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ThenMagic Circle is a magician’s club founded in London on this daten(apparently) in 1905. n
ThenMagic Circle is a magician’s club founded in London on this daten(apparently) in 1905. nn
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nYounknow that magicians love to perform illusions or tricks, right? Theyndon’t do “real” magic – Harry Potter-style magic – becausenthere is no such thing.
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nThenthing about illusions or tricks is that they are better entertainmentnif you don’t know how they are done. Right? So that’s why the club’snmotto is “Indocilisnprivata loqui,”nor “Incapable of speaking of private matters.” In other words,nthe magicians promise each other not to reveal secrets of hownillusions are performed.
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nInthought it was interesting to note that the magician’s club was allnmale until 1991! At that point, there was election to see if womennshould be allowed into the club; I’m glad to report that more thannthree-fourths of the magicians wanted to make the change!
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nWhennthe club was started back in 1905, one of the founding members was anyoung magician named Martin Chapender. Unfortunately, Chapender died.nTo honor their fallen fellow magician, some wanted to name the clubnthe Martin Chapender Club. I am very glad that another suggestion wasnmade: the group decided to honor Chapender by adopting a name withnhis initials, M.C., but to call it something more general andncomprehensible. Thus the Magic Circle was born.
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nIf the originalnsuggestion had been followed, none of us would have any idea whatnsort of things the members of the Martin Chapender Club wereninterested in…
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nTon learn more about the Magic Circle, check out this history page.
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nTon learn some magic tricks, check out You Can Do Magic.
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nForn more on magic, check out this earlier post.
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Whenn I hear the word magic, I always like to think about mathemagic! Heren is a website with a Magic Circle that isn’t a British club, but isn instead a geometrical wonder!n
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nWorldwide Knit in Public Day – June 14 to 22
nWorldwide Knit in Public Day – June 14 to 22
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BananaSplit Festival in Wilmington, Ohio
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nFamilynHistory Day
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nFamilynHistory Day
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nFlagnDay in the United States
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nBirthdaynof John Bartlett of “Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations”
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nBirthdaynof John Bartlett of “Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations”
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