Posted by Allan (MagiStar@Juno.com) on November 29, 2000 at 01:29:31 PM MST:
In Reply to: i know how quja bords work posted by Jessica Tober on October 28, 2000 at 09:44:45 PM MDT:
Jessica,
I have been a magician for 24 years and have
traveled around the world studying all types of magic. I must tell you that I don't believe a word of your story except that you do play with the toy. Yes it is a toy!
Isaac Fuld the inventor was a toy maker who capilized on the fraudulent spiritulism craze of the 1800's. He built and patented his device in 1892 and according to the patent application the planchette moves by the "voluntary muscular actions of the players".
Even if you claim that it was spirits(demons?) who moved the indicator, you still are in the ackward and unsubstantiated position of claiming
that first magic is real and secondly that spirits
can touch psychical objects. The burden of proof
falls on you for making such claims.
Allan Rasco
MagiStar@Juno.com