Magic Square

102 entries in Numbers / Magic Square

Creators	Title	Comments & References		Year	Source	Page	Categories
	Ein Zauberquadrat	magic square for the number 1899		July 1899	Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 5 No. 7)	111	Numbers / Magic Square
Theodore Annemann	The Improved Magic Square Presentation			1931	The Book Without A Name	42	Numbers / Magic Square
Royal Vale Heath	The Lucky Number Magic Square	3x3		Jan. 1936	The Jinx (Issue 16)	79	Numbers / Magic Square
Royal Vale Heath	Magic Squares	chapter on Magic Squares, discussing The Three Square The Five Square Odd and Even Cell Squares The Eight Square The Six Square	Variations Black Magic² (Ted Lesley, 1994)	1938	Greater Magic	911	Numbers / Magic Square
	Fun with Magic Squares			1938	Greater Magic	915	Numbers / Magic Square
	Transposing Magic Squares			1938	Greater Magic	916	Numbers / Magic Square
	The Birthday Magic Square Trick			1938	Greater Magic	920	Numbers / Magic Square
	An Historical Magic Square			1938	Greater Magic	921	Numbers / Magic Square
	Segregation of the Odd and Even Numbers Routine			1938	Greater Magic	922	Numbers / Magic Square
	A Mathematical Magic Square			1938	Greater Magic	923	Numbers / Magic Square
	An Intersting Curiosity			1938	Greater Magic	924	Numbers / Magic Square
Theodore Annemann	Contest Corner	mathematical problem with 3x3 magic square, see page 396 for solution		Apr. 1939	The Jinx (Issue 55)	392	Numbers / Magic Square
Eddie Joseph	Personal Publicity	magic square with letters on business cards, playing checkers with spectator, word aid		1940 ca.	Original Tricks	14	Numbers / Magic Square Business Cards Games / Checkers
Lloyd W. Chambers	A Magical Surprise	Magic Square, tip to memorize pattern		1941	Original Ideas in Magic	25	Numbers / Magic Square
Don Costello, Dai Vernon, Martin Gardner	The Tit-Tat-Toe Trick	Packet of nine cards used to play tic-tac-toe with a spectator (face up and down cards). Finale is revealed that the result is a magic square, each row/column/diagonal adds up to fifteen	Related to Tic Tac Toe Force (Martin Gardner, 2018) Variations Draw For The Devil (Robert E. Neale, 2006) Ta-Te-Ti (Áriston, 2017)	1956	Mathematics, Magic And Mystery	28	Numbers / Magic Square Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Games Games / Tic Tac Toe Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Magic Square
Mel Stover	Stover's Prediction	four by four square drawn on calendar, four circles drawn (draw circle and cross out row and column each time), magician divines the sum, Matrix Force	Also published here Four on a Date (George Kirkendall, 1996) Calendar Prediction (Mel Stover, 2010)	1956	Mathematics, Magic And Mystery	49	Numbers / Magic Square Numbers / Prediction & Sum-Divination Calendar
Max Katz	Magic Squares with Playing Cards	72 fundamental solutions to the card square with formula		1957	26 Originals	21	Numbers / Magic Square Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Magic Square
Stewart James	Squaring the Square	magic square with fractions, when cut part is the square of the total of the magic square		1957	Magic Mine No. 1	5	Numbers / Magic Square
Bert Allerton	Simplified Magic Square		Related to The Magic Card Square (Bert Allerton, Robert Parrish, 1952)	1958	The Close-Up Magician	20	Numbers / Magic Square
Tony Corinda	The Magic Square	5x5	Related to Errata and Additions to the Full "Thirteen Steps to Mentalism" (Tony Corinda, 1960) Fred Barlow's " Mental Prodigies"	1958	Mnemonics and Mental Systems	65	Numbers / Magic Square
Leo Behnke	Magic Square	printing a magic square grid on promotional material, magic square with the age of spectator as a souvenir		1962	Entertaining Close Up	4	Numbers / Magic Square Articles / Business and Publicity
