SPIRIT TALES AND MAGIC
Our host; Dr.G had his first paranormal experience at only eight years old. With over five decades of storytelling, magic and paranormal story collection he is an award winning story teller on a mission to revive firelight and the telling of stories!
SPIRIT TALES AND MAGIC
Beyond Distance: Magic That Works Through Your Headphones
Magic transcends distance in this special interactive episode where Dr. G celebrates his friend Jeff's birthday with a mind-bending illusion you can experience firsthand. When Jeff requested a magic trick for his birthday, it sparked the perfect opportunity to demonstrate how wonder works even through your headphones.
You'll want to gather three pieces of paper, a coin, a key, and a pen before diving into this experience. Dr. G carefully guides you through a seemingly random series of actions—numbering papers, placing objects, making switches—creating what appears to be complete chaos. Yet somehow, from thousands of miles away, the magic resolves in an impossible revelation. The beauty lies not just in the trick itself but in how it transforms passive listening into active participation, regardless of when or where you tune in.
This episode perfectly embodies the Spirit Tales and Magic podcast philosophy—that magic exists in experience rather than mere performance. As Dr. G reminds us at the conclusion, storytelling remains at the heart of meaningful connection: "Happy birthday, and don't forget, tell a story. It's good for you." Before signing off, he teases an upcoming adventure in Tombstone, ensuring listeners will return for more magical moments. Whether you're celebrating a birthday or simply seeking a moment of wonder in your day, this episode delivers an experience that will leave you questioning how such magic is possible through just your earbuds. Try it yourself, share it with friends, and discover how something as simple as paper and everyday objects can create genuine astonishment!
Hey everybody, it's Dr G. Spirit Tales and Magic Wanted to get this out. Jeff, a friend of mine, is having a birthday. Everybody was Jeff a happy birthday. So Jeff writes back and says thanks, how about a magic trick? And since this is, after all, spirit Tales and Magic for Jeff and everyone else who may be having a birthday today, let's do this Now.
Speaker 1:You're going to need some things to do this and if you're driving, don't do it, come back to it later. It's going to be on the podcast. It's going to sit there forever. So do not do this. If you're in a car or if you are doing something that your attention needs to be somewhere else, save it for your lunch break or when you're at home sitting down. You're going to need three pieces of paper. That could really be three business cards, three index cards. It can be one sheet of paper that you tear into three pieces, so any of that will work. You're going to need a coin, a key and a pen and a pen.
Speaker 1:Now, once you get all that stuff together, you're going to take your pen and on one of your pieces of paper you're going to write the number one. On the second piece of paper, you will write the number two. And guess what? On the third piece of paper, write number three. Now put the papers down. One is on the left, two is in the middle, three is on the right, just like you would be writing them on a piece of paper. Pick up the coin, the key and the pen. You're going to put those objects onto the paper. So pick up the coin, move it to one of the papers. Pick up the pen, put it on any paper. Put the key on a piece of paper.
Speaker 1:Now, I'm several thousand miles away from some of you, so I have no idea where anything is sitting. So let's make it more difficult for me and we're going to mix these up quite a bit. So switch the coin and the key Now. Once you've done that, switch number one with number two. Whatever's on number one and whatever's on number two, switch them. Let's see. Switch the key with whatever is on its right. If there's nothing on its right, leave it alone. Now, if you switch the pen with whatever is on its left, and again, if nothing is on its left, just leave it alone.
Speaker 1:So we're getting things mixed up a little bit Now. We don't want the coin to feel left out, so let's switch it with whatever is on its right. And while we're at it, let's just go ahead and switch whatever is on number two with whatever is on number three. We don't want number one to feel left out, so let's switch whatever's on number one with whatever's on number three. So at this point everything is scrambled. I don't know where you started, certainly don't know where you ended, but let's have you pick up whatever the object is that's on number three. Then use that pen to write happy birthday and happy birthday, and don't forget, tell a story. It's good for you. Have a podcast to follow about some time Cassandra and I did in Tombstone, and until then we'll see you inside your mind. Happy birthday, jeff.
