Thomas Alan Waters

2 publications by Thomas Alan Waters:

Mind, Myth & Magick (Thomas Alan Waters, 1993)
Virtual Foolery (by GeMiNi: The Greater Magic Network^TM columnists, Jon Racherbaumer, Thomas Alan Waters, 1997)

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Creators	Title	Comments & References		Year	Source	Page	Categories
Stanley Collins	Bead Frame Color Force		Related to Framedown (Thomas Alan Waters, Stanley Collins, Mind, Myth & Magick, 1979) Forced Landing (Karl Fulves, Calculator Tricks*, 1998)	1920	Deceptive Conceptions in Magic	63	Color Forces
Paul Rosini	The Mystery of the Blackboard	information written on blackboard is divined blindfolded, see name index for attribution	Also published here The Mystery of the Blackboard (Theodore Annemann, Paul Rosini, Practical Mental Effects, 1944) Related to The Ultimate Prediction - A "No Smudge" Swami (George B. Anderson, It Must Be Mindreading, 1949) Addenda to "Mystery of the Blackboard (Thomas Alan Waters, The New Phoenix, 1961) Variations Addenda to "Mystery of the Blackboard (Thomas Alan Waters, The New Phoenix, 1961) The Die and the Canisters (Robert Cassidy, The Artful Mentalism of Bob Cassidy, 2004)	Oct. 1934	The Jinx (Issue 1)	4	Mental Magic / Principles / Glimpsing Slate / Normal Mental Magic / Effects / Divination / Miscellaneous
Theodore Annemann*	Telepathy Plus	written question and name are divined ends with a picture duplication	Related to Trinkle (Thomas Alan Waters, Mind, Myth & Magick, 1981) Steals (Thomas Alan Waters, Mind, Myth & Magick, 1981) Variations New Pentagram, Oct. 1979 also in: Tri-Endfield (Spins & Needles, 2008) Trinkle (Thomas Alan Waters, Mind, Myth & Magick, 1981)	1935	Complete One Man Mental and Psychic Routine	13	Mental Magic / Principles / One Ahead Mental Magic / Effects / Design or Drawing Duplication Mental Magic / Effects / Divination / Miscellaneous
Theodore Annemann*	Annemann's Diablo Pellet Reading	one question written on billet is burnt and later answered by performer	Related to Steals (Thomas Alan Waters, Mind, Myth & Magick, 1981)	1935	Mental Bargain Effects	1	Billet / Switches Mental Magic / Effects / Q&A Hand Gimmicks / Thumb & Finger Tip
Wm. Hewitt	The Modern Mindreader	several questions put in envelopes	Also published here marketed 1929 Related to Modern Mind Reading (Wm. Hewitt, Greater Magic, 1938) Decivision (Thomas Alan Waters, Mind, Myth & Magick, 1985)	1935	Mental Bargain Effects	2	Billet / Readings Mental Magic / Principles / One Ahead Mental Magic / Effects / Q&A
Theodore Annemann*	Annemann's Psychic Writing	appearing writing on paper card answers question	Related to Psychic Writing Variation (Theodore Annemann, The Jinx, 1936) Variations Slate Trick (Burling Hull, The Pallbearers Review, 1971) Spirits (Jack Avis, The Pallbearers Review*, 1975) … and 1 more	1935	Mental Bargain Effects	4	Paper / Appearing Writing, Photos, ... Billet / Readings
Theodore Annemann*	Annemann's Mental Masterpiece	impression device on card box, carbon	Related to Affinities (Cyril Marriott, The Phoenix, 1946) The Psychic Coercion of the Interrupted Schoolboy (Thomas Alan Waters, Mind, Myth & Magick, 1979) … and 3 more Variations The Three-Pellet Trick Perfected (William S. Houghton, The Magic 36, 1943) Masterpiece Variations (Dan Tong, The New Phoenix*, 1963) … and 2 more	1935	Mental Bargain Effects	5	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Card Case Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Carbon Card Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / free Choice (all 52 cards) Mental Magic / Principles / Impression Devices
Dr. Jacob Daley	The Ultra Slate Message	silicate slate flaps	Also published here The Ultra Slate Message (Dr. Jacob Daley, Practical Mental Effects, 1944) Related to The Answer! (Dr. Jacob Daley, The Jinx, 1938) also in: The Answer (Practical Mental Effects, 1944) Daley's Spirit Effect Supreme (Jacob Daley's Notebooks, 1972) Qwhite (Thomas Alan Waters, Mind, Myth & Magick, 1985) Variations Impromptu Ultra Spirit Message (Gerald Kosky, Hugard's Magic Monthly, 1948) also in: Impromptu Ultra Spirit Message (The Magic of Gerald Kosky, 1975) Impromptu Ultra Spirit Message (Miracles of my Friends, 1982) The Four Blacks (Dr. Stanley Jaks, Who is this Dr. Jaks?, 1951) also in: Die vier schwarzen Karten (Dr. Stanley-Jaks und seine Geheimnisse, 1961) Four Blacks (The Incredible Dr. Jaks, 2014)	1936	The Jinx (Issue Winter Extra 1935/36)	88	Slate / Display Sequences & False Counts
Theodore Annemann*	Triple Coercion	color, card and number are named and predicted, only number free choice, nail writer	Also published here Triple Coercion (Theodore Annemann, Practical Mental Effects, 1944) Related to The Psychic Coercion of the Interrupted Schoolboy (Thomas Alan Waters, Mind, Myth & Magick, 1979) Variations Minds In Unison (Barrie Richardson, Magick, 1983) also in: Minds in Unison (Theater of the Mind*, 1999)	June 1936	The Jinx (Issue 21)	123	Paper / Prediction Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Confabulation Pen & Pencil / Nail Writer & Swami
Theodore Annemann*	On the Wire	random person phoned, name divined	Also published here On the Wire (Theodore Annemann, Practical Mental Effects, 1944) Related to No. 2: On the Wired Thought (Thomas Alan Waters, Mind, Myth & Magick, 1981) Variations The Telephone Effect (Al Mann, Acidus*, 1976)	1936	The Jinx (Issue Summer Extra 1936)	137	Propless / Phone Effects Billet / Switches
Theodore Annemann*	Notaria	chosen card and diagram are divined/duplicated, forcing deck, center tear	Also published here Notaria (Theodore Annemann, Al Baker, Dr. Jacob Daley, Practical Mental Effects, 1944) Related to Center-Tear (Thomas Alan Waters, Mind, Myth & Magick*, 1981)	Dec. 1936	The Jinx (Issue 27)	165	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Forcing Deck Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Miscellaneous Mental Magic / Effects / Design or Drawing Duplication Slate / Normal
Dai Vernon	The Five Card Mental Force		Also published here 5 Card Mental Force (Dai Vernon, Magick, 1976) also in: The Five Card Mental Force (Dai Vernon, Cunning Card Miracles, 1999) Related to Psychological Locations (Ormond McGill, Dai Vernon, Psychic Magic — Vol. 1, 1951) Daisection (Thomas Alan Waters, Mind, Myth & Magick, 1982) … and 1 more Variations Vernon's F.C.M.F. (Gerald Kosky, The New Phoenix, 1964) also in: Vernon's F.C.M.F. (The Magic of Gerald Kosky, 1975) You Find One! (David Bornstein, The New Jinx, 1967) … and 6 more	1937	Encyclopedia of Card Tricks	30	Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / Five Card Mental Force
Theodore Annemann*	Wired Thought	any person is phoned and asked to name a card, predicted by performer, index	Also published here Wired Thought (Theodore Annemann, Full Deck of Impromptu Card Tricks, 1943) also in: Wired Thought (Theodore Annemann, Practical Mental Effects, 1944) Related to No. 2: On the Wired Thought (Thomas Alan Waters, Mind, Myth & Magick, 1981)	Apr. 1937	The Jinx (Issue 31)	201	Cards / Principles / Card Index Cards / Effect Themes / Phone Effects / Person is called during performance Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card
Norman Ashworth	Before your Eyes	message on slate becomes name of selection when wiping over it, idea by Charles Nyquist on page 270	Also published here Before Your Eyes Improvement (Walter B. Gibson, The Jinx, 1940) also in: Before Your Eyes (Norman Ashworth, Walter B. Gibson, Practical Mental Effects, 1944) "Before Your Eyes" Business Card (Charles Nyquist, Practical Mental Effects, 1944) Related to Before your Eyes (Norman Ashworth, The Jinx, 1937) also in: Before Your Eyes Improvement (The Jinx, 1940) Before Your Eyes (Practical Mental Effects, 1944) … and 1 more Phantom Hand (Oscar Weigle, The Jinx, 1938) also in: Phantom Hand (Practical Mental Effects, 1944) … and 8 more Variations Before your Eyes (Norman Ashworth, The Jinx, 1937) also in: Before Your Eyes Improvement (The Jinx, 1940) Before Your Eyes (Practical Mental Effects, 1944) … and 1 more Slate And Spirit Trick (Jinx #32) Improvement (Jacob Daley's Notebooks, 1972) … and 8 more	May 1937	The Jinx (Issue 32)	203	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Off-beat Predictions Slate / Normal
Theodore Annemann*	My Own Swami Test	predicting anything, pocket writing	Also published here My Own Swami Test (Theodore Annemann, Practical Mental Effects, 1944) Related to Pastell (Thomas Alan Waters, Mind, Myth & Magick*, 1982)	Oct. 1937	The Jinx (Issue 37)	249	Paper / Prediction Mental Magic / Principles / Pocket Writing Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Miscellaneous Pen & Pencil / Nail Writer & Swami
Oscar Weigle	Alias Divination	several spectators write names on slips which are later correctly assigned, one of the names divined as well	Related to Tridonym (Thomas Alan Waters, Mind, Myth & Magick, 1985)	1937	You'd be Surprised	11	Paper / Mental Stuff Mental Magic / Effects / Psychometry Effects Mental Magic / Effects / Living and Dead Test Mental Magic / Principles / Marking Systems Mental Magic / Effects / Divination / Miscellaneous
Robert Parrish	Slate Psychics	chosen card predicted on slate, then design duplication, using slate nail writer	Related to The Psychic Coercion of the Interrupted Schoolboy (Thomas Alan Waters, Mind, Myth & Magick, 1979)	1937	You'd be Surprised	20	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card Mental Magic / Effects / Design or Drawing Duplication Slate / Normal Pen & Pencil / Nail Writer & Swami
Ralph W. Hull	The Three of Clubs	card on table turns out to be any card named, different switches	Related to Marvelous Coincidence (New Era Card Tricks, 1897) also in: Marvelous Coincidence (The Fine Print, 1998) A Mental Card Mystery (Ralph W. Hull, "Eye-Openers", 1932) … and 7 more Variations Clubble (Thomas Alan Waters, Mind, Myth & Magick, 1982) Pocket Prediction (Justin Higham, Technomagic*, 1990) … and 5 more	1938	Greater Magic	327	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Tabled Card is Named Card
Peter Warlock	The Satchel	book test with slates	Also published here The Schoolbag (Peter Warlock, Practical Mental Effects, 1944) Related to The Psychic Coercion of the Interrupted Schoolboy (Thomas Alan Waters, Mind, Myth & Magick, 1979)	1939	The Jinx (Issue Summer Extra 1939)	414	Slate / Flaps & Moving Parts Book / Book Test / Routines
Robert Parrish	Synchronism	performer removes a card openly from blue deck, despite free choice spectator selects same from red deck, forcing deck and interesting deck switches	Related to Interesting variants (Carlos Vinuesa, Numbers, Cards... and Time!, 2013) Variations Synchroincidence (Thomas Alan Waters, Mind, Myth & Magick, 1979)	1939	Do That Again!	32	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Forcing Deck Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card Cards / Effect Themes / Do as I Do / Two Decks
L. Vosburgh Lyons	Graphology	spectators write on paper cards, performer assigns them correctly, pseudo-psychometry	Also published here Graphology (L. Vosburgh Lyons, Practical Mental Effects, 1944) also in: Graphology (L. Vosburgh Lyons, Self-Working Mental Magic, 1979) Related to Speakay (Thomas Alan Waters, Mind, Myth & Magick, 1984) Tridonym (Thomas Alan Waters, Mind, Myth & Magick, 1985) Variations Technicolor Graphology (Ted Lesley, Paramiracles, 1994)	Jan. 1940	The Jinx (Issue 74)	493	Mental Magic / Effects / Psychometry Effects
Audley Walsh	Open Minds	sum prediction via cards, out-to-lunch principle on deck of cards	Also published here Open Minds (Audley Walsh, Practical Mental Effects, 1944) Variations O.T.L. Omega (Thomas Alan Waters, Mind, Myth & Magick, 1981)	Feb. 1940	The Jinx (Issue 81)	523	Numbers / Prediction & Sum-Divination Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Miscellaneous Paper / Out to Lunch
Walter B. Gibson*	Before Your Eyes Improvement	improvement	Also published here Before your Eyes (Norman Ashworth, The Jinx, 1937) also in: Before Your Eyes (Norman Ashworth, Walter B. Gibson, Practical Mental Effects, 1944) "Before Your Eyes" Business Card (Charles Nyquist, Practical Mental Effects, 1944) Inspired by Before your Eyes (Norman Ashworth, The Jinx, 1937) also in: Before Your Eyes Improvement (The Jinx, 1940) Before Your Eyes (Practical Mental Effects, 1944) … and 1 more Related to Before your Eyes (Norman Ashworth, The Jinx, 1937) also in: Before Your Eyes Improvement (The Jinx, 1940) Before Your Eyes (Practical Mental Effects, 1944) … and 1 more Phantom Hand (Oscar Weigle, The Jinx, 1938) also in: Phantom Hand (Practical Mental Effects, 1944) … and 8 more Variations Slate And Spirit Trick (Jinx #32) Improvement (Jacob Daley's Notebooks, 1972) Velleda Variations (Stephen Tucker, The Talon*, 1980) … and 7 more	Mar. 1940	The Jinx (Issue 83)	535	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Off-beat Predictions Slate / Normal
