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...
Reconstructing Video from Brain Activity
A pretty interesting method for reading someone's mind is the subject of this video. Basically the researchers have studied the brain activity using an MRI while showing the participants a number of videos. They then used the brain activity they collected while the...
Genii Magazine and Ask Alexander Research Contest!
In honor of Erdnaseum and the collaboration between Genii Magazine and Conjuring Arts, we are offering a contest to subscribers of Genii Magazine. The prize is two decks of cards, and the joy and frivolity of searching through Genii on Ask Alexander! These decks will...
EMC 2011 and Ask Alexander Research Contest No. 2!
Greetings from Conjuring Arts! As you may have read, our last contest was answered correctly by Frank Yuen (Congratulations sir!) and, in order to give everyone more incentive to use Ask Alexander and find glorious information, another contest is in order! The prize...
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...
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...
Gibecière Vol. 6, No. 2 Shipped!
Gibecière Vol. 6, No. 2 Our latest issue has arrived and is on its way to our subscribers! This issue completes the first dozen issues and marks the end of our 6th volume. Happy anniversary Gibecière! As usual, we have a rich variety of contributions from a number of...
Gibecière Vol. 6, No. 2 to Ship July 15th!
Our 12th issue of Gibecière is now on its way to us...and will quickly be on its way to you! This issue features another great translation by Lori Pieper of an important work, Attractive treasury of curiosities by Diego Joseph Zamorano. Recently we published an...
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...
Conjuring Arts Card Art!
We have been very pleased to see the response to our playing cards and were especially pleased that some of you found them appealing enough to take out your cameras and make some photos! Here are some links to some very cool photos by Dan and Dave Buck, Kete Moon, and...
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