Okito on Magic: Reminiscences and Selected Tricks by Okito & Robert Parrish

Okito on Magic: Reminiscences and Selected Tricks by Okito & Robert Parrish

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.