Originally posted by Ashestoashesjc
It's been proven that they're mere illusionists though them being wiccans would be much more interesting. Witch, Warlock, and other such terms are deragatory terms for Wiccans.
It has not been proven that they are illusionists. I believe that I have proven that they are sorcerers or warlocks. They do what they do by witchcraft. I happened upon a Chriss Angel program on A&E today, and saw him do a number of things that no illusionist is capable of doing. I saw Chriss Angel walk up to three individuals with a voodoo doll in his hands. Chriss Angel assured his participants that what he had was not a voodoo doll (like I have said before they minimize everything that they do to gain people's trust. If they came right out and admitted that they were practicing witchcraft people would have nothing to do with them). Anyhoo, Chriss Angel told the woman that he needed something from her (which is another voodoo principle) in order to perform what he wanted to perform. The woman gave Chriss Angel a ring from her finger. Chriss Angel put the ring on the voodoo doll (that he assured her was not really a voodoo doll), told her to turn around (with her back facing him) and told her to let him know when she felt something. Chriss Angel produced a lighter and began to burn the voodoo doll on the hand where the ring was. While Chriss Angel was doing this the woman began to shake her hand and express discomfort until finally she turned around after saying "ouch, ouch!".
The second participant (these were all isolated instances) was another woman. Chriss angel repeated the procedure, and told the woman to turn her back to him. Next Chriss Angel proceeded to burn the doll on the foot. Suddenly, the woman began to shake her feet and started to express extreme pain. The perplexed woman turned around and witnessed Chriss Angel burning the voodoo doll on the foot where she had the pain.
The third participant was a man. This big, husky guy's reaction was different from the two ladies' reaction. The big man with his back to Chriss Angel waited patiently for Chriss Angel to demonstrate his magic (i.e. witchcraft). The moment that Chriss Angel lit the voodoo doll the big man shouted, "ow!" "WHAT ARE YOU DOING MAN!" The big guy shook his finger and put it in his mouth to alleviate the pain. Chriss Angel realized that this man was upset so he offered to let the man use the voodoo doll on him. This time the big man took the voodoo doll, and impaled the hand of the doll (all the while this man had his back to Chriss Angel. The moment that the guy impaled the hand of the doll the palm of Chriss Angel's hand began to form a puddle of blood. The camera never left the entire scene as it transpired. Chriss Angel and the man were caught on tape at the same time. Chriss had no way to put fake blood in his hand (the entire event was captured as it transpired). The moment that the man impaled the voodoo doll Chriss Angel expressed pain. The man turned around immediately to find Chriss angel holding his wrist and displaying the blood in his hand.
In another scene Chriss Angel levitated in front of a crowd while facing the crowd and only about 8ft from the crowd (this immediately rules out the Balduccian Method of levitation which is an illusion). Chriss Angel levitated, arms outstretched, about 5 to 6ft off the ground.
In another scene Chriss Angel was inside of a building with high, vaulted ceilings. One random spectator on either side of Chriss Angel held onto his outstretched hand as he prepared to levitate. The moment that Chriss Angel began to levitate the two women released his hands frantically, backed away quickly, and covered their mouths as Chriss Angel levitated at least 8 to 10ft off of the ground, then came back down slowly (Again this rules out the Balducci Method or special effects). Chriss Angel has admitted that he will not perform any witchcraft (I mean magic) unless he can do it live.