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pieaddict New user UK 99 Posts |
Hi all,
I have been really enjoying this forum and was wondering what kind of literature people are enjoy on here and if it influences their own performance. Personally, I am a fan of Lovecraft, some Stephen king and fantasy novels. I am not a performer by the way, but have been drawn to this area due to a love of good story telling and magic. I love how the area of bizarre magic seem to bring these areas together. Additional, does anyone have any recommendations for reading on the history of seance, tarot, folk-law, and even urban myths from around the world.
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chmara Inner circle Tucson, AZ 1911 Posts |
For "true believer" tales, pn early Seances (spiritualism) boks at no cost to you -- scan Project Gutenberg for the books on spiritualism and seance. Basically there are no tricks -- but narratives of what happened. ion seance es. You can dev is many methods. The methods used, by today's standards, are primitive and aimed at causing the audience to become believers. You can get a sense of language there too. I do not recommend you waste time with Madam Blavatsky or Alioster Crowley unless you have lots of time and want to dig thought a lot of irrelevant material.
One problem you face is the difference between "truth" and fiction -- ion that fiction must make sense to the reader to sell.
Gregg (C. H. Mara) Chmara
Commercial Operations, LLC Tucson, AZ C. H. Mara Illusion & Psychic Entertainments |
pieaddict New user UK 99 Posts |
Thank you fir the response, I will check out project Gutenberg.
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mindmagic Inner circle London 1740 Posts |
Lots of useful information here:
http://www.survivalafterdeath.info/library.htm And as you're also from the UK, take a look at "The Book of English Magic" by Philip Carr-Gomm. Barry |
pieaddict New user UK 99 Posts |
Thanks
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Intrepid Inner circle Silver Spring, MD 1179 Posts |
Frank Podmore's "Mediums of the 19th Century"
Bob
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YitzhakNoDice Special user Portland, Oregon 517 Posts |
A wise man's question contains half the answer. - Solomon ben Judah, Philosopher
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pieaddict New user UK 99 Posts |
That is a great link, cheers
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Watchmaker Veteran user 369 Posts |
Barry, that is a great link. I read a lot, I mean a real lot, and I don't normally run across such a good list of books that I haven't read but looks like I would. That should keep me busy for weeks.
Mr Pie Addict, Probably not exactly what you were looking for but the classic horror stories are hard to top. What I'm talking about are authors like Poe. The stories are old and might seem quaint but when I re-read them I find myself reading faster and faster and getting spooked out all over again. Reading Bram Stoker's Dracula gives you a feeling like no movie can. It seems like it has as much to do with how they tell the story as the story itself, which is important to us who want to tell stories. A while ago I got a Monkey Paw from Mr. Higley (wonderful) and went right to the source, W.W. Jacobs. The story is a hundred and ten years old but nothing comes close to it. R/ Phil |
pieaddict New user UK 99 Posts |
Hi Phil,
Will def have a look for Jacobs. Bram stoker's Dracula is a fav of mine. Cheers
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