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The Priory: the house of Robert-Houdin

In a secluded corner of Saint-Gervais-la-Forêt, near Blois, a grand residence appears to be hidden behind overgrown trees. Let's open the gate and begin to approach this house. As we...

The Priory: the house of Robert-Houdin

In a secluded corner of Saint-Gervais-la-Forêt, near Blois, a grand residence appears to be hidden behind overgrown trees. Let's open the gate and begin to approach this house. As we...

Reginald Scot's Apologia

Article written by Erim Asa The Discoverie of Witchcraft is one of the most important works in illusionist literature, and artists of the impossible often remind us of this. However,...

Reginald Scot's Apologia

Article written by Erim Asa The Discoverie of Witchcraft is one of the most important works in illusionist literature, and artists of the impossible often remind us of this. However,...

La magie des fêtes foraines

The magic of funfairs

Let's go back a few decades to a time when funfairs were synonymous with shows and attractions of all kinds. In those days, between the wild animal tamer and the...

The magic of funfairs

Let's go back a few decades to a time when funfairs were synonymous with shows and attractions of all kinds. In those days, between the wild animal tamer and the...

An Online Magical Bibliography

Some were already familiar with this site, but we had the pleasure of presenting a conference at the FFAP congress on a tool developed by Jack Cooper and Thibault Ternon,...

An Online Magical Bibliography

Some were already familiar with this site, but we had the pleasure of presenting a conference at the FFAP congress on a tool developed by Jack Cooper and Thibault Ternon,...

Jacques de Falaise : le polyphage

Jacques de Falaise: The Polyphagist

Jacques de Falaise, whom all of Paris had seen, swallowed eels, birds, live mice; a pipe, nuts, a watch; and even introduced an eighteen-inch saber blade into his stomach (1)...

Jacques de Falaise: The Polyphagist

Jacques de Falaise, whom all of Paris had seen, swallowed eels, birds, live mice; a pipe, nuts, a watch; and even introduced an eighteen-inch saber blade into his stomach (1)...

When Nevil Maskelyne made the Sun disappear

While the name Nevil Maskelyne (1863-1924) almost immediately conjures up the image of a talented British magician, his role as an inventor and scientist is too often forgotten. Studying electromagnetic...

When Nevil Maskelyne made the Sun disappear

While the name Nevil Maskelyne (1863-1924) almost immediately conjures up the image of a talented British magician, his role as an inventor and scientist is too often forgotten. Studying electromagnetic...