Theos-Talk Archives (November 2002 Message tt00292)

Steve Stubbs wrote:
> If you have not seen it, there is a very similar story in Lane's
> MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF THE MODERN EGYPTIANS which was published
> before the TS was formed. So this demonstration has been performed
> by Egyptian maicians for some time. Blavatsky of course studied n
> Egypt.

Among professional magicians, the Egyptian magicians are admired as the
first of the great charlatans (the methods they used are well-known
among magical historians). The last of the great charlatans was, of
course, Count Cagliostro. 

Bart Lidofsky