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Thursday, October 11, 2007

Magic: Book - Not
Way back at the turn of the century, when magicians were even more secretive than today, there were underground books published to reveal the secrets to magic tricks people saw in public, even though this was not considered fair and gentlemanly, I am sure. (You DO know that magic tricks are illusions and not real, don't you?)

One of those books is on line here: Herrmann's Book of Magic: Black Art Fully Exposed: "
Alexander Herrmann" and is one long page of easy to scan reading. The modern editor regrets that they have to make apologies like "Kids don't try this at home." for things like hiding needles in one's mouth and such.

Also, a while ago I downloaded a pdf of some of David Blaine's tricks that you might be interested in checking out. Includes the levitating act..

Tossed in by: R.G.B.
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Magic: Book - Not