Ian Mccoy: 32 books

A cliché often heard from experienced magicians is that if they can find one routine/trick in a publication they will be satisfied. At the outset the author guarantees that the reader/viewer will be satisfied seven times over. Here he offers seven routines he uses frequently. Most are his own creation...

This fourth outing in the series McCoy’s Miracles is devoted to close up magic without playing cards.Close-up magic or table magic is performed in an intimate setting usually no more than ten feet (three metres) from one's audience and is often performed while sitting at a table. Professional...

This fourth outing in the series McCoy’s Miracles is devoted to close up magic without playing cards. Close-up magic or table magic is performed in an intimate setting usually no more than ten feet (three metres) from one's audience and is often performed while sitting at a table. Professional magicians...

In It's a Wonderful Life, Frank Capra spun a tale of a bumbling helper of humans. In a more recent movie Nicolas Cage is one who falls in love with a lady. A famous pop singer is loving them instead. The Book of Genesis depicts them as doing strange things--mating with the daughters of men to spawn...

More brilliant card magic Ian McCoy. Notice I said magic – not card tricks. The difference in my view is that while tricks can be puzzling and clever and intriguing – this is very different from when a series of events with the pasteboards leave people gasping in wonderment.In Jack Attack...

A cliché often heard from experienced magicians is that if they can find one routine/trick in a publication they will be satisfied. At the outset the author guarantees that the reader/viewer will be satisfied seven times over. Here he offers seven routines he uses frequently. Most are his own creation...

It has been said that while a magician often is an expert at “sleight of hand” a mentalist is an expert of “sleight of mind”. While this is something the mentalist may want his audience to believe – the reality is quite different. Magic and mentalism – like many things in life is about...

Magic is not about moves and tricks. It is about entering into a relationship with a person or people whereby you can lead them to experience magic – that childlike sense of astonishment were time stops. Tricks are tools. Astonishment and wonder are very real.Here however is not offered “good”...

According to the Gospels and early New Testament accounts something outrageous happened about 2000 years ago. A man named Jesus, who was by any named criteria dead, came to life on the first Easter Day (the Sunday after the Friday on which he died) in such a condition as to appear and disappear at...

Magic is not about moves and tricks. It is about entering into a relationship with a person or people whereby you can lead them to experience magic – that childlike sense of astonishment were time stops. Tricks are tools. Astonishment and wonder are very real. Here however is not offered “good”...

More world class magic from master magician and mentalist Ian McCoy. This publication offers his seven most recent creations which pack a massive punch and leave spectators lingering in a world of wonderment. As in previous publications you are not offered “good” card tricks - here is offered...

More world class magic from master magician and mentalist Ian McCoy. This publication offers his seven most recent creations which pack a massive punch and leave spectators lingering in a world of wonderment. As in previous publications you are not offered “good” card tricks - here is offered...

Over the past decade there has been resurgence in literature claiming to know that God does not exist. Richard Dawkins has led this campaign against Theists in general and Christianity in particular. Sometimes labelled the “New Atheism” Dawkins and others express two popular prejudices: First...

World class mentalism, mindreading and magic using only a deck of playing cards. Unlike his previous publications these pieces require no sleight of hand - and although of a professional nature can easily be learned by the novice.Each routine has a video link to both performance and explanation which...