Staircase inside the Magic Circle in London. The magic society was created in 1905 but did not admit women until 1991. - Katherine Young/Alamy Deception, disguise and finally a disappearance. This ...

Only about 8 percent of stage magicians are women. A new generation of performers wants to change that. Anna DeGuzman, 25, who finished second on “America’s Got Talent” in September, is among the few ...

The Magic Circle has readmitted a female magician expelled for tricking her way into the previously all-male institution by disguising herself as a man. “We’re proud to welcome back magician Sophie ...

Folk magic goes by many names in the Appalachian Mountains: root work, granny magic, kitchen witchery, Braucherei, witchcraft Emma Cieslik Isolation is a part of life in the Appalachian Mountains, and ...

Deception, disguise and finally a disappearance. This might sound like the premise of a magic trick, but it’s actually the story of a woman who managed to fool a male-only, world-famous magic society ...