title: The History of Magic
author:  Eliphas Levi 
description: Text: English (translation)<br> Original Language: French
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  **The Christ Clone Trilogy 03 - Acts Of God**
  
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  ## CHAPTER TWO
  
  Signs and Wonders  
    
  8:40 p.m. October 2,1 N.A. (2023 A.D.) — The Albert Hall, London, England  
    
  Tommy Edwards watched closely as the magician levitated his hypnotized
  assistant above the stage. It was Tommy's fifteenth birthday and he had come
  to the performance with his grandfather, who was himself an amateur magician
  of some note. Tommy had gotten into trouble recently, attempting to apply the
  sleight-of-hand techniques he had learned from his grandfather to shoplifting.
  He had seen the levitation trick performed on several occasions, but he was
  impressed with this magician's technique. Then suddenly, strangely, as if hit
  by a gust of wind, a strange feeling of power swept over him. With no
  explanation, he felt he had the power