Neale, Robert & David Parr: The Magic Mirror
©2002 Robert E. Neale & David Parr
Hardcover, w/dj, 168 pages
ISBN: 0-945296-38-X

Comments: The Magic Mirror shows how magic can be comic, serious, thrilling, playful, inspiring.

Contents (From ToC, updated Feb 2018):

ix Introduction
xi Preface

1 Mirror, Mirror
3 Magic Reflecting Magic
6 The Many Magics
9 Life Magics
13 Traditional Magics
17 Modern Magics
20 Stage Magics
28 The Magic Dilemma
33 Magic As Mirror

37 Play With Mastery
39 Preconditions for Magic
47 A Play With Symbols
54 A Definition of Magic

59 Meaningful Impossibility
61 Staged Impossibility
63 Classification of Effects
66 A New Classification
74 An Application Exercise
76 Meaningful Impossibilities
77 Walking Through a Brick Wall
84 Quick to Tell
91 Baffling Borromean Rings
99 Tarot of Love and Death
104 Swimming Over Fathoms
113 Counting Scarecrows
119 The Last Dream
123 Tomb It May Concern
127 Valentines
131 Get Out of Jail Free
135 Trading Cards
141 The Contrary King
150 Whatsabox
162 Magic Maturity
165 Appendix