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'''Beyond Secrets''' is a collection of short essays that are designed to give the reader a new perspective on (and appreciation for) the craft of magic, thereby enhancing the magic he or she performs.
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==From the Back Cover==
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===Are You Ready to Take Your Magic to the Next Level?===
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Beyond the moves, beyond the gimmicks, beyond the patter, there exists a handful of fundamental truths about the performance and creation of magic. After performing for more than a quarter of a century and creating hundreds of innovative magic routines, Jay Sankey has written a book exploring these same truths.
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Learn how to:
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*Practice more effectively
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*Connect with your audience
*Invite wonder
*Nurture your creativity
*Add humour to your magic
*Create "key images"
*Market your unique talents
*Write powerful scripts
*Transition between effects
*Perform new material
*Choose spectators
*Avoid "over proving"
*Manage multiple climaxes
*Orchestrate audience focus
*Simplify your magic
*Inspire belief


And much, much more!
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This thought-provoking collection of short pieces ranges from the technical and psychological to the philosophical and sociological, while also staying rooted in the heartfelt and practical. After reading just a handful of these passages, you will see the craft of magic in a whole new light. Learn from one of the most creative magicians on the planet and BECOME A BETTER MAGICIAN TODAY!
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==Table of Contents==
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*Foreword by [[Jon Racherbaumer]]
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*Preface
*A Dance of Glances
*Is Magic an Art?
*Begin by Connecting
*The Myth of Speed
*Incomprehensibility
*Magic as a Blood Sport
*Orchestrating Focus
*What Is Your Market?
*Popular Misperceptions
*The Anatomy of an Effect
*Intimate Scripts
*What is the Method?
*If I Were a Real Magician
*A Little Experiment
*Key Images
*Learning a Sleight
*An Actor Playing the Part
*Wonder Without Secrecy
*Creating Magic
*Wonder and Emotion
*How Did You Do That?
*Any Effect is Possible
*Cynicism, Confusion and Ego
*For My Next Trick
*Audience Feedback
*The Opposite of Magic
*Simplicity
*The Emotional Camera
*The Imperfect Theory
*The Approach
*Inspiring Humility
*The Wonder of Wit
*Classic Audience Members
*Performing New Material
*Rhythm
*Vulgar Magic
*Whose Magic Is It?
*Learning From Mime
*Truth and Credibility
*Minimum Effort
*Performer as Product
*What is the Magic About?
*Enthusiasm
*Fewer Words, More Magic
*Secrecy is Fear
*The Art of Practice
*Inside Out/Outside In
*Suspending Disbelief
*Responding
*Parade of Characters
*Mirroring
*Taking it Personally
*Multiple Climaxes
*Vivid Language
*The Natural
*Expressing and Communicating
*Suspicion
*Mind Over Matter
*What is Narrative
*Magic and Mentalism
*Vulnerability
*Choosing a Spectator
*Under and Over Proving
*How Do You Feel?
*Fear and the Sudden Audience
*Power
*The Mysterious and the Humorous
*Becoming a Better Magician
*Control and Trust
*Circuit Practicing
*Purge Your Puzzles
*Magician, Clown, Priest
*Which Direction
*Magic and the Magical
*Sanding
*Those Who Will resist
*Let The Audience Lead
*In the Blink of an Eye
*The Master Imagines
*Secrets, Understanding and Wonder
*Is There Such a Thing as a Bad Trick?
*Articulate Hands
*The Best Teacher
*Random Acts of Magic
*Self-Expression
*Stick to Your Weaknesses
*Creative Promotion
*Reminder and Promise
*Choosing Material
*The Play's the Thing
*In Search of Real Magic
*Encouraging Co-Creation
*Knowing and Forgetting
*Exposure, Appreciation and Education
*Clothing
*Magician Vs Entertainer
*Tension, Expectation and Release
*An Invitation to Wonder
*Larger Truths
*All of You
*Unpresentations
*Ending
*Re: Creation
*It Takes Time
*A New Magic
*Effects Only Happen in the Past
*The Love of Magic


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