Magic Books

[garbadgeman]

Looking for any books out there that deal more with the phycology in presenting magic tricks and was wondering if anyone had any suggestions. Thanks for any help.

 

[wZEnigma]

Strong Magic - Darwin Ortiz
Maximum Entertainment - Ken Webber

Ian

 

[scarecrow1]

Strong Magic - Darwin Ortiz
Maximum Entertainment - Ken Webber

Ian

Great sources from what I here. You might also want to check out "The Paper Engine" by Aaron Fisher.

Cheers

 

[jonraiker]

Strong Magic - Darwin Ortiz
Maximum Entertainment - Ken Webber

In addition to these two suggestions (both are amazing), I recommend the following:

Absolute Magic - Derren Brown
The Fitzkee Trilogy - Dariel Fitzkee
Five Points in Magic - Juan Tamariz
Tangled Web - Eric Mead
Designing Miracles - Darwin Ortiz

...just off the top of my head. The articles in the Art of Astonishment series (Paul Harris) and the Books of Wonder (Tommy Wonder) are also invaluable.

 

[Sean.Cinco]

Beyond Deception by Tobias Beckwith is another great book with alot of great exercises. Also if you watch Jeff McBride's manipulation videos, the presentation and theory tips he mentions in between moves are very valuable pieces of information.

 

[AsherF]

So as to name something that hasn't been mentioned yet...

Tricks Of The Mind - Derren Brown. Incredible book.

 

[RickEverhart]

My 3 Favorites are:

Strong Magic
Beyond Deception
Maximum Entertainment

If you are only getting one out of that group I would go with Strong Magic, then Max. Ent. and lastly Beyond Deception.

Jay Sankey's Beyond Secrets book isn't too bad either. I am in the middle of it right now.

 

[r.zhang]

To add to the list, I recommend Pete McCabe's Scripting Magic.