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Reading tea leaves.
witchcraft

The Ancient Art of Kitchen Divination

How to try tasseography, cromniomancy, and other mystical gastronomic arts.
Diana Hubbell October 17, 2022
These eggs see all.
witchcraft

The Long, Extremely Witchy History of Telling the Future With Eggs

From ancient Greece to the Salem Witch Trials.
Diana Hubbell October 13, 2022
List

6 Legendary Hollywood Hangouts

Where the stars are in real life and the afterlife.
Taxidermied bears in the main hall.
Degersheim, Switzerland

Dreamfactory's World of Wonders

A Swiss magician's vault of oddities.
libraries

The Famous Fight Over the Turn-of-the-Century Trend of Spirit Photography

In one corner: Harry Houdini. And in the other: Arthur Conan Doyle.
April White October 29, 2021
A ghoulish 1915 poster from Jay's collection advertising a seance with the magician Howard Thurston.
rare books

For Sale: Ricky Jay's One-of-a-Kind Collection of Magic, Mystery, and Masterpieces

The late, legendary magician and actor always followed his curiosity.
Matthew Taub October 14, 2021
A close-up of the newly discovered folio fragments reveals the handwriting of two different scribes.
king arthur

Found: An Early Merlin Tale, Hidden for Centuries

The fragments tell a new version of the magician's encounter with the enchantress Viviane.
Sarah Durn September 16, 2021
djassi daCosta johnson prepares food for loved ones.
museums

The Museum Treating Home Cooking as Fine Art

Cook your way through the "Reclamation" exhibition of crowd-sourced recipes, remedies, and magic.
Reina Gattuso January 21, 2021
The celebrations surrounding Walpurgis Night, at the beginning of May, brings out the witch-kitsch culture of Germany's Harz highlands.
magic

Witch Kitsch and Dark History in Germany's Harz Mountains

From fairy tale towns to torture devices to absurd attractions.
Kristen J. Sollée January 12, 2021
Video • Wonder From Home

Show & Tell With a Master Magic Auctioneer

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Video • Wonder From Home

Show & Tell at a Secret Wonder Emporium

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The gravestone.
Edinburgh, Scotland

Grave of 'The Great Lafayette'

A magician and his beloved, pampered canine were buried together, within days of each other, due to a tragic twist of fate.
Magicum.
Berlin, Germany

Magicum

Visitors can explore the role of mysticism throughout the ages inside this interactive museum of magic.
A magician's grave
Colon, Michigan

Lakeside Cemetery

A cemetery where many of those buried had a flair for the dramatics.
A Malay <em>bomoh</em>, or medium with the paraphernalia he uses to treat illnesses. The occult is popular in Malaysia, despite Islamic prohibitions against it.
haunted

Malaysia Has Good Ghosts, Bad Ghosts, and Gremlin-Babies That Will Steal Your Stuff

Its spirit culture is unlike any in the world.
Dan Nosowitz October 24, 2019
The magician Harry Houdini, who sought to debunk spiritualists and their tools, speaks into a spirit trombone.
victorian

How Victorian Mediums Gave Shy Ghosts a Megaphone

Spirit trumpets helped the dead speak above a whisper.
Sabrina Imbler October 23, 2019
The Old Fairy Bridge.
Douglas, Isle of Man

The Old Fairy Bridge

This hidden bridge is where local children leave gifts and messages for the island's fay folk.
Video

Inside the World of Tannen’s Magic Shop

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