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I was looking for the inspiration similar in kind but not magnitude as that received by my favorite Saint, Augustine of Hippo. He heard the calling of a young child?s voice in the yard next to him as he tried to decide whether to follow that which he know to be God?s way. The child sang, Tolle Lege ? ?take up, read? ? where upon Augustine took up Paul?s writings and learned in essence ?make no prepartion for sin.?

My revelation was, as I said, different in quality, magnitude and importance in my life. (For a neat article on Augustine’s episode check out: http://www.lvpca.org/TolleLege.htm). But it was still influenced by the book I held in my hands.

I opened to one of Mr. Jonte?s excellent essays, ?Just Do It.? In this pithy portion of an incredible book, Mr. Jonte advises that ?the only money that was ever worth earning was the money we used for what we wanted when we wanted it.? If all you have are memories when you leave this mortal sphere, the only reason to invest in anything is to provide memories.

With the assumption that this passage was adressed to me, I followed the advice and left for Chi-town. Mr. Jonte was right. Even if I had terrible memories, I would have had memories none the less.

Mr. Jonte wrote this book with his son, Bobby Jonte and it is one to keep by your bed table. The essays are short and very well-written. I know from meeting him at the South Carolina Association of Magicians? Convention last week that he is a magician and truly loves this art that we embrace. But from the essays, I also learned that he and his son, Bobby, are committed to many of the same convictions I hold absolute.

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I was looking for the inspiration similar in kind but not magnitude as that received by my favorite Saint, Augustine of Hippo. He heard the calling of a young child?s voice in the yard next to him as he tried to decide whether to follow that which he know to be God?s way. The child sang, Tolle Lege ? ?take up, read? ? where upon Augustine took up Paul?s writings and learned in essence ?make no prepartion for sin.?

With the assumption that this passage was adressed to me, I followed the advice and left for Chi-town. Mr. Jonte was right. Even if I had terrible memories, I would have had memories none the less.

There are many ?inspriational? books out there but almost none that are written by a magician. I don?t know why that is case ? you would assume magicians would occassionally become inspired or, at least, willing to write something about their inspiration ? but I am glad that Mr. Jonte took it upon himself to provide this instructional book.

Mr. Jonte and Master Jonte?s tome is filled with ideas and thoughts that provoke ideas and thoughts from you. Each parable is to the point and well-founded. Why? I suspect Mr. Jonte loves magic and the performance of magic.