Magic: Eleven Chapters on Various Magic Tricks and Illusions Including Complete Explanations
The art of pretended magic dates back to the remotest antiquity. It has been known under various names, such as White Magic, Conjuring, Natural Magic, and Prestidigitation. Jannes and Jambres, the magicians of Pharaoh, contended against Moses and Aaron. In the British Museum there is an Egyptian papyrus, which contains an account of a magical seance given by a thaumaturgist named Tchatcha-em-ankh before King Khufu, B.C., 3766. In this manuscript it is stated of the magician: "He knoweth how to bind on a head which hath been cut off, and he knoweth how to make a lion follow him as if led by a rope." The decapitation trick is thus no new thing, while the experiment with the lion, unquestionably a hypnotic feat, shows hypnotism to be old. The magic tricks covered in this book include: (1) INTRODUCTION, (2) PRINCIPLES OF SLEIGHT OF HAND APPLICABLE TO SMALL OBJECTS, (3) TRICKS WITH COINS, (4) TRICKS WITH HANDKERCHIEFS, (5) TRICKS WITH BALLS, (6) HAT TRICKS, (7) ANTI-SPIRITUALISTIC TRICKS, (8) AFTER DINNER TRICKS, (9) MISCELLANEOUS TRICKS, (10) STAGE TRICKS, AND (11) SHADOWGRAPHY. It is a pleasure to publish this new, high quality, and affordable edition of this exciting book.
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Magic: Eleven Chapters on Various Magic Tricks and Illusions Including Complete Explanations
The art of pretended magic dates back to the remotest antiquity. It has been known under various names, such as White Magic, Conjuring, Natural Magic, and Prestidigitation. Jannes and Jambres, the magicians of Pharaoh, contended against Moses and Aaron. In the British Museum there is an Egyptian papyrus, which contains an account of a magical seance given by a thaumaturgist named Tchatcha-em-ankh before King Khufu, B.C., 3766. In this manuscript it is stated of the magician: "He knoweth how to bind on a head which hath been cut off, and he knoweth how to make a lion follow him as if led by a rope." The decapitation trick is thus no new thing, while the experiment with the lion, unquestionably a hypnotic feat, shows hypnotism to be old. The magic tricks covered in this book include: (1) INTRODUCTION, (2) PRINCIPLES OF SLEIGHT OF HAND APPLICABLE TO SMALL OBJECTS, (3) TRICKS WITH COINS, (4) TRICKS WITH HANDKERCHIEFS, (5) TRICKS WITH BALLS, (6) HAT TRICKS, (7) ANTI-SPIRITUALISTIC TRICKS, (8) AFTER DINNER TRICKS, (9) MISCELLANEOUS TRICKS, (10) STAGE TRICKS, AND (11) SHADOWGRAPHY. It is a pleasure to publish this new, high quality, and affordable edition of this exciting book.
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| BN ID: | 2940013198128 |
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| Publisher: | Petra Books |
| Publication date: | 08/03/2011 |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| Pages: | 190 |
| File size: | 1 MB |
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