Theory & Essays
| Creators | Title | Comments & References | Year | Source | Page | AA | Categories | |
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| Christian Scherer | Puzzles oder magische Momente | 2014 | ||||||
| Christian Scherer | Sinnhaftigkeit und Interesse | 2014 | ||||||
| Christian Scherer | Absicht, Überzeugung, Intensität | 2014 | ||||||
| Christian Scherer | Der Zweck und die Rolle des Vorführenden | 2014 | ||||||
| Christian Scherer | Das Thema | 2014 | ||||||
| Christian Scherer | Die Begründung | 2014 | ||||||
| Christian Scherer | Logik und Konsistenz der Handlung | 2014 | ||||||
| Christian Scherer | Einfachheit und Klarheit | 2014 | ||||||
| Christian Scherer | Vortrag und Drehbuch | 2014 | ||||||
| Christian Scherer | Die Wortwahl | 2014 | ||||||
| Christian Scherer | Der Einstieg | 2014 | ||||||
| Christian Scherer | Prolog und Epilog | 2014 | ||||||
| Christian Scherer | Timing von Vortrag und Handlung | 2014 | ||||||
| Christian Scherer | Zusammenspiel von Handlung und Vortrag | 2014 | ||||||
| Christian Scherer | Als ob | 2014 | ||||||
| Christian Scherer | Kopfkino | 2014 | ||||||
| Christian Scherer | Mimik und Gestik | 2014 | ||||||
| Christian Scherer | Foto-Momente | 2014 | ||||||
| Christian Scherer | Der innere Monolog | 2014 | ||||||
| Christian Scherer | Misdirection - Lenkung der Aufmerksamkeit | 2014 | ||||||
| Christian Scherer | Applaus | 2014 | ||||||
| Christian Scherer | Sinnhaftigkeit - Keine Regel ohne Ausname | 2014 | ||||||
| Christian Scherer | Die unbestechliche Kritikerin | 2014 | ||||||
| Michael Lam | 一切，从魔术开始。 | 2014 | ||||||
| Michael Lam | "实战"魔术有感 | 2014 | ||||||
| Michael Lam | 表演现场 | 2014 | ||||||
| Michael Lam | 交流 | 2014 | ||||||
| Michael Lam | 如何变"好"魔术? | 2014 | ||||||
| Tony Cabral | Strength v. Convenience | 2014 | ||||||
| Michael Murray | The Inversion Technique | 2014 | ||||||
| Michael Murray | Spectator as Mind Reader | 2014 | ||||||
| Simon Aronson | Tool Sets | 2014 | ||||||
| Simon Aronson | P.U.R.E. Surprise | 2014 | ||||||
| Simon Aronson | Disillusionment | 2014 | ||||||
| Simon Aronson | Pondering Predictions | 2014 | ||||||
| Roberto Giobbi | On The Theory of Magic | Mar. 2014 |
Genii
(Vol. 77 No. 3)
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| Roberto Giobbi | On the Theory of Magic (2): Actus Interruptus | May 2014 |
Genii
(Vol. 77 No. 5)
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| Roberto Giobbi | On the Theory of Magic (3): The Benefits of Practicing Magic | July 2014 |
Genii
(Vol. 77 No. 7)
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| Roberto Giobbi | On the Theory of Magic (4): The Magic Effect Field | Sep. 2014 |
Genii
(Vol. 77 No. 9)
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| Roberto Mansilla | Cartomagia de Salón | 2014 |
El Manuscrito
(Vol. 7 No. 27)
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| Gabi Pareras | Educando la mirada del espectador | 2014 |
El Manuscrito
(Vol. 7 No. 27)
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| Max Maven | La Tercera Categoria | 2014 |
El Manuscrito
(Vol. 7 No. 27)
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| Alberto de Figueiredo | Cuando la Curiosidad del Espectador se convierte en Decepción | 2014 |
El Manuscrito
(Vol. 7 No. 28)
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| Miguel Ángel Gea | Decidiendo en Forma de Magia | 2014 |
El Manuscrito
(Vol. 7 No. 28)
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| Helder Guimarães | Un Guión Llamado Silencio | 2014 |
El Manuscrito
(Vol. 7 No. 29)
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| Helder Guimarães | El Valor Interactivo de la Magia | 2014 |
El Manuscrito
(Vol. 7 No. 29)
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| Helder Guimarães | Participación directa del público en el desenlace del espectáculo | 2014 |
El Manuscrito
(Vol. 7 No. 29)
