169 entries in Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / by Assistant
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Les Cartes Devinées, les Yeux Bandés spectator selects a bunch of cards and shuffles them, medium comes on stage, then with blindfold and without the performer saying a word all cards are named
1784 39
Gedankenübertragung - 1. Methode - 1. Experiment mit Karten medium on chair divines selected cards, marked and coded by performer in way he holds the card
Mar. 1895
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 1 No. 3)
39
Gedankenübertragung - 3. Methode medium blindfolded with black hood, medium draws picture of chosen object, draws chosen landscape, draws chosen playing cards and coin
Related to Sep. 1895
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 1 No. 9)
137
Zur Tachypsychographie oder Hellsehen by "C. K. from Hannover", placement on table cloth codes card to assistant, code of silence, also other objects like coins possible
Related to Oct. 1896
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 2 No. 10)
153
Tom Sellers Card Telepathy
1927 13
William Larsen, T. Page Wright Distant Card Reading four or five cards chosen freely and shuffled back, medium names them all, all cards next to selections brought to top and secretly given to medium
1928 3
William Larsen, T. Page Wright The "Test" Card Act medium names chosen cards under test conditions without speaking, two methods, coding by shuffling sound
1928 6
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Erraten gezogener und in das Spiel zurückgesteckter Karten medium locates four selected cards
1930 81
Theodore Annemann The Two Person Location two bottom cards code two selections to assistant in other room, stacked
Related to 1934 20
Orville Wayne Meyer A Practical Card Code verbal
VariationsAlso published here Apr. 1935
The Jinx (Issue 7)
26
Theodore Annemann Thoughts in the Air medium divines card and object in room, code via cards
Also published here Nov. 1935
The Jinx (Issue 14)
70
Tricks with Assistant as the Medium two methods, medium divines cards or finds selections, culling key cards together
1935 21
Codes for Mind Reading with Cards
  • Talking Code (First Method)
  • Talking Code (Second Method)
  • Silent Code (Method One)
  • Silent Code (Method Two)
  • Silent Code for Confederate
1935 22
Theodore Annemann The New Double Telepathy Routine uses the box from Mental Masterpiece + Index, spectator and performer think of a card and try to guess the card of the other
1935 7
Al Baker Me and the Missus coding card to assistent, stacked pack
Also published here 1935 34
Robert Parrish The Psychic Knows three cards divined by medium, stacked deck
1936
The Jinx (Issue Winter Extra 1935/36)
86
U. F. Grant Thought Transference assistant names selection when he returns into room, code with one-way cards
1937 163
Theodore Annemann Two Person Location two bottom cards code two selections to assistant in other room, stacked
Related to 1937 213
Clayton Brown The Knockout bottom cards code selections to assistant in other room, stacked
Related to 1937 234
Card Telepathy medium in other room divines card, code
1937 291
Sight Unseen medium in other room divines card
1937 292
Miracle Code medium in other room divines card
1937 292
Telepathic Cards medium in other room divines cards, pocket writing
1937 293
Toy Telephone Reading medium divines cards
1937 293
Howard Albright Duo-Mentality medium in other room divines card, code with pencil
1937 293
The Voice of the Spirit code for assistant in other room
1937 349
Theodore Annemann Parallel Thoughts one of four freely take cards is selected, medium finds out which one
Also published here 1937
The Jinx (Issue Winter Extra 1936/37)
183
Frank Lane Mind Reading at a Distance assistant in other room names cards touched by spectator
1938 897
Clayton Rawson Behind That Door! medium in another room divines cards, color, word with various methods
Also published here 1938
The Jinx (Issue Summer Extra 1938)
322
