"Now You See Me" The film starts with introducing the four main characters: a street-magician (Jesse Eisenberg); a beatiful lady who performs extreme tricks (Isla Fisher); a mentalist (Woody Harrelson) who reads poeple's mind using hypnosis to cheat off their money; and a humble illusionist (Dave Franco) who earns money with pickpocketing. A mysterious stranger slips each of them a Tarot card to what is written a date and an address. A year later a troupe of magicians called The Four Horseman, performs on Las Vegas.
pulley. The hole was filled with rocks and boulders packed tightly together. Mortise, tenons, and toggle joints were used to hold the lintels and sarsens together. Why?? Theories-why was it built? Predict astronomical events. 30 sarsens in the circle could symbolize the days of the month 19 bluestones in the horseshoe could be the 19 year cycle of the moon Aligned with the midsummer sunrise and midwinter sunset Sacred site Who built it?? Merlin, the magician in King Arthur's time moved the stones to honor soldiers Built by Roman invaders Druids No one really knows the answer. Vandalism through the ages Romans ruined part of it when they were destroying pagan sites Stones were removed for bridges, houses, other building Continual touching has altered the faces of the stone Visitors chiseled away samples for souvenirs Today it is a tourist trap A large parking lot 1 million visitors per year
and spirit materialisations produced by Eusapia Palladino and Mina "Margery" Crandon. His work on this topic was one of the reasons that one of his short story collections, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, was banned in the Soviet Union in 1929 for supposed occultism. This ban was later lifted. Russian actor Vasily Livanov later received an Order of the British Empire for his portrayal of Sherlock Holmes. Conan Doyle was friends for a time with the American magician Harry Houdini, who himself became a prominent opponent of the Spiritualist movement in the 1920s following the death of his beloved mother. Although Houdini insisted that Spiritualist mediums employed trickery (and consistently attempted to expose them as frauds), Conan Doyle became convinced that Houdini himself possessed supernatural powers, a view expressed in Conan Doyle's The Edge of the Unknown. Houdini was apparently
played games and sang songs around their camp fires. Almost all of the Koori (preferred name of Australian aborigines) shaman are initiated within one large group, called "The Dreamers". This is due to the fact that Australia has some of the strongest, and chaotic magic, around. All of the shaman are needed to put a check on that chaos. A Koori shaman takes only a small penalty for some tasks when astrally perceiving. As a trade off they are unable to mask. Any magician (full or adept) will notice this, whether or not he can assence. Mundanes even can tell when one of The Dreamers has entered the room. A Koori shaman will rarely travel outside of Australia, the need is too great in the outback for that. White Australian shamans cannot join the dreamers, but some are associated with the koori group. 6 The Australian aboriginal shamans - "clever men" or "men of high degree" - described "celestial
9 He was the best ________________________ and won first prize. COMPETE 10 Her husband is a ________________________ and is often away for a long time. SAIL Marks: /10 5 Choose the correct word, A, B, C or D to complete these sentences. 1 When the magician came onto the _______, everyone applauded. A floor B platform C stage D deck 2 His _______ was one of the most magical I have ever seen. A acting B performance C mystery D creation 3 The clown was wearing a very funny _______. A suit B make-up C costume D trouser 4 I didn't expect John to come. He _______ up at the last minute.
to give permission or power to do adj. authorized something n. authority Syn. empower Only authorized employees are allowed in the laboratory. The dean has the authority to resolve academic problem of students. deceptively adv. to make someone think that something is adj. deceptive true or good when it is false or bad v. deceive Syn. misleadingly n. deception The magician deceptively made the rabbit disappear. Richard deceived Joe about the cost of the coat. determined adj. to be strong in one's opinion, to be firm in n. determination conviction v. determine Syn. resolute They were determined to go to graduate school. The judge determined that the man was lying. elicit v. to get the facts, to draw out, to evoke n. elicitation Syn. extract
through life. T h e stages of that progression, the natural stages of life and growth, make up the Hero's Journey. T h e Hero archetype is a rich field for exploration by writers and spiritual seekers. Carol S. Pearson's book Awakening the Heroes W i t h i n further breaks down the idea of the Hero into useful archetypes (Innocent, Orphan, Martyr, Wanderer, Warrior, Caregiver, Seeker, Lover, Destroyer, Creator, Ruler, Magician, Sage, and Fool) and graphs the emotional progress of each. It's a good guide to a deeper psychological understanding of the Hero in its many facets. T h e special avenues traveled by some female heroes are described in The Heroine's Journey: Woman's Quest for Wholeness by Maureen Murdock. 37 MENTOR: WISE OLD MAN OR WOMAN "May the Force he with you!"
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