Harry Lorayne	The Fantastic Card Square	magic square routine with cards, then a named number	Also published here Das Phantastische Kartenquadrat (Harry Lorayne, 1999)	1964	Personal Secrets	39	Numbers / Magic Square Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Magic Square
Werner "Manello" Meyer	Die magische Kreuz-8 Quersumme	12 steady numbers		1964	Hokus Pokus (Vol. 25 No. 5)	83	Numbers / Magic Square
Chan Canasta	Oops 3: Matches and loose change	Grid of sixteen cards, spectator chooses cards one by one while eliminating all the cards in the same row/column as the card. Then add up values of the cards, and total is predicted		1966	Book of Oopses	8	Numbers / Magic Square Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Magic Square Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Miscellaneous
Gaston "Gasbor" Borgeaud	Parlons de Carres Magiques	on the magic square, methods	Variations Reparlons de Carrés Magiques (Roger "Hervey" Vuille, 1970)	1970	Hokus Pokus (Vol. 31 No. 2)	27	Numbers / Magic Square
Roger "Hervey" Vuille	Reparlons de Carrés Magiques	thoughts on the magic square	Inspired by Parlons de Carres Magiques (Gaston "Gasbor" Borgeaud, 1970)	1970	Hokus Pokus (Vol. 31 No. 6)	120	Numbers / Magic Square
Harry Lorayne	The Memory Magic Square	combination of magic square and memorizing list of random objects		1971	Reputation-Makers	193	Numbers / Magic Square Propless / Memory Stunts / List of objects
Harry Lorayne	Instant Magic Square			1971	Reputation-Makers	206	Numbers / Magic Square
Robert E. Neale	Fold, Cut, and Fail	pre-folded paper square with sixteen digits in two colors, folded and cut, all digits of one color except chosen one is in one pile Part One Part Two Part Three Final Notes	Also published here Fold, Cut and Fail (Robert E. Neale, 2008)	Feb. 1973	The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 8 No. 4)	595	Numbers / Magic Square Paper / Mental Stuff Paper / Topological Effects
Wilbur T. Kattner	Tarot Trick	Nasick magic square with sixteen tarot cards	Related to Squarot (Philip T. Goldstein, 1980)	Sep. 1974	The Pallbearers Review Vol. 9-10 (Vol. 9 No. 11)	785	Numbers / Magic Square Tarot Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Magic Square
Gerald Kosky	Calendar Magic Square	natural magic squares using a calendar, 3x3		1975	The Magic of Gerald Kosky	209	Numbers / Magic Square
	The Upside Down Magic Square	4x4 square in which the numbers make a magic square when it is turned upside down		1976	Mistress of Pentertain	8	Numbers / Magic Square
Harry Lorayne	The Instant Magic Square			1977	The Magic Book	218	Numbers / Magic Square
Terry LaGerould	"No Memory" Magic Square			May 1979	Apocalypse (Vol. 2 No. 5)	195	Numbers / Magic Square
Tony Griffith	Das magische Kompass-Quadrat	combination of Chinese compass and magic square	Also published here Genii, Sep. 1978	Apr. 1979	Intermagic (Vol. 6 No. 1)	34	Numbers / Magic Square Paper / Chinese Compass
Philip T. Goldstein, Walter B. Gibson, Maurice Kraitchik	Rainbow Matrix	number force with a magic square	Inspired by The Irrisistible Force (Mel Stover, 1957) Related to Days of Force (Mel Stover, 1945) By the numbers (Lewis Jones, 2002) Variations Rainbow Matrix - Weber Notes (Michael Weber, 2015)	1980	The Violet Book of Mentalism	8	Numbers / Magic Square Numbers / Number Forces / Other Props
Philip T. Goldstein, Walter B. Gibson, Maurice Kraitchik	Rainbow Matrix	number force with a magic square	Inspired by The Irrisistible Force (Mel Stover, 1957) Related to Days of Force (Mel Stover, 1945)	1982	shuffled lecture	4	Numbers / Magic Square Numbers / Number Forces / Other Props
Stephen Tucker	Magic Square	spectator mixes numbers in a plastic sliding numbers sorting puzzle, magic square		Dec. 1982	Spell-Binder (Vol. 2 No. 20)	391	Numbers / Magic Square Puzzle / Miscellaneous
