HISTORY

The word magic came from the Greek word mageia. Greeks
and Persians had been at war and the Persian priests, also known as magosh in
Persian, came to be known as Magoi in Greek they were also known as mageia and
then magika, they all were terms of an unorthodox or illegitimate ritual practice.
There were many performances of magic throughout history.
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for example the
ancient deceptions known as the Trojan Horse or for cheating in money games.
They were also used by the practitioners of various religions and Cults in ancient
times onwards to frighten uneducated people into obedience or turn them into
adherents. However, the profession of the illusionists, magicians gained strength
only in the 18th century, and has enjoyed several popular vogues since.
In 1584, A Author by the name of Reginald scot published a book named The
Discovery of Witchcraft. It was written to show that witches did not exist, and
there was no such thing as witchcraft by telling how these tricks and illusions were
performed. The book is the first textbook about conjuring (A type of witchcraft or
illusion). All obtainable copies were burned on the accession of King James 1 in
1603 and those remaining are now rare. It began to reappear in print in 1651.
Robert Houdin was the, the first modern magician

As a form of entertainment, magic easily moved from theatrical venues to
television specials, which opened up new opportunities for deceptions, and brought
stage magic to huge audiences. Famous magicians of the 20th century
included Okito, Alexander,Harry blackstone, Howard Thurston,Thedore anneman
, Cardini, Joseph Dunniger, Dai Vernon, John Scarne, Tommy Wonder, Siegfried
and roy, and Doug Henning. Popular 20th- and 21st-century magicians
includeDavid Copperfied, Lance Burton, James Randi, Penn And Teller, David
blaine, Criss Angel and Hanks Clok. Well known women would include Dell o
Dell and Dorothy dietrich. Most TV magicians perform before a live audience,
who provide the remote viewer with a reassurance that the illusions are not
obtained with post-production Vissual effects.
Many of the principles of stage magic are old. There is an expression, "it's all done
with smoke and mirrors", used to explain something baffling, but effects seldom
use mirrors today, due to the amount of installation work


Famous magicians
DAVID COPPERFIELD.
When David Copperfield was 16 he was teaching a course in magic at New York
University. He went on to perform his magic feats more than 500 times a year.
According to Forbes magazine, Copperfield earned $57 million in merchandise
and tour revenue in 2005. By 2012, on net he earned was estimated to be about
$150 million. Throughout his career he has won 21 Emmy Awards, among other
honors, and also opened a International Museum and Library of the Conjuring
Arts! In Las Vegas, Nevada, This was dedicated to preserving the history and art of
magic.
Early Life and Career
His real name was David Seth Kotkin he was born on September 16, 1956, in
Metuchen, Jersey, and David Copperfield is one of the world's most famous
magicians and wealthiest entertainers. Copperfield got his start with magic at the
age of 12!, when he was the youngest person to gain admission into the Society of
American Magicians.
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Famed Magician and TV Personality
. Copper fields most popular illusions include walking through the Great Wall of
China, making the Statue of Liberty disappear and escaping from a flaming raft
over Niagara Falls.

Famous quotes.
"Dreams are illusions, and we can't let go of them because we would be dead."
David Copperfield
"I'm just waiting for people to start asking me to make the rain disappear."
David Copperfield
"For me to grow, I have to know about the foundation that came before."
David Copperfield



