Thornton's Secrets of Mental Magic

1958
Written by Dr. Spencer Thornton
Work of Dr. Spencer Thornton
28 pages (Stapled), published by Selfpublished
Illustrated with drawings
Language: English
31 entries
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Dr. Spencer Thornton Introduction
Dr. Spencer Thornton Section One - One Man Mentalism
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Dr. Spencer Thornton Thorntonism people write information on different billets, selected one is divined, method to switch billets with a magazine
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Dr. Spencer Thornton Other Thorntonism Ideas for a serial number divination, switching playing cards and appearance of a message
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Dr. Spencer Thornton Pulse Control slow down, speed up and eventually stop the pulse, method without gimmick
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Dr. Spencer Thornton Thornton's Impossible Book Test book test, with playing card to chose the page
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Dr. Spencer Thornton Direction of Thought business cards with ESP symbols on one side are put on the table, spectator draws symbols on other side, they match perfectly
Variations 5
Dr. Spencer Thornton Precognition number prediction on slate, out to lunch principle
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Dr. Spencer Thornton Mind Over Mind chosen symbol is predicted in a clip, bulldog clip to switch billet
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Dr. Spencer Thornton Other Ideas for the Gimmick Clip
  • Par X Prediction (number prediction)
  • Variations
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Dr. Spencer Thornton The Sensitive Touch spectators write billets with names of american and foreign cities, wand points automatically to several billets and divides the american cities from the foreign ones
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Dr. Spencer Thornton Mental Three Shell Game object under one of three cups
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Dr. Spencer Thornton I'll Read Your Mind several magazines
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Dr. Spencer Thornton Anytime, Anywhere - For Newspaper Publicity prediction of personal information is written in front of a person, put in an envelope and mailed to the spectator
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Dr. Spencer Thornton Futuramic Headline Prediction prediction mailed
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Dr. Spencer Thornton Minds In Unison a city and an auto license plate are selected, they match and were predicted too
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Dr. Spencer Thornton The Mentalist's Pencil performer leaves the room and three cards are selected and hidden, all cards are divined
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Dr. Spencer Thornton Initial Psychometry three spectator select a card and sign their name on a paper, performer in other room looks at the names and divines the cards
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Dr. Spencer Thornton Mind to Mind medium blindfolded, performer walks around touching people and object everything is correctly described
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Dr. Spencer Thornton Section Three - Do-It-Yourself Ideas
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Dr. Spencer Thornton The Pocket Writer model of a pocket writer
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Dr. Spencer Thornton Two Man Mentalism medium divines three selected card
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Dr. Spencer Thornton The Diminishing Mirror
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Dr. Spencer Thornton Transmission by Contact divination of drawing, slate
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Dr. Spencer Thornton Magnetic Fingers objects stick to the hand
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Dr. Spencer Thornton The Locator Card locator card with a thread
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Dr. Spencer Thornton Using Your Bottomless Glass prediction of a card put in a glass and covered by a handkerchief
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Dr. Spencer Thornton Putting Your One Way Forcing Deck to Use - Simultaneous Discovery-Book Test
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Dr. Spencer Thornton Free Choice with a fanned deck, three cards chosen and divined
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Dr. Spencer Thornton The Exchange Tray
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Dr. Spencer Thornton The Mystery of the Keys keys sealed in envelopes
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Data entered by Lorenz Schär, May 2016.