The creed held by all magicians ( I hope ) that the performer can never reveal his trick is something which has been put in place since the beginning of magic. If the magician were to reveal the secrets of his trick, he would lose his credibility as a mystifier and consequently destroy the magical atmosphere with which the audience have created in themselves to appreciate his performance.

Now, times have changed, and the dissemination of "magical knowledge" has become increasingly widespread and rampant. The role and Nature of the Magician has changed : Now people who want to see a performance half the time wish to see with the best of their ability how the trick is done instead of appreciating it or treating it as a thing of mystery. This then points to my first argument on why it is increasingly important to never reveal a trick; and this includes not practising enough so that spec's are able to figure out how a trick is done.

The second and probably more important reason is one that is timeless, and that is the deflation of mystery owing to the utter simplicity of most tricks that might even incline the spectator to think that you were lying when you revealed it to them. Before you got into magic, did you ever wonder in awe how certain magical effects were done? like self-levitation and object levitation, seemingly impossible card effects; impossible feats of human strength and psychic powers? and when you looked at the advertistments, " mastering the art of levitation" e.t.c, did you ever think for a moment how it could be done, and was it even close to what you know now that you're supposed to do?

Chances are .... no.

So thats it: laypeoples' minds are not accustomed to the "ways" of magic and its secrets. For example you can tell another magician how a card through window is done and he'll most probably say, " COOL!! I'm gonna try that sometime!" and you can the the exact same thing to a layperson and he's gonna say... thats right you got it:" Cheh!! What a lousy/lame trick.. You SUCK!!"

Now, as magic is increasing in popularity through the media with big names such as Cyril, Criss Angel and David Blaine, we are enterting into a globalised world of magic; the line between 'real' magic and petty magic tricks have blurred such that innovation and unmatched skill are the only way to the top. Soon I suspect there'll be a clear segregation between the real mystifiers in the world and the rest of the petty magicians who perform the usual tricks, not miracles. Already a line can be seen: stage magic has its exploitations and the sawing a woman in half illlusion has lost its lustre and charm. Even card magic now, as well as many other mediums of magic have lost their ability to truly mystify the audience, and audience who have been fed a lifetime's supply of rice and finally want some meat in their meals.

In order to slow or possibly stop this process, we have to tighten the already tight 'pipe of magic' and prevent leakage and dissemination of magical effects the the general public that would put a lot of angry magicians out of a job. Even Online Magic stores like Penguinmagic are Heckler Heaven because so much of the mechanics and exlanations of the tricks can be found either in the demo videos or the reviews posted by ignorant customers.

All I want to say is, treat every leaked trick like stabbing yourself with a knife; the rivers will grow red with blood of all the magicians your stabbing in the back because of your shortcomings.

Well, you are right. But nothing much we can do.

Its like licensing, you need everyone to have the firm mindset to keep the code strong. Unless you destroyed all the magicians in the world, create a rule and law that no magic should be sold as money or things like that. And some other strong rules towards magician code, or else, everyone will eventually teach everyone.

So for now, we juz have to respect the code, do what we can on our side, and make sure that we hold the title: Magician in respect. :)

Nowadays, i must agree, there are more and more magicians coming up. Well we are the few lots that also got interested by David Blaine, Criss Angel, Mondo Magic and etc..

Some of us might even got interested after a friend performed magic, there's no way we can control a friend from teaching another friend magic, as they might never call themselves MAGICIANS in the first place.

Usually this people will say they are not magicians but just know some CARD TRICKS, which is very common among teenagers nowaday.

Revealing Secrets techniques/moves/gimmicks about magic does harm magic in any way, but we the "few" lots in SMC could just abide by the code of conduct and just make sure that if other people do learn magic, they just have to learn the Magician Code.

Upon naming yourself a magician, it's understandable that one would have to know the Magician code and abide by it.

So if you know anyone who KNOWS a few tricks and are revealing them in any way. E.g Fumble ? Spreading to Best Friends ? and etc ?

Just tell him to join SMC and learn whats a Magician code, SMC is a place where every Magician will abide to the Magician Code.

Good Day ~

Winder ~

The Art of magic will be spreading around , MPOV that improving skill and learning more tricks does not make you the best , only by improving your presentation Will.......

Well-said. Indeed the modern magic audience has degraded from those who are there to be entertained to those who are there to prove their intellect. However, it is not a totally bad thing as it forces magicians (the real ones, anyway) to constantly be at their peak when performing so that they don't slip up and inadvertently expose the secrets.