Magic / In which are given clear and concise explanations of all / the well-known illusions as well as many new ones. by Ellis Stanton

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Magic / In which are given clear and concise explanations of all / the well-known illusions as well as many new ones.

Ellis Stanton

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...Jambres, the magicians of Pharaoh, contended against Moses and Aaron. In the British Museum there is an Egyptian papyrus, which contains an account of a magical seance given by a thaumaturgist named Tchatcha-em-ankh before King Khufu, b.c., 3766. In this manuscript it is stated of the magician: "He knoweth how to bind on a head which hath been cut off, and he knoweth how to make a lion follow him as if led by a rope." The decapitation trick is...

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