Peeking

61 entries in Paper / Envelopes / Peeking
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Carl Willmann Briefkasten answering letters, on using "professor", Embryoskop (Prof. Dr. W. Preyer), reading letter inside envelope (alcohol), x-rays, colored ashes from bowl of water (sand-like)
 		May 1896 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 2 No. 5) 80
Unknown Magische X-Strahlen performer is able to read content of envelope, x-ray patter, alcohol
 		Mar. 1897 Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 2 No. 7) 106
Unknown Making Envelope Transparent alcohol, method with box and sponge in pocket
Related to 1911 Mind Reading Secrets and Sealed Billet Reading 22
T. Page Wright Envelope Card Reading cards in envelope, performer names them one by one
 		1933 Page Wright's Notebook 19
Theodore Annemann Dead or Alive? cards placed inside envelope, name of dead person is revealed
Also published here 1934 The Jinx (Issue 3) 11
Robert Parrish The Ultimate One Man Sealed Message Reading System 1. Collecting the Envelopes
2. Reading the Messages
3. Returning the Card and Envelope
4. Returning the Next to the Last Message
5. Reading the Last Message
 		1937 You'd be Surprised 22
Unknown Making Envelope transparent alcohol
 		1939 The Jinx (Issue 56) 398
Frank Kelly A Telepathic Experiment number and geometric design divined
 		1939 The Magic Annual for 1938 and 1939 116
Unknown Making Envelope transparent alcohol
 		1940 The Jinx (Issue 114) 674
Unknown Glimpse Envelope to glimpse single card in envelope
 		1941/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 1 200
William S. Houghton Thought Vision word or drawing on blank card is put in envelope, performer divines it
 		1943 The Magic 36 16
Theodore Annemann Dead or Alive cards placed inside envelope, name of dead person is revealed
Also published here 1944 Practical Mental Effects 54
Fredric Kolb Envelope Switch and Peek
1945 Miracles in Mentalism and Psychic Experimentation 10
Harlan Tarbell Postal Inspection card is placed in envelope and divined, peek envelope
Also published here 1945 Miracles in Mentalism and Psychic Experimentation 30
John Brown Cook, Arthur H. Buckley The Open Window divination of a city, written on paper and sealed in envelope
 		1947 Gems of Mental Magic 90
Harold Braunhut Thoughts Afire secret reading method for text written on postcard put in envelope
 		1948/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 5 166
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
C. E. Young The Invisible Window special design for window envelope, peek
 		1951 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1951) 26
Sydney Bergson Sid's Seer sponge with alcohol dispenser for sealed message reading
Related to 1954 The New Phoenix 301-348 (Issue 313) 55
Gene "Phantini" Grant Challenge Dollar Bill Test bill in envelope and between slates, still performer divines serial number
 		1955 Phantini's Lost Book of Mental Secrets 10
Tony Corinda (3) The Window Envelope
1959 Question and Answer (Readings) 345
Harlan Tarbell Postal Inspektion card is placed in envelope and divined, peek envelope
Also published here 1960 Hokus Pokus (Vol. 21 No. 1) 901
Max Lister Easy Message Reading alcohol to make envelope transparent
 		1972 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 7 62
James G. Thompson Jr. Third Eye window envelope handling, see p. 527 for idea by Bob Still
 		Winter 1972 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 7 No. 6th Folio) 492
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
James G. Thompson Jr. Strongest Thought five spectators write stuff on billets, secret instructions on what type of information to write on billet, sealed envelope reading method, chalk with razor blade
 		Winter 1972 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 7 No. 6th Folio) 498
Al Mann Instant Mindreader
June 1974 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 9-10 (Vol. 9 No. 8) 744
Robert Parrish Great Slate Test chosen card divined on slate and duplicate writing appears on another slate, repeated with random name written down by spectator
Inspired by
  • Laurie Ireland's "Three Slate Routines" (1930s)
 Summer 1974 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 9-10 (Vol. 9 No. 9th Folio) 765
Ronnie Gann It's About Time! time is set behind back and put in envelope, time is divined
 		1976 Magick (Issue 147) 733