Harold Denhard Thought Across Space medium finds card, center tear and gaffed "Instanto" deck
1940
The Jinx (Issue 115)
680
Walter B. Gibson Key Location Medium finds selection in shuffled deck, coding using stacking principle
1940
The Jinx (Issue 121)
707
Joseph Ovette The Whispering Thought assistant in other room divines card
1940 11
Al Baker Improved Card Code for Two Persons verbal and nonverbal
Also published here 1941 22
Franklin M. Chapman Stunner No. 2 medium in other room divines a freely selected card, secretly written with nail writer inside matchbook
Related toAlso published here 1941 1
Franklin M. Chapman Stunner No. 3 medium in other room divines a freely named card, secretly written on face of a card with nail writer
Also published here 1941 2
Walter B. Gibson Lost in the Shuffle medium reveals three cards, pocket writing on playing card
Variations Feb. 1942
The Phoenix (Issue 2)
6
Frank Thomas On the Head spectator thinks of a word, medium divines it and writes the word on a playing card
Apr. 1942
The Phoenix (Issue 6)
23
Eddie Joseph The Mental Marvel silent code for medium with arrangement on stage of spectator, table, chair
1942 84
Eddie Joseph Distant Thought Penetration silent code for medium to which is brought pad and pen
1942 87
James G. Thompson Jr. Digit-Telepathy medium reveals card
Jan. 1943
The Phoenix (Issue 26)
109
Tom Sellers Two Person Card Code position of case on table as code, siltent
1943 14
Clayton Rawson Behind That Door! medium in another room divines cards, color, word with various methods
Also published here 1944 78
Theodore Annemann Parallel Thoughts one of four freely take cards is selected, medium finds out which one
Also published here 1944 273
Theodore Annemann Thoughts in the Air medium divines card and object in room, code via cards
Also published here 1944 320
Orville Wayne Meyer A Practical Card Code verbal
Also published here 1944 323
Franklin M. Chapman Light On The Subject No. 2, medium in other room divines a freely selected card, secretly written with nail writer inside matchbook
Also published here 1944 11
Franklin M. Chapman A Whispered Selection No. 3, medium in other room divines a freely named card, secretly written on face of a card with nail writer
Also published here 1944 12
Telepathy without Tears medium reveals number or playing card, non-verbal code with positioning of coins on a magazine
Variations Feb. 1946 191
Warner Perry Telepathy Without Tears medium reveals number or playing card, non-verbal code with positioning in a room
Inspired byVariations Apr. 1946
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 3 No. 11)
211
Dr. William Weyeneth Un joli tour de cartes medium in other room finds three selection, lipstick used as daub, followed by german translation "Ein hübscher Kartentrick"
Jan. 1946 15
Dr. William Weyeneth Un truc de transmission de pensée signaling a playing card using a match, medium in other room, followed by german translation "Ein Kunstück der Gedankenübertragung"
Mar. 1946 2
Ed Miller Tapping Trick one of ten tabled cards touched, assistant knows which one
1946 50
Chester "Dr. DeMille" Miller Telepathy for Two letter/number code
Feb. 1947 294
George G. Kaplan Dial two (forced via thrust stabbing procedure) cards are revealed over the phone
1948 181
James G. Thompson Jr. XX one of four cards is selected and packet wrapped with a rubber band, medium divines card
May 1948
The Phoenix (Issue 151)
610
John Hamilton Folder! coding a card by a folded sheet of paper
Sep. 1948
The Phoenix (Issue 160)
643
Eddie Joseph Applying Staggered Principle for Two-Person Mental Act Staggered - Prime Presentation done with medium
1949 11
Paul Dienst Devil Telepathie medium in other room divines card, code using pencils
1949
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 10 No. 3)
19
Al Baker Baker's Eight-Card Trick any eight cards taken and one chosen, other seven called out to assistant who then names selection, effect "Study in Stud" related but not the method
