Exposing Satan's Playbook The Perry Stone

of the most remarkable tricks ever performed.” Houdini’s most remarkable feat was billed as the “Chinese Water Torture Cell,” where he was stripped down to a pair of swim shorts, then bound with chains and large padlocks, locking the heavy chains around his body. Harry would be dropped in a water tank, upside down in the glass case filled with water with what appeared to be an impossible scenario for escape. He could hold his breath up to three minutes, but if he failed, he would drown. To the delight and the glee of the large cheering crowds, Harry came out of the tank dripping wet and alive. 2 No one could ever figure out the illusion. However, on one occasion Harry attempted the trick in New York’s East River in 1912, where he was chained into a boxwith two pounds of lead on top then lowered into the river. He escaped in fifty-seven seconds, leaving the manacles inside the box. No one ever caught the real key of the initial escape from the main padlock. Just prior to being lowered into the water, Houdini’s wife would run to him and kiss him one more time in case his illusion failed. In reality, it was believed she inserted a master key in his mouth that helped him unlock the most important lock! 3 In reality, the magician was simply an illusionist, which means, “a deceptive impression or appearance.” There was nothing mystical or magical about the escape, only in the eyes of the beholders and only in the skill and timing held in the hand or mind of the illusionist. I have discovered some interesting concepts from this story as related to the world’s master illusionist, Satan. His most important strategy against