Using Assistant

242 entries in Propless / Coding / Using Assistant
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Unknown The Magic Circle "To discover a card or other object that has been touched in the performer's absence", with medium and code
 		1890 More Magic 242
Unknown Das Hellsehen No. 17, one of three cards chosen, performer divines, assistant codes with position of cigarette in mouth
 		1895 Der Kartenkünstler 22
Unknown Erklärung explanation of bill divination code
Related to Apr. 1895 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 1 No. 4) 54
Unknown Gedankenübertragung - 2. Methode medium fulfills wishes (like taking spectator's watch out of his pocket) that have been whispered to performer
Related to May. 1895 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 1 No. 5) 70
Unknown Gedankenübertragung continuation of explanation
Related to July 1895 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 1 No. 7) 106
Unknown Gedankenübertragung continuation of explanation
Related to Aug. 1895 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 1 No. 8) 120
Unknown Gedankenübertragung continuation of explanation
Related to Sep. 1895 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 1 No. 9) 136
Unknown Gedankenübertragung continuation of description
Related to Nov. 1895 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 1 No. 11) 168
Unknown Gedankenübertragung continuation of description
Related to Dec. 1895 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 1 No. 12) 182
Unknown Karten-Experimente coding cards
 		Jan. 1896 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 2 No. 1) 6
Unknown Experimente mit Münzen coding coins
 		Jan. 1896 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 2 No. 1) 7
Unknown Experimente mit Uhren medium describes watch
 		Jan. 1896 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 2 No. 1) 7
Unknown Experimente mit Banknoten medium knows value of bill
 		Jan. 1896 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 2 No. 1) 8
Unknown Die Tachypsychographie oder "Das Hellsehen" medium leaves room, meanwhile several things are selected (letters on a slate, word in book, cards, number, number of cigars, time on watch), performer leaves room and medium comes back and divines everything, code of silence
Related to Feb. 1896 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 2 No. 2) 18
Unknown Die Tachypsychographie oder "Das Hellsehen" continuation of explanation
Related to Mar. 1896 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 2 No. 3) 35
Unknown Zur Tachypsychographie oder Hellsehen by "C. K. from Hannover", placement on table cloth codes card to assistant, code of silence, also other objects like coins possible
Related to Oct. 1896 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 2 No. 10) 153
Unknown Modernes Gedankenlesen one of six knifes chosen and a target selected, medium or performer comes into room and divines knife and target, secret signs
 		May 1898 Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 3 No. 11) 174
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli XIX. Suggestion eines Obolus
  • 1. Ein Autodafé (coin folded in paper vanishes in a flash)
  • 2. Phönix (coin appears in glass, covered with silk)
  • 3. Die wahrsagende Münze (coin in glass jumps, to answer questions, coding systems)
  • 4. Der Karzer (glass and coin are covered with silk and placed inside a box where they vanish)
 		1902 Moderne Magie 178
Oswald Rae A Complete Silent Thought Transference Act visual and verbal code, objects gathered to groups
 		1926 Between Ourselves 66
Tom Sellers Vibrato medium divines things
 		1927 Tricks That Work 10
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Die Hellseherin medium in other room, identification of chosen object, simple visual code
 		1930 Zauberkunststücke 43
Tom Sellers Oriental Ashes assistant names color of burnt paper ashes, coding
 		1931 Sellers' Secrets 17
Stuart Robson Mental Coloring Telepathy in Silk six handkerchiefs, one is selected, medium enters room and knows which one
 		1931 The Book Without A Name 49
Lu Brent A Test for Cigarettes Blindfolded magician able to tell which cigarette was selected apparently by its smoke
Related to 1932 Novel Magic 33
Lu Brent A Test for Cigarettes Method No. 2 Same effect, different type of coding system
Related to 1932 Novel Magic 35
Al Baker Al Baker's Addition Trick with assistent, code
Also published here 1933 Al Baker's Book 25
Tom Sellers A Two Person Telepathy Effect any object coded with cards
 		1934 Card Tricks That Work 12
