What Is The Master Key?
Every door that swings open from ignorance to wisdom, from lack to plenty, from death to life, has done so because the Master of the House has found The Master Key.
When Your Friends Need You
To make a friend, be a friend. To hold a friend, let go unselfishly. A friend is one who adds to our goodness and happiness, one who makes us strong, brave, trustful, sincere, earnest, noble, and self-forgetful.
Fall Asleep Instantly
This is the true sleep, induced by your Will, and when once mastered and it is by no means difficult, if you follow the directions in this system of training given above, you will find it invaluable.
Diet & Breath To Develop Yourself
Most people only think about their health when they lose it. A person of developed Mentality plans ahead to prevent a health crisis.
Alexander, On Himself
Through all my twenty-seven years before the public I always have contended and always will contend that I OPERATE ONLY BY NATURAL LAWS. There is nothing MIRACULOUS OR SUPERNATURAL about me or my work—unless you account my possible greater knowledge of Natural Laws as being “miraculous”.
The Secret of One’s Books
Over all and above all, however, must be remembered the fact that all of this course of study and reading points toward only one thing and that is, “How are you to use your mind to obtain greater profit and happiness by CONCENTRATION?”
The Secret of One Man’s Vision
Some people are blessed with natural Vision. In others it must be developed…
A Message From C. Alexander
The secret I hold has been in use for thousands of years. A few in every country and in every age have possessed it. It has been considered a mystery. But no longer…
The Secret of One Man’s Success
The principle of concentration of thought by the use of mechanical device like a shining stone or crystal—meant in my fortune and my well-being.
Mahdi & The Magic Crystal
He has, in some way or another, always been in my mind, calling to me. This call led me to a land faraway, to the famous port and that ancient city, Benares.
Two Great American Magicians By Maskelyne
Howard Thurston’s life-story is so intensely interesting that I feel I must sketch it at much greater length than I have done that of Kellar, who, after all, belonged more to the old school of magicians than to the new.
What Ancient Magic Teaches Us By Maskelyne
There is no doubt that it is one of the oldest arts in the world, and it can be traced right back to the days of ancient Egypt, and even beyond that. If you become a capable magician and cause people to look astonished at your tricks and illusions with boxes, rings, cards, handkerchiefs, and so forth, you will merely be copying men who lived thousands of years ago.
Maskelyne On The Indian Rope Trick
When Houdini was asked if he could offer any explanation of how the Indian rope-trick was done, he used to smile expansively and answer, “There is no such trick.”
Specializing In Magic By Maskelyne
I will consider that I have done my duty by leaving the young magician to decide for himself whether to travel along the one road or to explore the many by-ways.
Where Magic Is Bought By Maskelyne
It is astonishing the number of things a magician must know before he can hope to succeed fully. Nothing is too out-of-the-way for him to mark, learn, and inwardly digest; nothing too obscure for him to delve into and find out the whys and the wherefores; and nothing in the art too big for him to tackle.
Starting In Magic With Maskelyne
Magic is not merely a matter of telling people which card they chose, or showing them how to pour lemonade, tea, coffee, beer, and water out of one teapot. It is the whole show that counts…
Edwin Sachs On Magic
“It is as pleasant to be cheated as to cheat,” is a maxim that must have been framed expressly for conjuring.
Edwin Sachs’ Advice To Magicians
Having at length brought the beginner to that point where he will first have to shift for himself in real earnest, I wish to leave him in a position to do credit to my tuition, and, with this object, impart a few hints for his guidance.
Houdini, The Versatile Artist
Harry Houdini, "The World's Handcuff King and amazing Prison Breaker," a title universally and unanimously bestowed upon him, has had a career as adventurous and romantic as the most imaginative writer could possibly conjure.
Mahdi Arrives In Guadalajara
We like controlled chaos, not knowing what will happen, we give way to improvisation because that gives freshness and spontaneity, we really like to play with each other.