Revelations

It's been 30 years since the initial release of Revelations, the monumental video set that immortalized the life and work of perhaps one of the greatest magicians who ever lived - the Professor himself, Dai Vernon.

In celebration, we are proud to offer the 30th Anniversary Box Set which features all 17 volumes of Revelations digitally remastered on 8 DVDs. Also included are three bonus DVDs that contain extremely rare footage of Vernon lectures from the 1970's - almost six hours of material that almost no one has ever seen before. Included also are four audio CDs of Vernon lectures from the 1960s and two commemorative booklets. The first is a facsimile of the original Videonics Revelations catalog with comprehensive commentary on each volume by Sid Lorraine while the second contains Dr. Gene Matsuura's original notes made at Dai Vernon's farewell lecture in 1976.

Everything is packaged in a full color slipcase that is sure to make this set one of the most desirable magic keepsakes ever released.

The Professor, Dai Vernon, is the single most important figure in the entire universe to ever exist in all of eternity, or at least very close. Not only did he present us with a vast number of innovations in technique, effect, theory, etc., he lived to be 98 years old meeting and interacting with nearly every other great magician and was able to pass on many of their great lessons and teaching to subsequent generations.For example, due to his association with Dr. Elliott, he learned, amongst other things, the great piece of advice, “Be natural and use your head.” He took this phrase and applied it to a lot of magic to improving it immensely, and, also, passed it along to his students and had it in his writings. This is just one example of many, and we owe the Professor a great deal for all he has added to the art.

Although the Professor kept many of his secrets sub rosa for much of his life, he changed his mind later on and, with the help of Lewis Ganson and Faucett Ross, among others, allowed many of his creations to be published in his various books. These include the Dai Vernon Book of Magic, the Inner Card Secrets books, the Vernon Chronicles, and, one of the crown jewels, Revelation, his study of Erdnase’s the Expert at the Card Table.

The fourth volume of the Vernon Chronicles included many of his reminiscences and David Ben has written the first volume of an excellent biography for those that wish to learn more. Also, you should definitely study The Vernon Touch, a collection of his column in Genii magazine, and The Vernon Chronicles video series. They are about as close as you can get to spending time with this extraordinary gentleman.