Dr. Jacob Daley	Two Cards in Fear	two spectators stab two knives in deck wrapped in newspaper	Related to Two Blades (Bill Simon, The Phoenix, 1948) also in: Two Blades (The Best in Magic, 1956) Variations Stableau (Thomas Alan Waters, Magick, 1986) also in: Stableau (Mind, Myth & Magick, 1987)	1940	The Jinx (Issue 85)	543	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Stabbing Routines / In the Deck
Theodore Annemann*	Weird Wire	medium phoned and tells one out of five designs, selected cards and word	Also published here Weird Wire (Theodore Annemann, Practical Mental Effects, 1944) Variations Zodiaxis (Thomas Alan Waters, Mind, Myth & Magick*, 1982)	1940	The Jinx (Issue 89)	558	Propless / Phone Effects Propless / Coding / Phone Cards / Effect Themes / Phone Effects / Medium at the Other end Book / Book Test / Magazine Test
Sid Lorraine	Idea of 40,000 Words	dictionary test, hole in book	Also published here 40.000 Words (Sid Lorraine, Practical Mental Effects, 1944) Related to Open Sesame - Variation A (C. L. Boarde, Mainly Mental Vol. 2 — Book Tests, 1978) SideSidAl (Thomas Alan Waters, Mind, Myth & Magick, 1983) … and 1 more Variations 50'000 Words (Al Mann, Of Words and Wizards, 1977)	1941	The Jinx (Issue 131)	751	Book / Book Test / Routines
Stewart James	Half and Half	three dice and list of letter combinations, a coincidence/prediction happens	Also published here Half and Half (Stewart James, Practical Mental Effects, 1944) also in: Half and Half (Stewart James, The Essential Stewart James, 2007) Related to The New Half and Half (L. Vosburgh Lyons, The Jinx, 1941) also in: The New Half and Half (Practical Mental Effects, 1944) Typecast (Karl Fulves, Typecast, 1992) Variations The New Half and Half (L. Vosburgh Lyons, The Jinx, 1941) also in: The New Half and Half (Practical Mental Effects, 1944) Two Heads Better (Gene "Phantini" Grant, Phantini's Incredible Mental Secrets Volume Two*, 1981) … and 5 more	Apr. 1941	The Jinx (Issue 134)	766	Dice (small) / Miscellaneous Words & Letters / Miscellaneous Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Miscellaneous Slate / Normal
Otis Manning	The Ghost of a Chance	billet switching box, Q&A	Also published here The OM Billet Switching Box (Otis Manning, Practical Mental Effects, 1944) also in: The Ghost of a Change (Otis Manning, Practical Mental Effects, 1944) The Ghost of a Chance (Otis Manning, The New Jinx, 1964) Related to Crystal Clear (Otis Manning, The Phoenix, 1944) also in: Crystal Clear (Practical Mental Effects, 1944) Nelson's Cigar Change Box (Robert A. Nelson, Miracles in Mentalism and Psychic Experimentation, 1945) … and 2 more Variations Psychologia (Ken Krenzel, The New Jinx, 1964) A K.F. Idea on an O.M. Switch (Karrell Fox, Another Book, 1979) … and 2 more	1941	The Jinx (Issue 137)	781	Billet / Readings Billet / Switches
Al Baker	The Finger Knows - And Tells	one of five	Also published here The Finger Knows - And Tells (Al Baker, The Living End, 1972) also in: The Finger Knows - And Tells (Al Baker, The Secret Ways of Al Baker, 2003) Related to Palmystic (Thomas Alan Waters, Mind, Myth & Magick, 1981) Club 71, Summer 1986 also in: Angel's Flight (Theater of the Mind, 1999)	1941	Our Mysteries	9	Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / limited Choice
Franklin V. Taylor	Peek Deck		Also published here Peek-Pack (Franklin V. Taylor, Hokus Pokus, 1968) Related to "Peek-Deck" Pappy (James G. Thompson Jr., The Phoenix, 1943) The $64.00 Word (R. C. Buff, The Phoenix, 1943) … and 2 more Variations "Visible But Unseen" Or " The Pocket Index That Ain't" (Franklin V. Taylor, Bruce Elliott, The Phoenix, 1943) The Twitching Muscle (Karrell Fox, Comedy a la Card*, 1960) … and 3 more	Dec. 1942	The Phoenix (Issue 25)	103	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Svengali Principle / Other Applications & Handling of Long-Short-Deck Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Peek Pairs (glued at bottom)
Martin Gardner*	Are You Psychic?	performer and spectator each write down three words from a list of ten words, they match	Also published here Are You Psychic? (Martin Gardner, The Pallbearers Review, 1970) Related to Psidentify (Thomas Alan Waters, Mind, Myth & Magick*, 1985)	1943	Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1943)	13	Mental Magic / Principles / Pencil Reading Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Miscellaneous Mental Magic / Effects / Divination / Miscellaneous
Shaman*	Cagliostro's Spectacles	spectator puts on special glasses when the cards are spread in front of him, he names all of the selections	Inspired by an idea of DeLands, credit reference on page 191 Related to Bifocals (Shaman, The Phoenix, 1944) Bluecue (Thomas Alan Waters, Mind, Myth & Magick, 1985) … and 1 more Variations Cagliostro's Wunderbrille (Paul Maurer, Hokus Pokus, 1974) Abracadabra, Oct. 1979 also in: Letter Carrier (Genii*, 2013) … and 2 more	Oct. 1943	The Phoenix (Issue 45)	185	Glasses Cards / Principles / Instant Stooge Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / by Spectator Mental Magic / Principles / Dual Reality Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Spectator locates Card / Miscellaneous
Theodore Annemann*	Wired Thought	any person is phoned and asked to name a card, predicted by performer, index	Also published here Wired Thought (Theodore Annemann, The Jinx, 1937) also in: Wired Thought (Theodore Annemann, Practical Mental Effects, 1944) Related to No. 2: On the Wired Thought (Thomas Alan Waters, Mind, Myth & Magick, 1981)	1943	Full Deck of Impromptu Card Tricks	73	Cards / Principles / Card Index Cards / Effect Themes / Phone Effects / Person is called during performance Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card
Paul Curry	Out of this Phone Book	book, opened freely, line is forced, Franklin V. Taylor's peek deck principle with a book	Also published here Out Of This Phone Book (Paul Curry, Miracles in Mentalism and Psychic Experimentation, 1945) also in: Out of This Phone Book (Paul Curry, Paul Curry's Worlds Beyond, 2001) Related to The Back Room (Bruce Elliott, The Phoenix, 1944) Pagency (Thomas Alan Waters, Mind, Myth & Magick, 1985) Variations The Magician, Dec. 2004 also in: The Devil's Dictionary (Curtain Call, 2011) Dictionary Test (Roberto Mansilla, Genii*, 2025)	Feb. 1944	The Phoenix (Issue 53)	216	Book / Book Test / Telephone Book Test Book / Book Test / Sleights & Principles
Otis Manning	The OM Billet Switching Box	billet switching box, with notes by Annemann	Also published here The Ghost of a Chance (Otis Manning, The Jinx, 1941) also in: The Ghost of a Change (Otis Manning, Practical Mental Effects, 1944) The Ghost of a Chance (Otis Manning, The New Jinx, 1964) Related to Crystal Clear (Otis Manning, The Phoenix, 1944) also in: Crystal Clear (Practical Mental Effects, 1944) Nelson's Cigar Change Box (Robert A. Nelson, Miracles in Mentalism and Psychic Experimentation, 1945) … and 2 more Variations Psychologia (Ken Krenzel, The New Jinx, 1964) A K.F. Idea on an O.M. Switch (Karrell Fox, Another Book, 1979) … and 2 more	1944	Practical Mental Effects	30	Billet / Switches
Otis Manning	The Ghost of a Change	using the OM Billet Switching Box, Q&A	Also published here The Ghost of a Chance (Otis Manning, The Jinx, 1941) also in: The OM Billet Switching Box (Otis Manning, Practical Mental Effects, 1944) The Ghost of a Chance (Otis Manning, The New Jinx, 1964) Related to Crystal Clear (Otis Manning, The Phoenix, 1944) also in: Crystal Clear (Practical Mental Effects, 1944) Nelson's Cigar Change Box (Robert A. Nelson, Miracles in Mentalism and Psychic Experimentation, 1945) … and 2 more Variations Psychologia (Ken Krenzel, The New Jinx, 1964) A K.F. Idea on an O.M. Switch (Karrell Fox, Another Book, 1979) … and 2 more	1944	Practical Mental Effects	32	Billet / Readings Billet / Switches Mental Magic / Effects / Q&A
Theodore Annemann*	On the Wire	random person phoned, name divined	Also published here On the Wire (Theodore Annemann, The Jinx, 1936) Related to No. 2: On the Wired Thought (Thomas Alan Waters, Mind, Myth & Magick, 1981) Variations The Telephone Effect (Al Mann, Acidus*, 1976)	1944	Practical Mental Effects	40	Propless / Phone Effects Billet / Switches
Theodore Annemann*	Wired Thought	any person is phoned and asked to name a card, predicted by performer, index	Also published here Wired Thought (Theodore Annemann, The Jinx, 1937) also in: Wired Thought (Theodore Annemann, Full Deck of Impromptu Card Tricks, 1943) Related to No. 2: On the Wired Thought (Thomas Alan Waters, Mind, Myth & Magick, 1981)	1944	Practical Mental Effects	42	Cards / Principles / Card Index Cards / Effect Themes / Phone Effects / Person is called during performance Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card
L. Vosburgh Lyons	Graphology	spectators write on paper cards, performer assigns them correctly, pseudo-psychometry, graphology presentation	Also published here Graphology (L. Vosburgh Lyons, The Jinx, 1940) also in: Graphology (L. Vosburgh Lyons, Self-Working Mental Magic, 1979) Related to Speakay (Thomas Alan Waters, Mind, Myth & Magick, 1984) Tridonym (Thomas Alan Waters, Mind, Myth & Magick, 1985) Variations Technicolor Graphology (Ted Lesley, Paramiracles, 1994)	1944	Practical Mental Effects	47	Mental Magic / Effects / Psychometry Effects Mental Magic / Principles / Marking Systems
Sid Lorraine	40.000 Words	dictionary test, hole in book	Also published here Idea of 40,000 Words (Sid Lorraine, The Jinx, 1941) Related to Open Sesame - Variation A (C. L. Boarde, Mainly Mental Vol. 2 — Book Tests, 1978) SideSidAl (Thomas Alan Waters, Mind, Myth & Magick, 1983) … and 1 more Variations 50'000 Words (Al Mann, Of Words and Wizards, 1977)	1944	Practical Mental Effects	83	Billet / Secret Reading Methods & Peeks Book / Book Test / Routines
Theodore Annemann*	My Own Swami Test	predicting anything, pocket writing	Also published here My Own Swami Test (Theodore Annemann, The Jinx, 1937) Related to Pastell (Thomas Alan Waters, Mind, Myth & Magick*, 1982)	1944	Practical Mental Effects	145	Mental Magic / Principles / Pocket Writing Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Miscellaneous Pen & Pencil / Nail Writer & Swami
Theodore Annemann*	Triple Coercion	color, card and number are named and predicted, only number free choice, nail writer	Also published here Triple Coercion (Theodore Annemann, The Jinx, 1936) Related to The Psychic Coercion of the Interrupted Schoolboy (Thomas Alan Waters, Mind, Myth & Magick, 1979) Variations Minds In Unison (Barrie Richardson, Magick, 1983) also in: Minds in Unison (Theater of the Mind*, 1999)	1944	Practical Mental Effects	147	Paper / Prediction Pen & Pencil / Nail Writer & Swami
Theodore Annemann*, Al Baker, Dr. Jacob Daley	Notaria	chosen card and diagram are divined/duplicated, forcing deck, center tear	Also published here Notaria (Theodore Annemann, The Jinx, 1936) Related to Center-Tear (Thomas Alan Waters, Mind, Myth & Magick*, 1981)	1944	Practical Mental Effects	179	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Forcing Deck Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Miscellaneous Mental Magic / Effects / Design or Drawing Duplication Slate / Normal
Norman Ashworth, Walter B. Gibson*	Before Your Eyes	message on slate becomes name of selection when wiping over it Walter Gibson Method	Also published here Before your Eyes (Norman Ashworth, The Jinx, 1937) also in: Before Your Eyes Improvement (Walter B. Gibson, The Jinx, 1940) "Before Your Eyes" Business Card (Charles Nyquist, Practical Mental Effects, 1944) Inspired by Before your Eyes (Norman Ashworth, The Jinx, 1937) also in: Before Your Eyes Improvement (The Jinx, 1940) Before Your Eyes (Practical Mental Effects, 1944) … and 1 more Related to Before your Eyes (Norman Ashworth, The Jinx, 1937) also in: Before Your Eyes Improvement (The Jinx, 1940) Before Your Eyes (Practical Mental Effects, 1944) … and 1 more Phantom Hand (Oscar Weigle, The Jinx, 1938) also in: Phantom Hand (Practical Mental Effects, 1944) … and 8 more Variations Before your Eyes (Norman Ashworth, The Jinx, 1937) also in: Before Your Eyes Improvement (The Jinx, 1940) Before Your Eyes (Practical Mental Effects, 1944) … and 1 more Slate And Spirit Trick (Jinx #32) Improvement (Jacob Daley's Notebooks*, 1972) … and 8 more	1944	Practical Mental Effects	188	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Off-beat Predictions Slate / Normal
