Uri Geller - Psychic or sorcerer

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Re: Uri Geller - Psychic or sorcerer

Postby mark lewis » Jul 20th, '13, 00:55



Methinks Tomo is jealous. And of course he will be watching it. I am psychic and know these things.

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Re: Uri Geller - Psychic or sorcerer

Postby Mandrake » Jul 20th, '13, 10:03

I shall watch it, I like a good comedy.....

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Re: Uri Geller - Psychic or sorcerer

Postby daleshrimpton » Jul 20th, '13, 10:29

Uri, Local lad... Was on BBC radio Berkshire yesterday talking to Mike Reid on his afternoon show. It is well worth listening to it, because he does go into some genuinely fascinating areas, including how he turns negative press, and comments to his advantage.
I genuinely found what he had to say , inspiring.

If you look past what he is doing, and take a look at the other stuff, the marketing stuff, you realize what an incredibly clever man he is. :)

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Re: Uri Geller - Psychic or sorcerer

Postby Tomo » Jul 20th, '13, 11:14

mark lewis wrote:Methinks Tomo is jealous. And of course he will be watching it. I am psychic and know these things.

No I won't, and no you're not.

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Re: Uri Geller - Psychic or sorcerer

Postby mark lewis » Jul 20th, '13, 14:16

Yes, you WILL and yes I AM.

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Re: Uri Geller - Psychic or sorcerer

Postby Mandrake » Jul 20th, '13, 14:35

As a magish he's good but the 'power of my mind' stuff is a bit dated these days.

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Re: Uri Geller - Psychic or sorcerer

Postby Magical_Trevor » Jul 25th, '13, 09:43

Tomo wrote:I look forward to not watching this nonsense with interest...


Wow ... what a total waste of my time ...

I get that he is a showman and all, but he also comes across as a bit of a nutter, you'd sort of just admit that its all a trick, right? He is like an actor who has become stuck in his role ... how do we even know who he really is haha

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Re: Uri Geller - Psychic or sorcerer

Postby Tomo » Jul 25th, '13, 10:25

Magical_Trevor wrote:
Tomo wrote:I look forward to not watching this nonsense with interest...


Wow ... what a total waste of my time ...

I get that he is a showman and all, but he also comes across as a bit of a nutter, you'd sort of just admit that its all a trick, right? He is like an actor who has become stuck in his role ... how do we even know who he really is haha

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If he has divined water underground it's purely from the position of manhole covers :lol:

I watched Horizon instead.

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Re: Uri Geller - Psychic or sorcerer

Postby Mandrake » Jul 25th, '13, 14:04

Fell asleep just before the show started and woke up an hour or so after it had finished..... :oops:

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Re: Uri Geller - Psychic or sorcerer

Postby mdawg » Jul 25th, '13, 17:27

If even half of that show was true, Geller is the greatest showman of our time. A remarkable fella.

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Re: Uri Geller - Psychic or sorcerer

Postby Anjorno » Jul 27th, '13, 11:03

if Gellar is fake or not he as brilliant showmanship.

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Re: Uri Geller - Psychic or sorcerer

Postby mark lewis » Jul 27th, '13, 22:09

I don't think any performer since Houdini has garnered more publicity and world wide at that. Even Houdini's publicity was limited to America except for the occasions when he went overseas. Those of us who were around at the time of Geller's fantastic frenzy of fame will confirm what a sensation he made. No other performer since has equalled it. And remember that this was well before the advent of the internet and you tube!

I never thought he was particularly unethical. He never did psychic readings, healings or suchlike activity. Anything he did came under what Dr Walford Bodie (another likeable rogue) called "showman's privilege". Virtually every mentalist who achieves some celebrity gets attacked by magicians who should really mind their own business. That includes not only Geller, but people like Maurice Fogel, Kreskin, the Piddingtons and many, many more. The self righteous condemnation stems from jealousy in most cases rather than any real need to save humanity on the part of the debunker. I have always said that if the sceptical debunking magicians were offered the same opportunities for fame and fortune they would take it in a nanosecond.

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Re: Uri Geller - Psychic or sorcerer

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