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Resigned to Miracles by Peter Groning and Hermetic Press (Hardcover)


One of the holy grails of card magic. A method for SECRETLY getting a GENUINE signature, as well as an arsenal of tricks to perform. LIMITED FIRST PRINTING IN STOCK.
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"Resigned to Miracles" by Peter Gröning is one of the most exciting card magic books I've read in a long time. I'll never understand how he stumbled upon the brilliant method for obtaining duplicate signed cards - as you know, one of the Holy Grails of card magic. He explores many ways to exploit this concept, which makes new miracles possible, and can improve effects you already do. There are many interesting tricks of offer here, but I particularly liked "Fade In" in which blank card is signed on the back. Then, bit by bit, the face of a chosen card appears on this card, until a full image appears - and the card is still signed on the back. Gröning has even explored ways to use the duplicate signature with other items, such as coins. If you're serious about card magic, you will want this book." - John Lovick

"Pure genius." -Jack Carpenter

"This is another beautiful Hermetic Press book where the author propose a new system to achieve miracles. If the reader uses these techniques in a magic session, can perform impossible effects with card signed by the spectators. This book opens new horizons for card magic." - Marcelo Insua, Tango Magic

"You can live without this book. But if you study and use the commercial effect described in it, you will have added a gem to your repertoire." - Roberto Giobbi

"Perhaps the real miracle here is that Gröning has managed to keep such a brilliant idea secret for almost forty years." - Stephen Hobbs

If you were secretly given a playing card that had the genuine signature of someone in your audience, and no one knew or even suspected it existed, would you have a use for it? We thought so. And what if the method for obtaining this signed card happened to be an incredibly strong, 100% practical card effect? And what if the only props you needed to do all this were playing cards and a normal marker? No expensive or soon-outdated high-tech. And what if this utility principle and trick came with a number of other incredibly strong, utterly impossible-seeming card tricks using spectators’ signed cards, just to get your own creative juices flowing? If all this sounds like something you could use, Resigned to Miracles is your book.

Resigned to Miracles introduces a method for secretly obtaining genuine signatures from one or two spectators on the backs of playing cards. No one suspects these signed cards exist, not even the people who signed them! The signatures are obtained in performance, without backstage technology or copying methods. They are originals, not copies. Armed with these signed cards, extraordinary effects can be yours, effects that no one will expect or can explain.

The method for doing all this has been kept under tight wraps for over thirty-five years. Peter Gröning, its creator has used it to win first prize in close-up magic at the 1999 Swedish Championships and has shared it with only a few card magicians, all of whom understood its value and kept its secret.

After these many years, Peter has decided to release to a wider selection of the magic community his concept and the very strong effect that enables it. In addition, he explains a dozen highly original, deeply astonishing effects using cards, and one with coins, signed by spectators. With these ideas you will amaze your audiences and have a tool capable of limitless uses. You are about to be very happily Resigned.

Peter Gröning was born in 1966 in Stockholm, Sweden, where he still resides with his wife, Anki, and their two children, Gustaf and Ellen. Beginning 1983, he has sung, acted and danced professionally in numerous theatrical productions, musicals, operas, films, contemporary dance companies and on television. In addition, he performs as a mentalist for major corporations and other clients.

Pages 113 - Hardbound, Illustrated


Winner Book of the Year Penguin Magic Awards 2020

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Verified buyer Pro Privacy ON (login to see reviewer names) on July 27th, 2020
Peter Groning is a clever guy and his effects in the book are all excellent. You should be made aware that almost all will require certain gaff cards as well, double face, double back, mirrored (both sides show the same card) and duplicates, so if you're considering purchasing the book, go ahead and get some of those as well. My personal favorite of the lot is called 'Bit by Bit' where the face of the signed (on the back) card fades and disappears each time an envelope is waved over it. The spectator opens the envelope to find his signed card inside! These aren't self workers and some sleight of hand is required, though none difficult.

If you're thinking secret gimmick or secret writer / duplicator, you'd be mistaken. There are none of that used in the methodology here. Without saying too much, it takes advantage of a previous effect you'd performed already. Phil Goldstein refers to it as 'ecological magic', where the waste product gets recycled. It also relies on laypeople's general assumption once a trick is over. The very last trick in the book, 'Signed Sealed Delivered' is the only one that is impromptu, the rest require a previous effect being performed on the spectator(s) already. For the magic niche pertaining to signed card effects, the book is a gem.

