Transformations: Creating Magic Out of Tricks
From the front flap:
"In Transformations: Creating Magic Out of Tricks, Lawrence Hass uncovers some of the higher secrets for creating strong, entertaining performances of magic.
Drawing on over fifteen years of experience as a performer and as an award-winning teacher of college courses on magic performance, Dr. Hass shows that being an excellent magician does not reside in knowing lots of 'tricks,' but rather in the thoughtful application of psychological and theatrical principles that transform our best tricks into experiences of magic."
Read what has been said about this book... click here
To purchase the book with a check or money order,
please email: Larry@lawrencehass.com
From Eugene Burger:
"This is a wonderful book written by a very talented performer and master teacher. It is full of secrets: great tricks and thoughtful scripts, and also the subtle strategies of presentation and psychology that will make you a better, more engaging magician. Prepare yourself: you and your magic are likely to be transformed."
From the Foreword by Marc DeSouza:
"Dr. Hass has a revolutionary approach to performing, teaching, and learning magic. He focuses. . .on making magic meaningful. . . . . I wish you could see him work. I have seen him perform many of these routines for several different audiences. They never fail to elicit tremendous response."
Jeff McBride:
"Larry Hass is changing the way magicians look at the art of magic…. He is an archetypal storyteller…with…delightful and thought-provoking illusions."
Jamy Ian Swiss (review in Genii):
"I recommend that when next you approach your magical drawing board, you take Dr. Hass's textbook with you, and your magic-and perhaps your life-will be better for it."
Jon Racherbaumer (review in M-U-M):
"Hass joins the ranks of magicdom's other notable theorists: Robert Neale, Eugene Burger, Tommy Wonder, David Parr, Juan Tamariz, Arturo de Ascanio, René Lavand, and Jeff McBride…. Dr. Hass's stimulating book deserves our attention."
Bill Wells (review in The Linking Ring):
"This little book is a rare contribution to the literature of magic…. Dr. Hass's incorporation of effect, method, philosophy, psychology, and theater into an overall presentational approach is what makes this book so important…. VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED."
| 
