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John Booth
John Booth (August 7, 1912 - ) was born John Nicholls Booth and became a successful nightclub magician before leaving magic in 1940 to pursue a career as a Unitarian minister. He eventually incorporated magic into his lectures. John conducted the funeral service for Eugene Laurant.
A prolific author, he penned hundreds of articles on magic, as well as publishing Canada's first magic magazine, Canadian Magician's Digest, in 1929. In 1931, he organized Canada's first magic convention.
Author of the longest running column in Linking Ring Magazine of magic history called "Memoirs of a Magician’s Ghost" which started in May 1963 and didn't conclude until January 2000 (435 monthly installments). The first 25 years of these writings have been indexed by Ben Robinson and Amy Janiello. He was given an Honorary Life Membership to the IBM in 2000.
He was a word traveler and has climbed the Himalayas.
Books
- Super Magical Miracles (1930)
- Forging Ahead in Magic (1939)
- Marvels of Mystery (1941)
- Psychic Paradoxes (1984)
- Wonders of Magic (1986)
- Conjurian's Discoveries (1992)
- The Fine Art of Hocus Pocus (1996)
- Keys To Magic's Inner World (1999)
