Excellent manual with instructions for performing illusions with live doves. Also detailed sections on care and training of doves. If you are thinking about adding dove magic to your act, this is the manual to have!

This popular handbook covers everything you wanted to know about the art of dove magic, including the care and feeding of doves, selection and maintenance of cages, safe harnesses, and proper and effective dove training methods.

You'll also learn some great effects and routines, including Slydini's Master Dove Production, as well as "Floating Dove", "Egg To Dove", "Dove Tray Production", "Productions Dove Cage", and more.

Softbound. 153 pages. Photos and illustrations.
Written by the legendary Marian Chavez, co-founder of the Chavez School of Magic.

The White Dove has been one of the most universal symbols of love, peace and safety throughout history. In the Old Testament, Noah released a dove from the Ark after forty days and forty nights of rain. The dove returned with the twig of an olive tree in its beak, signifying that the flood had ended and that it was safe to venture out of the Ark. This is the origin of the symbol of the dove and olive branch.

White doves are used in magic acts because 1) doves cannot fly very well, 2) doves tend to be very calm and quiet when confined in small spaces, and 3) the white color shows up well on stage.