The Hermit Magic Magazine

12/28/2023

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12/25/2023

Warmest wishes for you and yours this holiday season!

12/12/2023

12/12/2023

Pre-orders for The Hermit's second book set (Volume Two) are now open at www.hermitmagic.com

Featuring every issue of the magazine from 2023, as well as extra bonus content not available anywhere else, these hardcover books are each over 300 pages in length!

Book sets are expected to start shipping before the new year.

12/11/2023

The December issue of The Hermit is out now! It's the last of Volume Two, and it wraps up the year quite nicely!

There's work by Werner Miller, Boyet Vargas, John Carey, Kyle Leon, Michał Kociołek, Brandon Sheffield, Patrik Kuffs, Scott Baird, and more!

Read it or subscribe at:
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11/30/2023

It's Scott's birthday!

A birthday gift offered to you— Take 20% OFF either an annual or 6-month subscription to the magazine! Subscribe today and you'll pay just C$76.80 for an annual subscription—that's only C$6.40 per issue!

It would be a great birthday gift to me for you to take this opportunity to support an independent magic magazine!

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Offer is only valid for the next 24 hours.

11/29/2023

Hermit contributor Michael Kras has written a book for magicians, called Synthesis and Secrets—and he needs just a little more support to make it a reality! His Kickstarter campaign has 13 days to go, and he's already 84% funded! The book is limited to just 500 copies, and this is your chance to be one of the first to read his material and essays. From what I've seen from him, the investment is more than worth it. Check out his Kickstarter and see for yourself by clicking the link!

A gorgeous new limited edition book of close-up magic and performance theory by award-winning magician and theatre artist Michael Kras

11/28/2023

SALE on for 24 hours only! Grab those missing back issues that complete your set for cheap before tomorrow afternoon!

11/23/2023

Hermit contributor Michael Kras has a kickstarter up for his new book—I recommend that you check it out and help back his project! This is sure to be a unique magic book, written from a different perspective.

A gorgeous new limited edition book of close-up magic and performance theory by award-winning magician and theatre artist Michael Kras

11/13/2023

To quote from the most recent Lybrary.com newsletter:

"Some folks, rightly so, revel in the legacies of old magic journals such as Jinx, Pabular, Pentagram, Gen, ... They are great, but at one time, these classics were young unproven journals. I think Hermit will eventually enter that eclectic class of publications if Scott keeps up the level of excellence he has achieved and maintained so far. But what is even more exciting, you can be among the early readers and one day you can tell the young guns that you read that journal when it was originally published. It is not an opportunity that comes along very often. If you haven't given Hermit a look I suggest you do. I think you will like what you find ..." —Chris Wasshuber.

https://www.lybrary.com/magic-conjuring-magazines-journals-hermit-c-21_36_4880.html

11/07/2023

The November issue of The Hermit Magic Magazine is now available at www.hermitmagic.com

This is a 54 page PDF issue featuring seven different Triumph effects, two tricks with Things that Fly, and some other interesting magic and creative thinking! It's almost TOO MUCH magic for $10 CAD!

10/30/2023

Keep your eyes peeled—In the next few weeks there will be details posted on www.hermitmagic.com about the upcoming printed edition of Volume Two of The Hermit Magic Magazine

In the meantime, I'm asking two questions:

Should I offer the choice between hardcover and paperback again, or just stick to hardcover only?

And for those of you who didn't get a hardcover set of last year's collection: Should I reprint the first volume in hardcover?

10/30/2023

Another video of some of the material you can learn in The Hermit—this is Paul Gordon performing his Twisting The Aces Shocker from The Hermit Vol. 2, No. 10:

10/27/2023

It's challenge time! Win a FREE two-book set of Volume 2 of The Hermit Magic Magazine (release date and details coming soon), simply by sending in the best response to the image on the page!

All the details can be found on The Hermit's blog:

Get a headstart on the Hermit's contest for November.

10/24/2023

Working hard on the upcoming November issue! I hope you like the Triumph card plot!

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10/16/2023

Here's another video performance showing an effect in The Hermit Magic Magazine — Darned Pain in the Neck by Paul Gordon! (Featured in Vol. 2, No. 8 ).

Paul Gordon Live in London in Oct 2021. Darned Pain In The Neck from Gold Dust Companion. Card Magic Trick. See https://www.paulgordon.net/shop for info.

10/16/2023

Read the newsletter to find out what's coming up in The Hermit this November!

It's starting to feel a bit chilly outside!

10/14/2023

If you are working on or performing a trick from The Hermit, send me the link! Here's Joe Cole performing Michael Kras' One Four All, from the September issue of The Hermit Magic Magazine.

This video was made with Clipchamp

10/07/2023

Subscribe to The Hermit! Seriously, if you've been subscribed from the very beginning (22 months so far):

- you've received over 1065 pages of magic in 22 PDF issues;
- you've learned over 179 tricks, sleights, handlings, and effects;
- you've read the work of 63 different magicians;
- it has only cost you CAD $8/issue (if you had an annual subscription), for a total of CAD $176.

If that isn't the best deal in magic, I don't know what is. Subscribe today!

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10/06/2023

Time is running out to download the September issue for FREE!

It's the last day to download the September issue of The Hermit for free.

10/05/2023

Read the newsletter for all the information about the September and October issues of The Hermit!

Vol. 2, No. 9 & 10 are now available at www.hermitmagic.com

09/16/2023

October 1st will see the release of both the September and October issues of The Hermit (on hiatus for September, but catching up).

For the first week of October, the September issue will be available for download, free from www.hermitmagic.com

Subscribers, because you've waited so patiently, all of your subscriptions have been extended for one free month!

08/05/2023

Click the link to read all about the August issue of The Hermit, available now!

Vol. 2, No. 8 is now available at www.hermitmagic.com

07/31/2023

You still have time to send in your handling for a chance to win an exclusive trick from Michał Kociołek!

Read and enter the July Hermitmagicchallenge!

07/30/2023

THE HERMIT returns this August with more magic, creative ideas, and inspiration from Paul Gordon, Kyle Leon, Scott Baird, John Carey, Jason Connolly, Jozsef Kovacs, Joe Cole, Chiam Yu Sheng, Brandon Sheffield, Biz, and more!

Subscribe today at www.hermitmagic.com and experience the best independent monthly digital magazine in magic today!

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07/20/2023

THE HERMIT returns this August with more magic, creative ideas, and inspiration from Paul Gordon, Kyle Leon, Scott Baird, John Carey, Jason Connolly, Jozsef Kovacs, Joe Cole, Chiam Yu Sheng, Brandon Sheffield, Biz, and more!

Subscribe today at www.hermitmagic.com and enjoy the best independent monthly digital magazine in magic today!

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07/10/2023

The Hermit's July issue is finally available!

Visit www.hermitmagic.com to download the issue, or click this link to read all about it in our most recent newsletter: https://shoutout.wix.com/so/58Oa_6tAM?languageTag=en

06/27/2023

Hermit reader Curtis Lee posted an honest, unsolicited review of The Hermit Vol. 1 to his YouTube channel a few months ago—check it out!

Curtis Lee posted an honest review of The Hermit Vol. 1 on his YouTube channel.

06/21/2023

I'll finally be sharing my thoughts and method for a bizarre one card and four coin assembly that I call "Joke Matrix" in the July issue of The Hermit Magazine! While I wouldn't consider it a "practical" piece for the working performer, it is a fun routine to think about and to practice.

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