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Tony Shiels

(1938 - )

Born in Salford, Lancashire, England. Inspired as young lad seeing Dante, Cecil Lyle, Galli Galli, and other magi at the Blackpool Palace Theatre. Artist by profession. Part-time pro magician since c1963. Pro tent show with mental magic and mentalism. A pioneer in bizarre magick. His daughter, "Cait Sidh", also participated as a witch.

See also the book Monstrum! A Wizards Tale and www.francis-shiels.co.uk where you can see some of Tony's paintings.

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It's Alive: The World of Tony 'Doc' Shiels by Tony Shiels

This is not your typical magic video. While Tony Shiels demonstrates a few bizarre magic effects, it is for the most part a human interest piece. Tony invites us into his home as well as into the woods where we see him talking, walking, pointing at leaves and stones, giving performance advice and pondering the past - all done in his weird and unique way.

If you want to learn more about the personality behind Tony Shiels you will love this video. If you are after the next best effect you will certainly be disappointed.

Includes a five minute intro with Martin Breese talking about his foray...

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Bizarre: Surreal Sorcery by Tony Shiels

Psientific Pseudo Psi, Mountebankery, Monstrosities and Horrors. Weird tricks for the magickal story-teller.

1st edition 1988, 87 pages; 1st digital edition 2012, PDF 62 pages.

Table of Contents

  1. Introduction

  2. CHAPTER ONE: PSCIENTIFIC PSEUDO PSI
  3. Around The World In 80 Seconds

  4. CHAPTER TWO: SURREALCHEMY
  5. Dreams And Destiny
  6. Automatism
  7. Le Jeu De Marseille

  8. CHAPTER THREE: MOUNTEBANKERY

  9. CHAPTER FOUR: BIZARRE MAGICK
  10. Black Christmas
  11. Casting The Runes
  12. Over-Familiarity
  13. Tools Of The Trade
  14. The Knowledge

  15. CHAPTER FIVE: CAIT SIDH
  16. The Witch's Web
  17. Psyche's Revenge
  18. The Irish Factotum ...
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Bizarre Magic by Tony Shiels

Stephen King in his book Dance Macabre, a book that deals with horror in literature and film, pointed out that the only two kinds of movies which produced an audible reaction from an audience were comedy and horror.

It was Tony Shiels who pushed magic in the direction of horror and, long before magic-as-theatre became the latest fad, suggested that tricks could be made more entertaining if their presentations were more dramatic; perhaps a little out of the ordinary. Few took up the suggestion but those that did went on to found what is today known as Bizarre Magick; magic which involves those...

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