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"The spirits are an age-old theme, a story from darkest history, and therefore a presentational anchor that can be used with many different magic tricks." - Eugene Burger
Spirit Magic adds an element of mystery to any ghoulish gathering or macabre meeting. Audiences remember the demoniacally different good-natured fun.
Eugene is the perfect teacher guiding you through seances, mediums, and close-up and stand-up spirit magic. Super Natural Sorcery comes alive as he demonstrates items from a rare collection of medium devices, such as rapping hands, spirit bells, and the Fechner/Proust Spirit Table.
Performance Only:
Seance in Progress Performance and Explanations:
Spirit Candle in the Bottle Acrobatic Matchbox Rising Bill Rising Card Spirit Messages Seance (Glorpy and Out to Lunch) Explanations:
Comments on performing spirit magic Thoughts on controlling a seance Ideas on presenting luminous materials Suggestions on using antique magic |
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Chicago Visions/Tapes
by Eugene Burger
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The Chicago Tapes by Eugene Burger, is actually a set of 3 DVD's and one explanation booklet. This incredible collection features an in depth look into the routines, effects, and even the life of Eugene Burger. This collection is truly a must have!
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"My aim was to make the kind of video that I personally would like to own." - Eugene Burger
You'll be baffled as never before by this professional and his special collection of wonderworks. Eugene Burger intertwines dramatic storytelling and penetrating magic to delight layperson and magic devotees alike. His unique repertoire will charm your intellect, imagination, and emotions. As a skilled a teacher as performer, Eugene guides you through his routines with uncompromising clarity.
Seven Creations From Magic's Mystic Guru:
Diamond Jack Gypsy Thread Card Sleight Sponge Ball Routine Dracula and the Sorority Girl Cocaine Cigarette Coins Through Table |
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Exploring Magical Presentations
by Eugene Burger
An intimate opportunity to learn from one of magic's greatest teachers, this DVD will help you think about your performing style, and grow as a magical presenter.
We all know plenty of tricks, but how can we turn them into memorable magic? In this DVD session, Eugene Burger explores that topic, and provides specific examples-including fully developed routines that you can adapt for your own performances.
THE BLACK ENVELOPE VARIATIONS A classic (and amazing) prediction of a playing card, explained in detail with discussions of eight different presentational approaches, including:
A DREAM OF YOU • THE DEATH CARD • THE GAMBLER'S FATE and Eugene's favorite, INEVITABILITY
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FADING COIN
Imagination becomes reality! Invented by Tomoyuki Takahashi, and taught with his kind permission, this astonishing routine is nearly impromptu, and truly astonishing. Eugene has invested a great amount of thought into getting the most impact out of his presentation, and now he shares it with you.
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INVISIBILITY POWDER
Discover how a simple presentational premise can turn a good trick into great one.
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OB-SER-VO
Inspired by a Robert Neale effect, this was developed as a 'message' routine for corporate performances. Over time it has evolved into one of the strongest audience participation routines in the Burger repertoire.
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OUT OF THIS WORLD
Years of exploring countless versions of this Paul Curry classic have led to this approach. Eugene explains that journey. Problems are solved and strengths are emphasized, and the results are both practical and impressive.
Running Time Approximately 71min
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Part 1: A Voyage to the Real World
Working behind a bar for an audience of real people, Eugene Burger makes it clear why he's one of the world's most celebrated close-up artists. Then, he's joined by David Parr to analyze these time-tested routines from Eugene's actual performing repertoire. Items like his ultra-commercial approach to the Sponge Balls (including his "real work" on breaking them in). You'll be delighted at the clever method behind David Solomon's Cutting Ten and impressed with how much excitement Eugene can derive from a Simple Spelling card trick and be drawn in by his presentation for Alan Ackerman's Gemini Money. And, for the first time, Eugene and David reveal two astonishing new methods for a U.F. Grant classic (which can now be done using the new style bills-or any type of currency) in The 21st Century Bill Transposition.
And there's more, because Eugene also offers special insights into spectator management, audience involvement, and the concepts and theories that transform his magic into something meaningful.
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Part 2: A Voyage to the Unreal World On this tape Eugene is also joined by Jeff McBride to explore his close-up magic that is offbeat, whimsical and decidedly strange. This journey begins with Flash Spirit Message, as efficient a link to the ghostly realm as you could ever ask for. In Double Reverse, a classic Walter Gibson effect that's been raised from a card trick into an evocative piece of intimate Spirit Theater (which includes Eugene's personal handling on Glorpy). Eugene's version of Al Baker's The Card in the Hat leads into a detailed discussion of advanced thread technique. Jeff then shows what happens when Mark Twain meets Robert Neale, as he performs and explains The Five Gifts of Life. A darker humor is on display when Eugene teaches Phil Goldstein's The Wagers of Sin. And finally, there's a thorough analysis of Matt Schulien's superb Corner in the Glass.
