I've been lightly involved in the esoteric/new age world since my early teens and it over a decade of that before I ever found a book on conjuring. There is a general tone of condemnation towards conjurors as being phonies and frauds. These works rarely, if ever, mention conjuring. I've read a fair amount of esoteric books, both 'practice of' and 'history of' a variety of esoteric systems. Not to be confused with the practice of raising spirits or other entities. To be clear here, since this world has borrowed many terms from that world, when I say "conjuring" I mean what illusion-magicians do on stage. If anyone has attended any of the camps recently I'd love to hear their thoughts. I would have loved to have seen them in their glory days though. I'd heard that they'd been slipping over years and fewer and people were actually attending. Now, I'm kind of worried, that about the quality of the show their putting on. I was mildly surprised to see that she comes in at number 8 on this list of Voodoo Preistesses though and there certainly do seem to be more white folk on the list than I would have expected.īernice: I've actually considered checking out Camp Chesterfield, but at the time I couldn't really afford (or justify) the trip. Perhaps she was chosen, much like the Pope.but as a casual observer with only a layman's understanding of the religion, her claim certainly caused me to do a double take. Of course I have no idea what kind of credentials one needs to lay claim to the title, perhaps she was elected, or had the title thrust upon her. I suspect there are probably quite a few "Voodoo Queens" of various races in and around New Orleans. Honestly, it's the "The" that I have a problem with. I understand that Voodoo is a religion and anyone is free to practice and believe what they want, but a blonde haired, blue eyed woman calling herself "The Current Voodoo Queen of New Orleans" seems like a bold choice. I freely admit that I never attempted to learn the art of seance from a non-magical starting point, but I have to think that it would be harder to avoid the information while doing historical research than it would be to stumble upon it. Again, many books, over many years tend to blend the information. It's my understanding that even the official "Spiritualist Mediums" both the traveling variety and those who set up in the camps, were familiar with the concept of open and shut eye mediumship. WitchDocChris: I swear I'm not just trying to be argumentative and I truly appreciate your thoughts on this subject. I'm definitely going to have to watch that a couple times. Wizard of Oz: Thanks for that link as well, that was truly unbelievable. She seems a bit Caucasian for that particular title, but who am I to judge. ![]() I was also interested to see that she refers to herself as The Current Voodoo Queen of New Orleans. After watching the video I'm thinking that it would most likely be an eye opening affair. I'm glad now that I didn't kick out for the "tour", but I still think the séance would be worth a look. That said, the video you linked was VERY interesting and enlightening. I still forget to check YouTube for stuff and there were a couple three different videos about Bloody Mary's. I like the idea of a "theatrical" séance.īernice: Thanks for the link. WitchDocChis: Interesting point, but then I assumed that they would have read at least SOME of the same books I have, before setting up to conduct an authentic Victorian style séance. There are several ways how you can perform this illusion.MentalistCreationLab: Thanks for the heads up, I'll definitely give Hudson Tuttle a look. The original version of this trick can be purchased for example at Penguin magic shop for $700.Ī cheaper option might be to search for this trick on eBay or Aliexpress, but if you search for quality, I recommend to stick to the original version. ![]() If you’re skilled in arts and crafts, you may be able to create your own version of the table levitation trick, however, a much more comfortable and more frequent option is to buy this trick in some of the magic shops. The modern version of this trick is credited to magician Dirk Losander who modified other tricks and methods that were used to levitate small objects and applied them to create a floating table trick. This trick was used by psychics and mediums for proving their spiritual powers and it was called “Spirit Tables.” In fact, the first version of his trick appeared several hundred years ago. ![]() The floating table is around for many years.
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