Absolute Magic by Derren Brown (Even MORE Great Magic) -- Brad Burt's Magic Shop Shopping Cart -- Brown Derren by Magic Absolute

<a href="http://www.bradburtsmagicshop.com" title="Brad Burt's Magic Shop"><img src="https://www.nexternal.com/bburt/images/bblogosquare.jpg" alt="Brad Burt's Magic Shop" name="Brad Burt's Magic Shop" border="0" /></a> <h1>Absolute Magic by Derren Brown -- Brad Burt's Magic Shop Shopping Cart</h1> Finally available in America! Following the success of Pure Effect, Derren Brown offers a detailed study of the most difficult task facing any close-up magician: how to make magic convincing. This is a rich and witty journey through the thinking of Britain’s foremost current magical performer, whose television specials have revolutionized mentalism and drawn massive viewing figures. Absolute Magic offers the profoundest thinking, expressed in the most memorable and vivid prose, and is a necessary modern classic for the magician or mentalist striving to make his performances more powerful. This is a manifesto for performing excellence, not a mere collection of routines. Those who study it carefully will find much practical information, not only on close-up magic (Derren’s emotion packed presentation for the floating ring, for example) and mentalism, but also his unique approach to theatrical pick-pocketing.Originally privately published by the author, Absolute Magic was only available directly from Derren via his password protected web site. Those fortunate few who were able to negotiate the web site and place their order have cherished their copies. With his performing career no longer affording him the luxury of filling orders, he has authorized its publication and the book is now available. “If the author’s previous book, Pure Effect, was a challenge to the status quo of close-up magic, then Absolute Magic is an outright call to arms… he wants not only to alter the way we do our art and work, but he wants to transform the way we think and feel about it. ...Mr. Brown also possesses considerable experience with pick-pocketing, a subject he explores in some technical as well as theatrical depth. There is some pragmatic contents of the book, which still serves as a vehicle for Mr. Brown’s thoughtful consideration of artistic issues.” -Jamy Ian Swiss, Genii Magazine March 2000 Here is an excerpt from the book, cited in the Genii review, as characteristic of its contents: “Have the courage to think from this starting-point, and to leave ninety percent of your repertoire behind you. Then go out to perform fresh and eager to improve even more, and from the moment you arrive, invent and walk your own prestige Carry it around with you with the quiet nature of the man confident in his authority. Communicate it thoroughly and subtly before any magic begins. You are not a juggler, nor a mere amuser of the middle-classes: you are a magician. The main task of that wonderful job is to lift people out of themselves. You are a connection to a wondrous world, and if you forget that and just become a mingling trickster, then you are undercutting yourself, and denying yourself the shiver of an unrivalled type of job satisfaction. In keeping with our model, it is vital that you transport people: that in some sensitive way you challenge the comfort of the social context. In places where the posh gather and talk about silly things, you must gradually, softly, sound a bass note that rumbles. You act with caution, and you pace the mood of the event (and you don’t cloud that judgment by swigging too much of the Champagne yourself), but you remember that you are there to create magic… and you bide your time.” Warning: This is not a book for the casual reader nor one who is easily offended! 251 pages, cloth bound. <ul style="padding-left: 15px"> </ul> Other products in the category <a href="http://www.nexternal.com/bburt/Category40" title="Even MORE Great Magic">Even MORE Great Magic</a>: <a href="http://www.nexternal.com/bburt/Product430" title="Card Between Plates by Jay Leslie"><img src="https://www.nexternal.com/bburt/images/cardplatethumb.jpeg" height="100" align="left" alt="Card Between Plates by Jay Leslie" name="Card Between Plates by Jay Leslie" border="0" hspace="10" /></a> <a href="http://www.nexternal.com/bburt/Product430" title="Card Between Plates by Jay Leslie">Card Between Plates by Jay Leslie</a> -- I am a great lover of the ‘Have a card selected, signed, lost in the deck and then find it later in an impossible place later’ theme in card magic. I have the LePaul Card in Wallet and tricks in which a folded card appears in matchbooks and small metal cans. Well, here is another addition to a magnificent magic theme. For any close-up worker looking for a trick that really looks like a miracle consider the following....A card is selected and signed by the spectator and lost in the deck. We’ve seen it before! But, this time, the card vanishes from the deck only to be found firmly secured by numerous rubber bands between two solid textured copper plates! There are some VERY COOL and practical benefits to this particular model. Consider: The plates are attractive and not gimmicked looking. They are made in such a way that you use the minimum number of rubber bands and thus the RESET TIME is FAST! The load of the card from a classic palm or as part of a routine using the double lift, etc. is EASY and QUICK. All in all this is a really nice item at a very fair