Spirit Theater by Eugene Burger ( Instant Download )

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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 ProfitPart 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 MediumsPart 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 EntertainerPart Four: Wanderings in the Spirit Field
• History
• Investigation
• Manifestations
• Performance

• Last Words