Prediction switched for Spectator's own writing

27 entries in Mental Magic / Principles / Prediction switched for Spectator's own writing
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Orville Wayne Meyer Tervil word, number and city are written on billet, prediction on another billet
Related toVariationsAlso published here Mar. 1939
The Jinx (Issue 54)
383
William S. Houghton Impromptu Name Duplication Test spectator and performer write a word on a billet, they match
 		1943
The Magic 36
20
Orville Wayne Meyer Tervil word, number and city are written on billet, prediction on another billet
Also published here 1944
Practical Mental Effects
24
C. L. Boarde Dead Name Duplication - Variation A divination of name written on billet
 		1947
Mainly Mental Vol. 1 — Billet Reading
86
C. L. Boarde Dead Name Duplication - Variation C divination of name, spectator writes name down after performer
 		1947
Mainly Mental Vol. 1 — Billet Reading
87
Al Baker Co-Incidentally spectator writes the same name as performer did earlier, centre tear
Also published here 1949
Mental Magic
18
Al Koran "Inexplicable" spectator writes city on a billet and a clipped with a bulldog clip, several more billets are introduced, when touched with a cigarette they vanish, except one on which the same city is noted as on the spectator's billet
Related to 1959
Billets
195
Sandy Vogel Clocks Variation
Inspired by Feb. 1967
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 2 No. 4)
82
Al Mann The Griffin Envelope Switch switching two signed envelopes secretly with stack, used for prediction in which spectator's billet is used as actual prediction
 		June 1974
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 9 No. 8)
741
Dr. Dan J. Alessini Stuck! two numbered envelopes, change as prediction matches change from spectator
 		1977
Magick (Issue 180)
898
Al Mann The Coins from the Pocket spectator puts money in an envelope and seals it, then the performer hands him an envelope with the same amount of coins and of the same denomination, Bombshell Wallet
 		1981
The "H" Factor
11
Thomas Alan Waters Triton a red, white, and blue billet are in a bulldog clip, each belonging to a different category, a spectator selects one of the three categories and choses a word from that category, which he writes down, the word is predicted on one of the three billets, switching bulldog clip
Inspired by
  • "Chronokinesis" (Jack Avis, Pentagram, Vol. 8 No. 4, Jan. 1954, p. 25)
 1981
Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Scrypt)
178
Bruce Bernstein Three Way Prediction word, number and city are written on billet, using envelopes
Inspired byAlso published here 1981
Twenty Effects for Psychic Entertainers
52
Fredric Kolb The Swedenborg Predictions prediction in bulldog clip
 		Oct. 1984
Magick (Issue 340)
1697
Robert Schwarz Pocket Trick prediction switched for spectator's billet
 		June 1985
Magick (Issue 353)
1762
Gary Kurtz The Slothful Mentalist one of four cards chosen, then one of thirteen, then any card and any city and any number written on it, everything predicted in an envelope, "serious version" of his "Signed, Sealed, Delivered"
Also published here 1987
Several New Pieces
5
Eddie Clever Three Thoughts Later three spectators think of a card and remove it, they're placed in an envelope and the names of the cards are written on a piece of paper, another spectator indicated three cards from a second deck which are put in an envelope, they are shown to match
Inspired by
  • "Dead Name Duplication" (Theodore Annemann, Thayer's Trick of the Month Club, 1932)
 Apr. 1998
Onyx (Issue 3)
32
Al Baker Co-Incidentally spectator writes the same name as performer did earlier, centre tear
Also published here 2003
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Mental Magic)
291
Al Baker Prediction with Center Tear center piece switched for prediction
Also published here
  • The Sphinx, Vol. 40 No. 1, Mar 1941
 2003
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Magazines)
663
David Ben And the Oscar Goes to... Oscar candidates are divined
Inspired by
  • "Dead Name Duplication" (Ted Annemann, 1932)
Variations 		Oct. 2009
Genii (Vol. 72 No. 10 (The Jinx - 75 Years))
8
David Ben And the Oscar Goes to... Oscar candidates are divined
Inspired by 2009
The Jinx — 75 Years
8
John Holt Hit List spectator writes shopping list of three items on business card, performer predicted the items in his wallet
Inspired by 2009
Mind Blasters II
36
Barrie Richardson The Propensity to be Influenced prediction in balloon, spectator's writing is switched in for prediction
Inspired by 2011
Curtain Call
26
Barrie Richardson The Eye of the Target imaginary book test, spectator names books and makes up page number and word on billet, word matches prediction and page number divined by a spectator, spectator's billet switched in for prediction
Inspired by
  • "Mental Target Practice" (Barrie Richardson, The Magician, Feb. 2005)
Related to
  • "Dead Name Duplication" (Theodore Annemann, Thayer's Trick of the Month Club, 1932)
 2011
Curtain Call
71
Gary Kurtz The Slothful Mentalist Signed, Sealed, Delivered in Advance as a prediction, with name and number written down
Also published here 2012
The F.F.F.F. Book
140
Bruce Bernstein Three Way Prediction word, number and city are written on billet, using envelopes
Also published here 2012
Unreal
48
Robert Cassidy An Example of Low-Tech Mentalism - One Man Billet Routine #1 with six people
 		2013
The Artful Mentalism of Bob Cassidy — Volume 2: Fundamentals
159