This is the PDF eBook Version of this MAJOR NEW RELEASE!! (For the PAPERBACK version, go here.)īetween 1998-2000 Bob Neale wrote three important books, each one on a topic that is central to magicians: illusion, wonder, and magic itself. Alexis Michalik’s time-hopping The Art of Illusion a hit in France as Le Cercle des Illusionnistes has now been translated for the UK stage by playwright Waleed Akhtar ( The P Word ). By using these techniques, magicians can make objects appear or disappear, make people believe they have seen something that has not actually happened, or create the illusion of impossibilities. Some common methods include sleight of hand, misdirection, and stagecraft. The Magic of Celebrating Illusion is Book 1 in this long-awaited TRILOGY OF MAGIC. Magicians use a variety of techniques to create illusions. In it, Bob Neale explores the profound extent to which human experience is informed by our illusions. #Magician art of illusion how to#Īnd the central role magicians play in teaching us how to celebrate this fact. The Magic of Celebrating Illusion also includes 21 of Bob Neale's latest, highly innovative magic routines performed with properties such as playing cards, currency, rope, and paper. Each routine comes with at least one fully-developed, thought-provoking presention.ĭownloadable PDF: 344 pages. As a young performer, Mulholland did not book into vaudeville, where Houdini and Thurston were great names, but onto the lecture circuit, where he treated audiences with the love and social meaning of magic, all the while making his points with bits of magic from everywhere, old and new. Michael Weber: "The contents of this book were found inside a folder marked 'Bob's Death.' With its publication, Robert Neale has done something important for the art of magic: he has given us a book full of ways and means by which we can see past our self-imposed illusions in order to more clearly see the real magic that exists in the world. Illusions are false impressions that are given as a result of which the senses are deceived. 'Magic is the art of creating illusion agreeably.' About Mulholland. Long live magic, long live Robert Neale."īarrie Richardson: "Bob Neale is a wonder. He is a softhearted human being and a hardheaded philosopher of of magic and life. His brain is wired unlike anyone else I know. Max Maven: "Bob Neale has a rare ability to create magic with an intellectual whimsy.Īnd his magic routines are what Mozart would applaud with glee." His insights stretch your mind and make you shake your head with awe, wonder, and respect. The result is simultaneously provocative, profound, and just plain fun. Magic is something to be impressed by it is something to be astonished upon something to be applauded for and an art form to be appreciated. It astonishes me how he can transform even some of the darkest situations of the human condition into light, humor, and inspiration."Įugene Burger: "Reading Bob Neale's work is always an adventure.
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