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Summary: Live by magicians code: never reveal your secrets. Learn how to put on a magic show with easy magic tricks in this free video clip about the third rule in magic shows.
Douglas Phillips has been performing magic for 15 years in front of audiences large and small. He believes strongly in the ability to touch another through the power of entertainment...read more
"Hi, this is Doug on behalf of Expert Village.com. Now how do you keep your secrets? That is the third rule of magic, and that is never revealing your secrets to your audience. Now, again, people will want to know. And they will do everything, if they've been fooled, to know. They will offer you money; they will poke you and pry you. And they will tell you how wonderful it was, resist the temptation. I promise you, it is worth it. Because once you reveal that secret to them, that illusion is gone. It's lost, magically disappears. How about that? So, again people will poke you and pry you. Hold on to that secret. Know that as long as you remain a magician in their eyes, then that secret is kept with you, they will tell their friends. You will bring in more people, and again the entertainment factor will elongate for many, many people. Now it's very important again, revealing your secrets to anybody will really hinder your magical act, and of course your future in magic."
eHow Article: Never Reveal Magic Trick Secrets