Chriss Angel- All Illusion?, Is he all illusion, or something more? Options

Hey all,

I myself don't really possess much of anything that could be called 'psi'. I can move a pendulum, flicker a flame, you know, little tricks and such. But my post here is about Chriss Angel.
I know he's an illusionist, and I realize that like 90% of it is just smoke and mirrors. But some of his stuff just seems to go beyond that. Maybe I'm totally off base with this, cause' I hate when I can't explain how something works, and, well, he falls into that category all too often.
I mean, passing through the solid glass window of a random store front? Levitating a stranger? And the one that really got me, when 'teleported' those people last season. The performance I' m talking about there is that one where he was in the hallway of the hotel and stated there were no camera tricks. Then he told these people to close their eyes, stepped in front of them and suddenly they were like a hundred feet BACK down the hall just walking around a corner.
I know that he could very well be using camera tricks, but somehow I trust him when says he's not.
All in all, this whole rant is about his abilities. Do you think he's ALL illusion, or a combination of such and true psi. Psi would explain the levitation stuff and a few other things, but I'm really interested in the opinion of this community that I can't say I'm a part of. My thing is CM personally, so I don't know a whole lot about these things. Any opinions? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused012.gif)

Most of what he does is for real, there are something things that defy logic. Of course I'm sure he does do some stuff that's purely stage magic but for the most part I would say it's a sophisticated blend of both. I've seen this guy puts hooks into his skin get lifted off the ground by those hooks via helicopter and go over a mountain. There's not much illusion there, if anything it exposes the illusion of this physical world most people trap themselves in. I've seen him catch an arrow shot towards him, not an illusion, I know blackbelts that can do the same thing. Give the man credit for training like a champion and if you can go try to see some of his stuff live then you'll be able to truly appreciate it.

This post has been edited by Bb3: Jun 3 2006, 03:49 AM