Karl Fulves	Introduction	about the Magic Square effect and some sources		1983	Instant Magic Square	1	Numbers / Magic Square Articles / Intros & Epilogues
H. Adrian Smith	H. Adrian Smith's Instant Magic Square	commentary	Related to On The Square (Sam Schwartz, 2003)	1983	Instant Magic Square	2	Numbers / Magic Square
H. Adrian Smith	The Magic Square	reprinted from reference	Related to "Master Mysteries of 1933", H. Adrian Smith	1983	Instant Magic Square	2	Numbers / Magic Square
Karl Fulves	Comments on the Instant Magic Square			1983	Instant Magic Square	4	Numbers / Magic Square
H. Adrian Smith	Discussion with Royal Heath			1983	Instant Magic Square	4	Numbers / Magic Square
Royal Vale Heath	A Mathemagical Magic Square	reprinted from reference	Related to The Sphinx, August 1936	1983	Instant Magic Square	4	Numbers / Magic Square
Karl Fulves	Further Comments on the Magic Square	4&4 and 5&5		1983	Instant Magic Square	5	Numbers / Magic Square
Karl Fulves	Magic Squares	introduction		1983	Self-Working Number Magic	59	Numbers / Magic Square
	The Marrakech Game	No. 35, numbers on 3x3 square used for variation of Tic Tac Toe	Related to Strip Tac Toe (Karl Fulves, 1994)	1983	Self-Working Number Magic	60	Numbers / Magic Square Games / Tic Tac Toe
Stephen Clark	The Broken Square	No. 36, square with two parts missing, still magic square, used for force		1983	Self-Working Number Magic	61	Numbers / Magic Square Numbers / Number Forces / Other Props
	Swindle Square	No. 37, six spectators have a slip with a number and multiply it with their position, numbers used for a Magic Square		1983	Self-Working Number Magic	62	Numbers / Magic Square
Karl Fulves	Anti-Magic Square	No. 38, getting many different totals in a 3x3 square		1983	Self-Working Number Magic	63	Numbers / Magic Square
	Curious Magic	No. 39, 4x4 square with total 264 in all directions, all different numbers and can be turned upside down on its head		1983	Self-Working Number Magic	64	Numbers / Magic Square
	Add and Subtract	No. 40, puzzle with number pairs		1983	Self-Working Number Magic	64	Numbers / Magic Square Numbers / Puzzles & Bets
	The Paradox	No. 41, paper with numbers cut up, can be arranged so that center misses		1983	Self-Working Number Magic	66	Numbers / Magic Square Puzzle / Geometrical Vanish
Karl Fulves	The Automatic Magic Square	No. 42, instantly filling out a 4x4 square for a number between 22 and 100		1983	Self-Working Number Magic	68	Numbers / Magic Square
Mel Stover	Non-Transitivity with a Magic Slant			Aug. 1984	Epoptica (Issue 6)	391	Numbers / Magic Square Dice (small) / Miscellaneous Numbers / Principles / Nontransitivity
Marshall Johnson	Psi-bernetics	basic		July 1985	Magick (Issue 354)	1769	Numbers / Magic Square
Rudolf Braunmüller	Zahlenquadrat-Forcen	number force with magic square 1. 2. Die Neunkarten-Force		Oct. 1987	Intermagic (Vol. 13 No. 1)	20	Numbers / Magic Square Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Magic Square Numbers / Number Forces / Other Props Numbers / Number Forces / Playing Cards
Charles "Cicardi" Scott	Psychic Square	people write numbers on billets and place them inside box, sixteen are selected and performer tells spectator where to write them down, Magic Square number matches number a spectator is thinking of, Otis Manning box		May 1988	Magick (Issue 405)	2021	Numbers / Magic Square Mental Magic / Principles / Pre-Show Mental Magic / Principles / Forcing
Karl Fulves	Square Numbers	columns and rows in magic square as nontransitive set with special properties, applied to chips game The Basic Squares Alien Numbers Twofer Advantage Player		1991	Swindle & Cheat	25	Numbers / Magic Square Chip / Miscellaneous Numbers / Principles / Nontransitivity
