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T.A. Waters - Columnist: T.A. Waters

Columnist: T.A. Waters ON THE WATERS FRONT a column of information and opinion by T. A. Waters THE OPINIONS EXPRESSED IN THIS COLUMN ARE THOSE OF THE WRITER, AND MAY NOT NECESSARILY REPRESENT THE VIEWS OF THE STEVENS MAGIC EMPORIUM OR GEMINI. Column Five: UNSYMPATHETIC MAGIC As regular readers of this column will have gathered by now, it does not appear on a regular basis. Here, courtesy of the beneficence of Joe ...
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T.A. Waters - Columnist: T.A. Waters

Columnist: T.A. Waters ON THE WATERS FRONT a column of information and opinion by T. A. Waters THE OPINIONS EXPRESSED IN THIS COLUMN ARE THOSE OF THE WRITER, AND MAY NOT NECESSARILY REPRESENT THE VIEWS OF THE STEVENS MAGIC EMPORIUM OR GEMINI. Column Two: CAN’T OUELLET WELL ENOUGH ALONE? The answer is — no. Honestly, I TRIED to be good. I tried to be very circumspect in my previous column, regarding the November...
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Ted Lesley - Black Magic 2

Columnist: Ted Lesley Over the many years since I came up with “Black Magic,” (pp. 89-92), I have found it extremely useful in many contexts. Here is how I apply it to Pseudo-psychometry. People are always fascinated by the ancient mathematical curiosity known as magic squares–if they are presented quickly and smoothly. Intelligent audiences are particularly impressed by the rapid construction of one of these ...
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Ted Lesley - Black Magic

Columnist: Ted Lesley I PUBLISHED this method for secretly gaining written information many years ago in Magische Welt(1). Over the years this method has proven extremely valuable to me for learning thought-of words, numbers, names and questions. However, as far as I know, no one else has ever adopted it. I would like to offer it again, this time to my English-language readers, from the bottom of my heart; more ...
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Ted Lesley - "decisions! Decisions!"

Columnist: Ted Lesley (Invented by Harry Baron. Additional ideas by Ken deCourcy and Ted Lesley) This trick was invented by the late Harry Baron and was published in the first volume of Ken deCourcy’s wonderful magazine “Coffeebreak Chronicle”. Harry Baron was very ingenious in giving old gimmicks and tricks a new “twist”. Let us give a typical example of his creativiness: Ken deCourcy found in the February 1946...
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