Theodore Annemann Music in the Air with pianist, verbal code
 		1934 SH-H-H--! It's A Secret 34
Robert Parrish Telepathy on the Cuff assistent divines total of number, easy coding
Also published here 1935 The Jinx (Issue Summer Extra 1935) 40
Theodore Annemann From Out of the Air signaling wireless over radio
 		1935 The Jinx (Issue Summer Extra 1935) 45
Theodore Annemann Thoughts in the Air medium divines card and object in room, code via cards
Also published here 1935 The Jinx (Issue 14) 70
Tom Sellers Novel Telepathy medium divines things in boxes, one ahead
 		1935 Quick Tricks 18
Unknown Codes for Mind Reading with Cards
  • Talking Code (First Method)
  • Talking Code (Second Method)
  • Silent Code (Method One)
  • Silent Code (Method Two)
  • Silent Code for Confederate
 		1935 Mental Magic with Cards 22
Al Baker Me and the Missus coding card to assistent, stacked pack
Also published here 1935 Al Baker's Second Book 34
Theodore Annemann, Hugh Mackay The Secret Order of the Aces blindfolded assistant duplicates things done with aces
Also published here 1937 The Jinx (Issue 28) 173
Robert Parrish Duo Telepathy coding with thumb/nail writer on chalk
Also published here 1937 The Jinx (Issue 29) 188
Louis Lam Clairvoyance three spectators put three objects in pockets, medium knows who has what
 		1937 Watch Me Closely 22
James G. Thompson Jr. Mephisto Thot medium divines things written on papers
Also published here 1938 The Jinx (Issue 46) 313
Clayton Rawson Behind That Door! medium in another room divines cards, color, word with various methods
Also published here 1938 The Jinx (Issue Summer Extra 1938) 322
Theodore Annemann Wireless Telepathy on the possibility of wireless transmission, see also page 342
 		1938 The Jinx (Issue Summer Extra 1938) 328
Dr. Van Deusen, Bruce Elliott Finger Finger number of held-up fingers divined repeatedly, see also page 476 for idea by Vosburgh Lyons
Also published here 1939 The Jinx (Issue 65) 451
James G. Thompson Jr. The Eyes Have It coding only with eye movement
Related toAlso published here 1940 The Jinx (Issue 80) 519
James G. Thompson Jr. The Passing of Sherlock Holmes medium out of room, then returns to divine type of murder and a playing card transposes with the Ace of Spades (Death Card)
Also published here 1940 The Jinx (Issue 103) 621
James G. Thompson Jr. Moonlight Madness thorough discussion of his and Julia Thompson's Two-Person Code Act, involving flash light for coding, ESP coding, see also p. 348 of Pallbearers Review for credit claim
Related toAlso published here 1941 The Jinx (Issue 135) 769
Orville Wayne Meyer Hit Parade spectator thinks of song from top ten, pianist starts playing it, verbal code
Also published here 1941 The Jinx (Issue 139) 787
Lloyd W. Chambers L-W-C Telepathy three objects are divided between three spectators, magician knows who has what, stooge codes using pencil’s position on table
 		1941 Original Ideas in Magic 1
C. R. Mawe Mawe’s Telepathy audience provides series of numbers, magician’s assistant who was out of room knows the total of the numbers, assistant is coded based on which spectator the magician gives the numbers to add
 		1941 Original Ideas in Magic 4
Al Baker The Celebrity Feat stooge codes celebrity name with playing cards
Also published here 1941 Magical Ways and Means 100
Bruce Elliott New Finger! Finger! performer divines amount of fingers two person hold up, with his back turned
 		1942 The Phoenix 1-50 (Issue 1) 2
Eddie Joseph The Mental Marvel silent code for medium with arrangement on stage of spectator, table, chair
 		1942 Greater Card Tricks 84
Eddie Joseph Distant Thought Penetration silent code for medium to which is brought pad and pen
 		1942 Greater Card Tricks 87
Unknown Improved "The Eyes Have It"
Related to 1943 The Phoenix 1-50 (Issue 29) 120
Shaman 13 Steps by placing the deck on the stairs, different positions
 		1943 The Phoenix 1-50 (Issue 29) 121
Elray Cue It! code with a thread, routine wit cigarettes, a book, cards and numbers
 		1943 The Phoenix 1-50 (Issue 34) 141
Shaman Mental Mirror word and card are divined by medium, cards code word
 		1943 The Phoenix 1-50 (Issue 39) 160
James G. Thompson Jr. "Peek-Deck" Pappy Taylor's Peek Deck, as a code
Related to 1943 The Phoenix 1-50 (Issue 46) 188
Gerald Kosky Touch-Me-Not finding hidden object, fake, code
 		1944 The Phoenix 51-100 (Issue 59) 242
John Mulholland Mind Signals “A system whereby the magician can communicate secretly to his assistant descriptions of playing cards, money, jewelry, and those miscellaneous articles a man has in his pockets and a woman carries in her handbag.”
