Black Magick

lack Magick is sometimes also called dark magic. Black Magick  - The term "Magick" spelt with a "k" was coined by the notorious Black Magician Aleiser Crowley. Black Magick was used as a term to differentiate Western Ceremonial practices and its aims from stage magic, conjuring or parlor tricks. Crowley also had some Kabbalistic reasons related to Gamatria (Kabbalistic word games) for justifying this. Black Magick is usually now defined as the branch of magic and sorcery that is used to perform evil acts or the powers used to summon malevolent spirits. Black magic (Magick) sides with the powers of darkness symbolised by the Left-Hand Path. White magic has no evil intent and is used by practitioners used only for good purposes. Since the Inquisition when the Christians persecuted witches and warlocks there has remained a great deal of prejudice against practitioners of all forms of magic. Not everything that is called magic has malevolent intentions behind it. Craig"Stage magicians and conjurers are of course illusionists, not magicians in the historical context of the word. Many of these entertainers such as Houdini in the past and James Randi today despise all forms of psychic, mystical, magic and mediumistic claims and yet continue to hijack the word 'magician' for their stage shows. Surely if they were sincere in their beliefs they would call themselves illusionists rather than piggy back on genres that they consider to be immoral"

Harry Potter Magic Tricks

Got an aspiring Harry Potter in your midst? A wizard in your virtual Hogwarts? Alright, perhaps there's nothing here to rival a good "Wingardium Leviosa," (we're dealing with the real world, after all). But on this page, you'll find a special collection of easy magic tricks that kids can quickly learn and perform and that use common, everyday objects. Add some glasses and a robe, and you'll have your own mini Harry Potter, Hermione or Ron and Hogwarts. The Levitating Ring In the Levitating Ring, a finger ring that's resting on a pencil mysteriously levitates on its own. There's some preparation involved, but you should have fun with this one. You can easily replace the pencil with a wizard style magic wand. The Levitating Pencil In this easy magic trick, you place a pencil into a bottle and it mysteriously levitates on its own. There's some preparation involved, but you should have fun with this one. You can easily replace the pencil with a wizard style magic wand. The Magnetic Hand Learn how to perform the Magnetic Hand. In this mysterious and visual trick, you somehow cause several playing cards to adhere to your hand as if it were a magnet. This one takes some preparation ahead of time, but the results are well worth it. The Magnetic Pencil 2 After showing that a pencil sticks to your hand as you grasp your wrist, you suddenly let go of your "grabbing" hand and the pencil mysteriously stays in place. You can replace the pencil with a wizard-style wand.

Easy Magic Tricks

Impossible Card Warp: Learn to conjure up an amazing illusion where you fold two cards and slide one into the center of the other. Now happens a totally amazing transformation to one of the cards which looks absolutely baffling to your audience Includes Video Demo !!! Card Through The Window : The magician asks a spectator to select a card from the pack and then replace it. After giving the cards a thorough shuffle the magician attempts to guess the spectators card and appears to be unsuccessful. Then after a few attempts he throws the cards at a window in a fit of rage and upon closer inspection the spectators card is now amazingly stuck to the other side of the window! Card Vanish And Production :This is the daddy of cool card sleights where you vanish and re appear cards out of thin air. The move needs plenty of practice to perfect but your patience will be well rewarded as this move when performed well, gets an amazing reaction from your audience Cup Levitation : Make a cup visibly float, right in front of your spectators eyes. Visually amazing stunt and simple to perform. Includes Video Demo !!! Make A Coin Vanish And Reappear : A coin can be made to vanish and reappear in your hand at will. What makes this coin sleight even more astonishing is that the move is done right in front of your spectator's eyes. .Includes Video Demo !!! There's A Hole In My Pocket : For this one you borrow a quarter or other coin from an audience member and place a mark on the coin. You tell the audience a story about how you are always losing money because there is a hole in your pocket. Then you take the coin and place it your pocket, then realize that it isn't the pocket with the hole it. Then you lift your foot on your opposite leg, and the borrowed coin will be there. Broken And Restored Spoon Twister : A teaspoon appears to turn to jelly and starts to melt in your hand. You then show a feat of amazing strength by twisting the spoon handle several times until it snaps. You then miraculously weld the spoon back together in your hand. This is visually amazing spoon bending sleights and is a real talking point. Coin Optical Illusion : The coin magician in this magic tricks creates an optical illusion, which makes the audience think that he has created a new quarter from two quarters. Voodoo Spirit Writing : The magician writes something on a piece of paper but does not allow the spectators to see what he has written. He then announces that he is about to ask a spectator a question and because he can read his mind he already knows the answer that will be given. The spectator is asked to think of a number between 1 and 100 or a simple shape and reveal it out loud. The note pad is shown to reveal the same answer as the spectator gave. Magnetic Matches : The audience is shown an ordinary box of matches with the tips showing. The magician then tells the audience that he will magnetize the matches by waving his hand over the box. After doing this he opens the box upside down while lightly holding the match head end of the box between two fingers. The matches will not fall out. He then finishes off by de-magnetizing them and allows the matches to fall to the ground Balducci Levitation : The magician raises his/her arms up by his/her sides and slowly appears to rise a few inches off the ground for a short period of time before returning to the ground quickly. As performed by David Blaine!

