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Sebastian B

I have studied that routine by Christian and it´s an beautiful routine that makes use of a couple of different principles.

Sebastian B

Edward Pungot wrote:I don’t know what the hell I’m talking about either. Read Tamariz’s trilogy. Then read it again.

That is excellent advice! I have read both Sonata and The Magic Way, excellent books.

Sebastian B

Edward Pungot wrote:Approach the trilogy in reverse.
For the sense.

Then do a second reading going forward.
For the detail.

Hi Edward,
I am sorry if i am being a bit thick, but i dont understand your post, is it possible to clarify.

Sebastian B

I decided to spend this summer reading the wonderful book: The Magic Rainbow by Juan Tamariz. What a wonderful experience that has proven to be. I was particularly intrigued by Mr Tamariz thoughts about magic and symbolism, fascinating writing about why certain effects in magic has become classics a...

Sebastian B

Hi,
I came across this wonderful 16mm film of Harry Stanleys the other day.

Link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSzo236f_CI

Sebastian B

I have just finished reading Fred Kaps Master Magician which was a Christmas gift from my wife. Fred Kaps was a magician that has fascinated me for a long time and the book by Van Zeist is a fascinating read. It is interesting to take a peek into who the person Kaps was and what made him tick. One c...

Sebastian B

The Fulve’s chapter is also included in the 11th printing.

Sebastian B

I am not as knowledgealble as the rest of the guys and girls on this forum. But...I like it.

Sebastian B

I am also interested in the question Tom Stone posed.

Sebastian B

To be honest I don’t see a problem with P & T teaching the French drop, it is thought in basically every beginner book in magic. Is it a bad technique? Certainly not, it depends on the way you are doing it.

Sebastian B

I enjoyed the interview a lot.

Sebastian B

Great article about Lisa Menna. I remember seeing Lisa doing her brand of magic on a convention I Sweden - a long time ago. She was just great

Sebastian B

Thanks for the input Ian. Yes I was thinking about that as well for not only a possible solution but a practical one as well. I was thinking just as an exercise about other possible solutions: I do believe it would be possible and practical as well to leave the setup of cards in the case when you ta...

Sebastian B

Hope you are all doing fine on this Sunday, I have been reading old pamphlets by Phil Goldstein and one of them, namely “Tearable” peeked my interest a bit. It’s a pamphlet that describes Goldstein's work on a double transposition of two torn cards. I liked the routine quite a bit, even though it ta...

Sebastian B

Mr Shalom,
Thanks! I looked up the issue you mentioned and it was indeed the issue I was thinking about, but could not remember it. For some strange reason I connected David Ben with it, but as you point out it was not he’s improvements.

Sebastian B

Hi,
I seem to remember that David Ben had some work on Vernon’s Out of sight, Out of mind in one of the Genii magazines, but I can’t remember in which. If someone could help me in finding the correct issue it would be much appreciated.

Sebastian B

Mr Lewis,

I can only imagine the work it takes to get all this done. I hope you can find the time and energy to finish the annotations. I believe that the annotated Royal road would be very interesting reading.

Sebastian B

Mr Lewis,

I`am curious how the annotation of the Royal road is progressing?:)

Sebastian B

Thank you Philippe,

I will have to look in to that. At the moment I am working with two books: Brinsley Nicholson wich is a reproduction of the first edition of Discoverie of Witchcraft (1886) and Richard Kaufmans reproduction.

Sebastian B

I have been meaning for a while now to really study a book in depth. After some thinking and taking in to account my interest in both history and religion, I decided on The Discoverie of Witchcraft. It will be interesting to tackle this book both from a historical and a magical point of view.

Sebastian B

Thank you Richard, that’s the way I understood it as well, but got a bit confused. By the way, I did not meant to imply that Mr Christians description was In any way faulty. Me not being able understand the move properly lays certainly with me. According to Magic Christian there is no exact descript...

Sebastian B

Volume II page 46-47.

Sebastian B

Yes Richard i understand that. My point is that, Hofzinser’s bottom palm is described whit a different technique in Hofzinser’s card artistry. The interesting thing is that according to Magic Christian “there is no exact description of the palming method Hofzinser used”. The palm you describe is the...

Sebastian B

The Hofzinser bottom palm described by Magic Christian differs from the Hugard and Braue. In the Hugard and Braues version the right index finger plays an important role. In the Magic Christian’s version it isn’t used to pivot the card/cards.

Sebastian B

Thank you for ansswering Performer. So the pressure Points are between the inner diagonal corner and the upper right corner, thank you.

Sebastian B

Thank you Richard for answering. In The Expert card Technique by Braue and Hugard, the right index finger on the left side of the deck plays a crucial part in making the bottom card move into the left hand. But this doesn’t happen in Mr Christian’s description, I have to go back to the description a...

Sebastian B

Hi, Has anyone on the genii forum read and worked on the Hofzinser´s bottom palm described on p.46-47 in Magic Christians wonderfull book Non Plus ultra: Hofzinser´s Card artistry? I am bit embarrassed to say it, but i don´t think that i understand the move, as i read and understand it the ring and ...

Sebastian B

On a recent visit to Berlin I bought a wonderful book on cards. The title of the book is: The World in Play; Luxury Cards 1430-1540. As the title suggests it is a book about playingcards with some wonderful images of cards of said era.

Sebastian B

Thank you Philippe

Sebastian B

Hi, I was reading the Asti Manuscript in the Gibeciere and Roberto Giobbis essay on the Testament de Jerome Sharp. On page 4 in the Testament de Jerome Sharp Giobbi talks about shuffling a deck of cards and that it is not what is traditionally known as the overhand shuffle, it is rather a type of sh...

Sebastian B

Nice erdnasephile

I yoused to watch basketball a lot when i was a kid. My favorite was Vlade Divac

Sebastian B

Are you a basketball fan erdnasephile?

Sebastian B

I like Mr Ben's thinking When it comes to practicing. Dai Vernon often wrote and said: "use your head", Mr Vernon meant this in context of learning and practicing a move. Since no two hands are the same it my be important for you to change a finger position or to have a diffrent grip on t...

Sebastian B

I like Mr Ben's thinking When it comes to practicing. Dai Vernon often wrote and said: "use your head", Mr Vernon meant this in context of learning and practicing a move. Since no two hands are the same it my be important for you to change a finger position or to have a diffrent grip on th...

Sebastian B

Now that the subject line has been alterd (thanks to Mr Kaufman), perhaps we can return to Mr Ben's thoughts on practice. Whats your thoughts?

Sebastian B

What!! How can you read a name in the subject line and automatically think such a think?

Sebastian B

This is probably something that most people already know, but if you have not read Mr Ben's blog and above all his thoughts on practice, you should. The two post I'm talking about is the following: Art of practice and Deliberate practice.

Sebastian B

Thank you for sharing that idea, thats great.

Sebastian B

That is a fascinating concept. In Wohl's articel he talks about diffrent types of delayed setups: Partial delayed setup, complete pack delayed setup and special cases of delayed setup. I finde the "Partial delayed setup" particulary interesting and a concept i would like explore further. M...

Sebastian B

Mr McKay,

Thank you for taking the time to answer. Your list will keep me occupied for some time, Love it

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