Christian Chelman, l'auteur de Légendes Urbaines et du Compendium Sortilégionis, conservateur du Surnateum (Museum d'Histoire Surnaturelle que vous pouvez retrouver ici , vient de sortir PARADISE LOST, la version ultime de PACTE, routine bien connue des magiciens penchés sur l'illusionnisme fantastique.
Comme quelques autres, j'ai pu voir l'évolution de cette routine qui
est aujourd'hui commercialisée. C'est l'aboutissement d'une des meilleures
routines de Christian Chelman, qui est en sortie officielle le
09/09/09...
Du beau travail et de la belle réalisation. Rien que de savoir que
c'est une coproduction Card-Shark, ça vous montre déjà ce que ca
donne...
Notez que Ludo, de http://www.marchanddetrucs.com
a l'exclusivité du Paradise Lost sur la France.
Vous pourrez donc vous
le procurer par son biais. Notez aussi que cette routine est en édition
limitée.... CQFD
La flemme de traduire... mais voilà ce que j'ai reçu il y a déjà quelques temps...
Dear Friend,
You are certainly familiar with the name of Christian Chelman: you
may have bought in the past few years his latest book, Hauntiques
directly from MPMagic.co.uk. We hope you enjoyed that book and that the
magic of Christian Chelman may have inspired you in these years. As a
previous buyer of the magic of Christian Chelman, we decided you
deserve to be the first one to know about a NEW product from the mind
of the European master of Bizarre Magick!
A new product by Christian Chelman will be officially released on
September 9, 2009 (9/9/9... a spooky date): this is Paradise Lost,
Christian's masterpiece and an effect from his current professional
repertoire for the first time divulged to the fraternity. The effect is
not just explained, but taught in detail: a first for a bizarre magick
effect! All necessary material is provided as well, including some
"hauntiques" that will otherwise be very difficult to source (as
anybody who tried to replicate any effect from Chelman's books does
well know).
ATTENTION! The effect is a limited edition of ONLY 500 COPIES! This
is half the number of copies of Hauntiques produced and sold! The
effect won't be distributed wholesale and can only be acquired at a
limited number of shops, and they may only have two or three sets!
Paradise Lost is a co-production of MPMagic.co.uk and Card-Shark.de
who are honoured to work, once again, with Christian Chelman.
As you, Christian, are a valued customer, you have the option to
buy this effect before it's officially released. The effect is already
complete and stored in the bowels of the Surnateum where it will remain
until 9/9/9: unlike other magic dealers, we don't ask for your money to
fund our work! If you want to take advantage of this offer, click on
the link below and the package will be sent to you on September 1:
Well, you may wonder what the effect is... Your audience sees two
sets of 6 of Spades and a blank card which mysteriously and repeatedly
travels from one packet to the other one: escaping the clutches of Hell
to safety! All this is explained by an eerie tale where your
"oh-so-clever" cousin is outsmarted by the Devil himself as he didn't
keep a pact he sealed with him in New Orleans. The effect is the final
evolution of Pact, a trick first explained in English by Christian in
his book, Capricornian Tales, and the effect itself is a lesson in
routining a text with the magical techniques necessary to create the
illusion of Magic.
You can read an abridged version of the story (50% of a Bizarre
Magick effect) which, sadly, doesn't convey the full magic of the
effect, in an old post by Christian on The Magic Café and this should
help you get an idea of what the story is.
Let's now discuss the fine print: when you buy the effect, you
receive a 24-pages booklet with clear and detailed instructions on how
to perform the routine and how to integrate the techniques with the
story; a set of custom playing cards (manufactured by card-shark.de
especially for Christian); six antique multi-coloured doubloons that
are essential to the story; and a specially-printed leaflet that will
help you perform the routine. If you buy the routine, you'll also
acquire non-exclusive performance rights for the effect for live
performances: you can use this effect for paid or unpaid engagements.
You will NOT, however, acquire the rights to television and Internet
performances: these will have to be arranged directly with Christian
Chelman. If this is a problem with you, please don't buy the effect: we
prefer to have one less customer rather than an un-satisfied customer.
The effect requires basic card-handling skills: it requires the
knowledge of the Elmsley and Jordan counts and these are not explained
in the booklet. These are techniques our buyers must know: we know our
buyers are serious, dedicated conjurers that have a wealth of
experience and have not just started in magic. We don't have the time
or patience to deal with kids interested only in putting the latest
"tutorial" on video-sharing sites without even knowing how to pronounce
the name "Chelman".
As said, only 500 copies of the effect will be offered for sale on
September 9: if you want to secure a copy, please hurry! We will be
grateful if you could keep the contents of this email confidential and
don't advertise it or its links on mailing lists, web forums and the
like: you, Christian, are a special customer for us and we want to give
you a chance to benefit from our work before anybody else.