notes from underground

I have done plenty of research on the web about Criss Angel in particular and magic in general.  There are several different types of people I have found.  Loyals: caring little about how the tricks are done and simply are in it for entrainment or to be doting groupies.

And more curious and scientific minded people.  Of these curious or scientific minded people, there are two types: one type, 100% convinced that all is an illusion and nothing supernatural whatsoever, and two, someone who still has doubt.

Some of these people claim to be magicians and guarantee that all is a trick without thinking twice about it, although most of these probably are not involved in the upper echelons of the esoteric magic cult and probably can’t say for sure, because surly that can’t know every secret, but from what they know intuit it to be true.

The others have probably seen some tricks revealed here and there and are absolutely adamant that there is nothing supernatural involved.  Some of the most common statements from these people are that Criss Angel for example has said, “he does not believe in the supernatural and does nothing supernatural,” and they alway refer people to this statement as if it had some weight behind it.  I just want to remind these people that they are listening to the biggest trickster in the world and find it funny that they don’t think he is capable of a lie and take this statement as absolute proof that he is only a trickster.  How could someone who makes spends their life deceiving actually be honest?

In addition, these people also point to the Randi prize, in which a skeptic has promised to pay out a large sum of money if someone were to prove they can violate scientific laws or do something supernatural.  And the argument goes,”well since nobody has claimed the prize therefore everything still must be a trick.”  To this I just want to say that “if” these supernatural powers existed the people or entity that holds these powers may not want to subject them to the knife of science.  In addition, the prize seems to have been created due to magic performances and a lack of absolute proof that every single act is a trick is lacking otherwise there would be no prize.

I admit Criss Angel does a lot of bogus camera work and regular stunts that are explainable, but I am still a skeptic and scientific and until every single trick has been adequately explained and demonstrated, which I don’t believe has been done, and as a result I do not rest easy.