Two trunks full of antique magic tricks and books are set to go under the hammer later this month. Gathered between the 1940s and 1970s, the collection belonged to former Magic Circle member Cyril Bayliffe, who was born in Oldham, Lancashire, in 1928. Tricks such as The Dagger Chest, fire-eating, escapology, mind-reading illusions and a […]
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How to win the tricky mind games that men like to play
Ever since the dawn of time, humans have been bent on playing with each other, either, to win wars or bring peace between nations. The way to go about doing this has been fought through tactics of ‘maneuver warfare’. Today, people have transgressed this command structure for their own personal gains: they use it to make […]