{"id":1879,"date":"2012-10-08T15:58:38","date_gmt":"2012-10-08T14:58:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.magicians.co.uk\/news\/?p=1879"},"modified":"2012-10-08T15:58:38","modified_gmt":"2012-10-08T14:58:38","slug":"shock-therapy-indeed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magicians.co.uk\/news\/shock-therapy-indeed\/","title":{"rendered":"Shock Therapy Indeed"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Illusionist and \u2018endurance artist\u2019, David Blaine has completed \u2018Electrified\u2019, the latest in a long line of daring escapades. Stepping out on to a 20-foot pillar for three days and nights surrounded by an artificial lightning storm fizzling with a million volts of electric current, he wore a chain mail \u2018Faraday suit\u2019 with a wire helmet and visor, which acted as a barrier for the electric current. He describe the stunt as \u2018one of the craziest things that I have ever dreamed up\u2019 and \u2018I\u2019m literally shocked that it came together\u2019.<\/p>\n

Earlier in the week, Blaine admitted he was worried there may be unknown risks of exposure to such a severe lightning storm for so long a period. The death-defying magician conditioned his body for the task ahead by consistently shocking himself at home!<\/p>\n

Blaine\u2019s other high profile performances include Frozen in Time, which saw him encased in a massive block of ice in Times Square, New York for 63 hours, 42 minutes and 15 seconds before being removed with chain saws and Above the Below, a 44 day endurance stunt in a transparent Plexiglas box suspended on the River Thames, London where Blaine survived only on 4.5 litres of water per day. He was reported to have lost 25% of body weight. <\/p>\n\n\n