I have described this trick, in more fitting detail than the deliberately terse description offered here, to a number of colleagues, who have been captured by its elegance and mystery—as well as by its methodology.

I think it’s just a sad thing, especially as an LGBTQ+ person in mentalist, that he was forced to add whole sections for what appears to be covering up his sexuality. ej16 wrote:I have got both Pure Effect and Absolute magic and would like to ask what one you think is better as no one i know has either.

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. The author's fundamental position is that conventional definitions of—and barriers between—magic and mentalism are in fact stodgy old constructs that exist only in the confines of the traditions of magic, and have no bearing on the actual potential of magical performance.

But as I say, the stated rationale for not re-publishing the books seemed to me to be very strangely or awkwardly worded. A 2nd volunteer is then asked to the stage and is requested to stand behind the person sat in the chair. Derren Brown, the most radical and original new thinker in the world of mentalism, will take you from excellent close-up magic to the most powerful mind-reading you have ever seen.The effect is continued with the standing person moving their arm up and down and the seated person following through apparently telepathic means. Absolute Magic is Derren's take on performance (and contains no effects), and Pure Effect is about effects. We have a dog-eared version of The Royal Road to Card Magic, Principles and Deceptions (with original leather cover), the Tarbell Set (soon to get on CD – tough to dog-ear a CD), Expert at the Card Table, Claudine the Circus Woman (we wrote it so we feel it is special), Bobo’s Coin Magic, and The Lindsay Lohan Illustrated History – Volume II. Like Kierkegaard in the world of (later) non-Christian Existentialists, the point is that once you have an understanding of your world, you are free to do as you need to live as you should for He who you know. Regarding Stephen Long's posting; I have just checked and both "Pure Effect" and "Absolute Magic" are both available from my local Public Libraray!