PM2

Perennial Mystics, Squared

Starts with Issue #23
Magazine
2022-2026
Written by James C. Hagy
Work of Various
300 pages (Loose-leave collection), 16 Issues, published by Reginald Scot Books
Illustrated with photographs
Language: English
113 entries
Cover photograph
Creators Title Comments & References Issue Year Page Categories
James C. Hagy Jim's Whims on Mystics Magazine, Perennial Mystics, Dick Briefer
 		23 Apr. 2022 1
Steve Beam In the Editor's Mailbox
23 Apr. 2022 5
Thomas A. Ewing The Life and Death of the Blackstone Magic Company on Harry Blackstone Sr., Percy Abbott, Walter Gibson
 		23 Apr. 2022 9
Jim Steinmeyer Houdini's Final Illusion on Houdini's "Walking Through the North Pole" illusion
 		23 Apr. 2022 13
Samuel Porteous The Original Chinese Conjurer: A Life Reimagined Ching Ling Foo artwork by Samuel Porteous
 		23 Apr. 2022 17
James C. Hagy, Betty Davenport The Custom of Conjurers - A Chat by Jim Hagy with Betty Davenport interview with Betty Davenport, on Davenport's Magic Shop
 		23 Apr. 2022 25
Sage Hagy Go Straight Ahead, Turn Lefty... on Jay Marshall, Paul Diamond, Frances Marshall
 		23 Apr. 2022 33
James C. Hagy Jim's Whims
24 Apr. 2022 1
James C. Hagy, Eric Colleary Houdini in the Time of COVID - A Chat by Jim Hagy with Eric Colleary at the Harry Ransom Center
24 Apr. 2022 5
Jan B.A. Janson Elliott and Downs: A Friendship. And a Research Model for the Future? index of Dr. Elliott and T. Nelson Downs correspondence
 		24 Apr. 2022 9
Mike Caveney A Straw Pole on the broom suspension illusion, Charles "Colta" Jones
 		24 Apr. 2022 13
Will Houstoun The Hoffmann Collector's Holy Grail on the various publications of Professor Hoffmann, different editions and number of copies
 		24 Apr. 2022 17
Michael P. Hades How I Met Stephen Minch
Related to
 24 Apr. 2022 25
Bob Loomis Houdini's First on Houdini's first published article, second sight act, Annemann
 		24 Apr. 2022 29
James C. Hagy Jim's Whims on FISM, Jacques Voignier, Magicana, Patrick Watson, Rich Cabinet Collection, John Mulholland
 		25 July 2022 1
Richard Cohn A Case of Magic, or Acquiring an Art K. Fact on Art Kahn, John Mulholland
 		25 July 2022 5
Jeff Clow The Master and the Kid on meeting Dai Vernon
 		25 July 2022 9
Per Eklund Joseph Le Tort - > Somewhat Unknown Mystery Man on Joseph Le Tort
 		25 July 2022 13
Arthur Moses The Houdini Pitchbooks brief overview on Houdini's pitchbooks
 		25 July 2022 17
Loren Pankratz David Abbott's 1906 Investigation of a "Strange Case" of Speaking Through the Ear on the medium Elizabeth Blake
 		25 July 2022 25
Ian Keable-Elliott The Oldest Trick in the Book: A Sequel on Bob Read's unpublished manuscript on magic themed prints
 		25 July 2022 29
James C. Hagy Jim's Whims on Milbourne Christopher, Ching Ling Foo, Sam Porteous, FISM
 		26 Oct. 2022 1
Stephen Minch, Michael P. Hades The Other Side (Or How I Met Micky Hades)
Related to
 26 Oct. 2022 5
Ken Trombly Milbourne and Me on Milbourne Christopher
 		26 Oct. 2022 13
George Daily Miniature Magic Periodical Titles
26 Oct. 2022 17
Steve Beam Magical Illustrations - When Good Illustrations Go Bad on mistakes in illustrations of magic books
 		26 Oct. 2022 25
Christ Van Herwegen, Kobe Van Herwegen Ann Hardy - The Singing Magician
26 Oct. 2022 33
John Davenport Welcome to the 1936 Munich Magic Convention "Join the Davenport Family on their first Visit to a German Magic Convention"
 		26 Oct. 2022 37
James C. Hagy Jim's Whims
27 Jan. 2023 1
