Beckwith, Tobias: Beyond Deception Volume 2 - From the Wizard's Corner ©2014 Tobias Beckwith, Triple Muse Publications, CA Softcover, perfect-bound, 6x9", 300 pages ISBN 9780977984350

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Contents (from book ToC):

v Foreword (Jeff McBride)
1 Introduction

3 On Being a Magician
4 Developing Purpose
7 Wisdom and Wizards
9 Books, Video and Mentors
11 Collect Extraordinary Experiences
14 Diversity
16 Our Magical Community
19 Magic Dealers
22 Enchantment
24 Ethics in Magic
26 Evaluating Magic Performances
29 The Gift of Magic
31 How to be Entertaining
34 Magic Outside of Shows
36 The Real Power of Magic
39 Mastery
41 Mcntorship
44 Key's to Character - Mirroring
47 The Magic of Non-Attachment
49 Props & Costumes
51 Who's Responsible?
54 Reviewing Magic
56 Secrets
58 Language - Internal and External
61 Show Doctor
63 Steve Jobs: Focus
66 Supporting Others with Magic
67 Transformation - Part 1
69 Transformation Part 2
74 Wands
75 What Would You Do if...
77 Wiz-dom
80 Directing for Magicians
84 Knowledge is Experience

87 Varieties of Magic
87 Magic with Cards
90 Magic with Coins
92 Rope Magic
94 Family Shows
96 Impromptu Magic
97 Stage Manipulation
99 Magic and Medicine
102 Mental Magic
104 Parlor Magic Theater
107 Stage Magic
109 Street Magic
111 Restaurants & Table Hopping
115 Another Kind of Restaurant Magic
116 Tradeshows
118 Trickster
121 Sorcerer
123 Oracles & Character Truth

127 On Performing as a Magician
127 Stage Fright
130 Guilt and the Magician
132 Learning to Act
134 Rehearsal
137 The Fine Art of Accepting Applause
139 Timing
141 Magic with Apparatus
144 Gimmicks & Gaffs
146 The Talent Code
147 Playing Big
151 Technical Mastery
153 Spontaneous vs. Rehearsed
156 Rehearsal and Creativity
158 Making Magic More Convincing
160 Masks
163 Attention - Part 1
165 Attention - Part 2

169 History
169 Robert-Houdin and the effects of Magic on History
171 Houdini
172 Sam Sharpe -- Classifying Magicians
175 Dai Vernon
177 Harry Blackstone

179 Creating Material
179 Artistry
181 Alternative Views
183 Faces of the Magician
187 Audience Participation
189 Brainstorming - Creating New Material
191 Character Development
193 Costumes
194 Designing Experiences
196 Magic as a Designed Experience
200 Comedy & Magic
202 Halloween
204 Magic for the Holidays
206 Building Creativity
208 Improvisation
210 Innovation
212 Magic Spells
214 Magic & Tragedy
216 A Magician Prepares
220 Motivation
222 Music
224 On Becoming a Cloud
226 The Role of Roles
229 Scripts
231 The Five Senses
236 State of Wonder
238 Story Telling Revisited
240 Who Am I - Self Awareness
242 What is Impossible?
244 Entering Magical Space

247 Gigging
247 Dealing with Challenging Circumstances
250 Pre-show & Post-show Routines
252 Storage-Display-Organization
255 Smart Travel
258 To Reset or Not to Reset
260 Theater Tech

263 The Business of Magic
264 Selling Magic
266 Career Development
267 Networking
269 21st Century Promotion
272 Relationship Beginnings
275 Maintaining Business Relationships
279 SupportTeam
281 Marketing Magic
283 Power of Team Building