39 entries in Mental Magic / Principles / Sound Reading
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Oswald Rae Musical Thought Transference spectators get lists of tunes and select one, later different lists are shown and spectators who see their tune say so, tune then divined by playing it on piano, matrix principle and location of spectators in the audience
Related to 1926 60
Theodore Annemann Dead Men Tell No Tales!
Variations 1934 44
Paul Curry Ripping, Eh, What! for Annemann's Pseudo Psychometry, as a two person mental stunt, coding idea for assistant's tearing of the envelopes
Related toAlso published here July 1947
The Phoenix (Issue 129)
520
Bob Somerfeld Ripping! envelopes with items inside, selection with back turned is divined, sound reading
Related toVariations 1951 1
Don Tanner Don Tanner's 4 Items: Item #3 performer blindfolded, spectator writes things on blackboard which are divined, sound reading
Mar. 1953
The Phoenix (Issue 276)
1103
Tony Corinda Part Three: Sound Reading
1958 38
Tony Corinda (1) Written Information Discovered by Sound Reading
  • The Designs to Use
  • The Numbers to Use
1958 38
Tony Corinda (2) Sound Reading Applied to Action - Not Writing coin dropped in which box, coin lands head or tails up
1958 39
Archie Byford Living and Dead Test
1958 40
Tony Corinda, Jon Tremaine, Alex Elmsley (1) Tapping Card Location spectator thinks of one of seven cards and taps the cards with a pencil, performer stops him when he taps the thought of card
1958 41
Tony Corinda (2) Paranormal Precognition one of five symbols is drawn on a blackboard and divined by the spectator
1958 41
Tony Corinda (3) A Pocket Trick pencil is removed from a box, color is divined, fake pencil
1958 42
Tony Corinda (4) Clean Cut Card Trick Card is written on board and then divined
1958 42
North Bigbee Duplico blindfolded performer duplicates drawn ESP symbol
1961 43
Thomas Alan Waters Addenda to "Mystery of the Blackboard information written on blackboard is divined blindfolded
Inspired by Aug. 1961
The New Phoenix (Issue 360)
269
Milton Twin Echo geometric shape written on pad by first spectator, then a word by another, performer tears and burns both pieces, impression via sharp pencil, perhaps "D. Milton" (Fulves pseudonym)?
Winter 1970
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 6 No. 4th Folio)
377
Sam Dalal The Basics on sound reading
1970ca. 5
Sam Dalal The Two Sounds systematic approach to sound reading, symbols, letters, numbers
1970ca. 6
Sam Dalal How to Practice using an amplifier to practice sound reading
1970ca. 13
Sam Dalal The Act on performance using sound reading
1970ca. 14
The Three Digit Miracle of Calder performer reads spectator's mind and vice versa
1975 124
B.C. Milnov See Hear! tips on sound reading
1975
Magick (Issue 143)
712
Dan Tong Empathy "3" cards, a word from a book and a geometrical design are divined blindfolded
Related to 1976
Magick (Issue 144)
719
B.C. Milnov Design Duplication triangle in circle
1976
Magick (Issue 161)
801
Harry Anderson The Anderson Effect spectator read mind of performer, number written on slate matches number written by performer on piece of paper
1977
Magick (Issue 182)
907
Karl Fulves A Psychic Secret "Piped in Sound", how to overhear conversations in other rooms with a piece of paper via plumbing
Related to 1978
Interlocutor (Issue 27)
103
B.C. Milnov Mind's Ear! divination of one out of six US cities
1980
Magick (Issue 249)
1243
Uriah Fuller Sound Reading
1980 33
Gene Nielsen Symbols ESP cards, prediction in envelope
Jan. 1983
Magick (Issue 314)
1568
Philip T. Goldstein Riposte envelopes with items inside, selection with back turned is divined, sound reading
Inspired byAlso published here 1991 44
Diabelli Ear of the Dragon as Harry Meier, three objects in three bags, one is removed while performer turns away, ashes are placed on paper and image of chosen object appears, audible method
1991 72
Mark Edward Reigning Cats and Dogs three spectator select either the word cat or dog before the show and each choses a letter, performer divines words and places people in order so word can be read, humorous routine
1996
Syzygy (Vol. 3 No. 8)
211
Kazuyuki Hase Farben und Formen four envelopes with symbols, chosen one divined
Inspired byAlso published here 1997
Intermagic (Vol. 21 No. 4 & 5)
156
Lance Campbell Future Diet living and dead test, one paper with the word lemon other with orange written on it, paper that makes squeak sound
1999
Syzygy (Vol. 4 No. 15)
335
Paul Curry Pseudo Psychometry Tip as a two person mental stunt, coding idea for assistant's tearing of the envelopes
Also published here 2001 267
Philip T. Goldstein Silentalism
  • The Other Month
choices silently coded via location of spectators in the audience, assistant genuinely blindfolded
Inspired by
  • "Co-Design" (Ken Bowell, Magi-Go-Round, 1958)
Related to
Feb. 2003
Genii (Vol. 66 No. 2)
63
Paolo Cavalli, Massimo Tira Odds & Ends, Bits & Pieces, Miscellanea brief notes on Pre-Show, umbrella analogy, a book test, pencil reading, sound reading, nail writer, stooges, FX
2004 47
Max Maven Riposte
  • Lost Horizons
envelopes with items inside, selection with back turned is divined, sound reading
Also published here Oct. 2011
Genii (Vol. 74 No. 10)
18
Kazuyuki Hase The Color Out of Space four envelopes with symbols, chosen one divined
Inspired byAlso published here 2013 225