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| Helder Guimarães | Creación de fenómenos extraordinarios a una distancia palpable | 2014 |
El Manuscrito
(Vol. 7 No. 29)
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| Helder Guimarães | El reconocimiento del trabajo no visible | 2014 |
El Manuscrito
(Vol. 7 No. 29)
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| Woody Aragón | Hecklers - segunda parte | 2014 |
El Manuscrito
(Vol. 7 No. 29)
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| Manuel Montes | El Público Ante la Magia | 2014 |
El Manuscrito
(Vol. 7 No. 30)
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| Patrick G. Redford | Putting It All Together | 2014 | ||||||
| Ricky Smith | It's the Eye | 2015 | ||||||
| Jared Kopf | Broken Bough | Winter 2015 |
Quarterly
(Issue 1)
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| Helder Guimarães | Winding the Time Machine | Winter 2015 |
Quarterly
(Issue 1)
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| Denis Behr, Pit Hartling | Beer, Card Tricks and Orange Juice: Denis and Pit Think Out Loud | Winter 2015 |
Quarterly
(Issue 1)
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| Steve Thompson | Taking a Design Approach to Magic | Winter 2015 |
Quarterly
(Issue 1)
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| Roberto Mansilla | Fictional Magic | Spring 2015 |
Quarterly
(Issue 2)
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| Denis Behr, Pit Hartling | Card Tricks, Beer and Orange Juice: Denis and Pit Think Out Loud | Spring 2015 |
Quarterly
(Issue 2)
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| Helder Guimarães | Contextual Invisibility | Spring 2015 |
Quarterly
(Issue 2)
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| Shimpei Katsuragawa | Magic and Music: A Mystical Marriage | Summer 2015 |
Quarterly
(Issue 3)
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| Will Houstoun | Magic Wands: Need They Have A Point? | Summer 2015 |
Quarterly
(Issue 3)
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| Denis Behr, Pit Hartling | Card Tricks, Beer and Orange Juice: Denis and Pit Think Out Loud | Summer 2015 |
Quarterly
(Issue 3)
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| Harapan Ong | Thinking Like a Physicist | Summer 2015 |
Quarterly
(Issue 3)
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| Helder Guimarães | Walking Down The Magic Way: Part 1 | Summer 2015 |
Quarterly
(Issue 3)
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| Helder Guimarães | Partially, on Construction | 2015 | ||||||
| Helder Guimarães | Point Man Approach | 2015 | ||||||
| Helder Guimarães | Exercise - Subtext Addition | 2015 | ||||||
| Helder Guimarães | Exercise - Making It Stronger | 2015 | ||||||
| Helder Guimarães | What is Good Magic? | 2015 | ||||||
| Helder Guimarães | Truth or Dare Questions (For Magicians) | 2015 | ||||||
| Jorge "The Jack" Garcia | Generating Sense | 2015 | ||||||
| Jorge "The Jack" Garcia | Control | 2015 | ||||||
| Jorge "The Jack" Garcia | Conclusion | 2015 | ||||||
| Jorge "The Jack" Garcia | The Needle in the Balloon | 2015 | ||||||
| Jorge "The Jack" Garcia, Juan Esteban Varela | The Interactive Experience | 2015 | ||||||
| Alex Ng | Misdirection - 乃“虚实之道”也 | 2015 | ||||||
| Allec Blanco | Mirror, Mirror on the Wall | 2015 | ||||||
| Curtis Kam | Experience Trumps Theory | 2015 | ||||||
| Curtis Kam | Kayfabe | 2015 | ||||||
| Curtis Kam | What is a magician, anyway? | 2015 | ||||||
| Curtis Kam | Naturalness is only one way to be invisible. Invisibility is just one way to deceive. | 2015 | ||||||
| Curtis Kam | Being likable is not the most important thing. | 2015 | ||||||
| Curtis Kam | A Magic Show is a Conversation | 2015 | ||||||
| Roberto Giobbi | On the Theory of Magic (5): How Original Is Originality? | Jan. 2015 |
Genii
(Vol. 78 No. 1)
