A FREE GUIDE FOR MAGICIANS
Advice for Advancement
Practical guidance on practice, original material, repertoire, criticism, creativity, and presentation. A free PDF booklet, originally written for the Magic Castle Juniors.
Free
View product ↗JOHN CARNEY · SHOP
Study the thinking.
Refine the craft.
Explore John’s instructional videos, books, and lessons in the art of magic.
PDFs
Video Downloads
A LESSON WITH JOHN CARNEY
Caffeinated Cups & Balls
Learn John’s streamlined, deceptive approach to the cups and balls, performed with ordinary coffee cups.
$30.00 USD
View product ↗
A LESSON WITH JOHN CARNEY
Vanishing Coins
Explore unexpected coin vanishes and the details that make sleight of hand look effortless.
$35.00 USD
View product ↗
LESSONS IN MISDIRECTION
Carney on Ramsay
Explore John Ramsay’s thinking through John Carney’s insights, with lessons in directing attention that apply throughout your magic.
$35.00 USD
View product ↗
MAGIC FROM CARNEYCOPIA
Classic Carney
Magic from Carneycopia: cards, coins, an animated matchbox, and a borrowed bill inside a lemon. A 54-minute downloadable video.
$35.00 USD
View product ↗
MORE MAGIC FROM CARNEYCOPIA
Chicarnery
Cards, coins, and a borrowed bill: explore more magic from Carneycopia, plus advice on the Classic Pass and side steal.
$35.00 USD
View product ↗
FURTHER MAGIC FROM CARNEYCOPIA
Commercial Carney
Aces up the Sleeve, Oil and Water, card predictions, jokers that become aces, jumping paper, and a bullet-themed coins across routine. A 49-minute downloadable video.
$35.00 USD
View product ↗
FIVE ROUTINES FROM THE BOOK OF SECRETS
The Video of Secrets, Volume One
Five selections from The Book of Secrets, from cigars and linking rings to the Miser’s Dream, grapes, and Leipzig’s Opener. A 74-minute downloadable video.
$35.00 USD
View product ↗
FIVE MORE ROUTINES FROM THE BOOK OF SECRETS
The Video of Secrets, Volume Two
Handkerchief vanishes, coins and a champagne glass, card control, thimbles, and cards up the sleeve. Five more selections from The Book of Secrets in an 80-minute downloadable video.
$35.00 USD
View product ↗
A LESSON WITH JOHN CARNEY
Carney on Palming
Learn the technique, timing, and misdirection behind natural, confident card palming.
$35.00 USD
View product ↗A SPECIAL COLLECTION · JOHN CARNEY
Carney 2013.
Thirteen studies in sleight of hand.
Thirteen video lessons spanning cards, coins, stage magic, impromptu material, and the details that make magic more convincing. Includes Fixing Fundamentals Parts 1 and 2.
THE COMPLETE COLLECTION
$150 USD
All thirteen lessons, including Fixing Fundamentals Parts 1 and 2.
Save $110 · $260 purchased individually
View collection ↗Carney 2013
CARNEY 2013 · LESSON 01 · 34:50
Mora Ball Routine
Three balls appear, travel between the hands, multiply, and vanish. Learn natural handling and how to change the moment.
$20.00 USD
View product ↗
CARNEY 2013 · LESSON 02 · 57:21
The Vanishing Bird Cage Re-imagined
Fresh approaches to hook-ups, ditches, and vanishes, with and without a pull. A lesson in solving performance problems.
$20.00 USD
View product ↗
CARNEY 2013 · LESSON 03 · 65 MINUTES
Fixing Fundamentals Part 1
Improve your practice and refine breaks, the dribble force, side steals, and passes with John’s attention to timing, naturalness, and context.
$20.00 USD
View product ↗
CARNEY 2013 · LESSON 04 · 45 MINUTES
Fixing Fundamentals Part 2
Refine the top change, palming management, Elmsley count, glide, double lift, crimp handling, and false overhand shuffle.
$20.00 USD
View product ↗
CARNEY 2013 · LESSON 05 · 30:33
Eddie Fechter’s 8 to 12
A working Cards Across routine with a surprise finish, plus practical advice on palming and management.
$20.00 USD
View product ↗
CARNEY 2013 · LESSON 06 · 1:00:11
Four Gone
Four aces appear from the air, vanish individually, and return in four pockets. Explore the thinking behind this manipulative routine.
$20.00 USD
View product ↗
CARNEY 2013 · LESSON 07 · 52:58
Time/Space Coin-tinuum
Coins appear from a purse frame, vanish, travel, transpose, and penetrate. Includes advanced switches and a handkerchief production.
$20.00 USD
View product ↗
CARNEY 2013 · LESSON 08 · 1:01:11
Impromptu Collection
Magic and gags with everyday objects, from straws and sugar packets to coins and napkins, with little or no preparation.
$20.00 USD
View product ↗
CARNEY 2013 · LESSON 09 · 54:19
Leon’s Haunted Dollhouse
A miniature spirit illusion with animated objects and a floating face, plus the Magnetized Wand.
$20.00 USD
View product ↗
CARNEY 2013 · LESSON 10 · 33:06
Choptricks
A blindfolded catch of a signed bill with chopsticks. Also explores plucking a selected card from cards scattered in the air.
$20.00 USD
View product ↗
CARNEY 2013 · LESSON 11 · 1:12:11
Commercial Cards
Working handlings for Rising Card, Stabbed in the Pack, Ace Transposition, Dunbury Delusion, and Diminishing Cards.
$20.00 USD
View product ↗
CARNEY 2013 · LESSON 12 · 1:32:25
Touches on the Classics
Refinements for Cups and Balls, Egg Bag, Linking Rings, Ambitious Card, Card to Wallet, Cards Across, and Color Changing Hank.
$20.00 USD
View product ↗
CARNEY 2013 · LESSON 13 · 51:04
Okito’s Elixir Silk
A handkerchief vanishes and returns under test conditions. Includes L’Homme Masque’s production and Charlie Miller’s knots.
$20.00 USD
View product ↗Books
Sold OutJOHN CARNEY · PRINTED WORKS
Magic by Design
A practical workbook on study, practice, original material, scripts, characters, and presentation, with assignments to put the ideas to work.
Currently unavailable
View product ↗
Sold OutJOHN CARNEY · PRINTED WORKS
Sleights & Insights
Close-up and stage magic, with concrete lessons in creating, refining, and making routines more natural and deceptive.
Currently unavailable
View product ↗
Sold OutJOHN CARNEY · PRINTED WORKS
Carneycopia
Written by Stephen Minch, this illustrated hardcover teaches John’s close-up routines and sleights in detail. 266 pages.
Currently unavailable
View product ↗
Sold OutJOHN CARNEY · PRINTED WORKS
The Book of Secrets
25 lessons for stage and close-up, with essays and assignments on presentation, misdirection, timing, and management. 377 pages, 262 illustrations.
Currently unavailable
View product ↗
Sold OutJOHN CARNEY · PRINTED WORKS
Legerdemain: Suite for Coins & Handkerchief
Issue One of the Legerdemain series combines productions, vanishes, penetrations, and transportations in a cohesive coins-and-handkerchief routine.
Currently unavailable
View product ↗
JOHN CARNEY · PRINTED BOOK · 80 PAGES
Mr. Mysto’s Wizard Academy
31 simple tricks, gags, and flourishes for beginners of every age, with practical advice on learning and presenting magic.
$35.00 USD
View product ↗LET’S MAKE AN EVENING OF IT
Invite the
unexpected.
Tell us about your theater, event, or audience. Ask about performance availability and booking.