Re: Mark Lewis

[Anon1]

I read here the other day that Mark Lewis claimed to have made Derren Brown famous.

I thought it sounded unlikely, so I emailed Derrens Manager who tells me he has known Mark Lewis for 45 years and he says that Derren has no involvement with Mark Lewis whatsoever, and that he doesnt know him.

I wonder is Mark Lewis another BadPsychic? and if so maybe i could find a place for him on my site.

[kookbreaker]

Raise your hand if you're surprised.

[Mark Lewis]

MIchael Vine ( I knew him as Vishnick) has a very short memory.
I was the one who put the idea of a mentalist into Michael's mind in the first place.
I had someone else in mind and I mentioned to Michael that it would be a good idea if he would put on a TV show (he is owner of the TV production company that puts on Derren's show) featuring a mentalist.
I distinctly remember him looking at the sky (we were outside) saying "I wouldn't mind finding a young mentalist and making him into a star"
And he did. I had a young Canadian mentalist in mind but Michael went with a more home grown one. However I DID make Derren Brown famous albeit indirectly.
I was the one who suggested the idea in the first place. It is true however that I have not met Derren.

Incidentally Michael is quite a character. He got thrown out of the Magic Circle for something or other recently. I think it was because of exposing magic on one of his TV programmes.

Sceptics would not be a fan of Michael. At one time he managed the career of James Byrne the spiritualist medium and he got quite a bit of flack for it. There is a whole chapter about Michael in the Byrne autobiography.

Michael told me that he had some trouble promoting James's career because of the strong competition from Doris Stokes the famed British medium who is now herself in the spirit world.

He also told me that dear old Doris was managed from jail by the notorious gangsters and murderers the Kray twins. Coincidentally enough I knew the Kray twins when I was younger and even did a tiny bit of business with them.

I must go. I just wanted to put the record straight.

[CFLarsen]

Originally posted by Mark Lewis
MIchael Vine ( I knew him as Vishnick) has a very short memory.
I was the one who put the idea of a mentalist into Michael's mind in the first place.
I had someone else in mind and I mentioned to Michael that it would be a good idea if he would put on a TV show (he is owner of the TV production company that puts on Derren's show) featuring a mentalist.
I distinctly remember him looking at the sky (we were outside) saying "I wouldn't mind finding a young mentalist and making him into a star"
And he did. I had a young Canadian mentalist in mind but Michael went with a more home grown one. However I DID make Derren Brown famous albeit indirectly.
I was the one who suggested the idea in the first place. It is true however that I have not met Derren.

Incidentally Michael is quite a character. He got thrown out of the Magic Circle for something or other recently. I think it was because of exposing magic on one of his TV programmes.

Sceptics would not be a fan of Michael. At one time he managed the career of James Byrne the spiritualist medium and he got quite a bit of flack for it.

He also told me that Doris Stokes the famous medium was managed from jail by the notorious gangsters and murderers the Kray twins. Coincidentally enough I knew the Kray twins when I was younger and even did a tiny bit of business with them.

I must go. I just wanted to put the record straight.

Are there anyone (famous) on this planet that you don't know?

[Anon1]

so you didnt really make Derren famous now did you?

I wonder do you know Steve Shaw as well?

[jambo372]

He's well travelled.

[Azrael 5]

He'll be spending New Year with his good friend David Beckham,who actually funds James Van Praagh(its TRUE I tell ya!):D

[Mark Lewis]

Yes Jon. I do know Steve Shaw otherwise known as Banacek. He is a secret fan of mine but will never admit it.

I have an e-mail from him to prove it. Extraordinary claims do require extraordinary evidence you know.

[jambo372]

What's so unbelievable about that ?
He knew a few famous folk. Give him a break.
I know people like that.
My mother was a cousin of Barbera Dickson and my Father knew Lynn Anderson and a friend of mine is related to Martin O'neill.
Appologies for the de-rail.

[Mark Lewis]

Yes Mr Larsen.

Up till recently I hadn't made the acquaintance of Santa Claus and therefore didn't know him at all. I had of course heard of him.

However I can now say that I know him personally. Of course you know him rather better.

Give Joe Nickel my regards when you see him. He will tell you that I am a delightful fellow after all.

[Anon1]

i am also good friends with Banachek,
and it does seem that you have been around a bit.

Although what is interesting is that my job is showing up fraudulent mediums and psychics,
yet you dont seem to even be a psychic or medium,
you admit you are a magician and hypnotist, yet why the need to stick the psychic tag in there for?

Ok so you never gonna make it on tv, mother nature hasnt been that kind, but i am sure you could and probably do make a lot of money from mentlaism and illusion, so why do you want to taint yourself with the brush of the fraud?

[Mark Lewis]

Jambo is of course correct. I have famous relatives too. David Kossoff (now deceased) was my cousin and I have a famous niece that I will not not name on the grounds that the sins of the Uncles should not be visited upon the nieces.

Oh and I showed Prince Philip a card trick once. I was tempted to mention this when Mr Larsen made reference to my lack of performances at Buckingham Palace. However I refrained because I did not want to seem immodest.

As a psychic reverend I have always been a great believer in humility.

[Anon1]

are you familiar with medium Ian Lawman by any chance?

[Mark Lewis]

In answer to Mr Donnis I must inform him that I have been on TV many times and am perfectly used to the medium. No pun intended.

I am not one to brag of course but I was the first magician to ever appear on colour television in the UK. Or so the BBC told me.
Furthermore anyone in the know can indeed confirm to him that I was a professional psychic for many years although I am no longer active in that particular business.

Since Mr Donnis has chosen to be rude and personal without any provocation whatever I shall not be responding to him any further unless I see an apology.

I would however suggest he gets his facts straight in future.

[Anon1]

i apologise unreservedly, i was just joshing.

[Anon1]

i assume Mr Lewis is now ignoring me,
Nevermind,
I will have to speak to some of my famous friends.

[joobie]

actually, i made mark lewis famous. he remains a secret fan of mine but he'll never admit it - in fact, i think he'll probably deny it.

[Dr Adequate]

HI joobie and well met!

Your story, sir, is less credible than Mr Lewis's in only one respect.

Derren Brown really is famous.

And Mark Lewis is not.

[Jeff Corey]

But, unlike us cowards here, he does use his real stage name.

[Diamond]

Originally posted by Mark Lewis
Yes Jon. I do know Steve Shaw otherwise known as Banacek. He is a secret fan of mine but will never admit it.

I have an e-mail from him to prove it. Extraordinary claims do require extraordinary evidence you know.

Then you should extraordinarily prove it.

I have lots of e-mail from famous people. I decline to state however, that they secretly admire me but refuse to admit it.

[Anon1]

Coincidentally enough I knew the Kray twins when I was younger and even did a tiny bit of business with them.



