Conjuring Credits

The Origins of Wonder

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 Theo Bamberg is said to have invented this in 1888, as a boy of twelve, initially as a gag, but then as a serious effect later. (This anecdote may be in //Okito on Magic//.) However, the earliest published description of the trick seems to be "The Bewitched Wand" in W. H. J. Shaw's //Magic and Its Mysteries// (1893). Theo Bamberg is said to have invented this in 1888, as a boy of twelve, initially as a gag, but then as a serious effect later. (This anecdote may be in //Okito on Magic//.) However, the earliest published description of the trick seems to be "The Bewitched Wand" in W. H. J. Shaw's //Magic and Its Mysteries// (1893).
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