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Kirby Van Burch - Prince of Magic Show

Fri, 12 Jul 2008 15:46:20 GMT

posted by mastershops

Kirby Van Burch has been entertaining Branson for over 20 years and continues to do so in amazing, magical fashion. Kirby Van Burch has won international awards from all over the world. Kirby has enchanted audiences in 37 countries, headlined at the Aladdin in Las Vegas, and has even performed in front of the King of Thailand.

Kirby brings a flair to his shows, that keeps kids of all ages (from 3 - 103!)on the edge of their seats. His jaw dropping illusions leave you bewildered, confused, maybe even a bit frustrated. Still you yearn for more magic, and Kirby delivers with one amazing feat after another. Order Tickets To The Kirby Van Burch Magic Show In Branson

Going to a Kirby Van Burch show showcases all of the glitz of a "Las Vegas" style performance, professional dancers, and knee slapping comedy. Kirby's theater is a state of the art facility that is comfortable, handicapped accessible, and accommodating to all of your needs.

The Kirby Van Burch magic show has a few other "magical characters" that I should mention. Incorporated into the show is a spotted leopard (spotty), a 875 pound white Bengal tiger (Branson), a black leopard (Oscar), an orange Bengal tiger (Nugget), and a new lion named Merlin.

Kirby always has a knack of delivering new unbelievable feats of magic with each season. One of the many highlights of the evening is when he makes a helicopter disappear right in from of your eyes. I have seen the show from the front row, from the middle of the theater, and towards the back of the theater. There isn't a bad seat in the house, and you just can't seem to figure out any of his magical illusions from anywhere in the audience.

So if you have kids, or are just a kid at heart yourself, do your family a favor and come on out the the Kirby Van Burch magic show. This is one of those shows that you will be talking about long after your vacation has come to an end. Take two hours out of your day and get lost in a magical realm of mystery, laughter, and joy. Order Tickets To Any Of The Shows That Branson Has To Offer!

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Franz Anton Mesmer: On Animal Magnetism

Fri, 5 Apr 2008 04:18:00 GMT

posted by violetplanet

Are you Mesmer-ized?

1. A responsive influence exists between the heavenly bodies, the earth, and animated bodies.

2. A fluid universally diffused, so continuous as not to admit of a vacuum, incomparably subtle, and naturally susceptible of receiving, propagating, and communicating all motor disturbances, is the means of this influence.

3. This reciprocal action is subject to mechanical laws, with which we are not as yet acquainted.

4. Alternative effects result from this action, which may be considered to be a flux and reflux.

5. This reflux is more or less general, more or less special, more or less compound, according to the nature of the causes which determine it.

6. It is by this action, the most universal which occurs in nature, that the exercise of active relations takes place between the heavenly bodies, the earth, and its constituent parts.

7. The properties of matter and of organic substance depend on this action.

8. The animal body experiences the alternative effects of this agent, and is directly affected by its insinuation into the substance of the nerves.

9. Properties are displayed, analogous to those of the magnet, particularly in the human body, in which diverse and opposite poles are likewise to be distinguished, and these may be communicated, changed, destroyed, and reinforced. Even the phenomenon of declination may be observed.

10. This property of the human body which renders it susceptible of the influence of heavenly bodies, and of the reciprocal action of those which environ it, manifests its analogy with the magnet, and this has decided me to adopt the term of animal magnetism.

11. The action and virtue of animal magnetism, thus characterized, may be communicated to other animate or inanimate bodies. Both of these classes of bodies, however, vary in their susceptibility.

12. Experiments show that there is a diffusion of matter, subtle enough to penetrate all bodies without any considerable loss of energy.

13. This action and virtue may be strengthened and diffused by such bodies.

14. Its action takes place at a remote distance, without the aid of any intermediary substance.

15. It is, like light, increased and reflected by mirrors.

16. It is communicated, propagated, and increased by sound.

17. This magnetic virtue may be accumulated, concentrated, and transported.

18. I have said that animated bodies are not all equally susceptible; in a few instances they have such an opposite property that their presence is enough to destroy all the effects of magnetism upon other bodies.

