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Ok. So, I know I few tricks. Some Variations of this Tricks. Cards, Coins, And D'Lite.
But I know I'm not a Magician. At what point someone is not a Curious Guy, or a "Tricker", and becomes a Magician? Is it necessary to do Magic a way of living? Is it the knowledge? I really don't know.
Thanks!

Only you can make that choice my friend.............

At the end of the day it doesn't matter. It's just a label.

My guess though, is that when others call you a magician without any prompting - you are, by definitition, in their eyes at least. A magician.

I think it's in the performance of magic rather than the knowledge to be one. After all, with a bit of thought anyone could make a very effective bomb, but hardly anyone's a terrorist

That's a terrible analogy...

Perhaps... a magician, I guess, is a profession... you earn your title.

Or, is it like a category—such as 'a pipe smoker'—whereby to qualify, you must smoke a pipe.

Is a magician someone that performs magic? I guess so.

There's far too many literal translations.

when you reach double digits...hehe just kidding

You become one when you know you are one(my toughts at least)

you are a magician when:-

all of your friends introduce you as ......the magician.
you dream of magic tricks.
when theres a party your always invited, even if you don't now the person.
you are comftable looking down the stocking and make up iles in boots.
when many everyday objects take on a diferent life of there own.
when your told someone made a pass at you, you look at there hands and chuckle to yourself.

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To take a somewhat synical thought on it....

If you have ever bought yourself a prop and found it useless....and then vowed to never buy another useless peice of magic again...and have stuck to your word.....then you my freind are not a magician.

On the other hand....

If you have ever bought yourself a prop and found it useless....and then vowed to never buy another useless piece of magic again....only to do it again mere hours later......then you my freind are a magician!

I'll go for the performance idea too.

If you do the magic tricks you know for friends and family - or even complete strangers - and leave them with the mystery rather than explaining how your tricks are done, you're a magician.

If you have a bike, you're not a cyclist until you start peddling.

I might come down to how serious you take magic.
When I was learning magic early on, I knew and could do a number of tricks. But being able to do some tricks didn't make me a magician. I also played tennis but I wouldn't say I was a true athlete. I take pictures but I'm far from a photographer.
The label magician came, I think, once I devoted myself to magic and started performing regularly.
I might be able to sing in the shower, but I'm no singer. Maybe if I put all my efforts into it, and sang outside of the shower, that title would come too.

For me its when you can entertain an audience with a routine..

I remember the exact moment I realised I was a magician. I had been doing magic for quite a while and taking it very seriously sometimes with good results and sometimes with not so good results.

Then one day I was watching a magic society show with lots of magicians on the bill. I looked around and realised that I was part of the scene. I realised then that I was a magician and it gave me a strange feeling at the time. I thought, "I am just like these people. I am a magician!"

Don't worry or even think about it. It will creep up on you when it is ready to do so.

mark lewis wrote:Don't worry or even think about it. It will creep up on you when it is ready to do so.

Mark....(I hate to admit it)....but you are absolutely right!

Barco wrote:At what point someone is not a Curious Guy, or a "Tricker", and becomes a Magician?

Once you submit your soul to C.U.P.S...

(I'm just bitter with myself over my last $210 purchase).