Dr. Jacob Daley	The Ultra Slate Message		Also published here The Ultra Slate Message (Dr. Jacob Daley, The Jinx, 1936) Related to The Answer! (Dr. Jacob Daley, The Jinx, 1938) also in: The Answer (Practical Mental Effects, 1944) Daley's Spirit Effect Supreme (Jacob Daley's Notebooks, 1972) Qwhite (Thomas Alan Waters, Mind, Myth & Magick, 1985) Variations Impromptu Ultra Spirit Message (Gerald Kosky, Hugard's Magic Monthly, 1948) also in: Impromptu Ultra Spirit Message (The Magic of Gerald Kosky, 1975) Impromptu Ultra Spirit Message (Miracles of my Friends, 1982) The Four Blacks (Dr. Stanley Jaks, Who is this Dr. Jaks?, 1951) also in: Die vier schwarzen Karten (Dr. Stanley-Jaks und seine Geheimnisse, 1961) Four Blacks (The Incredible Dr. Jaks, 2014)	1944	Practical Mental Effects	192	Slate / Display Sequences & False Counts
Stewart James	Half and Half	three dice and list of letter combinations, a coincidence/prediction happens	Also published here Half and Half (Stewart James, The Jinx, 1941) also in: Half and Half (Stewart James, The Essential Stewart James, 2007) Related to The New Half and Half (L. Vosburgh Lyons, The Jinx, 1941) also in: The New Half and Half (Practical Mental Effects, 1944) Typecast (Karl Fulves, Typecast, 1992) Variations The New Half and Half (L. Vosburgh Lyons, The Jinx, 1941) also in: The New Half and Half (Practical Mental Effects, 1944) Two Heads Better (Gene "Phantini" Grant, Phantini's Incredible Mental Secrets Volume Two*, 1981) … and 5 more	1944	Practical Mental Effects	204	Dice (small) / Miscellaneous Words & Letters / Miscellaneous Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Miscellaneous
Peter Warlock	The Schoolbag	book test with slates	Also published here The Satchel (Peter Warlock, The Jinx, 1939) Related to The Psychic Coercion of the Interrupted Schoolboy (Thomas Alan Waters, Mind, Myth & Magick, 1979)	1944	Practical Mental Effects	216	Slate / Flaps & Moving Parts Book / Book Test / Routines
Theodore Annemann*, Paul Rosini	The Mystery of the Blackboard	information written on blackboard is divined blindfolded, see Jinx for attribution	Also published here The Mystery of the Blackboard (Paul Rosini, The Jinx, 1934) Related to The Ultimate Prediction - A "No Smudge" Swami (George B. Anderson, It Must Be Mindreading, 1949) Addenda to "Mystery of the Blackboard (Thomas Alan Waters, The New Phoenix, 1961) Variations Addenda to "Mystery of the Blackboard (Thomas Alan Waters, The New Phoenix, 1961) The Die and the Canisters (Robert Cassidy, The Artful Mentalism of Bob Cassidy*, 2004)	1944	Practical Mental Effects	253	Mental Magic / Principles / Glimpsing Slate / Normal Mental Magic / Effects / Divination / Miscellaneous
Audley Walsh	Open Minds	sum prediction via cards, out-to-lunch principle on deck of cards	Also published here Open Minds (Audley Walsh, The Jinx, 1940) Variations O.T.L. Omega (Thomas Alan Waters, Mind, Myth & Magick, 1981)	1944	Practical Mental Effects	286	Numbers / Prediction & Sum-Divination Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Miscellaneous Paper / Out to Lunch
Charles Nyquist	"Before Your Eyes" Business Card	message on business card, name of selection appears	Also published here Before your Eyes (Norman Ashworth, The Jinx, 1937) also in: Before Your Eyes Improvement (Walter B. Gibson, The Jinx, 1940) Before Your Eyes (Norman Ashworth, Walter B. Gibson, Practical Mental Effects, 1944) Inspired by Before your Eyes (Norman Ashworth, The Jinx, 1937) also in: Before Your Eyes Improvement (The Jinx, 1940) Before Your Eyes (Practical Mental Effects, 1944) … and 1 more Related to Before your Eyes (Norman Ashworth, The Jinx, 1937) also in: Before Your Eyes Improvement (The Jinx, 1940) Before Your Eyes (Practical Mental Effects, 1944) … and 1 more Phantom Hand (Oscar Weigle, The Jinx, 1938) also in: Phantom Hand (Practical Mental Effects, 1944) … and 8 more Variations Before your Eyes (Norman Ashworth, The Jinx, 1937) also in: Before Your Eyes Improvement (The Jinx, 1940) Before Your Eyes (Practical Mental Effects, 1944) … and 1 more Slate And Spirit Trick (Jinx #32) Improvement (Jacob Daley's Notebooks, 1972) … and 8 more	1944	Practical Mental Effects	309	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Off-beat Predictions Business Cards
Theodore Annemann*	Weird Wire	medium phoned and tells one out of five designs, selected cards and word The E.S.P. Symbol Projection The Word Projection The Card Projection	Also published here Weird Wire (Theodore Annemann, The Jinx, 1940) Variations Zodiaxis (Thomas Alan Waters, Mind, Myth & Magick*, 1982)	1944	Practical Mental Effects	327	Propless / Phone Effects Propless / Coding / Phone Cards / Effect Themes / Phone Effects / Medium at the Other end Book / Book Test / Magazine Test
Paul Curry	Out Of This Phone Book	book, opened freely, line is forced, Franklin V. Taylor's peek deck principle with a book	Also published here Out of this Phone Book (Paul Curry, The Phoenix, 1944) also in: Out of This Phone Book (Paul Curry, Paul Curry's Worlds Beyond, 2001) Related to The Back Room (Bruce Elliott, The Phoenix, 1944) Pagency (Thomas Alan Waters, Mind, Myth & Magick, 1985) Variations The Magician, Dec. 2004 also in: The Devil's Dictionary (Curtain Call, 2011) Dictionary Test (Roberto Mansilla, Genii*, 2025)	1945	Miracles in Mentalism and Psychic Experimentation	20	Book / Book Test / Telephone Book Test Book / Book Test / Sleights & Principles
Mel Stover*	Days of Force	calendar number force	Also published here Calendar (5) (Mel Stover, Hugard's Magic Monthly, 1951) Related to Date Sense (Walter B. Gibson, The Jinx, 1938) also in: Date Sense (Practical Mental Effects, 1944) Stover's Prediction (Mel Stover, Mathematics, Magic And Mystery, 1956) also in: Four on a Date (Syzygy, 1996) Calendar Prediction (Secret Agenda, 2010) … and 7 more Variations Stover's Prediction (Mel Stover, Mathematics, Magic And Mystery, 1956) also in: Four on a Date (Syzygy, 1996) Calendar Prediction (Secret Agenda, 2010) Ringo-Bingo (Stephen Tucker, Spell-Binder, 1982) … and 3 more	Feb. 1945	The Phoenix (Issue 77)	313	Calendar Numbers / Number Forces / Other Props Book / Book Test / Telephone Book Test
Jerry Sorensen	No Swami	in envelope, slit	Variations Doublet (Thomas Alan Waters, Mind, Myth & Magick, 1982)	Oct. 1945	The Phoenix (Issue 93)	377	Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Miscellaneous
Alan Barnert	Phoney	person on telephone knows card three times, three different methods	Also published here Phoney (Alan Barnert, The Best in Magic, 1956) Related to Zodiaccent (Thomas Alan Waters, Magick, 1982) also in: Zodiaccent (Mind, Myth & Magick, 1984)	June 1946	The Phoenix (Issue 108)	433	Cards / Effect Themes / Phone Effects / Medium at the Other end Cards / Principles / Coding / Using Assistant
Robert Fairthorne	The Malkin	voodoo effect, two paper dolls are rolled up and pinched with a needle, at the same places	Also published here The Malkin (Robert Fairthorne, The Best in Magic, 1956) Related to Simulacrum (Hen Fetsch, The Phoenix, 1951) Variations Pinance (Thomas Alan Waters, Mind, Myth & Magick, 1982)	July 1947	The Phoenix (Issue 130)	521	Paper / Mental Stuff Mental Magic / Effects / Coincidence Doll & Puppet / Voodoo Doll
Billy McComb	William's Hot Book	flames from a book	Related to Pyrotica (Thomas Alan Waters, Mind, Myth & Magick, 1985)	1947	The First Book of William	32	Book / Miscellaneous Light & Fire / Fire
	The Turnover	billet on object and dummy underneath, everything is turned over	Variations Mechanical Switches (Thomas Alan Waters, Mind, Myth & Magick, 1981)	1947	Mainly Mental Vol. 1 — Billet Reading	19	Billet / Switches
	The Waxed Cover	using an envelope	Variations Mechanical Switches (Thomas Alan Waters, Mind, Myth & Magick, 1981)	1947	Mainly Mental Vol. 1 — Billet Reading	22	Billet / Switches
C. L. Boarde	Question and Answer - Variation C	answer to question appears on billet	Variations Routine No. 2 (Close-Up) (Thomas Alan Waters, Mind, Myth & Magick, 1981)	1947	Mainly Mental Vol. 1 — Billet Reading	78	Paper / Appearing Writing, Photos, ... Billet / Index Mental Magic / Effects / Q&A
George G. Kaplan	An Improved Sealed-Message Reading	card with secret information put in two nested envelopes	Related to Qwhite (Thomas Alan Waters, Mind, Myth & Magick, 1985)	1948	The Fine Art of Magic	211	Billet / Secret Reading Methods & Peeks
George Blake	Time Will Tell	with Full Hunter Pocket Watch, gaffed	Related to Chronologic (Thomas Alan Waters, Mind, Myth & Magick, 1984) Variations Chronologic (Thomas Alan Waters, Mind, Myth & Magick, 1984)	Feb. 1948	The Phoenix (Issue 144)	578	Watch / Set Time is Predicted or Changed
Dai Vernon	Mental Card Miracle	card is put in pocket	Related to Card Man's Mentalism (Edward Marlo, ESP Handbook and Workshop Kit, 1960) Thought Card from Pocket (Dai Vernon, Expanded Lecture Notes, 1970) … and 4 more Variations "La Circular de la Escuela Mágica de Madrid" 1986 also in: "La Circular de la Escuela Mágica de Madrid" 1986. Mentalism by Elimination ("That Trick") (Ascanio's Favorites 3, 1989) … and 2 more On Vernon's "Mental Card Miracle" (Edward Marlo, The Olram File, 1993) … and 1 more	1949	Stars of Magic (Vol. 5 No. 3)	80	Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / Princess Card Trick (Five Cards)
George B. Anderson*	Getting the Impression	questions are written on paper and put into envelopes, after the questions have been answered the envelopes are burnt in a bowl	Variations Burning Questions (Thomas Alan Waters, Mind, Myth & Magick, 1979) Burning Questions II (Thomas Alan Waters, Mind, Myth & Magick, 1979)	1949	It Must Be Mindreading	15	Billet / Secret Reading Methods & Peeks Mental Magic / Principles / One Ahead Mental Magic / Effects / Q&A Paper / Envelopes / Peeking Paper / Envelopes / Window Envelope
Eddie Joseph	Staggered - Prime Presentation	two decks, one card is selected and both decks dealt until same card is found in other deck, card found at same position as mate of selection is named and its mate is not found in other deck but in envelope, repeated with written prediction inside card case	Related to Late Key (Tomas Blomberg, Freebie 3, 2002) also in: Late Key (Blomberg Laboratories, 2014) Variations Impromptu Miracle (Lin Searles, Cy Endfield, The Pallbearers Review, 1973) Twindow (Thomas Alan Waters, Mind, Myth & Magick, 1984) … and 8 more	1949	Staggered	1	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Off-beat Predictions Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Other Stacks / Full Deck Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Inverse Stack Placement
Al Baker	The New Baker Method	reading immediately after tearing	Also published here The New Baker Method (Al Baker, The Secret Ways of Al Baker, 2003) Related to Center-Tear (Thomas Alan Waters, Mind, Myth & Magick, 1981)	1949	Mental Magic	12	Paper / Center Tear
Dr. Stanley Jaks	Jaks' Subtlest Secret	word is encircled on clipboard, duplicate page under carbon paper	Also published here Dr. Jaks geistreichstes Geheimnis (Dr. Stanley Jaks, Dr. Stanley-Jaks und seine Geheimnisse, 1961) also in: Dr. Jaks Subtlest Secret (Dr. Stanley Jaks, The Incredible Dr. Jaks, 2014) Related to Date Man Duplication (Hen Fetsch, The Phoenix, 1951) A Clean Book Test (Amazing James Randi, Ibidem, 1957) … and 5 more Variations Jaks' Secret (Al Mann, Six Columns, 1982) The Jaxian Phone Book Test (Robert Cassidy, The Artful Mentalism of Bob Cassidy, 2004)	Feb. 1951	The Phoenix (Issue 223)	890	Clipboard Newspaper / Newspaper Test Mental Magic / Principles / Impression Devices
Hen Fetsch	Simulacrum	spectator pushes needle through doll, performer knows where, voodoo	Related to The Malkin (Robert Fairthorne, The Phoenix, 1947) also in: The Malkin (The Best in Magic, 1956) Pinance (Thomas Alan Waters, Mind, Myth & Magick, 1982)	Aug. 1951	The Phoenix (Issue 236)	942	Mental Magic / Effects / Seance Stuff Doll & Puppet / Voodoo Doll Mental Magic / Effects / Divination / Miscellaneous
Hen Fetsch	Date Man Duplication	day on calendar sheet is encircled, divination	Related to Jaks' Subtlest Secret (Dr. Stanley Jaks, The Phoenix, 1951) also in: Dr. Jaks geistreichstes Geheimnis (Dr. Stanley-Jaks und seine Geheimnisse, 1961) Dr. Jaks Subtlest Secret (The Incredible Dr. Jaks, 2014) Calendar Force (Hen Fetsch, Pabular, 1980) Variations Glimpression (Thomas Alan Waters, Mind, Myth & Magick, 1985)	Sep. 1951	The Phoenix (Issue 238)	952	Calendar Mental Magic / Principles / Impression Devices Mental Magic / Effects / Divination / Miscellaneous
