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Samuel Spencer Baldwin (1848-1924), or Samri Baldwin, most well known as "The White Mahatma" was an American magician. ==Biography== Baldwin was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. He became interested in magic whilst watching the Davenport brothers perform séances. He began to duplicate the tricks of fraudulent mediums such as Anna Eva Fay.〔Milbourne Christopher. (1975). ''Mediums, Mystics & the Occult.'' Thomas Y. Crowell. p. 176. ISBN 978-0690004762〕 He was one of the first magicians to have practiced a stage escape from handcuffs.〔Adam Woog. (1999). ''Magicians and Illusionists''. Lucent Books. p. 60. ISBN 978-1560065739〕 He was the first to take the "question and answer" mentalism act to the stage.〔Massimo Polidoro. (2001). ''Final Séance: The Strange Friendship Between Houdini and Conan Doyle''. Prometheus Books. p. 59. ISBN 978-1573928960〕 Baldwin exposed the tricks of fraudulent mediums and claimed to have learned the tricks of the fakirs of India.〔Lee Siegel. (1991). ''Net of Magic: Wonders and Deceptions in India''. University Of Chicago Press. p. 396. ISBN 978-0226756875〕 He was married to the stage mentalist Kitty (1853-1934) would assist him in his performances, they had one daughter Shadow.〔(Kitty Baldwin (1853-1934) )〕 The magician Fulton Oursler when writing on the subject of magic and spiritualism, used the name Samri Frikell. He made it by combining the names of Samri Baldwin and another magician, Wiljalba Frikell.〔John Mulholland. (1938). ''Beware Familiar Spirits''. C. Scribner's Sons. p. 138. ISBN 978-0684161815〕 ==Publications== *(''The Secrets of Mahatma Land Explained )'' (1895) *''Spirit Mediums Exposed'' (1879) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Samri Baldwin」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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