price. <a href="http://www.nexternal.com/bburt/Product433" title="Cigarette Up the Nose by Gary Kosnitzky"><img src="https://www.nexternal.com/bburt/images/cigaretteupnose.jpeg" height="100" align="left" alt="Cigarette Up the Nose by Gary Kosnitzky" name="Cigarette Up the Nose by Gary Kosnitzky" border="0" hspace="10" /></a> <a href="http://www.nexternal.com/bburt/Product433" title="Cigarette Up the Nose by Gary Kosnitzky">Cigarette Up the Nose by Gary Kosnitzky</a> -- Flat out this is the BEST version of this trick I have seen. Here what happens: You take a cigarette and VISIBLY push it up your nose. Get this: Your audience SEES the cork filter move slowly towards your nose. They SEE it go in. You open your move your hand to show it is empty! The Illusion is Perfect. Comes complete with the nifty gimmick and detailed instructions. “One of the greatest small illusions I have ever seen.” -Michael Skinner <a href="http://www.nexternal.com/bburt/Product431" title="Hundy 500 by Greg Wilson"><img src="https://www.nexternal.com/bburt/images/hundy500.jpeg" height="100" align="left" alt="Hundy 500 by Greg Wilson" name="Hundy 500 by Greg Wilson" border="0" hspace="10" /></a> <a href="http://www.nexternal.com/bburt/Product431" title="Hundy 500 by Greg Wilson">Hundy 500 by Greg Wilson</a> -- You open your wallet and pull out a packet of one dollar bills. You open the packet and count the bills slowly showing them openly as you do so. Then you fold, slap and bang the bills change instantly into $100 dollar bills. (Feedback from the local pros is that changing Five Dollar Bills to Fifty Dollar bills produces better tips.....) EASY to do once you have the bills set up Greg gives you the work in his clear, concise and easy to follow style. If you like the bills can be changed back into ones, etc. A superb item well worth the money. <a href="http://www.nexternal.com/bburt/Product426" title="Maximum Mind Control by David Eldridge"><img src="https://www.nexternal.com/bburt/images/mmmcover2.JPG" height="100" align="left" alt="Maximum Mind Control by David Eldridge" name="Maximum Mind Control by David Eldridge" border="0" hspace="10" /></a> <a href="http://www.nexternal.com/bburt/Product426" title="Maximum Mind Control by David Eldridge">Maximum Mind Control by David Eldridge</a> -- David Eldridge’s booklet Mind Control took the magic world by storm. Here at last was a place to find the  ‘Real Work’ on the Magician’s Force! And, indeed it was. Both the book and the video have been best sellers and that’s with very little advertising on our part. Two years have gone by and David’s NEW and EXPANDED work ‘Maximum Mind Control’ is now out and ONLY available from Brad Burt’s Magic Shop. Maximum Mind Control has THREE TIMES as much material as Mind Control. It contains everything that was in the original Mind Control, but reworked and added to and THEN it builds from there. You get 100 FULL SIZE pages in a spiral bound format for easy reading and study. Yes, we ARE paying more to have them spiral bound, but this is a work book for magicians who want to CONTROL what their spectators select and when they select it! There is work here from such brilliant minds as Kenton Knepper, Lee Eearle, Peter Marcucci, and Bob Farmer. This IS the kind of information that will revolutionize your performance, and give you a set of tools and techniques that will add power to your magic. There are NO pipe dreams here. The material inside is practical, use-it-everyday magic technique. Want a quote from a top flight magic guy? Here: “‘Equivoque’ or ‘The Magician’s Choice’ is an important, yet oft misunderstood and abused technique in magic. David Eldridge is a master of the art. Through his entertaining magic and metalism, he teaches the proper application of this very important tool. I have no “choice”, but to recommend his work.” -Michael Sibbernsen, Magic entertainer, writer, and creative consultantMaximum Mind Control contains items that Dave used to produce in the shop and sell as fast as he could make them!  Highly recommended. <a href="http://www.nexternal.com/bburt/Product412" title="Mind Surf"><img src="https://www.nexternal.com/bburt/images/mindsurf.jpg" height="100" align="left" alt="Mind Surf" name="Mind Surf" border="0" hspace="10" /></a> <a href="http://www.nexternal.com/bburt/Product412" title="Mind Surf">Mind Surf</a> -- Any one of the four suits is freely named by a spectator (no magician's choice, force, leading, or linguistic deception of any kind). Upon removing four cards from a wallet the card which matches the spectator's chosen suit is the only one face down! What's more, the three face-up cards are Aces and the spectator's selection is turned over to reveal it is a King! Comes complete with all the necessary, specially-printed Bicycle cards, wallet, and detailed, fully-illustrated 12-page instruction booklet. <a href="http://www.nexternal.com/bburt/Product216" title="Movie Magician"><img src="https://www.nexternal.com/bburt/images/Mvc-001f.jpg" width="100" align="left" alt="Movie Magician" name="Movie Magician" border="0" hspace="10" /></a> <a href="http://www.nexternal.com/bburt/Product216" title="Movie Magician">Movie Magician</a> -- This is a truly unique magic effect. Imagine that you have a friend select a playing card. The card is placed back in the deck and the deck is now set aside. You remove a small plastic 'thing-a-majig' with a small lens and an on/off button. Your assistant now