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Some of the biggest treasures can be found in old magazines and journals. Most tricks are first published in a magazine and then later appear in books. If you want to read about the roots of effects or get a feeling of how it was to be a magician in former times, or if you just can't get enough to read, magazines are the best resource. Many famous magicians of the likes of Dai Vernon, Nate Leipzig or Ted Annemann left their early traces in journals. Few pleasures compare to reading old conjuring journals. The ones I can offer you here are some of the best magic magazines of all time. And comics - what can I say - they have to be seen to be appreciated.

If old magazines are not for you and you rather want to read a current up-to-date magic magazine then check out Magicseen. It has a great mix of interviews, effects, reviews, and news.

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Charles Roltare
MUM: Magic Unity Might (1911-1927) by Charles Roltare

The Society of American Magicians was founded in 1902. Their first society journal was published in October 1911 on the suggestion of Charles Roltare. The currently serving president was the editor. Its content is a mix of meeting notes, news, opinions, and articles on historical matters, a good portion of which has been contributed by Harry Houdini.

1st edition 1911, PDF 821 pages.

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Charles Roltare
MUM Volume 16 (February 1927 - July 1927) by Charles Roltare
  • No. 159: Houdini Memorial
  • Nos. 160, 161
  • No. 162: From Theo. Hardeen
  • No. 163: Twenty-five Years Old May 10, 1927
  • No. 164: Report of the Annual Banquet, Entertainment and Dance

1st edition 1927, PDF 18 pages.

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Charles Roltare
MUM Volume 15 (December 1925 - January 1927) by Charles Roltare
  • No. 148
  • No. 149
  • No. 150: Special Notice to Members of All Assemblies
  • No. 151: Houdini Has Magicians' Night in Philadelphia
  • No. 152: Harken to Ye Editor
  • No. 153: Annual Banquet
  • No. 154: Laws for Spiritualists
  • No. 155: A Time for New Resolutions
  • No. 156: Houdini in Memoriam
  • Nos. 157, 158: A Few of the Tributes

1st edition 1925, PDF 41 pages.

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Charles Roltare
MUM Volume 14 (July 1924 - November 1925) by Charles Roltare
  • Nos. 136, 137, 138: In Loving Memory of John William Sargent
  • No. 139: As It Should Be! / Oscar S. Teale
  • No. 140: In Memoriam Francis J. Martinka; Ben Ali Bey
  • No. 141: Is This Merely a Question of Veracity? If So, Who is at Fault?; Ben Ali Bey (continued)
  • No. 142: Wah Chan / John Mulholland
  • No. 143: An Open Letter / Oscar S. Teale; Physical Phenomena - Margery fails to win the Scientific American Prize and now she follows all other alleged supernormals / Oscar S. Teale
  • No. 144: Dr. Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser
  • No. 145: In Memory of Mr. Alfred Becks
  • No. 146
  • No. 146-147: The Twenty-First Annual...
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Charles Roltare
MUM Volume 13 (July 1923 - June 1924) by Charles Roltare
  • Nos. 124, 125, 126: Magic and Magicians of Australia / Robert Kudarz
  • Nos. 127, 128: Society of American Magicians to Fight Exposures
  • No. 129: Random Thoughts on Magic / Henry R. Evans
  • No. 130: A Bit of Magical Archeology / G. G. Laurens
  • No. 131: Head shots of Presidents of the Society of American Magicians
  • No. 132: Hands Across the Sea / Will Goldston
  • No. 133
  • No. 134
  • No. 135: Banquet of the Society of American Magicians

1st edition 1923, PDF 41 pages.

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Charles Roltare
MUM Volume 12 (July 1922 - June 1923) by Charles Roltare
  • Nos. 112-113: Our Welcome to Noted Mystifiers
  • Nos. 114-115: Magic and Magicians in New Zealand and Australia / Robert Kudarz
  • No. 116: Magic and Magicians in New Zealand and Australia (continued)/ Robert Kudarz
  • No. 117: Well! Well! Look What Is Going On
  • No. 118 Robert Kudarz dies; William Berol Lamented
  • No. 119: T. Nelson Downs Mystified
  • No. 120: Concerning Robert Kudarz, late Compeer No. 167
  • No. 121: A Carnival of Magic
  • No. 122: Houdini Entertains 500 Kiddies in San Francisco / H. Syril Dusenberry
  • No. 123: Our Annual Banquet

1st edition 1922, PDF 55 pages.

