Picture & Symbol Cards

110 entries in Picture & Symbol Cards
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Edward Bagshawe The Educated Ribbon slate is covered and put on a stand, a ribbon moves up from under the cover by itself and is then shown to be in the configuration of a previously chosen design of a set of design cards
Variations 1924
Exclusive Problems in Magic
19
Edward Bagshawe "Thought Precipitation" stage version, slate is covered and put on a stand, a ribbon moves up from under the cover by itself and is then shown to be in the configuration of a previously chosen design of a set of design cards
Inspired by 1924
Exclusive Problems in Magic
84
Theodore Annemann Extra-Sensory Perception design duplication with stacked picture cards, see page 99 for improvement by Annemann
Related toVariationsAlso published here July 1935
The Jinx (Issue 10)
52
Dr. Stanley Jaks Legacy From Tibet two routines with one-way picture/symbol cards
Also published here 1940
The Jinx (Issue 101)
613
Eddie Joseph Mystic Rectical picture cards with different symbols and letters on the back, alphabet is called and cards touched, last card is chosen symbol, repeated with more cards
 		1940 ca.
Original Tricks
1
Theodore Annemann Extra-Sensory Perception design duplication with stacked picture cards
Also published here 1944
Practical Mental Effects
177
John Booth Egyptian X-Ray Scope cards with symbols, card is revealed with the aid of a mysterious tube, juiced deck
 		1945
My Best
221
Don Tanner One in Five five design cards chosen, then one of those chosen, assistant comes from other room and knows which one, code via position of match in match book
 		Oct. 1948
Grant's Inner Circle Magazine (Vol. 1 No. 1 & 2)
12
Ein magisches Silversterdiner nine cards with names of different food, chosen one is divined, picture stack type
 		1949
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 10 No. 5)
39
C. E. Young CYESP design duplication and design at named number, design / picture stack
 		1950
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1950)
32
Jochen Zmeck Prediction as Jochini, prediction of one of ten chosen symbols
 		1958
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 19 No. 2)
631
J. G. Reed E.S.P Test design cards, several spectator select one and put the cards in envelopes, performer locates the owners
 		1959
Card Tricks
313
Len Belcher Mesmerental chosen design is predicted, several designs on several cards
Related to 1960
Magic of the Mind
88
Gerry Findler Mystic Signs medium divines selected design card
 		1960
Magic of the Mind
90
Dr. Stanley Jaks Das Erbe von Tibet two routines with one-way picture/symbol cards
Also published here 1961
Dr. Stanley-Jaks und seine Geheimnisse
134
Don Tanner Design Duplication using symbol cards and a card box
 		1962
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1962)
52
North Bigbee Alphabet Telepathy divination of chosen Alphabet cards
 		Feb. 1963
The New Jinx (Vol. 1 No. 10)
41
Felix Greenfield Psychic Spell 50 picture cards, selection is found by spelling name and sentence
 		Mar. 1965
The New Jinx (Vol. 3 No. 35)
143
David Ray Stigmata design cards, one design chosen with card sword (!), design appears on skin with luminous paint
 		1969
HEX!
