Werner Geissler

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W. Geissler (Werry)

Werner Geissler (artist name: Werry) (born April 13, 1925 in Düren ; † June 19, 2000 ibid) was a German magician , inventor, manufacturer and dealer of magic articles, author and publisher and educator of psi phenomena .

Life

Geissler was born in Düren as the son of a tiled stove maker from Thuringia . His interest in magic began when he saw a manipulator at a fair when he was twelve . After the Second World War , his father's workshop was destroyed and Werner Geissler took up the profession of magician in 1948, now he called himself “Werry”. In 1949 Werry met Theo Wolf (Torry) and began performing with him. Later they founded a magic device factory, in which Werry mainly produced his own inventions . To this end, he trained in several areas: he learned the printing trade and continued his education in the field of thermoforming and injection molding technology . Werry acquired several injection molding machines with which he mass-produced magic tricks out of plastic. Many of the tricks invented by Werry have been copied many times.

Since 1974 Werry had devoted himself to the fight against charlatanism in magic. He fought against people and principles who wanted or should give the impression of supernatural miracles. He uncovered the tricks of Uri Geller and then launched an awareness campaign against PSI media, which led to a lengthy article in the magazine Der Spiegel . On television he performed some Geller effects and other inexplicable feats to educate the audience.

Throughout his life he was considered an expert in the elucidation of supernatural abilities and psi phenomena .

The enterprise

  • 1950 Werry and Torry founded the company Werry & Torry Zauberkunst
  • In 1952 he began publishing the magazine Glamor Magical World that of the professional magician and author today Wittus Witt is published
  • 1957 Werry and Torry separated. Torry founds the Bad Wolf company
  • 1965 Establishment of an own workshop with a demonstration stage in Düren- Niederau
  • 1974 Opening of the Magic Center Studio in Düren-Niederau with a theater hall for 100 spectators

Well-known Werry inventions

  • 1957: Durania (mechanical billiard ball for doubling a ball)
  • 1959: Blitzcocktail (a liquid appears in two empty, transparent glasses)
  • 1960: Werrys Brain Wave Coin Box (a coin penetrates a crystal clear Plexiglas box )
  • 1961: Coca Cola Sensation (a filled Cola bottle disappears without a trace from a cardboard tube)
  • 1970: Magic with chips (magic tricks with poker chips)

Awards and honors

Publications (selection)

  • The Forced Choice (1955)
  • Werry's Fantastic Thimbles (1979) with Lewis Ganson
  • Bend!
  • Give the money!
  • Magic?
  • Article in Magische Welt , Magic Around the World

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Werry-A life around the magical world, 2001
  2. ↑ Example Blitzcocktail: Copy from Davenports, London under the name Clear Cocktail, catalog 1960; Copy by Joe Wildon, Bielefeld under the name Wundercocktail, catalog 1961
  3. ↑ Parapsychology: I don't know how . In: Der Spiegel . No. 5 , 1974, p. 102-123 ( online ).
  4. ^ Witt, Wittus: Werry-A life around the magical world , Krefeld 2001, ISBN 978-3000370403
  5. ↑ Back then, article in the journal Magische Welt , Issue 2-4, 39th year, 1990
  6. ↑ The bad wolf discount store, Theodor Wolf GmbH & Co. KG in Düren. In: pointoo.de. Retrieved August 29, 2015 .
  7. ↑ G. Portzky: Kabbalah, Golem and secret magic. In: Magische Welt , 22nd year, issue 6, 1973


personal data
SURNAME Geissler, Werner
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Werry (stage name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German magician, inventor, manufacturer and dealer of magical articles, author and publisher as well as educator of psi phenomena
DATE OF BIRTH April 13, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH Düren
DATE OF DEATH June 19, 2000
Place of death Düren