Ok i just spoke to a friend who knows the Kray family, his response was

"No he never did anything with them, just asked Reggie's wife and Dave and they have never heard of him."

So since i have heard from the horses mouth so to speak, I am sorry i cant believe your little claim.

You see you are not the only one with contacts in high places, and i dont have to go back 50 years.

[Jeff Corey]

Weren't the Krays the inspiration for a certain, "Doug? 'E nailed me wife's 'ead to a coffee table" sketch?
And a certain large 'edgehog, Spiney Norman?
"Dinsedale!"

[hgc]

Originally posted by Mark Lewis
... who is now herself in the spirit world.
...She's huh? What? Oh, worm food, in your langauge.

[Mark Lewis]

Let me deal with Dr Adequate first.
He should know that I am a little more famous than he thinks I am and a little more adequate than he thinks HE is.

I think he is trying to be a wit. Regrettably he is only halfway there.

I have vast amounts of newspaper articles that have been written about me in Irish newpapers. Two page spreads, one page spreads galore. In addition to all this there are many dozens of articles about my psychic work in addition to various horoscopes written by me for Irish nespapers. Not only this I have appeared on Irish Television and especially radio many many times.

I am pretty famous among the magic community too but perhaps for the wrong reasons. We can go into that some other time.

In Ireland my name was a household word. I have reason to believe that Dr Adequate is also a household word in his area. Somewhat in the same way that Bronco toilet paper is a household word.

I am very happy for Mr Diamond when he duly informs us that he know all sorts of famous people. He can now add me to the list. However I do not have to "prove" anything. I do not jump when various dolts tell me to jump.

Since Mr Donnis seems to have plenty of time on his hands to be contacting all and sundry regarding me and since he claims to be such a bosom pal of Mr Banacek alias Shaw I suggest he contacts him and confirms the matter for you.

If however you insist that I cut and paste Banacek's private correspondance here I will do so. I am sure he won' t mind. However I don't think that will satisfy your need for "proof"
Critical thinking doesn't seem to be an attribute to be found in great abundance here. You will still no doubt chatter that I made it up. However I will indeed put it here if that is what you wish.

Since my short association with the Krays was 42 years ago I don't suppose there would be that much to jog the memory of his various relatives. I didn't deal with the relatives-I dealt with them. Besides my name wasn't Mark Lewis then. My last personal contact with any member of the Kray family was at the Cork Ideal Homes Exhibition about 15 or so years ago. A rather tall lady relative of the Kray family ( I am not sure how she was connected-something to do with Charlie Kray I think) was waxing irritable because I had the audacity to get to a payphone before she did and the poor soul had to wait until I finished. I got the impression that she was used to having her own way and was highly displeased that someone made her wait to use the phone. However I am still alive to tell the tale.

Charlie Kray had some connection with the pitch or grafting business for a time. I am also very well acquainted with all the various vagabonds that inhabit this world. Unlike some of the various cloistered souls here I have not led a sheltered life. I have associated with all sorts of people from college professors to armed robbers. The funny thing is that the armed robbers seemed to be much nicer than the college professors. Less stuffy and more amiable anyway.

No. I am not going to "Prove it" as per the usual mantra. So far in this thread I am the one who seems to be citing accurate facts and everyone else seems to be getting things wrong.

The Kray's were terribly ethical murderers. They would always claim that they only killed fellow villains. I think that this was teribly nice of them.I don't think the assorted dunderheads here would get on with them very well though. The Krays were great believers in psychics hence the connection with dear old Doris Stokes whose career they apparently managed from jail.

My connection with them stemmed from the fact that they had a club in Stoke Newington round the corner from where I lived. The Regency club. Michael Vine, Derren Brown's manager didn't live that far away either. I used to frequent that club and did a little showbusiness stuff with them that sadly didn't work out that well and made me look rather foolish. A bit like Dr Adequate actually.

I won't go into it now. Rather an embarrasing memory.

I would advise Mr Corey that I have no idea of the sketches he is talking about although I can certainly verify that a movie was made about the Krays.

You can't expect me to know everything. I am not psychic you know.

Oops! Let me rephrase that. I don't know much about the sketches but I do know about the movie. Regrettably I am not in it. At least I am not able to "prove it"

With regard to the rather silly gentleman who has just posted about "worm food" I would venture to say it would be better to be "worm food" that Doris may or may not be than the worm that he certainly is.

Arguing with the various nitwits here will take me several centuries and regrettably I haven't the time. I do have my congregation to attend to you know. I have certainly noticed that you all seem to need your friend around you to egg you on and think that your sheer numbers will defeat me.

Let us see how brave you all are when you have to discuss things one to one with a less biased crowd around. No doubt you will run like frightened little rabbits if you have to face my devastating wit and brilliance alone.

I predict that you will now make silly childish remarks about the last sentence. You are all very predictable. It doesn't seem to occur to anyone that I am the one pulling the strings here. You are all dancing to MY tune as always.

And I am winning the argument as always. You can't match me and you never could.

The dance is over. I am far too busy. Goodbye.

[Azrael 5]

Rattle's out of the cot,now!;)

[crimresearch]

"Besides my name wasn't Mark Lewis then."

:dl:

[Dr Adequate]

Hey, Marky-boy.

You are exactly as famous as people think you are.

If you were famous, it would not be necessary for you to tell us how famous you were. If you were really intelligent, you would not need to keep telling us how intelligent you were. If you were genuinely modest, it would not be necessary for you to point out your modesty. If you were genuinely courteous, it would not be necessary for you to claim it. Nor would you need to speak of your "devestating wit and brilliance" if these were in fact qualities you possess. They would be evident from your posts, as would your intelligency, courtesy, modesty, etc. And if you were really one of the world's greatest magicians --- we'd know, Marco.

You are a windbag and a braggart. Your activities on this forum and others seem to consist entirely of telling stupid boastful lies to people who know that you're lying. An interesting hobby. Why, Marcus, why?

[Azrael 5]

crimresearch your gif is hilarious! But so are these:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v194/Paparazzi/prat.bmp Himself!

Others who have experienced his "wit",here:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v194/Paparazzi/prat2.bmp ;)

[Mark Lewis]

And Dr Adequate -if you were really adequate you would'nt have to tell us!

But you aren't. Are you? I am now going to show everyone how inadequate you really are.

You would not know if I were really one of the world's greatest magicians because you do not have the ability to think straight. In fact if you were to have a brain operation it would be minor surgery.

As for Mr Crimresearch or whatever his ridiculous name is I am very pleased to see that he has included a self portrait in his message.

I did hear that he has rabies. I do hope he makes a speedy recovery.

With regard to this baboon child Azrael you seem to think you are funny. I agree with you. However there is funny ha-ha and funny peculiar. I rather think you tend to the latter rather than the former.

One day you will find yourself, my boy. I expect you will be rather disappointed. I am curious to know if your mother had any children. You really are a most horrible individual. Yet you think you have a great mind. It is too bad that it never reached your brain.