63
Doc Conrad Dowsing Rod & ESP finding picture card with dowsing rod
 		May 1970
Talisman (Vol. 1 No. 12)
47
Roy Johnson Burst comedy routine, stack of picture and word cards, one is predicted and water appears from card
 		1971
Second Time Around
6
William P. Miesel The Devil's Pasteboards prediction of a symbol, elastic bands on poster board to put symbol cards
 		1971
Magick (Issue 32)
157
Frederick M. Shields, Bascom Jones Double Daring symbols drawn on index card, selected one is divined by signing its back
 		1971
Magick (Issue 35)
171
Eckhard Böttcher Rendez-Vous mit Moni twelve cards with images, words are spelled and match images, spectator always spells word and ends up on picture of a nude
 		1973
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 34 No. 5)
91
Dick Madden 10-to-1 Shot ten cards, spectator selects one with odd symbol
Variations 1974
Magick (Issue 112)
559
R. W. Grosholz From Beyond! five business cards withy symbols, spectator choses correct one
 		1975
Magick (Issue 135)
671
Jim Reilly Drei kleine Schweinchen story with three little pigs is told with twelve design cards with pictures
Also published here
  • Magigram, Feb. 1975
 Nov. 1975
Intermagic (Vol. 3 No. 1 & 2)
31
Arthur Setterington Vision Impossible blindfolded assistant returns to room and divines color of chosen silk and amount of knots, set dim on clock dial, value and date of coin and chosen geometrical design from pack of cards
 		1975
Off-Beat Mentalism
23
Charles "Cicardi" Scott Mind Boggler with ten symbol cards, testing spectators abilities of precognition three times
 		1976
Magick (Issue 152)
759
Burling Hull Volta's Giant "ESP" Thot Projection deck with twenty-five symbols/designs, spectators cut off a small pile each and remember bottom card, key cards brought openly to bottom with a ruse
 		1976
The Amazing World of Mentalism
34
Philip T. Goldstein Vision Version design duplication with stacked picture cards, last one is predicted
Related to 1977
The Red Book of Mentalism
14
Wrapped in Foil file cards with symbols, packets cut and wrapped in foil, performer divines bottom cards
Related to
  • an effect by Ned Rutledge
 1977
Close-up Cavalcade Finale
76
Robert Dorian Outdone-Doutdid four spectators select a card with a design, one thinks of a word, one of a place, one of a number and the fourth selects a card, all are predicted
Inspired by 1977
Classified
5
Dr. Dan J. Alessini The Bold... cards with drawn symbols and words, spectator finds other spectator's selection
 		1977
Magick (Issue 175)
873
Tan Hock Chuan Children's Speller Spelling trick with picture cards for children, spectator spells and gets wrong card, magician always gets the right card
 		1977
The Magic of Tan Hock Chuan
36
Richard Lyn Psi-Card prediction with symbol cards, Himber wallet
 		1978
Magick (Issue 197)
981
Robin Robertson Picture Perfect picture cards with different symbols, special stack (a-z), prediction and divination
 		1979
Magick (Issue 228)
1139
Richard Lyn Color-X prediction of a symbol card, forcing deck
 		1979
Magick (Issue 232)
1159
Larry Becker Symbolic cards with names of objects, one is selected by 9 force
Inspired by 1979
The Best of Larry Becker's World of Super Mentalism Book II
23
Larry Becker Phantom Thought divination of one of sixteen symbol cards, mentally selected by spectator
Inspired by 1979
The Best of Larry Becker's World of Super Mentalism Book II
98
L. De Bevere Mnemodexterity routine with ABC cards or twenty-six design cards
  • missing card named
  • sequence of cards held by three spectators recited
  • position of any card named
  • deck cut at any letter called for
  • spelling to letters
Related to
  • "Pseudo Memory Act" (Tom Rigby, Magigram, Vol. 10 No. 3)
  • "Any card called for" (Louis Histed, The Magic of Louis S. Histed, 1947, p. 35)
 1979
Mnemodexterity
1
Oliver Mackenzie, Ken Brooke Drink Trick story presentation, design cards
Also published here 1980
Ken Brooke's Magic — The Unique Years
155
Gerald Kosky Picture Perfect divination of selected postcard, abc stack
 		1981
Magick (Issue 278)
1389
Howard A. Adams Matheight Symbol Test using eight symbol cards
