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Magic Inventors This list includes other contributors to The Wizards' Journal, or sources cited for various effects in The Wizards' Journal or in any of our other e-book publications. |
| Contributors | Full Name | Last Name | Location |
| Fred Goode's Invisible Pen | Fred Goode | Goode | The Wizards' Journal #7 |
| Fred Goode's X-Treme Signed Napkin Tear | Fred Goode | Goode | The Wizards' Journal #8 |
| Litter Vanish | Jim Gerrish & Fred Goode | Gerrish & Goode | PVC Pipes Book 2 |
| Psychic Photos 1 (Stage) | Fred Goode | Goode | The Wizards' Journal #9 |
| Psychic Photos 2 (Bar) | Fred Goode | Goode | The Wizards' Journal #9 |
| Double Witch Illusion | Fred Goode | Goode | As Yet Unpublished |
| Blendo Ropes | Qua-Fiki | The Wizards' Journal #16 | |
| Two Color Ropes Through Neck | Qua-Fiki | The Wizards' Journal #16 | |
| Triple Rope Penetration | Qua-Fiki | The Wizards' Journal #16 | |
| T-Shirt Change Bag | Qua-Fiki | The Wizards' Journal #16 | |
| Signed Sit on It | Qua-Fiki | The Wizards' Journal #16 |
| Cited as sources in various e-books and articles | |||
| Serpent Silk | John Albenice | Albenice | |
| Westgate Bowl Production "Improvement" | Al Aldini | Aldini | The Wizards' Journal #6 |
| Westgate Bowl Production "Improvement" | Al Aldini | Aldini | Kid Magic - Magic Oven |
| Various Forces | Theo Anneman | Annemann | The Wizards' Journal #5 |
| Bendix Bombshell | David Bendix | Bendix | |
| Modern Coin Magic (Coins Across) | J.B. Bobo | Bobo | The Wizards' Journal #6 |
| Bra Trick | Howard Brooks | Brooks | |
| Crystal Cups and Balls | Jeffrey L. Campbell | Campbell | The Wizards' Journal #8 |
| Professor's Nightmare | Bob Carver | Carver | The Wizards' Journal #7 |
| Mesh Egg Bag | Jack Chanin | Channin | The Wizards' Journal #7 |
| Coins Across Move with identifier coin | Han Ping Chien | Chien | The Wizards' Journal #6 |
| Modified Devil's Hankerchief | Beatrice Collins | Collins | The Wizards' Journal #7 |
| Four To One Rope Cut | Professor Ted Collins | Collins | The Wizards' Journal #7 |
| Panama Rope Trick | Professor Ted Collins | Collins | The Wizards' Journal #7 |
| Card Silk | Lewis Davenport | Davenport | |
| Mutilated Parasol (self-contained) | Lewis Davenport | Davenport | |
| Transparent Chop Cup | Ronald J. Dayton | Dayton | The Wizards' Journal #8 |
| Black Art Principle | Bautier De Kolta | De Kolta | Used in many effects |
| Expanding Die | Bautier De Kolta | De Kolta | PVC Pipe Illusions Book 2 |
| Pepper's Ghost | Henry Dircks & John Henry Pepper | Diricks & Pepper | The Wizards' Journal #4 |
| Blendo | Frank Ducrot | Ducrot | |
| The Elmsley Count | Alex Elmsley | Elmsley | The Wizards' Journal #7 |
| Dancing Handkerchief | Anna Eva Fay | Fay | |
| Shower of Sweets | Professor Hoffmann | Hoffmann | The Wizards' Journal #7 |
| Egg Bag first described | Professor Hoffmann | Hoffmann | Kid Magic - Ungimmicked Egg Bag Routine |
| Flags of All Nations | J.F. Hofsinzer | Hofsinzer | |
| Shower of Sweets | Robert-Houdin | Robert-Houdin | The Wizards' Journal #7 |
| Sympathetic Silk False Count | Jean Hugard | Hugard | The Wizards' Journal #7 |
| The Clatter Box | Jack Hughes | Hughes | The Wizards' Journal #6 |
| The Jordan Count | Charles T. Jordan | Jordan | The Wizards' Journal #7 |
| Soft Soap | Dr. Howard Kayton | Kayton | |
| Three to One Ropes | Lyle (Carlyle) Laughton | Laughton | The Wizards' Journal #7 |
| Paper Hat Tears | Cecil Lyle | Lyle | Tear-Able Magic |
| Paper Hat Tears | Cecil Lyle | Lyle | Kid Magic - Chef's Hat |
| False Sixth Finger | Charles Morritt | Morritt | |
| Sympathetic Silk False Count | Harold R. Rice | Rice | The Wizards' Journal #7 |
| Paper Shavings to Bon-Bons | A. Roterberg | Roterberg | The Wizards' Journal #7 |
| Encyclopedia of Coin Sleights Vol 3. DVD | Michael Rubenstein | Rubenstein | The Wizards' Journal #6 |
| Velcro Knife Principle | Santiago | Santiago | The Wizards' Journal #4 - Body Piercings |
| Silk Cabby | Tom Sellers | Sellers | |
| Mechanical Multiplying Candles | Clarence Slyter & Earl Morgan | Slyter & Morgan | The Wizards' Journal #7 |
| Handkerchief Ball | George Stillwell | Stillwell | |
| Color Changing Handkerchief - self contained | Harlan Tarbell | Tarbell | |
| Sympathetic Silk False Count | Harlan Tarbell | Tarbell | The Wizards' Journal #7 |
| Rope Through Neck | Ishida Tenkai | Tenkai | |
| Shower of Sweets | J. Dazely | Theobold | The Wizards' Journal #7 |
