Famous magicians draw large crowds but the art of illusion is withering at a grass-roots level. Here’s why.

(editor’s note.. we can’t post the positive without respecting the negative )

In the last 15 years or so, magic has nearly pulled off the one trick it would rather avoid: vanishing from public view.

At the turn of the 19th century, magicians were among the world’s most popular performers, drawing thousands as they traveled across country.

Despite the efforts of David Blaine, Penn & Teller, Criss Angel and other famous magicians that few people can name off hand, the art has suffered greatly, according Emory Williams Jr., a member of the Society of American Magicians and the International Magicians Society. Read more….

http://www.azcentral.com/story/travel/2015/11/19/killing-magic-illusions/75936232/