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I’m a somewhat part time magician (or Magish if you like!) and over a long time I’ve collected lots of magic books, mostly old, alot rare, and all expensive!

Theres a few magicians I really think are way ahead of their time, one of which is Paul Harris, I got a signed set of this books back in 1987 I think call the ‘Art of Astonishment’

Mine are a little different from these as they are a limit set that were personally signed by Paul (I think there are about 1000 of these in total!)..

Last night I was looking through various websites doign a bit of research and I found a trick Paul did a while back called ‘Deep Astonishment’, where a spectator cuts the deck to a random face down card, and you then cover the card with a card case. They then think of personal magic word. You then use their magic word to help you find the “soul mate” of the card that’s under the wallet. It’s a very cool trick! But what’s in the card case? You open the case. You remove the cards, You slowly and cleanly deal these cards from the wallet on to the table. The first card has a large “R” hand drawn on its back! The next card an “O”! The next an “S”! The final card an “E”…spelling out her magic word, “ROSE”! (or whatever it happens to be!)

Excellent I thought, I’ll buy it… but, checking the Art of Astonishment books I found that the precursor to this trick is described in the book. slightly different, but still as powerful!

The rule here? Well.. I’m a strong believer in the fact that everything we ever need to know is there… we just need to look.. and if our answer isnt there first time… we only need look in a different way