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Originally posted by Arawn
You say that he says certain tricks are illusions right? So you mean the low level levitations are illusions but the high 500 feet ones aren't?!!
Originally posted by Arawn
Why can't he levitate all the time using his Chi and spiritual side if that is the case, and not do it for the small levitations?
Originally posted by InSpiteOf
If all you say is true paul, then how come CA has never had to cancel one of his High levitation feats, or for that matter, any other feat you believe showcases his GOS?
Originally posted by InSpiteOf
Do the GE's hes in contact with give him an exact date and time?
Originally posted by InSpiteOf
What happens when they cannot meet him on the date they give?
Originally posted by InSpiteOf
Your reasoning leaves many questions.
THE GREATEST physical medium in the history of modern spiritualism.
In 1852, Home first demonstrated self-levitation. Witnesses watched in astonishment as he rose a foot or more above the floor. When they tried to hold him down, they too were lifted off the ground...
In a well-lit room before Professor David Wells of Harvard and three other spiritualist investigators, Home caused a table to move all about, even though he stood nowhere near it. It took all the strength of two of the witnesses to restrain the table. Upon its release, the table levitated completely off the floor for several seconds. When Wells and two others sat on the table, it continued to rock. They could find no scientific explanation for the experience.
Early in February, 1856, according to his own account, after due warning from his spirit guides, Home's mediumistic powers left him.
Originally posted by Paul_Richard
So we are back to all the hundreds, if not thousands of witnesses all being paid off argument.
Originally posted by Paul_Richard
For if they were all paid off, then veteran magicians decades older would have done the same thing years before Criss Angel ever made it to the big time.
Originally posted by Paul_Richard
The reason why he had them there is so he could add evidence that he wasn't walking on a prop underneath the water. If there was something there - like Plexiglas - they would not be able to move freely around him.
Originally posted by Paul_Richard
Arawn,
Criss Angel is a clever magician.
He explains the small levitations as illusions while also avoiding any explanations of his high ones.
The motto of the society is the Latin indocilis privata loqui, which may be roughly translated as "not apt to disclose secrets"; Members give their word not to wilfully disclose magic secrets other than to bona fide students of magic. Anyone breaking this or any other rule may be subject to expulsion from the society.
It is the high levitations that point to a Gift of Prana/Chi/Ki/Psychokinesis, not his minor illusions of floating.
Furthermore, the nature of ALL Gifts of the Spirit is that you cannot turn them on and off at will, and you do not have unlimited energy in being able to do it whenever you want. Criss Angel literally has to wait until he gets a telepathic go-ahead from the Group Entity that powers his psychokinesis before he can utilize his Gift to any large extent.
Back in the 1970s, Uri Geller had the same situation. He found that he could not use his psychokinesis whenever he was expected to perform. Everyone with any PK Gift has that problem.
The reason: the power does not come from within but from a discarnate community, i.e., a Group Entity of spirits. That is how all Gifts of the Spirit operate, stemming back to the time of the old Pagan prophets whose names have been lost to antiquity, the prophet Moses, the prophet Issa/Jesus, the prophet Muhammad, take your pick. They all received their Gifts of the Spirit from their respective large Group Entity.
Those of us who have a Gift of Auric Sight and/or Discernment can see and/or perceive that when Criss Angel performs an act of psychokinesis (PK) there is an abundance of yellow discarnate energy around him. That is the source of his power - a large Group Entity of people on the Other Side who combine their energies in The Light and who have a DAC of yellow.
Originally posted by violet
There aren't thousands! Nor hundreds. When you consider we keep seeing the same "random" spectators at different events and that these crowds are very small.
Originally posted by Paul_Richard
For if they were all paid off, then veteran magicians decades older would have done the same thing years before Criss Angel ever made it to the big time.
Originally posted by violet
They didn't think of it!
Originally posted by violet
By the way, it's much easier than you think to get people to pledge allegiance to you, without really even paying them. I believe he has the ability to accomplish this.
Originally posted by Paul_Richard
The reason why he had them there is so he could add evidence that he wasn't walking on a prop underneath the water. If there was something there - like Plexiglas - they would not be able to move freely around him.
Originally posted by violet
If you read my idea how he did it, then it allows the swimmers to move freely. Not that my idea is right, but however it was done, it made all these things possible.
Originally posted by Paul_Richard
For if they were all paid off, then veteran magicians decades older would have done the same thing years before Criss Angel ever made it to the big time.
Originally posted by eyewitness86
Do you realize how EMPTY and RIDICULOUS your answers are? How can you suggest such things with a straight face? Surely you are being sarcastic, right? I mean, no one with any knowledge of the human mind and the nature of man could say what you do.
Originally posted by violet
reply to post by Paul_Richard
So, when you watch Criss Angel on TV, you see a yellow aura around him? He glows for you?
Originally posted by eyewitness86
Oh my!! When I need a good laugh all I have to do is tune in to the Violet or Pavil Show and read the amazing revelations they share with us!! Uh, Violet, did you ever consider that if Criss has the power to influence people to the degree that would enable him to generate total loyalty forever and a willingness to play along with deceptions, that MAYBE he also has the ability to perform the feats we see? Is that a stretch?
Originally posted by eyewitness86
Also, I got a real belly laugh out of the quote above about the others " Not thinking of it ".!!! Not thinking of it? You cannot be serious. Are you really saying that Coppefield never thinks about levitation? ALL of the past ' illusionists are so stupid and so vacant and so dull of wit that they never envision any new events? You realy believe that?
Originally posted by eyewitness86
" They never thought of it ". Unreal. That has to be the WORST excuse I have ever heard. Not only does it say that no other performers have any imagination, but that they are all content to stay with the same old routines and never change, right? They are all so stupid and dull that none of them ever reach out and try new things, correct? Those performers that want to take Criss share of the pie for themselves, as ANY competitor would do are all willing to just take a back seat to Criss forever just because they ' don't think about it ". Is that what you are asking us to believe? Amazing, just amazing.
Originally posted by pavil
Notice we don't see CA get into the "trance" state...