Spirit Theater
by Eugene Burger

Mind-boggling Mysteries!

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.

Table of Contents:
# Part One: Setting the Stage First Words
# Point of Departure
# Spirits
# Spirit Theater
# Seances for Fun and Profit

Part Two: Ghostly Visitors in the Nineteenth Century
# 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
# Character and Claims The Man of Mystery: A Conversation with Tony Andruzzi
# Building a Better Performance
# A Central Principle
# Seance Presentation: 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
# History
# Investigation
# Manifestations
# Performance
# Last Words

Pages 192 - Hard Bound