Buenas noches

He descubierto un pequeño tesoro GRATIS. Lo vais a tener que googlear.

Joshua Jay ha recopilado una serie de ensayos de teoría mágica y los ha publicado con el título "Magic in mind" (555 pags). Los ha publicado en digital y gratis e invita a la comunidad a compartirlo.

Los cinco primeros capítulos se han publicado en castellano como "Pensar la magia" al mismo "precio" que en inglés.

He leido alguno de ellos y me ha parecido muy interesante. Os dejo aquí el índice para que veáis si os interesa.

Un saludo

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Contents
Acknowledgements.................................. .............................................. 3
Introduction (Joshua Jay).............................................. ......................... 11

Part One - Thinking Like a Magician
The Limitations of Theory (Tommy Wonder & Stephen Minch)..... 17
On A Definition of Magic (Charles Reynolds).................................... 27
The Illusion of Impossibility (Simon Aronson).................................. 35
Astonishment is Our Natural State of Mind (Paul Harris)............... 39
Approaches and Artifice (John Carney)........................................... .... 49
The Search for Mystery (Jamy Ian Swiss)............................................ 57

Part Two - Thinking Like our Audiences
Processes within the Spectator’s Mind (Dariel Fitzkee).................... 71
Why, What, and Who? A Theory of Questions (Peter Samelson).... 83
Working with the Spectator in Mind (Derren Brown)....................... 89
Inducing Challenges (Pit Hartling)......................................... ............. 105
Creating Interest (Eugene Burger)........................................... ............. 115
The Big Lie (Michael Close)............................................ ....................... 97
Spectators (René Lavand)........................................... ........................... 129

Part Three - Categorizing Magic
The Art of Conjuring (Jean-Eugene Robert-Houdin)......................... 133
Classification of Effects (Dariel Fitzkee) ............................................. 139
Tricks vs. Illusions (Henning Nelms)............................................ ....... 155
Fundamentals of Illusionism (Juan Tamariz)...................................... 159

Part Four - Effect
The “Too Perfect” Theory (Rick Johnsson)......................................... . 169
Too Perfect, Imperfect (Tom Stone)............................................ .......... 183
On the Structure of Magic Effects (Eugene Burger)........................... 193

Part Five - Method
The Method is Not the Trick (Jamy Ian Swiss)................................... 201
Picking the Best Method (Darwin Ortiz)............................................ . 215
The Three Pillars (Tommy Wonder & Stephen Minch)..................... 221
Method and Style and the Performing Mode (Pit Hartling)............. 233
Kort’s Cardinal Rules of Magic (Milt Kort)......................................... 239

Part Six - Technique
Showmanship as Technique (Darwin Ortiz)....................................... 243
Performing Principles (Arturo de Ascanio)........................................ 263
The Critical Interval (Darwin Ortiz)............................................ ......... 269
In-Transit Actions (Arturo de Ascanio).......................................... ...... 289
Practice and Technique (John Carney)........................................... ...... 293
Manipulating Memory (Darwin Ortiz)............................................ .... 301
Assumptions (Michael Close)............................................ ................... 321

Part Seven - Presentation
The Other Half (David Regal)............................................ ................... 331
Doug’s Theory Section (Doug Conn)............................................. ...... 341
Language Skills (Ken Weber)............................................ .................... 343
It’s Not the Destination, It’s the Ride (David Kaye).......................... 353
Character (David Regal)............................................ ............................. 365

Part Eight - Construction
The Horrible Truth (David Regal)............................................ ............ 373
Conviction (Darwin Ortiz)............................................ ......................... 375
The Mind Movie (Tommy Wonder & Stephen Minch)...................... 403

Part Nine - Get Your Act Together
Construction (Roberto Giobbi)........................................... ................... 409
Secrets (Eugene Burger)........................................... .............................. 417
The Team (Eberhard Riese)............................................ ........................ 439
Making Contact (Derren Brown)............................................ .............. 451
Lessons and Learning (Jamy Ian Swiss)............................................ .. 455
Distraction Progression Theory (David Kaye).................................... 445

Part Ten - Originality
The Tyranny of the New (Eugene Burger).......................................... 469
Brushwood/Teller Correspondence.................................... ................. 477
Against Originality In Magic (Whit Haydn)...................................... 483
Next Book Syndrome (Darwin Ortiz)............................................ ...... 489
Perspective on our Personal Planets (John Carney)........................... 497
Divisive and Illusion 
(Max Maven)............................................ ......... 503

Epilogue - Art in Magic
Drama as Magic (Henning Nelms)............................................ ........... 509
The Hierarchy of Mystery Entertainment (Ken Weber).................... 511
Secondhand Drama (Tommy Wonder & Stephen Minch)................ 521
The Real Secrets of Magic (Nevil Maskelyne)..................................... 527
Meaning and Vision (Derren Brown)............................................ ....... 531
Final words (Joshua Jay).............................................. .......................... 541
Bibliography...................................... .................................................. .... 543