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Magic: The Complete Course: How to Perform Over 100 Amazing Effects, with 500 Full-Color How-to Photographs
"Finally, a book that brings the art of magic into the 21st century!"—Rick Merrill, 2006 World Champion of Magic
"Every 10 or 20 years a book comes along that introduces a whole new generation to the art and craft of magic. This is it!"—Stan Allen, Editor-in-Chief of Magic Magazine
The A book of powerful secrets. How to master the art of direction. Perfect the Sid Lorraine force, essential to card tricks. Harness PATEO to read minds. Learn skills like the false transfer, palm switch, big-action-covers-the-small-action, and more. Above all, how to create an emotional hook so that, in the fleeting moment when an effect occurs, magic truly happens, revealing the world to be a place of boundless wonder.
Dazzle your friends. Impress a date like never before. Confound your kids, or better yet, confound your parents. Magic shows you how to master over 100 effects that are simple to learn and guaranteed to astonish.
The Included with Magic is an entertaining 132-minute DVD featuring 35 effects performed and taught in great detail, with particular emphasis on rhythm and action and the nuances of timing and direction.
The Joshua Jay was crowned champion at the World Magic Seminar in 1998, when he was still a teenager. He's performed and lectured in over 50 countries, is a headliner at the Magic Castle in Hollywood, and writes a monthly column in MAGIC , the leading magazine for magicians. His website is www.joshuajay.com.
"Every 10 or 20 years a book comes along that introduces a whole new generation to the art and craft of magic. This is it!"—Stan Allen, Editor-in-Chief of Magic Magazine
The A book of powerful secrets. How to master the art of direction. Perfect the Sid Lorraine force, essential to card tricks. Harness PATEO to read minds. Learn skills like the false transfer, palm switch, big-action-covers-the-small-action, and more. Above all, how to create an emotional hook so that, in the fleeting moment when an effect occurs, magic truly happens, revealing the world to be a place of boundless wonder.
Dazzle your friends. Impress a date like never before. Confound your kids, or better yet, confound your parents. Magic shows you how to master over 100 effects that are simple to learn and guaranteed to astonish.
The Included with Magic is an entertaining 132-minute DVD featuring 35 effects performed and taught in great detail, with particular emphasis on rhythm and action and the nuances of timing and direction.
The Joshua Jay was crowned champion at the World Magic Seminar in 1998, when he was still a teenager. He's performed and lectured in over 50 countries, is a headliner at the Magic Castle in Hollywood, and writes a monthly column in MAGIC , the leading magazine for magicians. His website is www.joshuajay.com.
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288 pages, Paperback
First published November 1, 2008
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Displaying 1 - 9 of 9 reviews
March 20, 2025
This is my review for The Particle System because it's not available on this app! I am in awe of everything in this book even if I will never perform most of it. Josh Jay makes everything so easy to read.
September 6, 2017
Some really good lessons here. All of the effects are described well and shown in clear, understandable photos and diagrams.
March 30, 2023
belle image et bon tour
July 3, 2010
It has some good tips on how to take classic tricks and make them better. This book is excellent for the bare bone beginner and will give you a good ground work to start off. Granted, the scripts of the tricks aren't perfect, but I have always found that you need to edit them to your own style most of the time.
July 9, 2011
A great resource for someone serious about learning magic. Jay includes tips and detailed descriptions about how to perform so that you really capture the amazement of your audience. I recommend it for ages 10 to adult (though there are certainly younger budding magicians who might devour this book).
April 14, 2017
Magic the complete course
This book is awesome and makes learning magic effects easier than most books out on the market. I have even learn some easier ways to preform some of my other effects better.
This book is awesome and makes learning magic effects easier than most books out on the market. I have even learn some easier ways to preform some of my other effects better.
June 1, 2021
A very nice surprise
I was injured and recovering on the couch. This is a great book to learn from and be distracted from the turmoil of our life.
I was happy to learn a few easy affects without too much work.
I was injured and recovering on the couch. This is a great book to learn from and be distracted from the turmoil of our life.
I was happy to learn a few easy affects without too much work.
June 15, 2013
My first magic book. Easy to follow.
August 25, 2013
Best book of how to perform magic I've ever read. I've learned several of the tricks and performed them successfully for friends and family. The DVD that comes with the book is worth the cost alone.
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