Child Magic Trick - In The Beginning

By Brad Chadwick

Being a magician, even one who does magic just for fun, is a very special thing. Magicians know more than just how to do tricks. They also know... the Magician's Code. The Magician's Code has time-honored rules that all magicians follow when they perform. If you want to do real magic, you will remember them. And they are very easy to remember because there are only 2 rules!

First, never, ever repeat a trick when you perform it in front of an audience! After you do one trick, follow it with another, saying, "Now, here is something different"... or special... or even more amazing. But why would you not perform the trick over?

That might be obvious. If the magician (that is you!) does the trick again, your friend (that is the person or the audience watching) gets a look at things he did not notice before. Most of the great tricks depend on your audience not looking where you do not want them to. So if you do the trick again, you give them a chance to discover the secret.

Which brings us to the second rule of the Magician's Code (and I bet you can guess this one).
Second, never, ever tell anyone how you did the trick. Your friends will beg you to tell them.
They will say, "Please, we have to know how you did that!" Maybe you will even think it might be fun to show them. It is not. Do not even think about doing it. Want to know why? When you do a great trick, you have done something really special. You made something "impossible" happen. Or so it seems.

And your friends are left amazed. But...you did not really make the impossible happen, now did you? You distracted your friends, or did something without their seeing, or your friends were tricked into not thinking about something, right? In other words, magic has a lot to do with things that people did not see, or notice, or think about.

If you show them how to do the trick, and then show them what they missed, well, they would not be amazed. Uh-uh. Mostly, they will feel disappointed. Want to hear what they will say?
Most likely they will say something like, "Is that all it is?" Good-bye, amazement. And you are not much of a magician anymore.

Also, by telling people, you can ruin the trick for other magicians who might do it. If everyone knows how the trick is done, It is not much of a trick anymore, is it? Now I bet you are wondering how I can tell you. Well, for one magician to teach another magician a secret is okay.
That is how great tricks get passed on. You have only started and there is a world of magic ahead of you. Now that you know the Magicians Code, you are ready to learn some very cool tricks.

Brad Chadwick Professional magician Itsmorethantricks.com