John Stessel is a strikingly creative magician. On this DVD, he invites you to take an intriguing journey into his world. Abandon all preconceptions. Inside this mysterious realm, you won't encounter common effects produced by familiar methods.

Is magic an art? Magicians have been thinking about it in the wrong way for more than a century. If you feel that the question is merely academic, Brushstrokes explains the value for every magician, with examples from history and from current

Max Malini circled the globe eight times, enthralling kings and emperors, czars and presidents. After a private show at the White House, Theodore Roosevelt said, "A remarkable young man and a remarkable performance." His techniques,

The PERFECT Halloween Effect. Reveal ANYTHING in the creepiest (and coolest) way--Reveal Thoughts IN BLOOD! A card is selected, memorized, and lost in the pack. The magician reveals the wrong card, appearing to have failed miserably. The magician

The First Real-Time Nail Bend in the History of Magic! STEEL is the first real nail bend to date. It is Rasmus's underground method, used by him for many years, to bend real steel nails in real time. The nails can be marked or signed

Fragment is a clever and practical approach to the visual appearing deck effect, including additional applications such as smooth transpositions and deck vanishes utilizing the Fragment gimmick. This is a collaboration from the entire