Why I Like Magic

I am a very skeptical person. I apply reason to my entire life. I could never accept psychic powers or faith healers. When a case of the "supernatural" is presented I immediately look for the trick behind it. I never even consider the possibility of a miracle.

But magic is very different. The magician and the audience both know that this person has no real magical ability. Some magicians claim legitimate powers during their act, but backstage they will be honest and tell you that it is all part of the performance. Because of this, there is a box placed around a magic show that doesn't exist anywhere else (for me at least). When entering a magic show I know it is fake, but for an hour and a half I am able to escape into a world where magic is real and the supernatural is natural. To leave reason behind for just a short time can be an exhilarating experience. It is an escape away from the boring day-to-day and a chance to divulge into a world without limits, a world of endless possibilities.

And after the show one can discuss how the tricks were done and the methods that were used in the performance, but how a trick is done is not the important part of magic. The tricks aren't even the important part of magic. What's important about magic is the falling into a world of possibility and the intellectual revelation that brings one back out.