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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
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Professor Hoffmann
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The
floating
table
has
often
been
performed,
but
I
have
never
attempted
to
do
this
spiritual
manifestation.
The
medium
generally
has
with
him
an
accomplice,
and
they
bind
to
their
arms
a
flat
iron
rod,
which
terminates
toward
the
wrist
in
a
kind
of
hook
concealed
from
the
company
by
the
cuffs
of
the
shirt.
The
medium
contrives
to
slip
this
hook
under
the
edge
of
the
table,
as
does
also
his
confederate
who
sits
opposite,
while
the
dupe
is
sitting
between.
The
annexed
illustration
will
show
the
iron
rod,
and
the
method
of
fitting
it
beneath
the
table.
The
reader
will
readily
perceive
that
with
the
aid
of
these
hooks
the
two
persons
can
play
all
kinds
of
tricks
with
the
table,
making
it
go
from
side
to
side
and
glide
from
one
part
of
the
room
to
another.
There
are
other
methods
of
tying
besides
those
which
I
have
already
mentioned.
Some
mediums
permit
themselves
to
be
tied
by
one
of
the
audience.
In
this
case
the
medium
inflates
his
body
and
sits
in
such
a
position
that
all
his
muscles
and
limbs
are
distended.
When
he
resumes
his
normal
position
the
ropes
become
loose
and
he
releases
himself.
If
there
be
any
of
my
readers
who
have
hitherto
been
inclined
to
believe
in
the
professions
of
the
medium,
I
hope
that
what
I
have
said
will
open
their
eyes,
and
show
them
that
the
so-called
materialization
of
spirits
is
purely
and
simply
a
myth,
and
that
the
mediums
are
nothing
more
nor
less
than
clever
but
unprincipled
conjurors.
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