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 In fact I would never buy any of his cheap knock off products But then that's just me You casn waste your money on them if you wish. But if you get ripped off, don't come crying to me. |  The Mark of the REAL Masked Magi |
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Magic and Magicians in the Next Millennium Why we will ALL be Wearing Masks in the Future
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| Welcome Curious Mortals |
I am the Masked Magi. On the following
pages you will find revealed for the first time anywhere the carefully
guarded secrets of the Magician's Art.
I have gone to extreme measures, sacrificing not only my own personal well
being and safety but my morals and ethics as well, to bring to you these age old secrets.
You may have seen me on my recent television specials where I exposed before
untold millions the secrets of such tricks as the Linking Rings
the Vanishing Tank and the mysterious Three Box Trick.
These shows however seem only to have whet the publics appetite for the
blatant, shameless exposing of magic's age old and elusive secrets. I know this because many of
you, my fans have written letters or sent faxes requesting that I reveal even more
of the secret inner workings of the conjurer's craft.
Conversely a smaller number of you also wrote to me, however these letters
and E-mails seriously questioned my hereditary lineage, my association in the I.B.M and or S.A.M and even my rightful membership as one of the human species. Several missives as well also threatened of imminent and
severe personal injury were I to disclose the methods of any more tricks.
Fortunately though for you good reader the letters from my kinder, inquisitive
and far less violent fans far outnumbered those of the misanthropic thugs who
wish to do me bodily harm. And so it is to you, my undying fans that I
present this wondrous new Internet site and the opportunity to join
The Masked Magi's Exposure Club
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| Why Did I Do It? |
Many of you who wrote asked me why
I The Masked Magi chose to sell out my fellow magical brethren by
breaking both the Oath of Secrecy and the sacred Magicians Code by revealing
to the lay masses the, until now, well kept secrets of magic.
It was a hard decision for me to make, at least until the check cleared, but as one of the TOP TEN Magicians in the world today
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Top Ten Magicians in the World Today |
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2. Lance Burton
3. Siegfried &
Roy
4. David Blaine
5. Penn
6. &
7. Teller
8. That Guy
9. Doug Henning
10. Me!
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I felt it necessary to force my fellow brother magicians out of their Fabulous Fifties schmaltzy night club era hackery and into the sleek and modern 21st Century. I did not do it for the fame nor the money but because I truly love the Art of Magic.
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The Magicians Code 1.Never Ever EVER Reveal the Secrets of a Trick Ever! 2.We mean it DON'T DO IT. |
All right I admit the money was
a factor but not as much as the fact that I. . . I mean we need to develop
new tricks and illusions if magic, and my act is going to be viable into
the next Century. By exposing the secrets of magic to the public it forces
magicians more skilled than myself to come up with newer, better ways to
mystify an audience, thus producing new material for my show.
It won't be easy, God knows I've tried to be original myself and I just
can't do it. It's hard work making up new stuff, so I'll do what I can
and expose every magic trick I can get my hands on (as long as it isn't
something that I am currently doing in my show) and leave it to
the other, more clever, magicians to come up with new stuff that I can
steal.
The Secret Stuff
The Secret of the Statue of Liberty Vanish
We have David Copperfields Original Plans!!!
The Secret of the Cups and Balls
Magic's oldest trick finally revealed!!!
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The Magician, being the clever fellow that he is, finds your previously selected card with a flourish. But is he really so clever?
But what if our magic man has accomplished this marvel using your deck? Easy. It is a little known fact that all playing card companies are owned by magicians and thus all cards in the world today are printed with this special heat sensitive ink.
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The mysterious topological box trick |
The Magician places his assistant in a strange looking box. He then proceeds to fold the box up until it becomes a very small cube. Then, to add insult to the assistant's apparent injury, the magician thrusts a number of razor sharp swords into the tiny container. Our maniacal magus then removes the swords, unfolds the cube and reveals that not only is his helper completely unscathed but she has also managed to pop off and get herself a new outfit during her ordeal. How?
Easy when you know the secret.
The origami box is not really a trick but more of an experiment in science. Like the topological marvel of the Mobius strip, a cleverly constructed piece of paper that possess only one side, the origami box illusion relies heavily upon advanced mathematics and geometry.
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The one sided |
At the beginning of the trick both the outside and the inside of the box possess virtually the same area and are therefore very close to being the same size. However when the box is folded up, due to it's exacting and precise construction, the surface area on the outside of the box is transferred to the inside thus increasing the surface area on the inside of the box. Therefore the surface area of the inside of the box becomes greater than that of the outside making the inside of the box bigger than the outside. The assistant actually has more room at the height of the trick than she does at the beginning and thus has no difficulty in dodging the swords while changing her outfit.
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Enrico Mussolini. |
Last year the magic community was rocked when a virtually (actually completely) unknown magician appeared on his own hour long television special. This special showcased not only our young magician's ability to perform self working mechanical coin tricks but his astounding ability to self levitate as well. Newsgroups swelled to the bursting point with posts asking, Was it real or a trick? How does he do it? and more importantly, How can I do it? These questions were finally quelled when it was stated that he was doing something called the Balducci levitation. This however is merely a pathetic attempt by the magic community to once again keep their closely guarded secrets secret. The Balducci levitation, even on a good day, can only get you an inch or two off the ground whereas our flyer got a good two feet closer to the heavens. How?
Easy when you know the secret.
Our magician was using a super secret form of self levitation known as the Mussolini Lift. This levitation is the perfect combination of art and magic and is rarely performed because of it's stringent requirements and atrocious angles.
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Trompe l'oeil trompe l'oeil (trômp¹ loi¹) noun plural trompe l'oeils (loi¹) 1. A style of painting that gives an illusion of photographic reality. 2. A painting or effect created in this style. [French : trompe, third person sing. present tense of tromper, to deceive + le, the + oeil, eye.] |
To perform this trick you need a step stool and an artist who is highly skilled in trompe l'oeil. First find the location where you wish to levitate, an alley or a long hallway is preferable as this keeps the spectators from getting to far to one side or another. Next have your artist using the trompe l'oeil technique that hopefully he is well versed in paint the step stool so it exactly blends in with the background and appears invisible to the naked eye. You are now ready to perform the trick. Place your spectators at one end of the hall or alley and walk away from them towards you cam