Kevin James A Very Special Day in Baltimore on Johnny Eck, Jack Gaylan, Jeffrey Pratt Gordon
 		27 Jan. 2023 5
Michael Rose, Julie Saylor The Disappearing Clubhouse on the Demon's Club of Baltimore Magicians
  • The Birth of The Demons
  • The Demon's Find a Home
  • The Big Question
  • Walking in Demon's Territory
 		27 Jan. 2023 13
Gary Hunt Pink Pills for Pale People on Minerva "The Queen of Mystery" and Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People
 		27 Jan. 2023 21
Mac King A Fishing Expedition on Aerial Fishing, Gene DeVoe
 		27 Jan. 2023 25
Richard Hatch Sic Transit Gloria on Gloria de Vos, Kalanag, Peter Reveen, selling of Kalanag's show
 		27 Jan. 2023 29
Brian Lead The Trappings of Office... Chains, Boxes and Broken Wands
27 Jan. 2023 37
James C. Hagy Jim's Whims on Eddie Dawes, John Mulholland
 		28 May 2023 1
Adele Friel Rhindress My Unusual Valentine on Daniel Waldron
 		28 May 2023 5
Bill Smith The Journey of Howard Thurston's "Seeing Through a Woman"
28 May 2023 9
Enrique Jimenez-Martinez Two Magical Priests - St. Vincent de Paul and St. Giovanni Bosco
28 May 2023 17
William Schmeelk The Blue Phantom Perfected history and variations of Hans Trunk's Das Blaue Wunder
 		28 May 2023 25
Gene Matsuura Fooled by a Photo on Howard Thurston, Winston Free, picture of levitation of a person while standing surrounded on a nightclub table
 		28 May 2023 33
Bob Farmer The Use of Abstraction in the Invention of Magic Tricks on the Mojo Boogie Boxes Routine, Roy Kueppers, Bammo Queen Monte Routine
 		28 May 2023 37
James C. Hagy Jim's Whims on Dan Witkowski
 		29 Aug. 2023 1
Alexander Boyce In Praise of the Timeline timeline of Channing Pollock's career
 		29 Aug. 2023 5
Gary Plants An Evening with Faucett Ross and Paul Rosini letter from Faucett Ross to Paul Fox about Rosini's show
 		29 Aug. 2023 9
George Daily Handbook of Magic and WPA and on Bonomo, the Magic Clown
 		29 Aug. 2023 17
Kent Blackmore What's In a Name? The Mystery of George Waldo Heller
29 Aug. 2023 21
Richard Hatch An Experiment Using ChatGPT to Research the History of Magic
29 Aug. 2023 29
Andrés Reynoso Flores Mexico's Finest Magician on Chen Kai aka Julio Hijuelos
 		29 Aug. 2023 33
James C. Hagy Jim's Whims on Leo Behnke, Milbourne Christopher Literary Award 2023
 		30 Jan. 2024 1
Peter Rawert Provenance Research in Conjuring Book History
  • Traces of use are history of existence
  • Condition as third Level
  • Owner's notes and bookplates
  • Association Copies
  • Acquisition dates and book covers
  • Marginalia and other "scribbles"
 		30 Jan. 2024 9
David Ben 'Tis the Season on collecting
 		30 Jan. 2024 17
Stephen Fernandes One Fine Day in the Life of a Teenage Magician on Sandy Marshall, Lou Tannen, Dunninger, Richard Himber
 		30 Jan. 2024 25
Dean C. Arnold Dr. Lynn's Wand
30 Jan. 2024 29
Jonathan Allen, Jan Isenbart Kalanag's Fastest Photograph in the World - A Case-Study in Historical Recreation
30 Jan. 2024 33
William Schmeelk World's Most Modern Train and Magic Shop Lou Tannen - Model Railroader on Tannen's magic shop
 		30 Jan. 2024 41
James C. Hagy Jim's Whims on John Mulholland, Harry Houdini, Henry Ridgely Evans, Bob Lund
 		31 Apr. 2024 1
Mike Strong Two Unrecorded Henry Dean Chapbooks on two Henry Dean Hocus Pocus editions
 		31 Apr. 2024 5
Michael A. Perovich My First Encounters With Bob Gwodz and Orlando Bagely ob Bob Gwodz and Orlando Bagely's acts, Dai Vernon
 		31 Apr. 2024 9
