Presents step-by-step instructions for performing hundreds of tricks, provides tips on establishing a stage presence, and offers methods and styles of master magicians

Forget about David Copperfield, cruise ship illusionists, and birthday party magicians. They're so old school, so 20th century. The conjuring that people starting out in magic today want to do is edgier, grittier, quick, visual, and maybe a little dangerous - magic to the max. Welcome to the world of street magic! The Complete Idiot's Guide to Street Magicwill teach you how to do it! Even some of the simplest stunts, if performed effectively, have the same strong potential to amaze onlookers as the more challenging feats. Out of the literally thousands of tricks that can be included, only those that are the most direct and have the greatest impact, both visually and psychologically, will appear in the book. Each magical effect will be rated on a scale from one-to-three stars, easy to difficult, according to how hard it is to learn and/or to perform.

Learn the secrets of conjuring tricks from the expert, shown in 2500 clear photographs.

If you picked up this book hoping to learn how to pull a rabbit out of a hat or master random tricks and illusions, then you're going to be disappointed. This book leads you on a journey into the unknown - but not one revolving around sleight-of-hand games. Rather, it's a quest to learn all that we are meant to come here and realise. It seeks to discover what all religions and spiritual systems have at their core, as well as what all wise people have sought throughout the ages: self-knowledge. Realising that you're responsible for what you create, how you perceive things, and what happens to you is tremendously liberating. If you can come to that realisation, you'll be equipped to create a new and more rewarding life. Join the author as she looks back at pursuing truth as a professional singer, spiritual healer, intuitive coach, and student of the occult, yoga, reincarnation, spirituality and more in The Idiot's Guide to Magic.

The beginner's guide to mental magic No rabbits. No wands. Just dozens of first-rate effects, illusions, and tricks guaranteed to amaze. Mind Magic & Mentalism For Dummies pulls back the curtain and introduces the secret world of mentalism for the first time. With this book and the included DVD, budding practitioners have everything they need to master some of the most astounding illusions imaginable from exercising psychic powers and reading minds to harnessing mental energy to control fire and bend metal from across the stage. Each effect in the book is presented from three perspectives: what the audience sees, how the trick is performed, and how to present it in a way that thrills spectators, making it the comprehensive, essential guide to blowing your audience away. The DVD includes performances of many of the effects outlined in the book to help readers put the information into action Provides both introductory-level lessons on the art of performing and a host of great effects that will meet the needs of beginners Mind Magic & Mentalism For Dummies is the essential introduction to this mysterious art that can seemingly provide readers with the powers of clairvoyance, mind control, divination, and precognition. Note - CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of the e-book file, but are available for download after purchase.

This simple step-by-step guide makes magic easy no matter what your age. Use this book of tricks to perform mind-reading stunts. Inventive tricks using mobile phones will delight more experienced magicians looking for something new.Let' s try them: Easy Magic Trick: How to Bend a Spoon, How to Do the Magic Cork Trick, The Disappearing Water Magic Trick, How to Do the Easy Thumb Magic Trick, Steel Straw, The Bill Drop, Floating Metal, The Afghan Bands, Easy Magic Tricks: The Magnetic Pencil, Jumping Rubber Band Trick, The Banana Buster, The Vanishing Coin Trick. They're all amazing!