10 Ways to LEVITATE!! (Epic Magic Trick How To's Revealed!) 

My grandfather was a brilliant magician ! He done this trick where he would walk past a pub and disappear then reappear several hours later...he practiced a lot

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Hey Rich, thanks very much for your videos. I'm just an amateur close up guy so I really appreciate that I can learn from you. Your teaching does not leave any unanswered questions.

I love how you show those tricks.i would have never thought of how simple they are and really takes a lot of imagination and thought. Great work!

My money always levitates to my wife’s hand. She has mastered that trick

Successful people don't become that way overnight. What most people see at a glance- wealth, a great career, purpose-is the result of hard work and hustle over time. I pray that anyone who reads this will be successful in life..

Man, you have made my day! I know this is over 4yrs old, but I have been looking for gimmicks to entertain in children's wards at hospitals and you have just in this video given me some seriously cool effects! A sincere thank you!

I was never interested in magic, but the ingenuity involved is so impressive. I actually enjoy it more then the magic

Great tricks. Thank you for taking so much time to share with us all.

No one: Hawkeye after retirement:

You make it plainly clear that performance, practice, agility and ingenuity is the success! So much fun watching you- your enthusiasm is fun. Thank you for being you! 😊

Yeeeaah that's cool stuff thanks for the video man

Rich, I may never try these fascinating tricks because I suspect lots of the hand movements are learned at the fine motor level which understandably takes many hours of dedicated practice. I loved your video. You were superb in your demonstrations. Your audiences are huge and deservedly so. Take a bow for your creative genius -- bravo!

Great Job Rich... appreciate the effort you put into teaching and sharing your videos... It's an inspiration to us amateur magicians, who enjoy performing at parties or home or the local pub... Thanks again :)

Great ideas and showmanship Rich. Thank you!

Simply the best magic instruction. I have ever seen!

wow i did this to my friends and they flipped out and started calling me a witch.............thanks!

This is one of my favorite magic tricks levitating things.

Hey man I love the video keep up the good work

I have always liked these type of tricks thank you so much!

Thanks , for the tricks . Been looking for easy tricks and found it with you , Gracias

I found that very fascinating and enjoyable to watch It's amazing how something so simple can be so effective

I love it!!!! Thanks for sharing.

You explained everything Very well Sir, Your work is amazing. good teacher, Thanks for your efforts.

Is this video starting at 4 1/2 minutes into it for some of you? What a weird and unfortunate glitch!

Thank you i was searching for this!

Wow! Amazing! Thanks for sharing!!

I love how the book he's using says, "tricks to pick up chicks" 🤣😂

I am not remotely interested in winning, but I love how affordable you have just made the invisible string that I truly couldn't see, and that is even quite difficult for the magician himself to see. so cool.

Amazing entertaining time spent... thanks.

Such an awesome video! I'm not a magician, so for people like me to be able to entertain family and friends, this is such an awesome video, as are the others! Not only are you a great magician, but you're also a really funny and likable person!! Thank you for sharing your fun with us!

I loved this. Thank you:)

Thanks for the great tips and tricks!!!

Thanks Rich! I love your tutorials! You have really helped me to learn new tricks and amaze my friends and acquaintances.

My wife has figured out how to start her car with only her voice. She says "honey, can you start up the car for me".

Love your teaching style and extra tips!

It’s a very nice video you’re showing, thanks Richferguson.

Peace brother this is great! Thanks for sharing. with lots of love. peace

I’ve always loved magic for two reasons. One for the wonderment of it, and two to see if I can figure out how it’s done. Also it’s pretty amazing to see the wonderment in kids eyes like my nephews. I’m not really skilled like he is, but good enough for my 7&8 year old nephews

6.2 Million views! Good job, mate! 👍

You are sooooo cool! I thoroughly enjoyed watching you- I learned so much! Thank you! I also think it's really nice of you to do giveaways like you do, it's very thoughtful.