You cannot win with me. You can try but you will fail. As far as I can see this place is not occupied by "critical thinkers" It seems to be occupied by a bunch of babies. I wonder if when you were all born that your doctors knew which end to slap?

I rather wish you would all go to a photographer and get your negative personalities developed.

It seems that you think that ganging up on me will work. It won't.
I am MARK LEWIS and you are just a bunch of braindead twits that I am chewing up and spitting out in great quantities. I must say that you all taste rather revolting.

If you wish to talk in a respectful manner you will be answered in the same way. If you wish to continue as you are doing you will all come off the losers and I venture to say that all the people I am inviting here will see that you are a complete bunch of losers and you are being made a laughing stock of.

En masse too.

[Dr Adequate]

Originally posted by Mark Lewis
The dance is over. I am far too busy. Goodbye.
And he went... ooh, two hour thirty-five minutes before he found he wasn't that busy, and wasn't through dancing for us, and came back to post one of his incredibly, incredibly, incredibly long, boring, windbag posts.

I think this man who keeps telling us he's much too busy, clever, and important to speak to us is also setting the record for most words posted per day.

Go figure.

[Mark Lewis]

There is only one of me and rather a lot of you. Therefore there are far more words coming from your side than there is from mine.
I am sure you won't mind if in the interests of fairness we level the playing field a little.

Of course you are on your ownsome now and have to face me alone. Your baboon friends haven't arrived yet. I can assure you that I am ready for them when they do come.

Not fun facing me alone is it? You are an intellectually deprived little weasel and it is perfectly obvious to any objective person that I am making mincemeat out of you. I wouldn't feed you to my dog though. Or even that rather stupid canine crimsearch or whatever the little poodle's name is.

I expect your mother had rather a loud bark too.

You seem to forget that YOU and your baboon friends are the ones who started this. Instead of indulging in intelligent debate you have resorted to personal insults and tried to justify them by saying that I was abusive. I am NEVER abusive to anyone unless they are abusive with me. If anyone were to go through each and every one of the posts here you would see that I only responded aggressively in self defence to someone else's attack. However they seem to be good at giving it out but not so good at taking it in return.

You had all better realise right now that I am NOT one of the people that you can gang up on and ridicule to your hearts content. You will get it right back in your faces if you even so much as try it. I will demolish you one at a time and I don't care how long it takes.

You complain that I am long winded and I don't shut up? You wonder how you can shut me up? Simple. Just shut yourselves up. That is all you have to do. But you can't can you? If I am so boring why respond to me? I had already gone and everything was quiet and I had resolved not to return but then some braindead yokel decided to try and goad me further by yapping about Derren Brown.

So I am back. Blame him.

[Dr Adequate]

Originally posted by Mark Lewis
If anyone were to go through each and every one of the posts here you would see that I only responded aggressively in self defence to someone else's attack.
This is a lie. The fact that you spew out your childish tantrums against everyone was why I decided to join in the looney-baiting in the first place. Otherwise I'd have felt sorry for you.

[Open Mind]

Mark, can you please answer the below question, before deciding to perform any magic disappearing act from this forum.

Are you willing to state that in your opinion, some genuine psychic phenomena exists? Yes or No.

By which you agree the defintion of 'genuine psychic phenomena' ........
- Is not a conjuring/mentalist/ hot reading trick
- Beats the odds of chance and cold reading
- There is more going on than the psychology of suggestion, psychology of self deception or the recipent wanting to make information fit.

Yes or no? ..... simple to answer, just an honest yes or not, takes no time at all.

:)

[Mark Lewis]

No Inadequate, it is NOT a lie. All you have to do is go back over each and every post. You will see that EVERY aggressive post from me was in response to an aggressive post from someone else. Even my very first post was a demand for an apology from a rather demented person who for some odd reason calls himself "kookbreaker" Then of course all the baboons chimed in and all hell broke loose because the moderators seem to let things run wild.

Now I would be happy to answer Open Mind. Even his name sounds reasonable. He has asked an intelligent question in a polite way and deserves an intelligent answer. However I fear that once he gets it then all sorts of demented lunatics will shout up and down in what they imagine to be constructive debate "baldy"

I will have to defer answering Open Mind in any depth until the rabble is under control here. There is utterly no point in this discussion if people are jumping up and down like raving lunatics.

A quick answer to him is a very genuine and sincere "yes" on my part. However I would have to amplify things a bit in order to explain. I cannot do this while the mud is bubbling.

[Mercutio]

Originally posted by Mark Lewis
No Inadequate, it is NOT a lie. All you have to do is go back over each and every post. You will see that EVERY aggressive post from me was in response to an aggressive post from someone else. Even my very first post was a demand for an apology from a rather demented person who for some odd reason calls himself "kookbreaker" Then of course all the baboons chimed in and all hell broke loose because the moderators seem to let things run wild.
My first two posts to you were quite civil; they were attempts to keep a thread on-topic and avoid a flame-fest. Indeed, another poster recognised them as such and apologised for his behavior.

Your responses to me in both cases were insults.

"Dr. Inadequate" is right in this case, and you are wrong.

[Dr Adequate]

Originally posted by Mark Lewis
Instead of indulging in intelligent debate you have resorted to personal insults and tried to justify them by saying that I was abusive. I am NEVER abusive to anyone unless they are abusive with me. If anyone were to go through each and every one of the posts here you would see that I only responded aggressively in self defence to someone else's attack.
Your lie is clearly exposed in this post.
Originally posted by Mark Lewis on this thread (http://www.randi.org/vbulletin/showthread.php?s=&threadid=50525&perpage=40&pagenumber=1)
I thank you all for your explanations. Everyone except HGC has been reasonable and courteous in their reply.

... sceptics do not know how to act in a resonable manner. They shout and scream like demented lunatics ... All I see here is a bunch of childish morons who act like babies...

Acting like a bunch of football yobbos instead of a mature human being is going to incite aggressive attacks. Perhaps if some of you learned to disagree agreeably you wouldn't get death threats...

Go and sin no more.

Reverend Mark Lewis
Free Spiritualist Church of Canada.
This is how you speak of and to people whom you yourself describe as "reasonable and courteous".

[Mark Lewis]

Marmaduke old chap. I can't seem to find your first two posts and my responses to them. Neither do I seem to remember anyone apologising for their impertinence to me. Perhpas you could oblige me by providing evidence.

It really is an extraordinary claim to suggest that MARK LEWIS could possibly be wrong. And extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. Please provide such.
And do so immediately.
There. I wanted to sound just like Santa Claus from Denmark.

Now is this inadequate creature really as moronic as he is pretending to be.? Or is it for real?

He has just posted my assertion that a rather verminous gentleman named HGC was discourteous to me. All he has to do is to check out the thread and see that this was indeed so.

