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Penguin Live Online LecturesNorman GilbreathAugust 24th, 2014Product DescriptionWho is he?Norman Gilbreath was born in Los Angeles when the Red Cars were still running, and you could get a secret decoder ring at the Wiltern Theater if you showed up for the kids matinee. After he came up with a principle and a conjecture, he graduated from the University of California at Los Angeles and went to work for the RAND Corporation. He still lives in Los Angeles, along with his wife and son, and can be found most Friday evenings at The Magic Castle, chatting with old friends and performing close-up magic.What will he teach?This is going to be a rare opportunity to attend a lecture in developing and presenting unique card magic by the man behind the Gilbreath Principle.Max Maven has said: “Norman Gilbreath doesn’t think like normal people do. And that has been to our benefit!”Here are some excerpts based upon my book, Beyond Imagination: When I was about five years old, and lying in my bed recovering from a hip problem, a very strange visitor stopped by my open window actually stood on the window ledge and said “Hello” to me. It was an escaped minah bird, and at the time I wondered: How is this creature talking to me? At that age I had no idea birds could talk, and that unexpected “Hello” was the sort of magical experience I’ve been looking for ever since.What happens when you have a magical experience? It takes you beyond your usual thinking, and reminds you of the boundless nature of thought. All theater reaffirms our ability to make sense of the world we live in, but magic reminds us that we can find new ways to see things, that we can go beyond our current imagination. So, a magician enhances the imagination. And this lecture is meant to enhance the magician.Sometimes it is handy to be able to perform a magic act using only a few decks of cards in your pockets. Here are two such acts. While the first act uses three decks of cards, two of them being special trick decks, the second act can be performed with four ordinary decks of cards. Now, if you ever find yourself somewhere without any magic apparatus, you can buy four ordinary decks and present the act “The Journey”.# Release Date: August 24th, 2014# Running Time: 2:43:50# Publisher: Penguin Magic# Retail Price: $29.95# More Information: http://www.penguinmagic.com/p/4533ReviewsMartin Gardner wrote:Mr. Gilbreath is eminently qualified as a performing magician of skill and experience, and as a creative inventor of unusual magic effects that are widely known and used.Tom Ogden wrote:Anyone who’s ever utilized the now-classic Gilbreath Principle knows how effective the disarming strategy can be. The meticulous thinking that went into this creation is evident in of all of Norman’s work, much of it detailed here for the first time.Jeff McBride wrote:Norman’s creations have baffled many of the brightest minds in the world of magic… prepare to be inspired!David Regal wrote:Many contributors to our art have refined, improved or reinterpreted. Norman Gilbreath has done something of another order—he’s changed what is possible.Rafael Benatar wrote:Norman Gilbreath combines his deep knowledge of the properties of a deck of cards with an emotional appeal and clever routining. I’d run to get a copy of his book if I were you, and also if I weren’t.Other ResourcesMax Maven – Nothing [DVD Rip]: Here for a list of all the Penguin Lectures in elib!If you liked this product support the authors and buy it!