"Now I will sex you with my mind"

I'm well aware of the nature of the magic trade. Basically, having the best / most fantastic / most alluring trick brings in the crowds, who bring in the money, which allows you to have even more elabourate tricks the next go-round. David Copperfield is definetly one of this super-magician breed, along with David Blaine, and to a lesser extent, Criss Angel (God, what an absurd name).

But whereas Blaine has in recent times moved towards a more "look at the crazy shit I can do for a long time!" type of trick (living in an ice ball / underwater / on top of a really tall pole), Copperfield has seemingly resisted that approach, instead opting for straight-up fantastical magic. This time though, he may have gone too far:

Illusionist David Copperfield is planning to go one better than rival David Blaine by impregnating a woman live onstage.

The magician will carry out the stunt in Germany, without - he insists - even touching the volunteer.

Copperfield tells PageSix.com, "There is a great deal of new territory to conquer. I'm going to make a girl pregnant. Naturally there will be no sex.

"Everybody will be happy about it, but I'm not telling you any more."

Now that's some crazy assed magic. Bunnies from hats, sawing women in half, all been done... but impregnating someone? That I gotta see.... though the actual logistics of the trick in question raise some concerns. How, for example, will he be able to establish her pregnant nature? Will they bring a pee-test on stage and make her go behind a little curtain? Will it somehow be detectable via onstage ultrasound? Maybe the baby will be so magic, the woman will be ready to give birth right then and there?

It sounds interesting, regardless of the approach.

You know what I'd love though? If some radical Christian group got their panties in a knot over this, arguing that it somehow "diminishes the miracle of Mary's immaculate birth". That would be truly amusing.