Magic, Does it exist?

Published on August 24, 2006 By Moderateman In Misc

Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin (1805-1871), The British performer J N Maskelyne and his partner Cooke. Harry Houdini (real name Erich Weiss, 1874 - 1926), took his stage name from Robert-Houdin .

magicians such as James Randi, P. C. Sorcar, Doug Henning, David Copperfield, Lance Burton, Penn and Teller, Derren Brown and Chris Angel.

All these men perform the most mind altering illusions and feats of magic, that cannot be explained by science.

Now my question is, are these performers doing "TRICKS?" or are they real magicians? How can Chris Angel walk on water in front of hundreds? While he is walking on water there is a young lady swimming beneath him. Tricks? or Magic?

Your view?

Comments (Page 3)

Zoologist03

on Aug 25, 2006

I can levitate birds...

oh yeh? I can cause fish to breathe underwater.

I got you both beat...I can move parts of my body using only my mind!

~Zoo

Dr Guy

on Aug 25, 2006

got you both beat...I can move parts of my body using only my mind!

Better quit reading those magazines.

Moderateman

on Aug 27, 2006

Reply By: Zoologist03Posted: Friday, August 25, 2006
I can levitate birds...

oh yeh? I can cause fish to breathe underwater.

I got you both beat...I can move parts of my body using only my mind!

truly this is a wizards feat unparalleled!

Moderateman

on Aug 27, 2006

Reply By: lifehappensPosted: Friday, August 25, 2006
Anything we don't understand can be labeled as magic. "Ohhhh look at the magic pictures in the box.....they move." (laugh if you want, but to someone without that knowledge, it would appear to be a trick or magic) or "wow, he is walking on water..."

Therefore, if we used more than just 10% of our brain, can you imagine the magic we could do?

That would be a good speculative article to write about.

Moderateman

on Aug 27, 2006

Reply By: foreverserenityPosted: Thursday, August 24, 2006
~snif~ snif~

just checking to see if I put on deodorant this morning...

I don't know how they do what they do, but I believe they're illusionists too. That are they signed a pact with someone!

we don't know for sure one way or the other.

Rightwinger

on Aug 27, 2006

I believe in magic, though I'm skeptical of such things. But I've always stayed away from Ouija boards, and, though I consider psychics to be relatively harmless, I give that stuff a wide berth, too. I may be skeptical, but no sense tempting fate.

I can't point to it in the Bible, but according to Jesus Christ, "magic" (though it's not called by that name in the Bible), in the "Merlin" or "Harry Potter" sense, I guess you could say, does indeed exist. He instructed His followers to have nothing to do with it or its purveyors. So I guess, if I'm to believe in the Word, I have to believe in magic, too.

I've seen some pretty intense stuff performed by "illusionists", and I really do have to wonder sometimes how it's done within the laws of physics.

Does anyone consider David Blaine to be a real magician? I'd call him more of a stuntman. A little willpower, a modicum of endurance, and anyone could lock themselves in a glass case for a month or hold their breath for a long time. That's not a trick.

Moderateman

on Aug 27, 2006

#38 by Right winger
Sun, August 27, 2006 3:26 PM

Does anyone consider David Blaine to be a real magician?

I Don't. He is an amazing stuntman like you said, and he has great physical skills

Zoologist03

on Aug 27, 2006

Better quit reading those magazines

Umm...*cough*...

~Zoo

Moderateman

on Aug 29, 2006

(Citizen)little-whipAugust 29, 2006 10:18:30

Email me if you're curious, dear Elie.

Email should already be there.

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