Bob Cervas, Dr. Bruce J. Averbook The Classic Nest of Boxes - Elevated by Germain! with elevator table
 		31 Apr. 2024 13
Timothy Hyde In Praise of an Unknown Magician on a poster by an unknown magician
 		31 Apr. 2024 21
Samuel Porteous Little Wonder on Chee Toy, Chung Ling Soo
 		31 Apr. 2024 25
Julie Eng Sights & Sounds: The Magic of Tony Eng - An exhibition presented by the Chinese Canadian Museum on the exhibition about Tony Eng
 		31 Apr. 2024 33
James C. Hagy Jim's Whims on David Ben, Richard Kaufman, Julie Eng, Jim Steinmeyer, James Alan, Roland Travers, Bill Rauscher
 		32 Sep. 2024 1
Ray Ricard Collecting on the Cheap? on rare books found in the internet
 		32 Sep. 2024 5
Richard Wiseman The Coin Slide that Changed my Life
32 Sep. 2024 9
Jim Kleefeld Devolving a Book on magic books with punch-out or cut-out props
 		32 Sep. 2024 13
Kobe Van Herwegen, Christ Van Herwegen The Magician Behind the Poster: Philippe de Bischop
32 Sep. 2024 21
Brad Henderson Paul Bunyon and Loaded Dice - The Legends of Bill Dodson on Bill Dodson
 		32 Sep. 2024 29
Brian Lead Soo, Foo, and Shakespeare on a visitor's book from Shakespeare's birthplace
 		32 Sep. 2024 37
James C. Hagy Jim's Whims on Robert Reiss, Paul Fleming, Paul Gemmill
  • Your next collection?
 		33 Dec. 2024 1
Michelle Ainsworth Spies & Magis: A Personal View on spies and magic
 		33 Dec. 2024 5
Charlie Randall The Magician's Daughter W. O. Wilson's comic "Madge, The Magician's Daughter"
 		33 Dec. 2024 13
Maxwell Pritchard Unspooled Threads - Professor Tam and the Needle Trick
33 Dec. 2024 17
Francis M. Naumann, Robert Reiss, Vlad Shenderovich An Insight Into Robert Reiss - "Arts and Magic Performance" unpublished review written in 1985
  • Selected Recollections of a Magician's Boyhood in New York City (1963-1973)
 		33 Dec. 2024 25
Lisa Patire Remembering William V. Rauscher (10/17/32 - 07/03/24)
33 Dec. 2024 33
George Daily Nudes in Conjuring Literature
33 Dec. 2024 37
James C. Hagy Jim's Whims on Genii, Animal Wizards and Fair Tricks
 		34 Apr. 2025 1
Robert Reiss, Vlad Shenderovich Selected Recollections of a Magician's Boyhood in New York City (1963-1973) Part II: Joseph Dunninger
34 Apr. 2025 5
Todd Harris Rarities in the Attic
  • Hand in Hand by Jack Hughes
  • U. F. Grant Hands-Off
  • Murray's Vanishing Alarm Clock
 		34 Apr. 2025 13
Peter Rawert, Christina Huber Saving a Lifetime of Magic - The Huber Collection and its Future on the Volker Huber collection
 		34 Apr. 2025 17
Ben Winn Vintage Magic Postcards
34 Apr. 2025 25
"Magic" Christian Stelzel Valentino Graziadei (1898 - 1965)
34 Apr. 2025 33
Roberto Giobbi Guidance for the Amateur Magician
  • 1. Nervousness
  • 2. Understand and Practice
  • 3. Presentational Structure: Prologue and Epilogue
  • 4. The Method is Not the Effect
  • 5. My Reality is Not Your Reality
  • 6. Poor Choice of Tricks
  • 7. Constantly Trying New Tricks
  • 8. Communication, Timing and Pacing
  • 9. Knowing When to Stop
  • 10. Recommendations
Also published here
 34 Apr. 2025 41
James C. Hagy Jim's Whims on Animal Wizards, Sam Porteous
  • "A Word for Ming" How Flash Gordon Inspired Star Wars via Ching Ling Foo
 		35 July 2025 1
Tim Reed Memories of the Paul Daniels Collection
35 July 2025 5
Loren Pankratz My Search For Charcot's Burial Stunt on Tommy Minnock, Jean-Martin Charcot
 		35 July 2025 9
Michael A. Perovich The Budding Craftsmanship of Martin Lewis on various props build by Martin Lewis, coin stand, cigars, cones etc.
