La biblioteca digital de ilusionismo
Our dear friend the brilliant magician Luis Piedrahita recently told us about La biblioteca digital de ilusionismo (Digital Library of Illusion) – a fascinating digital resource for magicians and scholars. At the moment, this library offers access to 62 fully scanned volumes divided into categories: Card Magic, Mentalism, Prestidigitation, White Magic, Magic History, and Scientific [...]
Hocus Pocus Project’s Book Author: Allan Zola Kronzek!
Good news! Conjuring Arts’ outreach program, The Hocus Pocus Project, was recently mentioned during an interview with Allan Zola Kronzek. Allan’s doing some book signings in the near future for the release of his updated edition of the Sorcerer’s Companion. When asked about any forthcoming writing, he mentioned his next book is going to be for [...]
EMC 2011 and Ask Alexander Research Contest
Hello Team! As a special treat for EMC 2011 attendees, we are offering a contest! Everyone that registered for the convention before July 4th has received special EMC 2011 level access to Ask Alexander. The challenge will be to use Ask Alexander to answer the question posted below as quickly as possible. The first person [...]
The Expert at the Card Table T-Shirts!
Greetings! We are very pleased to announce that we have been generously given the opportunity to sell the excellent Expert at the Card Table t-shirts that Alex Pandrea and his delightful company, The Blue Crown, have made available! They are made to resemble the cover of the first edition or an illustration of the Diagonal Palm Shift [...]
De viribus quantitatis by Luca Pacioli
We are very pleased to offer a few copies of a very elegant publication of De viribus quantitatis for sale on our website. This important treatise represents what could be the first book largely devoted to magic and one of the very first places to describe card tricks, as well as numerous other principles. This [...]
Gibecière Vol. 6, No. 1
Gibecière Vol. 6, No. 1 The 11th issue of Gibecière is finished, and we are very excited. This particular issue contains a real treat as we have finally persuaded the delightful Jim Steinmeyer to contribute an article, an addition to our list of contributors that we have been hoping for since the journal began. Additionally [...]
Magic History’s Greatest Deal Ever!
All 10 Back Issues of Gibecière: $299! Stuff your stockings with magic history: Get or give all 10 back issues of Gibecière for $299 ($329 Non-Members)! For a limited time, Conjuring Arts is offering a complete collection of back issues of our flagship journal, Gibecière, for the low package Member price of $299, US postage paid. That means nearly 1,900 [...]
Libraries of the Future!
A recent LA Times cover article on libraries featured a mention of Conjuring Arts! The article is the third in a series looking at how technology is changing libraries and mentions us with regard to our efforts to digitize our library. Read the article here
Erdnase in Space!
On September 6, 2007, Derek Delgaudio filmed this video which documents what we believe is the first example of Erdnase’s The Expert at the Card Table in zero gravity. We were very fortunate that he chose to use our pocket sized edition (available here) for this awesome Erdnase milestone. Thanks Derek!
Conjuring Arts with an Emphasis on Arts!
We were recently visited by Alex Pandrea, a student at Baruch College in New York, who is minoring in Photography. As one of the projects for his Advanced Black and White Film class, he chose to take some pictures of the Conjuring Arts Research Center and was kind enough to let us put them up [...]
