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Chris Tennant wrote:What has been the best contribution to your magic so far this year?

Kippers.

No, but seriously... I haven't really bought any magic this year (other than the JOL wallet) and intend to keep it that way for a while. Though I am looking forward to playing around with IT and the Fearson hook-up, as inspired by the expensive and unnecessary tarantula gimmick... so it could be that the tarantula is the best contribution to my magic, even though I don't have it

Ok so I should not have said half way through, it just feels like a long time to me as so much has happened recently. Sorry for any confusion and I will amend it to a quarter of the year.

Chris Tennant

Also I did not expect this thread to be picked up on so quickly.

Chris Tennant wrote:it just feels like a long time to me

I know the feeling - it seems to be about six months since New Year! Only yesterday I was reading about a few matters to do with our local Christmas fair and that's not until the end of November. All very confusing...

Mandrake .. Its the 11th April ... Come on the 15th by all means but you will be entertaining yourself ... ...
And i would have to agree that your ticket purchase would indeed be THE best purchase ....

As for me hmmm...... Either my box (yes ha de ha i said box .... ...) for just beauty ... or beyond esp for pure usage .... or or or ...... ....

F x

FairieSnuff wrote:Mandrake .. Its the 11th April ... F x

I knew that really, I'm just being provocative....

FairieSnuff wrote:or beyond esp for pure usage .... or or or ...... ....

the dvd that goes with it?

Not yet, although i have heard its good ....

F x

The Complete Jarrett - fantastic book! In fact, I might head over to the reviews section...

FairieSnuff wrote:Not yet, although i have heard its good ....

F x

It is very good. Buy it yesterday.

Ettiene Pradier's double dvd. The man talks sense, even if it's in a French accent.

Russ

For me it's two books, Paul Brook's Alchemical Tools and Geoffrey Durham's Professional secrets. I was looking forward to learning a method for the Gypsy thread in the latter, and now find myself thinking - who am I? Who do I want to be? Pain in the butt really.

Mix Geoff's Gypsy thread set up with Eugene Berger's presentation and it's very effective!

Renato wrote:The Complete Jarrett - fantastic book! In fact, I might head over to the reviews section...

AH, My favorite book.
Id love to say what my favorite purchase has been so far, but to be honest.. ive bought very little.
the replacement set of books for the wow booktest.

Ive been hunting them down for ooooo 6 years.

worth the wait though

Hi Mandrake;

Yes, exactly! I'm glad you said that. I was looking to learn the effect based on his presentation, and bought Professional secrets based on the review you wrote a while back

I am thinking of a slightly more "down to earth" version of the gypsy thread than Hindu Gods and the universe though.

For me the thread symbolises life rather than the universe, and the cuts, the various breaks, changes, accidents, turns and stages in life. Still in the end, if we accept change, are open and live purposefuly, we keep our integrity / remain whole.

Or something like that anyway

Very nice! I'm using the idea of happiness in life having a beginning, a middle and, after a very long time of course, an end. Along the way there are times where we face disappointment, heartache and sorrow which can all break that journey but wouldn't it be good if we could just take those broken dreams, somehow weave them back together and.........and you know the rest !

I couldn't find a miniature candlestick like Eugene uses so one of the guys in our machine shop made one in solid brass for me. Must remember I still owe him a pint!