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Hey guys I'm writing an academic paper for a university assignment and in it I talk about the 7 principles of magic (palm, steal, ditch ect), and I need to reference who came up with it, but I can't find who first mentioned that theory. The only thing google says is that Penn and Teller talk...

I've always wanted to create a YouTube channel revolving around magic, however not magic tricks tutorials. I was thinking "magician profiles" I'd do a video essay segment about certain magicians (houdini, shin lim, Dai Vernon, Paul Daniels, Tom Mullica) with things like what was their...

Chris Pratt (the actor, not the late Magic Circle member) performed a magic trick on the Graham Norton show. I know exactly how it was done, and have actually performed it with some of my own variations, but is there an inventor to this trick? I realise that it is not really a sleight but rather...

Just was looking for more books to read. I'm looking for either books about magic history or old magic books that are more interesting because of the time they were written rather than the methods described inside. Books I already have: -Magic 1400s-1950s -Magic Stage Illusions, Special...

Hello everyone!!! I'm new to the forum so I'm really sorry if I'm posting this in the wrong place. I'm coming to magic as a novice so go easy on me!!! I'm doing some research for a book and I've found some mentions of a magician called Robert Lenz but there doesn't seem to be a lot written about...