Secrets of the Crystal Silence League: Crystal Ball Gazing, The Master Key to Silent Influence - Softcover

Claude Alexander Conlin was born on June 30, 1880 in Alexandria, South Dakota. As Alexander the Man Who Knows, he became a highly paid celebrity stage magician and mentalist during the early 20th century. Dressed in spectacular Oriental robes and a jewelled turban, he used crystal ball as props in an elaborate theater act during which he answered questions from the audience. His show also featured three dancing assistants, his wife Lillian Marion and the Nartell Twins, Marguerite and Marie Johnson. Between performances as he toured with his troupe, Conlin also gave private readings to clients and founded The Crystal Silence League to send prayers to those in need around the world. He retired from the stage in 1927. Beginning in 1919 and continuing well into the 1930s, he devoted a great deal of his time to writing and publishing pamphlets and books on New Thought, Spiritualism, crystal gazing, and psychology, as well as a manual for stage magicians. He died in Seattle in 1954.