Also published here 1949 34
Al Baker Parlor Telepathy code by placement on table
Related toAlso published here 1949 53
Al Baker Impossible! "An Experiment in Clairvoyance"
assistant with cloth bag over the head on a chair, performer names selected cards via ventriloquism
Related toAlso published here 1949 57
Joe Stuthard Blindfold Trick with Assistant assistant names selection and stops at it
1949 16
Cyril Marriott An Amazing Demonstration five cards are selected, medium finds all and gives them to the people who originally selected them
Dec. 1950
The Phoenix (Issue 219)
876
Milbourne Christopher, Lu Brent Television Card Call
Inspired by Mar. 1950
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 7 No. 10)
642
Fred Fletcher Eye Cue code for cards
Feb. 1951
The Phoenix (Issue 223)
892
Harry Banderob The Cards and Slates with medium on stage, coding card by flashing bottom card
1951 28
Edward Marlo Effect No. 2 assistant names peeked-at card
1951 1
Eddie Joseph The Mystery of the Unknown Card deck shuffled face-up/face-down, any face-down card chosen and mixed with some face-up cards, it is divined by medium
1951 16
Stylesmith Lost in the Shuffle - Again blindfolded medium reveals selected cards and describes owners
Inspired by Feb. 1954
The Phoenix (Issue 300)
1199
John Hamilton Code in the Chest coding card using case and table
May 1954
The New Phoenix (Issue 307)
26
Nikolas The Nikolas "Thought" Card card coded via the way a slip of paper is clipped to a card case, silent code
1954 211
Theodore Annemann Thoughts in the Air medium divines card and object in room, code via cards
1956 10
Jack Yates Three Thoughts Alone cards are written on a sheet, medium divines them
Related to 1956 7
Jack Yates The Five Cards Problem five cards written on a slate and one is circled, medium divines the card
1956 18
Jack Yates Mental Tuition four people select a card, medium names color of first, suit of second, value of third and complete card of fourth spectator
1956 29
James G. Thompson Jr. Tarot Telepathy medium divines selection
Also published here 1956 83
Tom Bowyer A One-Man Impossibility? spectator with cloth over him divines chosen cards, cue sheet and force, originally published under Bowyer's stage name "T. Van Russell"
Also published here
  • marketed 1923
Mar. 1957
Ibidem (Issue 9)
7
Dr. Spencer Thornton Two Man Mentalism medium divines three selected card
1958 24
Karl Fulves Hell's Bells medium rings bell on selected card, including variation by Aaron Wainer
Nov. 1965 2
Dr. William Weyeneth Hellsehmystifikation für den Salon four cards are selected and replaced in deck, deck handed to medium, who finds selections in other room, luminous paint
1965
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 26 No. 3)
44
Karl Fulves Method for Madness medium in other room, card cut to in borrowed deck in darkness with flashlight, medium divines card, then has actual card in hand
Related to Feb. 1966 22
Ned Rutledge, James G. Thompson Jr. Medium Rare edgemarked deck and code
Also published here 1967 26
James G. Thompson Jr. Sympathesia medium removes selected card from a deck, two decks, easy code
Also published here 1967 30
Ned Rutledge, James G. Thompson Jr. Two Minutes to Telepathy easy two person code, word for values and suits
Related toAlso published here 1967 32
Ben Christopher Other Voices card and color divined by medium in other room
Related to July 1968 191
Ben Christopher Other Voices II three spectator choose cards, medium behind screen divines them, red-black gray code, see p. 200 for further references
Related to Aug. 1968 201
Alan Shaxon Card Mentalism for Two four people select a card and card is put in envelope, then one envelope is chosen, medium knows who's card it is and reveals it's identity
1970 46
Jack Kent Tillar Tiptoe Telepathy medium divines playing cards singly and also a bunch of cards, then she reverses a card in another room which is the same card the audience constructed
1972
Magick (Issue 51)
251
Tan Hock Chuan 'The Devil... You Say!' medium finds three selections
