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Magician have had a longstanding connection with the world of the paranormal and the supernatural. it's possible to counsel that the early shaman and village 'wise person' used a potent mix of psychology, conjuring and 'magic' so as to act because the mediator between the spirit and earthly realms; the tribal counsellor and the healer. in fact the art if the conjuror has had several incarnations since then - the mountebank, the swindler, the carnival medicine man and therefore the thief. perhaps Robert Houdin can actually be credited with turning the road swindler into the suave deceiver so respected at evening soirees.

With the arrival of the spiritualist movement within the late 1800's some magicians found differently to please paying audiences. currently whilst not only mediums based mostly their spiritual hokum on trickery, the actual fact remains that several did. Even the founders of spiritualism, The Fox Sisters admitted to blatant fraud towards the top of their careers.

In many respects the first fashionable Close Up Magicianto make a stand against misuse of magic and magical techniques was Harry Houdini. Not only did he taken off to reveal fraudulent mediums but he was one among the first members of the Society of american Table Magician to be invited to set up a committee for the investigation of psychic claims with the complete support of the scientific community.

For the last thirty years or a lot of James Randi has been actively fighting a battle against flim flam and woo. His understanding of magical techniques has given him a novel perspective that in some cases has 'seen through' some of the issues in scientific method and thinking.

Not only did James Randi as a performer emulate Houdini, but as a essential thinker he has donned the mantle of psychic investigator. a lot of to the purpose Randi has impressed a brand new generation of magicians who are can Mind Reader making a stand against the fraudulent application of tricks. Banacek, Penn and Teller, Jamie Ian Swiss being the a lot of notable examples.

I bear in mind as a fledgling mentalist I got angry at of us like Randi as, at the time I saw them breaking the 'magicians code" in suggesting the methods behind effects like those who featured in my act. At the time my enthusiasm for the art and innocence meant that I failed to feel the public required the sort of protection Randi and his fellow conjurors were offering.

Well i've been performing for best part of twenty 5 years currently and guess what - the general public do want protecting. now quite ever.

As a performer who takes the paranormal, the psychic and also the occult as themes for his performances I try and be very alert to how i want to take care of the mystery of the presentation while not promoting beliefs in wooly thinking and woo woo.

Of course these issues aren't a drag for card and coin magicians or those demonstrating some for of manual dexterity or theatrical illusion, but they're important for the growing number of magicians selecting to be psychological illusionists, mentalists, psychic entertainers and such like.

What responsibilities do you have in this area.

For my part i'm a Rational Mystic and try to supply some entertaining distractions and provocative debates an the Haunted Cornwall radio show....