Magical Arts Journal

The Magical Arts Journal was a monthly magazine published by Michael Ammar and Adam Fleischer in the 1980's. Each issue contained effects, theory and stories on magic.

The first issue was published in August 1986 and the magazine ceased publication in 1990.

• Magazine Performance Material & Co-Publisher: Michael Ammar
• Editor-In-Chief, Art Director & Co-Publisher: Adam J. Fleischer
• Design Consultant: Phil Young
• Illustrator: Chris Kenner
• Portraitist: Dan Baxter
• Japanese Publisher: Ton Onosaka
• German Publisher: Harold Voit

The Issues

Volume II, No 7 & 8

Special ARCANE Double Issue (material selected from the French magic magazine Arcane)

• The Man Behind Arcane: Who is Jean Yves Prost
• Flip-Pen-Cy by Flip
• Considerations on the Management and Handling of the Key Card by Roberto Giobbi
• The Monster's Tongue by James Hodges
• Me, Knot You! by James Hodges
• Ten Tips on Telling Jokes by Bruce Gold
• The Natural Lay of the Hand by Michael Ammar
• Make it Happen by Sammy Patrick Smith
• The Little Cracker by Duraty
• The False Turn Over of a Coin by Joaquin Navasas & Jean-Phillippe Pradel
• The Ghost Glass by Duraty
• The Hofzinser Spread Control by J.N. Hofzinser

Volume III, No 1-5

Special ASPEN BAR MAGIC quintuple issue

• Anatomy of a Magic Bar by Doc Eason
• Editor's Notes by Michael Ammar
• Elements of Bar Magic by Doc Eason
• Relationship Strategies by Michael Ammar and Doc Eason
• Bar Diplomacy by Michael Ammar and Doc Eason
• Crystal Ball by Doc Eason
• The $100 Card On Ceiling Thru Ceiling Fan by Doc Eason
• Notes on the Multiple Selection of Cards by Doc Eason
• Bogus Control by Steve Spill
• The Magic Bartender Blues by Doc Eason and Michael Ammar (based on a song by Fred Rose)
• Bar Bits by Michael Ammar and Doc Eason
• The Coin on Forehead by Steve Spill
• This Tip's For You by Bob Sheets
• The Pocket O' Mystery by Michael Ammar
• Michael Ammar's Bottle Production
• Michael Ammar's Bottle Vanish
• The Floating Bill (handling by Michael Ammar)
• The Formula Series
  • Insert One: The Inverted Bell Curve
  • Insert Two: The Process to Effect Ratio
• Mullica on Mullica by Tom Mullica
• The Animation of Silver by Roland Gugganig
• Breaded Fish by Jesse Dicamillo
• The Glass Through Bar or Table by J.C. Wagner
• The Legend of Alesha by Eric Mead
• Boy Meets Girl by Eric Mead
• Stuck On U by Lew "Loudini" Wymisner and Eric Mead
• The Sugar Trick: Tribute to the Great Heba Haba Al by Bob Sheets

References

• http://www.ammarmagic.net/the-magical-arts-journal-maj.html