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This is what real magic should look like.

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LOL Crud, I've been a beginner for 3 years >< We'll It depends what you mean by beginner. To me a beginner is someone who only has, or maybe lacks the basic knowledge about a subject. I don't think one has to read Royal Road or 13 Steps in order to gain this basic knowledge, because there are...

Won't that mean that card magicians, who have not read Royal Road to Card Magic and/or Erdnase are also beginners?

Good starting out books. -13 Steps to mentalism by Corinda (Good start but is fairly outdated) -Bob Cassidy's Fundaments (Covers the same steps as Corinda's but is difficult to get your hands on, if you can.. start here) -Practical Mental Magic by Theodore Annemann (I like this better...

Fairly sure it was most certainly deliberate. Shows that Derren is human after all.

I think chase makes a very good point. Having read 13 steps I personally find that using a swami for me is extremely annoying and difficult due the shape, length and strength of my hands and nail. Although I do have friends who works well with swami. I think the next step for me is to try a...

Here are some impromptu rising cards. Shifty- Chris kenner (Availiable as 1on1 download on T11) Elevator - Shigeo Futagawa (Zenneth Kok- The zenneth code (a more readily availiable source) Cheng's riser - Cheng Lin (TA) Raise Rise - Ray Kosby (Impossible card magic) Lazy...

The reversal was done very smoothly. Great concept for a sandwich. The only thing I need to address is the sandwich load. -You place 2 cards down -A card is selected and lost -You pick up the two cards, place it on the deck, count it and put it on the table again <----A laymen would...

You obviously did not read my first post -_-"...Personally I think at your age you should NOT be performing hypnosis. I strongly agree with romeo sierra argument, you clearly understand what you are talking about this subject. Well I do have a general understanding of hypnosis. Hell I even...

Great argument, and I agree with you on most parts. I have seen/ heard that hypnosis is fairly safe if you know what we are doing. I understand that a trance like state occurs everyday. However what is troubling me isn't so much the physical damages that it can inflict, but the psychological...

My thoughts. I am not too bad at cardistry/ XCM btw. 1) Cardistry isn't magic 2) Cardistry is a performance art similar to JUGGLING! definitely not a sport. 3) I don't think cardistry and 'magic' can mix well. Really depends how you people define magic. Magic for me is a sense of...

I have definitely seen my fair share of bad performances, most of them are people performing ZAP. I just don't get the whole arm pull action. It is completely unnecessary IMO

So recently, it has caught my attention, that there is an influx of "learn hypnosis" DVD's and books e.g. -Manchurian Approach -Reality is plastic -ZAP (is crap =D) -List goes on. I have also talked to countless magicians and hypnotherapists about this, so to cut to the chase, here is...

LOL obviously sarcasm does not play well over the internet.

In Australia esp in Sydney. Standard Bikes = roughly $10 a deck- available through magic shops and some novelty stores. Cheapest I have seen was a sale which had bikes at $5 a deck. Best option is through the internet. eBay has some good dealers. -Fullboatdealer -pokerstud52 -ACEKING...

So much for anonymity lol

I once did an Invisible deck routine and said "Don't worry this trick doesn't fail". Built it up well, the spectator named his card, and I took the cards out of the card box....only to drop it into a pile of mud.

"The end justifies the means" -Brad Christian. Sure it's Brad Christian who said that, but I think its great advice. You only have one chance to impress, why not make it something unbelievable? Hence the use of a gimmick. It is also important to have skills to back it up with thou. So I...

How to develop a super powerful memory by..Harvy Lormax..if i can remember.. was a good read =D