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| Roberto Giobbi | On the Theory of Magic (6): The Theory of Gestalt in Magic | Mar. 2015 |
Genii
(Vol. 78 No. 3)
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| Alexander de Cova | Bigger is Better | 2015 | ||||||
| Dave Buck, Elliott Terral | In Pursuit of Aesthetic Beauty | Summer 2016 |
Quarterly
(Issue 4)
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| Roberto Mansilla | In Praise of Artifice | Summer 2016 |
Quarterly
(Issue 4)
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| Denis Behr, Pit Hartling | Card Tricks, Beer and Orange Juice: Denis and Pit Think Out Loud | Summer 2016 |
Quarterly
(Issue 4)
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| Helder Guimarães | Walking Down the Magic Way: Part 2 | Summer 2016 |
Quarterly
(Issue 4)
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| Pit Hartling | The False Frame of Reference | 2016 | ||||||
| Pit Hartling | Truth and Artistic Truth | 2016 | ||||||
| Pit Hartling | Magical Thinking - Magical Gestures and Causality | 2016 | ||||||
| Pit Hartling | Mental Snapshots | 2016 | ||||||
| Pit Hartling | On free choices | 2016 | ||||||
| Pit Hartling | Prologues and Callbacks | 2016 | ||||||
| Hector Chadwick | Achoo | 2016 | ||||||
| Hector Chadwick | Audience Two | 2016 | ||||||
| John Lovick | On Openers | 2016 | ||||||
| John Lovick | Persona and Other Pieces of the Performance Puzzle | 2016 | ||||||
| John Lovick | Scripting and Similar Essentials | 2016 | ||||||
| Benjamin Earl | Background Theory | 2016 | ||||||
| Benjamin Earl | Real Magic - A Paradigm for Conjuring | 2016 | ||||||
| Benjamin Earl | The Empty Space - Nothingness and Somethingness | 2016 | ||||||
| Jon Racherbaumer | Niggling Narrativity | 2016 |
Facsimile
(Issue 5)
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| Roberto Giobbi | Words of Guidance | 2016 | ||||||
| René Lavand, Roberto Giobbi | Dramatic Construction | 2016 |
Hidden Agenda
(Issue Jan 10)
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| Roberto Giobbi | The Signed Cards | 2016 |
Hidden Agenda
(Issue Feb 1)
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| John Michael Wilson | The Path of Broken Hearts | 2016 | ||||||
| John Michael Wilson | On Confrontation | 2016 | ||||||
| John Michael Wilson | The Superman Problem | 2016 | ||||||
| John Michael Wilson | The Real Secret | 2016 | ||||||
| John Michael Wilson | Emotional Content | 2016 | ||||||
| John Michael Wilson | The Method of Faith | 2016 | ||||||
| Christoph Borer | Erkenntnisse | 2016 | ||||||
| Christoph Borer | Bühnenpersönlichkeit - Präsentation - Bühnenpräsenz | 2016 | ||||||
| Christoph Borer | Starke Behauptungen | 2016 | ||||||
| Christoph Borer | Die Zehner-Balance | 2016 | ||||||
| Christoph Borer | Rund um den Auftritt | 2016 | ||||||
| Andy (The Jerx) | On Presentation | 2016 | ||||||
| Fung Ip | 随笔 | 2016 | ||||||
| Micky Wong | Octopus Card VS Playing Card - An Essay on Creativity | 2016 | ||||||
| Armando Cheung | ABC Theory & The Most Impossible Stop Trick | 2016 | ||||||
| Kelvin Cheung | Some Thoughts on Creating Dramatic Stage Magic | 2016 | ||||||
| Gene Anderson | The Part-Time Pro | 2016 | ||||||
| Mike Pisciotta | On Practice, Performing, and The Magic Kata | 2016 | ||||||
| Joaquín Matas | Parte 2: Magia Itinerante | 2016 | ||||||
| Joaquín Matas | La Magia Tematizada o Promocional | 2016 | ||||||
| Joaquín Matas | La Estructura de una Sesión de Magia | 2016 | ||||||
| Dani DaOrtiz | Expectations | Jan. 2016 |
Genii
(Vol. 79 No. 1)
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| Juan Diego | Percepción y Magia - Parte 1 | 2016 |
El Manuscrito
(Vol. 8 No. 31)
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| Amílkar Riega Bello | Estudio Sobre la Técnica | 2016 |
El Manuscrito
(Vol. 8 No. 31)
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| Rafael Benatar | Sorpresa y Expectación | 2016 |
El Manuscrito