Karl Fulves	Markers	ideas related to nontransitive games Simple Sets (Dualities, Royal Family) Unequal Sets A Nontransitive Pyramid Flat Dice Parity Dice (4 Thru 9 Dice, 2 Thru 10 Dice, 1 Thru 12 Dice, 36 Number Dice) House Dice High Percentage Games 3 Blind Dice Little Bingo Odds On		1991	Swindle & Cheat	52	Numbers / Magic Square Dice (small) / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Other Games Numbers / Principles / Nontransitivity
Patrick Page	Magische Quadrat-Telepathie	chosen number predicted on back of board	Variations My Magic Square (Alexander de Cova, 2014) Also published here Pages from Patrick's Notebook	Nov. 1991	Intermagic (Vol. 16 No. 3)	126	Numbers / Magic Square
John Northern Hilliard	Magic Squares	Fragmentary Notes by Hilliard		1994	More Greater Magic	1145	Numbers / Magic Square
Stephen Tucker	The Bizarre Square	grid on business card, spectator fills in some numbers, performer completes a magic square		1994	Close-Up File	7	Numbers / Magic Square
Ted Lesley	Black Magic²	Pseudo Psychometry, information written on business cards, last information is a number which is divined by doing a magic square	Inspired by Magic Squares (Royal Vale Heath, 1938)	1994	Paramiracles	177	Numbers / Magic Square Mental Magic / Effects / Psychometry Effects Mental Magic / Principles / Marking Systems Business Cards
Harry Lorayne	Das Phantastische Kartenquadrat	magic square routine with cards, then a named number	Also published here The Fantastic Card Square (Harry Lorayne, 1964)	1999	Intermagic (Vol. 22 No. 4 & 5)	151	Numbers / Magic Square Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Magic Square
Roy Johnson	Blitz-Quadrat	flash magic square on business card	Related to Anmerkung (Rudolf Braunmüller, 2000)	2000	Intermagic (Vol. 23 No. 4 & 5)	145	Numbers / Magic Square Paper / Out to Lunch Business Cards
Rudolf Braunmüller	Anmerkung	tip for flash magic square	Related to Blitz-Quadrat (Roy Johnson, 2000)	2000	Intermagic (Vol. 23 No. 4 & 5)	147	Numbers / Magic Square Paper / Out to Lunch
Orville Wayne Meyer	Magisches Quadrat & Großer Gedächtnistest	combination of magic square routine and list of objects memory demonstration		2000	Intermagic (Vol. 24 No. 2)	54	Numbers / Magic Square Propless / Memory Stunts / List of objects
David Berglas	Magic Squares	including a birthday in the square Constructing Magic Squares The Personalised Birthday Square	Related to Quartered Magic Square (David Berglas, 2002) Variations Birthday Squared (Lewis Jones, 2006)	2002	The Mind & Magic of David Berglas	457	Numbers / Magic Square
David Berglas	Quartered Magic Square	with 2x2 squares, that build a 4x4 square and can be rearranged anyway they like, birthday is included	Related to Magic Squares (David Berglas, 2002)	2002	The Mind & Magic of David Berglas	501	Numbers / Magic Square
Chuck Hickok	My Opener: Einstein's Demise		Related to An Update for Owners of Mentalism, Incorporated (Chuck Hickok, 2005) Essay #4: Creating Entertaining Mentalism Demonstrations (Chuck Hickok, 2005)	2002	Mentalism, Incorporated	51	Numbers / Magic Square
Lewis Jones	By the numbers	number force for any number with a magic square	Related to Rainbow Matrix (Philip T. Goldstein, Walter B. Gibson, Maurice Kraitchik, 1980)	2002	Ahead of the Pack	233	Numbers / Magic Square Numbers / Number Forces / Other Props
Lewis Jones	Square-bashing			2002	Ahead of the Pack	245	Numbers / Magic Square
Steve Beam	Doug-Less	with different dates on coins to form numbers		2002	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4	213	Numbers / Magic Square Coin / Effect Themes / Mental Stuff
Steve Beam	Two Squared	using serial number of bill		2002	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4	216	Numbers / Magic Square
Karl Fulves	The Force of July	4x4 layout is not a magic square, after some changes it is		2002	Discoverie (Issue 8)	105	Numbers / Magic Square Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Magic Square