HOUDINI
Houdini real name was Erich Weiss in Budapest, Houdini later took his stage
name from the French magician Robert Houdin.
Houdini moved to winonscin when he was 2 years old he started working at an
early age from selling newspapers to shining shoes .Soon after his father had taken
him to see a travelling magician, Houdini's interest in performing consumed him.
He then moved to New York, where he discovered the book 'The Memoirs of
Robert-Houdin, Ambassador, Author, and Conjuror, Written by Himself'. So taken
with this book, Houdini added an "i" to his idol's name, and began working on a
stage act.
His first performances included shows at amusement parks and fairs. After meeting
and marrying Beatrice "Bess" Rahner, in 1894, the pair became a double-act.
It wasnt long before he became world-famed for his escapes from bonds of every
sort locks, handcuffs, straitjackets and sealed chests underwater.
Houdini performed in silent films, and was also noted for his exposure of
fraudulent spiritualistic mediums and their phenomena. He left to the Library of
Congress his library of magic, one of the most complete and valuable in the
world.
Among his writings are The Unmasking of Robert-Houdin (1908), Miracle
Mongers and Their Methods (1920), and A Magician among the Spirits (1924).
In 1926, Houdini was giving a lecture on spiritualism in Montreal. While sitting in
his dressing room with several students from McGill University, he was asked if he
could accept a blow to the stomach by any man.
Before Houdini could prepare his stomach muscles, one of the students hit him
three times. Refusing any form of treatment, he died from peritonitis days later.





CRISS ANGEL

Criss Angel was the creator, director, and executive producer of the A&E
Network show Criss Angel Mindfreak. Seasons 1 and 2 were filmed at The
Aladdin in Las Vegas, with Season 3 at the Luxor Las Vegas. Premiering on July
20, 2005, the show's illusions have included walking on water, levitating, walking
up the side of Luxor Hotel (in the light of 39 focused lamps that can be seen from
space
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), floating between two buildings, causing a Lamborghini to disappear,
surviving in an exploding C4 Crate, cutting himself in half in full view of an
audience and getting run over by a steamroller while lying on a bed of broken
glass. While making season 3 Angel was injured jumping out of a moving car and
stopped production for 2 weeks.
Criss Angel Believe
He made numerous special television guest appearances on WWE Raw, The Oprah
Winfrey Show, The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, Jimmy Kimmel
Live!, The Megan Mullally Show, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, AVN Awards Show
2007, and Larry King Live on CNN. The Tonight Show, Late Show with
DavidLetterman, America's Got Talent, The Rosie O'Donnell Show, and
introducing honoree Ozzy Osbourne on the VH1 Rock Honors awards. He also
made a guest acting appearance on the hit television shows CSI: NY,Las
Vegas and Rules of Engagement.
The show was originally developed for Broadway and was titled Criss Angel
MINDFREAK. Eventually, the show evolved into Believe when he entered a
partnership with Cirque du Soleil and the Luxor's parent company, MGM Mirage
financed the show with $100 million.
After several delays, the show was set for a gala opening on October 31, 2008,
with preview shows in late September. The initial preview was not well received,
with thoroughly negative audience reactions. The show opened to equally harsh
reviews which cited a lack of the magic Angel is known for, as well as a confusing
and uninteresting theme. Reviewers felt neither Angel nor Cirque du Soleil were
able to perform to their capabilities.
In April 2009, Angel ended a performance of Believe by "hurling obscene insults"
at blogger Perez Hilton, an audience member. Hilton reportedly had texted to his
fans during the performance that the show was "unbelievably BAD" and that he'd
"rather be getting a root canal", and word had gotten back to Angel by the end of
the performance. Cirque du Soleil later apologized to Hilton for Angel's remarks.
In 2010 the Las Vegas Sun critic John Katsilometes, after being unimpressed by
the initial show, said Believe had improved by reducing the narrative elements and
focusing on the magic. In 2011 the Toronto Star wrote: The show is easily the
most exciting thing now on stage in Vegas!

