Magic - Is There Such A Thing?

If you ask most people this question, you'll probably getunderneath this false bottom. At least that's what most
an answer something like, "What, are you crazy?" orpeople think. Other people think the rabbit is actually
just a plain simple "No". And most people hearing eitherslipped into the hat from the magician's sleeve or
of these two answers would almost agree 100%. Butsome loading device. The point is, there is some trick
does that mean there is no such thing as magic?Thatinvolved that is no more magic than shooting
kind of depends on what your definition of magic is. No,Superman on TV and having bullets bounce off of him.
we're not going to play a game of double talk here.It's all trick photography. And yet, there are those of
We're going to show a side of "magic" that mostuse who truly do believe in magic. We see tricks that
people don't regard as magic but as somethingare so amazing that we can't possibly imagine them
else.That side is referred to as metaphysical science.being tricks. In our minds the only logical explanation for
Of course there will be people who will insist thatpulling off such feats is that real magic, in some form,
metaphysical science is nothing more than bunk in itself,must exist and each magician is tuned into a different
but just as we have no proof that a living god eitherelement of the magical world. That explains why most
exists or doesn't exist, we really have no proof thatmagicians specialize in certain areas.Certainly if you
metaphysical science has any validity or not.For thosewere a child and went to a magic store to buy some
who are not quite sure what metaphysical science is,tricks, once you brought them home and practiced
it's the science of unknown things such as ghosts,them, you could see very clearly that these were
UFOs, etc. In other words, just about anything that weindeed tricks and that there was no magic involved. An
don't have a definite answer for. Magic may or mayexample would be the magical linking rings where one
not fall into the realm of metaphysical sciencering has a slit in it and that's how the rings link. No
depending on your personal beliefs. Certainly, a personmagic, just a specially made ring.But this fact doesn't
who believes in the existence of ghosts and UFOs,mean that metaphysical science is bunk. It doesn't
has more of a chance in believing in magic thanmean that ghosts or spirits don't exist. It doesn't mean
someone who only believes what he sees with histhat there aren't creatures from other planets. And it
own two eyes.For those of us who are totallycertainly doesn't mean that somewhere in this world
grounded in reality, magic is a trick. For example, pullingthere isn't one person who truly has magical
a rabbit out of an empty hat is accomplished bypowers.Magic. Is there such a thing?We may never
showing the false bottom of the hat. The rabbit isknow.