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Simon Henderson A Ruse By Any Other Name? relationship between magic and deception
  • Introduction
  • The Ubiquity of Deception
  • Defining Deception
  • Is It Feasible to Deceive One's Self?
  • The Relationship Between Influence and Deception
  • Secrets, Revelations and Surprises
  • Once Deception Has Been Discovered, Can It Be Repeated?
  • Who Does the "Heavy Lifting" in Deception?
  • Summary
  • References
Also published here
  • modified from "Deception by Design" (Simon Henderson)
2019 72
Benjamin Earl Influence & Deception chapter intro about Simon Henderson
2019 73
Simon Henderson Anybody But a Magician?
  • Introduction
  • Thing About Magic That Do Not Translate Well into Other Domains of Deceptive Practice
  • Aspects of Deceptive Practice That Magic Fails to Address
  • What Aspects of Magic Can Be Transferred Readily to Other Domains?
  • What Can Magicians Learn from Deceptive Practice in Other Domains?
2019 74
Simon Henderson It's (Not) The Real Thing
  • Introduction
  • All Deception and All Magic is Imperfect
  • Discrepancies and Dowels
  • Types of Anomaly
  • What is Gut-feel?
  • The Active Stance
  • What Makes Anomalies Conspicuous
  • Spectators, Suspicions, and Solutions
  • How to Increase Deceptive Potency
  • Two Exercises for Practicing Counter-Deception
  • Summary
  • References
2020 72
Simon Henderson Anomalies in Double Lifts
  • Anomalies in Beginner's Double Lift
  • Anomalies in Push-Off Double Lift
2020 77