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 The Preparation constructing The Sibylline Envelope
 		1977 The Sibylline Messages 2
Al Mann The Flight of the Griffins spectator writes a question and drops it addressed to the performer into the mail box, performer does the same with the answer, the next day they find out it is correct, with Sibylline envelopes
Inspired by
  • Spencer Thornton's "Anytime, Anywhere - For Newspaper Publicity" in "Secrets of Mental Magic"
 1977 The Sibylline Messages 9
Al Mann Notes ideas and tips for the Sibylline Envelope
 		1977 The Sibylline Messages 11
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
Mike Gancia Colour in View item written on card and sealed in envelope is secretly read
Related to 1977 Third Dimension 29
Theodore Annemann Verschiedene Spezialdaumenspitzen - 1. sponge in thumb tip with chemical that makes envelopes translucent
 		Aug. 1979 Intermagic (Vol. 6 No. 2) 72
Roy Johnson Impressed information written on paper, folded, put in envelope
 		1979 Final Call 47
Unknown Glimpse Through Envelope thin paper
 		1979 ESP Card Magic 8
Mike Caveney A Bloody Prediction murder story, prediction of a stabbing wound, comedy routine
 		1981 Magicomedy 57
Al Mann Peeking Envelope with window
 		1982 Of Gifts and Talents 2
Neil Somerville Visual Images five images are placed inside envelopes, one is selected and divined
 		Feb. 1982 Magick (Issue 303) 1512
Robert Cassidy Test of the White Dwarf information written on card and sealed inside two envelopes is divined, see-through
Also published here Apr. 1982 Magick (Issue 305) 1521
Kate Shiels The Irish Factotum divination of drawn ESP symbol in envelope
 		Jan. 1984 Magick (Issue 327) 1631
Robert Cassidy The Two Envelope Test (Also knwon as The White Dwarf) information written on card and sealed inside two envelopes is divined, see-through
VariationsAlso published here 1984 The Art of Mentalism 35
Robert Cassidy A Picture and A Word messages written and sealed inside two envelopes, using The White Dwarf principle
 		1984 The Art of Mentalism 36
Richard Osterlind DI-1 information written on pieces of paper and always several pieces placed inside envelopes, Q&A, transparent envelopes
 		1986 Double Incidence 2
Al Mann A Design Duplication Method design cards in envelopes, transparent
 		1986 Double Incidence 6
Steve Dusheck Colored Writing divination of name and chosen color, using Larry White's Get The Picture envelope
 		1992 Stunners! 8
Larry White Get The Picture peek envelope, mirror flap
 		1992 Stunners! 83
Steve Dusheck Playing Cards Get The Picture envelope used with playing cards
 		1992 Stunners! 87
Alan Wassilak Brain Wave card is selected from a deck and placed inside envelope, it is the same card which is reversed in second deck, using Larry White's Get The Picture envelope
 		1992 Stunners! 87
Dan Tong Prediction dual reality, apparently spectator drew picture at home, using Larry White's Get The Picture envelope
 		1992 Stunners! 87
Steve Dusheck Book Test using Larry White's Get The Picture envelope
 		1992 Stunners! 88
Larry Becker Wordarama divination of chosen word from a list, using Larry White's Get The Picture envelope
 		1992 Stunners! 89
Larry Becker Stand-Up Modification variation for Larry White's Get The Picture envelope
 		1992 Stunners! 89
James G. Thompson Jr. Der Gedankenfänger spectator thinks of an umbrella word, five spectators write down a word belonging to that category, performer divines category and gives words back to correct spectators
 		1998 Intermagic (Vol. 22 No. 1) 33
Jeff Sheridan The Svengali Envelopes image drawn on white card that is put in an envelope is divined
 		Nov. 1999 Genii (Vol. 62 No. 11) 61
Barrie Richardson Guess What?
  • From My Thoughts
phone number and name and personal information written and put in envelope, all divined
 		June 2003 Genii (Vol. 66 No. 6) 72
Basil Horwitz Challenge Body Language Zodiac Test divination of a chosen zodiac, zodiac cards, one put in envelope
 		2004 The Mental Magick of Basil Horwitz — Volume 5 17
Robert Cassidy The Eye of the White Dwarf information written on card and sealed inside two envelopes is divined, hole
Inspired by 2004 The Artful Mentalism of Bob Cassidy 191
Barrie Richardson The Osmosis Envelope gimmicked pay envelope, spectator can seal message inside, yet performer can access and glimpse content
 		2011 Curtain Call 181