T.A. Waters
Encyclopedia
Thomas Alan Waters (1938 - 1998) was an American
magician, writer about magic, and science fiction
author.
and bizarre magic
which were later reassembled in his big book Mind, Myth & Magick (1993). At one point, he was the librarian at the Magic Castle, in Los Angeles
. He was a founding member of The Delta Group, a private mentalism group with many notable members that was formed in the Los Angeles area. As a mentalist, he was noted for his Any Card at Any Number routine.
United States
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magician, writer about magic, and science fiction
Science fiction
Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...
author.
History
Waters was a professional magician and magic author. He wrote several booklets on mentalismMentalism
Mentalism is a performing art in which its practitioners, known as mentalists, appear to demonstrate highly developed mental or intuitive abilities. Performances may appear to include telepathy, clairvoyance, divination, precognition, psychokinesis, mediumship, mind control, memory feats and rapid...
and bizarre magic
Bizarre magic
Bizarre Magic, or Bizarre Magick, is a branch of stage magic, or conjuring, like stage illusions, sleight of hand, or children's magic. The major difference is that bizarre magic uses storytelling and word play to a much greater degree, and less emphasis is placed on the manual dexterity of the...
which were later reassembled in his big book Mind, Myth & Magick (1993). At one point, he was the librarian at the Magic Castle, in Los Angeles
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. He was a founding member of The Delta Group, a private mentalism group with many notable members that was formed in the Los Angeles area. As a mentalist, he was noted for his Any Card at Any Number routine.
- Deckalogue (1982)
- Cardiact (1984)
Published works
- Love that Spy! (1968)
- The Probability Pad (1970) (the third volume in the Greenwich Village TrilogyThe Butterfly KidThe Butterfly Kid is a science fiction novel by Chester Anderson originally released in 1967. It was nominated for a Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1968. The novel is the first part of the Greenwich Village Trilogy, with Michael Kurland writing the second book and the third volume written by T.A...
) - Psychologistics (1971)
- Centerforce (1974)
- The Encyclopedia of Magic and Magicians (1988)
- Mind, Myth & Magick (1993)