Paramiracles

1994
Written by Ted Lesley, Stephen Minch
Work of Ted Lesley
300 pages (Hardcover), published by Hermetic Press
Illustrated with drawings by Kelly Lyles
Language: English
72 entries
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Creators Title Comments & References Page AA Categories
Thomas Alan Waters Introduction
ix
Toni Forster Foreword
  • Ted Lesley As Magic Enthusiast
  • Ted Lesley As Performer
  • Ted Lesley As Mensch
  • Ted Lesley As Inventor
  • Finally, About this Book
 		xi
Ted Lesley Notes on My Life with Friends includes Werry, Punx, Bernd Martin Langscheid
 		1
Chapter One - Tricks of Raised Consciousness
13
Ted Lesley Danny Ray & Marcelle
15
Ted Lesley Tricks of Raised Consciousness on locator cards
 		17
The Split Card part of other card glued on back
 		19
Will De Sieve The Will De Sieve Gimmick coin leaves circular impression
 		19
Jontay The Jontay Gimmick ridge along line on picture card
 		20
Dick Koornwinder The Koornwinder Gimmick glue spots
 		21
The Breather Crimp
21
Ted Lesley The Principle principle to force one out of three cards, three marked locator cards, spectator cuts deck in his hands
Related to 24
Ted Lesley The Kismet Connection spectator cuts to a card which matches card from second deck which was placed in envelope
Related toVariations 27
Norman Houghton Kismet three-way envelope
 		28
Ted Lesley Two Decks with But a Single Thought a spectator selects card and places it unseen inside an envelope, other spectator selects same card, Kismet envelope
 		34
Ted Lesley The More Frequent Miracle two people deal cards from shuffled decks until two cards match, matching card is predicted reversed in third deck, repeated by reversing new card and cutting other two decks
Inspired by
  • Tom Bowyer's "The Frequent Miracle" in "The Sphinx" Vol. 39, Nr. 3. P. 67. 1940.
 37
Ted Lesley Medium in Your Pocket medium is called during radio show, host opens new deck, shuffles, cuts and put one card inside his pocket
Inspired by 42
Ted Lesley Alpha forcing a word using ABC cards, cards are shuffled and some card selected by cutting, word is formed by spectator
 		46
Ted Lesley Nap on the Ridge winner receives the deck
 		49
Ted Lesley, Philip T. Goldstein The Out of Sorts Variations thought-of card (from eight) found and named with back turned, two variations
Inspired by 52
Ted Lesley Seer of the Trivial answer to question from Trivial Pursuit is predicted in envelope
 		60
Ted Lesley Prediction Envelope multiple-out index envelope, content held with pins
 		63
Ted Lesley Princess of the Opera five opera songs are divined by pianist, selection using opera tickets
  • A Theater Version
Inspired by
  • "Pick Up an Object" on "Finn John: Mentalism" video tape.
Related to 		69
Chapter Two - Paperworks
77
Ted Lesley Boris Bossi and Eschi
79
Ted Lesley Thoughts Untouched name and symbol written on cards and sealed in envelope, both are divined by performer
Inspired by 81
Ted Lesley Black Magic method to read information of business card, card placed inside envelope, using stack of cards
Also published here
  • "Magische Welt" Vol. 27, No1. 1978. P. 27.
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Ted Lesley Dissertation on the Center Tear on the presentation of the center tear and billet reading, with several anecdotes
Related to 93
Chapter Three - Arsenal
105
Ted Lesley Raxon
107
Ted Lesley Spare Change prediction of amount of coins spectator has in wallet, missing a coin in spectator's pocket is added to match prediction
Related toAlso published here 109
Ted Lesley The Working Performer's Switch Pad sheet is switched while it is removed from pad, clipped corner
 		111
Ted Lesley Border Intelligence using used writing pad as a word index
 		115
Ted Lesley Dream Decks history and ideas for the Bagshawe / Koran Forcing deck
 		117
Ted Lesley Symbolico deck with symbols, chosen one is divined, Koran type with pumping feature
 		121
Ted Lesley Effects for an Invisible Author ideas with "Magic Pens", invisible ink becomes visible when drawing with other pen over it
  • The Book Test
  • Living an Dead
  • Pseudo Psychometry
Related to
  • Larry Becker's "The $5,000 Challenge Prediction"
 125
Ted Lesley The Mentalist's Close-up Corner on having a performing station / booth for events, people approach magician
 		128
Ted Lesley The Mentalist's Tablecloth magnets under tablecloth, plate lifter used, to cue spectator, move objects etc.
