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LAternaMagica.org FAQ Q. Does this web-site have a "Home Page" ? A. No, it does not. The site has hundreds of pages with cross-links. They are grouped by kind and each group has its own Main Page. Q. Why .org ? A. The web site was created in 1998 in Saint Petersburg, Russia by IL as a Virtual Business Card for his employment goals. Since these goals have already been achieved, now the site is just a web-space to keep images, videos and sounds for public viewing. It serves cultural aims only and it does no
Q. Where does this name come from? A. As IL knew in 1981, the name of the Performing group (Laterna Magica) was taken from a similar Josef Svoboda's Slide-Theater Performing group based in Prague, Czechia: Laterna Magika . Furthermore, the latin name Laterna Magica ("The Magic Lantern" or "The Lamp of Magic") has quite a long history . The Magic Latern is the predecessor of all devices for projecting enlarged images. It is supposed that the first "magic lamps" were used in ancient times by Chinese, Egyptian