Prediction

41 entries in Words & Letters / Prediction
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Henri Decremps Sur un Vers Latin qu'on Peut Retourner de Plus de Trois Millions de Manieres, on Fait une Opération par laquelle il Semble qu'il Est Possible de Prévoir ou de Contraindre la Pensée d'autrui. "Autre Opération Mystérieuse Sur Deux Cents Mots, Dont les définitions réunies forment un logogryphe très - scientifique." (title continued)
box with latin words, words are arranged and order is divined as well as one word is predicted, with other word with bigger choice is divined with an optical box, multiple out prediction, Van Estin anecdote
 		1784 La Magie Blanche Dévoilée 104
Martin Gardner Are You Psychic? performer and spectator each write down three words from a list of ten words, they match, see also p. 348
Also published here July 1970 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 5 No. 9) 345
Charles Ostin The King's English spectator writes letter on slate, next spectator adds later and so on until word is formed, this is predicted in typed form, see p. 426 for comment by William Taylor
(spelled "Charles Osten", see p. 637 for correction)
Related to Feb. 1971 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 6 No. 4) 397
Cicardi The Phantini Phenomena prediction of three named letters, inside stapled envelope
 		1975 Magick (Issue 133) 661
Philip T. Goldstein Maybe telepathy yes/no gag, cardboard with a flap
 		1978 Notions 9
Philip T. Goldstein Maybe telepathy yes/no gag, cardboard with a flap
 		1978 The Phil Goldstein Convention Lecture 4
Philip T. Goldstein, Sid Lorraine Maybe-Plus variation by Sid Lorraine
 		1978 The Phil Goldstein Convention Lecture 4
Philip T. Goldstein Maybe telepathy yes/no gag, cardboard with a flap
 		1978 A Transatlantic Lecture 3
Al Mann Mass Telepathy five words are thought of by performer, several words are written by various spectators all the the thought of words are divined by the spectators, Bank Tray
 		1978 The Tesseract 7
Larry Becker Reflecta-Thot five cards with hundred words each, word is selected by forming a number, prediction in envelope
Variations 1978 World of Super Mentalism 48
Hiram Strait Four-Letter Words four scrabble pieces are selected and a word is formed, prediction on slate
 		1979 Magick (Issue 247) 1233
Philip T. Goldstein Die-Lex prediction of a word, die is thrown, limitation process of the die throw down to two numbers
 		1980 Magick (Issue 264) 1319
Karl Fulves The King's English predicting a word that starts with y, index
Related to 1981 Origins 26
Gene "Phantini" Grant Letters two selected words from a chart, both divined and second predicted, with ABC cards
Inspired byRelated to
  • Duane Henry in Robert Nelson's "Sensational Mentalism Vol.2"
 1981 Phantini's Incredible Mental Secrets Volume Two 60
Philip T. Goldstein Orientation! prediction of a Japanese city, cards with names, prediction in form of ABC cards in envelope, 10/11 force, see also p. 1380
 		1981 Magick (Issue 275) 1371
Thomas Alan Waters Spyhole mask prediction / revelation, word on a card is chosen and prediction is another card with holes on it, when held on a text it reveals the chosen word
Variations 1982 Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Octasm) 313
Thomas Alan Waters Choption cards with words, selection is predicted, Velleda principle
 		1982 Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Octasm) 321
Stewart James Mar-Gana word is predicted, using anagrams
 		1983 Arcane (Issue 10) 124
Barrie Richardson Alphabet Mentalism with scrabble letters, prediction, coincidence and mindreading
Also published here Nov. 1983 Pabular (Vol. 8 No. 2) 1177
Sam Schwartz The CASTER Test procedure to chose word in Astrology book, always gives an anagram of "caster"
 		1983 Astrology — The Hidden Force 37
Gene Nielsen Name Please? name on easel has one letter missing, spectator chose the write one from zip loc bag
 		1985 The Bag Book 5
Karl Fulves Typecast word list printed from automatic typewriter with memory, chosen word predicted
Related to 1992 Typecast 93
Karl Fulves Scared Sacred 50/50 word prediction with typewriter
 		1992 Typecast 99
Michael DeMarco Psychic Scrabble
May 1993 Apocalypse (Vol. 16 No. 5) 2211
Steve "Banachek" Shaw A State of Taste letters on business cards are dealt or switched according to spectator, order matches prediction
 		1994 Syzygy (Vol. 1 No. 2) 5
Harry Lorayne My Word! word made from alphabet cards is predicted in Himber wallet
Related to 1998 The Himber Wallet Book 111
Harry Lorayne Your Word! word made from alphabet cards is predicted in Himber wallet
Related to 1998 The Himber Wallet Book 115
David Regal Perchance to Dream Magician predicts which word spectator will choose from a Shakespeare soliloquy from Hamlet
 		1999 Close-Up & Personal 224
Karl Fulves Word Game word chosen from matrix layout
 		2001 Hex Squared 44
Ron Frost Sticky Words Word divination, words on a paddle keeps changing
 		2004 After The Force 140
Ron Frost I'll Be Flipped Predict the word KNOW, but then change into MONK
 		2004 After The Force 143
Chuck Hickok Routine Two: Fore-Closer envelopes with letters and printed sides of dice, multiple prediction, scrabble themed
Inspired by 2005 Mentalism, Incorporated: Volume Two 129
Stewart James Half and Half Word randomly formed by combining two lists of letters, magician predicts the word correctly
Also published here 2007 The Essential Stewart James 50
Trevor Lewis Body Parts cards with names of body parts, selection matches prediction
 		2009 Routines Matter 38
Colin McLeod By Association game of word association, last word is predicted on business card inside envelope
 		2014 Divine 12
Michael Murray Consulting the News two words are selected from a book and used to find a word which combines selected ones, prediction
Inspired by
  • Atlas Brookings' book test in "The Real Thing"
 2014 A Piece Of My Mind 234
Jared Kopf Steal this Trick three-word-phrase predicted in ShoGun wallet
 		2016 Vaticinium ex Eventu 19
Max Maven Three Little Words
  • Lost Horizons
three-letter words on two decks of cards (animals, vegetables, minerals), performer takes out three predictions from one pack for each category, a word is chosen from the other deck and it matches the prediction from its category
Inspired by
  • "Chronokinesis" (Jack Avis, Pentagram, Vol. 8 No. 4, 1954)
Also published here
  • The Linking Ring, Oct. 1985
 Aug. 2016 Genii (Vol. 79 No. 8) 31
Nicholas Sinamon Scrabble Sum scrabble pieces used by spectator to form a word, their value is added and that page number in dictionary reveals the word
Inspired by
  • "Position Parity Principle" (Peter Winkler, Mathematical Puzzles, 2004)
 Dec. 2016 Genii (Vol. 79 No. 12) 62
Matt Baker Say Anything Lie detector effect, end with magician showing prediction in an envelope of a random word thought of and written down by spectator, prediction is printed letter by letter on cards
Inspired by 2019 The Buena Vista Shuffle Club 101
Christoph Borer The sky is the limit letters written on the back of playing cards, chosen cards form a message
 		2022 A String of Pearls 64