"Every magic contains a beginning": This is how his Berlin mentor Schlosseck liked to phrase it - and the beginnings of the magician Pahroc date back to the years before the world war. Soon, Pahroc can walk through the air, later he learns to walk through walls and to be made of steel for seconds, which helps him survive the next war as well. When he succeeds in conjuring money, he can finally feed his growing family. Pahroc soon becomes one of the greats in his secret profession, disguised behind jobs like radio technician, inventor, and psychotherapist. At over 106 years old, his greatest concern is passing on his art to his granddaughter Mathilda - and so he writes down his life for her. It is the wise, extraordinary story of a man and his very own way of resisting the disenchantment of the world.