Sensory deprivation or perceptual isolation is the deliberate reduction or removal of stimuli from one or more of the senses. Simple devices such as blindfolds or hoods and earmuffs can cut off sight and hearing, while more complex devices can also cut off the sense of smell, touch, taste, thermoception, and 'gravity'. Sensory deprivation has been used in various alternative medicines and in psychological experiments. Short-term sessions of sensory deprivation are described as relaxing and condu
S imon Magus was a magician working among the people of Samaria. We meet Simon in Acts 8 as one of the converts to Jesus through the preaching of Stephan. We usually speak of Simon the sorcerer or Simon the magician.
According to an unnamed art expert in the story, some of the most talented forgers of Russian avant-garde art are Soviet-born artists who immigrated to Israel in the 1990s. Zingerâs hunt for the source of allegedly forged works took her to the art galleries of Jaffaâs flea market and central Tel Aviv. Gallery owners have been embroiled in a number of recent and curious legal battles, one of which involves a possibly forged Chagall work. Art dealer Zarig, Haaretz reported, is connected to each and every case.