| Chapter 4 Intention Of Magic |
| The Intention of Magic follows the Intention of Reality. The Intention of Magic is the |
| act of creating the magic moment in the eyes and minds of the audience. |
| Let’s use the example of pretending to place a coin into the hand once again. If you |
| do this with Intention of Reality the audience will believe you have a coin in your |
| hand. To cause magic to happen you must somehow convince your audience the coin |
| has disappeared. If you have done your job correctly, all you need do is open your |
| hand and show that, in fact there is no coin there. Doing it this way, however, ignores |
| the primary reason you are performing magic. You are performing magic to show |
| magic. Many performers forget this and believe that executing the sleight is the |
| performance of magic. This is not so for the audience. Let’s clarify by illustrating |
| the correct action. Assume you have pretended to put a coin into your hand and have |
| used Intention of Reality so the audience “knows” a coin is in your hand. Now, |
| being a magician, you will the coin to disappear. Again you must teach your body how |
| to do this. You might tilt your head a bit and you might take in a deep breath of air. |
| You focus your attention on your hand and squeeze it a bit. It is during these motions |
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