Eugene Burger - Spirit Theater

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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.

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