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Most people have their “THE” book, that got them out of a rough place, taught them how to think, manifest, build a business, or literally anything.
So what’s your “THE” book and why?
Derren Brown's, "Tricks of the Mind." Started me on the path to magic and mentalism that I'm at rn, and gave me a new hobby, career, and outlook on life. That's also where my library grew from. 2 years ago, I didn't own a bookshelf. Never read. Today, I read an average of 50 pages a day, switching between multiple books at a time, and constantly have to get newer bigger bookshelves because I'm just flat out running out of space.
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Some magic is corny, and in my opinion, boring. Though I don't begrudge the average magician's arsenal of coins, cards, hankerchiefs and all manner of attractions.
Some of that I feel are the mechanisms themselves. Once you learn how a handful of tricks are done, many more come to you much more easily. So the wonder that was magic leaves.
Some of it is the performers themselves. They get so caught up on the sleight, or mechanism that they forget to be good entertainers.
That's why I feel mental magic calls me so much stronger. Yes, it's all tricks, but many seem so impossible and mystical, that it's hard not to believe that an above average Mentalist is not a psychic. Brown included.
The best book for this line of thinking is Stein and Day's, "Handbook of Magic." Who, primarily, attempt to make magic entertaining, instead of just merely something to do. It shows tricks, but, more importantly, it breaks down the entertainment aspect of magic. The best part.