Neale, Robert: The Sense of Wonder ©2014 Robert Neale, The Art and Theory of Magic Press Softcover, perfect-bound, 6x9", 395 pages

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Comments: Second book of a trilogy, with the first The Magic of Celebrating Illusion, and the third An Essay on Magic.

Contents (courtesy listing at The Magic Castle, numbers are not page numbers)

1 Introduction (Lawrence Hass)
2 Preface (Robert E. Neale)

3 Chapter 1: The Many Worlds of Wonder
4 Credulous World
5 Ironic World
6 Occult World
7 Sentimental World
8 Word World

9 Performances for Chapter 1
10 Rexile
11 The Line Between
12 The Magic of Patriotism
13 On the Romantic Card Trick
14 The Affair
15 Go to the Devil
16 Ultimate Sheep and Goats
17 You Can’t Beat the Devil
18 Two Stories I Carry With Me

19 Chapter 2: Will Wonders Never Cease
20 What Wonder Is
21 Where Wonder is Directed
22 Stages of Wonder

23 Performances for Chapter 2
24 Toy Ball
25 Framed
26 Through the Eye of a Needle
27 The Tortured Bill
28 A King’s Mourning

29 Chapter 3: The Mystery of Enchantment
30 Enchantment and Disenchantment
31 Traditional Enchantment
32 Contemporary Enchantment
33 Mystery
34 Wonder
35 Epiphany

36 Performances for Chapter 3
37 Prometheus’s Box
38 Arrow of Good Fortune
39 Open Book
40 Easy Reader
41 Saint of Cardicians

42 Chapter 4: Wonderwork
43 Magic as Trivial
44 Magic as Re-enchantment
45 Magic as Education
46 Wonder Performance
47 A Cautionary Wonder

48 Performances for Chapter 4
49 Satan’s Solitaire
50 Bizarre Impact
51 Your Mistakes Were Not Made
52 Kiddy Trinity
53 Money Purse
54 Only a Paper Doll
55 The Risk Trick
56 Synchronicity Schtick
57 Aching Heart Illusion
58 Upside Down Man
59 Jack’s Veto
60 Twin Towers

61 Bibliography