Mental Stuff

31 entries in Match & Matchbox / Match / Mental Stuff
  
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Tom Sellers Match Divination spectator removes matches, performer divines number of remaining matches Tricks That Work 3
Tom Sellers A Novel Match Box and Die Trick multiple out one out of six predictionVariations Tricks That Work 16
Frank N. Dodd The Double Steal number "selected" with dice is predicted by number of matchesRelated toAlso published here The Jinx 1-50 (Issue 36) 244
Edward Victor A Match Divination divination of amount of selected matchesRelated to Magic of the Hands 114
Unknown Divination with Matches number of matches moved is divined by performer Greater Magic 827
Jean Hugard The Long and Short of It "A Sure Force"
forcing an object by letting the spectator selects a match, short piece and normal match		 Hugard's Magic Monthly - Volumes I, II, III and IV (Vol. 1, No. 2) 6
John C. Holoubeck The Spirit Match initials of card appear on head of burnt matchRelated to Hugard's Magic Monthly - Volumes I, II, III and IV (Vol. 2, No. 7) 88
Richard Lindahl Psychic Match Mystery card is selected which has the same value as the amount of secretly moved matches Miracles in Mentalism and Psychic Experimentation 9
Billy McComb William Amid the Fakirs gazing at a match causing it to ignite The First Book of William 42
Frederick Mosteller Thesis named number appears on burnt matchRelated to The Phoenix 101-150 (Issue 118) 475
Gerald Kosky Matchaskill miraskill with matchesRelated to The Phoenix 101-150 (Issue 145) 581
Jack Yates Match Miracle spectator reverses one of four matches and eliminates one by one after given instructions and will end up with the reversed oneAlso published here Minds in Close-Up 9
James G. Thompson Jr., Verne Chesbro, William H. McCaffrey, Gerald Kosky Strike One longer routine with matchbooks and matches, matchbook appears, match penetrates card, color of head change color, paddle routine, prediction of amount of matches and eventually matches transform into saltRelated to Top Secrets of Magic 44
Unknown The Three Heaps Start with three heaps of matches, magician can (without looking) form a single pile of matches equal a number called out by spectator Mathematics, Magic And Mystery 55
Frank N. Dodd Frank Dodd's Prediction Number "selected" with dice is predicted by number of matchesAlso published here Mathematics, Magic And Mystery 43
Fred DeMuth Match Folder Mind-reading Divine thought of number with matchbook of twenty matches, spectator is instructed to tear out matches in some mathematical wayAlso published here Mathematics, Magic And Mystery 55
Unknown The Purloined Objects Penny, ring, key distributed to three spectators. Each spectator then takes a number of matches corresponding to some rules, magician then divines who has which object Mathematics, Magic And Mystery 57
Jack Yates Yates' Four-Object Divination Three matches facing one way and one match facing the opposite way. After moving matches around, magician correctly can divine which is the reversed match without lookingInspired by Mathematics, Magic And Mystery 66
Tony Corinda No. 24. Matches or Cigarettes prediction of the amount of spectator's cigarettes or matches The Swami Gimmick 24
Tony Corinda (17) The Matchbox Mystery amount of matches are removed, the reminder is predicted Predictions 121
Bobby Bernard Bookmatch Card Index on burnt match head appears name of selection, indexRelated to Magic in Miniature 4
Punx (30) Strike a Light match is marked an put back in matchbox, light goes out and performer strikes the initialed match and gives it to the right person, luminous paint Mediumistic Stunts 300
Orville Wayne Meyer Match-O-Matic three people, amount of matches is divined Still More Miracles in Mentalism 56
Win Beaver Match-A-Magic spectator removes amount of matches, one match is burnt and number of removed matches appears on head of match The New Phoenix 351-400 (Issue 354) 244
Max Malini Matching Matches spectator and performer remove some amount of matches from matchboxVariations Malini and His Magic 78
Ben Christopher Foregone Conclusion six matches, spectator choses any number of matches, number predicted by die in matchboxInspired byRelated to The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 2, No. 2) 72
Arthur Emerson Match Weight four matchbooks, spectator removes a match from one, performer divines it, then matches vanish from a matchbooks Close-up Cavalcade 161
Karl Fulves Things Equal No. 21, after some handling, matches outside the matchbox and inside equal, repeat phase in which matches multiply Self-Working Mental Magic 31
Bob Hummer This Is It twenty cards in a row, spectator selects amount of matches and signs the corresponding card on the the face, on the back of the card is written "This is It" and the correct number of selected matches (1943)Inspired byRelated to Bob Hummer's Collected Secrets 30
Jack Yates Match Miracle spectator reverses one of four matches and eliminates one by one after given instructions and will end up with the reversed oneAlso published here Bob Hummer's Collected Secrets 63
Unknown Matching Matches No. 19, off-beat divination of selected amount of matches, "as many as you plus enough more to make X" Self-Working Table Magic 21