Bob Somerfeld	Centear	movie presentation, ruse for tearing the paper	Related to Torn Center Deluxe (George B. Anderson, It Must Be Mindreading, 1949) Center-Tear (Thomas Alan Waters, Mind, Myth & Magick*, 1981)	1951	Mind Reader's Digest	6	Paper / Center Tear Mental Magic / Effects / Divination / Miscellaneous
Bob Somerfeld, Ted Messenger	That's the Spirit	name is predicted and writing appears	Inspired by Ted Messenger's "Fourth Dimensional Enterprise" in "Coven" Variations Spiritrump (Thomas Alan Waters, Mind, Myth & Magick, 1987)	1951	Mind Reader's Digest	12	Paper / Appearing Writing, Photos, ... Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Miscellaneous
Mel Stover*	Calendar (5)	Martin Gardner’s Encyclopedia of Impromptu Tricks calendar number force, should be numbered as "Calendar (4)"	Also published here Days of Force (Mel Stover, The Phoenix, 1945) Related to Date Sense (Walter B. Gibson, The Jinx, 1938) also in: Date Sense (Practical Mental Effects, 1944) Stover's Prediction (Mel Stover, Mathematics, Magic And Mystery, 1956) also in: Four on a Date (Syzygy, 1996) Calendar Prediction (Secret Agenda, 2010) … and 7 more Variations Stover's Prediction (Mel Stover, Mathematics, Magic And Mystery, 1956) also in: Four on a Date (Syzygy, 1996) Calendar Prediction (Secret Agenda, 2010) Ringo-Bingo (Stephen Tucker, Spell-Binder, 1982) … and 3 more	July 1951	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 9 No. 2)	819	Numbers / Prediction & Sum-Divination Calendar Numbers / Number Forces / Other Props
Ray Hyman	Concepts Never Die	center tear handling	Related to Geometear (Thomas Alan Waters, Mind, Myth & Magick, 1981) Variations Geometear (Thomas Alan Waters, Mind, Myth & Magick, 1981)	Oct. 1952	The Phoenix (Issue 266)	1062	Paper / Center Tear Mental Magic / Effects / Divination / Miscellaneous
Stewart Judah	Variation of Mutus Nomen	shuffling sequence, different phrase	Related to MuTarot (Thomas Alan Waters, Mind, Myth & Magick, 1981) Ein modernes "Mutus, Nomen, Dedit, Cocis" (Stewart Judah, Intermagic, 1985) Variations Mutus Nomen (John Hamilton, The Pallbearers Review, 1970)	Nov. 1954	The New Phoenix (Issue 319)	82	Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Mutus Nomen
Sidney Lawrence	Controlled Thoughts	two spectators cut off a packet and count it, packets placed together and counted and the spectators remember the cards at their numbers one by one, the cards are the same Second Version to Controlled Thoughts (improved counting procedure, on next page)	Also published here Two Minds - a Single Thought (Sidney Lawrence, Card Tricks, 1959) Related to The Smith Myth (Fred W. Smith, Hen Fetsch, The Five O' Fetsch, 1956) Adamsmyth (Thomas Alan Waters, Mind, Myth & Magick, 1982) Variations The New Tops, Oct. 1965 also in: A Multiple Effect (M.I.N.T. — Volume I, 1988) Smyth Bliss (Genii, 2008) Blue Dice (Marvin Johnson, The Pallbearers Review, 1970) … and 4 more	1954 ca.	Ten Self Working Master Miracles	[4]	Cards / Principles / Smith Myth Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Automatic Placement Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Miscellaneous
Alan Barnert	Phoney	person on telephone knows card three times, three different methods	Also published here Phoney (Alan Barnert, The Phoenix, 1946) Related to Zodiaccent (Thomas Alan Waters, Magick, 1982) also in: Zodiaccent (Mind, Myth & Magick, 1984)	1956	The Best in Magic	203	Propless / Coding / Using Assistant Cards / Effect Themes / Phone Effects / Medium at the Other end
Robert Fairthorne	The Malkin	voodoo effect, two paper dolls are rolled up and pinched with a needle, at the same places	Also published here The Malkin (Robert Fairthorne, The Phoenix, 1947) Related to Simulacrum (Hen Fetsch, The Phoenix, 1951) Variations Pinance (Thomas Alan Waters, Mind, Myth & Magick, 1982)	1956	The Best in Magic	215	Mental Magic / Effects / Coincidence Doll & Puppet / Voodoo Doll
Edward Marlo	A Miracle with Cards	four spectators each cut off a packet, remember the bottom card and shuffle the whole packet, performer looks at each packet and finds the selections, secretly counting the packets, last card from pocket alternative in which the last wrong card changes into selection	Related to Psi Stebbins - Method I (P. Howard Lyons, Ibidem, 1957) Talismanacle (Thomas Alan Waters, Mind, Myth & Magick, 1982) Variations Group Shuffle (Simon Aronson, Kabbala — Volume 2, 1973) also in: Group Shuffle (Bound to Please, 1994) Groupease (Thomas Alan Waters, Mind, Myth & Magick, 1984) … and 3 more	Dec. 1956	Ibidem (Issue 8)	11	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge multiple Card Location Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Single Card / Front Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to Pocket / Single Card Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Memorized / Full Deck
Mel Stover*	The Irrisistible Force		Variations Rainbow Matrix (Philip T. Goldstein, Walter B. Gibson, Maurice Kraitchik, The Violet Book of Mentalism, 1980) also in: Rainbow Matrix (shuffled lecture, 1982) Rainbow Matrix (The Black Book of Mentalism, 2015) Die Mehrzweck-Zahlenforce (Mel Stover, Rudolf Braunmüller, Intermagic*, 1983) … and 3 more	Jan. 1957	The New Phoenix (Issue 340)	171	Numbers / Number Forces / Other Props
Tony Corinda	(14) The Prophesy	card is selected and predicted in a letter	Variations Gypsee (Thomas Alan Waters, Mind, Myth & Magick, 1987)	1958	Predictions	119	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card Mental Magic / Principles / Misreading & Miscalling Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Miscellaneous
Tony Corinda	(7) Corinda's "Money Box"	coins in box are removed, performer names amount and dates on the coins, electronic version	Related to Precoinition (Philip T. Goldstein, Pabular, 1980) also in: Precoinition (12/12, 1982) Precoinition (FISM '97, 1997) … and 15 more Variations Cashseer (Thomas Alan Waters, Mind, Myth & Magick*, 1984)	1958	Blindfolds & X-Ray Eyes	150	Coin / Effect Themes / Mental Stuff Box Mental Magic / Effects / X-Ray Eyes & Blindfolds
Tony Corinda, Al Koran	Centre Tear (One Hand Variation)		Related to The Occultear (Thomas Alan Waters, Jack Avis, Mind, Myth & Magick, 1981) The Rainbow Pad (Robert Cassidy, The Artful Mentalism of Bob Cassidy — Volume 2: Fundamentals, 2013)	1959	Billets	171	Paper / Center Tear
Tony Corinda, Theodore Annemann*	The Crossword Puzzle	page marked with big X, word in center memorized and page torn	Related to Dubbook (Thomas Alan Waters, Tony Corinda, Tom Sellers, Mind, Myth & Magick, 1983) Variations Dubbook (Thomas Alan Waters, Tony Corinda, Tom Sellers, Mind, Myth & Magick, 1983)	1959	Book Tests	211	Paper / Center Tear Book / Book Test / Routines
Tony Corinda, Robert Harbin	Ultra-Modern Mentalism	prediction of a word, with tape recorder and assistant	Related to The Spirit (John Brown Cook, Arthur H. Buckley, Gems of Mental Magic, 1947) Unknown Power (Thomas Alan Waters, Mind, Myth & Magick, 1979)	1959	Book Tests	215	CD & Record Mental Magic / Principles / Misreading & Miscalling Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Miscellaneous Book / Book Test / Routines
Sidney Lawrence	Two Minds - a Single Thought	two spectators cut off a packet and count it, packets placed together and counted and the spectators remember the cards at their numbers one by one, the cards are the same	Also published here Controlled Thoughts (Sidney Lawrence, Ten Self Working Master Miracles, 1954 ca.) Related to The Smith Myth (Fred W. Smith, Hen Fetsch, The Five O' Fetsch, 1956) Adamsmyth (Thomas Alan Waters, Mind, Myth & Magick, 1982) Variations The New Tops, Oct. 1965 also in: A Multiple Effect (M.I.N.T. — Volume I, 1988) Smyth Bliss (Genii, 2008) Blue Dice (Marvin Johnson, The Pallbearers Review, 1970) … and 4 more	1959	Card Tricks	314	Cards / Principles / Smith Myth Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Automatic Placement Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Miscellaneous
	The Red Card Prediction	ten cards, selected one is different to the others	Also published here The Red Card Prediction (The Chronicles, 1978) Related to Longwave (Thomas Alan Waters, Mind, Myth & Magick, 1985) Variations Longwave (Thomas Alan Waters, Mind, Myth & Magick, 1985)	1959	Card Tricks	326	Cards / Principles / Multiple Out Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Red Card Prediction
Paul Marcus	Across the Void	two cards are divined by medium over the phone, two deck switches	Related to Think of a Card (Paul Marcus, The New Phoenix, 1962) Cutout (Thomas Alan Waters, Mind, Myth & Magick, 1985)	1959	Card Tricks	327	Cards / Principles / Fishing Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Forcing Deck Cards / Effect Themes / Phone Effects / Medium at the Other end Mental Magic / Effects / Two Person Telepathy
Loel Nelson	Spirit Kisses	spectators feel kisses in the dark	Variations Amorte (Thomas Alan Waters, Mind, Myth & Magick, 1982)	1959	More Miracles in Mentalism	20	Bubbles Mental Magic / Effects / Seance Stuff Dark Room Effects
Rupert Gilbert	Precognition	sixteen designs on a board, number is chosen and selected design has already been predicted	Related to Framedown (Thomas Alan Waters, Stanley Collins, Mind, Myth & Magick, 1979) On the Color-Counting Frame (Thomas Alan Waters, Mind, Myth & Magick, 1983) … and 1 more	1960	Magic of the Mind	86	Mental Magic / Principles / Forcing Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Miscellaneous
Thomas Alan Waters	Subliminal Imagery	with Ishihara color plates, spectator sees a correct number where he cannot see one	Also published here Sublimagery (Thomas Alan Waters, Mind, Myth & Magick, 1985)	Mar. 1961	The New Phoenix (Issue 355)	247	Pen & Pencil / Nail Writer & Swami Mental Magic / Effects / Divination / Miscellaneous
Thomas Alan Waters	Addenda to "Mystery of the Blackboard	information written on blackboard is divined blindfolded	Inspired by The Mystery of the Blackboard (Paul Rosini, The Jinx, 1934) also in: The Mystery of the Blackboard (Practical Mental Effects, 1944) Related to The Mystery of the Blackboard (Paul Rosini, The Jinx, 1934) also in: The Mystery of the Blackboard (Practical Mental Effects, 1944)	Aug. 1961	The New Phoenix (Issue 360)	269	Mental Magic / Principles / Sound Reading Slate / Normal Mental Magic / Effects / Divination / Miscellaneous
Dr. Stanley Jaks	Dr. Jaks geistreichstes Geheimnis	word is encircled on clipboard and divined	Also published here Jaks' Subtlest Secret (Dr. Stanley Jaks, The Phoenix, 1951) also in: Dr. Jaks Subtlest Secret (Dr. Stanley Jaks, The Incredible Dr. Jaks, 2014) Related to Date Man Duplication (Hen Fetsch, The Phoenix, 1951) A Clean Book Test (Amazing James Randi, Ibidem, 1957) … and 5 more Variations Jaks' Secret (Al Mann, Six Columns, 1982) The Jaxian Phone Book Test (Robert Cassidy, The Artful Mentalism of Bob Cassidy, 2004)	1961	Dr. Stanley-Jaks und seine Geheimnisse	59	Clipboard Newspaper / Newspaper Test Mental Magic / Principles / Impression Devices
David Hoy	The Tossed Out Deck		Variations Tossed II (Orville Wayne Meyer, The Pallbearers Review, 1974) Cartomanic (Thomas Alan Waters, Miracles of my Friends, 1982) also in: Cartomanic (Mind, Myth & Magick, 1993) … and 3 more	1963	The Bold and Subtle Miracles of Dr. Faust	25	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Forcing Deck Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Tossed Out Deck
Otis Manning	The Ghost of a Chance	billet switching box, Q&A	Also published here The Ghost of a Chance (Otis Manning, The Jinx, 1941) also in: The OM Billet Switching Box (Otis Manning, Practical Mental Effects, 1944) The Ghost of a Change (Otis Manning, Practical Mental Effects, 1944) Related to Crystal Clear (Otis Manning, The Phoenix, 1944) also in: Crystal Clear (Practical Mental Effects, 1944) Nelson's Cigar Change Box (Robert A. Nelson, Miracles in Mentalism and Psychic Experimentation, 1945) … and 2 more Variations Psychologia (Ken Krenzel, The New Jinx, 1964) A K.F. Idea on an O.M. Switch (Karrell Fox, Another Book, 1979) … and 2 more	Aug. 1964	The New Jinx (Vol. 3 No. 28)	116	Billet / Readings Billet / Switches
L. Vosburgh Lyons, Thomas Alan Waters	Mathematically Inclined	ten digits used for longer calculation, making a pyramid of numbers according to rules, result instantly seen by performer, for credit discussion see reference	Also published here Mathematically Inclined (L. Vosburgh Lyons, Self-Working Number Magic, 1983) Related to Triangle Card Trick (Bruce Cervon, The Pallbearers Review, 1967) The Card Pyramid (Harry Lorayne, Thomas Alan Waters, Deck-Sterity, 1967) also in: Die Kartenpyramide (Intermagic, 1988) … and 3 more	Sep. 1966	The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 1 No. 11)	54	Numbers / Calculating & Mental Arithmetic Numbers / Puzzles & Bets
