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Watch Our Shin Lim Live Event!

Watch Our Shin Lim Live Event!

On June 30th 2018, Fantasma Magic and The Houdini Museum Of NY hosted a once-in-a-lifetime event: Shin Lim live! The America's Got Talent 2X winner and fooler of Penn And Teller's Fool Us did a live lecture and show for the lucky ticket holders and online watchers. Now you can watch super secret archival footage of that great day from the POV of someone standing at the counter and watching! Check out this YouTube link: Shin Lim Takes Over Fantasma for over 2-1/2 hours of rare footage of Shin Lim at Fantasma!

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Fantasma Magic & Houdini Museum Press Throughout The Years

Fantasma Magic & Houdini Museum Press Throughout The Years

Here are links to Fantasma's press throughout the years! Pix11 NY Times

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The 8 Most Influential Magicians Of The Decade...And They're Black!

The 8 Most Influential Magicians Of The Decade...And They're Black!
Every year we celebrate black history of those who have passed on, but what about those who are making history? The trailblazers, the architects and the godfathers that made it possible for magicians of color to have the chance to perform like everyone else? Here is my list of black performers who are/were pillars of the magic community...oh did I mention they're black?

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Netflix's Messiah: Could a Magician Fake God?-An Analysis

Netflix's Messiah: Could a Magician Fake God?-An Analysis

I would be HIGHLY surprised if the show explained how these fictional magic tricks in The Messiah could be accomplished how they are shown, mainly because the fictional budget and level secrecy required to do something like walking across the Capitol Reflecting Pool is impossible to attain...at least with technology we know about. But hey- Season 1 ended with an “I take it all back” cliffhanger which again implies that Al-Masih probably does have some sort of “gift”, which conveniently wraps up all inexplicable and loose ends. 

 

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This Doctor Prescribes Magic: Magic and Mental Health

This Doctor Prescribes Magic: Magic and Mental Health
The last thing I want is for people to think I’m a quack. I have a very practical approach ...I give people the tools to use in moments of stress. To make people feel like  they're acquiring skills, like they have options. There's really only 3 situations where I may talk about magic with someone. I don’t just offer magic everyday, I don’t want to impose my view on things or get people to like what I like, I’m very careful about that. It works much better when you are relatively impartial and you don’t try to Impose your beliefs on someone. But what I have found is...

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