Some Tricks Behind Magic That Many Magician Will Not Revealed To You

A man floating in the middle of the street is neither a magician nor a yogi. The illusion is accomplished via the placement of a steel structure under the performer's baggy clothes. Of course, no secret powers are used here.

Here, the guy is actually sitting on a legless chair. There is a stiff beam running from the seat, up his body, along his arm, to the “staff”, which is connected to a plate on the ground. The plate is disguised by the cloth on the ground, and his robes disguise the support beam and chair. His hand keeps you from seeing where the chair connects to the support pillar. (The sign helps disguise that, too, but it’s not necessary.)

As with everything else in magic, it’s misdirection. You see a thing and your brain makes a guess. You expect to see a man holding a stick, and the stick isn’t connected to the ground. Even if the stick were connected to the ground, you wouldn’t expect him to support it with one hand, and nor the stick not to snap. But careful construction does what you weren’t expecting.

Both feet are clearly seen to be in the air. The levitation usually lasts just a few seconds. The trick is performed by removing the shoe furthest from the audience, and turning that foot 90 degrees away from the audience, with the empty shoe clamped between both feet.