In the Magic World

Life often serves up a good mystery every once in a while. Strange things happen that defy explanation. Incidents and events that make us wonder how much we really know about the world.
A few days ago, a shaman from Ecuador was seen to be on a tour of all 12 World Cup venues to banish evil spirits before the start of the tournament on June 9.
I wonder if this shaman could banish the evil spirits that are causing spike in gas prices.
"Excuse me, sir, how much would you charge to set the gas prices back to 1990 prices?" "250,000 Sucres, a real bargain for sure."
"What? That's highway robbery. Worse the gas prices themselves. Worse, even, than the robbery of the US citizens by US senators who get paid enormous money, benefits, and priviledge only to do nothing while in office. Some don't even vote on issues. But, I digress."
"My friend. 250,000 sucres is about 10 US dollars, give or take."
"Oh, ok then, can you take the job?"
"No, but thank you for your interest."
Speaking of "cups", China recently has reported that their women have been buying more and more size d, and e-cup bras. Things are perking up for the Chinese... Chinese laundry, Chinese food, and now Chinese d-cup bras.
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This past monday night, a psychic Joe Power aired a seance on tv and claimed to get in contact with the late John Lennon who gave a message of "peace" to the world. The seance was aired on pay per view. I don't know how large the viewing audience was, but the income from a similarly broadcast seance earlier netted about 8 million dollars.
New seances could be conducted to contact such luminaries as Elvis, Harry Blackstone Jr., or Rodney Dangerfield. This is an idea whose time has arrived.
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A couple of days ago, David Copperfield was robbed following one of his shows in Palm Beach. He didn't have enough magic at the time to ward off the danger.
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Finally, in case anyone isn't aware of this by now, magician David Blaine will be on tv again on May 8th. His latest stunt will be to be locked in an aquarium of water for a week, to be released on the night of the broadcast during the live broadcast. He will be in New York City.
His choices included ridding New York of rats, but that would be taking an oft' recurring theme away from David Letterman which would be frowned upon. So, Blaine will be living like a fish instead.

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Psychic Debris

No self-respecting magician would be caught in conversation without knowing something about the psychic world, and psychic phenomena. Pick a card. What's your card? "3 of spades." I knew that. I saw it in your mind. "What does it mean?" It might be that something small is about to change. "Oh? Like my husband is about to get bigger?" Something like that. "This is exciting!" Could be your dog is going to need more food everyday because he's growing. "Probably means that something in the car is going to change." Yes, I predict that gas prices are going to change..... upward, of course. "How do you do that?" It's a gift.

After mentalist sessions such as this, there is left all sorts of psychic vibes left around the performance site. Stuff such as: strange footsteps, bending flatwear, and old, smelly, cups with festering tea leaves. This stuff can last for days depending how spooked the sitter has become. And, if there were spectators about, things can get real complicated. Complicated enough for the Ghosthunters to be called in to do a half-hour show.

Not to worry. The question of "who ya gonna call?" finally has an answer. It's in Canada at the moment... where everything worthwhile is invented... but soon to appear in your neighborhood, at the same "speed of light" that the cable companies use to bring you their crackerjack services.

Check it out at the link below.

WITSTERblog: Psychic Debris

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Mind's Eye (part 2)

Often, one of my math students will ask me if the magic that he or she has watched on TV is real. One response is to bring out a presentation that the students can see up close in the classroom. I've found that the question that they ask is whether the magicians on TV are performing "live" in front of sitting audiences, or are they using camera tricks to cheat the TV
viewers.

Naturally, when I perform a piece of magic such as Card Warp for the questioning student, the reaction is very, very strong. So strong, in fact, that the initial question about TV magic appears to be settled in a very final way.

Simply performing a piece or two occasionally for my students, who are between the ages of 15 and 19, has brought about many opportunities for serious math discussion, as well as discussions concerning the scientific method, the axiomatic method of proof in math, and the search for truth by definition. Working magic for this age group has clear advantages in that they are somewhat knowledgeable, having read some beginner tricks, and they are very mobile...I find myself surrounded quite often, and have to select my work carefully, or find ways to manage them for their own enjoyment of the presentation.

I've communicated with other magicians who refuse to perform for teens, but my work as a teacher affords me the opportunity to address these challenges head on, and I've met with a great deal of success. To keep myself well ahead of the game, I have had to keep my eye on the ball with respect to the magical world.

In that regard, I'll keep posting my discoveries, reviews, and suggestions as I keep The Mind's Eye on the astonishments, the people, places, and events of the world of magic.

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The Mind's Eye

By way of introduction to the Mindmyst's Magic blog, I'll let you in on a little something about myself, and something of what you can expect as I put up my next posts.

First, let me say that I'm a magician. For a living, I've taught calculus for the past quarter century and then some. But, I've been a magician since I was 8 years old. I also travel about quite a bit, meet interesting people, and get out my bag of tricks every chance I get.

What can you expect in my blog? Lots of magic, Practical magic, Practical psychic experiments, Practical magic experiments, and, of course, my travel log notes, pictures, and my observations about Magic, Psychic Phenomena, and the science/math way these things are observed, and commented upon.

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