Broken Wand

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Dennis Kyriakos
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Broken Wand

Postby Dennis Kyriakos » July 17th, 2003, 9:50 am

Hello

We recently lost a fellow magician who I was very close to, and I have been asked to perform a Broken Wand ceremony.

Can someone point me towards the original version?

Please feel free to email me at aikiboy@bway.net

Thanks for your help
Dennis

Jeff Haas
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Re: Broken Wand

Postby Jeff Haas » July 17th, 2003, 11:42 am

A quick Google search brought up the following...

Broken Wand Ceremony
http://www.magictricks.com/library/glossary.htm

Special ceremony conducted at the funeral of a magician in which a wand is broken to symbolize the loss of magical power. First conducted by the Society of American Magicians at Houdini's memorial service in 1926.

IBM version of the ceremony:

http://www.magician.org/BrokenWand.htm

If you're in the SAM, your local assembly should have their version.

Jeff


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