  • Coding Playing Cards
  • Coding Denominations of Money
  • Coding Type of Jewelry
  • Coding Personal Property
    • Arm Signals
 		1944 The Art of Illusion 105
John Mulholland Coding Denominations of Money
1944 The Art of Illusion 113
John Mulholland Coding Type of Jewelry
1944 The Art of Illusion 115
John Mulholland Coding Personal Property miscellaneous items people carry
 		1944 The Art of Illusion 116
John Mulholland Expedited Coding – Arm Signals quicker process, using position of arm in tandem with the regular system
 		1944 The Art of Illusion 120
Clayton Rawson Behind That Door! medium in another room divines cards, color, word with various methods
Also published here 1944 Practical Mental Effects 78
Bruce Elliott Finger, Finger number of held-up fingers divined repeatedly
Also published here 1944 Practical Mental Effects 120
Robert Parrish Telepathy on the Cuff! assistent divines total of number, easy coding
Also published here 1944 Practical Mental Effects 122
James G. Thompson Jr. Shades of Sherlock Holmes! medium out of room, then returns to divine type of murder and a playing card transposes with the Ace of Spades (Death Card)
Also published here 1944 Practical Mental Effects 136
Robert Parrish Duo Telepathy coding with thumb/nail writer on chalk
Also published here 1944 Practical Mental Effects 202
James G. Thompson Jr. Mephisto Thot medium divines things written on papers
Also published here 1944 Practical Mental Effects 259
Theodore Annemann, Hugh Mackay The Secret Order of the Aces blindfolded assistant duplicates things done with aces
Also published here 1944 Practical Mental Effects 272
Theodore Annemann Thoughts in the Air medium divines card and object in room, code via cards
Also published here 1944 Practical Mental Effects 320
James G. Thompson Jr. The Eyes Have It coding only with eye movement
Also published here 1944 Practical Mental Effects 322
Charles T. Jordan A Complete "Silent Thought Transmission" Act medium divines various pieces of information, bills, dice, playing cards and names, placement on table code
 		1944 Practical Mental Effects 325
James G. Thompson Jr. Moonlight Madness thorough discussion of his and Julia Thompson's Two-Person Code Act, involving flash light for coding, ESP coding
  • General Test
  • Analysis
  • Questions
Also published here 1944 Practical Mental Effects 332
Orville Wayne Meyer Hit Parade spectator thinks of song from top ten, pianist starts playing it, verbal code
Also published here 1944 Practical Mental Effects 340
John Booth Pen-Plexity code a number to a medium with a fountain pen
 		1945 My Best 197
Bruce Elliott Finger Finger
Related to 1945 My Best 202
Wilbur T. Kattner The Perfect Pitch Test chords are transmitted, people hold fingers on piano keys and think of the sound
 		1945 My Best 206
Jack Vosburgh Trinking Test objects placed in hat, medium knows which were removed
 		1945 My Best 217
Verne Chesbro Chesbro On Heath's "Dy-Cyphering" coding numbers with dice
 		1945 My Best 244
James G. Thompson Jr. Moonlight Madness with flashlight bulb attached to the performer's rear
Related to 1945 My Best 265
Dr. Cecil E. Nixon Odloscope mind reading machine
 		1945 My Best 328
Robert A. Nelson A. T. and T. Telepathy selected card is divined by a called person, freely selected in the phone book
 		1945 Miracles in Mentalism and Psychic Experimentation 7
Eddie Clever Out Of the Ether medium in other room reveals, chosen card, words etc.
