Thought Reading and similar

56 entries in Numbers / Thought Reading and similar
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
J. Holt Schooling Number & Word Divination after some calculation
 		1911 Later Magic 600
J. Holt Schooling Number & Word Divination after some calculation
 		1911 Magical Titbits 53
Tom Sellers Menta Num using special number cards
 		1931 Sellers' Secrets 15
Al Baker Feel My Pulse!
1933 The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Al Baker's Book) 80
Al Baker Al Baker's Addition Trick with assistent, code
 		1933 The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Al Baker's Book) 86
Calvin Cole One of Those Things age and number (amount of change) are divined after calculation
Also published here 1935 The Jinx (Issue 4) 15
Tom Sellers Calendar Conjuring number effects with calendar sheets, see page 172 for improvement by Dr. Jacob Daley
Related toAlso published here 1936 The Jinx (Issue 23) 141
Vincent Dalban Mental Numbers chosen number from stack of number cards divined, fibonacci system
Also published here 1938 The Jinx (Issue Summer Extra 1938) 319
James Thompson X-Add-Ray number written on paper divined, pocket slates gimmick
 		1939 The Jinx (Issue 65) 454
Unknown Ihr Lebensalter u. ihr Kleingeld! mathematical trick, amount of change and age is divined
 		1939 Hokus Pokus (Vol. 1 No. 3&4) 27
Robert "Robelly" Rouet Les cartons chiffrés thought of number is divined, using cards with different numbers
Also published here
  • Robelly's "Trucs et Secrets"
 June 1942 Hokus Pokus (Vol. 4 No. 6) 5
Tom Sellers Calendar Conjuring number effects with calendar sheets
Also published here 1944 Practical Mental Effects 133
Vincent Dalban Mental Numbers chosen number from stack of number cards divined, fibonacci system
Also published here 1944 Practical Mental Effects 299
Royal Vale Heath Take a Number from 1 to 30 number on cards, numbers in column add on
 		1945 My Best 246
Tréborix Divination de pions checkers with numbers on one side, checkers are moved and number is divined, followed by german translation "Altes Trick in neuer Fassung"
 		1947 La Baguette Magique (Issue 16) 4
Al Baker Thought Transmission performer makes spectator write certain numbers, pencil reading, nail writer
 		1949 The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Mental Magic) 304
Bob Hummer Hummer's Die Mystery Magician uses dice to divine number thought of by spectator, principle is similar to 21 card trick / Gergonne's Pile Problem. spectator thinks of a number between one and six, a die is put under performer's hand and without looking at it the performer shows three sides of the die several times and asks if the selected number is visible, number is eventually divined
Related to 1956 Mathematics, Magic And Mystery 45
Unknown Number Cards Set of cards with numbers, spectator thinks of a number and chooses cards that has the thought of number. Magician divines the number. Binary system
Variations 1956 Mathematics, Magic And Mystery 95
Unknown Window Cards More complex version of Number Cards with holes cut out in the card to be stacked up
Inspired byVariations 1956 Mathematics, Magic And Mystery 96
Sam Lloyd Sam Loyd's Version New version of window cards that reveal your age
Inspired by 1956 Mathematics, Magic And Mystery 100
Unknown Divining a Number Divine final answer of a series of calculations
 		1956 Mathematics, Magic And Mystery 161
Unknown Guessing Someone's Age Using digital roots to estimate the age of someone
Related toVariations 1956 Mathematics, Magic And Mystery 166
Unknown An Addition Trick Divine digit that is not named in a long number using digital roots
Related to 1956 Mathematics, Magic And Mystery 167
Unknown A Multiplication Trick Divine digit that is not named in a long number using digital roots
Related to 1956 Mathematics, Magic And Mystery 167
David Ray Nine Numbers spectator thinks one of nine number cards, divined with multiple out prediction
 		1969 HEX! 59
David Ray Figures Fantastic one of nine number cards chosen, assistant divines (placement code on table)
 		1969 HEX! 60
J. Pickstone Elizabeth Arden number divination, with a mirror
 		1969 The Art of Close-Up Magic — Volume 2 51
Francis J. Baker Devil's Dial number dialled, person at other end divines a number, see also p. 342 & 348
Related toVariations Mar. 1970 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 5 No. 5) 327