David Ben	Abstract Thought	performer paints magic square for a thought-of age.		2003	Tricks	117	Clipboard Numbers / Magic Square Paper / Mental Stuff Mental Magic / Effects / Telepathy
Sam Schwartz	On The Square	"A Magic Square Routine" spectator takes any row or column of a 4x4 cards layout, values added, matched number of cut-off cards	Inspired by Ted Lesley Magic Square routine Related to H. Adrian Smith's Instant Magic Square (H. Adrian Smith, 1983)	2003	Latter Day Secrets (Issue 8)	301	Numbers / Magic Square Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Full Stack (DONT USE THIS) Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Number Prediction Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Magic Square
Karl Fulves	Diminishing Squares	magic square in which four numbers can be removed and a magic square remains, applications Paycheck Poker The Collins Square Square Notes (fragmented magic squares)	Inspired by Judah-Guest "Bi Color Cut"	2003	Latter Day Secrets (Issue 8)	323	Numbers / Magic Square Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Miscellaneous
Sam Schwartz	Simplex Square	birthday square	Variations Alphabet Square (Sam Schwartz, Karl Fulves, 2005)	2005	Latter Day Secrets (Issue 10)	405	Numbers / Magic Square
Sam Schwartz, Karl Fulves	Alphabet Square	5x5 square, numbers are converted to letters to spell out names	Inspired by Simplex Square (Sam Schwartz, 2005)	2005	Latter Day Secrets (Issue 10)	409	Numbers / Magic Square Words & Letters / Miscellaneous
Harry Lorayne	4x4 Magic Square Breakthrough??	The Strategy The Patterns Columns Diagonals The Four Corners Spectator Choice - He Selects a Total Playing Cards With Dates		Apr. 2005	Genii (Vol. 68 No. 4)	26	Numbers / Magic Square Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Magic Square
Robert E. Neale	Draw For The Devil	nine cards, performer and spectator alternately put them in a 3x3 square à la Tic Tac Toe, a magic square for six results	Inspired by The Tit-Tat-Toe Trick (Don Costello, Dai Vernon, Martin Gardner, 1956)	2006	Prolix (Issue 2)	85	Numbers / Magic Square Games / Tic Tac Toe Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Magic Square
Lewis Jones	Birthday Squared	easy magic square which includes exact birthday of a person, with variations	Inspired by Magic Squares (David Berglas, 2002)	2006	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 7	111	Numbers / Magic Square
Harry Lorayne	The To-And-Fro Magic Square			May 2006	Genii (Vol. 69 No. 5)	25	Numbers / Magic Square
Robert E. Neale	Fold, Cut and Fail	Pre-folded paper square with sixteen digits in two colors, folded and cut, all digits of one color except chosen one is in one pile	Also published here Fold, Cut, and Fail (Robert E. Neale, 1973)	2008	This Is Not a Book	188	Numbers / Magic Square Paper / Mental Stuff Paper / Topological Effects
Allan Slaight	Mind Snare	using Nikola mnemonic system	Inspired by "Mind Square" (Craige McComb Snader, 1986)	2008	Spins & Needles	96	Numbers / Magic Square Propless / Memory Stunts / Memory Systems
Allan Slaight	The Bard and the Bible	magic square, Shakespeare presentation, 46th word from front and back in 46th psalm of King James bible	Also published here Puzzler's Tribute: A Feast for the Mind, 2002	2008	Spins & Needles	162	Numbers / Magic Square Mental Magic / Effects / Coincidence
Jim Steinmeyer	Triumph Sudoku	"A Formula for a New Puzzle and a New Performance" Sudoku skill demonstration à la Magic Square		2009	Technique & Understanding	121	Numbers / Magic Square Games / Sudoku
Mel Bennett	The Force Methods	number forces 1. using number cards (Magigram, Amazing Trelba) 2. "Newspaper Prediction" (Martin Gardner, Magic, August 2005, also Ibidem?) 3. 4x4 matrix 4. magic square	Related to Crazy Calendar (Martin Gardner, 1983)	2011	Xtra Credit (Issue 10)	69	Numbers / Magic Square Numbers / Number Forces / Other Props Numbers / Number Forces / Paper Cards