 		1945 Miracles in Mentalism and Psychic Experimentation 36
John Booth E-Z Mindreading toy telephone to transmit six selected cards to medium
 		1945 Miracles in Mentalism and Psychic Experimentation 53
Milbourne Christopher Color Code coding colors
Inspired by 1946 The Phoenix 101-150 (Issue 105) 421
Unknown Telepathy without Tears medium reveals number or playing card, non-verbal code with positioning of coins on a magazine
 		Feb. 1946 Hugard's Magic Monthly — Volumes I, II, III and IV (Vol. 3 No. 9) 191
John Brown Cook, Arthur H. Buckley Devious Digits serial numbers from bills are put together and multiplied with a number (selected playing card), medium on phone divines total
 		1947 Gems of Mental Magic 5
John Brown Cook, Arthur H. Buckley Astral Addition medium is blindfolded and reveals numbers written down by spectator
 		1947 Gems of Mental Magic 12
John Brown Cook, Arthur H. Buckley Memory Plus Miracles list of twenty words is memorized by performer, then medium is called, who divines words too, carbon envelope
 		1947 Gems of Mental Magic 21
John Brown Cook, Arthur H. Buckley Birthday Telepathy medium on stage, spectators whisper month of birth and zodiac sign to performer, medium divines both, also to pitch zodiac sheets
 		1947 Gems of Mental Magic 80
Bob Somerfeld Paper code
 		1948 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1948) 12
John Hamilton Folder! coding a card by a folded sheet of paper
 		1948 The Phoenix 151-200 (Issue 160) 643
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
Cy Keller Say it with Music!!! record is selected and medium divines it, interesting presentation
 		1949 The Phoenix 151-200 (Issue 188) 752
Unknown The Whispering Queen Queen of Hearts whispers to you identity of person who was secretly chosen by audience when you left the room
 		1949 Tricks and Stunts With Playing Cards 15
Al Baker Parlor Telepathy code by placement on table
Related toAlso published here 1949 Mental Magic 53
Al Baker The Stethoscope using stooge and signal
Also published here 1949 Mental Magic 93
Ormond McGill A Theatrical Mindreading Act divination of an ESP sign and start of Q&A act by getting a spectator's full name with just having the initials
 		1951 Psychic Magic — Vol. 2 17
John Murray Dancing Dollar communicating with medium, thread
 		1951 The Phoenix 201 — 250 (Issue 225) 900
Aage Darling Suprema medium does psychometry routine with five objects in envelopes
 		1953 I'll Read Your Mind 26
John Hamilton Code in the Chest coding card using case and table
 		1954 The New Phoenix 301-348 (Issue 307) 26
Robert Parrish Duo Telepathy coding with thumb/nail writer on chalk
 		1956 Annemann's "No Code" Telepathy 4
Robert Parrish Telepathy on the Cuff! assistent divines total of number, easy coding
 		1956 Annemann's "No Code" Telepathy 7
Theodore Annemann Thoughts in the Air medium divines card and object in room, code via cards
 		1956 Annemann's "No Code" Telepathy 10
Jack Yates Money and the Medium bill put in one of several envelopes, medium finds correct one
 		1956 Minds in Duplicate 27
Alan Barnert Phoney person on telephone knows card three times, three different methods
Related toAlso published here 1956 The Best in Magic 203
Lane Bateman Arizona Quickie Mental Routine 20 pictures cards, some are selected and divined, code using assitant
 		1957 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1957) 3
Tony Corinda No. 10. Two Person Telepathy medium in other room gets a selected word from a book
Inspired by
  • Frank Chapman and Ralph Read's "20 Stunners with a Nailwriter", 1944
 1958 The Swami Gimmick 19
Tony Corinda The Mnemonic Number Code based on the Gregor von Feinaigle memory system
 		1958 Mnemonics and Mental Systems 77
Tony Corinda (1) Psychical Research versus Mentalism esp cards, with assistant
 		1958 Blindfolds & X-Ray Eyes 146
Tony Corinda (10) Blindfold "Noughts and Crosses" assistant plays tic-tac-toe blindfolded
 		1958 Blindfolds & X-Ray Eyes 155
Tony Corinda Tele-Directory Test with assistand
 		1959 Book Tests 213
Tony Corinda (1) The Code Act: Verbal general remarks on verbal coding systems
 		1959 Two Person Telepathy 238
Walford Taylor Telepathy for Two Introduction

 		1959 Two Person Telepathy 240
Walford Taylor Section 1 - The Basic Number Code
  • Telling a Person's Age
  • Ticket Numbers
  • Dates
 		1959 Two Person Telepathy 240
Walford Taylor Section 2 - Coins
  • Coin Code
  • Coin Dates
 		1959 Two Person Telepathy 242
Walford Taylor Section 3 - Colours
1959 Two Person Telepathy 243
Walford Taylor Section 4 - Materials
1959 Two Person Telepathy 243
Walford Taylor Section 5 - The Alphabet Code
1959 Two Person Telepathy 243
Walford Taylor Section 6 - Objects
1959 Two Person Telepathy 244
Walford Taylor Section 7 - The Final Object List
1959 Two Person Telepathy 245
Walford Taylor Section 8 - Cards
1959 Two Person Telepathy 246
Walford Taylor Section 2 - Countries actually section 9