(Vol. 8 No. 31)
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| Juan Luis Rubiales | Sobre las Emociones | 2016 |
El Manuscrito
(Vol. 8 No. 32)
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| Asi Wind | El Suspenso del Oxigeno | 2016 |
El Manuscrito
(Vol. 8 No. 32)
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| Miguel Ángel Gea | Magia Automática y Manipulativa | 2016 |
El Manuscrito
(Vol. 8 No. 32)
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| Alexander de Cova | Das Misdirection Kit | 2016 | ||||||
| Alexander de Cova | Teil I: Grundlagen der Misdirection | 2016 | ||||||
| Alexander de Cova | 1. Aktive Techniken zum Tarnen und Verschleiern | 2016 | ||||||
| Alexander de Cova | 2. Aktive Techniken zur Ablenkung | 2016 | ||||||
| Alexander de Cova | 3. Passive Techniken zum Tarnen und Verschleiern | 2016 | ||||||
| Alexander de Cova | 4. Passive Techniken zur Ablenkung | 2016 | ||||||
| Alexander de Cova | Teil III: Die Arbeit mit dem Misdirection Kit | 2016 | ||||||
| Alexander de Cova | Bessere Kunststücke | 2016 | ||||||
| Alexander de Cova | Der Plot | 2016 | ||||||
| Alexander de Cova | Die Erzählperspektive | 2016 | ||||||
| Alexander de Cova | Die D-E-C-O-V-A Formel | 2016 | ||||||
| Alexander de Cova | Verschiedene Formen der Zauberkunst | 2016 | ||||||
| Alexander de Cova | Zauberkunst ist eine Technologie! | 2016 | ||||||
| Alexander de Cova | Die fünf Schritte der Täuschung | 2016 | ||||||
| Alexander de Cova | Falsche Annahmen - die Grundlage der Täuschung | 2016 | ||||||
| Alexander de Cova | Der Aufbau eines Programms | 2016 | ||||||
| Alexander de Cova, Gene Anderson | Der "10-Punkte-Plan" nach Gene Anderson | 2016 | ||||||
| Alexander de Cova | Über den Lernprozess und Automatisierung | 2016 | ||||||
| Alexander de Cova | Die 5 Schritte, wie ein neuer Griff einstudiert wird | 2016 | ||||||
| Alexander de Cova | Die 5 Schritte zur Meisterschaft | 2016 | ||||||
| Alexander de Cova | Wie man eine Routine zusammenstellt | 2016 | ||||||
| Alexander de Cova | Über Lampenfieber | 2016 | ||||||
| Alexander de Cova | Kongresse, Wettbewerbe | 2016 | ||||||
| Alexander de Cova | Seminare | 2016 | ||||||
| Max Maven | Jejune is Busting Out All Over | Winter 2017 |
Quarterly
(Issue 5)
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| Denis Behr, Pit Hartling | Card Tricks, Beer and Orange Juice: Denis and Pit Think Out Loud | Winter 2017 |
Quarterly
(Issue 5)
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| Benjamin Earl | Chapter One Summary | 2017 | ||||||
| Benjamin Earl | Chapter Two Summary | 2017 | ||||||
| Benjamin Earl | Chapter Three Summary | 2017 | ||||||
| Benjamin Earl | Chapter Five Summary | 2017 | ||||||
| Benjamin Earl | Real Magic | 2017 | ||||||
| Benjamin Earl |
The Neo-Movement System: 1) Natural Movement Philosophy |
2017 | ||||||
| Benjamin Earl | 2) Physical Development | 2017 | ||||||
| Benjamin Earl | 3) Psychological Development | 2017 | ||||||
| John Guastaferro | Your Brand Voice | 2017 | ||||||
| John Guastaferro | Sharing Your S.E.C.R.E.T. | 2017 | ||||||
| Adrian Vega | Foco Atencional y Alcance Atencional | 2017 | ||||||
| Adrian Vega | Magia de Cerca en grandes teatros | 2017 | ||||||
| Allan Hagen | Essay: Storytelling | 2017 | ||||||
| Allan Hagen | Formal Vs. Informal | 2017 | ||||||
| Allan Hagen | Flexible Methods | 2017 | ||||||
| Allan Hagen | Make It Count | 2017 | ||||||
| Michael Feldman | Introduction | 2017 | ||||||
| Yohei Kawabata | To show more wonder | 2017 | ||||||
| Yohei Kawabata | Magical gesture | 2017 | ||||||
| Yohei Kawabata | Invisible material | 2017 | ||||||
| Alexander Hansford | Objectively Cool | 2017 | ||||||
| Alvin Herp | You don't have to be Creative to become a good Cardist | 2017 | ||||||
| Harapan Ong | Creating Magic | 2017 | ||||||
| 张国洲 Jojo | 魔术表演技巧 | 2017 | ||||||
| Jamy Ian Swiss | Hacked to Death | 2017 | ||||||
