Learning
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Book Notes: Teaching Magic: A Book for Students and Teachers of the Art
With the completion of the trilogy of posthumous books of Eugene Burger material by Lawrence Hass, the book which would be his final may be overlooked and, perhaps, forgotten. Teaching Magic: A Book for Students and Teachers of the Art (Theory and Art of Magic Press, 2017) is a small volume – only about 175… Continue reading
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Training Our Customers
While 2023’s formal Black Friday sales have come and gone, there are residual sales that remain. Many are extending through the weekend. Others began a week or two ago. It’s quite the consumer holiday. Fortunately for brick and mortar retailers, the mayhem of people fighting over products seems to have decreased. Black Friday has become… Continue reading
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Teaching and Learning Magic
I taught a twelve week magic class at a community college in the late 1980’s. It’s said that if you want to learn a skill, teach it to others and my experience agrees. Through some trial and error, I built a solid progression for the participants from no skill effects to effects requiring beginners sleights… Continue reading