
sight unseen: the hows and whys of invisibility
by slow shimo
Sight Unseen: The Hows and Whys of Invisibility (kathryn schulz) The New Yorker, April 13 2015 It is possible, according to many sources, to become invisible, but you must be patient, methodical, and willing to eat almost anything. One characteristic spell, recorded by the British polymath John Aubrey around 1680, instructs you to begin by acquiring the severed head of a man who has committed suicide. You then bury the head, together with seven black beans, on a Wednesday morning […]
Categories: i like short stories & sometimes poetry, literat • Tags: invisibility, Philip Ball