![]() ![]() From Magicians' assistants to leading the performances This initial lack of women in The Magic Circle may have contributed to the low number of performing female magicians, as the valuable knowledge and secret tips traded among Magic Circle Members would have been unavailable to them. As of 2016, there are more than 60 female members in The Magic Circle. Unfortunately, until recently, that prestige was unavailable to women, with Fay Presto being granted eventual entry into the Magic Circle in 1991 after 75% of its members voted to accept female magicians. Its purpose is to promote and advance the art of magic, with many famous illusionists, including David Copperfield and the late Paul Daniels bearing the prestigious title of Member of The Magic Circle. The Magic Circle is a secretive society founded in Britain in 1905. Though you never really did hear about the wise old wizards being burned alive at the stake for practising magic, so if women needed a powerful incentive to avoid getting into magic then this was probably it! The acceptance of women into the Magic Circle It’s worth noting that not all convicted witches were women. Many others, perhaps in the tens of thousands, were also burned alive at the stake elsewhere in the world. The Salem witch trials then began in February 1692, with hundreds of people being accused of witchcraft, 19 of whom met a grisly end by hanging. If they sank, they were considered innocent of witchcraft – a bittersweet vindication, considering that many of them often drowned. If they floated they were killed for resisting the “baptismal water”. ![]() This led to the persecution of witches, with suspected witches being tossed into the water with their thumbs bound to their feet. However, the public image of witches somehow fell into sharp decline, leading to them being viewed as wicked and not to be trusted. Back in those times, witches were revered as the mediators between mankind and mysterious supernatural forces, such as spirits and angels. ![]()
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