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Hi all

I am 25. I started learning Magic in March after I came across the ellusionist site purely by mistake. I was always interested in magic but never had any intention to learn but I bought the DVD's I had seen there off ebay. My days.. I amazed myself. I pretty much stick to ACR, 2 card monte and a very short coin routine (raven,bitten coin,revolution). I also love body manipulation ( disjointed, saw ). I have some ideas for some stuff but I need to learn so much before I start to create.I want to learn so much more and take it up professionally. I did run before learning to walk as the first thing I studied was the ninja series to learn the pass.

I realise that it is much better to buy books than dvd's. Im just at a loss as to which ones to buy. i would like to get as much study material as possible without spending a fortune.

I intend to put a lot of time into this and to make it a proffesion even if it is just part time as I have just got married and the extra income would help. I just would like help with finding the best sources. I cant even find a magic shop where I live ( Nottingham & birmingham ). I would like to join a magic circle to learn more but again, at a loss how/where?

My style in magic will cards, coins and a 'darker' side of magic.

I am patient though so ... baby steps///

Hi and welcome

Get your self royal road to card magic as it is a good starting point annd work from start to finish, i have been doing magic myself for about a year after a long time interest and have only just come across it, i wish i had read it from word go!!

Matt

By darker side, do you mean mentalism? in that case, you could do a lot worse than starting with "13 Step to Mentalism" by Tony Corinda.

Welcome to TM!

BTW try the House of Magic in Stourbridge...only about a thirty minute or so train ride from Birmingham .

welcome to TM. By darker do you mean bizarre magic, oh and to join the magic circle you have to have two members nominate you who have known you for a while and you need to pass an audition.

Welcome

stephenmagic wrote:welcome to TM. By darker do you mean bizarre magic, oh and to join the magic circle you have to have two members nominate you who have known you for a while and you need to pass an audition.

Plus be willing to pay a fair bit too.

yeh mentalism.. i love that too. I do the ID and want to do mind reading, hypnotic suggestion etc. best mentalism/suggestion books?

By darker side, I mean like bizarre things, body contortions (illusions) etc.. i love the saw effect and disjointed these get GREAT reactions, i plan to find a way to 'slice my veins in my arms and pull out the gunk' then with a flash of a hanky, all dandy. My mond works this way.. and while I realise this particular effect would take some work, effects like these make me want to pursue this darker side as I call it.

Welcome

Brash wrote:yeh mentalism.. i love that too. I do the ID and want to do mind reading, hypnotic suggestion etc. best mentalism/suggestion books?

Oo-er, I've gone invisible again! It must be this heat...

Welcome to the Talk Magic forums! For a more darker side of things, you may want to look into the book Swami Mantra. It's got all kinds of SHOCK magic in there. Here is the link for it: Swami Mantra

OMG!! I meant dark like strange.. not like swallowing needles through my eyes!! lol

I mean mysterious magic.. visual impact magic with a hint of 'this guy is pure evil' tweak...

i use www.blackhart.co.uk for my effects

Where abouts do you live

http://www.ukmagic.net/clubs.htm

This link should help. I should hopefully be joining either Derby or Nottingham myself soon

I use www.blackhart.co.uk for my effects

So do I...

Keith Hart