Bottoms Up Card Trick

Effect: A pack of cards is fanned out in front of a spectator. The magician runs his fingers around the card fan and the spectator is asked to tell him when to stop his fingers on a card. This card is shown to the audience, replaced in the pack and the pack handed back to the spectator to shuffle. The magician then reveals the card which was chosen.

Method: Ask a spectator to shuffle the cards. When he/she hands them back to you note the bottom card . That is going to be their card.
Start by fanning the cards out. Run your finger across them and ask the spectator when to stop. When he/she says to stop, put your thumb on that point of the deck.
While your thumb is on that point, use your other fingers to slowly work the bottom card under your thumb. As you pull the cards off the top of the deck with your thumb, slide the bottom card under the other cards and pull them off the deck and show the spectator his/ her card. This is where you take over. Since you already know the card you can have the spectator cut, shuffle, e.t.c.

Good routine to try out:

Start flipping the cards from the top of the deck over onto the table. When you flip their card over, continue flipping for another few cards, then say, "I'll bet you that the next card I flip over will be yours!" They'll think you messed up because their card is already flipped over on the table. When they say, "you're on!", reach over and flip their card, which is already face down on the table. They'll be amazed.

Miss India beauties set their sights high

Winners of the Miss India pageant held in Mumbai last week, say that they are feeling on the top of the world, but are not willing to rest on the laurels. Ankita Shorey, Miss India International, told PTI that her parents always treated her like a princess but she is feeling like one in reality now. "I am feeling that I have become a princess of the world now! But I am aware that beauty and intelligence go hand in hand. Communication skills are very important," said the 24-year-old Delhi girl, who has made Mumbai her home for the last two years. She said the Miss International pageant is slated to be held in September-October this year and after a short vacation with parents back home, she will return to start training on building her confidence levels. "Bringing the crown home and making the country proud is my first priority after which I plan to look for opportunities in films," she said. Ankita said Bollywood has always been her first love. "I have never dreamt of anything else." After graduating from Jesus and Mary college in Delhi in 2007, she has modelled with Shah Rukh Khan for Emami and with Ranbir Kapoor for Virgin Mobiles. Hasleen Kaur, the 22-year-old Delhi girl who won the Miss India Earth title, said going through the process of Miss India contest had been an evolution and transformation for her. "It has helped me improve my confidence, poise and grace," she added. Hasleen said the Miss Earth pageant will take place in September in Vietnam. "After a vacation of ten days at home in Delhi, I will get back to training in diction, fitness and educate myself on environmental issues and my country''s policies on environment. "At Miss India, I was representing myself and now at Miss Earth, I will be representing myself as an Indian. So this is a huge responsibility to uphold the country''s policies, culture and values." Hasleen said she is looking for a better and bigger career in fashion and Bollywood. Besides, she would like to continue her association with Girl Child Education, a project given to her as a Miss India contestant. "After I come back from Miss Earth after hopefully winning the crown, I will associate myself with an NGO and contribute my little bit to education and employment of girls," said the 22-year-old graduate in English Literature. Kanishtha Dhankar, who won the Miss India World title, said Bollywood will be the next step for her. "I have to prepare for the Miss World pageant and work towards winning it," she said.

Tendulkar's Magic In World Cup

Over the last two decades, there is very little missing from Sachin Tendulkar's list of achievements as a batsman but the absence of a World Cup in his trophy cabinet continues to rankle the Indian run-machine. The 37-year old, with more than 32,000 runs and 97 centuries in international cricket, came closest to ending that quest when he was the highest scorer in the 2003 World Cup in South Africa, where Australia beat India in the final. The Feb. 19-April 2 World Cup in the sub-continent represents, in all probability, Tendulkar's last chance to set the record straight and the batsman is all too aware of the event's importance. "I still want to achieve something and everyone knows that," a smiling Tendulkar said at an award ceremony on Friday, adding that India's rise to number one in the world test rankings has given him confidence to believe a cup victory was possible. "To get there was not easy, we had to work very hard," he added. "There were lots of challenges but we stood together, backing each other, trusting each other and achieved various things as a team. "When we got there (in 2009) many people thought that it was may be a matter of 30-40 days as the South Africa series (2010) was coming up and no one expected us to do well to be honest. "After losing the first Test in Nagpur, we got to hear that soon we will lose the number one spot. But here I am standing today after almost a year and we are still number one. To get there is wonderful but to stay there for a year in this competitive era is just fantastic." India are currently number two in the One-day rankings and Tendulkar singled out coach Gary Kirsten for special praise for the team's improved performance. "Gary Kirsten has brought a remarkable change in our side," Tendulkar said about the former South Africa opener. "I found the atmosphere in the dressing room quite different and that has brought all the changes. I think all batsmen have performed well since 2007."

