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Category - DIS-illusionment

HAPPILY DIS-ILLUSIONED

Happily Disillusioned By Billy Riggs, the World’s Only Dis-Illusionist You and I have something in common: we’re both illusionists…

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THE POWER OF SELF-DECEPTION

The capacity of the human mind for self-deception is astounding. Until we accept this fact, and consciously choose to look inward at our own personal belief systems (rather than

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THE FALSE BEAUTY OF AN ILLUSION

il·lu·sionnoun. 1. An erroneous perception of reality. 2. An erroneous concept or belief. 3. The condition of being deceived by…

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STEALING SANTA CLAUS

Years ago I watched myself on videotape performing a very difficult sleight of hand move onstage. It’s a part of a routine in which scores…

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GRAND ILLUSIONS CHAPTER ONE: THE BIRTH OF A PSYCHOLOGICAL ILLUSION

It was one of those rare, once or twice-in-a-lifetime epiphanies, a flash of insight that was – I would learn later – to become a hinge…

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BEING YOURSELF: PAY MORE ATTENTION TO THAT MAN BEHIND THE CURTAIN!

The classic fantasy movie, “The Wizard or Oz”, provides an interesting parallel to the progression through which our illusions…

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CHAPTER FIVE: THE MOMENTUM OF AN ILLUSION

In the early part of the nineteenth century, there was but one province of India not subject to British rule.The state of Kolhapur was…

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