Conceptions
Of
Mystery
Of
Mystery
How Much? $14.95
Where At? http://shaneblackmagic.com/product.html
What They Say 50 Pages Full Color Over 14 Illusions for the working professional.
Designed to help take your magic to the next level and bring back what magics been missing...Mystery.
Various routines using jumbo coins, needle through balloon, card through bottle, torn & restored leaf, card sleights, impromptu ring flight, and much more.
“Practical and hard hitting you can’t beat the price for the what I’ve included in here I put my everyday working effects in this book, it's the book I always wanted to write”!
Shane.
Thoughts Shane has been writing this for a long time now.I remember asking him a few times near the deadline how it was going he worked his heart out on this and for an amazing result. There are about 14 or so effects. So pretty much 1 buck and effect which is really awesome! Im sure some of these could have been released seperately for that much.
The layout is nice,simple and clean it has been set out as almost a cookbook more or less. When Printed out this is very easy to follow but if you are reading it as a PDF file its a bit different but still the instructions are very clear and easy to follow.
Now im sure this review will probably go for a little while as im going to talk a bit about every effect.
Teaching Now i've learned a few of these effects personally from Shane but there is some really great stuff in here like said above it is quite easy to follow. Everything is set out clearly and seperated into sections. From the effect,materials needed to the presentation pretty much everything is included.
So Now Im going to talk a bit about each effect and some of the little essays included.
"Why Release My Material Now?" (Essay)
This Essay goes for about one page and hence the name kind of emplains his material. What he was like when he started magic and how he has developed a great read.
P.I.P.1 (Picture in Picture)
The ink from their chosen card is imprinted inside the spectators borrowed bottle. The spectator is allowed to keep the bottle.
This is definitely one of the coolest things in the book i remember Shane showing me this a long time ago its definitely really cool. There is another version which is next item in the book. Now i think alot if not all of the material in this book are workers. The Materials for the effect are easy to obtain and will really only cost you a few dollars at most. Generally it is not much of a hassle. A really cool effect its one of those things you have to even see a picture of to realise how cool it is.
P.I.P.2
Basically the effect is the same as above with the exception is that is done with a glass (E.g Shot Glass) rather than say a bottle.
I think this one looks alot better than the first version but a bit more set-up before hand is required as the gimmick is a little bit more complicated than the first one. Though after one trip you should have enough gimmicks to keep you going for a while.
The "Moves" are fairly easy to pull of no absolutely difficult things to pull off here.
Mental And Proud Of It
This is a routine I have been using as a opener
that allows you to use mentalism, sleight of
hand, and some nice props all in one.
Now thats what is said in the book there is no effect description but i can give you guys a brief overview.
A Bill is Borrowed and Signed so it cannot be mistaken for another bill. The Bill is kept in view and the magician enters his pocket to pull out a small box along with a pen. The Bill is clipped onto the cap of the pin and is left on the table infront of everyone. A deck is pulled out (See alot going on here from some mental stuff to some cardy stuff) a card is selected lets say the "Ten Of Clubs" You say that you made a prediction earlier. A little envelope is pulled out wiht "Prediction" on the front. Its opened and a key falls out the magician gives the spectator the key to open the box which has been also sitting there the whole time.
The box is opened and there is the spectators signed bill! The bill is unfolded and on the back is a predictio, correct i might add, written along the back of there signed bill is TEN OF CLUBS.
So thats the effect. You can see alot goes on and there seems to be a little bit for everyone. There are a few little jokes and tid bits that go through this as well. It seems like a fun opener though by the end out might have a few more things out on the table then you are comfortable with. For the most part everything is accounted for through out the routine and it makes sense.
Definitely a fun little routine.
S.F.C.S.E (Simplest Freaken Card Steal Ever)
This is a fun on this really is a bloody simple steal and it looks very clean. Shane has shown this to alot of people including Micheal Ammar i believe.
I was shown this steal quite some time ago and have been playing with it ever since. The instructions are clear all the angles have been set out making this easy to learn from there are clear pictures aswell.
This really is Really really simple.
Sweetly Done
The performer asks someone at the table
to remove a few sugar packets from their caddy
and place them on the table. After having the sugar
packet chosen and briefly examined a quarter is borrowed,
signed with a sharpie and placed on top of
the packet. With a little rubbing the quarter passes
into the sugar packet and is shown on both sides,
you slowly rip the packet open revealing the quarter
inside allowing the spectator to remove the quarter
Shane Posted a video of this a while back somewhere. The method is amazing.
Its so easy. I dont know much more to say about this except there are up to 18 pictures helping explain the effect in detail.
All Head No Substance
A Very clean vanish of a Jumbo Coin (Impromptu)
This was another thing i was also shown it has changed a bit since i last saw it but it could also be used for cards and i guess even just normal sized coins.
The vanish and the reproduction look amazing the hands are opened pretty much the whole time and its performed in a fluid motion.
A funky vanish which can be applied to many things. I myself dont own a jumbo coin but i have tried it with a jumbo coin. Im sure you guys will love it.
Poor Mans Ring Flight
The Ring Flight.
Now there is a gimmick for this but this isnt some ridiculous hook-up which you won't wear around. This can be pretty much set up on the go. This was another item Shane showed to Micheal and he loved it. The method is really fun and quite easy to do and you really only need to buy 1 or 2 things which are used in other items in the book.
There are multiple pictures explaining the motions and the process.
Alot of fun to play around with even if you don't plan on using it.