1972
Magick (Issue 58)
289
Special Delivery
Related to 1972 38
Paul Morris Nothing to Do assistant names selection, or position of selection in deck
1972 39
Dr. Jacob Daley Daley's Side Steal Mindreading Gag No. 131, assistant sees palmed card, not clear if instant stooge or real assistant
1972 37
Dr. Jacob Daley Daley's Note - 8) No. 247-8, coding cards with shuffle code, no details
1972 62
The Mysterious Walking Stick card code with a stick
Dec. 1974
Pabular (Vol. 1 No. 4)
49
Rolf Andra Medium Experiment medium divines chosen cards, two decks
1974
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 35 No. 2)
29
John Bragoli Collected Thoughts with medium, one spectator remembers a word and another a card, very clever
Dec. 1975
Pabular (Vol. 2 No. 4)
194
Gerald Kosky The Medium Knows coding card to medium using pips of a ten
1975 129
Gerald Kosky Telepathy Made Easy assistant in other room while card is selected
1975 191
Karl Fulves Two-Person Telepathy a medium finds both cards
Inspired by 1977 134
Kartenfinden mit Medium Person in other room locates selection in deck
1978 67
Terry Nosek Tuning In... during radio interview, host selects a card and calls a person who divines card, hole in business card to select number
1978
Magick (Issue 216)
1079
Victor Marsh Found selection returned to cased deck, medium in other room finds selection
Variations 1979
The Chronicles (Issue 20)
1258
Kathi DeFrancis, Steve Aldrich Mind Touch blindfolded medium divines cards
1979
Magick (Issue 234)
1169
Kathi DeFrancis, Steve Aldrich Secret Assistant two-person act, prediction of a named card, bulldog clip
1979
Magick (Issue 235)
1173
Philip T. Goldstein Beam groups selects a card verbally, and one card is selected and pocketed, medium divines both cards and finds spectator who pocketed the one card
1979
Magick (Issue 238)
1189
Time Will Tell No. 37, medium divines the time set on spectator's watch and the card he stopped at
1979 59
Karl Fulves A Room Away No. 38, selection returned to cased deck, medium in other room finds selection
Inspired by 1979 61
Karl Fulves Parallel Lines "Leverage" over phone, medium is called and divines spectator's and performer's card, parallel principle, see also p. 17
Related to 1980 9
Karl Fulves Five Card Stud four cards code fifth one
Related to 1980 32
Karl Fulves Fill The Blank three cards removed by spectator, fourth by performer, fifth by spectator and signed, read off to medium in any order which names the fifth card
1980 33
Karl Fulves Selectrik four cards outjogged by spectator, one by performer, any card is turned over, assistant comes in the room and names selected card
Related to 1980 34
Howard A. Adams Two Two Two based on Pairsee, medium in other room gets rest of ESP cards and finds two selections
Related to 1980
OICUFESP (Issue 3 - FURTHER brand new esp card miracles)
5
Howard A. Adams khup of Khuffee ESP cards are laid out on table and with the aid of a goblet and a ribbon two cards are selected, medium divines chosen cards
1980
OICUFESP (Issue 4 - esp card & mental miracles RETURN)
3
Bill Voss Instant Rapport easy to teach/learn code, code words on back of long-short-pairs
Aug. 1981
Apocalypse (Vol. 4 No. 8)
524
David Ashton, Nikko The Eyes of the Beholder medium divines selection
June 1983
Magick (Issue 320)
1597
Al Baker Al Baker's Two Person Presentation alone or with medium
Also published here 1983 22
Joseph Dunninger Publicity Effects card is divined and medium finds chosen card in the other room
1984 9
Theodore Annemann A Si Stebbins Kink blindfolded medium removes a card with same suit and one with same value as selection
Also published here
  • "Si Stebbins Kink" (Theodore Annemann, Linking Ring, Oct. 1924)
1984 22
James G. Thompson Jr. Tarot-Telepathie medium divines selection
Also published here Oct. 1987
Intermagic (Vol. 13 No. 1)
49
Ned Rutledge, James G. Thompson Jr. Das hellsehende Medium edgemarked deck and code
Also published here Dec. 1987
Intermagic (Vol. 13 No. 2)
87