Barrie Richardson	Zebra²	presentation for Magic Square		2011	Curtain Call	59	Numbers / Magic Square
Alexander de Cova	My Magic Square	chosen number predicted on back of board	Inspired by Magische Quadrat-Telepathie (Patrick Page, 1991)	Mar. 2014	Scrapbook (Issue 8)	55	Numbers / Magic Square
Max Maven	Rainbow Matrix	number force with a magic square	Related to Rainbow Matrix (Philip T. Goldstein, Walter B. Gibson, Maurice Kraitchik, 1980)	2015	The Black Book of Mentalism	4	Numbers / Magic Square Numbers / Number Forces / Other Props
Roberto Giobbi	Magic Square	3x3, with card		2016	Hidden Agenda (Issue Jan 25)	29	Numbers / Magic Square Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Magic Square
Roberto Giobbi	Magic Square Idea		Related to Guyot, Vol. 3, 1735 edition p. 79	2016	Hidden Agenda (Issue July 27)	215	Numbers / Magic Square
Christoph Borer	Das Magische Quadrat	focus on presentation, magic square with birth date		2016	21	118	Numbers / Magic Square
Áriston	Ta-Te-Ti	packet of nine cards used to play tic-tac-toe with a spectator (face up and down cards). Finale is revealed that the result is a magic square, each row/column/diagonal adds up to fifteen	Inspired by The Tit-Tat-Toe Trick (Don Costello, Dai Vernon, Martin Gardner, 1956)	2017	Hojas Sueltas	146	Numbers / Magic Square Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Games Games / Tic Tac Toe Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Magic Square
John Graham	Square Deal	list of hundred card tricks, one chosen and performed (handful of missing cards found by looking at remaining fifty-one cards), then magic square with numerical position of that trick in the list	Inspired by "The Brain Shows Off" (Harry Anderson, Tipping the Hat, 2011) Related to Organic Engineering (John Graham, 2021) The Square Bookend (John Graham, 2021)	2021	Stage by Stage	231	Numbers / Magic Square Cards / Effect Themes / Super-Senses / Memory / Naming missing card(s) Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Memorized / Full Deck
Christoph Borer, Hans-Christian Solka	Der mathematische Geburtstag	magic square for birthday, number generated of day and month		2022	A String of Pearls	37	Numbers / Magic Square
Bob Farmer	Hummer Ching	I Ching, divination of hidden number, then I Ching reading prediction as magic square Phase One: Chinese Numerology Divination of a Total Phase Two: Predicting the Future		2022	Hummer's Odyssey (Issue Addendum #1)	1	Numbers / Magic Square Mental Magic / Effects / Divination Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Miscellaneous I Ching Numbers / Principles / Hummer Addition Principle
Gregory Wilson	Ball Buster	magic square with balls in a tray Thirty Force by Raj Madhok No-Memory Rearrangement Greg's Preferred Handling	Also published here MAGIC, Sep. 2009	2022	Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)	886	Numbers / Magic Square Games / Lottery
Friedrich Roitzsch	Magic Squared	deck of number cards used, four cards put aside as prediction, number named, four-card groups produced that add up to that number, prediction cards also add up, all groups form a 4x4 magic square The First Coincidence The Second Coincidence The Third Coincidence The Prediction The Finale	Inspired by "The Grid" (Richard Wiseman, DVD, 2012) "Square Deal" (Karl Hein, The Heineous Collection Volume 2)	2023	Instructions for Miracles	75	Numbers / Magic Square Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Number Prediction Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Step gaff Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind/Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Magic Square