One Ahead

96 entries in Mental Magic / Principles / One Ahead
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Reading Blindfold one-ahead bluff, blindfolded assistant divines names on cards
 		1890 More Magic 250
Tom Sellers Novel Telepathy medium divines things in boxes, one ahead
 		1935 Quick Tricks 18
Theodore Annemann Telepathy Plus written question and name are divined ends with a picture duplication
Related toVariations 1935 Complete One Man Mental and Psychic Routine 13
Theodore Annemann Pencil Reading method and two routines, divination of a calculation and spectator and performer always write the same number down
Related to 1935 Complete One Man Mental and Psychic Routine 23
Wm. Hewitt The Modern Mindreader several questions put in envelopes
Related to 1935 Mental Bargain Effects 2
Wm. Hewitt Modern Mind Reading
Related to 1938 Greater Magic 884
Eddie Joseph Sixth Test describing members from the audience, one ahead
 		1938 Intuitional Sight 15
Joseph Dunninger, Theodore Annemann Gipsies Won't Tell thoughts on the reading act
Also published here 1941 The Jinx (Issue 125) 723
Theodore Annemann Forecast three people think of a word, medium writes them on separate papers, numbers them and throws them in a hat, clever one ahead routine
Related to 1942 The Phoenix 1-50 (Issue 5) 19
Walter B. Gibson Sooth Sayer with different colored paper instead of numbered slips
Inspired by 1942 The Phoenix 1-50 (Issue 8) 31
Eddie Joseph The Masked Helper blindfolded spectator takes coins one by one, performer divines dates, one ahead, with gag sequence in which spectator holds on to dummy wax hand without knowing
 		1942 Coin and Money Magic 63
Hen Fetsch Future-Hue card selected, thought of and unseen are all predicted board with three different colors
 		1943 The Phoenix 1-50 (Issue 33) 135
Jerry Sorensen "-and having writ-" sealed message reading, mixed with psychometry and handwriting analysis
 		1943 The Phoenix 1-50 (Issue 45) 186
Joseph Dunninger, Theodore Annemann Modernizing the "One Ahead" Principle thoughts on the reading act
  • Readings for Intimate Groups
Also published here 1944 Practical Mental Effects 151
Stewart Judah Sealed Billet Reading De Luxe card, number and city written on cards which are put in sealed envelopes, all are divined
 		1945 Miracles in Mentalism and Psychic Experimentation 8
Hen Fetsch Future Hue card selected, thought of and unseen are all predicted board with three different colors
Related to 1945 Miracles in Mentalism and Psychic Experimentation 44
John Hamilton Date? Name? triple prediction
 		1945 The Phoenix 51-100 (Issue 97) 392
John Brown Cook, Arthur H. Buckley Better Than Rabbits spectators initial billets, on which they wrote song and book titles, performer divines all
 		1947 Gems of Mental Magic 94
George G. Kaplan The Three-Billet Test No. 3 three different categories
Variations 1948 The Fine Art of Magic 226
Bob Somerfeld Thumb Fun duplication of letters, drawing and figures, with slates
 		1949 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1949) 7
George B. Anderson Getting the Impression questions are written on paper and put into envelopes, after the questions have been answered the envelopes are burnt in a bowl
Variations 1949 It Must Be Mindreading 15
Warren Wiersbe, John Scarne Three-In-One Card Trick No. 113, standard version, but ending with cross-cut force for the last card.
 		1950 Scarne on Card Tricks 217
Bob Somerfeld Supelletive three billet routine, umbrella move
 		1951 Mind Reader's Digest 15
Ormond McGill A Novel Presentation separating colors, handkerchief & cards, objects and obstacle course with people standing on stage
 		1951 Psychic Magic — Vol. 4 10
Stylesmith Predictor tripple prediction, three envelopes on big black board, different colored crayons
Inspired by 1951 The Phoenix 201 — 250 (Issue 242) 967
Gene "Phantini" Grant A Miracle Mental Routine messages in envelopes reading routine, drawing duplication as climax, blindfolded
 		1955 Phantini's Lost Book of Mental Secrets 1
Tony Corinda (2) One Ahead System applied to blindfolds
 		1958 Blindfolds & X-Ray Eyes 136
Tony Corinda Three Little Questions
1959 Billets 189
Tony Corinda (6) The Stooge for instance for setting up a one ahead routine
 		1959 Question and Answer (Readings) 346
Dr. Stanley Jaks Gedankenblitze triple prediction, huge cards with numbers from 1-3 predictions are written on the back of the cards
Also published here 1961 Dr. Stanley-Jaks und seine Geheimnisse 62
Dr. Stanley Jaks Astro-Prediktion triple prediction with with zodiac, birthday and playing card
Also published here 1961 Dr. Stanley-Jaks und seine Geheimnisse 64
James G. Thompson Jr. Blackout Magic classic one ahead routine, with reading in the dark presentation