 		35 July 2025 13
Richard Wiseman Andre Letta: The Scottish Court Magician
35 July 2025 21
George Daily Houdiniana in Miniature on Houdini memorabilia
 		35 July 2025 25
Jan Isenbart Second Careers: Marvelli as Hotelier and Photographer in Spain (Part I)
35 July 2025 29
James C. Hagy Jim's Whims on Jean de Merry, Jan Janson
  • Nostra Culpa
  • Passings
 		36 Nov. 2025 1
Richard Cohn An Eggstolation and Eggsplanation painted eggs with magical images by Alexandra Baltarzuk
 		36 Nov. 2025 5
Joe Hanosek "This is the Space Reserved for the Crew Who Swung the Hammers..." or Houdini, the Magician, in Columbus, Ohio - 1925 on Houdini in Ohio 1925
  • Act One: Magic
  • Act Two: Escapes
  • Act Three: Spiritualism Exposé
  • A Challenge From the Jeffrey Manufacturing Company
 		36 Nov. 2025 9
Todd Karr Milbourne Christopher Visits Romig's on meeting Milbourne Christopher in Romig's Magic Shop in Ferndale
 		36 Nov. 2025 13
Mike Strong Digitized Conjuring Literature at Your Fingertips on researching old conjuring books online
 		36 Nov. 2025 17
Convin Splettsen A Learned Historian and Magician Introduces Himself biographical notes and plans
 		36 Nov. 2025 21
Enrique Jimenez-Martinez The Great Frakson
36 Nov. 2025 25
James C. Hagy Jim's Whims on Jean de Merry
  • A Celebration of Jean Graf (Jean de Merry)
 		37 Jan. 2026 1
Robert Kirkpatrick Metamorphosis on Harry and Bess Houdini, The Welsh Bros.
 		37 Jan. 2026 5
Kei Izumi A Little Discovery of Magic Clubs in Pre-War Japan on the history of magic clubs in Japan
 		37 Jan. 2026 13
Joe Lyons I don't Collect Ephemera on collecting ephemera
 		37 Jan. 2026 17
Kent Blackmore Australia's Egyptian Hall on the Egyptian Hall in Sydney, John Solomon, Harry Lyons, J. G. Westen
 		37 Jan. 2026 21
Ann Myrece James Magic to the Rescue! My Encounter with the FBI
37 Jan. 2026 29
Michael Claxton A Magic Widow Carries On on Emilie D'Alton, Carl Hertz
 		37 Jan. 2026 33
James C. Hagy Jim's Whims on Roberto Giobbi, Wittus Witt, errata
 		38 Mar. 2026 1
Persi Diaconis* Francis Carlyle, Dai Vernon and the Three Silver Cups on Johnny Benzais, Francis Carlyle, Dai Vernon, Larry Jennings
 		38 Mar. 2026 5
Tilman Andris Henry Christ's 'Sensational Improvement' exploration of the history of the principle in the Allerchrist Card Trick, credit information
Related to
 38 Mar. 2026 9
Mike Kamlet Unsung Heroes short bios of
  • Earl Adcock (1878-1954)
  • Roy Blass (1907-1981)
  • Armando "Nick" Tomei (1913-2005)
  • Phil D'Rey (1998-1970)
  • Waldo Logan (1899-1957)
  • Paul Siegel (??-1952)
 		38 Mar. 2026 17
Tim Reed A Tale of Two Chairs on Professor Hoffmann's and the Houdini's Magicians' Club President chairs in the Paul Daniels collection
 		38 Mar. 2026 21
Donald Waskover My "Houdini" Lota Bowl on IBM Ring Nr. 113, Houdini, Don Rose, Audley Walsh, Leslie P. Guest, Jeff Sheridan
 		38 Mar. 2026 25
James C. Hagy Scholarship in Japan: The Work of Masaru Kawai
38 Mar. 2026 29
The Scholarship of Masaru Kawai images of ancient Japanese magic publications, Shinsen Gejutsu
 		38 Mar. 2026 37
Data entered by Lorenz Schär, March 2024.