10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «INDIAN ROPE-TRICK»
Discover the use of
Indian rope-trick in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
Indian rope-trick and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Rise Of The
Indian Rope Trick: How A Spectacular Hoax ...
Explores one of the most successful hoaxes of all time from the mystical East, and why people were so easily fooled.
2
The Full
Indian Rope Trick
The Full Indian Rope Trick is Colette Bryce's second poetry collection.
Of all the wonders attributed to Asia's practitioners of the occult, none is more
celebrated than the prodigious Indian Rope Trick. For hundreds of years the
western world has heard tales of it. Scientists, professional travelers and
Orientalists ...
4
Net of Magic: Wonders and Deceptions in India
THE INDIAN ROPE TRICK invented by the British military right after the Sepoy
Rebellion of 1857 in order "to encourage enlistment in the British Army, because
of the wonderful feats of Indian magic that new recruits would see there" (Secrets
...
Although the tricks actually produced by these men are poor, those they are said
to perform are miraculous, the Indian rope trick being the best example of this.
When Houdini was asked if he could explain how the Indian rope trick was done,
...
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The Skeptic's Dictionary: A Collection of Strange Beliefs, ...
Refreshing and witty, both believers and unbelievers will find this compendium complete and captivating. Buy this book and feed your head!
7
Sweet Dreams: Philosophical Obstacles to a Science of ...
For more than a thousand years, the Indian Rope Trick has defied all attempts at
explanation. I'm not alluding to some simple stunt in which a rope is thrown into
the air, becomes rigid, and is then climbed by the agile magician. Many versions
...
Daniel Clement Dennett, 2005
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Presto! Laughter: More Than 2,800 New Laugh-Lines for Your ...
Although it's called the Indian Rope Trick, it doesn't involve any real Indians at all.
Just a bunch of Oriental types. When the magician throws his rope up into the sky
, what does it catch on? Would you believe a CIA black helicopter? Why does ...
9
Winning in the
Indian Market: Understanding the ...
I call it the great Indian rope trick of numbers. One of India's leading scientists
once said that the advantage of having such a large population is that even if an
infinitesimally small percentage of Indians are good scientists, it is still a larger ...
IT'S MAGIC One of the fabled classics of magic is just that — a fable and a hoax.
It doesn't exist, at least not in the version described by the myth-makers. The trick
that never was is known as the Indian Rope Trick. According to the legend, the ...