James G. Thompson Jr. Sympathesia medium removes selected card from a deck, two decks, easy code
Also published here Dec. 1987
Intermagic (Vol. 13 No. 2)
90
James G. Thompson Jr., Ned Rutledge Zwei Minuten zur Telepathie easy two person code, word for values and suits
Also published here Dec. 1987
Intermagic (Vol. 13 No. 2)
92
Gerd Winkler Unmöglich spectator reverses a card in the deck, performer phones a medium which names card and position
1989 35
Dr. Dan J. Alessini Psych It assistant divines chosen card, matching pairs
Dec. 1991
Magick (Issue 465)
2324
Gary Kurtz Two Heads Are Better Than One a friend locates a card, stooged with some simple instructions
Also published here 1992 21
Dr. Dan J. Alessini Codus Indirectus verbally coding a card to medium
Jan. 1992
Magick (Issue 466)
2330
Steve "Banachek" Shaw Brain Writing spectator writes name on business card, medium divines selection by analyzing hand writing
May 1992
Magick (Issue 472)
2361
Alan Wakeling Psychic Blackjack cards are named by assistant, used in a blackjack game, John Mulholland code
Also published here Dec. 1992
Magic (Vol. 2 No. 4)
44
Rudolf Braunmüller Hellsehen per Telefon spectator reverses any card behind his back, phone number forced with calculator, that person called and he names card
June 1993
Intermagic (Vol. 18 No. 1)
34
Alan Wakeling Psychic Blackjack cards are named by assistant, used in a blackjack game, John Mulholland code
VariationsAlso published here 1993 117
Theophil "Philius" Weidmann Transmental-Express medium reveals chosen card
1995 29
Gary Kurtz Tow Heads Are Better Than One a friend locates a card, stooged with some simple instructions
Also published here 1995 22
Simon Aronson Medium, Well-Done two person act, person is sent out of room, later comes back and is able to locate selected card
Also published here Feb. 1996
Magic (Vol. 5 No. 6)
63
Frederick Braue Three Card Mediumistic three spectators remove cards from deck, medium divines them, top cards code selections
Related to 1997 18
Karl Fulves One is for Circle three ESP cards selected, then one of those removed, other two cards given to medium who reveals chosen card, card counting and positional code on table
Related to 1997
Underworld (Issue 6)
82
Simon Lovell Double Trouble two magicians perform in different parts of the room, one cannot find card and other magicians shouts out name, repeated
1997 115
Karl Fulves Just The Fax "Unsolved Mysteries"
photocopy of playing card mess faxed to medium who faxes back selection, posed as a problem
1998 234
Ellis Stanyon (d) Mind-Reading medium knows stack
1999 107
Ellis Stanyon Chosen Cards Are Discovered by a Blindfolded Assistant No. 15, long cards in short deck
1999 220
Bob Miller The Wizard Goes Cellular card chosen, performer's phone rings and person at other end names selection
Related to Jan. 1999
Magic (Vol. 8 No. 5)
80
Max Maven Sventalism two cards chosen with medium out of the room, medium then divines them, marked Svengali deck
Inspired byRelated to May 1999
Magic (Vol. 8 No. 9)
75
Doug Canning Quiet Time coding value of a card, by holding a card
2002 137
Al Baker Me and the Missus coding card to assistent, stacked pack
Also published here 2003
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Al Baker's Second Book)
119
Al Baker Improved Card Code for Two Persons verbal and nonverbal
Also published here 2003
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Magical Ways and Means)
161
Al Baker Baker's Eight-Card Trick any eight cards taken and one chosen, other seven called out to assistant who then names selection, effect "Study in Stud" related but not the method
Also published here 2003
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Mental Magic)
302
Al Baker Parlor Telepathy code by placement on table
Also published here 2003
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Mental Magic)
313
Al Baker Impossible! "An Experiment in Clairvoyance"
assistant with cloth bag over the head on a chair, performer names selected cards via ventriloquism
