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A magician, Henning is credited with repopularizing magic by bringing specials to television. A Canadian, Henning was fascinated with magic since seeing a performer on The Ed Sullivan Show as a child. His own 1976 NBC special The World of Magic brought tremendous ratings, thanks in part to his successful performance of Houdini's Water Torture Escape. That led to several subsequent TV specials by Henning and others. "Wonder is very necessary in life," Henning once said. "When we're little kids, we're filled with wonder for the world -- it's fascinating and miraculous. A lot of people lose that. They become cynical and jaded, especially in modern day society. Magic renews that wonder." Henning died February 7 in Los Angeles from liver cancer. He was 52. From This is True for 6 February 2000 Suggestions for further reading:
 By: Joseph Lisiewski List Price: $16.95 Amazon Price: $16.95 Editorial Review: For the practicing Magician, there is no more crucial working knowledge than the Kabbalah. This complex structure serves as the backdrop against which the magician's thoughts, ideas, ritual and ceremonial work are placed, and is the archetype which breathes life into secret occult practices. Yet, none of the numerous books on 'Qabalah' give those 'on-the-spot' attributions, correspondences and key concepts in a 'user-friendly' style. Until now. And The Kabbalistic Handbook gives you even more. It includes never-before-published techniques that enables Western Magic---including Golden Dawn Magic---to work flawlessly every time! Never again will you need to wade through voluminous chapters of many different books looking for the Kabbalistic information you need. In addition, you will have a course of instruction that will enable that knowledge to work for you as never before. The field is cleared for your main objective: the realization of your desires, manifested through properly executed ritual and ceremonial work.  By: Marvin Kaye List Price: $17.95 Amazon Price: $14.00 Editorial Review: Designed to turn the unpolished performer into an entertaining magician, this book presents fail-safe magic, essential fingerwork, sleight of hand, card tricks, and mental magic, along with the basic principals of showmanship and stage presence to help budding magicians create original riveting acts.  By: H. J. Burlingame List Price: $43.95 Amazon Price: $33.40 A Handbook to Luck (Unabridged) By: Cristina Garcia List Price: $40.00  By: Frank Desmond List Price: $36.95 Amazon Price: $28.08 |
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