I wish I would have bought this years ago! I think Hay titled it so that people would steer clear from being an "amateur". This book is actually very advanced and much more can be learned from this than many other books for "professional Magicians". Hay brings some complicated moves to the table with this book, but if you master the hard first every thing else is easy. what I enjoy most is the section on presentation. Forget all the tricks that part alone could be a book!