A fascinating glimpse into Okito's (Theo Bamberg) life and creations. The Bamberg dynasty had magicians spanning seven generations. Okito was a prolific inventor, builder of tricks, and exceptional performer. Learn the details of many of his most cherished secrets.
From the introduction by Dorny:
As the inventor of more magical effects than anyone else in the past half-century, he is constantly planning and building new tricks and illusions. In the construction of his miracles, he is a perfectionist. His finished work is always a masterpiece. Nothing is left to chance. With Theo, it must work.
- Preface To Revised Edition
- An Open Letter From Victor Farelli
- Introduction
- Foreword
- Part One: REMINISCENCES
- I. The Elements Of Magic
- II. The Progress Of Magic
- III. Classical Conjurers
- IV. Romantic Magicians
- V. History Of The Floating Ball
- Part Two: SELECTED TRICKS
- I. Sleights And Techniques
- Okito Sleeving Technique
- Technique For The Barehanded Production Of A Silk
- Notes On The Cups And Balls
- Slydini Transcended
- A Third Arm
- "Vanishing" Cloths
- A Hat Loading Device
- A Deceptive Change Of A Card
- Sleights With Cigars
- Classical Technique For The Production Of Bowls
- Bowls Of Cigarettes, Cigars, And Candy
- The Rabbit From The Spectator's Coat
- II. Small Magic
- The Han Ping Chien Coin Trick
- Three Malini Tricks
- The Okito Coin Box
- A Penetrative Coin
- The Hindoo Talisman
- The Knotted String
- More On The Sixth Finger
- The Silk Elixirs
- III. Medium-Sized Magic
- L'homme Masqué Rising Cards
- Transposition Extraordinary
- Okito's Card Mystery
- The Bill And The Lemon
- The New Envelope Mystery
- The New Bewitched Blocks
- The Sympathetic Colors
- Okito's Handkerchief Tray
- The Japanese Glass Shades
- The Nested Tubes
- An Egg And A Canary
- The Enchanted Rice
- The Mysterious Casket
- The Triangular Mystery
- The Tea Canister Mystery
- Linkage
- IV. Large Magic
- A Note On The Mechanical Tricks
- The Chimerical Foulards
- Foulard And Candle
- The Siamese Cylinders
- Multum In Parvo
- Birth Of The Lotus Flowers
- Scare Mask And Dove
- A Break-Away Casket
- The Ubiquitous Duck
- Where Do The Ducks Come From?
- Bowl And Ducks
- The Inexhaustible Bowl
- Expanding Bowl
- The Disappearing Bowl Of Water
- The Production Of Eight Glasses Of Liquid
- V. Magic With Living People
- From Shadow To Life
- Ming Toy
- Hi-Strung
- The Mandarin's Dream
- ADDITIONAL OKITO ORIGINALS
- Impossible Lit Cigarette Vanish
- The Caliph's Dream
- Okito's Ringer
- The Impossible Escape
- Thru The Needle's Eye
- Oho!
- Oho Extra!
1st edition 1952, revised 1973, 241 pages; PDF 185 pages.
word count: 70931 which is equivalent to 283 standard pages of text