Magicians Never Reveal Their Secrets, why?

Most people are aware that magician in London never reveal their secrets but often people don’t know why.

It is often assumed that if a magician does explain how a trick is done that the genie is out of the bottle never to return. This is not the case! When the masked magician was at his most popular many of the people I performed for were watching it. What I found strange was that even if they had seen the effect on the programme the weekend before, they were still baffled by seeing it performed under their noses.

Some magicians are protective of ideas and methods and feel that one little slip will ruin their careers for ever but most have it in perspective. People tend to remember what interests them most and although people take a passing interest in magic, they also have interests of their own. So even if for example a close up magician in London explains something to them they forget it in time.

The main problem with magical exposure is not that the secret is out and the mystery is gone forever. The main problem that faces magicians when tricks are exposed is the disappointment. Often a close up magician performing the simplest trick produces the best effect. The magician wants to achieve an illusion with the easiest of methods, the layman does not. The layman wants the method to me elaborate and when they find the solution is simple they are disappointed.