Permin, IB: Hokus Pokus ©1969 Sterling Pub. Co., NY Hardcover, no dj, 6.5x8.3", 120 pages ISBN 978-0806945149 ©1968 Host and Sons Forlag, Copenhagen Third printing 1970

Image courtesy Bryan-Keith Taylor

Comments: Translated by Katherine Lunt Fluger from the Danish Book, "Den Store Tryllebog" (. This book was later split into at least three smaller books, Hokus Pokus Coin Tricks, Hokus Pokus Rope & Scarf Tricks and Hokus Pokus with Wands, Water & Glasses.

Contents (from book, updated Mar 2024):

5 Before You Begin
7 Something About Hokus Pokus
7 Glass Turning
8 The Moving Cards
8 The Eight Rules of Hokus Pokus

9 The Magician's Table and Equipment

11 Hokus Pokkus With a Magic Wand
11 How to Make a Magic Wand
11 The Magnetic Wand
12 More About Magnetic Wands
13 The Flying Wand
14 The Growing Wand
15 The Rubber Wand
15 Wand Through the Back
16 Confetti
17 From Bag to Bag
18 The Restless Wand
19 The Hovering Ring

20 Hokus Pokus With Rope and String
20 Stretching a Rope
21 Knots en Masse
22 A Self-Tying Knot
23 Cord Healing
23 The Cut Rope
24 Another Version of the Cut Rope Trick
24 More Rope Cutting
25 A Ring on a String
26 The Cord in the Tube
27 The Hovering Bottle

28 Hokus Pokus With Scarves
28 Producing a Scarf
29 Pulling Scarves From an Empty Tube
30 An Easy Way to Produce Scarves
31 The Magic Cone
32 The Scarf That Changes Color
32 Scarves From a Volunteer
32 Dyeing Scarves in a Newspaper
33 More About Dyeing Scarves
33 The Scarf That Ties Its Own Knot
34 Pulling a Full Glass of Water Out of a Bundle of Scarves
35 The Burnt Handkerchief
36 Connected Scarves
37 The Match In the Handkerchief
37 Pulling a Scarf From a Candle
38 May I Borrow Your Handkerchief, Sir?

41 Hokus Pokus With Coins
41 The Wet Coin
42 The Sliced Coin
43 The Coin in the Candle
43 The Coin and the Cone
44 The Clinking Coin
45 The Return of the Coin
45 Hot Money
45 Grandpa's Coin Trick
46 Coin Production
46 Other Methods of Producing Coins
47 The Balanced Coin
47 A Coin Disappears - Without Tricky Fingers
48 Feel For Yourself
48 The French Pass
49 From Hand to Hand
50 Hats and Flying Coins
50 Another Version of the Flying Coins
51 And Yet Another Flying Coin Trick
51 The Coin in the Chinese Box
53 The Burnt Coin
54 Easing a Quarter Through a Dime-Sized Hole

55 Hokus Pokus With Water and Glasses
55 A Handful of Water
55 A Pocketful of Water
56 A Hatful of Water
57 Another Hatful of Water
57 Water to Cola
58 Ink Into Water
59 Water In the Newspaper
60 A Leak-Proof Bottle
61 The Invisible Rain Cloud
63 The Magnetic Glass
63 Non-Magical Water Jokes
64 Pounding a Glass Through a Table
64 Disappearing Glasses

66 Hokus Pokus With Paper
66 The Super Cone
67 The Indestructible Newspaper
68 Healing a Paper Strip
68 Flag Unfurlilng
68 Thank You
69 Rounding the Square

71 Hokus Pokus With Matches
71 Lighting a Used Match
71 The Balancing Match
71 Matches and Repellent Magnetism
72 Filling an Empty Matchbox
72 Four Divided by One Equals Four
72 Match Pop-Out
73 The Long Way Round
73 The Rattling Matchbox
73 Fakir Fire

74 Hokus Pokus With Cards
74 The Rising Card
74 Balancing
76 From One to the Other
76 The Cut Card
78 Hatful of Cards
78 X-Ray Eyes
78 The Card on the Back
80 The Hovering Card
80 The Multiplying Cards
81 Fooled
82 Mint Date
82 The Imprisoned Queen
84 How to Palm Cards
85 The Wandering Card
86 Forcing Cards
86 The Missing Corner
88 Gadgets

89 Hokus Pokus With Eggs, Magic Boxes, Etc.
89 The Vanishing Ring
90 Empty Envelope Yields Ring
91 The Egglayer
92 More Egglaying
92 Dollar At Stake
93 The Burnt Bill
94 The Magic Box
96 The Mystery Box
99 Say It With Flowers
100 Blind Man's Bluff
101 The Magician's Hat
102 Rabbit In the Hat, etc., etc.
103 The Great Sack Escape

105 Mind Reading
105 Coin Under The Cup
105 Who Is the Owner
106 Whose is Whose?
107 Coins and Bills
108 Mind Reading With Cards
109 Math for Mind Readers

110 Planning a Performance
110 Little Things Count
111 The Audience

112 How To Use Your Imagination
112 Two Bags
112 The Smashed Watch
113 Explanation
113 The Bottomless Bottle
114 Cheating Card

115 A Little Glossary of Magic Terms
116 Index