Harry Houdini Quotes


It is not unusual for the eye or ear to play tricks with one, but when such illusions and delusions are taken for the Spirit forms of the departed and voices of the dead instead of being recognized as some subjective phenomena brought about by a physical cause, the situation takes on a grave aspect.


Citations

Houdini, Harry. A Magician Among the Spirits. Harper & Brothers, 1924, p. 24.

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Harry Houdini
Harry Houdini
  • Born: March 24, 1874
  • Died: October 31, 1926
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Illusionist, Escapologist, Stunt Performer, Mysteriarch

Harry Houdini was a Hungarian-born American escape artist, illusionist, stunt performer and mysteriarch, noted for his escape acts.