Brilliant ways of magic! You have to have more unbelievable magic tricks to be able to share these! Thank you very much

best channel EVER.

great video, my kids will love these new tricks!

Great job rich you are so good at this stuff

That's awesome man 🍻

Thanks for sharing some of your secrets. Loving all the cool tips. I used to do a clown act with my parents and little brother. We each learned a few magic tricks and had a blast doing it. My dad would design his own rigs for levitation, none as good as yours, but for a family of clowns we had fun. We would visit children in the hospitals and preform at kids parties. I've kept it up on the side for a couple of decades. Mostly I would just wake up and feel like spreading some wonder, so I would in the apply the makeup slip into the cotume and head to the children's hospital to cheer up the kids. I haven't done it in a few years, but after watching your video, I am inspired to play with some magic and maybe wake up that clown inside of me again. Thanks for that. First thing I am going to do is mess with my friends when they come over for cocktails this weekend. Haha! I hope to win your prizes, but look forward to your next videos even more... but winning the give away would be the cherry on top! Ha! I'd love to see you do a live show. Are you performing on stage near Cleveland, Ohio any time soon?

i just levitated the card for my grandparents, and gram gram was like "how is it levitating!? are you blowing farts under there???"

Great description and superb presentation!

Wonderfully enlightening. Thank you.

Now that I watched entire video I take back everything. You actually did what you said you would. Subscribing and Thumbs up Sir! Thank You!!

U look like the elder brother of a superstar from WWE The Miz.. 😅 And your tricks are AWSOME!!!

Accidentally found you. Love it!!!

The net effects are amazing; thanks

So many great suggestions coming in for the next prank… Please post some under this, so I can find them easily!

I've spent over a decade searching for good levitation tricks, and this video contains several of the best tricks I've seen yet! Well done mate, and thanks for sharing :)

Just Amazing 🔥🔥

I loved your video on magic tricks. Your explanations are superb and easy to follow. Keep those videos coming as they are so enjoyable and informative!

simply thanks

I try to pick up chicks with the knife tricks... But now I'm wanted in 3 states...

Pretty cool stuff, awesome !

Amazing tricks! THANK YOU

“And guess whats inside my watch ...... Thats right , a KNIFE.” Well l’m speechless.....

Just love these levitation tutorials!!!! Thank you so much Rick Ferguson!!! Your explanations are beautifully explained. Love them all!!!!

Thanks Rich! I can add these to my list of tricks!

Thanks for the upload

My father was a great magician he said he’d dissapear behind a cloak to get milk from the gas station. Never saw him since

2:36 If you accidentally lift a heavy table, your hand will go R.I.P

Bravo!! You master your magic as well as anyone I have ever seen. Really like watching and appreciate what you do..

AMAZING!!🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Congrats to "Master Yoda" for the giveaway today! It will be in my vlog soon. Thank you all for the continued support and fun!

He's the coolest person in the world

I really enjoyed this magic, and appreciate your sharing. Keep being Amazing.RB.

I really like your video. Thanks for sharing it.

1:52 wow what a nice book 😂😂😂 “tricks to pick up chicks” lol

Yeah I don’t think I’m gonna bring a knife to school for the first one

this is awesome im soo exited

I understand everything you did and I always love watching magics I sure I'll enjoy watching your videos 😌

WINGUARDIAM LEVIOSA!!!

Woohoo! I finally made the video many of your requested. Please LIKE the video and Share it on any social media for friends who might enjoy some easy party tricks!

Love this shared with several friends

Thanks for the show.

If You're at the bar you can do anything and people will always believe it's magic

Thank you Good Rich! Very,very exciting magic! You're very talented and generous guy! GOD BLESS YOU!

