_EF The Wait Is Over! Eugene Burger’s Final Secrets have arrived! With the publication of Eugene Burger: From Beyond on Halloween of 2019, magicians around the world learned that Eugene and Larry Hass had been diligently working on two books for after his death that would share ALL of Eugene’s unpublished materials: essays, interviews, and above all, magic routines. Now, two years later, Eugene’s Final Secrets are ready arrive in your …
_EF In 2010, Eugene Burger asked Larry Hass to write and oversee two books that would share all of his unpublished material. Eugene had two firms conditions. First, that the books would only appear after his death. Second, that Larry could tell NO ONE about this project until after he was gone. After agreeing, Larry worked closely …
_EF 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 …
_EF The seven small booklets written by Eugene Burger and published in the early 1980’s: Secrets and Mysteries, Audience Involvement, Secrets of Restaurant Magic, Eugene Burger on Matt Schulien’s Fabulous Card Discoveries, Intimate Power, The Craft of Magic and Rediscoveries have long been out-of-print and commanding large sums of money second-hand. This new 230 page, …
_EF In 1995, two celebrated philosophers of magic, Eugene Burger and Robert E. Neale, wrote a book that examined the psychological, symbolic and spiritual roots of theatrical conjuring. The result was a work brimming with new ideas that set readers’ heads spinning and revealed a way of thinking about performing magic that is at the …
_EF Shall contemporary magic continue on its artlful downward spiral or shall we, as magicians, accept and appropriate these gifts which bizarre magick offers us? This, it seems to me, is perhaps the most crucial magical question of our time. How we answer it will determine both the character and quality of magic of the …
_EF Eugene Burger’s 134-Page, “series of evocative essays” that he hopes will, “challenge you, 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: 9 About the Writings 11 Foreword (written by Channing Pollock) 13 Groundwork: Burger talks …
5 out of 5 The first version of this remarkable illusion was invented by Okito c. 1904 (Dr Albo Vol 1, pg 103). Among others, variations have also been built by Thayer, National Magic Company, Henry Bohlen and Town House Magic (Deluxe Visible Block Penetration c. 1946), Richard Gerlitz, Mel Babcock, Magic Wagon, Mikame Craft, …
A precursor of this trick can be seen in a fortune telling method dating back at least to the 1800’s. A large key is bound tightly between the pages of a Bible, with the grip of the key sticking out at the top. Two people extend their forefingers to support the key and Bible, each …
The first version of this remarkable illusion was invented by Okito c. 1904 (Dr Albo Vol 1, pg 103). Among others, variations have also been built by Thayer, National Magic Company, Henry Bohlen and Town House Magic (Deluxe Visible Block Penetration c. 1946), Richard Gerlitz, Mel Babcock, Magic Wagon, Mikame Craft, and Nielsen Magic. It …