He further makes the point that I was so very rude to everybody. It doesn't seem to have occurred to him that the people I was accusing of rudeness weren't necessarily the people on the thread in question. I was accusing other exponents of braindeadery that had been giving me hassle before.

I don't know what makes Dr Adequate so stupid but it is certainly working

[Dr Adequate]

Originally posted by Mark Lewis
All I see here is a bunch of childish morons who act like babies

[Dr Adequate]

Originally posted by Mark Lewis
He has just posted my assertion that ... HGC was discourteous to me. All he has to do is to check out the thread and see that this was indeed so.
And I never denied that, and I gave a link to the thread so that anyone with a sense of humour can giggle at your pompous stupidity and vanity.

You may squirm all you like, but you can't put words into my mouth. HGC was discourteous. No-one else was. You said so. You flamed them all. You can lie all you like, but people can read your posts.

[Open Mind]

Mark, thanks for the reply and clarifying your own stance on the existence of genuine psychic phenomena.

[Anon1]

Mark Lewis is NOT a famous magician, well not outside his own highly inflated head anyway.

I have never heard of him, and i am a big magic fan.
Some famous magians i have heard of
The Amazing Randi!
Harry Houdini
David Berglas
Tommy Cooper
Derren Brown
Banachek
David Blaine
Lance Burton
David Copperfield
Keith Barry
Cardini
Thurston
Scarne
Dai Vernon
Max Maven
Kriss Angel

Now these are all my favourite magicians/illusionists, I am lucky enough to know a few of them.

These are famous, these will go down in history as great magicians and performers i am sure you will agree,

As for Mark Lewis, all i can say is a simple

WHO

[Mark Lewis]

I thank Open Mind for his openmindedness in the same way I do not thank Dr Adequate for his inadequacy. Oh and stupidity a quality which he seem to have in great abundance.

There is no time to discuss the matter but I should qualify my reply to him by saying that my definition of "psychic phenomena" may be different from his. In any event I do not about believe in the "supernatural". I can only believe in the "natural". And certain types of psychic ability are perfectly natural and nothing to get excited over. It happens all the time. There may be a little mystery about why it works but that doesn't mean to say that it doesn't work.

I see that the rather silly Mr Donnis who prompted my return here is chattering about famous magicians. I am pleased to hear that he knows some of the people on his list one or two of whom I find to be quite dreadful performers. I am well known for my tact and discretion so I will not name names.

I know all the dead ones of course and am in constant contact with them in the spirit world. They inform me that they are enjoying this thread immensely. They tell me that they are all looking in. Houdini admits cheerfully that he was wrong when he was decrying spirit phenomena and has now made up with Robert Houdin for writing that awful book which had half the population of France up in arms. It seems that he has learned French in the spirit world and it also seems that he was reprimanded most severely by Robert-Houdin for stealing his name and bothering his widow in Blois, France.

Incidentally I had correspondance in THIS world with Maurice Sardina who wrote "where Houdini was wrong" He autographed his book for me. I was rather surprised that Maurice hadn't passed into the spirit world himself as he must have been older than God at the time. Of course he is over there now.

With regard to my own fame it is neither here nor there. But it is there even if it does not seem to be here. And Mr Donnis sad to say is not all there. But then neither is anybody else in this den of uncritical thinking and braindeadery.

Now I only know personally one of the living people on your list and as a matter of fact he taught me when I was young. Of course now I know everything about magic and no longer need his help.

He is a big friend of Uri Geller and I do remember at one time Randi "revered" him. I have always thought it a pity that he is not able to act as a bridge between Randi and Geller. They are both great showmen and should be friends rather than rivals. Houdini was fighting with Dr Wilson for years but eventually they did become friends. It is a pity that the same cannot be between Randi and Geller. I think the animosity is more on Geller's side than Randi's and alas there is more chance of them getting together than there is of me being elected Pope.

But to my fame. I have been rather busy in my other activities to achieve any fame with the magical community who mainly consist of dunderheads and incompetents like Mr Donnis. However just lately they all seem to know me.

The few that know me personally will confirm to you my utter brilliance. I am one of the greatest card and close up magicians in the world. Or at least one of the most entertaining anyway. I am a brilliant hypnotist. I am a brilliant mentalist. I am a wonderful children's entertainer. Proof of this can be seen on this very forum where I seem to be doing nothing else but entertaining children. Or at least those with the mental age of children.
But wait! I haven't finished extolling my brilliance yet. I must say that this is my favourite subject and you must allow me a little space to continue.

I am one of the greatest psychic consultants in the world who has already won the Randi prize. He awarded it to me secretly provided I didn't tell anyone as he thought it would be bad publicity. The damn cheque bounced. As I said you can't trust anyone with a name like Goldman. Or Zwinge for that matter. And don't tell me that he changed his name. I shall need PROOF. And even if I am given it I will ignore it. I have learned from sceptics.

My main fame amongst magicians is a rather silly one and I think it tends to detract from my great genius in other areas. I am considered to be be one of the greatest svengali pitchmen of all time. Actually I am the greatest of all time but I didn't want to seem immodest by saying so.

You will no doubt scream for proof. I cannot provide it for you and I am not obliged to give it to you anyway.

I do have an e-mail from a certain respected mentalist called Bob Cassidy that I could quote from since he said that I could but my well known modesty precludes me from that.

Still we never know. Perhaps some admirer of mine (I do have many you know) who is looking in will chime in at the risk of being immolated and confirm my legendary status.

In the meantime I shall post the mild praise from Banacek and Cassidy. It is all I have for the moment but it will have to do.

However you can see a few quotes about my wondrous piece of literature on the svengali deck which has been praised by such notables as Paul Harris, Michael Close, Bill Nagler MD, Richard Kaufmann and many, many more. Go to my website at www.marklewisentertainment.com When you get there you will then go to the "For Magicians Only" section where you will find the book in all it's glory.

After that I expect you to get your money out. I get a vibe that you need education.

[Mark Lewis]

Here is the Cassidy quote. I am finding it rather difficult to locate the Banacek one. It is hiding in great fear of being associated with me. But associate with me it did. And praise me it did. It won't escape me for ever. You will see that even respected sceptics worship at my feet.

I can't say I blame them. I worship myself too.

Now here is what Bob Cassidy a well respected mentalist has to say about my favourite subject.
.................................................. .................................................. .....

Mark-

I don't believe we've ever met, but I after I read your recent posts to the
cold reading thread at the Magic Cafe (which, by the way, were right on
target ) I decided to finally check out your web site.

Your definition of "psychic entertainment" is one of the best I have ever
seen. True showmen are a rare breed these days. You are one of the few
worthy of the title.

You can quote me on that.

Best regards-

Bob Cassidy

[Mark Lewis]

I know before that I said I was too modest to post the Cassidy comments but I have now changed my mind. So there.

