text: how does david blaine perform..."solomon rising"? this feat of "street magic", "solomon rising" the vertical levitation of the magician both seen in person and studied on video leave all amazed... how is it done? i've researched this on the web many month's ago. basicaly the video from a distance showing him rise (space above/below him) was filmed earlier with some sort of cable device lifting him.  the close up footage of his feet is an illusion. next time you see it you will notice that the few times he preforms this in front of different people he always positions his body the same way toward the crowd. what he is doind is going on his toes (on one foot) but lifting the other foot completely off the ground. when your body is positioned at the proper angle it looks like he's floating.