Mastering the Art of Magic

Collected Writings

Book
2000
Written by Eugene Burger
Work of Eugene Burger
228 pages (Hardcover), published by Kaufman and Company
Illustrated with drawings by Earle Oakes*
Language: English
97 entries
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Creators Title Comments & References Page AA Categories
Eugene Burger Looking Back
11
Secrets and Mysteries for the Close-up Entertainer
17
Philip Reed Willmarth Introduction
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 18
Part One: Secrets
20
Eugene Burger Drawing the Line on one's performing repertoire
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 20
Eugene Burger Names on using the names of the spectators
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 23
Eugene Burger Contact
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 25
Eugene Burger Not Hearing
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 26
Eugene Burger Energy
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 27
Eugene Burger Silence
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 28
Eugene Burger Discipline
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 28
Eugene Burger It's Done With Mirrors
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 30
Eugene Burger Hecklers
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 31
Eugene Burger Sponges ending with eighteen sponges in spectators hand
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 36
Part Two: Mysteries
36
Eugene Burger The Burned Card burned-in pentagram appears in selected card
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Variations
 39
Eugene Burger Glass Production producing a filled shot glass from spectators coat
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 41
Eugene Burger Finger Tip Holder
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 43
Eugene Burger Signed Card In Wallet presentational strategy, Mullica wallet
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Variations
 44
Philip Reed Willmarth, Eugene Burger Signed Bill In Matchbox seated at table
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 47
Eugene Burger Torn Card corner is torn of and then restored featuring a corner switch
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 51
Eugene Burger Traveling Card Card to Fire Purse or Matchbox
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Eugene Burger Séance "glorpy" and "out to lunch"
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Variations
 56
Eugene Burger Interlude One new comments on the previous items
 		60
Audience Involvement: A Lecture
67
Eugene Burger Presentation
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Eugene Burger, Alex Berecz Top Change theatrical dressing around a top change transformation
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 69
Eugene Burger Brain-Waved both sides of the deck can be displayed
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 72
Tape Locator Card transparent tape
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 74
Eugene Burger Brain-Waved Again another version, one suit can be named
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Variations
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Eugene Burger Water Suspension water is suspended in spectators bill
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 77
Eugene Burger Interlude Two new comments on the previous items
 		80
The Secrets of Restaurant Magic
83
Eugene Burger Point of Departure
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Eugene Burger Table Hopping
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Eugene Burger Hospitality
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Eugene Burger The Real Secrets
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Eugene Burger The Opening Effect Is You
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Eugene Burger Restaurants
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Eugene Burger Attitude
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Eugene Burger Random Thoughts
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Eugene Burger The Secrets Revisited
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 94
Eugene Burger Interlude Three new comments on the previous items
 		96
On Matt Schulien's Fabulous Card Discoveries
99
Philip Reed Willmarth Foreword
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 100
Eugene Burger The Trick and the Effects
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 102
Eugene Burger A Memory on Matt Schulien
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Eugene Burger The Card in the Matchbook
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Inspired by
 106
Folding in Sixth one-handed in palm
 		106
Eugene Burger The Corner in the Glass
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Inspired by
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Eugene Burger The Card Under the Tablecloth
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Inspired by
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Eugene Burger On Imitation
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Eugene Burger Interlude Four new comments on the previous items
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Intimate Power
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Philip Reed Willmarth Foreword
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 120
Eugene Burger Chapter One: What's In A Name?
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 121
Eugene Burger Chapter Two: Creating Interest
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 125
Eugene Burger The Card Cheat two cards put in center are produced with two-card throw
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Two-Card Throw
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Eugene Burger An Old Carnival Game heads or tails presentation for glass through table
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Eugene Burger A Voodoo Ritual presentation for ashes in the hand
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Variations
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Eugene Burger The Spectator is the Star
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 140
Eugene Burger Second-Hand Smoke cigarette up the nose
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Variations
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Eugene Burger Chapter Three: A Game of Wits
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Eugene Burger Spelling Stunner spectator cuts and spells his first name to selected card
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Will De Sieve* Master Card Control Gimmick coin impression
 		147
Maurice Fogel, Eugene Burger Fogel's Triple Prediction including "the necessary degree of error"
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 148
Eugene Burger Out of This World discussing the weak points, Grant's impromptu version
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Eugene Burger Easy Money Presentation restaurant presentation
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Eugene Burger Chapter Four: Precision
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Dale Anthony, Eugene Burger Dracula and the Sorority Girls Queen becomes faded, a card appears under a thumb tack on the case
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  • "Under Attack" (Dale Anthony)
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Eugene Burger Chapter Five: Confidence and Power
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Eugene Burger Interlude Five new comments on the previous items
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The Craft of Magic and other Writings
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Philip Reed Willmarth Foreword
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Eugene Burger Introductory Note
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Eugene Burger The Craft of Magic
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Eugene Burger Interest
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Eugene Burger Developing Our Practice
174
Eugene Burger Learning to Rehearse
176
Eugene Burger The Tools of Our Craft
177
Eugene Burger Critical Awareness and Honesty
178
Eugene Burger The Future of Restaurant Magic
179
Eugene Burger Presentational Style
181
Eugene Burger Easy Spelling two demonstration cards are spelled to by performer, then spectator spells his own selection
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Al Baker, Eugene Burger, Clayton Rawson* The Impossible Force spectator cuts, bottom pile secretly turned over
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Milbourne Christopher*, Eugene Burger The Flying Match
188
Eugene Burger Slow Motion Bill Change
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Eugene Burger A Conversation in Hell Between a Professional Magician, an Amateur, and a Prostitute
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Eugene Burger Interlude Six new comments on the previous items
 		198
Eugene Burger, David Parr The Twenty-First Century Bill Transposition version for the new U.S. currency
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Rediscoveries: New Ways of Framing Old Favorites
209
Eugene Burger Introduction
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 210
Maurice Fogel, Eugene Burger Psychic Sense "A New Analysis Of The Three Card Prediction"
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 211
Eugene Burger The Visibly Turning Cards Rosini's Double Reverse with glorpy
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Inspired by
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Eugene Burger Ashes on the Palm for Non-Smokers
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Variations
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Eugene Burger Final Words
225
Data entered by Andreas Zirngibl & Denis Behr, November 2005.