I have now found the Banacek message but I must regretfully say that it consists of only mild praise and glory which I find somewhat unsatisfactory but at least it is better than nothing am I am afraid it will have to do for the moment.

It does at least show that not all sceptics are raving lunatics although I have not yet seen PROOF that this state of being does not apply to the vast majority of them

Anyway here you are:
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Mark,

not that you care or not :-) but thought I would tell you I thought your post on the Genii forum about Korem was hilarious and very entertaining.

Well done.

In thoughts and friendship
Banachek
www.banachek.com
banachek@banachek.com
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Again I exhort my myriad fans all over the magic world to be brave and come into this den of babies and tell them who they have in their midst. There are rather a lot of them in here for me to handle , you know although naturally I am doing it superbly well and they haven't got a chance in hell.

Still a little help would be nice.

[Azrael 5]

Mark Lewis aka Fernando was castigated on The Magic Cafe forum as well for trolling by other members.So it seems we are in the company of a troll!;)

[Mercutio]

I actually have heard from one who has worked with you, but has thus far chosen not to participate in this thread. You are in luck, though; I do not share personal correspondence publicly.

[Azrael 5]

Re: message from Banachek.Hardly best buddy material is it? Doesnt claim you to be a good friend or great magician...;)

[Mark Lewis]

There was a young man who worked for me last year. His name is Glenn West. He was a thief and stole money and merchandise from me. Perhaps you mean him.

I do get disgruntled employees as do many employers. However I also get people who have had positive experiences working with me. Some of the biggest names in magic have worked for me and I bet they learned things which helped them.

Ah! But perhaps you mean Joe Nickell! I have no idea and I must stop speculating. Perhaps you weren't referring to an employee at all. I musn't jump to incorrect conclusions. I would hate to be called a sceptic.

I see that the rather silly Azrael has popped up again after being reprimanded once already. I must inform him that I have absolutely no idea who Fernando is and I must inform him that he requires PROOF otherwise he will be getting a letter from Santa Claus.

I can tell that Marmaduke is trying to admire me but can't quite manage it yet. I suggest he persists. He will get there in the end.
He should emulate me. I admire myself tremendously and it took me very little practice to do so. I expect Marmaduke will have to work on it a bit more.

From your tone I don't think the person you refer to was in great favour of me. No matter. I expect whoever he was the feeling was mutual.

I am still waiting for the cavalry to arrive. Not that I need rescuing of course but it would be nice to see some of my supporters here. I bet they won't post under false names either.

Anyway you are all welcome to visit the other places I frequent. I think you all know where they are. Some of you seem to have plenty of time to research the matter.

[Mark Lewis]

I see that the little Azreal twit has piped up again without my permission.

I must refer him to my previous post where I freely admitted that the Banacek message wasn't a big deal. I never said that it indicated "best buddy" material or anything of the sort. I have never met the man but I am sure we would get on rather well.

From all accounts we have mutual enemies. That would be a good start, I think.

No. I didn't get this from my usual psychic vibes. A gossiping mentalist told me.

[Anon1]

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Mark,

not that you care or not :-) but thought I would tell you I thought your post on the Genii forum about Korem was hilarious and very entertaining.

Well done.

In thoughts and friendship
Banachek
www.banachek.com
banachek@banachek.com
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[/B]

Is that it? no seriously is that it

HAHAHA
you really are an old fool

I knew deep down my good friend steve wouldnt be prasing the likes of you, thanks for proving me right.

hahaha i cant stop laughing, after all your ******** as well, you end up debunking your own claims.

hahah

sorry,

HAHAHA

[Mark Lewis]

I am glad you are having a good laugh. You are certainly laughable.

You haven't seen the rest of the correspondance yet, have you?
Perhaps I shall post that here too.

I suggest you get your facts straight.

As yet I have seen absolutely no evidence that Banacek has every heard of you let alone be "a good friend" If he does indeed know you then he has my deepest sympathy.

His e-mail address is there for anyone to link on to. All you have to do is ask him for yourself.

Tell him I don't like Jeff Evason either.

[Paul]

Originally posted by Mark Lewis
it would be nice to see some of my supporters here. I bet they won't post under false names either.They wouldn't do that, because someone who would use a different name would be a short, bald, lying, bigoted idiot wouldn't they.

[Mark Lewis]

I see that a rather ugly gentleman named Paul has decided to join in this conversation without being issued a formal invitation.

He must have 64 teeth because he has such a big mouth. I would suggest that he only open his mouth when he has nothing to say. Which of course is a pretty normal state of affairs for him.

He seems to have a beard no doubt in order to break up the monotony of his face.

I would suggest my boy that you blow your brains out. You would certainly have nothing to lose.

You are dismissed. Now go and play in the traffic.

The moderators will consider what to do about this post. Clever, catching us on a Sunday. This is a warning to stop advocating suicide.

[Paul]

Originally posted by Mark Lewis
The Kray's were terribly ethical murderers. They would always claim that they only killed fellow villains. I think that this was teribly nice of them.I don't think the assorted dunderheads here would get on with them very well though. The Krays were great believers in psychics hence the connection with dear old Doris Stokes whose career they apparently managed from jail.You're actually proud to be associated with violent thugs? Next you'll be saying 'they loved their dear old mum'.

Accoriding to Laurie O’Leary, he managed the old fraud and while he claims to have been Ronnie's best friend he is not a Kray.

[Paul]

Originally posted by Mark Lewis
I would suggest my boy that you blow your brains out. You would certainly have nothing to lose.Ooooh look, now the lying, bald idiot 'reverend' is advocating violence too.

[Loon]

Originally posted by Mark Lewis
There was a young man who worked for me last year. His name is Glenn West. He was a thief and stole money and merchandise from me. Perhaps you mean him.

I'm not sure how true this is, but if it's anything less than a conviction recorded in the courts, this might be running afoul of Canadian libel laws.

It's certainly not hard to google for this fellow and find out how and where to contact him...

[Mark Lewis]

I am not advocating violence. I am merely advising suicide. Or in your case mercy killing. It would be a mercy to us all if you left us. However I am sure you could still post here. I am a psychic medium and would be delighted to help you.

I certainly think you need help. I do hope you get the help you need.

As for the Krays they certainly did love their dear old mum. That is how they came into contact with Doris in the first place.

I am well aware that Doris was managed by Laurie O'Leary. However Michael Vine told me that she was managed by proxy from jail and implied that Laurie was the go between. I have absolutely no idea of what is the truth or not. I am onlygoing by what Michael told me. You will have to ask him.

He told me that Doris was treated like royalty wherever she went but she wasn't the one who made the real money.

How the hell do I know? Michael is the one who runs around in those circle and Michael was the one who was managing James Byrne the medium in competition with Doris Stokes. Therefore Michael is the one that would know. Ask him.

