Doug Henning Quotes

Miracles are not contrary to nature, but only contrary to what we know about nature.

The Supernatural is only the Natural disclosed.

Ghost has always been about make-believe.

What's the main thing that makes magic magic? The fact that no one believes that it's possible.

Any sufficiently badly-written science is indistinguishable from magic.

I think the supernatural is a catch-all for everything we don't understand about the vast other parts of life that we cannot perceive.

I realised that today we are very much interested in reading about subjects that would have also interested people in the 1500s: ghosts, demons and things that go bump in the night.

Reality seems so simple. We just open our eyes and there it is. But that doesn't mean it is simple.

The very idea of supernatural magic - including miracles - is incoherent, devoid of sensible meaning.

I like to say magic is the world's second oldest profession, a mystical and often awe-inspiring spectacle that, throughout the ages, has blended superstition, trickery and religion.

I keep reviewing my feelings about the supernatural.

I've had many uncanny experiences. I think it's hard to be alive and not have them. But I don't know if I can decide what that means or what they are.

Whether it is the old lady's fear, or the many ghostly traditions of this place, or the crucifix itself, I do not know, but I am not feeling nearly as easy in my mind as usual.

What's more unnerving than magnetism, ghosts, and unpurified water? Gadgetmongers who purport to protect us from metaphysical monsters that go bump in the New Age night.

Religion is like magic. It is all about tricks.

When one of my characters becomes aware of a magical element, it might be because the world is wider than we assume it to be, but it might also be a reminder to pay attention to what is here already, hidden only because it's been forgotten.

I've always been intrigued by the supernatural.

I think it's nice to let people know that there is an invisible part of the world. I think there are many people now who are interested in the invisible world.

I think people are just intrigued with the supernatural. I mean, I know that I am. It's something that I find very interesting.

I don't like magic - but I have been known to make guys disappear.

Magic is really performing special effects live.

There's magic all around us: Our smartphones are magical, 3-D printers are magical. So I feel that as a magician, if I can pull off something that seems real and convincing enough that I can explain why it's happening and have people believe it, it really is fascinating. And funny.

The 18th century, which is usually held to be the most "materialistic" of epochs, was, in fact, a most "spiritualistic" one; in which ghosts, demons, quacks, philosophers' stones, enchanters' wands, mysteries and mummeries, were as fashionable—as they will probably be again some day.

Miracles do not, in fact, break the laws of nature.

You don't question magic.