Appearances
In 2007, Angel appeared as fictional illusionist Luke Blade in an episode of CSI:
NY, called "Sleight Out of Hand". On March 8, 2010, he was a guest star on
the WWE In 2011, Angel appeared in an Orville Redenbacher Pop-Up Bowl
popcorn commercial.
Books
Angel is the author of the book Mindfreak: Secret Revelations, published by
Harper Entertainment, 2007
Charity
Angel created the BeLIEve Foundation 'Believe Anything is Possible - A JDS
Foundation'.
Personal life
In 2002, Angel married his longtime girlfriend JoAnn Winkhart (now JoAnn
Sarantakos). The couple filed for divorce four years later.
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Although Angel was
seen with his wife in the buried alive illusion (season 1, episode 6, 2005) and the
body suspension illusion (season 1, episode 5, 2005), she was not credited as his
wife; rather, she was listed as "Criss's Girl". In November 2008, Angel began
dating Holly Madison, former girlfriend of Hugh Hefner The relationship ended in
February 2009.
He proposed to Sandra Gonzalez on September 7, 2011 in Cabo San Lucas during
a sunset dinner.
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David blaine.
David Blaine made a tape of a magic performance and sent it to ABC, where the
response was tremendous. His first special,David Blaine: Street Magic, was a
ratings hit in 1997. David Blaine: Magic Man followed two years later. In 1999,
Blaine performed his first endurance stunt, and in 2000, he followed with "Frozen
in Time" in which he was frozen into a block of ice for 72 hours.
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Early Life
Magician David Blaine was born on April 4, 1973, to a single mother in Brooklyn,
New York. A street performer provided Blaine's introduction to magic, as the
curious 4-year-old waited for a subway train. Magic was not his only interest,
however, and Blaine went on to attend the Neighborhood Playhouse drama school
and appeared in several TV commercials and soap operas. It was during this time
that his ability to levitate off of the ground surfaced and, at the urging of his
personal physician, Blaine underwent a thorough examination.
Street Magic
When Blaine was 21, his mother was stricken with cancer and passed away in
1994. Though grief-stricken, he continued to perform and make a name for himself
at celebrity functions by doing magic tricks for famous people, such as Mike
Tyson, Al Pacino and David Geffen.
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Endurance Stunts
In 1999, Blaine performed his first endurance stunt: submerging himself in 4,000
pounds of water for over one week. In 2000, he followed with "Frozen in Time" in
which he was frozen into a block of ice for 72 hours. Two years later, he stood on a
100-foot pillar for 35 hours in "Vertigo."
Unfortunately, there were more skeptics than supporters during 2003's "Above the
Below," which involved Blaine living in a glass box suspended by the River
Thames in London for 44 days, without food. The stunt gained worldwide media
coverage, and thousands gathered at the site near Tower Bridge to witness his
release.
In New York in 2006, his "human aquarium" stunt involved submersion in a water-
filled sphere for seven days, receiving air and food through tubes. In a dramatic
finale, he failed in his attempt to break the world record for holding breath under
water, while simultaneously escaping heavy chains.
How burglars use sleight of hand (magic trick) to steal
Burglars have many ways of stealing some people use guns or stealth but some
people without both use sleight of hand which is better and safe and the person u
are stealing from wont even notice one of the famous sleight of hand is used for
stealing the watch now the watch has a pin in the strap it is tied up and if it is
removed u would definitely know but with the sleight of hand u can do it easily

HERES HOW ITS DONE AND HOW THE BUGLARS PULL THIS TRICK
OFF
(Please do not try this at home outside or anywhere else this is for educational
purposes only)



Burglars use the same way to steal many other things like phones money e.t.c



Bonus!!!

Now Ill be unrevealing the biggest magic tricks and illusions performed by
famous magicians of all time

David Copperfield
How David Copperfield vanished the statue of liberty.
The audience can see the statue of liberty through the pillars. The curtain
then comes up to block the audiences view. The live audience is on a
secret swiveling platform that rotated slowly to the side of the statue. The
statue of liberty lights are turned off, the blip on the radar is part of a video
animation. The curtain is then lowered, the audience and the viewers
watching on TV see that the statue has disappeared but all they are looking
at is a duplicate set of lights that is situated right next to the real statue of
liberty. The lights on the two towers are there to night blind the audience for
a few minutes to make it hard too see the statue of liberty. The curtain is
then raised up the audience is rotated round again to face the statue of
liberty the curtain is dropped and the statue has reappeared
Criss Angels walk through water.
Criss went into a swimming pool and told everyone he could walk on water
and he does it but what you dont see is a transparent glass type cube not
visible in the water and he is walking on that.
Tricks You Can Do At HOME!!!!!!
Card trick
1)turn the last card of the deck upside down and ask a spectator to select
a card while they look at it turn t