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The Magic Cafe Forum Index » » The August 2011 entrée: S.W. Erdnase » » How many shifts? » » TOPIC IS LOCKED JasonEngland Inner circle Las Vegas, NV 1177 Posts Posted: Aug 31, 2011 6:28am       Mr. Andrews, I just returned from a trip to Montana where we discussed your book (and your potential identity) at great length. I have many questions for you, but I'll start with one that came up at the conference. How many shifts do you consider your book to contain and can you tell us a little about each? Thank you, Jason England Eternal damnation awaits anyone who questions God's unconditional love. --Bill Hicks S.W.Erdnase V.I.P. 34 Posts Posted: Sep 1, 2011 3:02am       JasonEngland, There are at least eight shifts in our treatise, depending on your definition and allowance for variations. They are: the Two-handed shift (known to conjurors as the "classic pass"), the Erdnase shift (two versions), the Charlier shift (misspelled as "Charlies" due to a type-setting error), the Longitudinal Shift, the Open Shift (and a minor variation), and the S.W.E. shift. If one considers the two variants of the Erdnase shift to be essentially one, and the same for the two variants of the Open shift, then there are six shifts in our treatise. Of these, four were created by us, six if you include variants. There are three distinct actions created by us to transpose the halves of the deck. The action of the Erdnase shift (whether one or two hands are used), the Open shift action (both variations are nearly identical) and the S.W.E./Longitudinal shift action (these shifts are exactly the same, but one is performed with the deck lying across the fingertips side to side and the other with the deck lying front to rear across the fingertips). Although termed a shift for convenience, the Diagonal Palm Shift doesn't actually involve transposing the halves and is therefore not a shift in the same sense as the techniques that precede it. S.W.E. JasonEngland Inner circle Las Vegas, NV 1177 Posts Posted: Sep 1, 2011 3:07am       Thank you for your response. I was wondering if you would be able to answer in time. I do enjoy enumerating the variants of your shifts - or any other moves for that matter. At the recent Erdnase conference in Montana in honor of Wilbur Edgerton Sanders and his possible authorship of your book, I led a talk on your shifts and stated that there were 5 original shifts in The Expert at the Card Table. I had forgotten to mention the variant of the Open Shift. Thank you for the reminder. Jason PS: Thank you very much for your time here. It's been...interesting. Eternal damnation awaits anyone who questions God's unconditional love. --Bill Hicks The Magic Cafe Forum Index » » The August 2011 entrée: S.W. Erdnase » » How many shifts? » » TOPIC IS LOCKED <<< Previous Topic   Next Topic >>>

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