Conjuring Archive is a great website that lists different variations of magic tricks and what books you can find them in. It’s really useful for finding ideas on how to modify magic to fit your style. I especially love the “effects that are simply too hard to explain” category because of how Denis Behr’s comments describe the some effects. One of the best things about reading old magic books is finding moments when the author injects some personality inside an otherwise purely technical description of a trick.
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