Conjuring
Provides the history of magic and discusses the exploits of some of the world’s most notorious magicians.
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Review by Seth A. Koehler for Conjuring
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… I bought this book about six or seven years ago after reading it at the library. It is honestly one of the best books EVER written on the subject. The people that didn’t like it were expecting James Randi to give out the secrets of magic, which understandably (and I believe correctly), he does not do because of the nature of his profession. I agree with him not to give out the secrets of many years of hard work, and commend him on his knowledge of magic, both past and present. This book is meant as a history of the craft and not as a “learn magic tricks book”. If you would care to look at the cover of the book, in not so small print it states “Being a Definitive History of the Venerable Arts of Sorcery, Prestidigitation, Wizardry, etc..” In no place on the cover does it mention learning magic tricks or revealing the secrets of the trade.So please, for all the conjurers, magic historians, and anyone else who enjoys the craft in this world. You CAN learn about magic and enjoy this book immensely. I think it’s safe to say that you will.
Review by John Gould for Conjuring
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There are no tricks in this book, but lots of great information about magic and magicians. It is beautifully illustrated to boot.
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This is an excellent, well written book by James Randi. I recommend any of Randi’s other books they have all also been great reading so far. He is a master at debunking frauds like uri geller, someones gotta do it.
Review by Tan Kwan Seng for Conjuring
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Read my lips: “NON-TEACHING”. Yeah! This book tells you some conjuring tricks (how they supposedly appear before the audience) used by who and when but it does not provide adequate information sufficient to know how to perform the tricks. In other words, this is a “ZERO SECRETS revealed” book.Read the whole book and you will still unable to learn any secrets, unable to perform the tricks mentioned in the book. This is more like a story book.Lots of people write better stories than Randi. Pretty useless book. Don’t waste your time and money on this one. If I could, I would give ZERO stars for this book.
Review by Hypnotist for Conjuring
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Randi doesn’t believe in conjuring or if he ever tried he never figured it out, so if you expect him to teach you how to conjure in this book – you’ll be thoroughly disappointed.
Oh, it reminds me of Freud – he had some good insights, and he has attempted to use hypnosis, but has never figured it out – and since he failed, he was very much trying to put it down.
Randi is the same – in a way. He has never learned the “real” magic, so he can’t stand the idea that there are people out there who have more talent that he does. 🙂
The only skill that Randi has mastered is the art of deception – that is what magicians of his callibre do – direct your attention one way, so he can trick you while you’re not watching. He has mastered the art of “fraud” himself, so now he’s very much trying to direct the lens upon others – this way he can still stick “Esq” after his name – oh, I have not had the pleasure to know the man with a great ego and so full of fluff as Randi (nobody home, I’m telling you).