MAGIC : 11 common magician’s biggest tricks explained – Part 2
11 common magician’s biggest tricks explained
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Magic tricks have fascinated people for centuries, and people have always wondered about some of the ancient secrets about what goes on behind the scenes. In fact, there were many times that people were so impressed wit a particular trick that they began to wonder if real magic was taking place. However, we’ve uncovered some of the secrets magicians have tried to keep to themselves for years, and now we’re glad to be letting you in on the truth behind them.
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Sword swallowing – Trick
Eating a sword must be a great alternative to dinner for hungry magicians. The person performing the trick literally shoves an entire sword down their throat as if it’s nothing and then pulls it back out without injury.
We’ve all seen people do smaller versions of this where the person just puts the object behind their head and there is a visual effect making it simply appear that it is going down their throat. More experienced magicians actually do the real deal and it’s pretty impressive.
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Sword swallowing – Secret
There really isn’t so much of a secret behind this act, but more of a practiced technique.
If the performer does this wrong, it can cause serious damage, but if they perfect the swallowing process, then it is definitely possible to pull this off without a hitch. The sword swallower bends their head back at the right angle so that their mouth and esophagus are aligned and then they slip the sword through their mouth and slide it down their thrown and into their body. The angle is the real “trick.”
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Smooth criminal lean – Trick
Michael Jackson was a pop legend and always will be. One of his most famous moves was his notorious lean from the Smooth Criminal video that we’ve all probably tried to attempt and then later failed.
MJ pulled it off flawlessly and consistently without problem as if it was second nature for him. How is it possible that a man can lean forward so far that he is nearly parallel to the ground without completely falling over?
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Smooth criminal lean – Secret
The king of pop was not able to pull off this skill all on his own. That is probably the reason we can’t to replicate it so easily.
Jackson had special shoes prepared with a triangular hole in the bottoms and there were nails sticking out of the ground to catch onto them. He would position himself just right for the famous lean and then he would just go for it. The nails would slide into the slits in his shoes and he was able to bend completely forward.
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Note from a lemon – Trick
For anyone who has ever watched Britain’s Got Talent, you probably remember the charismatic magician, Jamie Ravens, from 2015. While the man performed many tricks and intriguing shows, there was one that really became his most famous – he really shocked the crowd with this one.
Ravens had one of the judges sign a piece of paper, and then he folded it up and somehow managed to pull it out of a lemon that hadn’t even come into contact with before. How did he do this?
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Note from a lemon – Secret
Well, if you looked closely during his trick, you might have picked this up, but if not, that’s okay because we figured it out. You can notice that Ravens quickly closes the lemon back up after revealing the note that he made appear there.
This is probably because there was a hole in it that he didn’t want anyone to notice. It seems Jamie was able to keep everyone distracted enough that no one noticed him slip the hole through the hole in the lemon.
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Smoke from fingers – Trick
We all probably wish we could make smoke appear out of nowhere because, well, it’s cool. Most magicians have mastered this trick and can make smoke by simply rubbing their fingers together.
However, it turns out that the people who do this are most likely not witches or wizards or magicians; they are just master tricksters. The smoke may seem like it is coming from nowhere, but it has a source and it’s quite a simple trick.
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Smoke from fingers – Secret
Keep in mind before trying this, the substance involved can be dangerous and should be immediately washed away after all trickery is completed. Anyway, the trick begins with the striker sides of a matchbox.
Separate it from the cardboard lining, fold it in half, and light it up. Let it burn for a bit, put out the fire, and collect the white residue that’s left. This is white phosphorous and will be what you need to create the smoke. Put it on your index finger and thumb and rub away.
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Pigeon appearing – Trick
We want to start off by pointing out that we are in no way promoting the use or abuse of animals in a magic show setting. Aside from bunnies, another animal that often makes its way onto the stage is the pigeon.
A magician will talk about how he is going to make a pigeon appear before everyone and then they just make it happen, as if out of nowhere, but, in fact, it is not out of nowhere.
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Pigeon appearing – Secret
Have you ever noticed how when people perform this trick there is usually a flash and then all of a sudden the bird is just there? That’s because the flash is supposed to be a distraction so no one catches on to what is happen.
When people see a burst of light, there’s no way they are going to notice that the bird was there the whole time. While everyone in the audience is focusing on the flash, the magician pulls the pigeon from a secret pocket in their sleeve.
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