 		1981
OICUFESP (Issue 7 - Matheight Miracles)
3
Howard A. Adams Matheight Mediumistic three phases using eight symbol cards, two mediums reveal two cards over the phone
 		1981
OICUFESP (Issue 7 - Matheight Miracles)
3
Howard A. Adams Matheight Tattletale medium over phone divines chosen symbol, among eight symbol cards
 		1981
OICUFESP (Issue 7 - Matheight Miracles)
5
Howard A. Adams Matheight Quartattler medium over phone divines four chosen symbols in order, among eight symbol cards
 		1981
OICUFESP (Issue 7 - Matheight Miracles)
6
Gene Nielsen The Third Person thirteen symbol cards, two cards are thought of, cards turned over in two piles both spectators stop at same time
 		May 1982
Magick (Issue 306)
1527
Raymond Hafler Image Perception location of image card after cutting a section and shuffling it, remembering next card and shuffling bottom part as well
 		1982
Miracles of my Friends
65
Thomas Alan Waters Parity two cards divined, symbol cards / picture cards
 		1983
Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Mindscript 3: The Symbol Test)
409
Thomas Alan Waters Grayven 32 design cards, divination, sound reading and gray code
 		1983
Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Mindscript 3: The Symbol Test)
413
Thomas Alan Waters Trisonic design cards, three are divined
Inspired byRelated to 1983
Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Mindscript 3: The Symbol Test)
424
Philip T. Goldstein Brainweave word or design cards are divined, "self-correcting set-up"
Related to 1984
Thequal
15
Dr. Dan J. Alessini Ninth House picture cards, spectator thinks of a number and remembers card at position, performer puts that card in pocket
 		July 1984
Magick (Issue 335)
1672
Philip T. Goldstein Preoction one of eight symbol cards is predicted, envelope addition
 		1985
FISM Madrid 1985
8
Philip T. Goldstein Dynamix word or design cards are divined, "self-correcting set-up", new approach
Inspired by 1986
Amperthand
14
Peter Wilker, Theodore Annemann Farbige Gedanken stack with picture cards, different symbols and different colors, divination and think stop multi-phase routine
Inspired by 1987
Magische Blätter (Vol. 1 No. 8)
8
Peter Wilker Spektralanalyse two sets of cards with colors names and names of flowers, triple prediction
 		1988
Magische Blätter (Vol. 2 No. 6)
3
Dr. Dan J. Alessini Thought Patterns spectator deals three piles and selects one card while performer looks away
 		Oct. 1989
Magick (Issue 429)
2143
Hans-Gerhard Stumpf Mental-Magie mit Symbolen (ein kleines Seminar: Teil 2) on the Corvélo and other picture stacks
  • Der Mental-Effekt mit den Corvélo-Symbolen
  • Kabbalistische Zeichen
 		1989
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 50 No. 3)
22
Stan Alexander Picture This deck of symbol cards, performer selects one and places it reversed in the deck behind back
 		Mar. 1990
Magick (Issue 436)
2181
Dr. Dan J. Alessini Images symbol cards are chosen and placed in envelopes, performer allocates symbols to spectators and gives brief readings
 		July 1990
Magick (Issue 442)
2211
Philip T. Goldstein Combination various design cards, some selected via dealing and divined
Also published here 1991
Thavant
25
Philip T. Goldstein Soloflex selected information on double-sided word & picture cards is divined
Inspired byRelated toVariations 1991
Thavant
33
Dr. Dan J. Alessini Rejections using stack of picture cards
 		Feb. 1991
Magick (Issue 451)
2255
Rudolf Braunmüller Symbolauswahl tapestry folding with symbol and letter cards, face-down cards predicted and word made from letters divined
Inspired by Dec. 1992
Intermagic (Vol. 17 No. 3)
111
Peter Wilker Doppelt gelegt hält besser routines using the "Doppellege-Prinzip", using two memorized decks of picture cards
  • Fütterung in der Arche Noah (rising card with rod)
  • Im Rahmen (card in picture frame)
  • Wie nennst Du Dich? (cards with names, matching)
 		1992
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 54 No. 4 & 5)
17
Richard Mark Hyper Smith selected information on double-sided word & picture cards is divined
Inspired by 1992
Mindbending Meltdown
17