| Weighted Chinese Sticks | Howard Thurston | Thurston | The Wizards' Journal #6 |
| The Glide (6 Card Repeatt) | Tommy Tucker | Tucker | The Wizards' Journal #7 |
| Bowl Production Principle | Howard Westgate | Westgate | Kid Magic - Magic Oven |
| Bowl Production Principle | Howard Westgate | Westgate | The Wizards' Journal #6 |
Most Ancient Sources |
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| Balls and Small Objects | |||
| Basic Ball Manipulations and Sleights | Discoverie of Witchcraft | Reginald Scot | 1584 |
| Coin and Money Magic | |||
| Basic Coin Sleights - Vanishes/ Changes | Discoverie of Witchcraft | Reginald Scot | 1584 |
| X-Treme Magic- Signed Coin to Deep Pond | Discoverie of Witchcraft | Reginald Scot | 1584 |
| Vanishing small objects in a paper packet | Discoverie of Witchcraft | Reginald Scot | 1584 |
| "Buddah" Money Mystery (but NOT the name!) | Discoverie of Witchcraft | Reginald Scot | 1584 |
| Card Magic | |||
| Control of bottom card | Discoverie of Witchcraft | Reginald Scot | 1584 |
| Card Peek | Discoverie of Witchcraft | Reginald Scot | 1584 |
| Bottom Deal | Discoverie of Witchcraft | Reginald Scot | 1584 |
| False Shuffle | Discoverie of Witchcraft | Reginald Scot | 1584 |
| Four Aces to Four Knaves (Jacks) | Discoverie of Witchcraft | Reginald Scot | 1584 |
| Bottom Card Direct Force | Discoverie of Witchcraft | Reginald Scot | 1584 |
| Principle: The Eye Betrays the Thought | Discoverie of Witchcraft | Reginald Scot | 1584 |
| Card Revealed in a Nutshell or Pocket | Discoverie of Witchcraft | Reginald Scot | 1584 |
| Handkerchief Magic | |||
| Tight Knot to Loose Knot (used today in Sympathetic Silk Routines) | Discoverie of Witchcraft | Reginald Scot | 1584 |
| Lace from the mouth (Mouth coils!) | Discoverie of Witchcraft | Reginald Scot | 1584 |
| Cord Magic | |||
| Bead Penetration from Cords (Grandmother's Necklace Principle) | Discoverie of Witchcraft | Reginald Scot | 1584 |
| Burnt and Restored Thread | Discoverie of Witchcraft | Reginald Scot | 1584 |
| Cut and Restored Lace (precursor to all cut and restored rope and cord effects) | Discoverie of Witchcraft | Reginald Scot | 1584 |
| Mental Magic | |||
| Coded phrases | Discoverie of Witchcraft | Reginald Scot | 1584 |
| Uses of thread in "psychokineses" (not called that!) | Discoverie of Witchcraft | Reginald Scot | 1584 |
| Uses of a confederate in hypnosis or spells | Discoverie of Witchcraft | Reginald Scot | 1584 |
| Uses of a confederate in divination of lost items | Discoverie of Witchcraft | Reginald Scot | 1584 |
| Trick Boxes | |||
| Box with false bottom | Discoverie of Witchcraft | Reginald Scot | 1584 |
| Box with leather shell | Discoverie of Witchcraft | Reginald Scot | 1584 |
| Changing Box (bottom in the center) | Discoverie of Witchcraft | Reginald Scot | 1584 |
| Wizardry or Bizarre Magik | |||
| Dry grain or power from the mouth | Discoverie of Witchcraft | Reginald Scot | 1584 |
| Movement of an oat grain | Discoverie of Witchcraft | Reginald Scot | 1584 |
| Nail through birds head | Discoverie of Witchcraft | Reginald Scot | 1584 |
| Eating a knife and producing it again | Discoverie of Witchcraft | Reginald Scot | 1584 |
| The principle of lapping | Discoverie of Witchcraft | Reginald Scot | 1584 |
| Trick knife into handle plus blood | Discoverie of Witchcraft | Reginald Scot | 1584 |
| Dagger through tongue or arm | Discoverie of Witchcraft | Reginald Scot | 1584 |
| Lead from eye to eye | Discoverie of Witchcraft | Reginald Scot | 1584 |
| Cutting off your nose | Discoverie of Witchcraft | Reginald Scot | 1584 |
| Ring through cheek | Discoverie of Witchcraft | Reginald Scot | 1584 |
| Cutting off your assistant's head | Discoverie of Witchcraft | Reginald Scot | 1584 |
| Dagger in belly | Discoverie of Witchcraft | Reginald Scot | 1584 |
| Principle of prosthetic gimmicks | Discoverie of Witchcraft | Reginald Scot | 1584 |
| Cord through nose | Discoverie of Witchcraft | Reginald Scot | 1584 |
| General Magic | |||
| Magic Coloring Book (attributed to "Clarvis") | Discoverie of Witchcraft | Reginald Scot | 1584 |
| * Scot was guided in writing the sections of the book dealing with legerdemain by sleight of hand artist John Cautares | |||
| Inventor | Inventions |
| Heron of Alexandria (10 BC - 75 AD) | pneumatica |
| automaton theatre | |
| coin operated holy water dispenser | |
| aeolipile | |
| automatic temple doors | |
| omen machine | |
| water-powered mechanical birds | |
| compressed-air fountain | |
| inexhaustible goblet |