Prediction

48 entries in Billet / Prediction
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Samuel "St. Roman" Thiersfeld Uhr und Photographie No. 20, spectators write famous poets on billets, one chosen, a photograph of the person appears underneath glass of borrowed watch
 		1899 Jedermann Zauberkünstler! 63
Robert Parrish A Prediction to End Predictions playing card, word and date on bill are predicted
 		1939 Do That Again! 9
Robert Parrish The Payoff Prediction any word predicted on billet in cup
 		1939 Do That Again! 12
Orville Wayne Meyer Tervil word, number and city are written on billet, prediction on another billet
Related toAlso published here 1939 The Jinx 51-100 (Issue 54) 383
Theodore Annemann Ballot Box Divination fifty lotto type counters in revolving ballot box
Also published here 1940 The Jinx 51-100 (Issue 92) 572
George Armstrong What's On Your Mind? word from a book is predicted on a billet
 		1942 The Phoenix 1-50 (Issue 14) 59
Orville Wayne Meyer Tervil word, number and city are written on billet, prediction on another billet
Also published here 1944 Practical Mental Effects 24
Theodore Annemann Annemann's Ballot Box Divination fifty lotto type counters in revolving ballot box
Also published here 1944 Practical Mental Effects 98
Unknown A Capitol Problem three business cards and an envelope, hole in card for glimpse
 		1948 The Fine Art of Magic 204
Bruce Elliott Two Fold Folderol billets in envelope, subtlety
Inspired by 1951 The Phoenix 201 — 250 (Issue 222) 888
Bill Nord Snakes Alive animals are written down and one billet selected, fake snake appears, snake pill
Also published here 1951 The Phoenix 201 — 250 (Issue 245) 981
Gene "Phantini" Grant Delphic Divination prediction on a slip, in envelope
 		1955 Phantini's Lost Book of Mental Secrets 14
Gene "Phantini" Grant Shades of Cassandra multiple prediction, billet in envelope
 		1955 Phantini's Lost Book of Mental Secrets 17
Tony Corinda (1) The Billet Pencil loading a billet in an envelope
Related toVariations 1958 Predictions 86
Dr. Stanley Jaks (2) The Billet Knife loading a billet in an envelope
Related toAlso published here 1958 Predictions 87
Neville Sackville (3) The Billet Knife loading a billet in an envelope
 		1958 Predictions 88
Tony Corinda (4) The Impromptu Billet Knife loading a billet in an envelope
 		1958 Predictions 88
Dr. Spencer Thornton Mind Over Mind chosen symbol is predicted in a clip, bulldog clip to switch billet
 		1958 Thornton's Secrets of Mental Magic 8
Dr. Spencer Thornton Other Ideas for the Gimmick Clip
  • Par X Prediction (number prediction)
  • Variations
 		1958 Thornton's Secrets of Mental Magic 10
Punx The 100% Prediction geometrical figure and number are predicted on a billet
 		1960 Magic of the Mind 5
Malcolm Davison Lucky Dip three billet routine
 		1960 Magic of the Mind 99
Dr. Stanley Jaks Die unglaubliche Voraussage Jaks Billet Knife, loading a billet in an envelope
Related to 1961 Dr. Stanley-Jaks und seine Geheimnisse 103
Gene Nielsen Challenge Prediction subtleties for the Billet Pencil and locked-box
Inspired by 1971 Magick (Issue 28) 138
Dr. Dan J. Alessini Eye of Alessini prediction of a country, in bull-dog clip, with small globe
 		1972 Magick (Issue 60) 299
Karl Fulves The Folded Prophecy nail writer, through envelope, carbon paper
 		1975 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 2 412
Philip T. Goldstein Your Choice one out of six prediction
 		Nov. 1976 Pabular (Vol. 3 No. 3) 335
Al Mann An Opener prediction written on a card, and card is folded, move to turning card over and presenting the outside as the inside, with special paper clip by Bruce Elliott
Inspired by 1978 The Tesseract 8
Al Altmann, Bobby Hughes The Inside Babel idea with the Elliott paper clip and Mann's "An Opener" to cover a quarter of a folded card
Related to 1978 The Tesseract 11
Dr. Dan J. Alessini Bingo prediction held with bulldog clip, number on bingo cards
 		1978 Magick (Issue 221) 1101
Thomas Alan Waters Triton a red, white, and blue billet are in a bulldog clip, which select a category each, aspectator selects one of three categories and choses a word from that category, which he writes down, the word is predicted on one of the three billets
Inspired by
  • Jack Avis' "Chronokinesis" in Peter Warlock's "Pentagram", Vol. 8, No. 4. P. 25.
 1981 Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Scrypt) 178
David Himelrick Shear Deception loading billet with a pair of scissors
 		1981 Magick (Issue 279) 1392
Jack Kent Tillar Chance Factor prediction of result of a sports game, on slip in envelope
 		1981 Magick (Issue 285) 1423
Bill Nord Lebende Schlange animals are written down and one billet selected, fake snake appears, snake pill
Also published here June 1981 Intermagic (Vol. 8 No. 2) 72
Al Mann The Wocus Prophet as a prediction pellet that opens up after the load, prediction in a small bottle
 		1982 The Wocus Legacy 6
Thomas Alan Waters Indivasion envelope for two outs
 		1982 Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Octasm) 317
Dr. Stanley Jaks Dr. Jaks' Incredible Prediction billet knife handling
  • The Double Envelope Method
Related to
  • Hugh Miller's "Al Koran's Legacy"
 1984 The Incredible Dr. Stanley Jaks 10
Hiawatha X-Act Number from one to seven
 		July 1989 Apocalypse Vol. 11-15 (Vol. 12 No. 7) 1664
Anthony Lindan Quizmaster multiple Prediction
 		Oct. 1989 Apocalypse Vol. 11-15 (Vol. 12 No. 10) 1693
John Carney Wired subtlety for "name any number" nailwriter prediction
 		1991 Carneycopia 115
George Laing Just Imagine otherwise propless
 		June 1993 Apocalypse Vol. 16-20 (Vol. 16 No. 6) 2221
John Northern Hilliard Two Souls But with a Single Thought two cards, billet index (52 predictions)
 		1994 More Greater Magic 1214
Al Mann The Naked Thought prediction and mind reading, one ahead with 3 billets
 		1994 The Naked Thought 1
Steve Dusheck Your Number, Your Fortune
Aug. 1995 Apocalypse Vol. 16-20 (Vol. 18 No. 8) 2533
John Graham On Sale number prediction on price tag
 		Mar. 1997 Apocalypse Vol. 16-20 (Vol. 20 No. 3) 2769
Karl Fulves Ahead of Time predictions written on billets, one of the billets vanishes from hat and travels to card case
Inspired by 2000 Latter Day Secrets (Issue 4) 104
David Regal Off-Color Thought
2002 Constant Fooling 2 70
Barrie Richardson A Color, a Number and a Letter getting two out of three right, nail writing on palmed billet
 		2011 Curtain Call 151
Dr. Stanley Jaks Incredible Prediction loading a billet in an envelope
Also published here 2014 The Incredible Dr. Jaks 162