The Gentleman's Book of Parlour Bizarre Magic 
by Reverend S. Ulysses Wainwright.

This book is a collection of seven bizarre magic presentations created by The Reverend S. Ulysses Wainwright, a bizarre magician and musician. The book is 72 pages, A4, comb bound with stiff covers.

Here you’ll find weird, odd, tongue in cheek, sinister, cute and funny routines using Tarot cards, coins, notes, business cards, playing cards and smoke machines.

CONTENTS:-

Introduction,

The Parlour Effects:-

"The Angel Satan", A deck of Tarot cards is used to represent the universe in a story of the universe's creation, apparent destruction and miraculous restoration.

Tales From The Mortuary, A self working coin transposition where eight old British pennies represent two grave robbers and six fresh corpses in a Victorian mortuary.

"SIns 'R' Us", Your guest is invited to the Pearly Gates, in the void between Heaven and Hell, to participate in a little game. Your guest is instructed to confess two wicked sins they have committed in their lifetime and scribe them onto two very unusual business cards.They will be judged on those sins. They await their fate and are finally rewarded with a very mysterious message.

"Jack Be Quick", Your guest is invited to travel 'back in time' to the year of Our Lord 1888 where terror ruled the streets of London. A deck of playing cards represents that year. Fifty two weeks of a terrible year. Your guest freely selects a playing card and signs their name on the card. A well known Victorian gentleman of that era pays your guest a very surprising visit.

"Spirito Da Fortuna", The performer unwraps a small bundle containing an old set of Gypsy Tarot cards, a small black wooden cross, an onyx orb and an ancient scroll. Using the bundle contents, one of your guests is invited to help you channel a message from the lands beyond time and space using an old ritual described in detail on the tattered scroll. Events take a very strange and unusual turn and your guest receives a personal message.

In Your Wallet Effects:-

"A Sicilian Tale",   Using only three playing cards, the performer spins a Mafioso tale of a cunning Godfather who orders his three sons to assassinate three meddling Sicilian brothers who are muscling in on the family business. The three brothers prove to be more cunning and leave the Godfather a chilling message.

"Snappy George", It's a normal evening in the Washington household where George, President of the United States of America and his wife Martha prepare to attend a Charity Ball. As the story of that evening unfolds, a George Washington dollar bill is used origami style and transformed into a 3D object which is a surprise gift for your guest.

These are all road tested routines so feel free to practice and perform them for your guests and enjoy the experience. 

Also included with this book is a five track C.D. collection of 'Bizarre Magic Music Soundscapes' written and composed specifically by the Reverend for a bizarre magic performance or Séance. (Track 2 is twenty minutes long and IDEAL for that Séance)  

Here are the Compact Disc Details:-

1. Victoriana (2:13). A Solemn creepy introductory piano composition - play this as you welcome your guests into your bizarre world.

2. Séance (21:18).  An eerie, mystical soundscape which is perfect for that séance performance or as an atmospheric background during your Bizarre Magick parlour show.

3. The Ghost of IL Collegio (4:47). Inspired by an actual ghost visitation the Reverend experienced in Northern Italy (next to a deconsecrated church). A three part melancholy Victorian gothic instrumental with harpsichord, cellos and violins.

4. Behold The Dark Angel (3:48). A Dark Gothic extravaganza where the Dark Angel is summoned forth. This will unnerve your guests.

5. Everlasting Arm (2:43). An old 19th Century hymn. Ideal as a closing piece for your show.

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This book and it's accompanying C.D. would not be listed on this website if they were not HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.

PRICE..... £12.99 plus postage and packing. [A bargain]

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