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From: Blue Chip
Date: Mon Apr 28, 2003 8:51pm
Subject: Re: [Derren Brown] Re: Live show/numbers
>NLP and hypnosis are areas of psychology based on the mechanics of
>the sub-conscious.
Magick is about controlling the elements.
Programming is the skill of dumbing things down effectively.
It is the _umbrella_ that goes up when the rain comes down!
Let us be careful what we set as our basis of comparison.
>Papers and books on these subjects are, in
>general, easily available to the public.
Books on ANYTHING are freely available to ANYBODY who can use a web browser.
>Magic tricks and principals are not.
Aside of the extensive lists of books listed here; or what you can find by
typing "magic books" into a search engine; you can try Amazon or e-bay
It makes me wonder... Who is scared of the sales? The author, the
publisher or the retailer?
...or the magician that is simply plaigarising ideas and forgetting the
customary injection of originality to cover his sources.
>When a magician purchases a trick, they not
>only purchase the apperatus and the secret or method but also
>(generally) the rights to perform that trick. However the purchaser
>did not invent the trick and therefore does not have the right to
>disclose the secret behind it. This especially on a public group.
Where can I find this In black and white". I.E. Out of the context
whereby it appears to be a subjective opinion. It may be the thoughts of
many, but when it comes to legal issues, I like to get it "from the horses
mouth."
BC
