is in your pocket.

The ring is stolen as in the

above routine, and loaded into the pocketed
amulet. That amulet is now exchanged for the
tabled one, via any of a variety of coin-switching
techniques. The loaded amulet is then placed
into the blue box; the empty OD' is gotten rid of.
By this extra effort, you will be able to have the
amulet apparently in play before the ring is
AMULATION borrowed, thus strengthening the mystery.

Phil Goldstein

The performer displays two small boxes,

one red, one blue. A finger ring is borrowed
from a spectator, and placed inside the red box.
A mystical amulet is placed inside the blue box.
The boxes are tabled some distance apart from
one another. Attention is drawn to the fact that
the boxes at no time have come into contact.
The magician states that he will cause the
two objects within the boxes to transpose. The
gestures are made. The blue box is opened.
Apparently, the performer has failed, for the .
amulet' is still inside. The red box is opened, and
found to be empty. The performer exclaims,
"Ah - now I understand what happened: the
amulet did not pass across - but the ring did!
Look inside the amulet." And indeed, the
spectator's ring is found to be inside the amulet.
The above plot, while original with me, was
stimulated by Alan Brown's "Restless Spirit"
[Pallbearer's Review, June 1968] . In order to
perform this routine, you will require two similar
boxes. The red box is gaffed - it is a Rattle Box,
as sold by the dealers. The amulet involved must
open and close easily and quietly, and be large
enough to accommodate at least a wedding
band. Line the inside of the amulet with felt.
At the start of the routine, the amulet is in
your pocket.
Introduce the boxes. Borrow a ring (small
enough to fit inside the amulet). The ring is
placed into the red box, and secretly stolen out,
using the standard technique of a Rattle Box.
As the box is tabled, it is rattled - thus
indicating to the spectators that the ring is
inside. As this action is done with one hand, the
other hand (with the ring) goes into your pocket,
loads the ring inside the amulet, and comes out
with same.
The amulet is displayed, and placed inside
the blue box. The work is over. Both boxes can
As the box is tabled, it is rattled - thus
indicating to the spectators that the ring is
inside. As this action is done with one hand, the
other hand (with the ring) goes into your pocket,
loads the ring inside the amulet, and comes out
with same.
The amulet is displayed, and placed inside
the blue box. The work is over. Both boxes can
be rattled. At the conclusion, both boxes can be
opened by spectators.