Dr. Dan J. Alessini Picture Perfect divination of two selected cards from picture stack, ABC stack
 		Apr. 1993
Magick (Issue 487)
2433
Alexander de Cova, Philip T. Goldstein, Patrick Page Symbolismus picture cards with different symbols, special stack
Inspired byAlso published here 1993
Seminarnotizen Steyr 1993
6
Steve Dusheck Personality Lines Touch with four design cards, no credit
 		1993
Dusheck's Mental Magic
48
Alexander de Cova, Philip T. Goldstein, Patrick Page Symbolismus picture cards with different symbols, special stack
Inspired byAlso published here 1993
Das Alexander de Cova Seminar 1993
7
Leo Boudreau The Mind's Eye: Remote Viewing two similar postcards are selected from a stack and divined
Inspired byRelated to June 1993
Vibrations (Vol. 15 No. 12)
10
Leo Boudreau The Mind's Eye: Remote Viewing - Part 2 two similar postcards are selected from a stack and divined
Related to July 1993
Vibrations (Vol. 16 No. 1)
10
Dr. Dan J. Alessini E-Z Duz It divination of card in picture deck
Inspired by Oct. 1993
Vibrations (Vol. 16 No. 4)
12
Alex Elmsley Divina-Sign packet of eight cards with designs, three chosen by dealing procedure, divined
 		1994
The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2
83
Philip T. Goldstein Duprediction arrangement of symbol cards predicted
Inspired by 1994
Thabbatical
62
Ted Lesley Symbolico deck with symbols, chosen one is divined, Koran type with pumping feature
 		1994
Paramiracles
121
Alain Gesbert Mental Toons two predictions of symbols
Inspired by June 1994
Vibrations (Vol. 16 No. 12)
12
Claude Rix, Medjid Kan Rezvani Le chapelet aux dessins picture stack based on memorized stack
 		1995
Claude Rix et ses 52 partenaires
70
John Riggs Dream Design cards with various symbols, one is named and on the back is name of spectator
Inspired by 1995
Syzygy (Vol. 2 No. 2)
95
Dr. E. Raymond Carlyle Kismet prediction of three chosen picture cards, paper clips on board
 		Mar. 1995
Vibrations (Vol. 17 No. 9)
15
Philip T. Goldstein Designated Thinker one of six symbol cards is predicted
 		1996
Desert Seminar Notes
9
Allen Zingg The Shape of Things symbols drawn on cards, order is known using prompter card
 		1996
Syzygy (Vol. 2 No. 17)
165
Randy Shaw Tangled Web sixteen business cards with pictures are used, one is selected and stack divided into two piles, spectator names pile where image is, repeated three times and then picture is divined
 		1998
Syzygy (Vol. 4 No. 6)
290
Rudolf Braunmüller Die Zufallsvorhersage cards with designs, spectator cuts off a packet and does the Tantalizer deal, final card predicted
Variations 1999
Intermagic (Vol. 23 No. 2)
60
Al Koran Mein Symboltest stacked symbol cards, red and black symbols
 		2000
Intermagic (Vol. 24 No. 2)
72
Richard Mark Symbolysis card with Symbols, spectator looks at one and draws it on envelope, apparently performer had influence in memory of spectator since the symbol does not exist on the cards but was predicted in envelope, peek deck principle
Related to 2000
Mind Warp
34
Chuck Hickok Bonus Demonstration Three: Mega-Memory Miracle memorizing sets of mixed design / picture cards
Inspired by
  • Bob Cassidy's "Memorized Deck Routine" in "The Art of Mentalism II"
Related to 		2002
Mentalism, Incorporated
159
Chuck Hickok Mega Memory Kicker cards which were not used are named, with picture / design cards
Related to 2002
Mentalism, Incorporated
170
Jochen Zmeck Der sechste Sinn / Le sixième sens deck with different colors, cards are dealt and colors divined by performer
 		2002
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 64 No. 3)
60
Tom Stone Synonymax cards with pictures and words, selections are divined
Inspired byAlso published here 2003
Gravel
12
Barrie Richardson Impromptu Psychic Matching business cards torn in quarters to make two sets of five symbols, matching with those
Inspired by
  • Hen Fetsch's "Symbologic"
Also published here
  • Club 71, Christmas 2002
 2005
Act Two
74
Bob Ostin On Holiday Thanks To Roy packet of sixteen symbol cards, words are spelled to find the four chosen picture cards
Inspired byVariationsAlso published here
  • "On Holiday Thanks to Roy" in "Club 71" May, 2003.