  • The Dung Beetle Revelations
  • The Living Dead
  • Greased Ghost (Haunted deck with plate lifter method)
  • Grand Mal Geller (spoon in bag moves and bends)
Related to 132
Ted Lesley Meine Version des Hold-Out with two rubber bands looped together and attached to string, method to vanish spoon and to steal billets
Also published here
  • "Meine Version des Hold-Out" in "Magische Welt", Vol. 38, No. 3. 1989. P. 211.
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Chapter Four - Pro-monition
145
Ted Lesley Ralf and Inge Bialla
147
Ted Lesley Pro-monition Premonition routine, card found in performer's pocket
 		149
Ted Lesley Card Index with rubber bands
 		156
Chapter Five - New Pseudo-psychometric Exercises
163
Ted Lesley Alexander Adrion
165
Ted Lesley New Pseudo-psychometric Exercises general comments and ideas
 		167
Ted Lesley Technicolor Graphology spectators write on paper cards, performer assigns them correctly, pseudo-psychometry
Inspired by 170
Ted Lesley Crimmerian Psychometry pseudo psychometry, method to mark envelopes during performance, blindfolded
 		173
Ted Lesley Black Magic² Pseudo Psychometry, information written on business cards, last information is a number which is divined by doing a magic square
Inspired by 177
Punx Impression Method impression taken from note written with a pencil
Also published here
  • "Super Punx Test" in "Fourth Dimensional Mystery"
 179
Chapter Six - The Teleport Envelope
185
Ted Lesley Milo and Roger
187
Ted Lesley The Teleport Envelope general remarks
Variations 189
Ted Lesley Serial Killer using the Teleport Envelope
 		191
Ted Lesley Sign Onboard signed card travels to envelope, Teleport Envelope
Related to 194
Ted Lesley Herald from the Invisible Realms an invisible though of card is put in an invisible envelope and sealed in an empty visible envelope, including sticker with named number, Teleport Envelope
Related to 196
Appearing Pencil sleeving
 		200
Ted Lesley The Sough of Horses' Wings part of chosen page appears in envelope, Teleport envelope
  • Surrounded Performance
 		203
Barrie Richardson Page Force coin
 		204
Ted Lesley Construction of the Teleport Envelope
Also published here
  • "Neuer Teleportations-Umschlag" in "Magische Welt" Vol. 30, Nr. 6. 1981. P. 307.
 211
Chapter Seven - Brainbusters
219
Ted Lesley Billy McComb
221
Ted Lesley News Time set time is divined by cutting news paper
Inspired by 223
Ted Lesley My Telephone Directory Test three phases, with prediction finale, using a knife
Inspired by
  • Kurt Teichmann's "Telephone Directory Test"
 232
Ted Lesley Mind Over Meniscus with wine glass
 		242
Ted Lesley Guiding Star prediction slip in pill box of spectator's zodiac sign
 		251
Ted Lesley Pay Blaze performer's fee in envelope, all but one envelopes are burnt
Inspired by 255
Ted Lesley Early Edition newspaper headline prediction, sent by mail in advance, several methods
 		263
Chapter Eight - Mind Bender
273
Ted Lesley Marvyn and Carol Roy - "Mr. Electric"
275
Ted Lesley Mind Bender champagne glass on pile of books visibly bends, also glasses in hands of spectators are bent at the end
Related toVariations 277
Ted Lesley Do the Right Thing: A Parting Word on copying magicians, stealing ideas
 		291
Data entered by Lorenz Schär, September 2021.