| picked up via the Al Schneider Pickup move. The cards are snapped loudly |
| supposedly to give the impression that magic is happening. The cards are thus raised |
| to reveal that one coin has traveled. |
| This is considerably different from my handling. In my presentation, I move my hands |
| above the cards as if I am causing the coin to move through mental force alone. Then I |
| look at the audience as if all is accomplished. Then I must pick up the cards to display |
| what has happened. Thus, the act of picking up the card is not associated with how the |
| coins go from one location to the other. |
| The point of this is that the individual in the previous story must be using the snap |
| technique or a similar technique, attempting to show he is causing the magic to happen |
| when he picks up the cards. He is clearly doing a good job for his wife loves the trick. |
| The impression given is that he is causing the matic to happen when he manipulates |
| the cards. When I did it however, it was a different trick to her. From her point of |
| view, I did nothing and the magic happened anyway. |
| My point of view is that not touching the cards is vastly more magical than this muscle |
| snapping of the cards in an attempt to demonstrate the magician is causing the magic to |
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