Eugene Berger: Final Secrets by Lawrence Hass, Eugene Burger

Details: 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Eugene and Larry Hass had been diligently working on two books for after his death that would share ALL of Eugene’s unpublished materials: essays, interviews, and above all, magic routines.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 hands!

Eugene Burger: Final Secrets is a big book of overwhelming treasures. It is almost twice as long as From Beyond. It includes complete explanations for over 17 of Eugene’s most closely guarded close-up card magic routines, including “Influence,” “Fishing,” Destiny Has a Name,” “Order and Chaos,” “Thought Sender,” “Unfazed,” and every detail  of 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 Secrets includes access to 27 video and audio recordings of 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• Features 17 of Eugene’s Unpublished Close-Up Card Routines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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