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Second Sight Explained: A Complete Exposition of Clairvoyance or Second Sight, as Exhibited by the Late Robert Houdin and Robert Heller, Showing How ... Phenomena May Be Produced (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from Second Sight Explained: A Complete Exposition of Clairvoyance or Second Sight, as Exhibited by the Late Robert Houdin and Robert Heller, Showing How the Supposed Phenomena May Be Produced Clairvoyance may be said to have been an invention of the juggler Houdin. It had existed before his time in an. incomplete manner; and there is no doubt that many of the so-called Sorcerers of ancient times worked upon some similar method. Houdin was much improved upon by the late Mr. Heller, whose exhibitions excited the liveliest interest in the audiences before whom he performed; and, without doubt, he was the most finished conductor of a Clairvoyant entertainment who has ever exhibited. It would have been an ungracious act during his lifetime to withdraw the veil from the mystery of his performances; but now that he is dead no reason can be offered against the plainest possible exposition of his method of work. There is, indeed, much reason in favour of an explanation of Clairvoyance, because knowledge of the process is still sufficiently obscure to enable unprincipled persons to use the influence that this supposed power gives them for improper purposes. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Second Sight Explained A Complete Exposition Of Clairvoyance Or Second Sight As Exhibited By The Late Robert Houdin And Robert Heller Showing How The Supposed Phenomena May Be Produced Hardcover
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Lang:- English, Pages 82. Reprinted in 2016 with the help of original edition published long back1880. This book is in black & white, Hardcover, sewing binding for longer life with Matt laminated multi-Colour Dust Cover, Printed on high quality Paper, re-sized as per Current standards, professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books, there may be some pages which are blur or missing or black spots. We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these books. We found this book important for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure so we brought it back to the shelves. Hope you will like it and give your comments and suggestions. Original Title:- Second Sight Explained A Complete Exposition Of Clairvoyance Or Second Sight As Exhibited By The Late Robert Houdin And Robert Heller Showing How The Supposed Phenomena May Be Produced Hardcover, Author:- Frederick Wicks, Washington Irving Bishop
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He started his career as an assistant under the muscle reader J. Randall Brown, but was most well known for his performance of the blindfold drive. In the early 1870s, the Bishop was the manager of Anna Eva Fay"s spiritualist acts, but in 1876, he exposed her trick methods to the media. He became an anti-spiritualist performer and wrote a book exposing the trick methods used by psychics.
In 1880, he published a one shilling book called Second Sight Explained.
On May 12, 1889, Bishop became unconscious for the second time in one of his demonstrations while performing at the theatrical society known as Lambs Club in Manhattan, New York, he was taken upstairs to a bedroom, where he died. A physician who knew of Bishop"s rare coma condition by the name of Doctor John A. Irwin, who (according to an episode of Mysteries at the Monument) was known as the "scientific Jack the Ripper", kept silent because, for years, he wanted to study Bishop"s brain with an autopsy.
Bishop"s death certificate gave the cause of death as hysterocatalepsy. Burial Bishop is buried in Brooklyn"s Green-Wood Cemetery.
As a tribute to the son she believed was murdered, Eleanor Fletcher Bishop has the inscription "The Martyr" carved above his name on his headstone, an eerie post script to a famed mentalist"s last and most tragic illusion.
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Second Sight Explained: A Complete Exposition of Clairvoyance or Second Sight, as Exhibited by the Late Robert Houdin and Robert Heller, Showing How ... Phenomena May Be Produced (Classic Reprint)
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Second Sight Explained A Complete Exposition Of Clairvoyance Or Second Sight As Exhibited By The Late Robert Houdin And Robert Heller Showing How The Supposed Phenomena May Be Produced Hardcover
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Second Sight Explained: A Complete Exposition of Clairvoyance or Second Sight, as Exhibited by the Late Robert Houdin and Robert Heller, Showing How ... Phenomena May Be Produced (Classic Reprint)
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