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D.I.Y. magic : a strange & whimsical guide to creativity / Anthony Alvarado.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Perigee, 2015Copyright date: ©2012Edition: Perigee trade paperback editionDescription: xxiii, 263 pages : illustrations ; 19 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0399171797
  • 9780399171796
Other title:
  • DIY magic
  • Do it yourself magic
Subject(s):
Contents:
Introduction: What I talk about when I talk about magic -- Dropping the spoon -- Intuition -- Time travel, or neo-Ludditism -- The life line walk -- Automatic writing -- Establish a creativity ritual -- Ornithomancy -- The cloak of invisibility -- The Ganzfeld Technique, or the poor man's sensory deprivation tank -- Yoga -- Bibliomancy -- Manifestation -- Build your own tarot deck -- The coin trick -- Schizophrenia as oracle -- Lucid dreaming -- Surfing waves of synchronicity & the interpretation of random events -- How to get lost -- Meditation -- Dreamtime & astral projectiton -- Power stance -- Surreal juxtapositiion -- The flâneur -- Active imagination -- Memento mori -- Counting coup -- Aleatory writing -- Memory exercise -- Floating in inner space -- Potions, libations & herbs -- Fasting -- Beards & other transformations -- Trance & reverie -- Neuro-linguistic literature & programming -- A vision quest -- Memory palaces & mental golems, or the new art of daemonology -- Conclusion: An irrational manifesto.
Summary: In DIY Magic, Anthony Alvarado provides readers with a collection of techniques for accessing deeper levels of creative thought--for hacking into their subconscious. From Salvador Dali's spoon technique and ornithomancy (divination by crows), to bibliomancy and using (legal) stimulants, the exercises in this book will help anyone chasing the muse--from artists and musicians, to writers and more--as they tug at the strings of everyday reality and tap into the magic of their own minds.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Book Adult Book Dr. James Carlson Library NonFiction 153.35 A472 Available 33111008189561
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 153.35 A472 Available 33111007924901
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

In DIY Magic, Anthony Alvarado provides readers with a collection of techniques for accessing deeper levels of creative thought by hacking into their subconscious. From Salvador Dali's spoon technique and ornithomancy (divination by crows), to bibliomancy and using (legal) stimulants, the exercises in this book will help anyone chasing the muse - from artists and musicians, to writers and more - as they tug at the strings of everyday reality and tap into the magic of their own minds.

"A Perigee book."

Includes bibliographical references (pages [250]-251) and index.

Introduction: What I talk about when I talk about magic -- Dropping the spoon -- Intuition -- Time travel, or neo-Ludditism -- The life line walk -- Automatic writing -- Establish a creativity ritual -- Ornithomancy -- The cloak of invisibility -- The Ganzfeld Technique, or the poor man's sensory deprivation tank -- Yoga -- Bibliomancy -- Manifestation -- Build your own tarot deck -- The coin trick -- Schizophrenia as oracle -- Lucid dreaming -- Surfing waves of synchronicity & the interpretation of random events -- How to get lost -- Meditation -- Dreamtime & astral projectiton -- Power stance -- Surreal juxtapositiion -- The flâneur -- Active imagination -- Memento mori -- Counting coup -- Aleatory writing -- Memory exercise -- Floating in inner space -- Potions, libations & herbs -- Fasting -- Beards & other transformations -- Trance & reverie -- Neuro-linguistic literature & programming -- A vision quest -- Memory palaces & mental golems, or the new art of daemonology -- Conclusion: An irrational manifesto.

In DIY Magic, Anthony Alvarado provides readers with a collection of techniques for accessing deeper levels of creative thought--for hacking into their subconscious. From Salvador Dali's spoon technique and ornithomancy (divination by crows), to bibliomancy and using (legal) stimulants, the exercises in this book will help anyone chasing the muse--from artists and musicians, to writers and more--as they tug at the strings of everyday reality and tap into the magic of their own minds.

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