tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-151058162011-10-08T23:29:51.490-04:00The concept for this blog is quite simple. I will review as many books, videos and illusions available to the magic community. I will give my opinion on what they are like, if I found usefull or not. This is not a site made to reveal secrets.Louis Jutrashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14107811667157057421noreply@blogger.comBlogger81100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15105816.post-12642873403260016922007-01-05T09:24:00.001-05:002008-10-23T09:52:15.216-04:00

This book is published by Camirand accademy of magic Inc. It is quite an interesting piece of work. As the title implies, it's focus is on close up illusions.First, a word about Gary Ouellet. He was chosen as one of the century's 100 most influential magicians by MAGIC Magazine. He has produced many magic shows, including World's Greatest Magic, Champions of Magic to name just a few... Obviously

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The Raven is quite an interesting apparatus. It is this wonderful tool which David Blaine used to vanish a coin in a spectators hand. Basically, you can wear a short sleeved shirt, show your hands empty, take a coin, show it, vanish it in front of your audience, show your hands empty again. There is no doubt it is a beautiful vanish. There is some talk among magicians, however, that

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« BKM wallet »BKM stands for Balducci, Kapps Mullica. At roughly 110.00$ CDN, it is a fairly expensive wallet, but in my opinion, it is worth it. For those of you who know the principle of the Mullica wallet, I have to say that I tried making myself one with a cheap 15$ wallet. It was not worth the trouble of finding one of the appropriate size, look, cutting where needed, etc… This one is well

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“Encyclopedia of rope tricks”Stewart James, Dover EditionThis book is, in fact, a republication of the third printing (1945) of the work originally published by ABBOT’S Magic Novelty co. It is also interesting to know that it is in fact the first of three books, the other two being available exclusively from ABBOT’S.This book is roughly 400 pages long, and has some really amazing effects, all of

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«Complete guide to card tricks and techniques»Jean Hugard and Frederick BraueThis book has already quite a reputation amongst cardicians, and the reason is quite simple: it is a very good work of reference for all things related to cards. It is divided in 6 parts.The first part deals with sleights. In it, you will start out learning about lifts (double, triple…), getting ready for the lift, the

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«Magic Tricks made easy»By Patrick Page, 1977This is one of the first books that I remember getting when I was younger. It was not what got me started in magic, since I had already quite a bit of interest in the subject. But it had the advantage of being available, relatively easy to understand (so I thought…), and showed four different types of magic:- Tricks with cards,- Tricks with coins,-

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Before I begin, let me point out that «The Magic Of Ascanio» is actually 4 books:1- Structural concepts of Magic2- Studies of card magic: Ascanio’s favorites3- Studies of card magic: Ascanio’s Classics4- Knives and Color-blindnessFor this particular review, I will concentrate on the first book.If by buying this book you intend to find various tricks with cards, you will be very disappointed. No

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Well, Here goes!This is my first attempt for a blog. Obviously, there is not much information on right now, but it can only improve!I am currently in possession of quite few books on the art of magic. They include "card magic", "coin magic", illusions, etc.... I also have a few teaching videos to review. some are older, some newer... The point is, during the next posts, I will have quite a bit of

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