looks into the lens and pushes the on button and this is what they see..... A movie begins....A REAL MOVIE!!! Out walks a gentleman who removes a jumbo playing card and displays it openly to the audience....NOPE, it is NOT the selected card! The tiny magician wags his head in disappointment and then pops open the classic black top hat of conjuring fame and produces from inside a silk handkerchief with the image of a playing card. And, yes, it IS the correct card! This is fun and easy to do. Everything you need to know is in the instructions! A very limited supply left. Comes with the player, thin mini film cartridge and full instructions! <a href="http://www.nexternal.com/bburt/Product427" title="Pro P.K. Kit"><img src="https://www.nexternal.com/bburt/images/P.K_Pro_Kit-.jpeg" width="100" align="left" alt="Pro P.K. Kit" name="Pro P.K. Kit" border="0" hspace="10" /></a> <a href="http://www.nexternal.com/bburt/Product427" title="Pro P.K. Kit">Pro P.K. Kit</a> -- Again, this is one of those items that is a pleasure to advertise and recommend. If you are not yet hip to the use of magnets to make things move, stick together, levitate, etc. then I guess I just gave it away! What the Pro P.K. Kit consists of is everything you could need to do the BEST magnetic P.K. work possible. First, you get what I consider the smallest and BEST P.K. magnet (and I’ve seen dozens!) on the market. It measures 2" by 2" and is 1/2" thick. It is SUPER POWERFUL and will do pretty much what you want it to. But, that’s just the beginning. You also get Straps to attach the magnet to forearm, etc. You get shimmed matches and steel rings and a Booklet with tricks, set ups, etc. But, you get MORE. You also get a Hollow Deck of Bicycle cards to hide your new magnet in and shim material to make your OWN gimmicks! By the way the hollow deck is one of my ‘personal’ favorite things. Years ago I hollowed out a deck with an Exacto knife and it was a nightmare. The deck that comes with the Kit is a custom made die cut deck that sells for $25.00 just by itself! The magnet sold alone is $45.00. This is a superior deal of well balanced materials and information. <a href="http://www.nexternal.com/bburt/Product235" title="Ricochet"><img src="https://www.nexternal.com/bburt/images/ricochet.jpg" width="75" align="left" alt="Ricochet" name="Ricochet" border="0" hspace="10" /></a> <a href="http://www.nexternal.com/bburt/Product235" title="Ricochet">Ricochet</a> -- The 4 kings and the 4 aces are removed from a deck of cards. The kings are placed face down in a pile in front of a spectator who covers them with her hands. The aces are held in the performers hands, and one at a time the aces change into the kings. The performer now reasons that if he holds the king the spectator must be covering the aces. The spectator turns her cards face up expecting to see aces, but instead finds kings. The spectators now look back at the performer's hands, and find the aces! This is EASY to do. In fact, there is even a handling which requires NO sleight-of-hand whatsoever, and is perfect for a beginner! This is GREAT. BUY IT NOW! <ul style="padding-left: 15px"><li> <a href="http://www.nexternal.com/bburt/Product428" title="The Super Thumb Tip Package!!!">The Super Thumb Tip Package!!!</a> -- This is one of the best deals in magic. Here’s what you get: Three thumb tips of different sizes and two silk hankies in two sizes and a very nice set of instructions on vanishing the silk hanky! First, the Thumb Tips are similar to the Vernet tip only I like the color a LOT more. Darker and more natural I use it constantly in the shop. You get a regular sized tip for an adult. You get a medium sized tip for the 10 year old on up crowd and you get a Thumb Tip that is tapered for an adult woman! The silks are both small for the and medium and very nice. The instructions are excellent. If you want to get a GREAT GIFT for someone just starting out, you can’t beat this with a stick! </li></ul> <a href="http://www.nexternal.com/bburt/Product121" title="Two Ones To A Two"><img src="https://www.nexternal.com/bburt/images/twoones.JPG" width="150" align="left" alt="Two Ones To A Two" name="Two Ones To A Two" border="0" hspace="10" /></a> <a href="http://www.nexternal.com/bburt/Product121" title="Two Ones To A Two">Two Ones To A Two</a> -- One of the finest close-up pocket tricks you will every buy...guaranteed! I have done this for years and I can tell you...this one kills. Here is the EXACT effect as seen by the audience: From your pocket you remove and openly display two one dollar bills front and back. The bills are placed together and folded down into a packet. The packet NEVER leaves the sight of the audience. You snap the packet and open it instantly to show it has transformed into a single Two Dollar Bill! You show the bill front and back and then reverse the moves to split the Two back into two ones. Just that simple and clean. No Thumb Tips are used for this one. Although I have never had anyone ask to examine the bills, if you wish it is simple to place them in your pocket and switch for an ungimmicked pair. This trick is EASY, FUN and MAGICAL! <a href="http://www.nexternal.com/bburt" title="Brad Burt's Magic Shop Products">Brad Burt's Magic Shop Products</a> <a href="http://www.bradburtsmagicshop.com">Magic Tricks</a> Brad Burt's Magic Shop <a href="http://www.nexternal.com" title="ecommerce software">ecommerce software</a> powered by Nexternal