7 The Juan Tamariz Phenomenon (Arturo De Ascanio)
9 Table of Contents
11 Introduction

15 First Movement
17 Arturo de Ascanio (magipoem)
19 To Ascanio (Tamariz)
21 Cardmagic: Sleights
21 The Tamariz Perpendicular Control (TPC)
27 - Uses of the TPC With the Cards Spread Between the Hands: five approaches
34 Several of the Thousands of Paths
34 - Lapping With the TPC
36 - Concealing the Card in PP by Bending It
36 - Concealment in Left Hand Fan: with variation
38 - Glimpse With TPC
40 Application of the Perpendicular Control (TPC)
40 - Effect 1 The Direct Sandwich
41 - Effect 2 Hidden Sandwich
41 - Variation of Effect 2
42 - Effect 3 Anti-Ambitious
43 - Effect 4 Two Cards Over
44 - Effect 5 Repoker of the Chosen
46 - Poker of the Chosen: Impromptu Version
47 Cardmagic: Changes
47 Study of the Mexican Turnover
53 The Peruvian Turnover
54 - Double Peruvian Turnover
55 - Peruvian Transposition
57 The Tamariz Turnover: written by Walt Lees)
61 - The Ascanio Addition to the Tamariz Turnover
63 The Doublets Change
63 A Two Card for Two Card Switch
66 - Variation for More Than Two Cards
71 The Staircase Change: written by Harry Lorayne, originally published in Apocalypse
75 - Changing All Four Cards: note by Juan Tamariz
76 - Lapping
77 Cardmagic: Shuffles
77 The Cascade Shuffle
77 - Total False Shuffle in Cascade
81 - First Variation
81 - Second Variation
82 Notes on the Faro and Other Shuffles
82 - On the Supposed Difficulty of the Faro Shuffle
82 - On the Effects That Can be Performed With the Faro
83 - On Other Uses
83 - On Subtleties, Variations, and New Ideas
83 - New Ideas To Correct Small Errors
83 - New Ideas To Simulate Errors: 7 variations
90 The Antifaros
90 - Double Antifaro
91 - Triple-Antifaro
92 - Quadruple-Antifaro
93 - Quintuple-Antifaro
94 - Justifying the Antifaros
95 - Gathering Up the Quadruple-Antifaro
96 - Antifaro-6
96 - Antifaro-7
97 - Antifaros-In
97 - Combination In-Out
100 - General Rules for the Antifaro-3

105 Second Movement
107 Dai Vernon, The Professor: a tribute
109 Cardmagic Effects
109 Tricks With Sleight of Hand
109 Black Days (written b Fred Robinson): causing all but selection to change to red
114 Three Actors: three selections located three times in three different ways
119 Double Ambitious (written by Rafael Benetar): two cards rise together
131 The Talisman: card is shown, touched by a talisman, where it turns over by itself and changes face, with 5 variations of the ending
137 The Romantic Prisoner: a story card trick
147 Royal Assembly: including a History and Bibliography of the Trick
159 The Triple Colors Routine: red/black transpositions
172 Escorial-76: Juan's approach to Paul Curry's Out of This World, with a history
180 Half-Escorial: another approach
185 Short Version: yet another
192 The Hypnotic Power of the Jokers: spectator finds his own selection with the help of the Joker; with a history
211 Tricks Without Sleight of Hand (almost)
211 Neither Blind nor Silly: magician finds selection in a seemingly impossible way
215 A Clear Triumph (written by Rafael Benatar): Juan's version, with optional Double Triumph handling
221 Jumbles
221 - Tamariz Jumble: three selections face up
221 - Stripper Jumble: as above, but cleaner
224 Total Coincidence - a Jewel for You: an almost self-working card effect
233 Tricks with Gaffed Cards:
233 The Magic Card: a magic card turns into a red-backed copy of the selection
237 The Travelling Cards (written by Rafael Benetar): two cards transfer from spectator to magician
245 The Three Goblets Prediction: cards are eliminated until the selection remains, and matches a Jumbo Card prediction

259 Third Movement
261 Slydini: a tribute
263 Sleights With Penknives
263 - The Classic Penknife Twist
263 - The Tamariz Twist
264 - The Ultrarapid Double Twist (Tamariz and Sainz de los Terreros)
266 - The Trichange
272 Effects and Routines:
272 In Which the Colored Penknives Pass Through a Handkerchief: great knife exchange moves
281 Progressive Routine 1-2-3; Also Called Bianca, the Indomitable: with one, two, and then three knives
284 Capicua Routine: begins and ends with everything in their hands. Uses W, W, R, and W/R, and visible change knife set.
289 Rainbow of Penknives: rapid color changes of three knives (W/R, R/G, G/W)
298 Miscellany of Ideas with Penknives
298 - Penknives
298 - Symphony in Black and White
298 - Double Change with Normal Knives
299 - A Different Ending
301 - Color Change In Handkerchief
301 - Twists with a Handkerchief
301 - Knife-Monte
302 - Knives and Magnets
306 - Presentation Ideas
311 The Author As Seen by the Author: short auto-biography