From: shava@hermes.oit.unc.edu (Shava Nerad Averett)
Subject: Re: illusions, technics
Date: 24 Apr 92 23:32:51 GMT

In article <scv4lINNkb1@wyatt.ksu.ksu.edu> lyn@wyatt.ksu.ksu.edu
(Myself) writes:
: Can anybody point me in the direction of a technics on Illusions 
: (_NOT_) magic, as in fx, but magick, as in conjuring.  My library is
: small and slow growing, so I want to make the best of it, and I have
: not seen reference to, or any trace of, technics on this. Thanx,

Ooops!  Afterthought:

There is nothing for illusion like a good teacher and a very broad
reality tunnel.  You can make folks perceive all sorts of things if
you know how people think, and what they want to believe.  However,
working illusion is often involved in intentionally warping someone
else's view of reality, to some degree or another.  You might want to
consider that in your direction for your efforts.

My recommendation for the beginner is to work on exercises to become
invisible and/or silent.  An exercise for becoming silent--whenever
you must go uphill or up stairs, focus on the idea that you are
levitating.  Try to make your movements as smooth as possible (don't
even *think* about sound).  If you can start to climb hills or stairs
completely smoothly, without making noise, then level surfaces will be
easier.  Downhill is actually harder, but uphill is a better learning
tool.  The point here is that what you are doing is learning something
which *builds* on a physical/coordination skill.  If you can learn the
*feel* of the levitation, and build it into your unconscious action,
you will find that it rolls over into other actions.