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IAIN Eternal Order england 18807 Posts |
Ok, you've crashed on a deserted island, you have enough food and clean water for the rest of your natural and unnatural life...however, apart from two sets of clothes, and everyone else on the plane are gone...
you do however, have the 13 steps, the amateur magician's handbook, Practical Mental Effects and a large stock of stationery from Staples/Rymans... you open one last surviving box, and in it are two more books... 1) is one last mentalism related book 2) any other book you like what are they and why? and before any smartar$e says it, yes, there's no real point because mentalism needs an audience - tough... i think I'd go for jack kent tillar's Quartet, and clive barker's the ***ation game... i'd go for quartet as I think its under appreciated, and its an entertaining read...and the ***ation game as its a book I've already read countless time and for some reason I never get bored of it - it contains all the things I love in good literature, and even has mentalism/spiritual overtones too... i was going to be clever and pick a "how to build a boat" booklet, but I think I'd quite like it on the island...
I've asked to be banned
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IAIN Eternal Order england 18807 Posts |
Really? they blot out the word d.a.m.n.?!
I've asked to be banned
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Mindpro Eternal Order 10587 Posts |
Yes, the use of your profanity will not be tolerated
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Stephen Young Inner circle Thought Illusions 3933 Posts |
Don't worry Iain.
They make it up to people by letting them buy their kids assault rifles. |
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John C Eternal Order I THINK therefore I wrote 12945 Posts |
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On Jun 25, 2014, Stephen Young wrote: Now if they would just let them bring them to school. J |
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Slim King Eternal Order Orlando 18012 Posts |
We had "Rifle Club" at my school. So three dozen of us DID bring our guns to school.
1)Teardrop 2)A modern version of the Bible (No KJV)
THE MAN THE SKEPTICS REFUSE TO TEST FOR ONE MILLION DOLLARS.. The Worlds Foremost Authority on Houdini's Life after Death.....
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Scott Soloff Special user Philadelphia, PA 960 Posts |
1/ Et Respondendum est Utrum Compendium by Scott Soloff (the one I haven't written yet)
2/ #37 - A Picker Mystery Best wishes, Scott
'Curiouser and curiouser."
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MatthewSims Special user 778 Posts |
The Bascom Set and the Bible. If the Bascom set isn't allowed due to it being multiple books then Greater Magic.
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ajb6864 Special user Greece 637 Posts |
Anything by Martin Gardner
"Celestine Prophecy" by James Redfield (or "The Alchemist" by Paolo Coelho) Alan |
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seadog93 Inner circle 3200 Posts |
That makes me think of Eliphas Levi's comment on a man in a solitary jail with nothing but a deck of tarot cards.
Does the book "Tarot" count as mentalism "book?" I would have to give serious thought to the second, but not mentalism. Presumably something both entertaining an philosophical that I can read over and over and still get something. I Ching? A really good yoga book? ...or maybe a really good omnibus edition of a comic book run. If I'm killing time alone on a desert island alone, I'm probably more interested in personal development.
"Love is the magician who pulls man out of his own hat" - Ben Hecht
"Love says 'I am everything.' Wisdom says 'I am nothing'. Between the two, my life flows." -Nisargadatta Maharaj Seadog=C-Dawg=C.ou.rtn.ey Kol.b |
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Axel Elite user Berlin 451 Posts |
Ok...
My mentalism-related book would of course be magick. But I guess that IS cheating. So I think I would go for Tarbell. My other book would be "Krabat" by Ottfried Preußler. It's the one book that defines my idea of how real magic would look like. Dark, mysterious, heavily romantic. And in the end love is stronger than the dark arts... All the best, Axel Click here to view attached image. |
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Greg Arce Inner circle 6732 Posts |
For the second book I always have to go with the great answer that Hawkeye Pierce (Alan Alda) gave when asked this same question: I'd bring the dictionary because I figure it has all the other books inside of it.
Greg
One of my favorite quotes: "A critic is a legless man who teaches running."
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tpratt38 Loyal user New Orleans 279 Posts |
Magick volume 3 It has some of my favorite performers and I haven't read it as much as I need to.
and the latest Stephen King Novel.
Mental Threads....
Invoking your thoughts one thread at a time... Creator of Voodoo Dowels |
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Al Desmond Inner circle Secret Mountain Lair in Conifer, Co 1511 Posts |
Artful Dodges of Eddie Fields
Bold and Subtle Mentalism by David Hoy (I think I got the title right). |
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GaMind New user Atlanta, GA 73 Posts |
I'd be tempted to take Mind, Myth & Magick...maybe then I could actually finish the entire thing. But I think I'd go with The Artful Mentalism of Bob Cassidy...now to decide between V1 or V2...I guess Volume 2.
Like tpratt38, I'd probably opt for a Stephen King book but might go with one of his short story collections for variety. Probably Different Seasons, since it has four terrific pieces including the stories that became Shawshank Redemption and Stand by Me. |
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seamagu Special user 885 Posts |
My non mentalism book would be the SAS survival guide.
My mentalism book would be....switch craft maybe, mainly because its so long.
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Tony Iacoviello Eternal Order 13151 Posts |
I was going to post the SAS Survival Guide as well (I love my copy).
My mentalism book would be Annemann: The Life and Times of a Legend. I have not finished reading my copy. |
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landmark Inner circle within a triangle 5194 Posts |
1) Theater of the Mind. It was the first real mentalism book I bought as an adult, and it still remains my favorite.
2) Complete Works of Shakespeare. I figure I'll have lots of time to memorize monologues.
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Trickstar Regular user New Zealand 154 Posts |
My mentalism book was 100% going to be PS3, but then I saw seamagu's post and switchcraft would be awesome and not just due to its size.... also its awesomeness!
But..I'm gona stick with PS3 for my mentalism book and The Naked Jape by Jimmy Carr and Lucy Greeves for non-mentalism. PS3 has given me so much, nuts and bolts stuff as well as subtleties, it's almost perfect... could be a little longer but that is being very very picky and selfish The Naked Jape, this is a great and wickedly entertaining read (its like Jimmy Carr is in your head reading it to you!)it also has THE best collection of jokes ever. |
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Art Vanderlay Special user All I Read Was Corinda And Now I Have 642 Posts |
1 Garden Of The Strange
2 The Lord Of The Rings Regards Art
THE MAN WHO CONTROLS THE ELEMENTS!
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