Hello Fellow Magic Café Magicians,

I've decided to quit lurking in the shadows, on the Café I mean (the lurking I do outside of the Café is another story.) I've been in and out of magic for about 40 years now (maybe more but I don't want to sound that *** old!) I'm really into theory and structure of magic and love reading a book like Strong Magic much more than a book of card tricks, not that books on card tricks aren't awesome and I don't have a shelf full (especially Aronson and Swain.) A few of my favorite books are The Experience of Magic and anything else by Eugene Burger, the aforementioned Strong Magic by Darwin Ortiz, Five Points of Magic by Juan Tamariz, the Workers Series by Michael Close, and of course such classics as Magic and Showmanship by Nelms. I have a masters in theatre and obviously like very theatrical magic. I went to Mystery School in the mid 1990's, but had to drop out of things pretty much after that. So, that is my story and I'm sticking to it. I would love to hear from other magicians, especially close-up magicians in the area, that want to discuss and work on performances and projects.

Kevin Peshick

"Theatre, like magic, like religion...should instill a deep sense of awe." David Mamet from Three Uses of the Knife (the quote is probably somewhat paraphrased and butchered, but I didn't take the time to look it up.)

Welcome Wabojeg,

I like reading about Magic theory more than tricks as well.

I know what you mean about not wanting to cop to how long you've been into Magic.
After a while it sounds more like OLD than experience.

-Mary Mowder

Strong Magic by Ortiz is an awesome book!