Magical Environment

Honoring 'The Ten' that lost their lives STILLWATER — The symbol of an orange ribbon, still to this day, memorializes 'The Ten' — Kendall Durfey, Bjorn Fahlstrom, Nate Fleming, Will Hancock, Daniel Lawson, Brian Luinstra, Denver Mills, Pat Noyes, Bille Teegins and Jared Weiberg — who lost their lives in a plane crash in Colorado on Jan. 27, 2001. But that ribbon means so much more for former Oklahoma State president Jim Halligan, who now serves in the Oklahoma State Senate. "If you see me any time with a jacket on, you'll see me with one of those orange ribbons," Halligan said. "And I've actually indicated that I want one on my coat when I'm in my casket. Because we said we would never forget." While the orange ribbon is something Halligan and others are able to keep close to them, the former OSU president made a decision in the following days that a statue would also be commissioned to remember those whose lives were cut short. And thus today, in the southwest corner of Gallagher-Iba, there's a kneeling bronze cowboy surrounded by images of The Ten, along with a brief message from the families of each victim. "When we interacted with the families, right away they brought to our attention — which I thought was a great idea — that they would like to have a bronze sculpture of some kind," Halligan said. "So we commissioned an artist and honored them with that. I had known, but not really reflected upon, that a cowboy never lets his hat touch the ground." That memorial is also used as a teaching tool for players new to the program — as a way to understand the adversity the Cowboys have overcome. "On my (recruiting) visit, I walked by it and I asked them what that means and they explained it all to me," OSU senior Marshall Moses said. "And just over the years of being here, I've actually gotten to talk to Eddie Sutton about it — he may not remember talking to me, but that's something I'll always remember, getting to ask him about it. ... It's definitely a touchy subject, but it's something I've always been interested in knowing about." The moments following the crash were hectic for Halligan, who recalls meeting with members of his emergency staff for over five hours after making phone calls to family's of those involved in the crash. "We had a group of individuals who we would call together whenever there was a significant event occurring on the campus and that involved all the people you would anticipate," Halligan said. "So we all assembled and we met until about 3 a.m. ... We decided when the memorial would take place and where it would be because we knew there were going to be funerals and we wanted to get ahead of that so people could schedule their funerals around our memorial service for the university." But quite possibly the longest lasting tribute OSU set up for the family members was a free scholarship to all the children associated with those who had been lost in the plane crash.

Magic Tricks

Magic Tricks For Kids

Most kids are fascinated with magic tricks. Finding good magic trick kits for kids is pretty easy because most of the big discount stores carry them in the toy aisle. You can also find plenty of magic trick kits for kids online. But your child can also perform magic tricks by using items found around the house. These magic tricks are very easy to perform and can be set up at a moment's notice.
The first magic trick we will discuss is the empty matchbox trick. You need two matchboxes. one of them should be empty. Get a rubber band and attach the matchbox with the matches in it to the upper arm underneath a shirt sleeve. Now hold the empty matchbox in the same hand and shake it. Ask your friends to guess how many matches are in the matchbox and then when it is opened, the matchbox is empty. The matches that they hear rattling are the ones taped to your upper arm.
Another fairly easy magic trick for a child to perform is the disappearing coin trick. You will need a glass, two sheets of the same colored paper, a coin and a handkerchief. You place the glass upside down on one sheet of the colored paper. You then place a coin beside the glass. Put the handkerchief over the upturned glass and move it, glass and all, over the coin. Say the magic word and remove the handkerchief and presto the coin has disappeared!. The trick to this is to carefully cut a circle from the same colored paper the exact size of the rim of the glass. Tape this paper to the rim and when you move the glass over the coin the colored paper will conceal the coin.
Another good trick is the wine into water trick. For this you will need water, red food coloring and bleaching powder. This should only be performed with adult supervision! Pour some water into a glass and add red food coloring to make the water turn red like wine. Another glass will contain your "magic" powder. Now pour the red liquid into the other glass and it becomes clear water again!
A very easy trick is the rubber pencil trick. Hold the pencil loosely at the tip. Now shake your hand up and down. This will create the illusion of your pencil turning to rubber.
If your child wishes to become a magician or wants to perform magic tricks at his next party, let him practice some of these. Kids and magic tricks go together like peanut butter and jelly!