Karl Fulves*	Little Albert	any word from any book, written in red on business card, then named word in blue on other business card, they match	Related to The PERFECT Book Test (Karl Fulves, Origins, 1981) p. 76 for title explanation Variations Little Albert Slate Variation (James Porter, Karl Fulves, The Pallbearers Review, 1968) Little Albert (Karl Fulves, Self-Working Paper Magic*, 1985) … and 1 more	Nov. 1966	The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 2 No. 1)	63	Book / Book Test / Routines
Harry Lorayne, Thomas Alan Waters	The Card Pyramid	mathematical layout of spot cards, end result is predicted, for Waters credit see reference	Also published here Die Kartenpyramide (Harry Lorayne, Thomas Alan Waters, Intermagic, 1988) Related to Mathematically Inclined (L. Vosburgh Lyons, Thomas Alan Waters, The Pallbearers Review, 1966) also in: Mathematically Inclined (Self-Working Number Magic, 1983) Babel (Karl Fulves, The Pallbearers Review*, 1968) … and 1 more	1967	Deck-Sterity	45	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Number Prediction Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Matrix Layouts & Tapestry
Bruce Cervon	Triangle Card Trick	card version, final value predicted	Related to Mathematically Inclined (L. Vosburgh Lyons, Thomas Alan Waters, The Pallbearers Review, 1966) also in: Mathematically Inclined (Self-Working Number Magic, 1983)	Mar. 1967	The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 2 No. 5)	88	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Number Prediction
Al Koran	The Gold Medallion	prediction of number on medallion	Related to The Gold Medallion (Al Koran, Al Koran's Legacy, 1972) The Jubilee Medallion (Alan Shaxon, Practical Sorcery, 1976) … and 7 more Variations The Antique Medallion (Glenn G. Gravatt, Al Koran, Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 7, 1972) None But the Brave (Roy Johnson, Third Dimension*, 1977) … and 13 more	1968	Al Koran's Professional Presentations	11	Chip / Prediction Numbers / Prediction & Sum-Divination Mental Magic / Principles / Dual Reality Mental Magic / Principles / Suggestions & Verbal Ploys Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Koran Medallion & Room Service
Al Koran	The Flying Ring	reel	Variations Keyknow (Thomas Alan Waters, Mind, Myth & Magick, 1982)	1968	Al Koran's Professional Presentations	107	Ring / Finger Rings / Traveling / Miscellaneous Thread / Reel Ring / Finger Rings / Traveling / Ring Flight
Karl Fulves*	Babel	Harry Lorayne's Deck-Sterity, Dai Vernon as technical director for "Mission Impossible" sequence	Related to The Royal Lovers (R. Sid Spocane II, Deck-Sterity, 1967) also in: Die königlichen Liebhaber (Intermagic, 2000) The Card Pyramid (Harry Lorayne, Thomas Alan Waters, Deck-Sterity, 1967) also in: Die Kartenpyramide (Intermagic*, 1988)	Jan. 1968	The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 3 No. 3)	154	Articles / Columns
Franklin V. Taylor	Peek-Pack		Also published here Peek Deck (Franklin V. Taylor, The Phoenix, 1942) Related to "Peek-Deck" Pappy (James G. Thompson Jr., The Phoenix, 1943) The $64.00 Word (R. C. Buff, The Phoenix, 1943) … and 1 more Variations "Visible But Unseen" Or " The Pocket Index That Ain't" (Franklin V. Taylor, Bruce Elliott, The Phoenix, 1943) The Twitching Muscle (Karrell Fox, Comedy a la Card*, 1960) … and 3 more	1968	Hokus Pokus (Vol. 29 No. 6)	113	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Svengali Principle / Other Applications & Handling of Long-Short-Deck Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Peek Pairs (glued at bottom)
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 Are You Psychic? (Martin Gardner, Ireland's Yearbooks, 1943) Related to Psidentify (Thomas Alan Waters, Mind, Myth & Magick*, 1985)	July 1970	The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 5 No. 9)	345	Words & Letters / Prediction Mental Magic / Principles / One Ahead Mental Magic / Principles / Pencil Reading Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Miscellaneous
Alan Brown*	Future Ghost	cards thought-of and not removed from deck, one-way faces or edge-marks or one-way crimp, see also p. 373 and p. 684	Related to Talismanacle (Thomas Alan Waters, Mind, Myth & Magick, 1982) Pointer Cards & Clocking Ideas (Karl Fulves, Card Counting, 1982) … and 1 more Variations One Way Ghost (Jerry K. Hartman, The Pallbearers Review*, 1971)	Sep. 1970	The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 5 No. 11)	357	Cards / Principles / One Way / Faces Cards / Effect Themes / Do as I Do / Two Decks Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Marked deck / Edges & Bevel
James G. Thompson Jr.	Jet Thought	one of five cities predicted in envelope (with index)	Also published here marketed by Ed Mellon in 1950 also in: Jet Thought (James G. Thompson Jr., Self-Working Paper Magic, 1985) Related to Uncanny (Larry Becker, The Best of Larry Becker's World of Super Mentalism Book II, 1979) Variations Ace Under Glass (Karl Fulves, Card Under Glass, 1979) Indiair (Thomas Alan Waters, Sam Dalal, James G. Thompson Jr., Mind, Myth & Magick*, 1982) … and 4 more	Winter 1972	The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 7 No. 6th Folio)	497	Mental Magic / Principles / Index Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Miscellaneous Paper / Envelopes / Index Envelopes
Al Baker	The Finger Knows - And Tells	one of five	Also published here The Finger Knows - And Tells (Al Baker, Our Mysteries, 1941) also in: The Finger Knows - And Tells (Al Baker, The Secret Ways of Al Baker, 2003) Related to Palmystic (Thomas Alan Waters, Mind, Myth & Magick, 1981) Club 71, Summer 1986 also in: Angel's Flight (Theater of the Mind, 1999)	1972	The Living End	30	Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / limited Choice
Tony "Doc" Shiels	The Man Who Was Not There	polaroid picture of performer is sent by mail, performer vanishes on photograph	Inspired by George Arrowsmith's "Remote Control Vanish" Variations Mailefactor (Thomas Alan Waters, Mind, Myth & Magick, 1982)	1973	Magick (Issue 86)	427	Photograph Pen & Pencil / Special Ink Articles / Business and Publicity
Thomas Alan Waters	Mentalism - The Approach is Personal	The Approach to Mentalism Varies Why Hire You? Be Sure you Know More than the Audience What About the Miracle Man? Ancient Wisdom An Adult form of Entertainment Don't Worry About being Scoffed At Justify Your Own Approach		1973	Magick (Issue 89)	445	Mental Magic / Theory and General Comments
Paul Curry	Cider!	with extra card (double jonah)	Also published here Cider! (Paul Curry, Paul Curry's Worlds Beyond, 2001) also in: Cider! (Paul Curry, The Bammo Ten Card Deal Dossier, 2015) Related to 11-as-10 Dodge (The Bammo Ten Card Deal Dossier, 2015) Variations MUM, July 1981 also in: Strong Cider (At The Table, 1984) Strong Cider (The Bammo Ten Card Deal Dossier, 2015) Decideal (Thomas Alan Waters, Mind, Myth & Magick, 1982) also in: Decideal (The Bammo Ten Card Deal Dossier, 2015) … and 3 more	1974	Paul Curry Presents	28	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Ten Card Poker Deal
Stephen Minch	Towering Prediction	cards are laid out and spectator follows instruction from a tape recorder	Also published here Towering Prediction (Stephen Minch, The Three Faces of Steve, 1987) Related to Stacks (Thomas Alan Waters, Mind, Myth & Magick, 1987)	1974	The Book of Thoth	31	Cards / Sleights / Force / Mathematical Forces Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card Tarot Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Matrix Layouts & Tapestry Games / Instruction Games
Stephen Minch	Fortunes of a Wise Fool	based on an idea by Ed Mellon, matrix force	Related to Days of Force (Mel Stover, The Phoenix, 1945) also in: Calendar (5) (Hugard's Magic Monthly, 1951) Variations Quintasense (Thomas Alan Waters, Mind, Myth & Magick, 1982) Arcana (Christian Chelman, Capricornian Tales*, 1993) … and 1 more	1974	The Book of Thoth	41	Cards / Sleights / Force / Mathematical Forces Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Multiple Card Prediction Tarot
Thomas Alan Waters	Some Notes on the Use of Billets - Part 1	Hidden I See The Unnatural Fold The Switch Materials Accessories Using the Notebook The Untorn Center Area of Writing The Fold	Related to The 'Logical' Center Tear (V. Robert Allen, Magick, 1989)	1974	Magick (Issue 93)	465	Billet / Miscellaneous Mental Magic / Theory and General Comments
Thomas Alan Waters	Some Notes on the Use of Billets - Part 2	The Tear The Third Finger Provides the Pressure Close-Up Routine No. One 'Transmitter and Receiver' Close-Up Routine No. Two Addenda For Office Workers		1974	Magick (Issue 95)	475	Billet / Miscellaneous Mental Magic / Theory and General Comments
Thomas Alan Waters	Check Mate	two decks, card turned over also card next to reversed card is the same as in second deck		1974	Magick (Issue 96)	479	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Brainwave type Effects Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Rough and Smooth Decks / Brainwave & Invisible Deck
Thomas Alan Waters	Library Card	impromptu, business card in book for riffle force		1974	Magick (Issue 106)	529	Mental Magic / Principles / Forcing Book / Book Test / Routines Book / Book Test / Sleights & Principles
Philip T. Goldstein*	Desire	spectators write destinations on a business card, five write a place where they have been and one a place he desires to go, all cards are correctly attributed and the last, desired place is named without looking at it	Related to Tridonym (Thomas Alan Waters, Mind, Myth & Magick, 1985) Sneak Thief (Larry Becker, Stunners!, 1992) … and 1 more Variations My Desire (Wonder Man Fred, Semi-Mental Journey, 2004) The Oneiromancer's Index (Jared Kopf, Vaticinium ex Eventu, 2016)	1976	The Blue Book of Mentalism	4	Paper / Mental Stuff Mental Magic / Effects / Psychometry Effects Mental Magic / Effects / Living and Dead Test Business Cards
Karl Fulves*	Automatic Poker	No. 15, spectator selects five cards from ten-card packet, hand predicted, performer is left with winning hand	Also published here Automatic Poker (Karl Fulves, The Bammo Ten Card Deal Dossier, 2015) Inspired by Even Money Proposition (Karl Fulves, The Pallbearers Review, 1969) also in: Even-Money Proposition (Self-Working Mental Magic, 1979) First Draw (Karl Fulves, The Fine Print, 1999) Related to Decideal (Thomas Alan Waters, Mind, Myth & Magick, 1982) also in: Decideal (The Bammo Ten Card Deal Dossier, 2015) Variations Automatic Poker - A Different Handling (Nick Trost, Al Thatcher, Tom Hubbard, The Card Magic of Nick Trost, 1997) Playing The Mark (Karl Fulves, Errata, 2015)	1976	Self-Working Card Tricks	26	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Prediction Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Ten Card Poker Deal
Nathan Stark	Fang Shui Prediction	one of about ten cards is selected and predicted, rubber band around packet, simple ambigram prediction for two cards	Related to The Dump Prediction (Thomas Alan Waters, Nathan Stark, Magick, 1984) Variations The Tenniel Prediction (Philip T. Goldstein, Magick, 1980) Gene Grant - Nathan Stark Subtlety (Gene "Phantini" Grant, Nathan Stark, Mind, Myth & Magick*, 1982)	1976	Magick (Issue 164)	817	Cards / Principles / Multiple Out Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Miscellaneous Words & Letters / Ambigram
Dai Vernon	5 Card Mental Force		Also published here The Five Card Mental Force (Dai Vernon, Encyclopedia of Card Tricks, 1937) also in: The Five Card Mental Force (Dai Vernon, Cunning Card Miracles, 1999) Related to Psychological Locations (Ormond McGill, Dai Vernon, Psychic Magic — Vol. 1, 1951) Daisection (Thomas Alan Waters, Mind, Myth & Magick, 1982) … and 1 more Variations Vernon's F.C.M.F. (Gerald Kosky, The New Phoenix, 1964) also in: Vernon's F.C.M.F. (The Magic of Gerald Kosky, 1975) You Find One! (David Bornstein, The New Jinx, 1967) … and 6 more	1976	Magick (Issue 165)	823	Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / Five Card Mental Force
Thomas Alan Waters	Secrets of a Horoscope Worker	The Pitch The Setup The Question Slip The Reading Using the Information Private Readings Telephone Work Financial Rewards Immoral Or...?		1976	Magick (Issue 167)	835	Mental Magic / Effects / Readings (Cold, Crystal, Hand, Tarot etc.)
