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