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I.ve been performing close up/tabletop magic for over 25 years and have worked all over the world in many different situations ranging from a hells angel clubhouse right up to working for the royal family and everything else in between.So i thought that i had seen it all until last Saturday night.
There is a pagan/witchcraft type shop just opened up in my town and i just happened to meet the shop owner at a gig i was working at and she books me to work her opening party at her house.
So off i go and I'm performing and get the usual " you're amazing" and "that is brilliant" type reactions.
Then this middle-aged woman comes up to me and says " what you do is good but it's not real magic though is it ?"
So i asks what she meant by real magic.
She says that she can perform real magic,she can control the weather, the elements and other peoples thoughts and feelings.
So I'm being very nice and professional and ask her how she can do this real magic.
Now this is where it started getting a bit wierd.
She is convinced ( absolutley convinced ) that she is the reincarnation of an ancient egyptian priestess that had these powers.
So i ask her for a demonstration to change the weather.
We go outside and she goes into a weird trance.All her pagan friends are around her rooting for her and giving her some encouragement.
A few minutes pass then there is a slight breeze and she says see i told you.I made the wind blow.
It was the wind,nothing more.It had been blowing on and off all night.
Now i just agreed with her but thought to myself is she serious!
So what would you all have done?
Let her have her moment of fame in front of her friends ( like i did ) or pull her up on it and tell her it was just a slight breeze?

Just play along and let her have her moment. After all she booked you and is presumably paying you to be there so best to be nice! (And you don't want her to put a curse on you if you're rude about her "powers"!)

You see, that for me is a normal gig. It's always far more interesting over on the dark side.

I seem to remember a dvd on cloud busting that taut you all you needed to know about when clouds were about to break up or something like that, it would have been nice to say "see that second cloud to the left, yes that one..... and dispurse.........." then say but yours was better then casualy walk away.
yes but you did the right thing to let her have the limelight it was the profesional thing to do.

I must agree with Paul! i have had that several times, you get used to it after a while.

That just reminded me Paul at your Worksop seance.Remember that woman who was convinced she was posessed by a deaf spirit and she says " I've gone deaf " and you said pardon then she goes in a slow voice " I said i've gone deaf"".
Classic moment...

spellbound wrote:That just reminded me Paul at your Worksop seance.Remember that woman who was convinced she was posessed by a deaf spirit and she says " I've gone deaf " and you said pardon then she goes in a slow voice " I said i've gone deaf"".
Classic moment...

I think that sums it all up really,what a load of old B****ks. It also reminds me of that only fools and horses episode where Del Boy made himself a few quid with nicking the lead off of the church roof and then teling everyone that he statue of Jesus was crying.

Deano

spellbound wrote:That just reminded me Paul at your Worksop seance.Remember that woman who was convinced she was posessed by a deaf spirit and she says " I've gone deaf " and you said pardon then she goes in a slow voice " I said i've gone deaf"".
Classic moment...

ahaha oh boy, i wish i was there!

Sounds like the polite and tactful approach to me.

spellbound wrote:That just reminded me Paul at your Worksop seance.Remember that woman who was convinced she was posessed by a deaf spirit and she says " I've gone deaf " and you said pardon then she goes in a slow voice " I said i've gone deaf"".
Classic moment...

Spike Milligan once did a routine about being a "full frontal medium". He was using a megaphone to communicate with someone who had died of deafness.

spellbound wrote:That just reminded me Paul at your Worksop seance.Remember that woman who was convinced she was posessed by a deaf spirit and she says " I've gone deaf " and you said pardon then she goes in a slow voice " I said i've gone deaf"".
Classic moment...

One of my most annoying habits is to always respond to anyone who says anything along the lines of "I've gone a bit deaf" with "pardon?" My wife hates it. But I can't help it, even when the person going deaf is claiming to be possessed.

BTW - Mr. Spellbound, who are you? Reveal yourself! I know of only 2 "magi" who were at the Worksop seance, and I'm sure you're not Rev. Tristan.

It reminds of the Red Indian rain dance that everyone is so familiar about, they worked on a similar principle. Basically they would dance for days, sometimes even weeks around their rain season until lo and behold it would rain. Ta da I made it rain! Er....quite.

I personally would have done the same thing as yourself. Politely agreed that she has an amazing ability. Simply because you shouldn't upset a client and I would want to be paid. As I like money.

I can however make wind whenever I wish. Normally after I have eaten spicy food.

I love George Carlin.

“If you're going to have a rain dance, wouldn't you have to have rain dance practice? And what I'm wondering is, does it rain during practice? Because if it doesn't, how do you know if you have it right? And if it does, why bother with the dance in the first place. Need a little water? Call practice!”

BTW - Mr. Spellbound, who are you? Reveal yourself! I know of only 2 "magi" who were at the Worksop seance, and I'm sure you're not Rev. Tristan.

Your right, I'm the other one ......
I was there with my mrs, the blonde....Remember now ha ha !!!

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