Awesome, thanks for this video

Now I knew exactly what to play with my customer’s children at my shop, thanks a lot for this. You just made the world become more colorful 🤩

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This was amazing thankyou so much

Awesome !!! You're a good teacher 😊

Well done, mate :) I was trying hard to first find out how you did it, but fail in 70% :) You have really great skills. Finally I know how many tricks works. :)

I've had to use magic while going to school in my younger years. It helped me out of much bullying. My son is going to middle school this year and he really likes magic. So this would be a great Avenue for him. Thank you so much!.

i am very happy to have learned all those tricks that i see since i was young without understanding how they do...thanks man..

Thanks for the information. May g-d bless you and your family always.

Rich, thanks so much for sharing your craft. I'd like to be considered for your giveaway.

I really like your magic..you are awesome

Amazing always wonder how tricks were done. Thanks

Dude! Your my GOD! Thank u! This is great!

Hey Rich! That was awesome. I'm a big fan of Penn & Teller for giving up all of the easy stuff so I appreciate this very much. It's amazing how you think about angles and non-obvious control. I'm sure you've only scratched the surface of what you know and that's fine. Bar tricks are cool for people who don't want to practice (me). "Real magic" is for the likes of you. :)

THANKYOU SO MUCH YOU INSPIRED ME TO START MAGIC AND I RECENTLY STARTED MAGIC ON MY RU-vid CHANNEL AS WELL I LOVE UR VIDEOS AND HAVE DONE SINCE YOU WERE AT LIKE 100K! I HOPE YOU KEEP UPLOADING VIDEOS FOREVER BECAUSE I KNOW YOU WILL HIT 10 MILLION ONE DAY THANKS SO MUCH KEEP IT UP!!!!. (also I want to be part of the giveaway)

