10 Ways to LEVITATE!! (Epic Magic Trick How To's Revealed!)
my personal experience
one of the most fascinating feats in
magic is the ability to levitate
and there are many methods to make this
happen. in this video, we're going to
cover just a few of them
we're going to cover some simple methods
that can be done at home right now
then some more advanced techniques
that'll take a little bit of practice
and preparation.
We'll also cover some more expensive
versions the professionals use that
you've probably seen it on some national
television
shows, so hit that like button, and let's
get ready to learn how to levitate.
In this first method, the magician walks
into the room and then covers the front
of their body with a blanket or a towel
then, magically, they seem to just
levitate right off the floor
this looks pretty convincing, and it is
super simple to perform,
you'll begin by attaching a pair of
shoes with a giant rubber band
or you can put velcro on the sides of
the boots so they stick together
now, if you move one shoe, the other one
moves along with it
and that's the key to this illusion when
the magician covers themselves up with
the blanket
they're removing their right
foot from the shoe
and placing it right behind their other
foot
now, under the cover of the blanket, the
magician lifts their left foot off the
ground
and moves it around. The two shoes move
together, making it appear
as though they're levitating to complete
this illusion, the magician puts their
foot back in the other shoe
and removes the blanket
in this following method with no cover at all
the magician walks up to a step stool
and seems to levitate right up to the
top of it
he then floats in midair with no visible
support
and what's great about this method is
that it's very inexpensive to make and
can be done at home
right now
to do this, you'll need a baggy pair of
pants I like to wear jeans
and then cut a slit from top to bottom
on the right leg
then, from inside the pants, glue or tape
the pants to the bottom of the shoe
it looks messy from the front, but
remember, they'll never see this side
they see everything from the back
next, you'll apply velcro to the inside
edge of both of the shoes
or in this case, I'm using sandals the
velcro is used so that when you push the
two shoes or sandals together
they stick to each other, and when you
lift one; the other one lifts as well
very similar to what I did earlier with
the rubber bands
now, as you step up to position, you'll
hold your two feet together so the
velcro sticks
this will allow you to remove your right
foot from the shoe and slip your leg out
of the slit inside the jeans
now, your right foot will step up onto
the stool, and you'll lift your body up
but from the back, the two legs stick
together, and it looks as though you're
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floating
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this following method is prevalent with
street performers because there are no
angles that it doesn't work from
it looks great from all around. You might
I have even seen it on a popular
television show
you might have even seen two performers
doing this act together
but regardless, the method is always the
same
you'll notice that in every scenario
there is something on the floor
whether it's a blanket or a rug or as i
mentioned earlier
sand from the beach and the reason for
that is, to cleverly disguise the steel
support
that's holding the magician in the air
in this case, the support runs from the
floor
up the staff that he's holding, then it
goes up his sleeve down his back
and creates a seat that he's sitting on
this next levitation is generally done
as a stage effect
and that's because the setup is very
clunky, and the angles do matter
the assistant is lying comfortably on
this little support bed
and the magician is standing right in
here, his body covers the vertical beam
so the audience cannot see it
now, you may be wondering how the
magician moves a hoop over the body
without hitting the support beam, there
are no holes or gaps in the hoop
it's really about the motion of the
magician uses
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he starts from one end and goes over the
entire support beam
but then watch how he spins the hoop the
opposite way never
crossing where the beam is from
the front, it looks as though the hoop
went across the entire body
and that's how magicians levitate you.
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