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Man With His Head the Wrong Way
This is a fun trick to do at a Halloween or costume party, the Man with His Head the Wrong Way. Put on a coat and vest so that they fasten behind. Then fix a mask over the back of the head and a wig over the face. The effect is very curious. When Reginald Scott published his book The Discoveries of Witchcraft in 1584, he managed to do two very interesting things. First, he connected magic with witchcraft and secondly he presented the idea that witches use illusions not supernatural powers to perform their spells. This may have been the first time anyone wrote about the possibility of illusions or what we would call stage magic.
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