He ended up working on clockmaking for the rest of his life, and in addition to becoming the father of modern conjuring, he is credited with inventing the mystery clock. He began work as a clerk in an attorney’s office, but law did not interest him, as he was a better watchmaker than a lawyer. He was born Jean-Eugène Robert in Blois, France in 1805. Perhaps the most important magician to bring magic to the mainstream and transform it into entertainment for the wealthy was Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin. With the belief in witchcraft beginning to wane, magicians began to perform magic shows for wealthy patrons, but magic shows continued to mainly be entertainment at fairs. In 1584, Reginald Scot published The Discoverie of Witchcraft the text revealed many of the secrets of magic tricks in an attempt to dissuade people from burning at the stake those who performed simple magic tricks.
Seneca the Younger of Rome mentioned enjoying the mystery of the cup and dice trick around 65 CE.
The first reliable documentation of magic tricks dates to 50 BCE, with the mention of a group of magicians, called the Acetabularii, who had performed the Cup and Balls routine in ancient Rome.
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