And there's much more, because Eugene also offers special insights into presentational framing, rehearsal techniques, and the concepts and theories that transform magic into something significant.
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Part 3: A Voyage to the Inner World If you've ever dreamed of a private session with Eugene Burger, now's your chance. On this tape it's just the two of you, as Eugene speaks his mind and opens up his heart. Sinology, a simple coin routine, becomes a parable about self-discovery. In his version of Lin Searles' Cannibals, Eugene combines sly humor with impressive technical chops that will fool you. In New Match Stickler, a Milbourne Christopher item usually thrown away as a bar stunt becomes a powerful mystery. More ominous themes are considered in Robert Neale's daring Last Dream. To conclude this encounter, Eugene discusses the thinking that led to the creation of two of his most requested routines, which he also performs: The Inquisition, his wickedly dark take on Roy Walton's Card Warp, and Shakespearean Thread (or, as Max Maven insists on calling it, "Vishnu Doesn't Live Here Anymore"), an evocative new presentation for the Hindu Thread.
Eugene also offers special insights into artistic expression, performance philosophy, and the concepts and theories that transform magic into something deeply personal.
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An Adventure Into the Deeper Meaning of Magic
First held in 1992, Eugene Burger and Jeff McBride's Mystery School promised to be a magic conference unlike any other: a group of magicians dedicated to seriously exploring the deeper sides of the art of magic. This event would not be held in a hotel or restaurant, but at a beautiful retreat center in nature where creativity and fellowship across differences could be inspired. Nine years later, after eleven incredibly successful sessions, Jeff and Eugene ended Mystery School at its peak.
Now, in Eugene Burger and Jeff McBride's first-ever collaborative work, the rest of us may at last peer into the shadowy conclave known as Mystery School. In this most unusual collection of essays, magic, ideas, and artwork the spirit of a very unique group of artists has been preserved, while still guarding the secrecy in which they met.
Featuring Jeff McBride stage masterpieces revealed for the first time, new pieces by Burger, and essays by Mystery School faculty member Robert Neale, plus magic and writings by some of the world's most magical thinkers, including: Bob Fitch, Dan Harlan, Paul Harris, Kevin James, Vito Lupo, Patrick Martin, Max Maven, Stephen Minch, Alain Nu and Peter Samelson.
Over 450 large-format pages printed on acid-free satin-finish paper, hardbound with 16 full-color pages showcasing the exotic art of Katlyn Breene and beautiful full-color dustjacket.
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Close-Up Performances
by Eugene Burger
Eugene Burger's "Series of Evocative Essays" that he hopes will, "Challenge ou, cause you to stop and reflect upon your own magic, inspire you to practice and rehearse, and, in the process, improve your own close-up magic performances."
Contents:
About the Writings
Foreword by Channing Pollock
Groundwork
What Is Close-Up Magic?
The Main Road
The Bert Allerton Aspirin Tin Routine
Hands
Making Cigarettes Disappear
The Pivot Vanish
Up the Nose
Using A Cigarette Pull
A Question of Character
Uncle Geek
Three-Card Monte As A Magical Entertainment
Magic Lectures
Rosini's Double Reverse
Conversation at the Airport
The Animated Matchbox
Performing for Magicians
Stealing
Spirit Candle in the Bottle
Books
Sylvia's Cards: An Excursion into Bizarre Magick
Negative Thought
The Haunted Pack
Questions and Answers on the Haunted Pack
Daydreaming and Imagination
An Imaginary Conversation with Eugene Burger
A Final Examination
Pages 134 - Hard Bound
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Spirit Theater
by Eugene Burger
Mind-boggling Mysteries!
If you've ever wondered what kinds of things went on at spirit seances during their 19th Century heyday, this amazing performance will illuminate some of those mysteries - and leave you puzzling over how the mediums did it.
The history of seances, essays on seance performance, 6 close-up effects with spirit themes, Eugene's own seance Hauntings, interviews with Tony Andruzzi and Max Maven, a reprint of the complete Sylvestre catalog of spirit paraphernalia from 1901, plus an annotated bibliography.
Table of Contents:
Part One: Setting the Stage First Words Point of Departure Spirits Spirit Theater Seances for Fun and Profit
Part Two: Ghostly Visitors in the Nineteenth Century Mesmer, Imagination and Suggestion The Summer-Land "One of the Great Points of Psychic Evolution" Manifestations from Beyond the Grave A Shooting Star Master Mediums
Part Three: Performance Character and Claims The Man of Mystery: A Conversation with Tony Andruzzi Building a Better Performance A Central Principle Seance Presenation: A Conversation with Max Maven The Dark Room Hauntings: A Conversation with Eugene Burger Spirit Theater for the Close-Up Entertainer
Part Four: Wanderings in the Spirit Field History Investigation Manifestations Performance Last Words
Pages 192 - Hard Bound
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