Magus, Master Of Martial Magic, Book II, Lessons for the Novice (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781492344285)

Thomas Chilton Meseroll is currently a Director of Engineering in the Space & Intelligence sector of the aerospace industry. He was the Program Manager for NASA's Deep Space Network and a senior consultant for the U.S. Air Force Military Satellite Communications Wing. He received a Patent Award from Hughes Space and Communications for theorizing a method for communicating with the past and the future using satellites with quantum entangled particle communication devices. He has a BS degree in Astrophysics from UCLA and an advanced degree in Geophysics and Space Physics from the same institution. He has been a martial arts practitioner for forty years and is an expert in Okinawan weaponry. He is a proud member of the Society of American Magicians, the Magic Collector's Association, the Magic Circle in London, the Academy of Magical Arts (The Magic Castle), and "The Elders"-a proficient group of mentalists, bizarrists, and magicians. He is known as "The Magus: Master of Martial Magic" for his incorporation of martial arts in magic. He has been performing magic around the United States for over forty-five years. In 2007 and 2012 he won Close-Up Magician of the Year for the Southern California Assembly of the Society of American Magicians-an award won previously by Dai Vernon and Al Goshman. He is currently the President of Assembly 22 of the Society of American Magicians. He is also a skilled juggler. He is a Pastor and has performed weddings for martial artists in Japanese gardens, secret magical weddings at the Magic Castle, and one ceremony for a CIA agent. He is a marathon runner and triathlete, bibliophile, devoted husband, and proud father of two.