James G. Thompson Jr.

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Creators	Title	Comments & References		Year	Source	Page	Categories
Theodore Annemann*	The Question for the Month	idea for card production from tambourine	Related to "Surprise!!" (James G. Thompson Jr., The Jinx, 1935) Deck Vanish in Tambourine (Robert Parrish, The Jinx, 1936) Variations "Surprise!!" (James G. Thompson Jr., The Jinx, 1935) Deck Vanish in Tambourine (Robert Parrish, The Jinx, 1936)	Apr. 1935	The Jinx (Issue 7)	26	Cards / Manipulation / Routines Cards / Manipulation / Production & Appearance / Fan
James G. Thompson Jr.	"Surprise!!"	deck appears from tambourine, solution	Inspired by The Question for the Month (Theodore Annemann, The Jinx, 1935) Related to The Question for the Month (Theodore Annemann, The Jinx, 1935)	July 1935	The Jinx (Issue 10)	51	Cards / Manipulation / Steals Cards / Effect Themes / Appearance & Production / Deck Cards / Manipulation / Production & Appearance / Fan
Theodore Annemann*	Greta Annemann's Eyes of the Unknown	writing of three face down cards is revealed in darkness	Variations Blackout Magic (James G. Thompson Jr., The Phoenix, 1942) also in: Im Dunkeln ist gut munkeln (Intermagic, 1999) Blackout Magic (James G. Thompson Jr., Between Two Minds, 1967)	1935	Mental Bargain Effects	8	Dark Room Effects Mental Magic / Effects / Divination / Miscellaneous
James G. Thompson Jr.	Penetrating Vision	reading writing on paper card covered with handkerchief	Related to Impromptu Vision (James G. Thompson Jr., The Jinx, 1936) also in: Impromptu Vision (Practical Mental Effects, 1944)	1935	Mental Bargain Effects	12	Billet / Secret Reading Methods & Peeks Mental Magic / Effects / Q&A
James G. Thompson Jr.	Impromptu Vision	reading writing on paper card covered with handkerchief	Also published here Impromptu Vision (James G. Thompson Jr., Practical Mental Effects, 1944) Related to Penetrating Vision (James G. Thompson Jr., Mental Bargain Effects, 1935) World's Easiest Message Reading (George B. Anderson, You, Too, Can Read Minds*, 1968)	1936	The Jinx (Issue Winter Extra 1935/36)	83	Billet / Secret Reading Methods & Peeks
Theodore Annemann*, Percy Naldrett	The Phantom Artist	celebrity chosen, large paper sheet is folded and cut, silhouette of chosen person is seen	Also published here The Phantom Artist (Theodore Annemann, Percy Naldrett, Practical Mental Effects, 1944) also in: The Phantom Artist (Theodore Annemann, Percy Naldrett, The Jagged Edge, 2006) Related to Entre Nous and You (James G. Thompson Jr., Top Secrets of Magic — Volume 3, 1968) Additional Notes (Jeff Busby, Gene Nielsen, The Bag Book*, 1985)	1937	The Jinx (Issue Summer Extra 1937)	217	Paper / Miscellaneous Paper / Origami Effects Mental Magic / Effects / Divination / Miscellaneous
Theodore Annemann*, Michael F. Zens	Call Your Hand	ten card set-up, see credit claim by Val Evans on page 259	Also published here Cualquier Jugada a Petición (Michael F. Zens, Vicente Canuto, Theodore Annemann, Cartomagia Fundamental, 1993) Variations Calling Your Hand, Again (Eddie Fields, The Artful Dodges of Eddie Fields, 1968) also in: Calling Your Hand, Again (The Greater Artful Dodges of Eddie Fields, 1997) Call Your Hand Variation (James G. Thompson Jr., The Living End*, 1972) … and 2 more	Sep. 1937	The Jinx (Issue 36)	243	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Any Pokerhand Called For Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Gambling Stack / Partial
Theodore Annemann*	En Rapport	two person telepathy act, code for numbers, cards and coins	Related to Two Minutes to Telepathy (Ned Rutledge, James G. Thompson Jr., Between Two Minds, 1967) also in: Zwei Minuten zur Telepathie (Intermagic, 1987)	1937	"En Rapport"	2	Mental Magic / Effects / Two Person Telepathy
William H. McCaffrey	The Jumping Match or Toothpick		Related to Strike One (James G. Thompson Jr., Verne Chesbro, William H. McCaffrey, Gerald Kosky, Top Secrets of Magic, 1956) also in: Streichholzereien (Intermagic, 1991)	1938	Greater Magic	830	Toothpick Match & Matchbox / Match / Animation
James G. Thompson Jr.	Who Killed Mr. X?	written name is divined with story presentation	Also published here Who Killed Mr. X (James G. Thompson Jr., Practical Mental Effects, 1944)	Apr. 1938	The Jinx (Issue 43)	291	Games / Murder Game Paper / Envelopes / Window Envelope Mental Magic / Effects / Divination / Miscellaneous
James G. Thompson Jr.	Mephisto Thot	medium divines things written on papers	Also published here Mephisto Thot (James G. Thompson Jr., Practical Mental Effects, 1944)	July 1938	The Jinx (Issue 46)	313	Paper / Mental Stuff Propless / Coding / Using Assistant
James G. Thompson Jr.	Gabbatha		Also published here Gabbatha (James G. Thompson Jr., Practical Mental Effects, 1944) also in: Gabbatha (James G. Thompson Jr., Top Secrets of Magic — Volume 3, 1968)	Nov. 1938	The Jinx (Issue 50)	347	Mental Magic / Effects / Living and Dead Test Slate / Flaps & Moving Parts
Harold Lloyd, James G. Thompson Jr.	You See?	three card location, one-way, credit attribution to Thompson in Max Maven reference	Also published here You See? (Harold Lloyd, Expert Card Technique, 1940) also in: You See! (Harold Lloyd, MAGIC, 2004) Related to Trick was Thompson's (Max Maven, MAGIC*, 2004)	Dec. 1938	The Jinx (Issue 51)	353	Cards / Principles / One Way / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge multiple Card Location