 		1959 Two Person Telepathy 246
Walford Taylor Section 10 - Christian Names
1959 Two Person Telepathy 248
Walford Taylor Conclusion
1959 Two Person Telepathy 249
Walford Taylor Appendix
  • Further Codes
  • Procedure
 		1959 Two Person Telepathy 249
Tony Corinda (2) Sub-Miniature Radio Equipment transmitter/receiver, technical method
 		1959 Two Person Telepathy 250
Tony Corinda (3) Electrical Two-Person Communicator Unit: CODE with torch
Related to 1959 Two Person Telepathy 252
Tony Corinda Improved Light Communicator based on the Thompson method
Related to 1959 Two Person Telepathy 252
Tony Corinda How to Code with the Light Communicator
  • Numbers
  • Playing Cards
  • The Alphabet
 		1959 Two Person Telepathy 255
Tony Corinda (4) Summary of the Light Communicator
1959 Two Person Telepathy 257
Tony Corinda (5) Miscellaneous Code Systems for Full Routines
  • Radio-Controlled Pulse
  • Action Signals
-Sound Reading
 		1959 Two Person Telepathy 257
Tony Corinda (9) Time Codes coding, both count at the same time
Related to 1959 Two Person Telepathy 260
Tony Corinda (10) Positional Codes
Related to 1959 Two Person Telepathy 260
Tony Corinda (2) Smoke Gets in Your Eyes positional code, with ashtray and cigarette
 		1959 Two Person Telepathy 263
Tony Corinda, Punx (8) Musical Mindreading spectator's name composer and pianist starts to play their songs
 		1959 Two Person Telepathy 269
Tony Corinda (27) Cryptopsychism medium reveals word, code
 		1959 Mediumistic Stunts 298
J. G. Reed The Million Dollar Test esp, code with two watches
 		1959 Card Tricks 312
Fredric Kolb Telepathy in HI-FI medium in other room, when she comes back, she divines chosen record and song
 		1959 More Miracles in Mentalism 19
Gerry Findler Mystic Signs medium divines selected design card
 		1960 Magic of the Mind 90
Gerry Findler Clip Board Substitutes several methods to code a small number to the medium
 		1960 Magic of the Mind 93
Robert Heller Coding System letters, numbers and objects
 		1965 Magician's Magic 176
Paul Curry Thoughts from Afar medium on telephone knows selected card
Related to 1965 Magician's Magic 183
Karl Fulves Babel Larry Weeks New York convention, Jay Weiler, critics of magazines, Magigram, coding with dog whistle (see also p. 176)
 		Dec. 1966 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 2 No. 2) 68
Arthur Setterington Thought Reflection two person telepathy, coding system for numbers, sum is divined as well as a word from a book
 		1967 Stranger Mysteries 16
James G. Thompson Jr. Telepathy by the Clock seconds counting
Related toAlso published here 1967 Between Two Minds 34
Ned Rutledge, James G. Thompson Jr. Murder, INC. murder game, with ten pieces of information and assistant organizing everything while performer is out of the room
Also published here 1967 Between Two Minds 38
Ben Christopher Other Voices card and color divined by medium in other room
Related to July 1968 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 3 No. 9) 191
David Ray Figures Fantastic one of nine number cards chosen, assistant divines (placement code on table)
 		1969 HEX! 60
Tony Shiels Mollusca Mental assistant finds hidden coin under one of six shells by holding a big shell to her ear, code
 		1969 The Art of Close-Up Magic — Volume 2 56
John Adams Red, White & Blue Mental Effect with assistant, spectators chose an object in the room while performer waits outside, assistant points to various objects with a wand, eventually performer reveals object, effect is repeated
 		1969 Entertaining Mental Miracles 3
Al Davids Mental Music piano, one of six songs is divined
 		1969 Entertaining Mental Miracles 5
Lee Henneberry E-Z Book Test one of six books is selected, performer divines book, secret assistant
 		1969 Entertaining Mental Miracles 6
Francis J. Baker, Ron Baillie In the Sands cardboard box with sand, spectator writes ESP symbol in sand and shakes sand, assistant recreates sand drawing
Inspired by
  • idea in Pentagram from Ron Baille, ca. 20 years ago
 May 1971 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 6 No. 7) 419
Paul Siegel Astral Relation objects of audience members, one is selected and divined by medium
 		1972 Doorway to Delusion 32
Jack Kent Tillar Tiptoe Telepathy medium divines playing cards singly and also a bunch of cards, then she reverses a card in another room which is the same card the audience constructed
 		1972 Magick (Issue 51) 251
James G. Thompson Jr. The Eyes Have It coding only with eye movement
Also published here 1972 The Living End 37
John D. Pomeroy The Secret Conception coding with special microphone to switch of certain speakers
 		1973 Mentology 39
Tony Faro Town Divinition coding a town
 		Dec. 1974 Pabular (Vol. 1 No. 4) 50
Tony Faro The Hand Resteth blindfold, code
 		Dec. 1974 Pabular (Vol. 1 No. 4) 50
Jack Kent Tillar Mind to Mind blindfolded medium divines numbers etc.
