Below is part of my research for the preparation of my daughter’s party. This will be my first time to organize event that will involve friends who does not share same belief to us. I noticed how magic is common or normally part of the entertainment for kids that host’s arrange. I do not want to commit myself to something that really contradicts on what we believe. Hence, it’s final, no magic acts will happen on her party. I know, you may think that I’m fanatic or something.. or someone who doesn’t have fun. lol But I think it’s better to be that way than to stumble people and also contradicts on my faith. Since I’m done with my research about magic, I need to go back and look for effective cellulite treatment cream, having cellulite is not fun at all!

Mystical magic is “an expression of the occult.” It claims that “events or processes that contradict common-sense knowledge or scientific knowledge” are “true or valid.” Stebbins further explains that “mystical magic is the handmaid of sorcery, . . . witchcraft, alchemy, and, under certain conditions, religion.”

With exploitative magic, “practitioners manipulate or exploit the onlookers’ perception of reality for their own aggrandizement.” They know they are deceiving the public, but according to Stebbins, “they encourage those who witness the magic to believe otherwise—to believe that, as magicians, they have supernatural powers or special connections with beings who do.”

Entertainment magic aims to inspire wonderment through intriguing deception. It falls into five basic and overlapping methods: “stage magic, close up, sleight of hand, illusion, and mentalism.”