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Your order is a digital download magic product,send via email. Please leave your email after payment. Sincerely Yours Anawfullothaschangedoverthepasttwentyorsoyears.WhenIwrotemyfirstbook (TheCardIdeasofSimonAronson,1978),Itippedmymittonalotof“underground” stuffthatIhaddeveloped,usingthememorizeddeck.Inmyintroductoryessayto thatchapter,ImentionedthatIsometimesfelt“guiltilypleased”thatsofewof ouradvancedcardicianshad(atthattime)everconsideredusingthememorizeddeck.
comeofage.Indeed,thepastfewyearshaveseenagroundswellofinterestinthis venerabletoolamongsomeoftheworld’smostrespectedmagicalthinkersand performers.Lecturersatmagicclubsaroundthecountryhaveshowcasedmemorized deckmiracles.Buttheenthusiasmisnotlimitedjusttotheprofessionals.Inmagic chatroomsontheInternet,andatmagicconventions,Iamregularlybesiegedbyeager, inventiveamateurswhowanttoshowmetheirlatesttwistoraccomplishmentwitha memorizeddeck–andmanyarereallygood!Themomentumisgrowingandcontagious,andthesheernumber ofcardiciansnowusingamemorizedstackhasproducedasynergythatiscausingthe numberofeffects,tips,variations,andnewprinciplestomultiplyexponentially.
reasontostopthere.I’mconstantlyworkingonnewmemorizeddeckeffects.So,it’s abouttimethatyoujoinedtheranksalso. thebasicprinciplesandapplicationsyouneedtoknowtogetstartedwithamemorized deck.InSectionI,Idefineafewofthebasicterms,andanswersomeofthemore frequentlyaskedquestionsabouthowtoapproachthetopic.InSectionII,Itryto lesthatarecommonlyusedinmemorizeddeckapplications.Theseprinciplesare illustratedwithseveralsimple,thoughquitefooling,locationeffects.InSectionIII, Ioffersomethoughtsonhowonecanbestgoaboutlearningamemorizedstack.At variouspointsIrefertosomeofmyfavorite“memorizedmiracles”andtomybooks, soforconvenienceinlookingupthosereferences,I’veincludedinAppendixAa currentbibliographyofallofmypublishedwritingsonmemorizeddeckmagic.Finally, inAppendixB,I’vesetforththeAronsonstack,incaseyouwanttolearnit.
yourappetiteforfurtherexplorationof,memorizeddeckmagic. thereistoknowaboutmemorizeddecks;tothecontrary,itbarelyscratchesthe surface.It’salsonotasubstituteforreadingmybooks.I’vebeenpublishing materialonthememorizeddecksince1972.Ifyou’refamiliarwithmywritings, youknowthatI’musuallyquitedetailed(myfriendssay“exhaustive”)in discussingtheunderlyingprinciples,tradeoffs,lead-insandclean-ups,variations,creditsandotherreferencesconcerningeacheffect.This Introductionhowever,goesintheoppositedirection–thediscussionsareintentionallyabbreviated,andareexpresslymeantto pointyoutowardmybooksforfurtherexplorationanddiscussionofthematerial. (Ifyoualreadyhavereadallmybooks,youprobablydon’tneedthisIntroduction atall). Customers who bought this product also purchased...
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