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r right fingers under the wallet push the right edge of the magnetically attached packet to the left unt i l the left edgee card are aligned with the left edge of the question mark card. (Fig. 21 shows a cut away view of the wallet'smicked pocket with the left tbumb, Jeft fingers, and the packet of cards In theiir proper positions)

Fig. 21tly pinch the left edge of all of these cards between your left thumb and fingers and slowly slide the entire packet 0s out of the pocket. making sure to keep the question mark card squared on top.ce [he open wallet onto th e table to your right.Deep Insights:* One purpose of the question mark card is to cover 'he card under it, because th t card was seen on theface of tndeck a few moments ago. Plus the blank-face question mark card is obviou I y not from your deck of" normal"cards ... thus cutting off (my possible connection between the magic word cards and your deck.* Grasping the packet (DO lightly he t we e n your lefllhumb andfingers will C O W i e the. lower level aflhe wallet to bepinched between tile question mark card arid the magnettcaliy attached packet. B r relaxing your grip and pinchinlthe packet only by Us left edge, you will discover that the cards easily slide (Jutof the pocket.* If the packe: of cards should ever snag in me wollet. simply loosen your grip slightly and Wiggle the pocket up (1]1down jus: a little. The packet will come out with 110 problem. -

17: "Deep Astonishment' !are holding the packet with the question mark showing.te last night I made a note to myself on some .sparecards. I've been carrying themund with me all day, waiting for this very moment/J

tum the packet over. side to side, to re eel the quotation mark. Deal the fir t quotation mark card face-downtly to the right and in front of the red-back cards and the red card box.

n deal the next card-the "R. , I_ to the left of the first quotation mark card.ou deal oiu the cards, whenever a feller is turned the wrong way. simply turn it the right way (so that the audienceread it) hefore laying it 011 the table.


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ontinue to slowly deal out the letter cards from right to left, ending with the second quotation mark card-spelling 0\agic word-"ROSE"! (F~g.22 shows the layou.t of the table)

Fig. 22EEP SILENT AS LONG AS YOU CAN POSSmL Y BEAR! LET THE MOMENT BREA rIlE BEFOREREAKJNG THE SPELL!!

D e e p Insights:* Tilt the packet lip 10prevent anyone from seeing the next' letter /0 build the suspense.'" Take your time in revealing the word ...savor each impossible tetter! This is one of the best extended astonishmeirides around. so enjoy the view!

THE CLEANUPick up the open wallet scoop lip the magic word cards, and insert them into the left "non-gimmicked" pocket of theallet. Close the wallet from left to right. keeping the slot IOlIt of sight.ick up tbe two fours and slide them, face-down, into the card box 011 top of the face-down 'red" deck, Put the card bend the wallet back into your pocket. (Again be sure not to flash the slot side of the wallet as you put i t away.)

Deep Insights:* ' YOlireplaced the cards into (he left "non-gimmicked" pocket of,fhe walle), because there is a risk afsnagging thecards in the slot 01 ' aociden ta i ly poking them through 10 the other side ifyou auempt W replace the cards into the"gimmicked' pocket.'" When you scoop up the letter cards, make sure Ihalthe quotation mark/question mark card is on lop of the packet.with its quotation mark side showi) 19. . . so its easy to gel tofor the reset.When you insert the packet into the wallet pocke t . leave part of O repacke! slicking out. This makes it ea: ier toremove the packet when you reset.


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THE RESETO p e n the wallet and remo e the entire packet. Pullout the question m ark c a rd and insert it into the right hmicked" pocket so that the question mark will face the audience inyour next performance. (Fig. 23)

Fig. 23

Make sure the question mark slides into the pocket and not into the secret slot.Take the rest of the packet (in an order} and slide it face-up into the card box onto the face of the deck. This plactwo Jokers near th e face of the deck, w h i c h is just w h e r e you wan1 them to be. II doesn 'J matter that there is now Igic word spelled oUI 01 the/ace of the deck. Your next performance will 1101be affected in the lea 1 . The three redked cards are already on top ofthe deck. (The two red/ours on lop of the Two of Spades)

... and you're good for another round of "Deep Astonishment":

Photos by Dave NeumanHand Model-Manny Sperling

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THE CHRONOLOGY OF '~DEEP AST'ONISHMENT"ep]: Paul Harris invents "The Anything Deck' and includes it in his Art of Astonishment trilogy.ep 2: Paul Gallagher, a regular visitor to Vendor's World of Magic. performs ' The Anything Deck" fO Ishop owner, Rod Whitlock. Rod is utterly "floored" by the effect!ep 3: Rod learns Harris' effect .. then develops an easier and faster method for locating and pulling the

letter cards using cards marked on their faces to identify the letters on their backs.ep 4: Convinced that this is one of the most powerful close-up effects he has ever seen, Rod contacts Pm

Harris and proposes a partnership to develop and market a commercial version of this e f f e c t .5: P , 3 1 1 1 Harris suggests a "crib sheet" card, in lieu of marked faces. for an even easier letter card

location.ep 6: Rod develops the crib sheet and a magnetic load of letter cards [Q card box.ep 7: Paul Gallagher uggest changing the magnetic card bo: to a magnetic load wallet.ep 8: Rod develops the magnetic load wallet while Paul Harris streamlines the handling,ep 9: Paul Gallagher suggests developing E ll method to have the letter cards in the wallet be a different ba~

color Of' design from the deck.ep ]0: Rod and Paul Harris develop a method to accomplish the color differential.ep 11: Cliff James suggests the use of the " oul mate" card presentation.ep 12: Cliff Jame suggests pulling both Jokers at the beginning oftbe effect.

13: Paul Harris adds question mark as a wallet cover card and Rod adds quotation marks to cards.ep 14: Mac King comes up with the line "Tell me your favorite four letter word ... but try to keep i t clean"ep 15: Team completes the Beta effect.ep 16: Paul Gallagher and Manny perling performance test the Beta effect before l a y audiences. (The

response i phenomena I!)ep 17: Rod and Mann Sperling independently write two different versions of the initial instructions.ep 18: Paul Harris performance tests the Beta effect for the toughest audience he can imagine. His little

sister. Janet! She's "deeply astonished" (ergo the title) and ShO\"lS her gratitude by cooking Paul adinner of pecan chicken.

ep 19: sing feedback from all of the above, Rod and Paul Harris put finishing touches on the effect andinstruction.

tep 20: "Deep Mtonishmeotn is manufactured and released to the magic community.ep 21: You perform "Deep Astonishment" and unleash the moment.

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