Module 2 – Part 1: ‘A remarkable man…’
Benji
‘A remarkable man…’
Watching magic at 2am is always a weird sensation, and this time was especially ‘trippy.’
Let me backtrack just a little…
I’d spent the previous few days working deep into the night on a promotion for Conjuror Community, but I’d had to get up early to catch a 6am Uber to Aaron Fisher’s place.
I’d been up for around 20 hours, and I’d only caught a few hours the night before. So I was hardly surprised when at around 2am, as I was sinking deep into the couch, my eyes started to close.
I could barely hear what Aaron was saying—all I knew was that he really wanted me to watch this Polish guy on the TV do some kind of card trick.
But the video was in black and white, and my body decided it wasn’t going to let me have a choice in the matter.
So the first time around, I sat through most of it in a sleepy daze, feeling like I was dreaming.
Once the video stopped, Aaron started talking about it, and I was forced to admit I really hadn’t seen anything.
Surprisingly, Aaron simply put the video back on and insisted I watch it again.
I forced myself awake—this was clearly something important.
What I watched next was possibly the greatest magic performance I’d ever seen on video.
The Polish guy was actually a magician named Chan Canasta, the aptly named ‘remarkable man’, and the video was a 3-part BBC series where he performed several effects with cards.
But that description doesn’t do it justice.
Chan performed things that, to me, were simply impossible.
As you might have guessed by now, he was using the Skyscraper Method.
But more than that—he was using a specific section of the Skyscraper Method within what I like to call the ‘Square Circle.’
Indeed, this aspect has often been called ‘the most powerful effect you can do with a pack of cards.’
In this module, we’re going to explore the ‘Square Circle’ in-depth, including:
- The 4 core effects you can perform with the Skyscraper Method
- The 7 underlying principles that drive these effects
- The No.1 thing to remember while performing using the method (if you really want to unlock the ‘top tier’ of effect)
Let’s get started…