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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Magic_(supernatural)Magic (supernatural) - Wikipedia

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   Magic is an ancient practice rooted in rituals, spiritual divinations, and/or cultural lineage —with an intention to invoke, manipulate, or otherwise manifest supernatural forces, beings, or entities in the natural world. [1]

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   • History of Magic

     The model of the magician in Christian thought was provided...

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     James Randi (born Randall James Hamilton Zwinge; August 7,...

2. www.bbc.co.uk › news › world-us-canada-54642107James Randi: Magician and sceptic dies aged 92 - BBC News

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   Oct 22, 2020 · One of the best known magicians in the entertainment industry, James Randi, famous for exposing claimants of the paranormal, has died in the US aged 92. Known by just his surname, Canadian-born...

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   How much money did a magician get for proving paranormal powers?

   • The magician's own foundation went on to offer an award of $1m (£750,000) to anyone who could prove paranormal powers under controlled conditions. However, by the time of Randi's retirement from the foundation in 2015, the amount had still not been claimed.

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   How did Malinowski define magic?

   • He therefore defined magic as "a practical art consisting of acts which are only means to a definite end expected to follow later on". For Malinowski, magical acts were to be carried out for a specific end, whereas religious ones were ends in themselves.

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   Is Magic anti-religious?

   • Durkheim expressed the view that "there is something inherently anti-religious about the maneuvers of the magician", and that a belief in magic "does not result in binding together those who adhere to it, nor in uniting them into a group leading a common life."

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   Where did magic come from?

   • Some early Christian authors followed the Greek-Roman thinking by ascribing the origin of magic to the human realm, mainly to Zoroaster and Osthanes. The Christian view was that magic was a product of the Babylonians, Persians, or Egyptians.

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4. www.sciencealert.com › the-amazing-randi-hasThe 20th Century's Greatest Debunker Has Died, Leaving a ...

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   Oct 22, 2020 · Escape artist and magician James Randi, who spent decades investigating and debunking faith healers, mind readers, psychics and other fraudsters and charlatans who claimed paranormal powers has died, his foundation said.

5. www.washingtonpost.com › local › obituariesJames Randi, magician and escape artist ... - The Washington Post

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   Oct 21, 2020 · James Randi, the internationally acclaimed magician and escape artist, both praised and cursed for devoting much of his career to debunking all things paranormal — from spoon bending and water...

6. www.independent.co.uk › news › obituariesJames Randi: Magician devoted to debunking the paranormal

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   Nov 9, 2020 · James Randi was an internationally acclaimed magician and escape artist, both praised and cursed for devoting much of his career to debunking all things paranormal: from spoon bending and water...

7. www.rollingstone.com › culture › culture-newsJames Randi, Famed Magician and Paranormal Skeptic, Dead at 92

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   Oct 21, 2020 · James Randi, the famed magician who was a regular on Johnny Carson’s The Tonight Show and later formed the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry to investigate and challenge paranormal claims, died...