Our journey is drawing to a end. I will publish one more blog after this talking about modern magic toady. But the 19th century is a key note of magic history and influence for a couple of reasons, but the main one being Houdini the master of escapes and self proclaimed king of cards. But first lets talk about a man called Jean Eugene Robert-Houdin. What a name! He is considered a father of modern magic, moving it from circuses and streets to elegant stages and drawing rooms. He ushered in a new age of magic. But he started off as a apprentice watchmaker who practiced magic in his spare time. Some of his tricks are nothing short of amazing like making a handkerchief appear out of an orange or levitating his son using "magic ether". But his most amazing trick was in 1856 when he managed to stop a war with magic. Interested? Here's how the story went. Napoleon was getting anxious about the religious Arabic tribe called Marabouts rebelling against him. The Marabouts had many magicians in their tribes that the tribal leaders respected and feared. They told their leaders to rebel against the french. Napoleon asked Jean Houdin to go to the tribe and show them that french magic was superior to their magic. So Jean Houdin began his journey from France to Algeria. Here's what he did. He told the tribal warriors that they were as weak as women and could not lift this simple wooden box he brought. The warriors were highly offended and angry yet no matter what they tried they could even ten men couldn't lift this small wooden box. So Jean Houdin said " you are all as weak as women but i am as strong as ten men". He then very easily lifted the box by himself. No matter how hard the Marabouts magicians tried they could not lift the box. How did he do it? Magic. Thanks to him a bloody war was stopped and thousands of lives were saved. And thanks to him people like Houdini dazzled the world with amazing feats of escape and illusions. This is a prime example of how magic influenced leaders of the world.
Sunday 4 February 2018
The 1800s
The 1800's
Our journey is drawing to a end. I will publish one more blog after this talking about modern magic toady. But the 19th century is a key note of magic history and influence for a couple of reasons, but the main one being Houdini the master of escapes and self proclaimed king of cards. But first lets talk about a man called Jean Eugene Robert-Houdin. What a name! He is considered a father of modern magic, moving it from circuses and streets to elegant stages and drawing rooms. He ushered in a new age of magic. But he started off as a apprentice watchmaker who practiced magic in his spare time. Some of his tricks are nothing short of amazing like making a handkerchief appear out of an orange or levitating his son using "magic ether". But his most amazing trick was in 1856 when he managed to stop a war with magic. Interested? Here's how the story went. Napoleon was getting anxious about the religious Arabic tribe called Marabouts rebelling against him. The Marabouts had many magicians in their tribes that the tribal leaders respected and feared. They told their leaders to rebel against the french. Napoleon asked Jean Houdin to go to the tribe and show them that french magic was superior to their magic. So Jean Houdin began his journey from France to Algeria. Here's what he did. He told the tribal warriors that they were as weak as women and could not lift this simple wooden box he brought. The warriors were highly offended and angry yet no matter what they tried they could even ten men couldn't lift this small wooden box. So Jean Houdin said " you are all as weak as women but i am as strong as ten men". He then very easily lifted the box by himself. No matter how hard the Marabouts magicians tried they could not lift the box. How did he do it? Magic. Thanks to him a bloody war was stopped and thousands of lives were saved. And thanks to him people like Houdini dazzled the world with amazing feats of escape and illusions. This is a prime example of how magic influenced leaders of the world.
Our journey is drawing to a end. I will publish one more blog after this talking about modern magic toady. But the 19th century is a key note of magic history and influence for a couple of reasons, but the main one being Houdini the master of escapes and self proclaimed king of cards. But first lets talk about a man called Jean Eugene Robert-Houdin. What a name! He is considered a father of modern magic, moving it from circuses and streets to elegant stages and drawing rooms. He ushered in a new age of magic. But he started off as a apprentice watchmaker who practiced magic in his spare time. Some of his tricks are nothing short of amazing like making a handkerchief appear out of an orange or levitating his son using "magic ether". But his most amazing trick was in 1856 when he managed to stop a war with magic. Interested? Here's how the story went. Napoleon was getting anxious about the religious Arabic tribe called Marabouts rebelling against him. The Marabouts had many magicians in their tribes that the tribal leaders respected and feared. They told their leaders to rebel against the french. Napoleon asked Jean Houdin to go to the tribe and show them that french magic was superior to their magic. So Jean Houdin began his journey from France to Algeria. Here's what he did. He told the tribal warriors that they were as weak as women and could not lift this simple wooden box he brought. The warriors were highly offended and angry yet no matter what they tried they could even ten men couldn't lift this small wooden box. So Jean Houdin said " you are all as weak as women but i am as strong as ten men". He then very easily lifted the box by himself. No matter how hard the Marabouts magicians tried they could not lift the box. How did he do it? Magic. Thanks to him a bloody war was stopped and thousands of lives were saved. And thanks to him people like Houdini dazzled the world with amazing feats of escape and illusions. This is a prime example of how magic influenced leaders of the world.
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