Pure Effect: Direct Mindreading and Magical Artistry

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But as I say, the stated rationale for not re-publishing the books seemed to me to be very strangely or awkwardly worded. Brown offers in an early discussion of "My Aims and Priorities:" "Enough magicians have asked me about the wisdom of combining magic and mind-reading in performance. Even though the theory was better presented, the tone affected in these passages is quite distasteful from time to time. Richardson's book, which has caused a fair amount of deserved excitement in professional circles of both conjurors and mentalists alike, raised some interesting implications in this direction, at least to more attentive readers; the book suggests that the author is not so much a mentalist as he is a doer of mysteries, be they feats of believable if extremely skilled mental dexterity, unusual conjuring prowess, or more traditional paranormal demonstrations.

A 2nd volunteer is then asked to the stage and is requested to stand behind the person sat in the chair. but yes they are very collectable and i'm lucky to own first editions on both books (which have been signed by the man himself) and i dont want to get rid of them. I read Absolute Magic sitting by a pool in Las Vegas and then went to see a mentalism show and there were so many things in the show which were in the book as examples of horrific presentation that I almost walked out! To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.At its best, the theory came close to the kind of thing Eugene Burger and Robert Neale were doing in "Magic and Meaning" (I liked that book a lot more). There is a long essay about whether or not magic is art at the end of the book which is massively thought provoking but I really don't think that it will do anything but confuse someone who has just picked up a pack of cards for the first time. This is the second time I have posted a question here, and in both cases folks have been friendly, thorough, and accurate.

Absolute Magic is Derren's take on performance (and contains no effects), and Pure Effect is about effects. Brown is more given to a mentalist's approach—and yet he eschews that label and, from the work described in these pages, that label clearly falls somewhere between inadequate and inappropriate. The tricks in the book are great for Table-hopping/ cocktail parties and a few but not many for stage magic. One of the chapters is entitled: “Enhancing your attractiveness to the spectator” and it is all about he, as a man, essentially seduces female spectators to build rapport. And despite the significant quantity of theory and performance philosophy contained therein, there is also a kind of real-world pragmatism, borne of life in the trenches of magic-for-money, that is simultaneously refreshing and lends weight and conviction to the author's theorizing.

Here are our closest matches for Pure Effect, Direct Mindreading and Magical Artistry by Derren Brown. This is significant not only because it says so much about the book but it says so much about the method in which we came to own his book because w e actually purchased it. However I haven't read his other books, but I mean it has his kind of humour and style from what I know of him. The mage exhales a stream of smoke at the lighter, which suddenly has the named card engraved upon it, in color, on both sides.

But if your into Magic and Mentalism, and want improve your routines and add some tricks to your sets, then this has to be in your book shelf. This was after maybe ten years of performing, but was the first time I ever got a clear sensation of exactly how I would feel if I were to be approached by a magician. I also remember he makes several (quite sexist) jokes about women, seemingly to stress that he is straight, throughout.Getting something totally free is likely to get a true MoneySaver's heart pumping faster than any cardio workout ever could. He also has no way of predicting that in a very short time after he publishes this material he himself will achieve great success and wide reknown for his brilliant routines.