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"Uri bent a spoon for me, the first time he did it, I thought there must be a trick. The second time I was stunned, completely, completely stunned and amazed. It just bent in my hand. I've never seen anything like it. It takes a lot to impress me. Uri Geller is for real and anyone who doesn't recognise that is either deluding himself, or is a very sad person."
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David Blaine, (Amerikansk magiker. Stjärna i ABC's "Television Specials".)
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"As a magician, I believe that the tests we did (with Geller) could not be duplicated in any way by a magician's methods."
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Abb Dickson (Professional magician - U.S.A. and President of the International Brotherhood of Magicians 1997-9
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"I immediately pick up the spoon from the lectern and place it into my pocket so that no one can steal it before I have the opportunity to auction it off. I notice that it is now at a perfect 90-degree angle - a different physical appearance than what I recall seeing when he placed it gently down on the lectern. I secretly shake my head because it is now different and I did not see him do one thing that was suspicious, with speed, without grace or charm. It was flawless. I have no idea what he did. I now have the spoon at my home. It is perfect. I have seen many spoons bent by so called experts.
Uri is in a league of his own. The curvature of the bend is beautiful - not forced. I have said to many people that the curvature reminds me of a single line drawn by Matisse. It is a work of art. You can tell that it was created by a master. Quite wonderful. I'm a fan.
Now, I would like to add a few further comments. Although I am not an expert in the paranormal, I am an expert in sleight of hand. I would stack up my knowledge and ability in sleight of hand against anyone in the world. I do not believe that Geller used sleight of hand to bend the spoon. (I have seen most of the spoon bending experts created by the magic community and their work is not very elegant when compared with Geller.)"
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David Ben, Sleight of Hand Master
http://www.theconjuror.com
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"I must emphasize that nothing I have seen or heard in my investigation of Uri Geller has changed my initial conviction that he is in possession of certain psychic powers."
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Leo Leslie (Professional magician Denmark,)
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"There is no way, based on my knowledge as a magician, that any method of trickery could have been used to produce the effects under the conditions to which Geller was subjected."
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Arthur Zorka (US, member Society of American Magicians - U.S.A.)
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"Uri had demonstrated his powers under my conditions. I believe that everything that Uri Geller produces is genuine."
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Dandi (top Israeli magician - Israel)
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"Uri Geller duplicated a drawing I drew secretly making sure that there were no confederates or mirrors around, making sure that he did not see the tip of my pencil, nor the imprints on the paper. I know many tricks of this kind, but under the conditions I put to him, a trick is quite impossible. Uri drew a drawing very similar to my own secret drawing. After all, there are many more things in heaven and earth than we can imagine."
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Raimondi (Italy, member of CMI, IBM, holder of Oscar of Magic and first prize winner at the National Convention, 1962 - Italy)
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"When I first approached Uri for an interview for my magazine, I didn't know what to expect. Well Uri said yes and the interview was done. Uri is one of the kindest people I have met, I can tell you this, now, He ain't fake, because I know a fake when I see one. Perhaps we, the magician are fake....?"
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James Cottis (British magician and Editor and Publisher or Ultra Force.)
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"I will say only this: I have seen Uri do things that, even as a mentalist and amateur conjuror of some 30 years, I cannot explain. I know how mind-magicians obtain the effects they do... I know the illusionist's mechanics of producing so-called psychic effects that look incredibly convincing to the layman. However, I can categorically say that Uri Geller uses none of these methods. Quite simply, the man is a phenomenon."
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Drew McAdam
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"If he genuinely does what he claims to by the methods he claims to use, then he is the only person in the world who can do it. If on the other hand he is a magician or a trickster or a con-man, he is also phenomenal - the best there has ever been. So, whichever way you want to look at him, we must respect him as one or the other."
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David Berglas (Storbritanniens ledande magiker, president av "the Magic Circle" och som vunnit ett flertal internationella utmärkelser)
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"At Cannes I watched Uri Geller bend a spoon. I have to admit it, I don't know how he does it, I watched up close and even held the spoon, all I can say is that however he does it, I am really impressed! And I've been doing magic since I was a kid, and for the past 24 years I have toured the world as a professional comedy magician, don't ask me how he does it, I don´t know"
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Dr. Penguin (Star Plus TV, and Star World TV)
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"I am a Psychiatrist with 30 years clinical experience, a conjurer with a wide knowledge of "magic" and someone who has investigated paranormal phenomena and found them wanting in the past.
Uri Geller gave me demonstration of spoon bending. I could find no evidence of trickery nor the use of gimmicks . The fact that the spoon continued bending after he had handed it to me, for my mind, puts the event beyond rational explanation be it scientific or a feat of conjuring. He also demonstrated two examples of thought transference first accurately reproducing a geometric figure I had drawn and second and perhaps more significantly transmitting to me a figure and a colour.
As a life long sceptic I must record my total astonishment at these feats and testify my witness to a truly inexplicable and unique phenomenon. "
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Dr. Lawrence Ratna (Consultant Psychiatrist - England)
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"Uri Geller is a hard one to take because what he presents to modern science and the common man is at first unbelievable. Yet, after knowing him very closely for nearly five years, I have observed his unusual energy in person in many countries. Harboring an energy that seems to pervade existence, yet is difficult to harness, Uri has withstood the naysayers and the abusive critics. It is not a matter of talent that keeps him alive.
Uri has a life situation, that not many people can appreciate unless they experience it first hand. With a magician's eye for deceit I watched Uri in the first several years of knowing him. Not only did I find him earnest in his beliefs, but a loving husband, father, and a man of elegance, style and generosity.
His psychic gifts are genuine and he provides a model for humanity at large to aspire to."
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Ben Robinson (Winner of Milbourne Christopher Foundation Award, Society of American Magicians Leslie R. Guest Award, and author of legendary book, Twelve Have Died - U.S.A.)
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"I had a MOST AMAZING experience at a private party in London a few weeks ago. Uri Geller asked if I had ever seen him bend a spoon and I said only on television. He picked up a large spoon form the table and asked me to join him at the bar. He placed the spoon down and began to stroke it.
A small bend appeared. He held it up for me to see and then placed it down again. I looked at it closely and the bend was more pronounced. I was astonished since this happened without any misdirection. He asked if I would like the spoon as a souvenir and I said "sure". He took out a felt tipped pen and signed it. As I walked back to the room I was really taken by surprise.
The spoon was now bent at a 75-degree angle. When I tried to bend the spoon, it was too strong for me to move in my bare hands. The bend was not at the weak spot near the spoon but a few inches up from that spot. Uri is 54 and looks 35. He is clearly a man apart.."
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Barrie Richardson (Professor of management and Dean of The Frost School of Business at Centenary College, USA. He is also one of the most prominent magicians in the world - his speciality being Mind Magic, or Mentalism, in which he excels and is one of the most highly respected and influential practitioners.)
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OKEJ?
Uri Geller har dessutom utsatts för omfattande, rigorösa vetenskapliga tester och experiment vid Stanford Research Institute (
SRI), där han under kontrollerade former, dubbelblinda studier, lyckades bevisa sina paranormala förmågor:
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lERbTkN82go
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryYIfNrOM3Y
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