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Furthermore, he changed the image of the stage magician when he rejected such stereotypical costume accessories as the tuxedo, top hat, thin moustache, goatee and short hair. He opted instead for long hair, a bushy moustache, and bright multicoloured casual clothes, which gave him a distinctively flamboyant image.

He performed his act in numerous TV specials as well as stage productions such as The Magic Show and Merlin.

Later, he abandoned his performance art in favour of studying transcendental meditation which, he claimed, enabled him to levitateLevitation is the process by which an object is suspended against gravity, in a stable position, by a force without physical contact. This can be achieved through jets of gas pushing upwards against the object (as in air hockey), or pushing downwards from. He also ran in the 1993 Canadian electionThe 1993 Canadian federal election which took place on October 25th, 1993, was one of the most eventful in Canadian history. While Canada's traditional ruling party, the Liberals, was returned to power, the equally old Progressive Conservative Party was a as a candidate for the Natural Law Party of CanadaThe Natural Law Party of Canada was the Canadian branch of the international Natural Law Party, the political arm of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi's Transcendental Meditation movement. It never won a seat in Parliament, or came close. Its most famous member was t, which proposed yogic flyingYogic flying is the purported ability to levitate which is a capability one gains through advanced practice of transcendental meditation. While sitting cross-legged, yogic flyers can move around in a hopping kind of motion. Proponents of yogic flying clai as a solution to the problems of the nation. (As the party's most famous candidate, he was so prominently featured in their television ads that many voters mistakenly thought he was the party's leader. The party was in fact led by Dr. Neil Paterson .)

Henning died of liver cancer at the age of 52.