water_ripple said:Very scary indeed. For if one could read the mind of another couldn't the person also control the mind of the other? Good thing us Christians are armed with the truth.
What truth?
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water_ripple said:Very scary indeed. For if one could read the mind of another couldn't the person also control the mind of the other? Good thing us Christians are armed with the truth.
LOL, no Blaine is not a reptile. He use to practice that look on purpose when he was child to freak out his friends for jokes. Then he incorporated that into his tricks while he performs to appear kind of hypnotic.jhessel said:this should explain it
"I have learned a lot about Reptilians and Fallen Angels from a lot of hands on experts. I was watching CNN when I saw a photo of Saddam that startled me. He had a look in his eyes that can only come from Reptilians, or Fallen Angels. It is a deep hypnotic look, and the eyes that look deep into to yours. It is a very chilling experience! The fallen can turn it off and on at will. When you see the look you will feel yourself drawn into a light trance. "
and another link
LOLwater_ripple said:The natural way? If he is doing things the natural way then why is he fooling people into believing he has the power to survive in ice? Why is he making his survival a public display? Some might say for the purpose of entertainment. While it is very entertaining to watch it is also ominous. People have been freaked out by what he does. People have been confused to think his magic goes beyond normal explination. Therin lies the danger.
adam332 said:David Blaine is the most convincing magician I've ever seen. He does not use the same methods as many of his contemporaries. His does not require the distance from the audience or a controlled enviroment. He can walk down the street or into a busy bar or into the woods and perform them on the spot in front of natives, etc.... He did not train that fly that he caught to play dead, he killed it and it was witnessed. I find him very curious, but I have seen people say they can do the same levitation and show links to the Balducci levitation method. the only problem is he does not always perform it from the side, but the front as well. Also if you take the time to look the view under his feet is often times shown. He does not have the front of one foot pushing him upward but both feet have been completely lifted up as high as 12-14 inches.
Please tell me what sleight of hand he used to get that playing card inside the police mans shoe and under his foot? His shoe was thoroughly laced, with his pant leg down.
I am not claiming that he has gained these abilities from satan, but I definitely don't rule it out.
Satan will undoubtedly prepare the way for himself and his wonders. The people must be conditioned or no one will be fooled at all. Whether David Blaine is such a conditioner of the people I honestly don't know. But he is sure more fascinating to just about anyone than people like Copperfield who do illusions on a much grander scale on a stage with curtains and other items he has used to hide fow he performs the illusions.
For those of you who say "I can do that", may I suggest that you walk down a public street followed by a camera man and do a full frontal float, a foot off the ground, in front of many witnesses. Or resurrect a dead fly, or make a card appear inside a laced up cops shoe...all of which was so convincing that it was believed by all those standing right next to him, and then get your tape on HBO. When one of you can do that....then I might elimanate the possibility that he is not getting these abilities from some other source.
Until then I will leave it in the "open" category.
adam332 said:Wow he must wear a size 20 shoe to be able to lift himself that high. and just where can one find this interview where he admits it the balducci levitation? And how does it make me gullible if I have not a conviction either way?
Your Christian who does not believe in the Devil???? DANGER>>>DANGER Explain to everyone here how that is possible, and may I suggest that you make it it's own thread because there will be many here that will wonder how such a thing is possible. It's surely more amazing then David Blaine.
Pr0x1mo said:First i'll explain to the naiveté; (as i previously stated) David Blaine does the balducci levitation in the streets, and he does so well that he gets those natural reactions from his audience. He then later, does the levitation without the audience but with a camera, where you see him levitate 2 feet off the ground. He thin inter cuts them to make it seem like he did the levitation of 2 feet in front of the actual audience when he really staged it.
There. That wasn't too hard was it?
Oh, but if he really did levitate then it MUST be the work of the devil eh? LOL
And look at the main word in Christian. Know what that word is? Christ! As in Jesus Christ. To be christian is to be christ like, i believe in Jesus, and what he did and stood for. That does not mean that i'm obligated to be brainwashed to believe in half man half goat minotaurs with pitch forks.
adam332 said:Again, it does not make me gullible. I said; I have no conviction either way. I do leave my mind open for the word of God and that there may be someone someday who does amazing miracles that are produced by the devil. I never said Blaine was one. This keeps me open but not in the slightest gullible.
I have not seen such an interview that you claim to have seen. I would be gullible though, to take your word for it. But, again I keep my mind open that it is a possibility.
Keeping an eye out for people that the Lord said will appear....is a Biblically founded concept. This is a Bible forum, therefore a mere discussion on the matter is perfectly normal and does not make us inbred fanatics, as some would like to insinuate.
Yours appears to be closed, as if there were no such way that any one of Blaine's nature could be of the devil.
No offence but it seems people just don't know common magic tricks.Shelayne said:I did the Balducci levitation illusion for my husband, and he sat there with his mouth open and asked, "HOW did you do THAT?" Then I showed him. He did it for me, and it DOES look convincing at the right angle, with the arms raising, etc.
I still want to know how Blaine got that name, that the woman wrote on paper and burned, on his stomach written in ash. That was some trick!
adam332 said:Again, it does not make me gullible. I said; I have no conviction either way. I do leave my mind open for the word of God and that there may be someone someday who does amazing miracles that are produced by the devil. I never said Blaine was one. This keeps me open but not in the slightest gullible.
I have not seen such an interview that you claim to have seen. I would be gullible though, to take your word for it. But, again I keep my mind open that it is a possibility.
Keeping an eye out for people that the Lord said will appear....is a Biblically founded concept. This is a Bible forum, therefore a mere discussion on the matter is perfectly normal and does not make us inbred fanatics, as some would like to insinuate.
Yours appears to be closed, as if there were no such way that any one of Blaine's nature could be of the devil.
Yeah, they are fun. The problem with the Blaine TV specials is that there is camera work and editing performed. I have seen Blaine (& Others) do the stuff on the streets and they are then much more limited. For instance the ash trick is done on the forearm not the stomach which would be much more difficult to get away with.Shelayne said:Hmmm, interesting. I would have been staring at him the whole time, watching every move. I guess I would not be one he would want to do that trick to. How he managed to write on his stomach--under his shirt and all--without the women (there were 2 or 3 there) catching him is pretty amazing. I am sure with all the editing done to his TV specials, he can make it look even more convincing.
I enjoy the illusions, but I always want to know how its done. Thanks for the info.
The way he does the ash to palm trick is right before he does the trick, he grabs both of your hands with his hands and tells you to raise your arms at waste level. When he does this, he plants the ash under your palm with his finger tips when he raises your hands.Chi_Cygni said:Yeah, they are fun. The problem with the Blaine TV specials is that there is camera work and editing performed. I have seen Blaine (& Others) do the stuff on the streets and they are then much more limited. For instance the ash trick is done on the forearm not the stomach which would be much more difficult to get away with.
It amazes me how people are always looking for the supernatural explanation of anything rather than the mundane. It's illusion NOT magic.
I guess my problem is I tend to be very cynical and questioning of these sorts of things due to the fact I am a physicist where you are always looking for a naturalistic explanation. For magicians though that is the right approach - and in the quieter moments, they all admit it's illusion - and if you are good at thinking things out from a physics/chemistry perspective you can usually understand how the tricks are done.