Thomas Alan Waters	Beyond Chance	spectator's question on business card changes into answer, in nest of envelopes		1976	Magick (Issue 168)	839	Paper / Appearing Writing, Photos, ... Mental Magic / Effects / Seance Stuff Paper / Envelopes / Window Envelope
Philip T. Goldstein*	Four-sided Triangle	card is thought of before the show, it matches prediction and selection of a second spectator	Related to 4 Sided Triangle (Max Maven, The Black Book of Mentalism, 2015) On the Pre-Show in The Four-Sided Triangle (Max Maven, Before We Begin, 2021) Variations Das 3-Pfeiler-Experiment (Rudolf Braunmüller, Intermagic, 1986) Pyratarot (Thomas Alan Waters, Mind, Myth & Magick, 1987) … and 2 more	1977	The Red Book of Mentalism	5	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Forcing Deck Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card Mental Magic / Principles / Dual Reality Mental Magic / Principles / Pre-Show
Philip T. Goldstein*	The Happy Horoscoper	twelve zodiac cards, named zodiac sign is removed, other cards are blank and on the named one "Happy Birthday" appears	Also published here The Happy Horoscoper (Philip T. Goldstein, A Phil Goldstein Collection, 1989) Related to Showdiac (Thomas Alan Waters, Philip T. Goldstein, Magick, 1984) Pred-Ikea-ction (Anthony Owen, MAGIC, 2008) also in: Pred-Ikea-Ction (Secrets, 2017)	1977	The Red Book of Mentalism	9	Paper / Appearing Writing, Photos, ... Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Miscellaneous
Thomas Alan Waters	Fortunetelling is Serious Business	A Serious Business There are Exceptions A Word About 'Gag' Fortunetelling An Example A Sense of Responsibility Reader and Subject Not Show Business		1977	Magick (Issue 183)	915	Mental Magic / Theory and General Comments
Thomas Alan Waters	Readings for Readers - The Fortuneteller's Bookshelf			1977	Magick (Issue 191)	955	Articles / Articles Articles / Bibliography
Robert Cassidy	Presidential Portraits	American president is named, dummy picture is shown and name show on the back of picture as a kicker	Variations Pholder (Thomas Alan Waters, Mind, Myth & Magick, 1985)	1977	Pseudo-Mentally Yours	7	Mental Magic / Principles / Multiple Out Mental Magic / Effects / Gag Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Miscellaneous
Philip T. Goldstein*	Contrasting Prediction	red/blue double backer	Related to Synchroincidence (Thomas Alan Waters, Mind, Myth & Magick, 1979)	1978	Notions	5	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Backer / Different Colors
Al Mann	The Improvisitor	impromptu version of Baker's center tear, in depth explanation	Related to Center-Tear (Thomas Alan Waters, Mind, Myth & Magick, 1981)	1978	The Apodosis	7	Paper / Center Tear
Richard Osterlind	The Ultimate Center Tear		Related to Center-Tear (Thomas Alan Waters, Mind, Myth & Magick, 1981)	1978	The Apodosis	17	Paper / Center Tear
	The Red Card Prediction	"you will chose the only red card"	Also published here The Red Card Prediction (Card Tricks, 1959) Related to Longwave (Thomas Alan Waters, Mind, Myth & Magick, 1985) Variations Longwave (Thomas Alan Waters, Mind, Myth & Magick, 1985)	1978	The Chronicles (Issue 9)	1151	Cards / Principles / Multiple Out Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Red Card Prediction
Thomas Alan Waters	O.T.L Option	out to lunch as two-way prediction		1978	Magick (Issue 203)	1012	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card Paper / Out to Lunch Business Cards
Thomas Alan Waters	Numerology Card in Wallet	prediction in envelope, in wallet, nine-force, version of Al Koran's "Five-Star Miracle Card"	Variations Card in Wallet (Robert Siepielski, Magick, 1978) Symbolic (Larry Becker, The Best of Larry Becker's World of Super Mentalism Book II*, 1979)	1978	Magick (Issue 205)	1023	Cards / Principles / Multiple Out Cards / Sleights / Force / Mathematical Forces Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Facer / Different Faces
Robert Siepielski*	Card in Wallet	prediction of chosen card, multiple out in wallet, linguistic	Inspired by Numerology Card in Wallet (Thomas Alan Waters, Magick, 1978)	1978	Magick (Issue 213)	1063	Cards / Principles / Multiple Out Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card
Larry Becker	Track Record	name of race horses on cards, prediction on tape record with two-way out	Related to Two-Way Fishing (Thomas Alan Waters, Mind, Myth & Magick, 1982)	1978	World of Super Mentalism	125	CD & Record Mental Magic / Principles / Multiple Out Games / Race Mental Magic / Principles / Suggestions & Verbal Ploys Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Miscellaneous
Thomas Alan Waters	Introduction	on uniqueness in presentation		1979	Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue New Thoughts For Old)	3	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Thomas Alan Waters	Box Office	box with amulets on a tray, one is removed and under the tray but in the box is a prediction with the right choice	Related to No Ink-Ling (Michael DeMarco, The Minotaur, 1991) Fatalistic Orb (Tom Stone, Runes of Tomorrow, 2014) … and 1 more Variations Coin-Nection (Steve Dusheck, Thomas Alan Waters, The New York Magic Symposium — Collection 3, 1984) Mind Gamebit (Richard Bartram, Jr., Trephine, 1997)	1979	Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue New Thoughts For Old)	5	Box Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Miscellaneous Magnet / As Hidden Method / Box with Objects
Thomas Alan Waters	Tryptrych	spectator puts an object in the left and one in the right pocket, one remains on the table and performer names the locations of the three objects, gimmick		1979	Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue New Thoughts For Old)	9	Mental Magic / Effects / Locating hidden Objects
Thomas Alan Waters	On the Button	three objects in different pockets, location is revealed, gimmick		1979	Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue New Thoughts For Old)	12	Mental Magic / Effects / Locating hidden Objects
Thomas Alan Waters	Flipsight I	with Himber Wallet		1979	Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue New Thoughts For Old)	16	Billet / Secret Reading Methods & Peeks Business Cards Mental Magic / Effects / Divination / Miscellaneous
Thomas Alan Waters	Flipsight II	with I.D. Case model of Himber Wallet		1979	Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue New Thoughts For Old)	18	Billet / Secret Reading Methods & Peeks Business Cards Mental Magic / Effects / Divination / Miscellaneous
Thomas Alan Waters	Burning Questions	questions are written on paper and put into envelopes, after the questions have been answered the envelopes are burnt in a bowl	Inspired by Getting the Impression (George B. Anderson, It Must Be Mindreading*, 1949)	1979	Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue New Thoughts For Old)	20	Billet / Secret Reading Methods & Peeks Cards / Principles / One Ahead Mental Magic / Effects / Q&A Paper / Envelopes / Normal
Thomas Alan Waters	Burning Questions II	questions are written on paper and put into envelopes, after the questions have been answered the envelopes are burnt in a bowl	Inspired by Getting the Impression (George B. Anderson, It Must Be Mindreading*, 1949)	1979	Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue New Thoughts For Old)	22	Billet / Secret Reading Methods & Peeks Mental Magic / Effects / Q&A Paper / Envelopes / Normal
Thomas Alan Waters	Clippoline	Albert Spackman's "Clip Line" ("Newspaper Test", The Gen Vol. 20 No. 6) meets Clippo	Related to The Clip Line (Al Mann, Six Columns, 1982)	1979	Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue New Thoughts For Old)	25	Newspaper / Prediction
Thomas Alan Waters	Unknown Power	tape cassette with headline prediction on	Related to Ultra-Modern Mentalism (Tony Corinda, Robert Harbin, Book Tests, 1959) Bob Tripp in Robert A. Nelson's "Sensational Mentalism" p. 68.	1979	Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue New Thoughts For Old)	28	Newspaper / Headline Prediction Cassette
Thomas Alan Waters	Synchroincidence	two decks, same card is selected, red/blue	Inspired by Synchronism (Robert Parrish, Do That Again!, 1939) Related to Contrasting Prediction (Philip T. Goldstein, Notions, 1978) Variations Synchrowave (Thomas Alan Waters, Mind, Myth & Magick*, 1985)	1979	Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue New Thoughts For Old)	31	Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Miscellaneous Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Backer / Different Colors
Thomas Alan Waters	Vespers	one of five ESP cards is put in spectators pocket and divined		1979	Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue New Thoughts For Old)	34	Cards / Principles / One Way / Miscellaneous ESP Cards / Divination
Thomas Alan Waters, Stanley Collins	Framedown	ideas on the Stanley Collins "Color Counting Frame"	Related to Bead Frame Color Force (Stanley Collins, Deceptive Conceptions in Magic, 1920) Rupert Gilbert's "Precognition" in "The Gen", Vol.7, Nr. 1, 1951 … and 2 more	1979	Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue New Thoughts For Old)	37	Mental Magic / Principles / Forcing Mental Magic / Effects / Divination / Miscellaneous
Thomas Alan Waters	The Psychic Coercion of the Interrupted Schoolboy	slate in envelope, first the name of a card appears then a number, flap, Mental Masterpiece gimmick, chalk band-writer	Related to Annemann's Mental Masterpiece (Theodore Annemann, Mental Bargain Effects, 1935) Triple Coercion (Theodore Annemann, The Jinx, 1936) also in: Triple Coercion (Practical Mental Effects, 1944) … and 2 more	1979	Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue New Thoughts For Old)	41	Paper / Envelopes / Normal Slate / Appearing Writing Slate / Flaps & Moving Parts Pen & Pencil / Nail Writer & Swami
Thomas Alan Waters	Cross Reference			1979	Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue New Thoughts For Old)	46	Articles / Articles
Thomas Alan Waters	Star-Crossed	prediction of ESP card, with box		1979	Magick (Issue 237)	1181	ESP Cards / Prediction
Thomas Alan Waters (reviewer)	"Larry Becker's World of Super Mentalism, Volume Two" - An Historical Perspective	by Larry Becker Review by Goldstein and Waters, missing credits of Becker book	Related to In Re Larry Becker's World of Super Mentalism II (Robert Cassidy, Psychic Entertainers News & Information Service, 1979) Editorial Policy (Robert Cassidy, Psychic Entertainers News & Information Service, 1980)	1979	Magick (Issue 237)	1185	Reviews / Books, Manuscripts, Notes
Larry Becker	Symbolic	cards with names of objects, one is selected by 9 force	Inspired by "Australian Packets" (Phil Goldstein, The Linking Ring, June 1978) Numerology Card in Wallet (Thomas Alan Waters, Magick, 1978)	1979	The Best of Larry Becker's World of Super Mentalism Book II	23	Cards / Sleights / Force / Mathematical Forces Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Miscellaneous Picture & Symbol Cards
L. Vosburgh Lyons	Graphology	No. 66, spectators write on paper cards, performer assigns them correctly	Also published here Graphology (L. Vosburgh Lyons, The Jinx, 1940) also in: Graphology (L. Vosburgh Lyons, Practical Mental Effects, 1944) Related to Speakay (Thomas Alan Waters, Mind, Myth & Magick, 1984) Tridonym (Thomas Alan Waters, Mind, Myth & Magick, 1985) Variations Technicolor Graphology (Ted Lesley, Paramiracles, 1994)	1979	Self-Working Mental Magic	113	Mental Magic / Effects / Psychometry Effects
Robert Cassidy	In Re Larry Becker's World of Super Mentalism II	reply to critic by Goldstein and Waters	Related to "Larry Becker's World of Super Mentalism, Volume Two" - An Historical Perspective (Thomas Alan Waters, Larry Becker, Magick, 1979)	Dec. 1979	Psychic Entertainers News & Information Service (Issue 16)	2	Articles / Articles
Robert Cassidy (reviewer)	New Thoughts for Old	by Thomas Alan Waters		Dec. 1979	Psychic Entertainers News & Information Service (Issue 16)	3	Reviews / Books, Manuscripts, Notes
Bob Hummer	Hummer's Magic Carpet	divination of a four letter word from a list, with handkerchief and alphabet cards	Related to Mentalexicon (Fred Fletcher, The Phoenix, 1952) Grayze (Thomas Alan Waters, Bob Hummer, Mind, Myth & Magick, 1983) … and 1 more Variations The Mind's Eye: The Tactile Tarot (Leo Boudreau, Vibrations, 1993) The Satanic Disc 666 (Bob Ostin, Bob Ostin — A Lifetime of Magical Inventions, 2005)	1980	Bob Hummer's Collected Secrets	25	ABC Cards / Divination Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Rough and Smooth (not full deck)
Karl Fulves*	Mathematical 3-Card Monte		Variations A Penny For Your Thoughts (Paul Curry, Paul Curry Presents, 1974) also in: A Penny for Your Thoughts (Paul Curry's Worlds Beyond, 2001) Shylock (Karl Fulves, Bob Hummer's Collected Secrets, 1980) also in: Shylock's Card (More Self-Working Card Tricks*, 1984) … and 5 more	1980	Bob Hummer's Collected Secrets	59	Articles / Articles
Thomas Alan Waters	Selectrick	typewriter rings bell on command	Also published here Selectrick (Thomas Alan Waters, Mind, Myth & Magick, 1982)	1980	Magick (Issue 263)	1312	Mental Magic / Effects / Seance Stuff Typewriter
Robert Cassidy	Editorial Policy	on Becker's World of Super Mentalism II, Goldstein, Waters, Minch, Redans	Related to "Larry Becker's World of Super Mentalism, Volume Two" - An Historical Perspective (Thomas Alan Waters, Larry Becker, Magick, 1979) The Last Word (Robert Cassidy, Psychic Entertainers News & Information Service, 1980)	Jan. 1980	Psychic Entertainers News & Information Service (Issue 17)	2	Articles / Articles
