Finn's Parlour

I'd like to make some recommendations, apropos of nothing, for some of the best books on magic ever written.  By magic I mean the sneaky arts of deception, sleights and trickery, not the nonsensical pasttimes of pompous pseudo-academics with a penchant for Egyptology and Qabala (and no understanding of either) or trendy consciousness-raising neo-mystics with a lot of black velvet clothing, patchouli oil and a natural skill for creating bad poetry.

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