As for who I associate with I have had no contact with the Krays for about 42 years or so. Even though they are both now in the spirit world I still haven't heard from them.

I don't condone what they did but I don't judge people. Everyone has their good points (except the twits on this demented forum) and I like to see both sides of the argument.

Besides my old friend Murray the escapologist told me once that "if you go through life and never do business with a crook you will never get anything done"

Old Murray knew Randi. They were in the same business of escape artistry. He told me "Randi is a big bluffer"

Just reminiscing.

I am always baffled why people who have no argument or intelligence always seem to produce with great fanfare the fact that I am bald. Perhaps I am hallucinating but I swear that Randi is bald too. As are half the people on this forum.

So bloody what!

If ther creature Paul is so obsessed with hair I suggest he comb his own with a sharp knife.

Paul. You are a snivelling coward who posts anonymously. I suggest you show a little more openess and honesty.

Be a man or don't you do impersonations?

[Mark Lewis]

I see that an oriental gentleman name loon has arrived. I must say that I suspect that his name is most appropriate. However I will reserve judgement on him as he hasn't been very rude yet. I will therefore assume that he is trying to be factual.

With regards to the little thieving bastard Glenn he won't be too hard to find. I notice that he has never denied once my accusations even though I have posted them here, there and everywhere.

If the little bastard wants to sue me then he can go ahead. I rather think he won't though since thieving isn't exactly the most socially acceptable thing in a stuffy place like Canada. And the truth tends to be a fairly good defence.

Still, we musn't allow ourselves to get off topic must we? I know I mentioned Glenn in the first place but this was in mere speculation on my part in reply to Marmaduke.

[tim]

Originally posted by Mark Lewis
I see that a rather ugly gentleman named Paul has decided to join in this conversation without being issued a formal invitation.

He must have 64 teeth because he has such a big mouth. I would suggest that he only open his mouth when he has nothing to say. Which of course is a pretty normal state of affairs for him.

He seems to have a beard no doubt in order to break up the monotony of his face.

I would suggest my boy that you blow your brains out. You would certainly have nothing to lose.

You are dismissed. Now go and play in the traffic.

Mark, we do not encourage people to "blow your brains out" on this forum. I am officially asking you to please desist from making suggestions like this. You should know better, irrespective of how insulted you feel.

[Mark Lewis]

Don't be silly Timothy. There is no danger whatever of Paul blowing his brains out because he doesn't have any. In the same way you don't seem to have a sense of humour. I suggest you read my remark carefully.

Oh wait! Perhaps you are a trifle slow on the uptake. You may after all be American or even worse from Bedfordshire. I shall therefore type it again so you get the gist.

"better blow your brains out. You would have nothing to lose"

The key sentence here is "you would have nothing to lose" that is the bit you should be focusing on. It's a joke, get it?????

A bad joke perhaps. A bit like Paul actually.

However if he doesn't wish to blow his brains out then he doesn't have to . I hereby give him permission not to blow his brains out.
There.

Feeling better now Timothy?

[Paul]

Originally posted by Mark Lewis
I am not advocating violence.It seems thsat you are currently 'not advocating violence' to zaayrdragon in another thread as well:He seems the type that would make good cannon fodder in Iraq. Pity he is not there now.
Now, I will say this slowly for the hard of understanding; Mark Lewis, you are a lying, ill-mannered piece of crap. We have rules on these forums, rules you agreed to when you signed up.The following are some of the behaviors that are not acceptable:

Advocacy of suicide or of violence to others: If you tell someone to kill themselves, or to harm someone else, you will be suspended without prior warning. Example: "Go kill yourself."
I think the reason you are still allowed to post is that none takes anything you say seriously, however, that does not excuse your behaviour or your response to a polite but firm request.

Of course, if you are trying to get banned so that you can leave without having to admit defeat, that is another matter.


Apologies if I stepped on the mods toes here.

[Mark Lewis]

You are advocating violence when referring to stepping on the moderators toes. I hope they reprimand you most severely for it.

As for the moderators they are the most useless bunch I have ever seen in my life. Moderators are supposed to moderate and not let things get out of hand. Of course they don't do this becaue they are all on the side of their demented sceptic friends. If a bunch of believers came storming on here and acting like this they would soon shut it down.

If you really interpreted what I said as "advocating violence" you are even dimmer than I thought you were. I wish you no physical harm whatever and I would not condone anything like that done to you. You are already mentally cursed and I think that should be sufficient suffering for you.

Of course I haven't read your silly rules. I am a very busy and important person to whom rules don't apply. The reason I came on here in the first place is because the rules weren't being applied properly and I decided to protest the matter.

I cannot be banned. It would mean that you have all been defeated and you won't like to admit that. Besides I own this place now. Or at least I think I do. I am the one who seems to be controlling everything .

So there.

[Azrael 5]

Mark Lewis is a delusional three stooges look alike,and obviously bitter at not being famous like the other magicians he quotes.He makes threats and insults hiding behind a computer screen.If you're ever in the UK at a convention/show be sure to let me know;to hear your insults face to face would be delightful! :)

[jambo372]

I've always wondered why moderators only moderate to suit sceptics. Mark's answer is as good as any.

[Robaato]

Poster Mark Lewis has been suspended for one week, for violating the terms of the User Agreement, to wit: Advocating of suicide or of violence to others.

Mr. Lewis: We understand that you were attempting to be humorous, but this is a serious rule that you must respect if you want to post here. You do not set the rules here.

[Loon]

Originally posted by Mark Lewis
I see that an oriental gentleman name loon has arrived. I must say that I suspect that his name is most appropriate. However I will reserve judgement on him as he hasn't been very rude yet. I will therefore assume that he is trying to be factual.

With regards to the little thieving bastard Glenn he won't be too hard to find. I notice that he has never denied once my accusations even though I have posted them here, there and everywhere.

While your psychic powers seem to have failed you (or you failed to use them, which is entirely possible. Maybe they take a lot of energy) in at least one instance in your post, you seem quite confident in your assertions against Mr. Glenn. I shall take the opportunity to contact him and get his feedback on the affair, pending your response.

I do note that you are not well regarded in the genii forum (or perhaps this is another person with your name who also knows this Mr. Glenn, or perhaps a different Mr. Glenn).

I also note that the parts of your post which I have debolded are rather pessimistic on your part.

I'll wait a week until your (overly harsh, imuho) suspension has completed.

[BPScooter]

I feel good about the chili, now, after reading a thread like this that inspired some cookery. I got some ideas here that were wonderful. What about a basic white sauce? I can make it OK, with a butter and flour roux, also the bacon fat "country gravy," those are predictably tasty, and I can make decent pan gravies out of drippings. I need new ideas! Cheese sauces, herbs to stimulate, salty or not salty, as a complement, as a baking sauce, bring it on.