Thomas Alan Waters	Introduction	on three phase predictions		1981	Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Cerberus)	49	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Thomas Alan Waters	Tridex		Related to Annemann's Mental Masterpiece (Theodore Annemann, Mental Bargain Effects*, 1935)	1981	Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Cerberus)	53	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / One Ahead Classic Triple Prediction Mental Magic / Principles / Impression Devices
Thomas Alan Waters	Booka	triple prediction, three words from the same book, gaffed		1981	Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Cerberus)	54	Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / One Ahead Classic Triple Prediction Book / Book Test / Routines
Thomas Alan Waters	More on the Classic Triple Prediction			1981	Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Cerberus)	55	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / One Ahead Classic Triple Prediction Articles / Articles Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Miscellaneous
Thomas Alan Waters	Triposte	page from a side-bound spiral notebook is torn in three pieces, triple prediction		1981	Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Cerberus)	59	Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Miscellaneous
Thomas Alan Waters	O.T.L. Omega	with initialed index cards, out to lunch and flap, triple prediction	Inspired by Open Minds (Audley Walsh, The Jinx, 1940) also in: Open Minds (Practical Mental Effects, 1944)	1981	Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Cerberus)	63	Paper / Out to Lunch Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Miscellaneous
Thomas Alan Waters	Cross Reference			1981	Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Cerberus)	68	Articles / Articles
Thomas Alan Waters	Trionic	three phases card is seen and reversed in the deck, card is revealed card is unseen and reversed in the deck, card is revealed prediction of a selected card	Variations Tryptyc (Christian Chelman, Capricornian Tales, 1993)	1981	Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Trionic)	71	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Card Case Cards / Principles / Fishing Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Al Koran type Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Full Stack (DONT USE THIS) Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card Cards / Sleights / Crimps / Miscellaneous
Thomas Alan Waters	Cross-Reference			1981	Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Trionic)	86	Articles / Articles
Thomas Alan Waters	Omnimancy	essay on fortunetelling, Q&A, cold reading		1981	Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Omnimancy)	89	Mental Magic / Effects / Q&A Mental Magic / Principles / Cold Reading Mental Magic / Theory and General Comments
Thomas Alan Waters	LeNormand's Legacy	question is written on a blank tarot card, card lost in the deck and a reading is given	Related to T. A. Waters in "Genii" Vol. 28, No. 1, 1963	1981	Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Omnimancy)	99	Billet / Secret Reading Methods & Peeks Cards / Principles / Locator Cards / Short Cards / Corner Short Tarot Mental Magic / Principles / Cold Reading Mental Magic / Effects / Readings (Cold, Crystal, Hand, Tarot etc.)
Thomas Alan Waters	LeNormand's Legacy II	question is written on a blank tarot card, card lost in the deck and a reading is given, different handling		1981	Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Omnimancy)	101	Billet / Secret Reading Methods & Peeks Cards / Principles / Locator Cards / Short Cards / Corner Short Tarot Mental Magic / Principles / Cold Reading Mental Magic / Effects / Readings (Cold, Crystal, Hand, Tarot etc.)
Thomas Alan Waters	MuTarot	Mutus Nomen with tarot cards, start for a reading with several people	Related to Variation of Mutus Nomen (Stewart Judah, The New Phoenix, 1954) Nomen Omen (Philip T. Goldstein, Thomas Alan Waters, Silentwe*, 1982)	1981	Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Omnimancy)	103	Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Mutus Nomen Tarot Mental Magic / Principles / Cold Reading Mental Magic / Effects / Readings (Cold, Crystal, Hand, Tarot etc.)
Thomas Alan Waters	MuTwo	ten spectators write initials and a word on half of a business card, Mutus Nomen, start for a reading		1981	Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Omnimancy)	106	Paper / Mental Stuff Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Mutus Nomen Business Cards Mental Magic / Principles / Cold Reading Mental Magic / Effects / Readings (Cold, Crystal, Hand, Tarot etc.)
Thomas Alan Waters	IndexRay	spectator writes word and initials on folded card, start for a reading		1981	Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Omnimancy)	108	Billet / Secret Reading Methods & Peeks Business Cards
Thomas Alan Waters	Palmystic	muscle reading technique, hidden as palmistry	Related to The Finger Knows - And Tells (Al Baker, Our Mysteries, 1941) also in: The Finger Knows - And Tells (The Living End, 1972) The Finger Knows - And Tells (The Secret Ways of Al Baker, 2003) William W. Larsen Sr.'s "The Dr. Q Simplicity Mindreading Act"	1981	Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Omnimancy)	110	Mental Magic / Effects / Contact & Muscle Reading Mental Magic / Principles / Cold Reading Mental Magic / Effects / Readings (Cold, Crystal, Hand, Tarot etc.)
Thomas Alan Waters	Coda	on fortunetelling, cold reading and mentalism		1981	Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Omnimancy)	112	Articles / Articles Mental Magic / Principles / Cold Reading Mental Magic / Effects / Readings (Cold, Crystal, Hand, Tarot etc.)
Thomas Alan Waters	Suggested Reading	general publications suggested for fortunetellers		1981	Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Omnimancy)	113	Articles / Articles Mental Magic / Principles / Cold Reading Mental Magic / Effects / Readings (Cold, Crystal, Hand, Tarot etc.)
Thomas Alan Waters	Cross-Reference			1981	Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Omnimancy)	114	Articles / Articles
Thomas Alan Waters	Psychometry	on psychometry and presenting mentalism		1981	Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Psychometry)	117	Mental Magic / Effects / Psychometry Effects Mental Magic / Theory and General Comments
Thomas Alan Waters	Presentation	essay on presentation for psychometry Selling the Psychometry Effect Performance Situations - Good and Bad How Many Items? Single Object Readings Concealed Items (Unknown Objects, Known Objects) Blindfolds Locating the Participants The Psychometry Act		1981	Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Psychometry)	121	Mental Magic / Effects / Psychometry Effects Mental Magic / Theory and General Comments
Thomas Alan Waters	General Technique	Object-Reading (Deduction & Observation) Object-Linking (Marking Systems)		1981	Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Psychometry)	131	Mental Magic / Effects / Psychometry Effects Mental Magic / Principles / Cold Reading Mental Magic / Effects / Readings (Cold, Crystal, Hand, Tarot etc.)
Thomas Alan Waters	Eraser's Edge	method to mark an envelope		1981	Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Psychometry)	137	Mental Magic / Principles / Marking Systems Paper / Envelopes / Marked
Thomas Alan Waters	Stampede	method to mark an envelope		1981	Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Psychometry)	137	Mental Magic / Principles / Marking Systems Paper / Envelopes / Marked
Thomas Alan Waters	Post Facto	method to mark an envelope		1981	Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Psychometry)	137	Mental Magic / Principles / Marking Systems Paper / Envelopes / Marked
Thomas Alan Waters	Cornered	method to mark an envelope		1981	Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Psychometry)	137	Mental Magic / Principles / Marking Systems Paper / Envelopes / Marked
Thomas Alan Waters	Branded	method to distinguish different envelopes		1981	Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Psychometry)	137	Mental Magic / Principles / Marking Systems Paper / Envelopes / Marked
Thomas Alan Waters	Printsiple	objects are wrapped in pieces of newspaper		1981	Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Psychometry)	138	Newspaper / Miscellaneous Mental Magic / Effects / Psychometry Effects Mental Magic / Principles / Marking Systems
Thomas Alan Waters	Seequence	objects wrapped in paper and scotch tape		1981	Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Psychometry)	138	Mental Magic / Effects / Psychometry Effects Mental Magic / Principles / Marking Systems
Thomas Alan Waters	PsychomeTryst	card is put in envelope as well, system to relate the envelopes to the owner		1981	Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Psychometry)	138	Mental Magic / Effects / Psychometry Effects
Thomas Alan Waters	Bagatelle	special bag to distinguish form, shape and object without opening it		1981	Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Psychometry)	140	Mental Magic / Effects / Psychometry Effects
Thomas Alan Waters	Tray Chic	objects are collected on a tray, performer is blindfolded		1981	Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Psychometry)	141	Mental Magic / Effects / Psychometry Effects
Thomas Alan Waters	Quantum	with business cards and the Quantimental stand		1981	Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Psychometry)	141	Mental Magic / Effects / Psychometry Effects Business Cards
Thomas Alan Waters	Subsidiary Technique	Locating the Participants The Last Two Items Clipboard Readings Combinations with other Effects		1981	Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Psychometry)	143	Mental Magic / Effects / Psychometry Effects Mental Magic / Principles / Impression Devices Mental Magic / Principles / Pre-Show
Thomas Alan Waters	Ringkle	combining Psychometry and Ring Flight, other ideas what could happen with the objects		1981	Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Psychometry)	146	Ring / Finger Rings / Traveling / Ring Flight Mental Magic / Effects / Psychometry Effects
Thomas Alan Waters	Miscellaneous Notes	With A Medium In The Dark (in a Seance) Trayce (method to see in the dark) GiveAway Collecting Box (by Edmund Rowland) Contact Mindreading)		1981	Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Psychometry)	147	Mental Magic / Effects / Psychometry Effects Mental Magic / Effects / Seance Stuff Mental Magic / Effects / Two Person Telepathy
Thomas Alan Waters	Afterword			1981	Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Psychometry)	149	Articles / Articles
Thomas Alan Waters	Cross-Reference			1981	Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Psychometry)	150	Articles / Articles
Thomas Alan Waters	Scrypt	on Billet Technique and Maurice Fogel		1981	Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Scrypt)	153	Articles / Anecdotes Billet / Miscellaneous Mental Magic / Theory and General Comments
Thomas Alan Waters	Switches			1981	Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Scrypt)	157	Billet / Switches
Thomas Alan Waters	Hand to Hand No. 1	with a paper clip		1981	Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Scrypt)	157	Billet / Switches
Thomas Alan Waters	Hand to Hand No. 2	with a paper clip		1981	Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Scrypt)	158	Billet / Switches
Thomas Alan Waters	Pad Switches	billet switches with the aid of a pad The Takeaway The Tearaway The Flipaway Bill-ette		1981	Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Scrypt)	158	Billet / Switches
Thomas Alan Waters	Mechanical Switches	Padded (with Wax) Flipover Wallets	Inspired by The Waxed Cover (Mainly Mental Vol. 1 — Billet Reading, 1947) The Turnover (Mainly Mental Vol. 1 — Billet Reading, 1947)	1981	Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Scrypt)	160	Billet / Switches
Thomas Alan Waters	Steals	Annemann's steal from a cup Jack Yates' steal from a cup with a paper clip and a magnet Annemann's steal from an envelope with a thumb tip other ideas by T. A. Waters	Related to Telepathy Plus (Theodore Annemann, Complete One Man Mental and Psychic Routine, 1935) Annemann's Diablo Pellet Reading (Theodore Annemann, Mental Bargain Effects, 1935) … and 1 more	1981	Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Scrypt)	163	Billet / Secret Reading Methods & Peeks Billet / Miscellaneous
Thomas Alan Waters	Center-Tear	analysis and handling	Related to Notaria (Theodore Annemann, The Jinx, 1936) also in: Notaria (Practical Mental Effects, 1944) The New Baker Method (Al Baker, Mental Magic, 1949) also in: The New Baker Method (The Secret Ways of Al Baker*, 2003) … and 3 more	1981	Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Scrypt)	166	Paper / Center Tear
Thomas Alan Waters, Jack Avis	The Occultear	secretly tearing the center Writing Materials The Area of Writings The Fold The Tear	Related to Centre Tear (One Hand Variation) (Tony Corinda, Al Koran, Billets, 1959)	1981	Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Scrypt)	171	Paper / Center Tear
Thomas Alan Waters	Routine No. 1 (Close-Up)	q&a for one person		1981	Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Scrypt)	174	Paper / Center Tear Mental Magic / Effects / Q&A
Thomas Alan Waters	Routine No. 2 (Close-Up)	handling variation	Inspired by Question and Answer - Variation C (C. L. Boarde, Mainly Mental Vol. 1 — Billet Reading, 1947)	1981	Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Scrypt)	175	Paper / Center Tear Mental Magic / Effects / Q&A