| Jamy Ian Swiss | What Works | 2017 | ||||||
| Jamy Ian Swiss | How Do We Insult Thee? Let Me Count the Ways | 2017 | ||||||
| Jamy Ian Swiss | Critical Thinking | 2017 | ||||||
| Jamy Ian Swiss | Escape Artistry | 2017 | ||||||
| Jamy Ian Swiss | Gaffs versus Skill | 2017 | ||||||
| Jamy Ian Swiss | Preserving Mystery | 2017 | ||||||
| Roberto Mansilla | Sobre la Cartomagia de Salón | 2017 | ||||||
| Tommy Wonder | Building an Act | 2017 | ||||||
| Eugene Burger | Thinking and Doing in Magic | 2017 | ||||||
| Eugene Burger | Turning Our Excitement into a Demon | 2017 | ||||||
| Eugene Burger | Method and Effect | 2017 | ||||||
| Lawrence Hass | What Is Education? | 2017 | ||||||
| Lawrence Hass | Addendum: On Teaching Magic | 2017 | ||||||
| Eugene Burger | Words | 2017 | ||||||
| Eugene Burger | The Challenge of Time | 2017 | ||||||
| Eugene Burger | The Gift of Failure | 2017 | ||||||
| Lawrence Hass | Thoughts on Performing Magic for Pay | 2017 | ||||||
| Eugene Burger | Danger Sign: Slow Down! | 2017 | ||||||
| Eugene Burger | Losing My Innocence in the Woods Building | 2017 | ||||||
| Eugene Burger | One Thing Needed | 2017 | ||||||
| John Hostler | On Dual Reality | 2018 | ||||||
| Christoph Borer | Das Staunen aushalten | 2018 | ||||||
| Christoph Borer | Play to lose | 2018 | ||||||
| Christoph Borer | Spiel anbieten - Spiel annehmen | 2018 | ||||||
| Christoph Borer | Rituale | 2018 | ||||||
| Benjamin Earl | Attitude & Context | 2018 | ||||||
| Eric Stevens | Essay: The Theory of Everything | 2018 | ||||||
| Harapan Ong | Thinking Like a Physicist | 2018 | ||||||
| Harapan Ong | On the Fundamental Structure of Routines | 2018 | ||||||
| Harapan Ong | On Apophenia and Coincidence Effects | 2018 | ||||||
| Harapan Ong | On Magic, Evolution and Bottom-Up Design | 2018 | ||||||
| Harapan Ong | What Magicians Can Learn From Scientists | 2018 | ||||||
| Ignacio López | Sobre Magia | 2018 | ||||||
| Ignacio López | Elección de un Juego | 2018 | ||||||
| Ignacio López | Coherencia y Conciencia | 2018 | ||||||
| Ignacio López | Emoción Ilogica | 2018 | ||||||
| Ignacio López | El Pensador | 2018 | ||||||
| Ignacio López | El Efecto - Historia de un Asesino | 2018 | ||||||
| Alexander Hansford | Notes | 2018 | ||||||
| Bill Cheung | Black Art in Close Up | 2018 | ||||||
| Ignacio López | Emociones Tornasoladas (Y El Misterio de lo Impsible) | 2018 | ||||||
| Ignacio López | Simbolismo Oculto | 2018 | ||||||
| Kieron Johnson | The Gandalf Theory | 2018 | ||||||
| Robert E. Neale | The Spirit | 2018 | ||||||
| Robert E. Neale | How Come Me? | 2018 | ||||||
| Robert E. Neale | Trickster as Wanderer | 2018 | ||||||
| Robert E. Neale | Trickster as Mess-Maker | 2018 | ||||||
| Robert E. Neale | Trickster as Spiritual | 2018 | ||||||
| Robert E. Neale | So What Magicians? | 2018 | ||||||
| Robert E. Neale | So What? | 2018 | ||||||
| Alexander de Cova | 1. Aktive Techniken zum Tarnen und Verschleiern | 2018 | ||||||
| Alexander de Cova | 2. Aktive Techniken zur Ablenkung | 2018 | ||||||
| Alexander de Cova, Tony Slydini | Crossing The Gaze | 2018 | ||||||
| Alexander de Cova | 3. Passive Techniken zum Tarnen und Verschleiern | 2018 | ||||||
| Alexander de Cova | 4. Passive Techniken zur Ablenkung | 2018 | ||||||
| Alexander de Cova | Rollenfindung | 2018 | ||||||
| Alexander de Cova | Scripting | 2018 | ||||||
| Jan Logemann | Warum Zauberkunst? | 2019 | ||||||
| Helge Thun | Humor als Täuschung | 2019 | ||||||
| Kez Dearmer | The Divining Brush | 2019 |
The Neat Review
(Issue 1 - London 2019)
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| Kez Dearmer | Some notes on card handling and painting | 2019 |
The Neat Review
(Issue 1 - London 2019)
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| Rory Adams | Bet Big - On deciding to decide | 2019 |
The Neat Review
(Issue 1 - London 2019)
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