Hermetic Press has always produced quality books and this is no exception.
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Verified buyer Pro Privacy ON (login to see reviewer names) on August 16th, 2020
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A Clever title and an artful dust jacket makes for a good first impression. “Resigned to Miracles” by Sweden’s Peter Gröning is the latest offering from Stephen Minch’s Hermetic Press, and it’s a good one. The book is lavishly illustrated by the talented Tony Dunn. I counted almost 120 illustrations.

Here's what’s in it.

Front and center is the fusion effect, where two signed cards are fuse together, back-to-back. Peter Gröning has come up with a diabolical method of obtaining two cards with genuine signatures, whose identities are unknown to everyone but you. In a section titled Concept, Peter provides the reader his thinking and psychology behind the method. Here, he also provides information on how and when to use these secret signatures.

From there, the book is broken up into three main sections.

The first section, titled Resigned, provides you with four different approaches Peter has created for the Fusion effect; Resigned, Half Resigned, Resigned in Color and Resigned by Remote Control. Each has it’s own unique feature. This also is where you’ll obtain those secret signatures. Half Resigned for instance is designed to obtain one spectators signature, with the second being yours. Leaving the spectator a souvenir with your name on it.

In section two, Resigned Accepted, Peter provides several very visual effects in which to use the secret signatures. All but one uses cards. The one that doesn’t, shows how the concept can be applied to coins. The effects in this section, that really resonated with me include; Bit by Bit, Fade In, Gifted and Bizarre Assignment.

Bit by Bit involves the face of a card, which is signed on it’s back, becoming blank, then disappearing, only to be found in a sealed envelope that has been in view the whole time. Gifted involves the production of a ring size box from a card case in which you just removed the deck. The appearance of the ring box is a prelude to a signed card to box effect. It occurred to me that if you used a Jack, you would have a Jack in the Box. Bizarre Assignment is a cool melding of two classic Paul Harris effects, Bizarre Vanish and The Bizarre Twist.

The last section includes a few effects that don’t use the Resigned concept. It includes one of my favorites from the book, along with those listed above. It’s called Torn Between two Worlds. A card is torn in half, with each half being signed by a different spectator. The cards then become fused together, back to back. This could be a nice lead in to another effect using torn cards.

The writing is clear, with plenty of details. Peter’s personality shines through, with sprinkles of humor through out. No stone seems to have been left unturned. Peter covers all the nuances, subtleties and psychology for each effect in the book. You can tell he’s lived and breathed this concept a long time. For me, this was an enjoyable read. It’s one of those rare books that sparked a lot of ideas. I could see using this concept for some type of spirit writing or invisible ink idea.

Some gaffed cards are required for several of the effects. All are easy to obtain or make. In general, I would say the material in this book is beyond a beginner in magic.

“Resigned to Miracles” is a small, but deadly book you’ll want to have in your arsenal. A Big Thumb’s Up.
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10/10 for me. With the concept taught in this book, you’ll be able to perform miracles. Seriously, you’ll be performing magic that simply shouldn’t be possible. And it’s all incredibly convincing. This is an inspired piece of work. The core concept is a strong and powerful one. The effects taught are all great, and they will get the creative juices flowing.
I highly recommend this book and give it my stamp of approval.
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Verified buyer Pro Privacy ON (login to see reviewer names) on December 23rd, 2020
I wish more books had this sort of in-depth decades-long thinking behind them. Even if you don't perform the signature (pun intended) effect from this book you'll pick up plenty of other things in the delightful exposition. Another gift to the field by Stephen Minch.
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Can be absolutely devastating.
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Verified buyer Pro Privacy ON (login to see reviewer names) on August 26th, 2020
While this book basically covers one item, it is something that is totally worth learning!

I was on the fence on this and after getting/reading it, I'm glad I got it.
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Absolutely Genious! For my style of performing every effect in this book has something new and solid to offer. It has elevated the mystery of my performances to a level far greater than expected! Huge Thanks to Mr. Groning!
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Pro Privacy ON (login to see reviewer names) on July 31st, 2020
10/10 for me. With the concept taught in this book, you’ll be able to perform miracles. Seriously, you’ll be performing magic that simply shouldn’t be possible. And it’s all incredibly convincing. This is an inspired piece of work. The core concept is a strong and powerful one. The effects taught are all great, and they will get the creative juices flowing.
I highly recommend this book and give it my stamp of approval.
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