This article is intended to be a supplement to the History of Magic live lecture, and to provide references to those who wish to check the facts for themselves. If you haven't seen the lecture live, the following information is still very interesting. Although I created this lecture for Harry Potter Camp, the following material is true to the best of my research. If he existed... and there's no proof that he did... the first magician would have been Djed-Sneferu in Ancient Eg