Christian chelman / sortie de paradise lost

Publié le 18 septembre 2009 par Eflamm

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.