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Well, ok. I have your email, which means I could probably, with a little bit of effort, find out the ISP that you use to connect to the internet, and assuming that that is your home computer, work out your address that way :P Luckily I'm already signed up for EMC. :P

What you're essentially asking for is a categorisation of effect "plots" - the various premises of an effect. For example, just to cite card magic, you have, as you mentioned, Triumph effects. Others would include Collectors, Twisting the Aces, Sandwich effects, ACAAN effects, the list goes on...

Well written Zac, and I can agree with most of the post, except for one small bit: I don't agree with mentioning either Criss Angel or David Blaine. You're right - they associate you with either of those guys, and I don't think this is a good thing. Magicians in general have a pretty severe...

I think you pose an interesting question, and you have an interesting experience. From my own experience, a few things come to mind... 1) I pride myself on my friends. I love them dearly - I would consider myself to have a large number of friends, but my "inner circle(s)" so to speak are few...

Well done Luis! Sounds like you did fantastically. Keep a hold of those dreams mate! Well done, and enjoy! Congratulations :)

This may answer some of your questions: http://www.theory11.com/submit_a_trick.php Otherwise, I would recommend contacting JB, I'm sure he'd be happy to help.

There's a good reason he is considered one of the two basic pillars of mentalism - and it's not just because his mentalism stuff is good!

Yes, Lior Manor has a product called Invisible Touches. PK Touches is simple, but there's a reason it's one of the most popular parlour/stage effects to perform. And yes, that's Banachek's site for his products.

I like the play by play idea. Everyone takes different things from it so it will be an interesting thing to see what other people read into things. It's a pity that the time zone conversion is so bad for me, first session starts at midnight/1 AM, and last one starts at 6:30 AM!

Well... I'm in a different position because I perform mentalism... Thus I more often get asked about the psychological phenomena I present about... Which is lucky because I base my routines on real things I have real knowledge about. On the topic of magic, though... I think you're right in...

I don't feel the need to engage with either Zac or RealityOne's posts in great detail - I probably tend to say too much anyway, but I do think you guys are having a valuable conversation. More or less, I want to agree with RealityOne's points about scripting. Firstly, I want to mention that...

Hey enieves, To be honest, most of these plots aren't original. Note that I'm talking about the plot of the effect, obviously, since I don't know the methods, which may be original, but the odds are probably against that too. Which is not to discourage you, there's nothing wrong with that at...

Thanks for understanding where my post came from, it's appreciated :) Hmm, sure, I see your point here. I do want to distinguish something though. I mean, Dunninger, one of the most famous mentalists pretty much in history, performed a full normal magic act along with his mentalism. He mixed...

Haven't posted this response in a while. ...Why? Typically, "best of" threads are posted so that the OP can look up powerful tricks from other people and copy them into their repertoire with minimum effort or research, as a shortcut. Ultimately, this is counter productive, as will be explained...

Robert, I see your point, that's fair enough - if you're just not into it, it's not something you can force. Unfortunately, a great deal of mentalism and hypnotism is shrouded in misconceptions - very rarely does anyone just starting understand what it's truly about. This was certainly true of...

15th to 17th, GMT +1 time, Ian.

First thought: I want to kill them for referencing the excellent book and line Something Wicked This Way Comes, but doing so in a manner that is, well, incorrect (albeit, I'm sure, deliberately) :P Second thought: I think that to describe it as a display of superhuman strength is... Well, I...

Touché, that would probably be right. Thanks for the correction.

I don't believe they're sold retail in the US. I vaguely recall D&D claiming to be the only American seller of Aladdins.

Robert, Why don't you contact Anthony yourself? I'm sure he'd be happy to help, and I've heard that he's a very friendly guy with his time and his material when able. I've heard nothing but praise for his work.