So, for lack of time and inspiration I’m gonna post the top ten things I bought since the start of 2008. Because ranking these would be a massive pain in the arse there will be three honourable mentions, nine runners up and a winner (and if you’ve read this blog you can guess the winner!!!) At some stage I’ll get round to writing real reviews for them. Maybe.
Honourable Mentions
Casanova Concept
The Alchemical Tools by Paul Brook
Decisions by Mozique
Extractor
An awesome utility gimmick. Essentially, a card is placed in a deck box, an …

Paul Dee has sent me in the following clips of his stage hypnotism show for your viewing pleasure.
Paul is the chairman of my local IBM ring (Cork), he runs Murder Mystery weekends and preforms professionally as a hypnotist and a magician, you can find more about his services at his website by following any of the links above.

This is the second of a series of three essays that Owen Lean has graciously allowed us to publish on the site. I hope you enjoy them as much as I have, please comment and tell me what you think
“These metaphysics of magicians and necromantic books are heavenly… a sound magician is a mighty god!” – Christopher Marlow: Dr Faustus
According to legends, Doctor Faustus, a professor at Wittenburg university in the late seventeenth century, having achieved the pinnacle of scholastic achievement made a diabolic contract with Mephistopheles, the servant of …