Films with spirits
Posted by admin in Filme, Spirit on 05-07-2011
Tags: films, films with spirits, spirit
Ghost, with Demi Moore and Patrick Swayze was perhaps one of the earliest depictions of an after-life moderately similar to Spiritist teaching. Swayze plays the role of a man that is killed by a petty thief, leaving his wife (Moore). He, as a ghost, makes contact with a "psychic" played by Whoopi ...
Precursors of spiritism
Posted by admin in Spirit on 05-07-2011
Tags: precursors of spiritism, spirit, spiritism
Emanuel Swedenborg (help·info) (né Swedberg) (January 29, 1688 – March 29, 1772) was a Swedish scientist, philosopher, seer, and theologian. Swedenborg had a prolific career as an inventor and scientist. Then at age fifty-six he entered into a spiritual phase of his life, where he experienced visions of the spiritual world and ...
Spiritism is based on the five books of the Spiritist Codification written by French educator Hypolite Léon Denizard Rivail under the pseudonym Allan Kardec reporting séances in which he observed a series of phenomena that he attributed to incorporeal intelligence (spirits). His assumption of spirit communication was validated by many contemporaries, among them ...

The English word spirit (from Latin spiritus "breath") has many differing meanings and connotations, most of them relating to a non-corporeal substance contrasted with the material body. The spirit of a human being is thus the animating, sensitive or vital principle in that individual, similar to the soul taken to be the seat of the ...
Types of magic performance
Posted by admin in Iluzii, Iluzionisti on 05-07-2011
Tags: illusions, iluzionism, magic, magic shows, magie, performance
Magic performances tend to fall into a few specialties or genres. A mentalist on stage in a mind-reading performance, 1900 Amateur magician performing "children's magic" for a birthday party audience Stage illusions are performed for large audiences, typically within an auditorium. This type of magic is distinguished by large-scale props, the use of assistants and often ...
Categories of magic and illusions
Posted by admin in Iluzionisti on 05-07-2011
Tags: categories, illusions, iluzionism, magie, miagic
There is discussion among magicians as to how a given effect is to be categorized, and disagreement as to what categories actually exist—for instance, some magicians consider "penetrations" to be a separate category, while others consider penetrations a form of restoration or teleportation. Some magicians today, such as Guy Hollingworth[4] and ...
Magic and illusionism
Posted by admin in Iluzii, Iluzionisti on 05-07-2011
Tags: illusionism, iluzionism, magic, magie

The term "magic" is etymologically derived from the Latin word magi, a term that was used to refer to Zoroastrians. Performances we would now recognize as conjuring have probably been practiced throughout history. The same level of ingenuity that was used to produce famous ancient deceptions such as the Trojan Horse would also have been ...
Hieronymus Bosch – fantasme populare în compoziţii fabuloase
Posted by admin in Fantasme, Fantezii on 05-07-2011
Tags: fabulos, fantasme, fantezii, pictura

Tablourile lui Hieronymus Bosch intrigă orice privitor. În faţa ochilor surprinşi se frământă un amalgam ciudat de personaje reale sau fantastice, obiecte şi atitudini năucitoare. Ca, de exemplu, în unul dintre cele mai cunoscute: Tripticul Grădina Plăcerilor. Şocant, nu? Mai ales dacă ne gândim la perioada ...
When Wizards Rock
Posted by admin in Fantasme, Fantezii, Vraci on 05-07-2011
Tags: fantasme, fantasy, fantezii, rock, vrajitori, wizard
When Wizards Rock by Wendy N. Wagner Published July 2011 J.R.R. Tolkien never started a band. Instead of an electric guitar, his instrument of choice was the pen. But Tolkien is still an incredibly influential figure in rock music: His creations have been inspired albums, songs, stage names, costume choices, and transfigured entire musical ...
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