David S. Kotkin Mento-Pen David Copperfield, number is divined with special pen
Related to 1972 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 7 52
Paul Curry Random Harvest spectator finds shuffled face down numbered cards in order and fails at your predicted number
 		1977 Special Effects 19
Alex Elmsley The Octal Pencil Liar's Matrix, spectator selects number column and reads out print color lying on one of them
 		1980 Curioser 30
Karl Fulves Pocket Computer No. 8, number from one to sixteen thought of, found with number cards
 		1980 The Children's Magic Kit 8
Unknown Guess Your Age? No. 12, spectator does calculation with his age and names total, then age divined
 		1983 Self-Working Number Magic 17
Unknown Fourth-Dimensional Dates No. 13, year added to another year with another number, original year found out
 		1983 Self-Working Number Magic 18
Unknown Mysterious Math No. 14, number thought of and spectator tells on which number cards it is listed, binary numbers in corners
 		1983 Self-Working Number Magic 19
Unknown Astrology Cards No. 15, birthday found out with binary number cards and asking for sign
 		1983 Self-Working Number Magic 21
Unknown What a Week! No. 65, spectator circles three consecutive days on a calendar, days divined from total
 		1983 Self-Working Number Magic 87
Unknown Best Daze No. 66, spectator circles three consecutive days on a calendar vertically, days divined from total
 		1983 Self-Working Number Magic 88
Unknown Four of a Mind No. 67, spectator circles four consecutive days on a calendar vertically, days divined from total
 		1983 Self-Working Number Magic 89
Unknown Day Five No. 68, spectator circles four days on a calendar, days divined from total
 		1983 Self-Working Number Magic 89
Unknown The Square Week No. 69, spectator circles four days on a calendar in square, days divined from total
 		1983 Self-Working Number Magic 90
Unknown Cross Out No. 70, spectator circles five days on a calendar in cross, days divined from total
 		1983 Self-Working Number Magic 91
Karl Fulves Devil's Dial No. 96, person called and that person divines astrological sign
Inspired by 1983 Self-Working Number Magic 129
Philip T. Goldstein Purple Prose numbers from number cards divined, using "self-correcting set-up"
Also published here 1984 Thequal 14
Al Mann Transcendental Phone Test person on telephone and a spectator select a number, numbers are added and total is used to select a sentence in a book, all is divined
 		1984 Phantom Voices 1
Dr. Milton Bridges Dr. Bridges' Though Projection number is sealed in envelope, other spectator names a number, coincidence
 		1993 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 8 146
Alex Elmsley The Octal Pencil Liar's Matrix, spectator selects number column and reads out print color lying on one of them
 		1994 The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2 93
Frederick Braue Der Bumerang various calculation methods that start with a thought-of number, number can be derived from final outcome
 		1997 Intermagic (Vol. 21 No. 2) 72
Bob King Time Will Tell thought-of hour divined, method uses watch with second hand
Variations 2003 New Magician Foolers 12
Rajneesh Madhok, Gregory Wilson 'N Synch divination of two thought-of numbers over the phone, method uses watch with second hand
Inspired by 2009 Penumbra (Issue 11) 11
Rajneesh Madhok Tell A Phony Too divination of birth month and playing card over the phone with dealing procedure
Inspired by
  • "Tell a Phony" (Eddie Fields, Greater Artful Dodges of Eddie Fields, p. 111)
 2009 Penumbra (Issue 11) 12
Rajneesh Madhok 'N Synch 2 divination of thought-of number over the phone, method uses watch with second hand
Inspired by 2009 Penumbra (Issue 11) 13
Roberto Giobbi Pocket-Calculator Magic presentation for old number trick on calculator
 		2010 Secret Agenda (Issue Aug 13) 242
Max Maven, Philip T. Goldstein Purple Prose
  • Lost Horizons
numbers from number cards divined, using "self-correcting set-up"
Also published here July 2013 Genii (Vol. 76 No. 7) 17
G Lottery (大乐透) Think of a number from a bunch of lottery cards, magician determines which number it is, binary system
 		2014 Inspiration 24
殷欣 (Sion) 很暧昧 (Very Ambiguous) Magician divines three numbers thought of by three spectators, propless
Related to 2017 暧昧 18