Jonathon Bryce
@hatandhare · 5:00
What Makes a Magician? Part 7 - A reading from the book The Royal Road to Card Magic by Hugard & Braue. Published by World Publishing, 1951.
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We urge you to eschew this type of card work and instead strive at all times for a natural, relaxed and graceful handling of the cards. Now, there are a number of general rules governing good card magic which you should always keep in mind. One never tell beforehand what you propose to do. Forewarned the audience conceivably may discover the method. Wait until the climax, when all the necessary secret preparations have been made before announcing what you will do
Deborah Pardes
@DBPardes · 0:37
100 different ways to saw somebody in half. That's a sentence I haven't heard ever. I'm so enjoying you on this app. I hope you're sharing it with your friends. I hope the magician community comes to swell and makes magic. I am praying for that. You're indulging us, and your generosity here has been amazing. So just want to thank you. And I think that second rule is interesting. Just metaphorically for life
Jonathon Bryce
@hatandhare · 4:59
The sawing illusion started it was invented by a guy by the name of PT. Selbet, and it became an international phenomenon and became closely associated with what magicians do cut a girl in half. The more you start studying it, the more you start realizing that there are I mean, it started with PT. Selbit, and then Horace Golden, he did his version, and those were big clunky boxes
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