Search results

Ok... let a crass old guy give you a quick dash of cold water on this topic. HINT: If you are using playing cards in this demonstration it WILL be viewed as a CARD TRICK NOT "Mentalism" I know there are a lot of recovering magicians out there who've yet woken up to the truth and before you...

WTF? Last I checked this wasn't a church... find a different street corner, please! I use tons of math based material in some of my work. What I have found however, is that a lot of people fear it because they slept through math class.

Glad I caught this (such thinking is rare) But THIS is exactly how the old timers did it... you segregate the two. Some did an early evening "Magic Show" with a one hour intermission so the kiddies could be put to bed, then came the "Grown Up" program composed of Mind Reading, Hypnosis, etc.

Stop trying to be a "Mentalist" unless your heart is really into it; mentalism is an area that DEMANDS focus and discipline and contrary to current trends, is not about fooling people (but then, none of magic is, really). Yes, there are ways of doing both. I'd suggest you check around of a...

I appreciate you passion when it comes to your faith but do understand that I am an ordained minister (believe it or not) and have degrees in religion/religious history, so I know a little bit about things... especially when we add in the fact that my family has had ministers in it of one sort...

Free Masonry is what most agree to be the “new face” of the original Knights Templar fellowship which came into existence shortly after the betrayal of the Knights by King Philip the fair and his puppet Pope (he had three popes murdered in order to get “the right one” on the throne). Their goal...

I'm curious as to why it is so important to you? Yes, many magicians through the years were part of the Masons, including Harry Kellar and Howard Thurston... I believe Blackstone, Sr and Dante were also members. But Doug Henning wasn't nor dozens of other successful performers/designers that...

MARK WILSON COURSE has a basic Super X Styled suspension that has been a standard of magic for at least 60 years now, it is one of the great stand-by props that you can make, provided you work with someone that understands how to properly bend & weld the metal. You can find other such systems...

I've been doing magic since 1964 and while I've encountered a handful of effects that used sleeving methods, most of them were dated and required one to wear a very loose sleeve design in your coat. Secondly, you're speaking of hours of practice (daily) spead over some rather long months of...

On one hand I have my doubts on that but there are a handful of older guys that knew Tony such as Mark Lewis and I believe Alan Tipton that may be able to shine a brighter light on that question. On the other hand, given the era Tony grew-up in, etc. it may very well be that he was a Free...

Understood and my mistake for assuming this to be one of his Mentalism books in that Mentalism is the only arena I know him from though I've only been able to read a small handful of his offerings (all of which I absolutely love).

Getting Back on My Soap Box... Why would you want to move into Minch's material? Are you going to commit yourself to Mentalism or are you going to half-ass things and mix magic with it? Most all of Stephan's material is for die-hard mentalists not wannabe novices. While I certainly...

What are you looking for? My mentor and I shared one of the largest private collections of famous magic for a number of years. A lot of it is now in Dr. Albo's collection, most of the Thurston stuff went to Paris, France and the Houdin Museum and a handful of other collectors have key pieces...

I'm not familiar with too many working pros that DON'T use material they love and are passionate about. I am fully aware of those (myself included) who've pulled routines out of a show because they didn't work as hoped, but I've yet to meet any pro that does a piece simply because it's...

Let's repeat that again, nice and loud for everyone to hear... IT'S NOT THE BLOODY TRICK THAT COUNTS, IT'S THE (wannabe) MAGICIAN BEHIND IT! Just because you own a couple of books on the subject, have a few props in your collection DOES NOT mean you are a "magician", you're just a fool with...

TokyoUW... I more than understand knee jerks and being a jerk, et all... I'm very guilty of such things. The "High & Mighty" sense of attitude I project simply stems from being a mentor of sorts to so many. Most all of my mentors and guides in life as well as magic, were very matter of fact an...

Let's see here... I worked for Ward Hall in both Circus Unique and Wondercade and Scott McClellan is a dear friend... I learned Sword Swallowing from John Meah... dare I drop any other names such as Bobby Reynolds, or Tod Robbins... or for that matter, the fact that Tod Browning was a cousin of...

Really? How many years have you been doing magic? By the time I was six and seven years old I was doing magic shows in my backyard performing "original" magic... I had to, my parents were quite poor and I only had a handful of resources from which I learned the basics... aside from a couple...

Why? Why would anyone want to do something that's been done... especially on TV? What about ORIGINALITY? What about creating material that is "yours" and not the same stuff all the other wannabes are doing? Why not choose to stick out from the rest by doing your own thing and building up...

You left out a couple of important points here Steerpike; The cafe is loaded with a right-wing "religious" sense of prejudice and those that refuse to play by their rules will be quickly dumped and ultimately, banned for life. The irony being that the majority of Bizarrists & Mentalists that...