Perhaps the psychics among us can sense the tastes of those I cook for, and predict the type of recipe that will "hit the spot" tomorrow night. Who knows? At the least we might get a week's worth of cooking tips.

[Zep]

Mark Lewis: In Ireland my name was a household word."Pratie"? "Unemployment"? "Outdoor plumbing"? (sorry, that's two words) "********"...? I give in - what was it?

[Zep]

Originally posted by BPScooter
I feel good about the chili, now, after reading a thread like this that inspired some cookery. I got some ideas here that were wonderful. What about a basic white sauce? I can make it OK, with a butter and flour roux, also the bacon fat "country gravy," those are predictably tasty, and I can make decent pan gravies out of drippings. I need new ideas! Cheese sauces, herbs to stimulate, salty or not salty, as a complement, as a baking sauce, bring it on.

Perhaps the psychics among us can sense the tastes of those I cook for, and predict the type of recipe that will "hit the spot" tomorrow night. Who knows? At the least we might get a week's worth of cooking tips. Try crushing a garlic clove (or more, to taste) into the butter and gently frying it to release the flavour, before using it in the roux. Add slightly less milk and sharp cheese such as aged cheddar, plus freshly ground parmesan or peccorino for a sharper taste if you like it, to make a cheese-and-garlic sauce. Nice on steamed vegetables! Similar can be done with onion diced finely.

A baking sauce is just a thicker tastier roux (less milk). Pour over very lightly steamed cauliflower and/or broccoli sections in an ovenproof container (I use a shallow earthenware pot) and into a warm oven to cook through and set a bit - about 30 mins or so. A bit of sharp heat at the end (or a chef's blowtorch!) will add a nice browned crust (and you can help it along with combined crumbed bread-and-cheese mixture sprinkled on top before cooking).

No bloody wonder I'm overweight!

[joobie]

Originally posted by Zep
"Pratie"? "Unemployment"? "Outdoor plumbing"? (sorry, that's two words) "********"...? I give in - what was it?

poop is a household world, much like mr lewis (who, may i remind you, i knew and made famous) seems to aspire to.

i might add at this point that he will probably deny how he became famous through me, but i can copy and paste some easily faked emails from whoever you wish to prove what i speak is the truth.

if you disagree with me then woe is you, because i will attempt to bore you into submission.

[Open Mind]

Yes Mark Lewis was impolite, rude …… in reply to impolite and rude posts. I did not see a great deal of innocence on either side. :)

Regardless of what you guys think of Mark Lewis, he is a memorable chap :) Seldom I have I seen read such a stream of (cruel) retorts in posts that made me smile …… I feel guilty smiling though :D I was one of 3 moderators of a forum with several thousand internet users a few years ago so I understand the dilemma.

If the moderators will forgive me for saying so, they should not have allowed regular users here to use repetitive personal appearance/ bald/ liar jibes either, that were not intended as a joke but an attempt to intimidate. It wouldn’t necessarily have made much difference in outcome but it might have encouraged Lewis to say what he came here to say (whatever that was) and you guys could have had an interesting debate.

Oh well :)

[tim]

Well, you know what it's like to be a mod then, Open Mind. We all have our own lives to lead - we can't be everywhere at once, I'm afraid. Tell you what, increase my salary by, say, 10,000%.
Now let's see, 10,000% of 0 is............gimme a moment............Oh yeah, I got it...........0.
:D :D :D

[The Mighty Thor]

Lewis must be a very lonely soul.

He thinks it is better to be hated than to be ignored. To him, that is still self-promotion.

His "witty repartee" can be found in any "Guide to Handling Hecklers for Amateur Comics" type publication. These publications are usually wrong! It is seldom a good tactic to attack a heckler in the audience in such a blunt and confrontational way. Best to use the rest of the audience to attack hecklers.

So, in the interregnum, how would you folks deal with a persistent heckler?

[steenkh]

Originally posted by Open Mind
Yes Mark Lewis was impolite, rude …… in reply to impolite and rude posts. I did not see a great deal of innocence on either side. :)
His only agenda was to go after one single user, and his posts were impolite and rude from the very first. That was what prompted other users to use his own methods against him.

I feel guilty smiling though :D
I can understand that. His humor was primitive, and in my opinion, uninspired. It is not very difficult to imitate, if one want to sink to his plane. But I must admit that a number tried to follow suit, with just as much success.

It wouldn’t necessarily have made much difference in outcome but it might have encouraged Lewis to say what he came here to say (whatever that was) and you guys could have had an interesting debate.
I doubt if he came to say anything else than what he actually said.

He is just a troll, and he admits it.

[TragicMonkey]

Originally posted by steenkh
I doubt if he came to say anything else than what he actually said.

He is just a troll, and he admits it.

The most suspicious thing, which proves to my satisfaction that he was just a troll, is that he was unwilling to discuss prostitution. When an interesting topic comes up and people decline it in favor of calling each other "poopy", obviously there's no real intellectual engagement sought. He also deflected serious, on-topic (but much less interesting, of course) posts about the paranormal, etc.

I think he just needed to make himself known, so that when he returns, he can go straight to Flame Wars and have some fun. No point trading insults without someone to fight back.

[Paul]

As the indirect cause of Mark’s little holiday, which he would have to take anyway if moving to the UK as he claimed, I feel I should comment.

Firstly, the suspension is a result of ignoring the clearly stated rules on advocating violence; he also made fun of a polite warning about this behaviour and used the post to try and insult the mod.

That being said, the reason I didn’t report him is because, while he obviously has no idea when he goes to far or about responsible posting, it’s also obvious that nothing he says can be taken seriously.

As one of the poster using ‘personal’ insults, the entire repertoire of Mr Lewis by the way, I was doing so because it seems to be the only thing he understands and because I was being factual; He is bald and wouldn’t cut his hair that way if it bothered him much, he is a liar and has demonstrated he is a bigot as well. Anything else would be a waste of a good argument.

As for intimidating him, I would hardly call ‘baldy’ an attempt at intimidation. If I were paranoid and overly sensitive I might consider several claims to be associated with and comfortable in the company of murderers and gangsters to be intimidating.

Mr Lewis is obviously a troll, one who cannot keep up his persona of a superior intellect and resorted to cheap and ill-considered attacks. If he had any intention of discussing points raised he would have done so rather than obsessing about posters' names, genders or real identities, ironic for a man with at least one admitted pseudonym.

[Paul]

Originally posted by Mark Lewis
Paul. You are a snivelling coward who posts anonymously. I suggest you show a little more openess and honesty.Having re-read some of the posts I skimmed earlier, I found this to be particularly amusing.

[pmckean]

Come on Paul, let's leave it until Mark has the right to post again.

I, for one, have found most of his posts amusing, so he can count me as a fan... although I'm not familiar with every one of his missives to the forum.

