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Today is 12.19.18.17.14. In a year, you will find me in Bugarach (Aude, France).
In August 2011, during a week spent in Rennes-le-Château (Aude, France), I met Michel Estragues, a 14-years old magician named Slide le magicien.
In the book Absolute Magic Derren Brown writes that one major role of contemporary art is
This is the story of a criminologist using numbers to catch criminals. His name was Alphonse Bertillon. His dream was to capture Ravachol – a ruthless bandit, who had no qualms about killing women and…
Photo courtesy Anna Shakti • Cinemagraph by me
This is the story of a mysterious book. An esoteric book, which keeps a secret. A magical book, because it gives its owner the power to read minds. A forgotten book that seems to come straight from a…
In 1607 Andrea Ghisi, a Venetian nobleman, published a peculiar book entitled Il laberinto del Signor Andrea Ghisi nel qual si contiene una tessitura di due mila ducento sessanta Figure, che aprendolo…
The world is full of magicians who are eager to demonstrate their abilities. As soon as they get a chance, they immediately commence with the classical invitation: “Pick a card!”. Usually – and part…
If the Rennes-le-Château phenomenon is really a infinite game, this summer 2011 triumphantly confirmed Pierre Plantard’s role as its puppetmaster.
Is the study of Rennes-le-Château and the ongoing revision of its mythology an elaborate game? Although irrelevant at first sight, this simple question prompts the development of an interesting…
Essential Magic Conference logo is a trip-let, a 3-dimensional object shaped in such a way that its projections along three mutually perpendicular axes are three different letters of the alphabet.
In 1880 an advertising card titled “The Magical Eggs” was marketed in New York by Wemple & Company.{Martin Gardner, Wheels, Life, and Other Mathematical Amusements, W.H. Freeman and Company, 1983, pag…
As in Arthur C. Clarke’s “The Nine Billion Names of God” (1953), mathematics can provide a shortcut to the Day of Judgement. But... is it worthwhile?
“Timewave zero” is a numerological formula created by Terence McKenna which allegedly correlates time and history with the ebb and flow of something called “Novelty”, claimed to be a quality intrinsic…
Is the study of Rennes-le-Château and the ongoing revision of its mythology an elaborate game? Although irrelevant at first sight, this simple question prompts the development of an interesting model…
The numbers 4, 8, 15, 16, 23 and 42 are one of TV series Lost’s most prominent recurring themes.
In this post{First published on 2 May 2008.} I will offer a new point of view from which to analyse the Rennes-le-Château phenomenon: I am suggesting that many modern approaches to the matter ca…
Photo taken on April 17, 2011 with Olympus E-620.
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