Inspired by 1967 Between Two Minds 46
James G. Thompson Jr., Ned Rutledge Telastrophy Jr. with tricolor pen, three things written on blank cards, match perfectly with what performer has written
Also published here 1967 Between Two Minds 58
Alan Shaxon Triple Reading three cards in envelopes, color, number and amount of lose change is divined
Related to 1970 My Kind of Magic 43
Martin Gardner Are You Psychic? performer and spectator each write down three words from a list of ten words, they match, see also p. 348
Also published here July 1970 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 5 No. 9) 345
James G. Thompson Jr. Improved Question Reading envelopes
  • Part Two (shorter test with only three envelopes)
  • Part Three (as a two-person act)
Also published here Winter 1972 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 7 No. 6th Folio) 494
Alan Shaxon Triple Reading Again three cards in envelopes, color, number and amount of lose change is divined
Related to 1972 ca. Royal Command Television Magician — Ideal Entertainment 8
Dr. Barlow Wagman Private Reader one ahead prediction / divination in a reading, objects from wallet
 		1974 Magick (Issue 116) 579
Philip T. Goldstein Middle Telepathy ESP card, shape and name are divined
 		1976 The Blue Book of Mentalism 21
Glenn Falkenstein Target '3' with three pieces of cardboard, Mental Epic variation
 		1976 Magick (Issue 162) 809
Philip T. Goldstein Parallax a shape, a letter and a number are correctly duplicated
Also published here 1977 The Red Book of Mentalism 7
Al Mann The Sibylline Messages cards in envelopes with questions and messages on it are divined and answered
 		1977 The Sibylline Messages 1
Al Mann, Dr. Stanley Jaks Omar's Prognosis triple prediction, sheets are labeled A,B & C, third spectator selects a card
Inspired by 1977 Classified 1
Robert Dorian Outdone-Doutdid four spectators select a card with a design, one thinks of a word, one of a place, one of a number and the fourth selects a card, all are predicted
Inspired by 1977 Classified 5
Al Mann The Master of the Word with two words from two books, prediction
 		1977 Of Words and Wizards 4
Philip T. Goldstein Parallax! a shape, a letter and a number are correctly duplicated
Also published here 1977 Magick (Issue 173) 861
Philip T. Goldstein Resolution 78 three new year's resolutions are predicted
Also published here 1977 Magick (Issue 193) 961
James G. Thompson Jr. Modernes Zettellesen envelopes
  • Teil 2 (shorter test with only three envelopes)
  • Teil 3 (as a two-person act)
Also published here July 1977 Intermagic (Vol. 4 No. 3) 117
Philip T. Goldstein Resolution three new year's resolutions are predicted
Also published here 1979 The Yellow Book of Mentalism 20
Impossible ESP No. 39, six symbols listed, two chosen by throw of die are predicted
 		1979 Self-Working Mental Magic 62
Karl Fulves Names in the News No. 62, two spectators chose picture in newspaper and person therein, both predicted
 		1979 Self-Working Mental Magic 104
Thomas Alan Waters Geometear two objects are written on two pieces of paper, one is selected and the word divined
Related to 1981 Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Scrypt) 184
Thomas Alan Waters Trinkle birthday and zodiac are written on paper and divined
Inspired by 1981 Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Scrypt) 186
Stephen Tucker Amalgam one ahead with color, number and card, clever construction
Also published here 1981 Spell-Binder (Vol. 1 No. 2) 26
Johnny Thompson Polish Epic
Inspired by
  • "Mental Epic" (Hen Fetsch)
Related to
  • "Twin Prediction Miracle" (The New Encyclopedic Dictionary of Mentalism, Vo. 2)
Also published here 		1981 Polished Polish Prestidigitation 23
James G. Thompson Jr., Ned Rutledge Telastrophy Jr. with tricolor pen, three things written on blank cards, match perfectly with what performer has written
Also published here Jan. 1981 Intermagic (Vol. 7 No. 4) 141
Al Mann Gifts Most Rare three spectator get an envelope, they select a word from a book each and the words match with prediction in envelopes, several methods
 		1982 The Knight's Gambit 8
Joseph Dunninger, Al Mann Psychic Billet Reading several people
 		1983 Master Billet Tests 3
Joseph Dunninger What the Eyes See
1983 Master Billet Tests 9
Joseph Dunninger Puzzling? technical variation of "What the Eyes See"
 		1983 Master Billet Tests 9
Edward Marlo Solution To Jaks? number, card and word chosen and one-by-one written on blank cards, all match, two methods
Related to 1984 At The Table 56
Stephen Tucker Amalgam one ahead with color, number and card, clever construction
Also published here Oct. 1989 Intermagic (Vol. 15 No. 1) 27
Marco Fida Whizzer written name and Zodiac divined, using Grismer's What's Your Sign?
