Spirit Theater

Reflections On The History And Performance Of Seances

1986
Written by Eugene Burger
Work of Eugene Burger
192 pages (Hardcover), published by Kaufman and Greenberg
Illustrated with photographs and drawings by Richard Kaufman
Language: English
36 entries
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Part One: Setting the Stage
10
Sandra Pesmen 1. First Words
Also published here
  • Crain's Chicago Business, June 26, 1978
 11
Eugene Burger 2. Point of Departure on Seances
 		13
Eugene Burger 3. Spirits
15
Eugene Burger 4. Spirit Theater
20
Eugene Burger 5. Seances for Fun and Profit
22
Part Two: Ghostly Visitors in the Nineteenth Century
29
Eugene Burger 6. Mesmer, Imagination, and Suggestion
30
Eugene Burger 7. The Summer-Land
32
Eugene Burger 8. "One of the Great Points of Psychic Evolution" Fox Sisters
 		34
Eugene Burger 9. Manifestations from Beyond the Grave
46
Eugene Burger 10. A Shooting Star
52
Eugene Burger 11. Master Mediums
  • Henry Slade
  • Florence Cook
  • D. D. Home
 		57
Part Three: Performance
71
Eugene Burger 12. Character and Claims performance tips for seances
 		72
Eugene Burger, Tony Andruzzi 13. The Man of Mystery "A Conversation with Tony Andruzzi"
 		83
Eugene Burger 14. Building a Better Performance
93
Eugene Burger 15. A General Principle
  • Less is More
 		97
Eugene Burger, Max Maven 16. Seance Presentation
99
Eugene Burger 17. The Dark Room with lists of seance effect examples
 		107
Eugene Burger, Richard Kaufman 18. Hauntings "A Conversation with Eugene Burger"
 		118
19. Spirit Theater for the Close-Up Entertainer
135
Eugene Burger, Bruce Bernstein The Haunted Key key turns on hand
 		135
Eugene Burger Spirit Messages message appears on crumpled-up cigarette paper
Inspired by 138
Eugene Burger The Halloween Spirit ten cards with names, one chosen, name appears on mini slates
 		143
A Simple Card Force broken count force
Related to 143
Eugene Burger Seance Revisited "glorpy" and "out to lunch"
Inspired byRelated to 145
Eugene Burger Catching a Spook lengthwise folded bill moves to stand upright, thread attached to thumb and second finger
Inspired by 152
Eugene Burger The Thread of Life and Death
156
Part Four: Wanderings in the Spirit Field
165
Eugene Burger 20. History
166
Eugene Burger 21. Investigation
171
Eugene Burger 22. Manifestations
177
Eugene Burger 23. Performance
181
Eugene Burger 24. Last Words
185
Lawrence Jarchow (reviewer) Hauntings by Eugene BurgerAlso published here
  • North Shore, Oct. 1979
 188
Data entered by Denis Behr, April 2023.