Peter Lamont

Pull back the curtain on the real history of magic – and discover why magic really matters

If you read a standard history of magic, you learn that it begins in ancient Egypt with the resurrection of a goose in front of the Pharaoh. You discover how magicians were tortured and killed during the age of witchcraft. You are told how conjuring tricks were used to quell rebellious colonial natives. The history of magic is full of such stories, which turn out not to be true. Behind the smoke and mirrors, however, lies the real story of magic.

Este livro toma como ponto de partida a missão de responder a duas perguntas :"você já se deparou com alguma coisa que não conseguiu explicar?" e "por que as pessoas acreditam no paranormal?".