How many magicians are in the world

Two- Merlin and Gandelf ok they are "wizards" but still magicians. I tried to address this back in February of this year. This was my response: There is really no way to make an accurate count since we don't even have a working definition on what is a magician. Uncle Joe who does three rows of seven cards? I know that there are a lot of duplicates and web sites are notorious for people registering several times.

But I think it would even itself out regarding those magicians who subscribe to nothing. That would give you a count for the USA. You would need to do the same for European countries if you wanted a world count. Frank Tougas. One Smile at a Time". Quote: On , Kenn Capman wrote: Too many talking the talk.

Too few walking the walk. Posted: Aug 27, pm. The kid that buys the "bitten coin" can usually be cured, and even made into a productive member of the magic community.

OTOH, the "middle-aged-grandma-weekend-warrior-clown" can really hurt us. One of the reasons I quit doing kid shows was one of these who hit the local market. She had no talent for magic. She had no skill with the props. I think she did all her practicing in front of her paying customers.

When she started every show, she had a whole roomful of cheap props. And she hung a lot of paper. Quote: On , Bill Palmer wrote: The kid that buys the "bitten coin" can usually be cured, and even made into a productive member of the magic community. That's when they need to see a real magician do his stuff.

Then they go off with their tails between their legs. For example, let's say that you do a sleightly misspelling intended different version of the bitten coin -- one that uses a completely different principle.

Then you drop it into their hot, outstretched, grubby forepaws. Posted: Aug 28, am. Quote: On , Bill Palmer wrote: For example, let's say that you do a sleightly misspelling intended different version of the bitten coin -- one that uses a completely different principle.

Lao: "Do you know what wisdom is? Lao: "Wise answer. I'd put it more around 1,, The problem is, it's difficult to estimate the proportion in huge eastern population centres or indeed Africa.

Posted: Aug 28, pm. Quote: On , dpe wrote: I think, also, that the statement that has weakened and trivialized magic the most was coined I believe by Marshall Brodien when he said, "Magic is EASY, once you know the secret! As Blackstone points out, though, those are generally easier to work around.

Blackstone: Most women's hands are much smaller than men's, so therefore when you'd be doing things with cards, the ability to totally cover a deck of cards—even a bridge size—is much harder to do with a female hand than with a male.

If we're multiplying that over five fingers and then the palm of your hand, it just makes covering certain things so much easier if a hand is larger. It's not that someone can't do it technically just as well—it's just that they can't cover it as much. If you're not covering something that is magically vanishing or appearing, there's no magic.

A woman uses a bridge-size deck versus a poker deck; I probably wouldn't use huge poker chips. An audience won't translate that large poker chips are any different in size from the smaller poker chip, though. It'll just translate as a poker chip. The Lifestyle The work-life balance challenge applies for magicians, too: Historically, the grueling on-the-road lifestyle has been considered a deterrent for women who might otherwise be interested in magic.

Menna: When I started out, I used to travel by myself—and if I was in Vegas, I'd go down to the bar to get a chili or something after my gig and the security guards would come over and check to see that I wasn't a prostitute. So I started wearing pigtails and Keds downstairs to get my food!

Traveling by yourself in the s and s as a [year-old] woman was terrifying. That wasn't acceptable until recently. I don't have children; I don't have a family. I had to give that up. You can do it, but it's very hard to make a living in one town; you top out at a certain level. If you're a birthday-party clown or something, you can stay there, but if you're a successful magician, you have to be an international traveler and travel constantly.

And that's not an easy ride. One has to choose quite a bit and give up quite a bit to do that. Most women who have children either take a step down or they perform as part of a duo or team. Suzanne: Magic is really best seen in a live setting. So years ago, when magicians were touring the country, it would be less feasible for women to be magicians. They had to stay home with the children and take care of the house, etc. Few Role Models As Suzanne mentioned, the tiny portion of magicians who are female could also be a self-perpetuating thing—so every female magician has to be a trailblazer in her own right.

Webster: Sometimes, I perform magic with Geoffrey McSkimming, who's writing a series about a young female magician called Phyllis Wong.

When young girls and teens see the magic that comes to life from the story, they go crazy and badger me to learn. I think not seeing female role models in magic, nor having the facilities to learn, is a big reason so many girls don't think to try learning magic in the first place.

Out of sight, out of mind. Menna: I must get a letter a month for the last 30 years from some young girl who says she'd never seen a female magician, but then, "Oh, I saw you work and I thought, that's what I want to be! Skip to content Site Navigation The Atlantic. Popular Latest. Just over registrants in the nearly two years it has been around. That averages to 3. Pat yourself on the back. You belong to a very elite group. Re: of magicians in the world Post by Bill Mullins » Thu May 15, am Other points of reference: David Stone sold 17, copies each of his tapes in France alone.

Re: of magicians in the world Post by Guest » Thu May 15, pm jerry how do you know there are 37, magicians, i think there are approx 40, 45, in the world which shows what a secretive and beatiful piece of art magic is because people love magic because they dont see it every day or will perhaps never see it.

These are fairly advanced tapes, but were marketed to laypeople on French television. I apologize. Re: of magicians in the world Post by Guest » Sat May 17, am TOO many, you think , people out of 6 billion plus is too many, I dont really? There is probably less then , magicians in the world. And when i say magicians it includes mentalist and not people who know the 21 card trick. They have to know the art. Re: of magicians in the world Post by Guest » Thu May 22, am Theres at least 10, magicians in the world or at least that's as many posts as there are in this forum as of tonight.

Re: of magicians in the world Post by Guest » Thu May 22, am Over , ITRs were sold, and I doubt if each magician bought 10 or 20, so there are probably 50, plus. Re: of magicians in the world Post by Matthew Field » Thu May 22, am I can think of about 30, so perhaps there are Many practitioners, damn few magicians.