Perhaps we sceptics do occasionally take ourselves a little too seriously, and Mark's main mission seems to be poking fun at that - with as much cheery pomposity and knowing self-aggrandisement as he can muster!

[kookbreaker]

Originally posted by pmckean
Come on Paul, let's leave it until Mark has the right to post again.

I, for one, have found most of his posts amusing, so he can count me as a fan... although I'm not familiar with every one of his missives to the forum.

Perhaps we sceptics do occasionally take ourselves a little too seriously, and Mark's main mission seems to be poking fun at that - with as much cheery pomposity and knowing self-aggrandisement as he can muster!

While what you say is true, the problem is that Mark Lewis simply isn't very good at what he does.

Bombastics, Egoism, and third grade taunts do not make for very effective poking fun.

[Blondin]

He may not be able to respond right now but I have no doubt he will respond as soon as he is able. I predict he will continue to be rude and abrasive until he is banned completely. Here's what a few of his peers had to say about him (though I'm sure he will be quick to deny the existence of any peers):



. . . Mark Lewis, on many occasions refers to his helpers as "idiots". He does this in the explanation part and during the lectures, not during his shows. I found it very unprofessional and demeaning. And I couldn't help but wince everytime he did it. Source (http://www.magictalk.com/cgi-bin/reviews.cgi?read=221)

I have often wondered with all the posts and rantings from Mark Lewis on alt.magic (he has an opinion on every single topic of discussion there, and many multiple posts on each topic) plus all his attempts to cloak himself onto other boards to create trouble, (Genii is not the only forum he has been kicked off of) ,,, well when does this GREAT (great, at least in his own mind) performer find time to perform??? He claims to be very busy performing. Source (http://geniimagazine.com/forum/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=10;t=000486)

We very seldom ban any of our subscribers. Contrary to what some of our subscribers may think, we do encourage free interchange of ideas. Only when a subscriber becomes belligerent, libelous or when a subscriber abuses the forum by posting requests for proprietary ideas, and then refuses to stop after being warned multiple times will such a poster be banned.

However, this has occurred.

So far, only Mark Lewis (in his various incarnations), svengali, and statenisland have been banned from our hallowed halls. It took much provocation for this to occur.
Source (http://www.mindandmagic.com/)

Its a bit like throwing someone to the lions, but do a search for Mark Lewis.
He knows quite a bit about this deck, and may be able to give you a few tips. But beware, our mark is a slippery customer, and doesnt suffer fools.
However, he can be very helpfull sometimes.
You wont find him here by the way.
He was a naughty boy. Many times.
Source (http://magicbunny.co.uk/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=15484&highlight=mark+lewis)

This one seems to sum it up:

Mark Lewis thrives on this kind of stuff. Without it, he is nobody in the magic community. There is an old episode of Star Trek, the original series, wherein the starship Enterprise is attacked by an unknown creature. This creature uses hate as its energy source and inspires the crew to fight amongst themselves. All seems lost for the good crew of the starship, because they've given in to the hate that is inspired by this creature, which is more of a force than anything else. Once the crew realizes that they've been duped into a hateful war amongst themselves and begin laughing at the creature, paying it no heed, it leaves, because it can no longer sustain its existance without their hate.

Since Mr. Lewis in incapable of inspiring respect within the magic community in general, he must thrive off the hate that he can inspire and the infighting that he generates. This makes him someone when he wouldn't be anyone in reality. So, he comes onto boards like this one, among others, and inspires arguments. When boards, such as this one, take his teeth away, he retreats to his own board, where he uses his poison in an attempt to get contributors onto his own place, where he can continue to use their energy against them. New agers would call him a psychic vampire. Source (http://magicbunny.co.uk/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=13869&highlight=mark+lewis)

It's a pity really because he seems to be quite intelligent and could contribute much. If only he had used his genius for good instead of evil (as Agent 86 would say).

[Paul]

Originally posted by pmckean
Come on Paul, let's leave it until Mark has the right to post again.I’m sorry, have I done something to offend you in particular, or am I not allowed to express my opinion with everyone else?
I, for one, have found most of his posts amusing, so he can count me as a fanFinding him amusing is one thing, most of us find him amusing, but being a fan implies that you have not paid much attention to the content of his posts.
Perhaps we sceptics do occasionally take ourselves a little too seriously, and Mark's main mission seems to be poking fun at that
His main mission, after being a troll, actually seems to be to insult everyone who posts to some extent; whether because of their nationality, forum name, real name, sex, geographical location and mostly just because we are not as ‘important’ as him.
with as much cheery pomposity and knowing self-aggrandisement as he can muster!Again, he wasn’t suspended for being pompous or self-aggrandizing or because he makes childish puns about posters’ names; he broke the rules, something he seemed to find amusing, and that is why he was punished.

People of all sorts take themselves too seriously, while the remedy is often humour, it is not to use My First Book of Playground Insults in a semi-random manner. If Mr Lewis wittily exposed the overly serious nature of some posters or cleverly pricked the balloon of pomposity, while remaining amusing and reasonably civil, most people here would have no problem with him.

[Z]

Well, it appears that Mr. "I'm-An-Important-Person-The-Rules-Do-Not-Apply-To-Me" was banned for trying to register a number of sock-puppets. Not at all surprising - he needs attention, and just HAD to prove himself somehow superior to the Moderators.

What a total boner.

Oh well - Fare thee well, Marky, wherever ye fare.

[Glenn W]

Oh, what the hell.

Mark, I never stole even a penny from you.

[sillyhead]

Edwin Edwards is my second cousin.

...

And he tried to spank a famous model when she was 16.

...

...

[Silly Green Monkey]

I knew he was familiar! Thanks for bumping this, to reveal again the amusing tale.

Svengali was never banned from the Skeptics Forum, if you want to try to find him there.

[fuelair]

Are there anyone (famous) on this planet that you don't know?
and who gives a mountain of stinky brown stuff anyway? It isn't who you know but what you know (or should be, anyway).

[Glenn W]

Nothing from Mr. Lewis himself???

Or has he been banned from this place like almost everywhere else he posts?

[Glenn W]

Just subscribing.

[kookbreaker]

Who brought this thread back from the dead?

Mr. Lewis was banned a long time ago, as were some sock puppets of his he tried to sneak in here.

[Glenn W]

Ah, that would explain it. I guess that eaves him unable to respond to things said to him.

At least I won't take advantage of this and keep asking him questions, demanding he respond while knowing full well that he can not.

[Beleth]

Oh, what the hell.

Mark, I never stole even a penny from you.
Don't worry, Glenn; having Mark accuse you of it is sufficient evidence that you didn't.

[Glenn W]

LOL, that's good.

I did work for him though, that much is true. The rest, I still don't understand. I think he was pissed that I quit, as he begged me to come back for just one week, and then fired me the next day back after I left early.

I think he did it just because he wanted to fire me instead of having me quit, lol.