Mentalism teaching spiritual Theater Eugene Burger – Spirit Theater
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.
Part One: Setting the Stage
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– First Words
– Point of Departure
– Spirits
– Spirit Theater
– Seances for Fun and Profit
Part Two: Ghostly Visitors in the Nineteenth Century
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– 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
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– 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
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– History
– Investigation
– Manifestations
– Performance
– Last Words
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