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A Final Word on the Outagamie County Historical Society

 

 

Dr. Richard Mossey

Mike Nichols  of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has a wrap-up of the year?s Wisconsin-centered stories and suggests we would benefit by hoping for serendipity in the new year.  We do better, he suggests, when we can?t predict what will happen and we allow for mystery in our lives. 

 

Mr. Nichols points out that ?73% of physicians believe miracles occur. It’s a belief that spans all religions. Among the 1,100 doctors surveyed, some were Christian. Others were Jewish or Muslim or Hindu or Buddhist.?

 

So, Mr. Nichols points to his discussion with former surgeon Richard Mossey in support of his pro-serendipity agenda.  Dr. Mossey said there are things that cannot be explained even in the most scientific realm.  “I think that has happened to every physician,” he told Mr. Nichols, “the complete reversal of a case that is not supposed to go that way.”

 

Talk about serendipity, Dr. Mossy is one of us, a magician, and a member of the board of the Houdini Club of Wisconsin.  This connection leads to another serendipitous connection for Mr. Nichols.  The Outagamie County Historical Society Museum in Appleton, Wisconsin, attempted to steal the mystery, the fun of not knowing by exposing the secret to Houdini?s Metamorphosis. 

 

Dr. Mossey was not concerned folks would forever remember the secret.  He told Mr. Nichols that ?most people quickly forget the secrets to magic tricks.?  Mossey didn’t seem overly concerned, noting that most people quickly forget the secrets to magic tricks.?  The tragedy of the exposure is that by ?removing the mystery? you remove enjoyment. 

 

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Dr. Richard Mossey

Mike Nichols  of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has a wrap-up of the year?s Wisconsin-centered stories and suggests we would benefit by hoping for serendipity in the new year.  We do better, he suggests, when we can?t predict what will happen and we allow for mystery in our lives. 

 

Mr. Nichols points out that ?73% of physicians believe miracles occur. It’s a belief that spans all religions. Among the 1,100 doctors surveyed, some were Christian. Others were Jewish or Muslim or Hindu or Buddhist.?

 

So, Mr. Nichols points to his discussion with former surgeon Richard Mossey in support of his pro-serendipity agenda.  Dr. Mossey said there are things that cannot be explained even in the most scientific realm.  “I think that has happened to every physician,” he told Mr. Nichols, “the complete reversal of a case that is not supposed to go that way.”

 

Talk about serendipity, Dr. Mossy is one of us, a magician, and a member of the board of the Houdini Club of Wisconsin.  This connection leads to another serendipitous connection for Mr. Nichols.  The Outagamie County Historical Society Museum in Appleton, Wisconsin, attempted to steal the mystery, the fun of not knowing by exposing the secret to Houdini?s Metamorphosis. 

 

Dr. Mossey was not concerned folks would forever remember the secret.  He told Mr. Nichols that ?most people quickly forget the secrets to magic tricks.?  Mossey didn’t seem overly concerned, noting that most people quickly forget the secrets to magic tricks.?  The tragedy of the exposure is that by ?removing the mystery? you remove enjoyment. 

 

Mr. Nichols concludes that as it is in magic it is in life, ?that is what the new year is really all about: not what we know is going to happen, or can reasonably expect. Not what we can predict, but what we cannot.?

 

Read Mr. Nichols? full column here.

You can check out the incredible Houdini Magic Club website here. 

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