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“Retention of Vision” as it is commonly known in the magic world, is also called “persistence of vision”. It is the idea that the human eye retains an “after-image” of an object for a few moments after the object is out of sight. A common coin move, The Retention Vanish, supposedly takes advantage of this [...]

Motion silences awareness of color changes from Jordan Suchow on Vimeo. First, watch the above video. Stare at the dot in the center and just watch. You’ll notice that as soon as the dots start rotating, they stop changing color, right? WRONG! Follow one dot and you’ll see that the dots never stop changing color! [...]

Wanna hear a free lecture on impromptu magic? It happened last night, but you can listen to the recording now at: Lecture on Impromptu Magic by Tim David No need to sign in or pay anything. Just listen. I recommend downloading the file and listening to it on your computer or iPod whenever you want. [...]

You’re invited to attend a LIVE telephone magic lecture tonight as my personal guest. Tonight I’m going to answer the BIG question: “What do you do when they ask to see a trick?” Impromptu, on-the-spot magic is such an important part of your magic career and it often isn’t given the attention it deserves. As [...]

These three guys are actually very creative film makers and they’re taking YouTube by storm. Have you seen their interactive web videos yet? I’m just warning you now…if you start, you’ll be watching them for the next few hours…they’re THAT good! Here is one I saw today: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDn0ow8EzcU Why are they so entertaining? And more [...]

This is one of the most magical things I’ve seen in a LONG time. There is a major lesson here for magicians and I hope you catch it. It’s not your magic that’s important…it’s the experience you create for your audience. It’s the entertainment value you deliver. I’ve been saying it for years, but I [...]

I’ve been getting a lot of comments on YouTube and some emails saying that the trick “Motion” is done with magnets. (To see “Motion, click here:) http://www.TheMagicTeacher.com/motion.html I don’t know how else to say it… There are NO magnets used. (That’s my wedding ring in the video…I never take it off.) * BORROW a pen [...]

After receiving many emails, I feel I should explain something about the “Fave Five” magic categories a little further… Mentalism is not technically magic…it’s mentalism. That’s why I did not include things like prediction, psychokinesis, super-human strength, etc. in my list of the five most basic magic effects. Also, I suppose a restoration might be considered [...]

Did you know there are really only five magic effects? Everything else is just a variation or combination of those five. Here’s magic’s “Fave Five”: Vanish – Making something disappear. Production – Making something appear Restoration – Destroying something and then putting it back together. Penetration – Making a solid object pass through another solid [...]