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The Paradigm Shift vol. 2

2018 Ebook

Michael Close

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#	Title	Type
	Acknowledgements	Preface
	Dedication	Preface
	About This Ebook	Preface
	About the Material	Preface
	Fair and False Faro Foolery	Article
Essay on Close's history with the faro shuffle, its deceptive possibilities, and the foundational ideas behind the faro-based techniques throughout this volume.
	The False Faro Placement	Technique
Technique for using a faro weave to secretly position a known card at the twenty-sixth position while appearing to perform a straightforward shuffle. Foundation for many effects in this volume.
	Homer's False Faro	Technique
Homer Liwag's false faro shuffle that reverses the two halves under cover of a legitimate-looking weave, bringing the bottom half to the top.
	The FFP and the Classic Force	Technique
Application of the False Faro Placement to position a card for a classic force, eliminating any separate or suspicious setup procedure.
	The FFP and Vernon's Key Card Placement	Technique
Using the FFP to establish Vernon's key card placement in a natural, unsuspicious way during what appears to be a routine shuffle.
	The FFP and Charlie Miller's Spread Force	Technique
Applying the FFP to streamline the preparation for Charlie Miller's spread force, integrating setup into natural handling.
	The FFP and the Open Index	Technique
Using the FFP to prepare the deck for an open index procedure without a separate, potentially suspicious setup phase.
	A Chaotic FFP	Technique
Applying the Repose-Chaos-Action framework to achieve the False Faro Placement under cover of chaotic shuffling, making the procedure maximally deceptive.
	The Mickey Location	Technique
With the performer's back turned, a spectator freely selects a card and buries it in the deck. A single glance at the spread instantly reveals the identity of the chosen card.
	Roy Walton's Shift Work and the FFP	Technique
Close's adaptation of Roy Walton's Shift Work using the FFP to streamline setup; a card location effect in which the magician finds a card noted during what appeared to be a casual faro shuffle.
	The Forgotten Sunken Prediction	Trick
A card is buried in the deck and the deck is faro shuffled. From a single shuffle, the magician produces two separate impossible revelations — twice finding the sunken selection.
	Why it Works	Article
Theoretical and mathematical explanation of why the faro placement principle enables the double revelation in The Forgotten Sunken Prediction.
	Seven-Second Delay	Trick
The deck is shown with reds and blacks separated. A faro is given; still separated. The deck is shaken — now mixed. A final faro restores the original color separation.
	The Shuffle	Technique
Guy Hollingworth's in-the-hands false riffle shuffle as adapted by Close; the key technical move enabling the Seven-Second Delay's deceptive color-change sequence.
	The Way of the Duck	Trick
Eight out-faro shuffles restore any deck to its starting order. Two adjacent cards are selected and returned to where they came from — but after the shuffles, they have impossibly swapped positions.
	Some History	Article
Historical overview of the eight-faro principle and prior appearances of related effects, crediting earlier versions and establishing Close's contributions.