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Charles Roltare
MUM Volume 11 (July 1921 - June 1922) by Charles Roltare
  • No. 100: Magician, Inventor and Publisher Hanged in London
  • No. 101: Adam Hull Shirk Visits New York; Grave of the Great Lafayette
  • No. 102: Meeting of the Parent Assembly; Historical Data Sawing a Lady in Two
  • No. 103: News of November Meeting; Graves of Ling Look and Yamadeva
  • No. 104: An Open Letter to All Editors / Harry Houdini
  • No. 105: Unknown Facts About Philippe, father of the "Gift" Show / Harry Houdini
  • No. 106: The Evolution of Superstition / Joseph F. Rinn
  • No. 107: Great Victory for Magic
  • No. 108: Dean Harry Kellar dies
  • No. 109: Membership Cards Nearing 1000 Number
  • No. 110:...
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Charles Roltare
MUM Volume 10 (June 1920 - June 1921) by Charles Roltare
  • No. 87: Sixteenth Annual Banquet, Society of American Magicians; Signor Blitz Before Abraham Lincoln / Oscar S. Teale
  • No. 88: Breslaw, one of the great mystifiers of the eighteenth century / Harry Houdini
  • No. 89: Breslaw (continued)
  • No. 90: Philadelphia, a historical seventeenth century magician / Harry Houdini
  • No. 91: Tributes to John William Sargent; Philadelphia (continued)
  • No. 92: Ladies' Night
  • No. 93: Hell Gate to Golden Gate
  • No. 94: Trewey - an Appreciation / Henry R. Evans
  • No. 95: Frizzo - Master Magician / Harry Houdini; A Comparison of the Oldest Magic with Modern Illusions ...
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Charles Roltare
MUM Volume 9 (June 1919 - May 1920) by Charles Roltare
  • No. 75: Our Fifteenth Annual Dinner; William Davis Leroy; Mrs. Francis J. Martinka
  • No. 76: Magic and Magicians - past and present - in Australia and New Zealand / Robert Kudarz
  • No. 77: Magic and Magicians in Australia and New Zealand (continued); Houdini in "The Grim Game"; Impressions of a Night with Dr. Wiljalba Frikell / Frederick Eugene Powell
  • No. 78: Dissertation of Cagliostro / G. G. Laurens
  • No. 79: Jonathan Harrington / Edwin Fay Rice
  • No. 80: Professor Hoffmann, Angelo Lewis, The brightest star in the firmament of magical literature / Harry Houdini
  • No. 81: Does Sir Conan Doyle's...
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Charles Roltare
MUM Volume 8 (June 1918 - May 1919) by Charles Roltare
  • No. 63: Our Fourteenth Annual Dinner; Golden Gate Assembly; Passing of Paladino; The Mishaps of a Mystic / Edwin Fay Rice
  • No. 64: Kit Clarke, Veteran Manager of Magicians Dies
  • No. 65: The Life and Five Years Before the Public, of Robert Nickle, the World's Prestidigitateur
  • No. 66: One of Our Members at the Front; The Princes of German are Shaking Dice for the United States / Herbert Quick
  • No. 67: Kit Clarke and His Contempories / C. Fred Crosby
  • No. 68: Kit Clarke and His Contempories / C. Fred Crosby
  • No. 69: Katterfelto: One of the Most Interesting Characters in the History of Magic....
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Charles Roltare
MUM Volume 7 (October 1917 - May 1918) by Charles Roltare
  • No. 55: Mainly about magicians; Battles of Famous Mystifiers / Harry Houdini
  • No. 56: A Historical Event - Kellar's Farewell; Battles by Famous Mystifiers (continued) / Harry Houdini
  • No. 57: John Henry Anderson - Speaks for Himself; Edwin Fay Rice - a retired past master of magic; About the Magic Wand / G. G. Laurens
  • No. 58: The Story of the Gift Shows / Kit Clarke; Houdini's Vanishing Elephant
  • No. 59: An American Magician Who Died in an English Poorhouse / Harry Houdini; Mind Reader W. Irving Bishop's Mother Passes Away; A Paradoxical Perplexity: Dr. Samuel C. Hooker's Phenomenal Presentation...
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Charles Roltare
MUM Volume 6 (June 1917 - September 1917) by Charles Roltare
  • No. 51: Banquet Supplement
  • No. 52: Robert Heller
  • No. 53: Houdini wins dispute with Rigoletto
  • No. 54: Outwitting Herrmann's Manager

1st edition 1917, PDF 22 pages.

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Charles Roltare
MUM Volume 5 (June 1916 - May 1917) by Charles Roltare
  • No. 41: The Houdini Library / Oscar S. Teale
  • No. 42: Houdini in state prison
  • No. 43
  • No. 44: Morse the Mystificator; Alliance of Magicians
  • No. 45: By-Laws revision
  • No. 46
  • No. 47
  • No. 48
  • No. 49: Alexander Herrmann
  • No. 50: On the Value of Research / Oscar S. Teale

1st edition 1916, PDF 44 pages.

