I also dabbled in magic a bit in the past. I used to say that as a spectator, you're only amazed once - when you see the trick being done, but if are actually l

I also dabbled in magic a bit in the past. I used to say that as a spectator, you're only amazed once - when you see the trick being done, but if are actually learning magic, then you're amazed three times - once as a spectator, second time when you get an explanation of the method (no it can't be that such a simple thing fooled me) and then when you try to perform on others and it works (surely I cannot do it as good as the guy who fooled me!) So perhaps you lost the 1st and 2nd delight, but you still can have the 3rd. You could also argue that you didn't really lose anything, no more than somebody "loses" virginity. There are people who simply aren't amazed by magic tricks regardless whether they know the method or not. Maybe we are lucky that we can be amazed at all!