Thomas Alan Waters	Variant Routine	answer appears on slate, Double-Locking Addition Slate		1981	Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Scrypt)	176	Mental Magic / Effects / Seance Stuff Slate / Appearing Writing Slate / Flaps & Moving Parts
Thomas Alan Waters	Routine No. 3 (Stage)	with a bulldog clip		1981	Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Scrypt)	177	Paper / Center Tear Billet / Secret Reading Methods & Peeks Mental Magic / Effects / Q&A
Thomas Alan Waters	Variant Routine (With Dobrin Slate)	flap to hide center		1981	Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Scrypt)	178	Paper / Center Tear Billet / Secret Reading Methods & Peeks Slate / Flaps & Moving Parts
Thomas Alan Waters	Triton	a red, white, and blue billet are in a bulldog clip, each belonging to a different category, a spectator selects one of the three categories and choses a word from that category, which he writes down, the word is predicted on one of the three billets, switching bulldog clip	Inspired by "Chronokinesis" (Jack Avis, Pentagram, Vol. 8 No. 4, Jan. 1954, p. 25)	1981	Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Scrypt)	178	Paper / Center Tear Billet / Prediction Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Miscellaneous Mental Magic / Principles / Prediction switched for Spectator's own writing
Thomas Alan Waters	Concluding Remarks			1981	Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Scrypt)	179	Paper / Center Tear Articles / Articles
Thomas Alan Waters	The Double Routine	different routines, based on the same handling, on indexes and pocket writing		1981	Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Scrypt)	180	Mental Magic / Principles / Pocket Writing Mental Magic / Principles / Index
Thomas Alan Waters	No. 1: Great Minds Still Think Alike	spectator writes a number on a piece of paper, performer writes the same down		1981	Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Scrypt)	181	Mental Magic / Principles / Pocket Writing Mental Magic / Effects / Divination / Miscellaneous
Thomas Alan Waters	No. 2: On the Wired Thought	random person phoned, name divined and the person names a year which is divined too, combination of two Annemann effects	Related to On the Wire (Theodore Annemann, The Jinx, 1936) also in: On the Wire (Practical Mental Effects, 1944) Wired Thought (Theodore Annemann, The Jinx, 1937) also in: Wired Thought (Full Deck of Impromptu Card Tricks, 1943) Wired Thought (Practical Mental Effects, 1944)	1981	Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Scrypt)	183	Propless / Phone Effects Billet / Switches Billet / Index Mental Magic / Principles / Pocket Writing
Thomas Alan Waters	No. 3: The Prediction Reading	for one person, stock answer index to basic questions		1981	Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Scrypt)	183	Billet / Index Mental Magic / Effects / Q&A
Thomas Alan Waters	No. 4: Card Reading	card prediction, with tarot or playing cards, in context of a reading		1981	Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Scrypt)	183	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card Mental Magic / Principles / Pocket Writing Tarot Mental Magic / Effects / Readings (Cold, Crystal, Hand, Tarot etc.) Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Marked deck / Backs
Thomas Alan Waters	No. 5: Name Coincidence	both write down the same name		1981	Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Scrypt)	184	Mental Magic / Principles / Pocket Writing Mental Magic / Effects / Divination / Miscellaneous
Thomas Alan Waters	Additional Notes	variations and ideas on the switch, pocket writing and indexes		1981	Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Scrypt)	184	Billet / Switches Billet / Index Mental Magic / Principles / Pocket Writing
Thomas Alan Waters	Geometear	two objects are written on two pieces of paper, one is selected and the word divined	Inspired by Concepts Never Die (Ray Hyman, The Phoenix, 1952) Related to Concepts Never Die (Ray Hyman, The Phoenix, 1952)	1981	Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Scrypt)	184	Paper / Center Tear Mental Magic / Principles / One Ahead Mental Magic / Effects / Divination / Miscellaneous
Thomas Alan Waters	Trinkle	birthday and zodiac are written on paper and divined	Inspired by Telepathy Plus (Theodore Annemann, Complete One Man Mental and Psychic Routine, 1935) Related to Telepathy Plus (Theodore Annemann, Complete One Man Mental and Psychic Routine, 1935) Variations Tomorrow’s Cards (Robert Cassidy, Triple Edge, 2003)	1981	Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Scrypt)	186	Billet / Readings Mental Magic / Principles / One Ahead Mental Magic / Effects / Divination / Miscellaneous
Thomas Alan Waters	Afterword			1981	Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Scrypt)	189	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Thomas Alan Waters	Addendum	on Maurice Fogel and mentalism		1981	Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Scrypt)	189	Articles / Articles
Thomas Alan Waters	Cross-Reference			1981	Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Scrypt)	192	Articles / Articles
Basil Horwitz	The Challenge Book Test	spectator takes any book and choses any word, which he writes on a blank card, word is divined	Also published here Der Horwitz-Buchtest (Basil Horwitz, Intermagic, 1990) Related to Miscellanea (Thomas Alan Waters, Mind, Myth & Magick, 1983)	1981	The Mental Magick of Basil Horwitz	9	Mental Magic / Principles / Glimpsing Book / Book Test / Routines
Philip T. Goldstein*	Con-Test	spectator try to divine number, prediction states who is closer to the number and how far off	Also published here Con-Test (Max Maven, Genii, 2011) Inspired by Optionail (Thomas Alan Waters, Mind, Myth & Magick, 1982) Related to Croiset Revisited (Bruce Bernstein, Psi-Tech, 1985) also in: Croiset Revisited (Unreal*, 2012)	1981	Magick (Issue 293)	1461	Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Miscellaneous Pen & Pencil / Nail Writer & Swami
Jeff Busby (reviewer)	Deckalogue	by Thomas Alan Waters		May 1982	Epoptica (Issue 1)	21	Reviews / Books, Manuscripts, Notes
Jeff Busby (reviewer)	Grymwyr	by Thomas Alan Waters		May 1982	Epoptica (Issue 1)	22	Reviews / Books, Manuscripts, Notes
Jeff Busby (reviewer)	Octasm	by Thomas Alan Waters		May 1982	Epoptica (Issue 1)	24	Reviews / Books, Manuscripts, Notes
Jeff Busby (reviewer)	The Book Test	by Thomas Alan Waters, James Swain		Oct. 1982	Epoptica (Issue 2)	93	Reviews / Audio Cassette
Jeff Busby (reviewer)	The Newspaper Test	by Thomas Alan Waters		Oct. 1982	Epoptica (Issue 2)	94	Reviews / Audio Cassette
Jeff Busby (reviewer)	The Symbol Test	by Thomas Alan Waters		Oct. 1982	Epoptica (Issue 2)	95	Reviews / Audio Cassette
Philip T. Goldstein*, Thomas Alan Waters	Nomen Omen	Mutus Nomen using Tarot cards	Related to MuTarot (Thomas Alan Waters, Mind, Myth & Magick, 1981)	1982	Silentwe	3	Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Mutus Nomen Tarot
Thomas Alan Waters	Deckalogue	on playing cards in mentalism		1982	Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Deckalogue)	195	Articles / Intros & Epilogues Mental Magic / Theory and General Comments
Thomas Alan Waters	Clubble	stopped at and thought of card are found	Inspired by The Three of Clubs (Ralph W. Hull, Greater Magic, 1938)	1982	Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Deckalogue)	197	Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Miscellaneous
Thomas Alan Waters	Daisection	thought of card is put in pocket, inspired by Vernon	Related to The Five Card Mental Force (Dai Vernon, Encyclopedia of Card Tricks, 1937) also in: 5 Card Mental Force (Magick, 1976) The Five Card Mental Force (Cunning Card Miracles, 1999) Mental Card Miracle (Dai Vernon, Stars of Magic, 1949)	1982	Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Deckalogue)	200	Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / Princess Card Trick (Five Cards)
Thomas Alan Waters	Talismanacle	spectator selects a card, presentation with ring or amulet which is able to pick ab vibrations from the card Variation One: Memorized Deck Variation Two: Stripper Pack Variation Two-and-a-Half: Stripper Pack Variation Three: Stripper Pack	Related to A Miracle with Cards (Edward Marlo, Ibidem, 1956) Future Ghost (Alan Brown, The Pallbearers Review*, 1970)	1982	Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Deckalogue)	203	Cards / Principles / One Way / Faces Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Stripper Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Miscellaneous Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Memorized / Full Deck
Thomas Alan Waters	Decideal	outcome is predicted	Also published here Decideal (Thomas Alan Waters, The Bammo Ten Card Deal Dossier, 2015) Inspired by Cider! (Paul Curry, Paul Curry Presents, 1974) also in: Cider! (Paul Curry's Worlds Beyond, 2001) Cider! (The Bammo Ten Card Deal Dossier, 2015) Related to Automatic Poker (Karl Fulves, Self-Working Card Tricks, 1976) also in: Automatic Poker (The Bammo Ten Card Deal Dossier, 2015) Decideal (Thomas Alan Waters, The Bammo Ten Card Deal Dossier*, 2015)	1982	Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Deckalogue)	206	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Prediction Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Ten Card Poker Deal
Thomas Alan Waters	Imposition	assistant does not have to know the stack	Inspired by Spaulding's "Audience Rapport" in "The Linking Ring" Vol. 22, No. 7. P.21.	1982	Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Deckalogue)	209	Cards / Principles / Stooge Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Any Card at Any Number Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Memorized / Full Deck
Thomas Alan Waters	Hoydle	spectator remove their cards later from the deck		1982	Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Deckalogue)	212	Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Tossed Out Deck
Thomas Alan Waters	Automanticard	spectator turns a card over behind his back, a second spectator is blindfolded and by automatic writing on a slate divines the card		1982	Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Deckalogue)	214	Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / by Spectator Slate / Normal Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Rough and Smooth Decks / Brainwave & Invisible Deck
Thomas Alan Waters	Twinkey	named card is shuffled face up in the deck, same card is reversed in second pack and the card above the reversed card is the same as well as in the shuffled pack		1982	Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Deckalogue)	216	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Brainwave type Effects Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Full Stack (DONT USE THIS) Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Miscellaneous Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Rough and Smooth Decks / Brainwave & Invisible Deck
Thomas Alan Waters	Tetrance	prediction in envelope in wallet		1982	Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Deckalogue)	218	Wallet Cards / Principles / Multiple Out Cards / Principles / Riffle Shuffle Concepts / Partial Stack Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Facer / Different Faces
Thomas Alan Waters	Coincideck	two decks, three cards from one deck are put face up at random places into other deck, next to the same cards		1982	Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Deckalogue)	220	Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Mates Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Rough and Smooth Decks / Miscellaneous
Thomas Alan Waters	Insight Straight	performer takes one card out and puts a poker chip on it, then sixteen cards are laid out in a matrix and a spectator can put four chips on cards, those four cards added to the card put away earlier form a straight Ten-Ace	Inspired by Larry Becker's "The Little Black Book" in "Mentalism for Magicians" Variations Matrix Poker Revisited (Nick Trost, Subtle Card Creations — Volume 6, 2017)	1982	Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Deckalogue)	222	Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Off-beat Predictions
Thomas Alan Waters	Matrix Number Force	with cards	Related to Days of Force (Mel Stover, The Phoenix, 1945) also in: Calendar (5) (Hugard's Magic Monthly*, 1951)	1982	Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Deckalogue)	223	Cards / Sleights / Force / Mathematical Forces
Thomas Alan Waters	Seller's Markcut	prediction in index card is in a window envelope, spectator selects a card which comes in the envelope too, then the deck is shuffled and cut and the performer names a card, he puts the envelope somewhere in the deck, under it is the named card and the prediction inside matches the card chosen earlier		1982	Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Deckalogue)	226	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Multiple Card Prediction Paper / Envelopes / Normal
Thomas Alan Waters	Envelope Card Switch			1982	Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Deckalogue)	227	Cards / Sleights / Switches / Single Card Switches / Props
Thomas Alan Waters, Bill Murata	Waikikut	spectator cuts third on table, next third face up on it and the rest on top, spectator decides which cards performer has to divine, face up card or two face down cards, Bill Murata's Waikiki Location		1982	Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Deckalogue)	231	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Miscellaneous Cards / Sleights / Force / Cut Forces / Miscellaneous

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