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M.Paul
New user
24 Posts
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Posted: May 8, 2012 3:41am
Hi All
I'm looking into working on a spirit cabinet routine , can anyone point me in the right direction to sorce info on this subject methods etc ?
Thanks in advance
Mark
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Jef Pedal
New user
23 Posts
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Posted: May 8, 2012 3:47am
It's selling time again!
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rjenkins
Inner circle
United Kingdom
1090 Posts
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Posted: May 8, 2012 5:26am
Look at Sefalaljia, the Stewart James classic routine. You can find the original manuscript (published in Jinx) online. Spellbinder at the Magic Nook website has a "Sefalaljia Revisited" ebook which has some very useful new ideas even if you don't like his basic premise (which is to use a plastic crate rather than a wooden cabinet). I developed my self-lighting candle idea from it. I'm also working on an automated Sefalaljia cabinet (well it's finished really, I just need to take some photos/video)
Jolyon Jenkins
Self lighting candles, spirit bells, falling picture frames ...
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magicusb
Special user
922 Posts
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Posted: May 8, 2012 6:09am
To rjenkins;
Would love to see those photos! Anything else on Spirit Cabinet work as well.
You can also PM me or write to me at magicus@comcast.net
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Voodini
Inner circle
1082 Posts
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Posted: May 8, 2012 7:45am
I'd probably suggest researching the Davenport Brothers? A visit to Amazon should yield some results book wise.
Derren Brown's classic take on the effect can be seen here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAt8HMadafs&feature=related
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Chris Meece
Elite user
Somerset Kentucky
414 Posts
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Posted: May 8, 2012 12:43pm
Voodini, originally that was my favorite clip of the spirit cabinet until I saw Derren perform it on his Enigma special: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXSYAKIkYk0
I used a very simple, portable version I learned from John Calvert. I had the opportunity to be in the cabinet with him when he lectured for us several years ago. Hocus Pocus is now selling his version along with the equipment needed: http://www.hocus-pocus.com/static/halloween2.htmlI had made my own.
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Voodini
Inner circle
1082 Posts
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Posted: May 8, 2012 12:51pm
Thanks for sharing that Chris! Unfortunately Channel 4 has blocked the clip in the UK on copyright grounds! Oh well! 
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Chris Meece
Elite user
Somerset Kentucky
414 Posts
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Posted: May 8, 2012 1:06pm
I almost forgot Copperfield's Barclay House routine .. I believe it is on the Illusions DVD.
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Necromancer
Inner circle
Chicago
2551 Posts
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Posted: May 8, 2012 3:10pm
Hi Mark,
You'll want to read this thread.
http://www.themagiccafe.com/forums/viewtopic.php?topic=8302&forum=14
Best,
Neil
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Pakar Ilusi
Inner circle
4633 Posts
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Posted: May 8, 2012 4:50pm
Quote:
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On 2012-05-08 13:06, Chris Meece wrote:
I almost forgot Copperfield's Barclay House routine .. I believe it is on the Illusions DVD.
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That wasn't a Spirit "Cabinet".
That was a Spirit "House"!
Well, if you have the money to pull it off... 
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Godzilla
Inner circle
Tied & Untied Witches on
2851 Posts
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Posted: May 8, 2012 5:05pm
Brown's cabinet,must have been really something!
In the video she starts out sitting on right,and ends up sitting on left! (her R&L)
The spirit must have thrown her all over the place! 
Maybe how loud Derren pulled the curtains shut...made him mad!
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Joshua J
Elite user
428 Posts
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Posted: May 8, 2012 5:05pm
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On 2012-05-08 12:51, Voodini wrote:
Thanks for sharing that Chris! Unfortunately Channel 4 has blocked the clip in the UK on copyright grounds! Oh well!
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The whole of the seance and enigma are available on 40D in the UK
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/derren-brown-the-specials/4od
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Chris Meece
Elite user
Somerset Kentucky
414 Posts
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Posted: May 9, 2012 10:21am
Very nice find Joshua J! The Evening of Wonders special has an awesome table tipping followed by floating table routine. I love how these two were blended together.
Edit: Dang it .. we can't watch these clips here in the US.
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JAlenS
Inner circle
Oklahoma
1213 Posts
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Posted: May 9, 2012 3:53pm
A top of the line spirit cabinet for a haunted doll or the vertically challenged seance performer
http://www.lebanoncircle.co.uk/Dolly%20Darko.html
http://www.dark-breeze.com/
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ILikeMentalism
New user
46 Posts
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Posted: May 10, 2012 5:31am
Would like to know if El Tab book about the Sefalaljia ever saw the light...
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rjenkins
Inner circle
United Kingdom
1090 Posts
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Posted: May 10, 2012 9:42am
I don't think so.
Jolyon Jenkins
Self lighting candles, spirit bells, falling picture frames ...
http://www.magicnook.com/Magi-tronics/Magi-tronicsBook1.htm
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ILikeMentalism
New user
46 Posts
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Posted: May 14, 2012 6:53pm
Had a short look at my collection...
Here are some books, that might give you some inspiration and information:
Mulholland, John Beware familiar spirits (1938)
Hamley, W.F. Katalog (1882)
Shaw, W.H.J. Magic up to date (1896)
Barnum, P.T. Humbugs of the world (1866)
Houdin, Robert Magie et physique amusante (1877)
Hoffman The secrets of stage conjuring (1881)
Vere, Aprey Ancient and modern magic (1879)
Anonymus Confessions of a medium (1882)
Truesdell, John W. Spiritualism: Bottom facts (1883)
Davenport, Reuben Biggs The death-blow to spiritualism (1888)
Mattinson, Reverend H. Spirit rapping unveiled! (1855)
Medium, A. Revelations of a spirit medium (1891)
Weatherly, Lionel A. + Maskelyne, John Nevil The supernatural? (1891)
Willmann, Carl Moderne Wunder (1892)
Evans, Henry Ridgely Hours with the ghosts (1897)
Evans, Henry Ridgely The spirit world unmasked (1902)
Robinson, William E. Spirit slate writing and kindered phenomena (1898)
Burlingame, H. J. Leaves from conjurers scrap books (1891)
If you need more, please let me know
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seadog93
Inner circle
Berkeley CA
2710 Posts
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Posted: May 14, 2012 8:52pm
The next "Doccinar," just in case you hadn't heard, is the first of a series focusing on Seance, specifically cabinet seances.
Very exciting stuff. http://www.docchilfordproducts.com/velvet-seance-doccinar/
-Lamar Keene's book "Psychic Mafia" has some great stuff; it's out of print, but it's not too expensive and you can get it free at the library.
-Tarbell also has some good stuff if I remember correctly.
-"Table Rappers" by Ronald Pearsall is also a great description of the faked seances that were performed in the spiritualist heyday, really interesting stuff.
Off the top of my head there are three basic ways of doing it.
-serious/real, as or like a spiritualist seance
-dramatic, David Copperfields cabinet/house/whatever is very dramatic but no one is going to think it's real
-comedic, John Calvert's routine is hilarious and very simple
-mixed, I think the Falkenstein's routine is somewhere between the serious/real and the dramatic
Which style are you interested in doing?
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