19. This opposite virtue likewise penetrates all bodies: it also may be communicated, propagated, accumulated, concentrated, and transported, reflected by mirrors, and propagated by sound. This does not merely constitute a negative, but a positive opposite virtue.

20. The magnet, whether natural or artificial, is like other bodies susceptible of animal magnetism, and even of the opposite virtue: in neither case does its action on fire and the needle [of a compass] suffer any change, and this shows that the principle of animal magnetism essentially differs from that of mineral magnetism.

21. This system sheds new light upon the nature of fire and of light, as well as on the theory of attraction, of flux and reflux, of the magnet and of electricity.

22. It teaches us that the magnet and artificial electricity have, with respect to diseases, properties common to a host of other agents presented to us by nature, and that if the use of these has been attended by some useful results, they are due to animal magnetism.

23. These facts show, in accordance with the practical rules I am about to establish, that this principle will cure nervous diseases directly, and other diseases indirectly.

24. By its aid the physician is enlightened as to the use of medicine, and may render its action more perfect, and can provoke and direct salutary crises, so as to completely control them.

25. In communicating my method, I shall, by a new theory of matter, demonstrate the universal utility of the principle I seek to establish.

26. Possessed of this knowledge, the physician may judge with certainty of the origin, nature, and progress of diseases, however complicated they may be; he may hinder their development and accomplish their cure without exposing the patient to dangerous and troublesome consequences, irrespective of age, temperament, and sex. Even women in a state of pregnancy, and during parturition, may reap the same advantage.

27. This doctrine will finally enable the physician to decide upon the health of every individual, and of the presence of the diseases to which he may be exposed. In this way the art of healing may be brought to absolute perfection.

-Franz Anton Mesmer( The Propositions, 1779). Mesmer (1734-1815) was a German physician who studied and first practiced in Vienna, developed a therapeutic system based on the idea that living bodies contain a magnetic fluid, and that by manipulating this fluid into a state of balance within the body, physical health could be restored. He called his system “Animal Magnetism”, and brought it to Paris in 1778, where within a few months he met with much popular success.

Free Online Magic Tricks – Magic Tricks Revealed

Tue, 7 May 2008 04:07:49 GMT

posted by onlinedownloads

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Close-Up Magic Tricks - Shimshi shows how to do street Magic, Strolling Magic and More!

Mon, 16 Oct 2007 11:49:47 GMT

posted by thebookgarden
Shimshi, the award winning Strolling Magician, shares the close-up magic routines he uses for formal close-up and strolling magic shows in his famed Las Vegas perfomances. Routines include: The Hunted Deck, The Painted Tens, 10-13-20, The Credit Card Trick and the fundamentals of using invisible thread. He also shares his knowledge of Strolling Magic and tips to help improve your business. Lens Navigation About Shimshi :: Tutorial DVD ReviewPreview of the DVD on Youtube Up-Close Magic - Tutorial DVD on EbayMagic Trick Books on Amazon USAMagic Trick Books on Amazon UKMagic Trick DVD's on Amazon USAMagic Trick DVD's on Amazon USA Poll for Your Favorite MagicianMagic Card Trick Videos on YouTube Magic Coin Tricks on Youtube Guestbook

Siegfried & Roy Return to the Vegas Stage!

Wed, 14 Feb 2008 13:22:48 GMT

posted by thebigfez

Well, sort of.. in a one-night-only-for-charity-fundraiser-pr-stunt type of way.

The dynamic duo of animal magic and other flamboyance are returning to the stage next year to raise funds for the Lou Ruvo Brain Institute. Tickets for this year’s event were $1500. I’m going to take a stab in the dark and say the tickets for next year’s event are going to be even more.

Siegfried & Roy had an early retirement in October 2003 after Montecore the white tiger decided he had had enough and attacked Roy during a show.

There is no word from Montecore or his people on if his disputes with the couple have been worked out and if he will be returning to the stage for a complete reunion. Maybe he will and carry out phase II of his master plan.

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