A Bizarre ApologyInside MagicMagic News Updated Daily for the Professional Magician

We're Sorry

We begin with our correction and apologies. We received a considerate and well-intentioned correction this morning for two articles written about 18 months ago. The internet is a powerful method of sharing current information but it is also a de facto repository of all our writings.

We wrote an article disparaging Bizarre Magic either intentionally or unintentionally suggesting to the lay public its power came from Satan or from "dark forces." What About Dark or Bizarre Magic: Is it Okay?

We originally published the piece in August 2003 but re-published without any substantial modification in March of 2005. We ended it with the following:

I am weak.

I don’t want to be weak. I want to challenge those that would tell our youth that it is okay to worship or use Satan and his "spirits." I want to be strong enough to tell people that certain people should be identified as Bizarre Magicians and audience members should be wary.

That’s where I am. Where are you?

The criticism we received was right on the button. We did compare bizarre magic with Satanism and we did quote Rick Maue out of context in the piece. The fact that we did not attribute the quote to Mr. Maue does not lessen our error.

So, we apologized to our critic, and we apologize to those who have read the article (in whatever iteration). We'll leave it up for two days so you can see our offense for yourself. After two days, we'll remove it permanently from the site.

We are very sorry for any harm we may have caused Mr. Maue. Clearly his quotes were so well-known that even without attribution, readers could identify him as the source. We enjoy Mr. Maue's work, we have his manuscripts, we've written high praise for his lectures; but none of that changes the fact that we used his statements within the text of a story equating bizarre practitioners with Satan.

See, Rick Maue's Lecture – Inside Magic's Review

Thank you to the reader who brought this to our attention.

We're Sorry

We originally published the piece in August 2003 but re-published without any substantial modification in March of 2005. We ended it with the following:

I am weak.

I don’t want to be weak. I want to challenge those that would tell our youth that it is okay to worship or use Satan and his "spirits." I want to be strong enough to tell people that certain people should be identified as Bizarre Magicians and audience members should be wary.

That’s where I am. Where are you?

See, Rick Maue's Lecture – Inside Magic's Review

Thank you to the reader who brought this to our attention.