A magician begins “doing incredible things with big silver hoops” for no less a purpose that to REASSURE a spectator. (This we learn in an intriguing illustration in The Saturday Evening Post, Nov. 12, 1904.) We don’t typically associate reassurance — the restoration of confidence — to tricksters; we all know that a “confidence man” is ironically named.
How exactly does the demonstration of a mystery serve to put a spectator’s mind at rest? See our article in Secret Art Journal:
http://www.secretartjournal.com/archives/467
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