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Charles Roltare
MUM Volume 4 (November 1915 - May 1916) by Charles Roltare
  • No. 34: John Philip Quinn; MacAllister, the celebrated Wizard and Magician; Prof. Charles Huot
  • No. 35: Houdini; The Wizard of the North; A Reminiscence; Magic
  • No. 36: Anthony Martinka; The Rising Cards; Juggling for Exercise; Love's Necromancy; Ten Little Magicians
  • No. 37: The Fakir of Oolu; Magic Number; Are You a Magician?; An Expose
  • No. 38: The Rising Cards; Robert Nickel; The Chinese Magician
  • No. 39: Frank Peppler Knight; Augustus F. Hartz; Prof. E. C. Taylor; Hunter and the Pipe
  • No. 40: President Sees Houdini Escape from Water Tank; What Dr. Wilson says about the annual banquet
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Charles Roltare
MUM Volume 3 (September 1914 - September 1915) by Charles Roltare
  • No. 22: Minutes of Previous Meeting; Vacation Time is Over; Real Magic; Judge Not
  • No. 23: Minutes of Previous Meeting; Secretary's Column; The Harmless Necessary Knocker; Harry Kellar
  • No. 24: What is There in it for Me?; Laurant describes a magician's profession
  • No. 25: Be Not Weary in Well-Doing; The Magic of Over One Hundred Years Ago; Prof. Hoffmann; Originator of the Non-Assisting Clock; Bust of Horace Goldin
  • No. 26: Some Valntines in Limerick Lines / Uguess Hoo; Robert Heller
  • No. 27: Long-Distance Messages; From Professor Charles Huot
  • No. 28: Ye Editor Speaks; Magicians Fool Each...
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Charles Roltare
MUM Volume 2 (October 1912 - June 1914) by Charles Roltare

Note that numbers 11 and 12 were never published.

  • No. 1: Amendment to the By-Laws
  • No. 2: Signor Antonio Blitz
  • No. 3: The Elevation of Magic
  • No. 4: Official Report of the SAM
  • No. 5: Will Goldston, our London Representative, chats about his career
  • No. 6: Richard Van Dien, Secretary of the SAM
  • No. 7: Elmer P. Ransom; Introspection
  • No. 8: Charles Roltare
  • No. 9: Dr. Albert M. Wilson; The Tenth Annual Dinner; A Question of Priority
  • No. 10: An Exposure
  • No. 13: List of Members of the SAM
  • No. 14: The Social; A Game of Life (poem)
  • No. 15
  • No. 16: Ladies' Night of the SAM
  • No. 17: A Reminiscence...
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Charles Roltare
MUM Volume 1 (October 1911 - July 1912) by Charles Roltare
  • No. 1: Our Policy; Magic is Dead!; Representatives; $5 For a Name; Jealousy; Annual Banquet; Our Entertainments
  • No. 2: Conjuring by Electricity / G.G. Laurens
  • No. 3: Professional Ethics; Jack Norworth; Werner Says; Many Thanks
  • No. 4: Our Minister Magician; Extra Copies; The Growth of Flowers; Leroy's Letter; Annual Big Magic Show; Annual Banquet; Illustrous Wilson; Our Lyceum Magicians; An Invitation; The SAM Magicians
  • No. 5: Marvill Magician; Keep It Up; Come Again; The SAM Magicians; The Social Session; Supplement
  • No. 6: A Slight Correction and Reminiscence; Originality; Did It Ever Occur...
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Bascom Jones
The Compleat Magick by Bascom Jones

A legendary periodical now for the first time available in digital form. The digital edition is a Lybrary.com exclusive. If you see it offered anywhere else, you know it is a pirated edition, most likely far inferior in quality and completeness.

Magick started on July 17th, 1970, and ceased publication on November 12th, 1993. It spans 23 years, 496 issues in 19 volumes. More than 1400 effects from several hundred of the best minds in mentalism, on more than 2400 pages. The list of contributors is staggering. Below is just a small sampling from the several hundred contributors. You will find...

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Andrew Pinard
Magick Index by Andrew Pinard

Each volume of Magick comes with its own volume index. This index is the compilation of all these indices into one combined index. But it is not just the index you are getting here. You will learn a lot about Bascom Jones through various articles by people who knew him. Included is also a bonus section with several routines that could have appeared in Magick.

