Here's what Jimmy Bagnola's up to now: http://www.jimbagnola.com/ Guess he's in Austin now. That face! Just like I remember him. Takes me right back to Fairfield. Vashti
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Someone told me this story today, as told to him by Jim Bagnola. > > > > When Doug was doing The Magic Show on Broadway, he often got calls from > people wanting to sell him magic tricks or illusions. This is common with > magicians, especially well-known ones. His manager, Jim Bagnola, fielded the > calls. One time an older gentleman called and asked to talk to Doug. Jim > said he was Doug�s manager and the gentleman would have to talk to him > first, but the man insisted on talking directly to Doug and finally Jim put > him through to Doug. The man offered to sell Doug an illusion which would > enable him to levitate across the English Channel, along with his wife > Debbie, and promised (it went without saying) that this would make him the > most famous magician in the world. > > > > Doug and Debbie proceeded to have numerous chats with the fellow and > developed a friendship with him. The gentleman knew all kinds of things > which he couldn�t possibly have known except through some siddhi. He would > tell Doug that certain things were going to happen in his life, and then > they would. Often he would say that certain people were going to be in > Doug�s audience that evening, and they were. One time he told Doug that his > show that evening might not go on because Doug was going to get a bad > stomach flu, but that Swami Satchitananda was going to be in the audience > that evening, and that he would heal him. That�s what ended up happening. > > > > I�m not sure how long this phone friendship developed, but finally Doug was > ready to go out to some rural area of Arizona to meet the guy and have a > demonstration of the promised ability to fly across the English Channel. > Doug was meeting with MMY in DC along with Jim Bagnola and John Hagelin. The > three of them were going to fly out and as the meeting went on, they became > more and more desperate to leave for the airport so as not to miss their > flight. Every time they mentioned it to MMY, he put them off, and finally > told them they shouldn�t go. Doug asked why and MMY said that the man they > were going to meet was not a good man. Doug protested that he had become a > friend and that Doug trusted him. MMY kept arguing his point of view and > Doug his. Finally, Doug said �Maharishi, you don�t understand.� MMY paused > and said, �We don�t know what planet this man is from. He has a Master in > Tibet. If you go out there, I�ll never see you again. I don�t want you to > go.� > > > > So they didn�t go. Afterwards, Doug tried to contact the guy, but the number > he had so often called was disconnected. He never heard from him again. > > > > > > > > Rick Archer > President > > SearchSummit > HYPERLINK > "http://maps.yahoo.com/py/maps.py?Pyt=Tmap&addr=1108+S.+B+St.&csz=Fairfield% > 2C+IA+52556-3805&country=us" \n1108 S. B St. > Fairfield, IA 52556-3805 > > > HYPERLINK "mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]" [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > tel: > fax: > Skype ID: > > HYPERLINK > "http://www.plaxo.com/click_to_call?src=jj_signature&To=641-472-9336&Email=r > [EMAIL PROTECTED]" \n641-472-9336 > 914-470-9336 > Rick_Archer > > > > > HYPERLINK > "https://www.plaxo.com/add_me?u=25769982909&v0=356483&k0=1251699766&v1=35648 > 4&k1=804482755&src=client_sig_212_1_card_join&invite=1" \nAlways have my > latest info > > HYPERLINK "http://www.plaxo.com/signature?src=client_sig_212_1_card_sig"; > \nWant a signature like this? > > > > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.472 / Virus Database: 269.8.17/850 - Release Date: 6/15/2007 > 11:31 AM >
