This Magical Life Blog

Well, what is a magician to do in times like this? Virus science and statistics are flooding the media and overflowing into our minds, and debates and arguments abound on social and anti-social media concerning the best way forward. I don't know about you, but my...

No, of course I'm not talking about human friends! We magicians have no time for personal relations when there is a trick to play around with and learn. I'm speaking, of course, about the old tricks that are sitting on your shelves. You know: those tricks that you...

I’m not speaking here of a magician who eats only organic fruits and vegetables, although that is certainly a laudable thing. I refer to organic in the scripted sense: where all actions and objects seem to occur naturally, and not in a contrived fashion. In my ideal...

I was recently performing at a school for a group of older students, and I explained that I am very different than their teachers because I do not want them to understand what I am doing. As a matter of fact, I told them, I would prefer that they didn’t understand...