Robert E. Neale – The Magic of Celebrating Illusion (official PDF) Access Instantly!
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- From one of magic’s most creative minds and recipient of a 2014 Special Fellowship from the Academy of Magical Arts.
- Includes 21 of Bob Neale’s innovative magic routines performed with simple props, such as cards, bills, rope, and paper.
- Includes a major essay on the fundamental place of illusion in human life and why that’s something to celebrate!
Description
Between 1998-2000 Bob Neale wrote three important books, each one on a topic that is central to magicians: illusion, wonder, and magic itself.
The Magic of Celebrating Illusion is Book 1 in this long-awaited TRILOGY OF MAGIC. In it, Bob Neale explores the profound extent to which human experience is informed by our illusions . . . and 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.
PRODUCT DETAILS
Downloadable PDF: 344 pages. 62 illustrations by Kiva Singh.
WORDS OF PRAISE
“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. Long live magic, long live Robert Neale.” – Michael Weber
“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. Bob’s ideas are arresting. His insights stretch your mind and make you shake your head with awe, wonder, and respect. And his magic routines are what Mozart would applaud with glee.” – Barrie Richardson
“Bob Neale has a rare ability to create magic with an intellectual whimsy. The result is simultaneously provocative, profound, and just plain fun. I am a fan….” – Max Maven:
“Bob Neale is my hero…. It astonishes me how he can transform even some of the darkest situations of the human condition into light, humor, and inspiration.” – Jeff McBride
“Reading Bob Neale’s work is always an adventure. He tugs and pushes us beyond what we think we know and suddenly rearranges things in a completely unexpected way….” – Eugene Burger
