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Magic, which encompasses the subgenres of illusion, stage magic, and close-up magic, among others, is a performing art in which audiences are entertained by tricks, effects, or illusions of seemingly impossible feats, using natural means.
While derived from real-world vocabulary, the terms: magician, mage, magus, enchanter/enchantress, sorcerer/sorceress, warlock, witch, and wizard, each have different meanings depending upon context and the story in question. [3]: 619 Archmage is used in fantasy works to indicate a powerful magician or a leader of magicians. [3]: 1027
Murray John Sawchuck (born November 25, 1973, [1] stage name Murray SawChuck) is a stage illusionist, magician, comedian, actor, and host.Based in Las Vegas, SawChuck has dubbed himself "The 'Dennis the Menace' of Magic," and his shows often consist of a blend of "comical mishaps" that result in illusions and magic tricks. [2]
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This is a list of magicians/illusionists, prestidigitators, mentalists, escapologists, and other practitioners of stage magic. For the list of supernatural magicians, see List of occultists. Magicians are listed by the most common name used in performance. Magicians' actual names, when applicable, follow in parentheses.
"As a magician creates a magical illusion by the force of magic, and the illusion produces another illusion, in the same way the agent is a magical illusion and the action done is the illusion created by another illusion." [83] What we experience may be an illusion, but we are living inside the illusion and bear the fruits of our actions there ...
Magician and Bergenfield native Anna DeGuzman is getting another shot to show off her magical skills Monday night on "America's Got Talent: Fantasy League."
The English words magic, mage and magician come from the Latin term magus, through the Greek μΞ¬γος, which is from the Old Persian maguš. (πΆπ¦π’π|πΆπ¦π’π, magician). [11] The Old Persian magu-is derived from the Proto-Indo-European megΚ°-*magh (be able). The Persian term may have led to the Old Sinitic *M γ ag (mage or ...