  • Preface and Acknowledgments / Andrew Pinard
  • Bascom Jones: 1924-1994 / Robert Bluemle
  • Untitled / Max Maven
  • Center Axis / Barrie Richardson
  • Wordsmith & Warrior / Lee Earle
  • Spinning Straw / Richard...
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Bascom Jones
Magick Volume 19 by Bascom Jones

#469 (March 20, 1992)

  • Foiled Thought / Dan Alessini
  • Insight / Dr. Charles Scott
  • Fogelepathy / Maurice Fogel & Orville Meyer
  • The Mystic Word
  • The Psychic Fair / Herb Dewey & Marc Sky

#470 (April 15, 1992)

  • Incredo Book Test / Orville Meyer
  • E-Z-up Lectern / Orville Meyer
  • The Meyer Pad / Orville Meyer
  • The Mystic Word

#471 (May 8, 1992)

  • Pop Secret / Dr. Rajneesh Madhok
  • Thomphitz Cricket / Tom Fitzgerald
  • Tempathy / Phil Goldstein
  • The Mystic Word
  • The Psychic Fair, Part 2 / Herb Dewey & Marc Sky

#472 (May 29, 1992)

  • Auroracle / T.A. Waters
  • Empathy / Rudy Hunter ...
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Bascom Jones
Magick Volume 18 by Bascom Jones

#443 (August 3, 1990)

  • Spoon Beam / Dan Alessini
  • Cat Eye / Neil Somerville
  • Spill-master / Sandy Spillman
  • The Mystic Word
  • Ghost Show Daze / Jonathan Cooke

#444 (August 24, 1990)

  • Re marK able! / Gaetan Bloom
  • QuicFile / Herb Dewey
  • Tarot Touch / Larry Baukin
  • The Mystic Word

#445 (September 14, 1990)

  • Gimlet / Rudy Hunter
  • Hypno-Task / Ben Druckerman
  • Inflexion / T.A. Waters
  • The Mystic Word
  • Ghost Show Daze, Part 2 / Jonathan Cooke

#446 (October 12, 1990)

  • Signature Effect / Bascom Jones
  • Shape & Color / Riley G. Matthews
  • Sechel / Phil Goldstein
  • The Mystic Word ...
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Bascom Jones
Magick Volume 17 by Bascom Jones

#417 (February 10, 1989)

  • Option Four / Bruno Haber
  • Focal Point / Dr. Juris
  • Mind Flight / Ted Karmilovich
  • The Mystic Word
  • The Witches' Runes, Part 2 / Richard Webster

#418 (March 3, 1989)

  • The Sensitives / Richard Osterlind
  • Psi-Pop II / Charles Adrian
  • The CT Tantra / Rudy Hunter
  • The Mystic Word

#419 (March 24, 1989)

  • Memory Bank / Ted Lesley
  • Hoy Plus 'X' / Richard Stride
  • Dream World / Bruce Barnett
  • The Mystic Word
  • Mentalism for Malls / David Harper

#420 (April 14, 1989)

  • Beat the Dealer / Phil Goldstein
  • Nuts and Bolts / David Altman
  • Dust to Dust / Richard...
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Bascom Jones
Magick Volume 16 by Bascom Jones

#391 (June 12, 1987)

  • Mind-Reach / Bob Baker
  • 6th Sense / Gary Lee Williams
  • Psi-cloned / Dan Tong
  • The Mystic Word
  • The Psychic Reading, Part 2 / Herb Dewey

#392 (July 3, 1987)

  • Snake Ayes / Gene Nielsen
  • Take Away / Allen Swift
  • Scent-sational / Tom Fitzgerald
  • The Mystic Word

#393 (July 31, 1987)

  • Chair-voyance / Barrie Richardson
  • Touch Tarot / Bruce Clark
  • It's Philatelic! / Bob Haines
  • The Mystic Word
  • The Psychic Reading, Part 3 / Herb Dewey

#394 (August 21, 1987)

  • Ultra-plus! ... Close-up Mental Act / Dan Alessini
  • The Mystic Word

#395 (September 11, 1987) ...

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Bascom Jones
Magick Volume 15 by Bascom Jones

#365 (February 21, 1986)

  • Dark Side of the Mirror! / Valerie Nielsen
  • Sounds of Music / Dan Alessini
  • Touché... / T.A. Waters
  • The Mystic Word
  • Foul Play / Terry Nosek

#366 (March 7, 1986)

  • The Image Maker / Rick & Beverly Burcher
  • Thsakw / Walter B. Gibson
  • Reflections / Gene Nielsen
  • The Mystic Word

#367 (March 21, 1986)

  • The Legacy / Dan Blackwood
  • Screamer / Bruce Barnett
  • Preferences / Scott Davis
  • The Mystic Word
  • Foul Play, Part 2 / Terry Nosek

#368 (April 11, 1986)

  • One-Man Seance / Dan Alessini
  • Gypsy Wish / Lary Kuehn
  • Thinking Ahead / Gerald Kosky
  • The...
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