> Mnemonica by Juan Tamariz

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Pro Privacy ON (login to see reviewer names) on November 24th, 2004
Please note that the title doesn't mean that if you are a beginner that you shouldn't buy this book, but instead, if you are a pro you should buy this book because it WILL fool other magicians. The thorough research that has been compiled by Juan is just astonishing. The price of the book pays for itself. EVERYTHING that you need is in this book (i.e. although it is a book about the memorized deck, when it mentions a pass, a cull, a glimpse, etc. it also refers to it in the appendix where you can learn that move as well). This makes it extremely easy to read and you don't really need to go elsewhere to try to understand what Juan is saying. It is an "all-in-one" book and as long as you are willing to put time into memorizing the deck (luckily, with my experience with the Roth Memory System I was able to memorize the deck within an hour - I can recall any card AND its numerical location in the deck while being able to tell you what card comes before and after a specific card in the deck). What is more impressive than the memorized deck are the effects! If you spend money regularly on trick decks then you might as well buy this book. For the price of the book, you can be performing well over 50 SOLID, AUDIENCE TESTED effects created by Juan and his peers. Please remember that this is NOT a "new" book that came on the market nor is it a brand new concept. Juan has been fiddling with this conecpt (along with others) since the 70's and had published the Spanish version of the book a couple of years ago. It wasn't until recently that he had the book translated. So, just know that what you pay for is NOTHING. BUY THIS BOOK if you're serious about magic. I've been doing magic for 15 years and it will knock the socks off of your spectators (laymen AND magicians alike) as long as the deck is used sparingly and strategicly. Have fun!

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