 2005
Bob Ostin — A Lifetime of Magical Inventions
55
Max Maven Pentathon pack of any type of cards and five ESP symbol chips, five spectators get a few cards and choose one, ESP symbols are spelled to find them
Inspired by Feb. 2006
Genii (Vol. 69 No. 2)
28
Alan Innes Draw Your Own Conclusions! card chosen from deck with twenty-six drawings (with memorization system)
 		2007
Miraculous Minds
29
Max Maven Edifice Complex, Part 1
  • Thinx
chosen design cards are divined, with mnemonics for set of eighteen design cards
Related to Aug. 2008
MAGIC (Vol. 17 No. 12)
88
Max Maven Edifice Complex, Part 2
  • Thinx
chosen design cards are divined, with mnemonics for set of eighteen design cards, part two of explanation
Related to Sep. 2008
MAGIC (Vol. 18 No. 1)
90
Max Maven Edifice Complex, Part 3
  • Thinx
chosen design cards are divined, with mnemonics for set of eighteen design cards, part three of explanation
Related to Oct. 2008
MAGIC (Vol. 18 No. 2)
78
Max Maven Centrifugal Combination various design cards, some selected via dealing and divined, "Centrifugal Principle"
Also published here 2010
Maven on Topic: Mentalism
5
Tom Stone Synonymax cards with pictures and words, selections are divined
Inspired byAlso published here 2011
Maelstrom
229
Ted Karmilovich Director's Cut 3-D stack with movie names, three packets cut to select movies, all are divined, same handling as Steve Ehler's routine with playing cards
Inspired by
  • Simon Shaw's "Director's Cut"
Related to 		2011
Thoughts from Vegas
6
Robert Cassidy Matchmaker - One Man Billet Routine #4 postcards torn in halves and put inside bag, two people each select matching halves, forcing bag
 		2013
The Artful Mentalism of Bob Cassidy — Volume 2: Fundamentals
172
Dr. Stanley Jaks Legacy from Tibet two routines with one-way picture/symbol cards
Also published here 2014
The Incredible Dr. Jaks
171
Luke Jermay Everyday ESP pendulum made from shoelace and finger ring, symbol card is found with it, performer also divines a symbol
  • The Audience Experience
  • The Performer’s Experience
  • Bonus Material: The Pendulum
 		Oct. 2014
MAGIC (Vol. 24 No. 2)
63
Ted Karmilovich The Ten Card Miracle (for kids!) ten picture cards are handed out, performer divines all of them and prediction of last one
 		2016
The Ten Card Miracle
13
Christoph Borer Mirakel-Symbole prediction of a symbol, cards with symbols
 		2018
Mentale Notizen
116
Fränz Prodigy Peek one spectator writes something on a business card and second selects one from stack of business cards with written words on them, both thoughts are revealed
 		2022
Prodigy Peek
10
Fränz Half & Half Prodigy ideas for combining the Prodigy Peek routine with a forcing stack
 		2022
Prodigy Peek
58
Unnamed Magician Long Distance Telepathy: Under Test Conditions Yet Again deck with two dozens drawings is shuffled and spread face up, spectator chooses any drawing, medium is phoned which divines the chosen design after the order of the deck is read off, not explained in book but in companion online pdf
  • Main Method (Playing Cards)
  • Variant Method (Picture Cards)
Related to
  • "Televoyance" (Lewis Jones, Person to Person, 1991)
  • "Person to Person" (Stewart James, The Linking Ring, Aug. 1957, p. 77)
 2025
Midnight Sessions
294