 		1974 Magick (Issue 99) 491
Karl Fulves Clocks and Cards clock time duplication, then drawn card is found by medium
 		1975 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 2 414
John Bragoli Collected Thoughts with medium, one spectator remembers a word and another a card, very clever
 		Dec. 1975 Pabular (Vol. 2 No. 4) 194
Philip T. Goldstein Burnt Offerings assistant reads ashes of a burnt business card and reveals a chosen ESP symbol
 		1976 The Blue Book of Mentalism 7
Burling Hull Seventy Years of Progress in Thought Transmission Acts introduction on code acts
 		1976 The Amazing World of Mentalism 99
Unknown The Stage Instructing Co.'s $5.00 Course in Stage Mind Reading or Second Sight coding
  • To Make the Figure or Number One Hundred
  • Articles and Objects (list of 134 objects)
  • The Kind of Metal in Coins
  • Metals
 		1976 The Amazing World of Mentalism 101
Julius Zancig, Laura G. Fixen The Zancig-Fixen System
  • How to Apply the "Second Sight" System
  • To Tell Letters
  • To Tell Dates
  • To Tell Articles
  • Lodges and Orders
 		1976 The Amazing World of Mentalism 103
Unknown The Howe and Howe Second Sight Code Act
1976 The Amazing World of Mentalism 105
Unknown The Series System of Arranging a List of Articles
1976 The Amazing World of Mentalism 106
Unknown The Three Part Number System
1976 The Amazing World of Mentalism 106
Unknown The Silent "No Code" System of Second Sight "Morrits Silent Second Sight", length of pauses as code
 		1976 The Amazing World of Mentalism 107
Burling Hull The Burling Hull Second Sight Act
  • The Stage Second Sight Act
  • The Improved Burling Hull Plan
  • Heightening Effect
  • Selecting Easiest Objects
  • How to Describe Unfamiliar Articles
  • Surprise Reading of Coins
  • Coding Information (Colors, Metals, Shapes, Sizes, Nature, U.S.A. Coins)
  • Blackboard Tests
 		1976 The Amazing World of Mentalism 107
Burling Hull The Volta Improved Second Sight Question Act verbal and none verbal codes for answering questions, q&a
  • To Speak Exactly the Same Sentence Each Time
  • The Volta Verbal Code
  • Alternative Applications
  • The Volta Verbal Code Table
  • The Exact Qualification of the Question
  • A Memorizing System
  • The Volta System of Silent Fixed Position Codes (The Head Position Code, Hand Position Signal Code, Double-Up Fixed Position Code, Left/Right Hand Codes)
  • Question Classifications
 		1976 The Amazing World of Mentalism 117
Philip T. Goldstein Combo performer divines a shape and a card
 		1977 The Green Book of Mentalism 7
Philip T. Goldstein, Bob Wagner, Tot O'Regan Revised 'Simbal Dek' System coding a symbol with a card
 		1977 The Green Book of Mentalism 8
Orville Wayne Meyer Edge of Dark code for ESP signs, over phone
 		1977 Magick (Issue 171) 853
Karl Fulves Telepathy for Two five ESP symbols on paper pieces, one chosen and wrapped in aluminum foil, medium divines it, code by position under which a slip is passed under the door
 		1977 The Magic Book 34
Karl Fulves The Isis Slate coding four numbers (or other things) with two lines on a slate
VariationsAlso published here 1978 The Chronicles (Issue 1) 1072
Bruce Barnett Letters more ideas on the Isis Slate coding system
Inspired by 1978 The Chronicles (Issue 4) 1101
Karl Fulves Simple Ciphers on simple codes, purists and confederates
 		1979 The Shamrock Code / The Parallel Principle 1
Karl Fulves The Enciphering Technique for the upcoming code
 		1979 The Shamrock Code / The Parallel Principle 5
Karl Fulves The Shamrock Code one of five objects, how a drinking glass is held
 		1979 The Shamrock Code / The Parallel Principle 5
Karl Fulves Tips On The Handling of the Shamrock Code
 		1979 The Shamrock Code / The Parallel Principle 8
Karl Fulves 91 Sense five coins, spectator places any 4 in his hand and performer announces total, using code and confederate
 		1979 The Shamrock Code / The Parallel Principle 11
Karl Fulves "Turning" The Spectator spectator unwittingly codes information
 		1979 The Shamrock Code / The Parallel Principle 20
Karl Fulves The Date Problem coding a date, posed as a problem
 		1979 The Shamrock Code / The Parallel Principle 22
Nita Kemp, George Kemp Tiddley-Wink dividing object, secret coding for informal situations
 		1979 Magick (Issue 234) 1168
Karl Fulves Faces and Slates No. 49, four people written on slate, medium can identify a chosen one
 		1979 Self-Working Mental Magic 79
Karl Fulves It's Murder No. 50, word code
 		1979 Self-Working Mental Magic 80
Karl Fulves The Isis Slate No. 52, coding four numbers (or other things) with two lines on a slate
