Ebook - Fantastic by Antoine Salembier ( French , ) (Digital Download)

Unveil the Fantastic Universe of Magic

This digital download is the much-anticipated Ebook 'Fantastic' by Antoine Salembier, the culmination of nearly five years of dedicated development. Far more than just a collection of tricks, this extraordinary work invites you into an entire universe of bizarre and fantastic illusionism. Spanning over 380 meticulously illustrated pages, expertly laid out by Benoit Drager, 'Fantastic' is a journey of discovery that promises to profoundly enrich your magical understanding and repertoire.

A Journey Through Bizarre and Illusionism

Step by step, 'Fantastic' guides you through a narrative of training and exploration, transitioning from the strange to the truly marvelous. This unique magical book recounts routines born from an incredible collaboration with Christian Chelman, interwoven with captivating anecdotes and a deep dive into the history of magic. It's an immersive experience, offering both groundbreaking theories and practical exercises that serve as a true initiation into the realm of fantastic magic. You'll explore the essence of strange magic, dissecting its core principles and understanding how to evoke genuine emotion beyond mere technicality.

Mastering Theory and Practice

Antoine Salembier, alongside Benoit Drager, has crafted a comprehensive guide that not only presents original routines but also reconstructs the conceptual framework for performing them. While the original physical 'trick kit' is not included in this digital download, the Ebook provides all the detailed instructions, blueprints, and theoretical underpinnings necessary for you to grasp, adapt, and even create your own 'strange objects' to execute the described effects. As you progress through its pages, you'll be prompted to re-evaluate your perception of magic, uncovering a fresh vision of mystery. This method will subtly transform your approach to illusionism, broadening your creative horizons and deepening your connection to the magical arts.

Exclusive Routines and Transformative Insights

Delve into sections covering the Alice Matrix, various forms of illusionism, and the intricate concept of 'The Fantastic.' Explore unique routines like 'The Coffin Collection: The Clock,' 'Birth,' 'Ephemeris,' and 'The Harrow of Death.' The book also ventures into mentalism with concepts like 'Ultimate Card Choice' and 'Pikture.' For those fascinated by deeper magical lore, 'Fantastic' explores magic squares, intricate labyrinths, and the enchanting 'Fairy Hunter's Grimoire.' Discover the frontiers of fantastic storytelling, the role of the magician as 'The Door,' and even an homage to Aleister Crowley with a section on 'Golden Dawn.' This Ebook is designed to develop your sensitivity as an artist, offering a concluding reflection on some profound magical memories. Prepare to join a story that will redefine your magical universe.

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Original Specs

It took us nearly 5 years to complete this major project!  This box set is quite a concept.  It contains a  luxury book  of more than 380 pages  illustrated and laid out by Benoit Drager , unpublished routines, and  artifacts custom-designed  to perform many of the routines described in the book.

As you will have understood, it is much more than a box set, it is a whole universe in itself! Step by step through the pages, you will travel from the strange to the Marvelous to discover bizarre magic, Fantastic illusionism.

This magical book, the apprentice's book, offers you the story of a training, of a journey. It offers you routines born from an  incredible meeting with Christian Chelman , a journey through time studded with anecdotes. It offers you theories and practical exercises, a real initiation to fantastic magic.

In addition to the book,  Benoit Drager has rebuilt a turnkey "trick" kit , strange objects designed especially for you, to perform the original routines of the book. As you read the pages, you will be led to take a different look at Magic. You will discover another vision of Mystery. Little by little, thanks to this method, this book will transform your approach to illusionism and will simply enrich your magical universe....

Now it's your turn to join the story...

Summary

• Foreword
• Prologue
• Course
• Introduction
• But what is this strange magic?
• What then is its essence?

Introduction to the Alice Matrix: First Encounters

• Three little turns and then they leave
• North Magic Club
• Mephisto day
• At Christopher's
• A very strange teaching
• My first hauntic: Cluedo

The Alice Matrix

• First question
• Some ideas for reflection on this matrix

Illusionism

• Illusionism or magic, confusion of genres?
• the magic effect does not lie in the technicality of the effect
• The mere effect of a trick is not enough to create emotion.
• Illusionism: pleasant entertainment or frustration?
• Poor formulation of the initial question
• Questions to ask yourself when starting a new routine
• The Coffin Collection: The Clock
• O Time, Suspend Your Flight! The Basic Clock Tour
• “Overkill” by Paul Harris
• The white clock of time
• During my readings: two essential routines
• Birth
• Birth memory
• Temporal coincidences
• Ephemeris
• Theatrical illusionism
• What is theatrical illusionism?
• The theatrical choice of movement
• How to make the right choice?
• Theatrical techniques
• The magic of drama
• The Harrow of Death, a scenic example!
• Theater and weird magic:
• Two different playing fields
• Different spaces
• Character work
• Scales and essays. collection n°2: covers
• Equinox
• Gun's
• The Fortunate Islands
• Mentalism. collection n°3
• Ultimate card choice
• Pikture, a little analysis of the outs

The Fantastic

• The Fantastic, first approach
• And the story continues
• Magical fantasy, a state of balance
• Trypticont, the marvelous. collection n°4
• Cottingley
• Master story
• Tales in reverse
• The ball of wool
• The fantastic, second approach
• The Natural Fantastic
• The Second-Rate Fantastic
• General mechanisms
• The springs
• A fundamental work
• Basically, the Second Order Fantastic shifts the questioning
• The Third-Rate Fantastic
• Do Ghosts Exist?
• Inception

Magic squares

• Traditional magic squares
• The Magic Square of Saturn
• The forcing dies
• Construction
• Rectangular matrices
• Gypsy witch mystery
• Moving squares
• Locked-room mystery
• The two guns
• Moving circles
• Alice
• Labyrinth
• the opening of the labyrinth
• Alice and Celia
• the secret code
• the movement on the chessboard
• The Fairy Hunter's Grimoire
• The Ephemeris of the Fairy World
• Location and search for a fairy circle
• Guide's choice
• The Fairy Circle
• The labyrinth of tales
• The revelation

The Fantastic, the Frontier

• The Fantastic, a space to write
• The Magician: The Door
• The different keys
• Flat
• Learn to “slide”
• The collective imagination
• To mystify or convince
• Golden Dawn - in homage to that madman Aleister Crowley
• Prologue: The Prophecy of the Angels
• Act 1: Jack or the prophecy of the “Ciphers” 
• The ritual of the small pentagram
• Geomantic divination
• The vision by the "Tattwas"
• The practice of tarology
• Act 2: A Demon Awakened
• The tattwas
• The geomantic symbol
• The Angel's Choice
• The revelation
• The Time Turners
• Didier

The artist

• The virtuoso magician
• Developing your sensitivity
• Shoah
• Some memories as a conclusion