The Best-Kept Secret in Magic

Imagine you are reading the trick section of one the magic magazines: The Effect: You have a magic experience that is profoundly transformational. Afterward, the world looks different to you, filled with fresh possibilities. Whereas before, your forward path was cloudy and unclear, you now feel inspired by new ideas, great, new performance material, and new friends. The Secret: . . . . Well,...

What is Education?

As a college professor and magician, I have spent a long time thinking about this profound question. One reason for my focused attention is fairly obvious: I am in the “education business” and an “educator” so it seems pretty important to get clear about what I should be doing. But another reason is that “education” seems to have become a problem in the subculture of magic. Why do I say that?...