Lewis, Eric C: Magical Mentality
Creative Thought for Magicians
©1933 (circa) L. Davenport & Co., London
Softcover, saddle-stitched, 5.5x8.5",  49 pages
Magical Mentality
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Contents (from book):

3 Foreword

5 Chapter I Creative Thought
5 Thinking
6 The Three Kinds of Thought
6 - 1. The Use of the Senses
7 - 2. Day-Dreaming
9 - 3. Creative Thought
11 Two Exercises for Developing Thought
11 - Exercise 1
12 - Exercise 2

14 Chapter II Dreaming and Reality - The Application of Creative Thought

18 Chapter III Twenty Four Hours a Day
18 The Daily Miracle
19 Spare Time

21 Chapter IV Inspiration
21 Inspiration In Action
23 What Inspiration Is
27 Some Objections Overcome

30 Chapter V The Art of Observation

36 Chapter VI How the Ideas Come
39 Final Words

40 Trick Section
40 A Convincing "Cut and Restored" Rope
43 Off and On the Ribbon: ring and rope
45 Uses for a Novel Colour-Change: cards
47 Further Suggestion for Effects With the Sleight
48 Producing a Rope or Ribbon

49 Advertisement: for Demon Magical Publications



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