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Many believe in Fakir magic. Some even worship the Fakirs. They seem to have supernatural powers, powers no one have. The majority of people believe in them, but there are still westerners who refuse to believe in these fakir rope tricks.
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library.thinkquest.org/C007461/fakir_magic.htm
library.thinkquest.org/C007461/fakir_magic.htm
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Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2008 8:16 pm Post subject: Body Magic and Fakir Tricks ... It was some pretty good stuff. Some of the stuff on the first link I thought was more like physical tricks than magic; however, it was still good.
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www.talkmagic.co.uk/sutra234511.php&highlight=
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Critics of the fakir tradition have demonstrated that many of the feats performed by fakirs can be performed by anyone, with a little bit of training. In some parts of India, groups of skeptics actually travel in the countryside in an attempt to debunk fakirs by showing people how they perform their tricks.
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www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-fakir.htm
www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-fakir.htm
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Oct 1, 2009 ... A fakir is an initiate in a mendicant Sufi order. .... They hold vast public meetings to expose the fraudulent tricks employed by local ...
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www.skepdic.com/fakir.html
www.skepdic.com/fakir.html
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The only one of these three that one could argue is a fraud is The Indian Rope Trick. The Bed of Nails – where a Fakir lies on a board with ...
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www.qi.com/talk/viewtopic.php?t=11461&start=0&sid=5c38e...
www.qi.com/talk/viewtopic.php?t=11461&start=0&sid=5c38ec6d96b91e009fce82714dacbad0
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Fakir tricks Video on AOL Video - Here is some student at The Vasteras Waldorf School who are performing some fantastic fakir tricks at between heaven and earth show. It is the Marie c... ... Here is some student at The Vasteras Waldorf School who are performing some fantastic fakir tricks at between heaven and earth show.
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video.aol.co.uk/video-detail/fakir-tricks/3727725713
video.aol.co.uk/video-detail/fakir-tricks/3727725713
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The Indian Rope Trick is very famous ... The Indian Fakir (a Hindu miracle-worker) would take a length of hemp rope from a wicker basket and throw it into the air. It would fly up, in the growing darkness, until the top was no longer visible and then miraculously stay there. ... As conjuring tricks go, it's a classic.
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www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2000/07/26/155947.htm
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Many of these tricks are produced using sleight-of-hand and cleverly designed props. ... In 1835 the Maharaja of Lahore heard of a famous fakir called Haridas, who had reputedly survived four months of being buried alive. He commissioned a similar demonstration. Doctors who examined the fakir found that he had cut the...
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www.occultopedia.com/f/fakir.htm
www.occultopedia.com/f/fakir.htm
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Magic Tricks, Inc. 2768 Columbia Road; Gordonsville, VA 22942; 540-832-0900 ... Fakir; A performer of seemingly miraculous feats (such as firewalking, snake charming and lying on a bed of nails), usually with some religious significance. This term is sometimes mistakenly used to describe a magician or conjurer;
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www.magictricks.com/library/glossary.htm
www.magictricks.com/library/glossary.htm
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