Inspired by Nov. 1990 Magick (Issue 447) 2234
Alexander de Cova Tarot Power spectator pushed a chosen tarot card into a book, page number at that position is noted and a word from that page, card, number and word predicted between two tied sheets
Inspired byRelated toAlso published here 1991 3 ausgefallene Routinen zur Balducci-Wallet 11
Roy Johnson Objective three objects selected via cards with words on them, predicted, one-ahead
 		1992 New Sorcerer (Vol. 1 No. 2) 5
Toni Forster Gedanken-Projektion two things predicted on pieces of paper
Inspired by June 1993 Intermagic (Vol. 18 No. 1) 25
Al Mann The Naked Thought prediction and mind reading, one ahead with 3 billets
 		1994 The Naked Thought 1
Al Mann The Quantum Leap with four cards, one ahead routine with the opener move
 		1994 The Naked Thought 4
Jas Jakutsch The ATAW (Any Time AnyWhere) Triple Test divination of three thoughts, jotted down on a business card
Inspired by
  • Bruce Bernstein's "Telepathy and Clairvoyance" in "Twenty Effects for the Psychic Entertainer"
 1999 Completely Mental — Vol. 1 11
Jas Jakutsch "Lost & Found" AKA "Six in One" billet routine with four phases, twelve people write down a los object and their initials, spectator finds the right billets, without opening it, divines the content of several and a member of the audience does the same too
 		1999 Completely Mental — Vol. 2 5
Jas Jakutsch The QuinBillet Test" AKA "A Kick to the One-A... Head" five billet routine, picture duplication, ends with Telephone Drama
Related to 1999 Completely Mental — Vol. 2 20
Harry Kaye Augurs Well four slips of paper, four spectators write some word on it, they are divined, center tears
 		2000 Discoverie (Issue 4) 48
Three-Way Match No. 3, two spectators think of a card and the performer, predictions written on slips, one-ahead, without cards
 		2001 New Self-Working Card Tricks 4
Karl Fulves, Joseph Dunninger, Theodore Annemann, Peter Warlock On One-Ahead & Mental Epic comments, quotes and references
Related to 2001 Latter Day Secrets (Issue 6) 173
Chuck Hickok Hickok's Way-Ahead Envelope strategy for predictions in multiple envelopes
 		2002 Mentalism, Incorporated 128
Dr. Stanley Jaks, Karl Fulves The Words Of Jaks two selections from word cards predicted
Inspired byRelated to 2003 Latter Day Secrets (Issue 8) 292
Dan Garrett, Mick Ayres, Ken Scott Epic - Marked Down three predictions written with three different-colored markers, letter, two-digit number and two geometric shapes (one in the other)
 		2005 Epic — Marked Down 1
Sveroni Poker Dream triple prediction (city, amount of money, card) on post-its, names of spectators are noted on the papers
Variations 2006 Variationen 7
Oliver Meech Google Guessing Performer memorises the top result for different search words on Google
 		2010 Plot Twists 58
Christoph Borer Heinrich Favrod three billet prediction, with different colored pens, story presentation
Also published here 2010 Aspekte der psychologischen Force 15
Karl Fulves One-Ahead Systems
  • As a Revelation
  • As a Prediction
  • Mental Epic
  • No-Gaff Epic
Related to 2010 Prolix (Issue 8) 537
Karl Fulves Las Vegas Nite number of poker chips, thrown dice number and card predicted
 		2010 Prolix (Issue 8) 541
Barrie Richardson Memories of the Sun and Moon two persons reading with Osmosis Envelope
 		2011 Curtain Call 189
James Biss Password Projected one-ahead divination
 		2012 Seventeen Secrets 39
Alexander de Cova Traveller city and number predicted, Koran's newspaper force for one-ahead
Also published here Dec. 2013 New Avantgarde Magic (Issue 13) 404
Dr. Stanley Jaks Astro-Prediction triple prediction with with zodiac, birthday and playing card
Also published here 2014 The Incredible Dr. Jaks 97
Colin McLeod Truly Epic triple prediction, amount of sceptics, people who had a paranormal experience and a word formed by the audience
 		2014 Divine 26
Alexander de Cova The Full Routine for the Traveller Effect city and number predicted, Koran's newspaper force for one-ahead
Also published here 2014 The Traveller 16
Alexander de Cova Traveller city and number predicted, Koran's newspaper force for one-ahead
Also published here 2015 Burners — Vol. 1 185
Andy (The Jerx) Limitless Ahead One Ahead type of routine, spectator is apparently given heightened senses (hearing, smell etc.), able to guess what magician did
 		2016 The Jerx 69
Alexander de Cova Tarot Power spectator pushed a chosen tarot card into a book, page number at that position is noted and a word from that page, card, number and word predicted between two tied sheets
Inspired byAlso published here 2016 Burners — Vol. 4 167
Robert Cassidy, Alexander de Cova Bob Cassidy's Billet Test
Inspired by 2017 Ultimate Chair Routine 62
Gerry McCambridge Chapter 15: Omni Glance three spectators, one thinks of name, one thinks of time and one draws picture, performer correctly gets name, sets a watch to correct time and draws matching picture
Also published here
  • Roy Miller's Mental Montage
 2017 Performing the Q & A 85
Johnny Thompson Polish Epic
Also published here 2018 The Magic of Johnny Thompson (Issue 2) 163
Christoph Borer Heinrich Favrod three billet prediction, with different colored pens, story presentation
Also published here 2018 Mentale Notizen 59
Fränz Prodigy Peek X+1 stack of business card, selected one is divined, then two spectators write something on a business card, both thoughts are divined by writing them down before they are revealed by spectators
 		2022 Prodigy Peek 31