Also published here 1979 Self-Working Mental Magic 83
Bruce Elliott, L. Vosburgh Lyons Finger, Finger No. 60, number of held-up fingers divined repeatedly
Also published here 1979 Self-Working Mental Magic 101
Philip T. Goldstein One Hand Clapping coding system, for zodiac signs or other lists
 		1980 The Violet Book of Mentalism 5
Robin DeWitt Color Code medium divines one of five colors
 		1980 Magick (Issue 253) 1263
Bill Voss Instant Rapport easy to teach/learn code, code words on back of long-short-pairs
 		Aug. 1981 Apocalypse (Vol. 4 No. 8) 524
Karl Fulves The Mind Transmitter No. 49, pen code, coin value divined by medium
 		1981 Self-Working Table Magic 60
Max Maven Flair Play coding with a pen
Inspired by 1983 The Collected Almanac (Vol. 1 No. 7) 59
Thomas Alan Waters Zodiaccent medium on the other end divines zodiac from spectator
Related toAlso published here 1984 Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Thynk) 600
Thomas Alan Waters, E. Leslie May Cue-Bic two lists of words, medium erases same as spectator
Inspired by
  • Leslie May's "Double-Deletion" in "Pentagram" Vol. 5, No. 12 1951. P. 91.
 1985 Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Fynys) 730
Ted Karmilovich Wired Thought performer tries to divine drawing, after failure a person is called who correctly names the drawing, clever code
 		June 1985 Magick (Issue 353) 1763
Fredric Kolb Team Test medium divines chosen record
 		Aug. 1985 Magick (Issue 355) 1773
Philip T. Goldstein Pack of Criminals fifty cards with names of criminals, spectator choses one and tells it with four others to medium on the phone, medium divines chosen criminal
 		Aug. 1985 Magick (Issue 356) 1777
Terry Seabrooke An Object Lesson medium divines chosen object
 		1986 Seabrooke's Book 85
James G. Thompson Jr. Der Uhrzeit-Code seconds counting
Also published here Dec. 1987 Intermagic (Vol. 13 No. 2) 93
Terry Seabrooke Out of Three one of three objects
 		Mar. 1988 Apocalypse (Vol. 11 No. 3) 1468
James G. Thompson Jr. Peekaboo! code for sixty-four objects, grid
Also published here
  • Magic to Delight
 Feb. 1988 Intermagic (Vol. 13 No. 3) 141
Gary Kurtz Code of Silence II medium finds paper and knows which three digit numbers are written
 		1989 Continuations and Departures 27
Ted Karmilovich Test-Condition Telepathy transmitting a number to medium, using Cornelius' Time Control
 		May 1989 Magick (Issue 421) 2103
David Burmeister The Jinx Code coding device
  • Moonlight Madness
  • Not Widely Used
  • 'Time Control'
  • Two-Person Versus One-Person Acts
  • The Code
  • Dots and Dashes
  • Not Limited to Numbers Alone
  • Rhine Outdone
Related to July 1989 Magick (Issue 425) 2127
David Burmeister The Jinx Code - Part II coding device
  • Pocket Items
  • Book Test
  • Design Duplication
  • Other Uses
Related to Aug. 1989 Magick (Issue 427) 2137
Sidney Piddington, Barry Wiley Silent Psi code for ESP cards
 		Nov. 1989 Magick (Issue 430) 2151
Karl Fulves Other Possibilities with automatic typewriter
 		1992 Typecast 107
Unknown Mind Reading Deluxe comedy
 		1993 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 8 295
Karl Fulves Pitch Out pitch of music used to code information
 		1993 Verbatim (Issue 5) 49
Rudolf Braunmüller Hellsehen per Telefon spectator reverses any card behind his back, phone number forced with calculator, that person called and he names card
 		June 1993 Intermagic (Vol. 18 No. 1) 34
Harry Anderson Musicalepathy medium divines chosen song
 		1993 Wise Guy 84
Alan Wakeling Psychic Blackjack cards are named by assistant, used in a blackjack game, John Mulholland code
Variations 1993 The Magic of Alan Wakeling 117
Karl Fulves Magic Mind No. 46, nine objects written on pieces of paper, one chosen, medium divines it with two questions, code
 		1995 Easy Magic 66
Karl Fulves Think Alike No. 47, objects on table, one chosen, medium divines it blindfolded
Related to 1995 Easy Magic 68
Karl Fulves Think Alike Again No. 48, objects on table, one chosen, medium divines it blindfolded, different code
Related to 1995 Easy Magic 69
Karl Fulves The Three-Object Test No. 50, three objects in bag, a spectator removes one object and hides it behind his back, medium divines missing object, two different repeats, code with feet
 		1995 Easy Magic 71
Karl Fulves Numbers in Mind No. 60, hidden numbers revealed by performer, using a confederate
 		1995 Easy Magic 85
John Riggs Tarot Telepathy 2000 Q&A, with medium answering questions and giving readings, performer only reads names
Also published here
  • John Riggs' "Tarot Telepathy 2000" in "The Even Compleater Fortune-Teller" 1996. P. 47.
