henri Decremp in // | ||
- | There is also a variant of the move, done while passing-slipping a single card from the center to the bottom, in which the card is rotated around the lower packet to a reversed condition on the bottom. W. G. Craigen describes this in "A ' | + | There is also a variant of the move, done while passing-slipping a single card from the center to the bottom, in which the card is rotated around the lower packet to a reversed condition on the bottom. W. G. Craigen describes this in "A ' |
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