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Magic fingers, or variants, may refer to: Magic Fingers Vibrating Bed, invented by John Houghtaling; The Magic Finger, a 1962 fantasy story by Roald Dahl; Music
A hanging hamsa in Tunisia. The hamsa (Arabic: خمسة, romanized: khamsa, lit. 'five', referring to images of 'the five fingers of the hand'), [1] [2] [3] also known as the hand of Fatima, [4] is a palm-shaped amulet popular throughout North Africa and in the Middle East and commonly used in jewellery and wall hangings.
The Magic Finger is a 1966 children's story by British author Roald Dahl. [3] [4] First published in the United States by Harper & Row with illustrations by William Pène du Bois, [1] [5] Allen & Unwin published the first U.K. edition in 1968. [2] Later editions have been illustrated by Pat Marriott, Tony Ross, and Quentin Blake. [5]
On Wednesday, John Joseph Houghtaling, the inventor of the Magic Fingers bed, died in Fort Pierce, Florida. He was 92. In their time, Houghtaling's Magic Fingers beds were a goldmine. While the ...
Finger clip – a technique used to clip coins or small objects secretly. Usually used for production. Finger palm – to palm in the fingers. Flash – to accidentally expose an object or part of an object momentarily during a secret move. Flash paper – a magic gimmick that allows
John Joseph Houghtaling (pronounced HUFF-tay-ling; [1] November 14, 1916 – June 17, 2009 [1]) was an American entrepreneur and inventor who in 1958 invented the Magic Fingers Vibrating Bed, a common feature in mid-priced hotels and motels from the 1960s to the early 1980s.
Vāmācāra is a Sanskrit term meaning "left-handed attainment". The converse term is dakshinachara. [10] The Western use of the terms left-hand path and right-hand path originated with Madame Blavatsky, a 19th-century occultist who founded the Theosophical Society.
The oldest known account of levitation play comes from the diary of Samuel Pepys (1633–1703), a British naval administrator. Pepys’s account of levitation play comes from a conversation with a friend of his, Mr. Brisband, who claimed to have seen four little girls playing light as a feather, stiff as a board in Bordeaux, France.