I’ve always wanted to believe in a magic that transcends the human-constructed world, a universe that sees me, that can hold ...

There may be a room with the rarest books in the world somewhere under Moscow. We are discussing ancient Chinese texts. Lost works by Virgil and Cicero. Manuscripts from the Library of Alexandria.

The field ahead looked like a glistening, sparkling lake under the beaming sunlight as a group of people made their way toward Packer Meadow. But as they got closer, the sparkles revealed thousands of ...

Where illusions blur into daring spectacle, these films echo the pulse of mystery and wonder that made Now You See Me unforgettable, each one weaving magic into stories built on misdirection and awe.

Tanya Charles says her ancestors' history may not be written down in books, but it is written into the land. "My nan used to say scientists will never catch up to us, we're too old," she says, as rain ...

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How old is the Tarot? This is a question that seems easy to answer today. As playing cards, we can confidently map the Tarot to the early 15th century. Mystery solved? Well, it’s not quite that simple ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... She levitates above her chair. An old man hurls a priest across the room. A young woman speaks full paragraphs in Bulgarian, a language she’s never studied.

Fantastic Fest is just around the corner, and veteran director Eugène Green is firing up his magic broomstick to deliver his darkly comedic fable The Tree of Knowledge to Austin, Texas, for the ...

This piece is excerpted from National Geographic's Book of Magic and the Occult: A Visual History. He’s the most famous magician to ever live, but few realize that Harry Houdini (1874–1926) began life ...