World's Greatest Magic: The Secrets of Packet Tricks Vol. 3 - DVD Richard Griffin The magician shows his hands

The magician shows his hands clearly empty

This is combined with a disconcerting directness that achieves the effect with minimal procedure and maximum power

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Then blow their minds as you lift your upper body up with your hands showing your waist is several inches off the floor of the cabinet and detached completely

A close-up illusion that happens right before your eyes

World's Greatest Magic: The Secrets of Packet Tricks Vol. 3 - DVD Richard Griffin The magician shows his handsIt seems to be commonly believed that the genre of card magic known as packet tricks that is, card tricks that use a small number of cards rather than the entire deck are a relatively recent invention in the history of conjuring but this is not the case. While it's true that packet tricks became insanely popular in the magic community of the 1960s and 70s (Jon Racherbaumer even coined the word "packeteer" to describe magicians who specialized in these