Illusion Library

Effect

Ghostly Card in the Dark

Harlan Tarbell · The Tarbell Course, vol. 2, 1942

Time
3 min read + 10 min practice
Materials
In the library
Prerequisites
None

Effect

A spectator selects a card and the lights in the room are extinguished. Presently a large luminous pip is sen floating around. Other pips appear and, after moving around in the dark, come together and for a ghostly image of the selected card.

How it is done

The method, 6 drawings and all it needs, inside the library.

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