Witchstarter

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Throughout October, Kickstarter is doing a curated section of occult magic and divination items. A lot of it is geared towards lonely wiccan teens, but there are a number of things you might be interested in as part of a presentational conceit for a magic trick.

You might think, “I don’t wan to do a presentation where I’m acting like I’m into some goofy witchcraft bullshit.” I get that. But I do stuff like this all the time and I never act like I really buy into it. My attitude is just like, “Here’s something weird.” It’s never like, “And of course tarot works.” It’s quite the opposite. I say, “Of course tarot cards don’t work… but here’s something strange I noticed.”

Because I present magic as immersive fiction no one has to believe or think that I believe anything along these lines to enjoy the trick. Just like you don’t have to believe in vampires to enjoy a vampire movie.

Here is their Witchstarter section. And here are a few items of potential interest I found during my first look through some of the offerings.

The Luminary Pendulum

This is cool, it’s a light-up pendulum that reacts with photo-sensitive paper to record its swing path.

From the Kickstarter page:

“Depending on the question asked, different charts may be used to indicate numerical, directional, elemental, and yes-or-no responses.Customizable charts are also included that have a write-on/wipe-off surface.”

I haven’t delved deep enough into pendulum effects (although I’m interested if you have recommendations) but I can see how this would be a cool addition to the traditional pendulum set-up.

Palmistry Playing Cards

I dig the design. And it’s a good way to thematically transition into “Fortune Telling” with cards.

Tarot Coins

This is interesting. The idea of using coin magic techniques in a different context seems to have some potential.

Unfortunately the coins are only the size of nickels, but thicker. So you will be somewhat limited in the type of coin moves/effects you will be capable of doing.

Although with 78 coins of the same size, but different imagery, I think that opens up all sorts of interesting possibilities.

Thanks to Alexander D. for tipping me off to the Witchstarter section on Kickstarter.