Hobbies Card tricks are best for a starter; you can carry your props in your pocket and do your act anywhere. Besides, the cost is negligible, and it is always a good idea to spend very little on any hobby until you are sure it is right for you.

For many years the methods of magicians were closely guarded secrets. No conjurer would reveal any of his own methods or devices, and if he was able to solve the secrets of another man's magic, he would guard these too, at least while the other man still lived.

Today, there are few magicians' secrets that are not open to the public. Countless books have been written with authentic details of procedures for almost every imaginable ruse that has been perpertrated on a gullible public. Joseph Dunninger, one of the greatest practitioners of all kinds of magic, never disclosed his methods of thought-transference, or mind reading, but there are books on the subject that will teach you how to put on a commendable performance.

Electricity, chemistry, magnetism, and optical illusion are among the tools of the magician. Almost every development of modern science has paved the way for some new piece of legerdemain. You can learn to do the seemingly impossible Chinese Ring Trick of linking and unlinking a half-dozen solid steel rings. You can saw a woman in half, or you can make her disappear and reappear before the unbelieving eyes of a rapt audience.




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December 4, 2008