Also published here 2003
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Mental Magic)
315
Al Baker Vocalepathy alone or with medium
VariationsAlso published here 2003
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Instructions)
593
Al Baker Tricks I Like - 1. stacked, medium finds three chosen cards, bottom cards code them
Related toAlso published here
  • The Sphinx, Vol. 47 No. 1, March 1948
2003 674
Vent Mental ventriloquism, see p. 333 for solution
Inspired by
  • "Satan, Cantor, and Infinity" (Smullyan)
Related to
2003 324
Karl Fulves Overthrow cut deeper force applied to red/black alternating set-up
Related to 2003 329
Karl Fulves Air Mail Special two cards secretly shot from deck above spectator's head to confederate à la Paper balls over the head
2004 49
Karl Fulves Band Speech coding with rubber band around deck
2004 56
Juan Tamariz Divination of selected card
  • The Methods
  • Routined Divinations
  • Observations on Psychology and Presentation
  • A Tip
  • A Lament
  • A Warning
  • Other Effects
  • Naming the Position
  • By Estimation
  • Through a Misplaced Card
  • With a Medium
  • Concluding Observations
2004 79
Juan Tamariz The Three Piles three groups of cards are removed from fan, all cards are named by performer
  • First Variation (With a Medium)
  • Second Variation (Ideas)
  • Third Variation (A Classic)
Related to 2004 85
Massimo Tira In-Visible In-Sight coding a card for other mentalist or medium using Silver Bullet
Also published here
  • "In-Visible In-Sight" in "Werewolf"
2004 28
Steve Beam Sans Cards binary code using objects to transmit card to medium
2006 218
Michael Powers Code 5 five cards removed from deck, one hidden, assistant is shown other four cards and names fifth one, repeat in which a card is cased and divined
Inspired by 2006 119
Karl Fulves Intelligent Design ten ESP cards (or other cards, items) mixed and put in a row in a stand, a few turned over, medium enters room and divines all the hidden ones
  • Picture Perfect
  • Conditions of Note
  • Behind the Scenes
  • Up & Down
  • The Routine
  • With Playing Cards
2007
Prolix (Issue 3)
203
Karl Fulves Nonconformist deck separated by colors, two cards openly exchanged, medium removes two cards, one from each half, the red card suddenly comes from original color again
2008
Prolix (Issue 5)
298
Joshua Jay Call The Wizard person called who divines selection, force
2008 50
Karl Fulves Late Nite Strippers medium locates card, or performer, reversal method in hands of performer, with a poker deal application with four selections, pick-a-card poker
2010
Prolix (Issue 8)
504
Simon Aronson Medium, Well-Done two person act, person is sent out of room, later comes back and is able to locate selected card
Also published here 2014 270
Jim Steinmeyer The Affirmative Code
  • Conjuring
cards or objects in room are divined by assistant, code for twenty-six letters and numbers
Inspired by Dec. 2015
Genii (Vol. 78 No. 12)
36
Alexander Hansford Notes
  • Culling in
  • Accomplice
  • Fooling magicians
2018 106
Michael Weber, Tim Trono With an Accomplice person is called that divines the card
  • A Sample Demonstration
2021 6
Max Malini Hotel Clerk Revelation note sent to hotel clerk which comes back a few minutes later with five selections written on it
2022 246
Andy Choy Corsican Monte three cards chosen from three piles by counting a small packet and remembering the card at that position, medium names positions of the selections
Inspired by Nov. 2023
The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 11)
1098
Andy Choy, Yathunandh Corsican Closer three-phase routine for two performers
  • Phase 1 (card chosen, the second performer finds it from another deck)
  • Phase 2 Card Selections (three cards chosen from different positions and out-jogged, they are at same position in the other deck when dealt in unison)
    • Phase 2 Streamlined Version
    • Phase 2 Sleight-free Version
  • Phase 3 (decks are in same order)
Jan. 2024
The Hermit (Vol. 3 No. 1)
1192