The Secret of Magic

The Secret of Magic

Keeping the secrets of a piece of magic preserves the professional mystery of magicians who perform for money. This code of secrecy has been formalised into the romantic sounding “Magic Circle”. Membership in this organization for professional magicians' often requires a solemn commitment to the "Magician's Oath'.

The ‘Oath' takes the following, or similar form "As a magician I promise never to reveal the secret of any illusion to a non-magician, unless that they swear also to uphold the Magician's Oath. I promise never to perform any illusion for any non-magician without first practicing the effect until I can perform it well enough to maintain the illusion of magic.”

Once sworn to The Oath, you are considered a magician, and are expected to uphold the oath. If a magician, reveals a secret of their trade, either purposely or through insufficient practice, they may quickly find themselves without any other magicians willing to teach them any more of the secret arts.

Some magicians develop their act around pretending to show the audience how a trick works. Just as the audience thinks that they now know the secret, the magician leaves them baffled with a final twist.

It is argued that once the secret of a trick is fully revealed to a person, then that person can no longer fully enjoy subsequent performances of that magic, as the illusion hasbeen broken.

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