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Effect: The Wait Is Over! Eugene Burger’sFinal Secretshavearrived!
With the publication of Eugene Burger: From Beyondon Halloween of2019, magicians around the world learned thatEugeneand Larry Hass had been diligently working on twobooks forafter his death that would shareALL ofEugene’sunpublished materials: essays, interviews, and above all, magic routines. Now, two years later, Eugene’sFinal Secretsare readyarrivein your hands!
Eugene Burger: Final Secretsis a big book of overwhelmingtreasures. It is almost twice as longasFrom Beyond. It includes complete explanations for over17 of Eugene’s most closely guarded close-up card magic routines, including “Influence,” “Fishing,” Destiny Has a Name,” “Order and Chaos,” “Thought Sender,” “Unfazed,” andevery detailof how he delighted audiences all over the world with“The Trick that Cannot Be Explained.”Alongside powerful essays, interviews, photographs, discussions, and the complete text of his overlooked masterpiece,Growing in the Art of Magic,Final Secretsincludes access to27 video and audio recordingsof the Master performing and teaching his most closely guarded routines.
- Features 17 of Eugene’s Unpublished Close-Up Card Routines
- Includes his legendary work on “The Trick that Cannot Be Explained”
- Access to 27 videos and audios of Eugene performing, explaining, and teaching
- 352-page Hardcover with glossy insert
Contents:
LIST OF VIDEOS AND MEDIA……………….xi
INTRODUCTION: FINAL SECRETS:…………xiii
OPENING INTERVIEW:
EUGENE SPEAKS AGAIN!………………xxi
PART ONE: CLASSICS
1 The Tyranny of the New …………….. 3
2 Influence…………………………9
3 “Can You Tell Me the Best Card Tricks?”…….. 23
4 Thought Sender……………………. 27
5 Jumbo Card Prediction………………… 4 3
6 Performing Stunts and Performing Magic………47
7 Destiny Has a Name (including Max Maven’s Viva Las Vegas)………5 I
PART TWO: GROWING IN THE ART OF MAGIC (1992)
1 Growing………………………..70
2 The Way of the Magician………………72
3 Managing People Close-Up……………… 75
4 Before the Show……………………8 I
5 After the Show…………………….. 8 6
6 The Origin and Symbolism of Magic…………8 9
7 The Future of Magic…………………92
8 Seeking a Magical Vision……………… 9 5
9 Imagination, Solitude, and Creativity………..I 0 2
10 The Flow of Water………………….. I 0 5
Addendum:
An Interview with Michael Caplan (August 2020)…..I 07
PART THREE: CLOSE-UP CARD MAGIC
AND PERFORMING PHILOSOPHY
8 The Legacy of Bert Allerton………………I I 5
9 Eugene’s Approach to Card Magic:
Interviews and Techniques……………….I I 7
1 The Crimp…………………….. I 2 I
2 False Shuffles and False Cut…………… I 25
3 Clocking the Deck and an Unnamed Effect….. I 2 5
4 A Top-Secret Device……………….. 129
10 Three Entertaining Discoveries…………..I 3 3
1 The Robot……………………..I 3 3
2 Einstein’s Card Trick……………… 138
3 Perfect Speller……………………I 4 I
11 Selecting Magic to Perform……………… 147
12 Fishing…………………………I 5 I
13 Entries from Eugene’s Notebooks (with Jeff McBride)…I 5 7
14 Observo……………………….. I 65
15 Two Unrecorded Gems………………. 173
16 Order and Chaos…………………… 177
17 Unfazed……………………….. I 85
PART FOUR: CONVERSATIONS
18 Early Professional Days: An Interview………. I 9 5
19 A Conversation with Eugene Burger: The Making of Magical Voyages (by Jim Sisti)…. 207
20 The Magic Beard………………….. 2 I 3
21 O. K. Bouwsma’s Coin………………..225
22 Eugene Burger: An Interview with Max Maven…..227
23 The Last Lesson (by Ricardo Rosenkranz)……. 23 9
24 Two Gifts from Michael Caplan………….. 249
PART FIVE: PSYCHOLOGICAL CARD MAGIC
25 Eugene’s Approach to Equivoque………….. 25 3
1 Interview…………………….. 25 4
2 Eugene’s Definition and Principles……….. 25 6
3 Workshops……………………..262
4 Forcing Sequences for Up to Five Objects…… 268
5 Eugene’s Equivoque Routines…………. 272
A Cool Spell…………………..272
B The Horowitz Variation…………….275
C The Marked Card………………27 6
D B’wave…………………… 278
E The N’Gai Dog Race…………….282
6 Two Additional Handouts: “Performance Script for Magician’s Choice” and “Practicing Equivoque”.. 2 8 4
7 Selected Resources on Equivoque……….. 2 8 7
26 The Trick that Cannot Be Explained……… 29 I
1 Stage One: Discussion Points and Variables….29 4
2 Stage Two: Discussion Points and Variables….29 6
3 Stage Three: Discussion Points………….3 0 I
4 Interview……………………..3 0 I
5 Eugene’s Failure Out, Repeat Variations, and Building a Set…….. 303
FINIS………………………………….306
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS…………………….3 09
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY…………………311
ABOUT THE AUTHORS……………………3 I 7
ABOUT THEORY AND ART OF MAGIC PRESS….3 I 9
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