| Chapter 1 Origin and History |
| Matrix appeared in 1960. However, the Matrix phenomena began when the effect |
| appeared in Genii in 1972. In this chapter, several events related to Matrix and its |
| existence are revealed. Part of this chapter is about how I invented Matrix. |
| Before getting into those details, I would like to point out a few issues about crediting |
| magicians with appropriate honor. |
| Often we do not know who actually created some effect. Certainly, you, as an average |
| magician, have no access to actual events as to who did what and when things |
| happened. There is no way we can know. At times, even the person creating an effect |
| does not know. There can be several reasons for this. Sometimes one can invent an |
| effect that was invented by some other individual long ago. Several times, I have come |
| up with an idea and published it later to get a letter from someone indicating that they |
| had the idea long ago. Usually my routine and theirs bear little resemblance. However, |
| the basic principle can be precisely the same. Then there are our sensitive egos. Our |
| egos can be sensitive and strong at the same time. We can read something and not |
| think of it for years. Then, later, we play with related ideas and suddenly we come up |
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