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Hi! I'm kinda new to magic...well i really haven't started...well don't really know where to start to be honest. lol. Am interested in the history of magic...

uh not much more to say really...

oh but if someone could recommend the best places to start i'd be very greatful! x

What areas of magic are you naturally interested in?

Illusions and mind tricks mainly.

For mental magic, you're best bet is to start with Karl Fulves' "Self-working Mental Magic" from Amazon. Don't be surprised that it and the "bible" of mentalism, "13 Steps To Mentalism" by Tony Corinda, are full of physical procedures and techniques rather than strange mental effects. It's all magic at it's root. Purely psychological stuff needs some skill with performing, and you'll get performing experience from those two books. Another, equally good, book is "Practical Mental Magic" by Annemann.

If you're up for the first ever book in English about magic, it's regarded as being Reginald Scot's "The Discoverie of Witchcraft", printed in 1584. The full text can be found here: http://www.esotericarchives.com/solomon/scot16.htm

Welcome to Talk Magic!

Welcome

Welcome to TM hope you have fun

Welcome, anubis! A good place to start for Illusions would be ellusionists Street Magic DVD (man, that sounds like an ad)

Ellusionist is very overpriced for their gear, so I'm not saying buy directly from them, but you can often find alot of their stuff on eBay for heaps cheaper. Their main site is http://www.ellusionist.com

Hi and welcme to TM

Hmm .... Anubis eh Do you watch Stargate by any chance

Uh yes i did watch Stargate...lol but that's not why i picked this name. >mysterious...well as close as i could get lol: <

Welcome Anubis!

Hope you haven't brought the legions of dead in here with you. I take it you are a jackal-headed bloke? If not you should take on your female aspect "Anput"

Check out that website Tomo recommend it's great, if a little er.. estoteric.

Uh actually I'm a girl.lol. Look quite a lot like my avitar really.Only I'm not in anime. Well Anubis because I'm also interested in Ancient Eygpt...and it's "connection" with an organisation.