Howard Thurston Rising Cards

Effect

Performer asks persons in the audience to call out names of four cards. The deck is shuffled and placed in a glass goblet on the table. Magician places his right hand high above the glass and causes one of the selected cards to rise out of the deck and soar up into the air to his finger tips. Each of the four selected cards is made to rise in similar manner. At the end of the experiment, selected cards are thrown out to audience.