Manual of magic

Manual of magic
Publication country	GDR
editor	Universitas Verlag, Berlin
Publication year	1978
Presentation	bound
Illustrations	583 line drawings and 32 b / w photo boards
Languages)	German
Page size	342
theme	Textbook with 176 descriptions of feats
ISBN	3-8004-0857-0
author
Jochen Zmeck

The Handbuch der Magie by Jochen Zmeck is the first German-language book after the Second World War that systematically deals with learning the art of magic .

In 39 chapters, the author gives a step-by-step course that begins with a well thought-out division of the art of magic into different areas and ends with an extensive collection of technical terms. In doing so, the author relies on the analyzes of the American specialist author Dariel Fitzkee , who as early as 1943 divided the principles of magic into a total of 13 categories in his work "The Trick Brain".

The manual of magic experienced several editions up to 1990. This book is a basic requirement for attaining membership in the magic association.

The chapters

What one should know about magic

Chapter 1: The Deception
2. The branches of magic
Chapter 3: The basic magic effects
Chapter 4: From the History of Magic

Card art

Chapter 5: Fundamentals of card art
Chapter 6: Tricks without manual dexterity
Chapter 7: The laid card game
Chapter 8: The Guide Map
Chapter 9: Fissure and Injog
Chapter 10: The Mixing
Chapter 11: Take off
Chapter 12: Duplicating
Chapter 13: Glissing
Chapter 14: Forcing
Chapter 15: A few more map handles
Chapter 16: Magic with Prepared Maps
Chapter 17: Card art for the discerning
Chapter 18: manipulations with playing cards

Magic for parties and stages

Chapter 19: Basics of stage magic
Chapter 20: Magic with Coins
Chapter 21: Magic with Balls
Chapter 22: Magic with Foam Balls
Chapter 23: Magic with thimbles
Chapter 24: Cigarette Magic
Chapter 25: rope tricks
Chapter 26: Cloth Magic
Chapter 27: Mental Magic
Chapter 28: Illusions
Chapter 29: Mixed Food

Micromagic

Chapter 30: Even small things can delight
Chapter 31: Impromptu
Chapter 32: With Coins and Dice
Chapter 33: A Colorful Selection
Chapter 34: A little math please
Chapter 35: Studying a Trick
Chapter 36: The Compilation of the Program
Chapter 37: The equipment
Chapter 38: Behavior on the Stage
Chapter 39: Some Basic Rules of Magic

attachment

Book review

Magie , Association organ of the Magical Circle of Germany , issue 2, February 1979, p. 53
Magical World , Volume 3, Volume 28, 1979

Editions / issues

1st edition 1968, see info box

1. Licensed edition for the FRG Universitas Verlag Munich 1978

2nd edition Henschelverlag, Berlin 1979, 350 pages
3rd edition Henschelverlag, Berlin 1979, 350 pages

2. Licensed edition for the FRG Universitas Verlag Munich 1980, 350 pages

4th edition Henschelverlag, Berlin 1984, 342 pages
5th edition Henschelverlag, Berlin 1986, 342 pages
6th edition Henschelverlag, Berlin 1990, 336 pages

proof

↑ Dr. Hans-Gerhard Stumpf in "Magic", volume 2, 1979: The manual of magic is one of the most important textbooks of the last few years on a world scale
↑ Dariel Fitzkee, The Trick Brain, Magic Limited Verlag, Oakland, 316 pages, 1944
↑ Rudolf Braunmüller in: Magie Heft 2, 1979, page 47: The whole examination regulations are based on the book by Jochen Zmeck, Handbuch der Magie t

[1] Dr. Hans-Gerhard Stumpf in "Magic", volume 2, 1979: The manual of magic is one of the most important textbooks of the last few years on a world scale

[2] Dariel Fitzkee, The Trick Brain, Magic Limited Verlag, Oakland, 316 pages, 1944

[3] Rudolf Braunmüller in: Magie Heft 2, 1979, page 47: The whole examination regulations are based on the book by Jochen Zmeck, Handbuch der Magie t