Lecture/Demonstration

Pain Negation: From the Middle East to the circus midway. From ascetics to entertainment. How the feats of the fakirs of the East came to the western word and became popular entertainment.
Mind and Matter: Attention redirection and self-hypnosis change the body�s reaction to injury and increase healing. You can�t change the world but you can change your mind. Witness a live demonstration.
The "Howling Dervishes": Bizarre rituals of "Deliberate Self Harm" and the Jordanian group that seeks to understand the phenomena. Extreme acts of rapid healing as documented by an unorthodox scientific group. Forget Whirling Dervishes! The Rafa�i Sufis ceremony includes shocking demonstrations of immunity and healing. See video footage of a Rafa�i Sufi Ziker.
Sideshow Feats: Sword swallowing and sword swallowing injures. It's real and real dangerous. A growing number of modern day sword swallowers have been injured and hospitalized. Don�t even think of trying this at home. Find out why and see a live demonstration of the dangerous feat.
The Indestructible Man: The story of Mirin Dajo, a man who was literally run-through with a sword hundreds of times. He was the subject of study of Swiss doctors. You will learn about his strange life and stranger death. You will see a film of Dajo performing his death-defying feat.
Fire Walking: The skeptics debunked. A live demonstration of red-hot metal fire walking. As seen on Ripley's TV. Scientists have told us that a hot metal fire-walk is impossible. Tim Cridland has done this feat hundreds of times and will perform it live close-up in this intimate setting. Also, learn about another �impossible� fire walk: walking on molten lava!

Plus other topics and demonstrations

Tim Cridland has performed as a professional entertainer for over almos 20 years. He has presented his demonstrations of mind/body stunts worldwide. He is a regular feature act at Knott�s Berry Farm�s Halloween Haunt. His TV appearances include 48 Hours, Ripley�s TV. Guinness World Records, National Georaphics's Taboo, The Discovery Channel and The Learning Channel. He is the co-author of the books Circus of the Scars and Weird Las Vegas.

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