Some of you will be familiar with this quote:<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Note also that you must have none of your trinkets wanting, least you be put to a nonplus: besides it behoveth you to be mindful whereabout you go in every trick lest you mistake and so discredit the Art.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/em>
\n–The Art of Jvgling or Legerdemaine\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 1614<\/p><\/blockquote>\nLike many who’d had a copy and parted with it, there were many times I lamented the fact I no longer had a copy of The Shiels Effect<\/em>. It was one of the bonuses available to subscribers of New Invocation<\/em> back in 1976. I’d acquired my copy and subsequently sold it when someone waved a sheaf of cash in my face. <\/p>\n
After a long, long<\/em> stretch of unavailability, last year Quentin Reynolds reformated and republished the book. It came with a DVD, “An Evening With Doc Shiels,”<\/em> which reproduces a lecture Shiels gave at the request of Irish magician Pat Sullivan. The DVD was included as a free bonus, and “priceless”<\/em> isn’t off the mark to describe the thing.<\/p>\n
Quentin recently noted the availability of a new book by Tony Shiels: The Expert Escamoteur\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Equipment<\/em>. The ebook is a collection of articles originally appearing in The Linking Ring. If The Shiels Effect<\/em> was a college course in becoming a psychic superstar (and it is, by the way) The Expert Escamoteur\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Equipment<\/em> — An Exploration in Three Parts of Various Aspects of Cups and Balls Conjuring<\/em> — is the Cliff Notes version for magicians doing the cups and balls. It’s not a step-by-step manual; it’s filled with things to think about<\/em>.<\/p>\n
Sheils, while known for his bizarre and psychic feats, was quite a magician. He was as comfortable and talented with a set of Linking Rings or Cups & Balls as he was bending spoons. This collection is fun to read, filled with valuable information and advice, and is free.<\/p>\n
While I understand why Reynolds is offering this book in electronic form for at no charge — it will cerainly drive people to the web site, The Sheils Effect<\/a> — this ebook could very easily<\/em> have been sold. The information is that valuable.<\/p>\n
Get your free copy of The Expert Escamoteur\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Equipment<\/em> here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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