 1996 Syzygy (Vol. 2 No. 17) 167
Larry Becker Lightning Thot coding number using a D'Lite
 		1996 Syzygy (Vol. 3 No. 11) 225
Karl Fulves One is for Circle three ESP cards selected, then one of those removed, other two cards given to medium who reveals chosen card, card counting and positional code on table
Related to 1997 Underworld (Issue 6) 82
Tony Bartolotta Test Results three spectators write their name on a cardboard with a color, mixed face-down, performer divines
Inspired byRelated to 1998 Underworld (Issue 9) 117
James G. Thompson Jr., Ned Rutledge Mord Incorporated murder game, with ten pieces of information and assistant organizing everything while performer is out of the room
Also published here 1999 Intermagic (Vol. 23 No. 3) 109
Paul Curry Pseudo Psychometry Tip as a two person mental stunt, coding idea
Also published here 2001 Paul Curry's Worlds Beyond 267
David Regal Party Line
2002 Constant Fooling 2 88
Al Baker Al Baker's Addition Trick with assistent, code
Also published here 2003 The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Al Baker's Book) 86
Al Baker Me and the Missus coding card to assistent, stacked pack
Also published here 2003 The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Al Baker's Second Book) 119
Al Baker The Celebrity Feat stooge codes celebrity name with playing cards
Also published here 2003 The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Magical Ways and Means) 234
Al Baker Parlor Telepathy code by placement on table
Also published here 2003 The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Mental Magic) 313
Al Baker The Stethoscope using stooge and signal
Also published here 2003 The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Mental Magic) 337
Al Baker Mental Trick using cards to code information
 		2003 The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Notebooks) 721
Philip T. Goldstein Silentalism
  • The Other Month
choices silently coded via placement of spectators on stage, assistant genuinely blindfolded
Inspired by
  • "Co-Design" (Ken Bowell, Magi-Go-Round, 1958)
 Feb. 2003 Genii (Vol. 66 No. 2) 63
Unknown Juhn-Hanussen Stage Codes
Also published here
  • Erich Juhn, Leben und Taten des Hellsehers Henrik Magnus, 1930
 July 2004 Genii (Vol. 67 No. 7) 59
Karl Fulves Either-Or how binary principles are used in fishing and coding
Related to 2005 Combo II 8
Allan Slaight Missing Links card, color and symbol divined, object divined and found in the room
Inspired by
  • "Link It Test" (Stewart James)
Also published here
  • The James File, 2000
 2008 Spins & Needles 138
Max Maven, T. Page Wright, William Larsen The Medium Speaks with additional thoughts by Max Maven
Inspired by
  • "The Medium Speaks" (L.W. Mental and Spirit Mysteries, 1929)
 Oct. 2012 Genii (Vol. 75 No. 10) 31
Jim Steinmeyer The Affirmative Code
  • Conjuring
cards or objects in room are divined by assistant, code for twenty-six letters and numbers
Inspired by Dec. 2015 Genii (Vol. 78 No. 12) 36
Rhys "Morgan" Jones, Robert "West" Tay Intra-Sensory Perception testing five senses by divining the following things
  • number of cut of cards with blank deck
  • date of birth
  • what spectator had for breakfast
  • occupation of spectator
  • serial number of bill
 		2020 Parlour Tricks 111
Rhys "Morgan" Jones, Robert "West" Tay The Morgan & West Macarena non-verbal code for number from 10 to 49
 		2020 Parlour Tricks 120