Dude...I absolutely LOVE your take on the "Zombie" illusion!!! Absolutely brilliant, simplified and something you can literally "throw together" for impromptu situations. You would loose a lot of the "precice control" over the "ball" that you would have with a stage version because you trade the prop for a ordinary fork and have to make due with THAT supporting the "ball" and whatever movement you can transfer to the ball using the fork... but being able to whip it up and perform it without actually having the zombie props is freaking AWESOME! One thing I might suggest for it... instead of simply holding the fork with your fingers (which DOES greatly limit the "natural" looking movements you can do because you must hold on to BOTH the cloth AND the "rod" supporting your "ball").... your knife/watch thing for levitting things... what if you use a ring on your finger (probably won't work because most rings "fit" snug on your finger and really couldnt squeeze the handle of a fork between the ring and your finger) or SOMETHING like that... that more closely resembles the actual "Zombie" control rod that is just that... a ring that you put on one of your fingers that the rod is attached to that attaches to the ball..... The watch idea wont work because you loose almost ALL the control ability and it would be too far to reach for the "fork". In any case if you can find a simple EASY way to "slide the fork between a finger and the thing ON the finger" like you did for the knife/watch levitating anyting you can wedge in the hole... you wsould LITERALLY have the STAGE quality reproduction of the Zombie and able to quickly thow it together on a whim and perform it. When I was younger I got into magic and picked up the "Zombie". I never seen it performed before by anyone and so whatever came out of it was 100% mine because the "directions" weren't so "helpful" beyond the crude drawing that tells you to put the rod onto your finger and the other end inserts into the "ball" and the clotgh is the thing that "hides" everything from the spectators... and pretty much tghat was it... lol. I usually had the rod covered by the cloth and the "ring" end would be aligned with a corner of the cloth so I could pick up the cloth and rod at same time and the cloth (held by one corner) would dangle naturally the whole length distance from the 2 furthest corners allowing it be in the LONGEST "natural" looking length I could get out of it which was MORE than enough to move "naturally" while the rigid rod was behind it and when I grabbed the opposite corner I could use that hand to provide the "wall" to push against to get the ring secured on my thumb and look like I was just simply grabbing the other end of cloth and forming the "curtain" with it. At first I started with the Ball already attached to the rod because... it was a BITCH to get the ball secured on the other end of rod and if it happens to NOT get good and "stuck" when I "attempt" it.... your "Zombie Ball" just falls off and ALL kinds of bad things can happen and NOTHING good CAN happen to "save" and rebound from the screw up lol... so the ball usually started under the cloth with rod already shoved in but later got to where I could have it sitting on table to start and seat it when I bring cloth in front of it. I'm 6'5" and my big ass hands are usually one of the biggest things that "fight" me wshile doing anything "magical" lol... they are not long and slender "big" but just "big", Sure I can hide a LOT of shit with them... but the dexterity just isn't there to pull off the tricky sleights but the ZOMBIE was perfectly suited for my big ass clumsy hands... lol. The ONE thing that limits ANYONE performing it is the 100 lb ball suspened by the thin rod that is attached to the end of a finger... Sure the ball weighs almost NOTHING but let it sit at the end of a LEVER that pivots at the END of your finger for ANY amount of time... whatever it weighs is now multiplied by trhe LONG "lever" being used to pull your finger away from your hand lol.... the same way a small light kid can get on a teeter totter/seesaw at the park with a big heavy kid on the other end and the further the the little kid sits towards the end of his side the more "force" is applied to lifting the BIG kid .... and that little "light" ball, becomes a 5 lb CANNONBALL being suspended by the end of a single FINGER!! lol. Anyway, I started to make the ball use the SIDES of the cloth too because I could hold the cloth and drop my thumb low enough and turn it so it could float out from the sides of the cloth. I ended up meeting and hanging out with a guy who moved here from Dallas and was active member of SAM (Society of American Magician's) and he loved some of the "touches" I put into my Zombie, not even knowing what to DO with this ball/rod/cloth that just told you to attach A to B and hide with C and GO!!! lol. Finding a way to secure the "control rod" to one of your fingers so you don't have to actively "hold" the control rod AND the napkin AND try to make the roll do cool shit... with the knife/watch/levitate idea but attached to finger rather than wrist would absolutely thow that "on the spot" impromptu thing into a whole new category on par with the stage version of it !!!!!! One thing I ALWAYS carried with me 100% of the time, even for YEARS after I stopped doing magic on regular basis... was my thumb tip. It was super small, rugged and took minimal room in my pocket.... and trhat little thing you can do TONS of stuff with it... vanishes, productions, vanish and reproduction.... of ANYTHING you can shove into it and still get your thumb in it far enough tio keep it on your thumb lol. I would literally wear it all the time and the "trick" was... to wear it and go about my normal day to day activities without ANYONE noticing that I was wearing it.... until the fake thumb became "my thumb" and I could do normal tasks while wearing this stiff "splint" that went up to the first joint of the thumb. My ABSOLUTE favorite to do was get someone who was smoking a cigarette and tell them when they are done with it, don't put it out and let me have it... Get the wtf that's weird look from them.... and be like ya, when ur done... let me have it... They give it to me and I make a "ashtray" out of my hand in a fist drop in the thumb as I make the "hole" and take their lit cigarette and drop it in my hand... wait for second or 2 to allow the smoke to come up out of my hand then "put it out" making the "butt" disappear and go on with whatever like nothing happened lol. Obviously I don't want to bring the now crushed up crunched up butt that is now compacted in the tiny space at the end of the thumb tip ... and be like here, you can have it back now lol.... it would just ruin the "effect' completely so I just dispose of it when it's convienient to do so... lol The WORST moment I had was when I made something vanish... when I showed stretched out hand to show it's "gone", the girl watching rushed me faster than bruce lee closing the distance to the person he about to hit.... and started hitting my hands like a high-5 but more like "clapping" for applause.... but I was comvfortable enough with the thumb tip to not "react" to her and it remained secured on my thumb... never had that "reaction" beforfe or since lol. Maybe with something along the lines of one of those "fake tips" to secure the fork or whatever to a finger so you can give yourself full freedom of movement while not physically "holding" the fork... maybe... The idea you had is fucking AWESOME, but a simple easy solution to get it secured to a finger would be beyond EPIC!!! :)