James G. Thompson Jr.	Financial Nightmare	bill transposition with story presentation	Also published here Financial Nightmare (James G. Thompson Jr., Top Secrets of Magic — Volume 3, 1968)	June 1939	The Jinx (Issue 57)	405	Bill / Transposition
James G. Thompson Jr.	Court of Intrigue	verbal puzzle		July 1939	The Jinx (Issue 58)	419	Puzzle / Miscellaneous
James G. Thompson Jr.	Court of Intrigue	verbal puzzlepu		Aug. 1939	The Jinx (Issue 59)	424	Puzzle / Miscellaneous
James G. Thompson Jr.	Red and Blue Futurama	free selection in predicted on odd-backed card and changes back color		Oct. 1939	The Jinx (Issue 61)	437	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Brainwave type Effects Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Touch
James G. Thompson Jr.	Utility Routine	Svengali deck with the different cards stacked, ends clean, bridge deal finale	Also published here Utility Routine (James G. Thompson Jr., Practical Mental Effects, 1944)	Oct. 1939	The Jinx (Issue 63)	443	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Bridge Cards / Effect Themes / Chaos & Order / Deck Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card Cards / Sleights / Switches / Deck & Thick Packet Switches / In context of Routine Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Only for Special Stacks / Si Stebbins Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Svengali Principle / Svengali Deck Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Spectator locates Card / Miscellaneous
Dr. Lazlo Rothbart	Thought Transmission	flash light code	Related to Moonlight Madness (James G. Thompson Jr., The Jinx, 1941) also in: Moonlight Madness (Practical Mental Effects, 1944) Improved Light Communicator (Tony Corinda, Two Person Telepathy, 1959)	May 1939	Chap's Scrapbook (Vol. 1 No. 11)	2	Mental Magic / Effects / Two Person Telepathy
Harold Lloyd	You See?	three card discovery, using one hand only, one-way	Also published here You See? (Harold Lloyd, James G. Thompson Jr., The Jinx, 1938) also in: You See! (Harold Lloyd, MAGIC, 2004) Related to Trick was Thompson's (Max Maven, MAGIC*, 2004)	1940	Expert Card Technique	280	Cards / Principles / One Way / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge multiple Card Location
James G. Thompson Jr.	The Eyes Have It	coding only with eye movement	Also published here The Eyes Have It (James G. Thompson Jr., Practical Mental Effects, 1944) also in: The Eyes Have It (James G. Thompson Jr., The Living End, 1972) Related to Improved "The Eyes Have It" (The Phoenix, 1943)	Feb. 1940	The Jinx (Issue 80)	519	Propless / Coding / Using Assistant Cards / Principles / Coding / Using Assistant
James G. Thompson Jr.	The Passing of Sherlock Holmes	medium out of room, then returns to divine type of murder and a playing card transposes with the Ace of Spades (Death Card)	Also published here Shades of Sherlock Holmes! (James G. Thompson Jr., Practical Mental Effects, 1944) Related to Milbourne Christopher's Column (Milbourne Christopher, Hugard's Magic Monthly, 1949) Li'l Hooker (Jack Kent Tillar, Magick, 1991) Variations Witness For The Prosecution (Andy Nyman, Short, Punchy & Mental, 1997) also in: Witness for the Prosecution (Bulletproof*, 2010)	1940	The Jinx (Issue 103)	621	Propless / Coding / Using Assistant Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Two Cards / with Delays or Revelations Mental Magic / Effects / Two Person Telepathy Games / Murder Game
Verne Chesbro, James G. Thompson Jr.	Copy Cat!	one Si Stebbins, the other brainwave/invisible deck	Also published here Copy Cat (Verne Chesbro, James G. Thompson Jr., Practical Mental Effects, 1944) Related to Do As I Did (Darwin Ortiz, Darwin's Theories, 1976) also in: Do as I Did (Darwin Ortiz at the Card Table, 1988) Variations El Milagro (Juan Tamariz, La Baraja Multiefecto, 1980) The Miracle (Verne Chesbro, James G. Thompson Jr., Juan Tamariz, Mnemonica, 2004)	1940	The Jinx (Issue 117)	691	Cards / Effect Themes / Do as I Do / Two Decks Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Only for Special Stacks / Si Stebbins Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Rough and Smooth Decks / Brainwave & Invisible Deck
James F. Herpick	The "Pencil" Coin Vanish and Reappearance	complete vanish and recovery	Also published here The "Pencil" Coin Vanish and Reappearance (James F. Herpick, Intermagic, 1978) Related to Numismatic Necormancy (James G. Thompson Jr., Top Secrets of Magic — Volume 2, 1967)	1941	Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 1	94	Coin / Effect Themes / Vanish Routines / With Props / Stick Coin / Sleights / Vanish / Single Coin Vanishes / With Props
James G. Thompson Jr.	Moonlight Madness	thorough discussion of his and Julia Thompson's Two-Person Code Act, involving flash light for coding, ESP coding, see also p. 348 of Pallbearers Review for credit claim	Also published here Moonlight Madness (James G. Thompson Jr., Practical Mental Effects, 1944) Related to Thought Transmission (Dr. Lazlo Rothbart, Chap's Scrapbook, 1939) Improved Light Communicator (Tony Corinda, Two Person Telepathy, 1959) … and 1 more Variations The Photon Phenomenon (Robert Cassidy, Triple Edge, 2003)	Apr. 1941	The Jinx (Issue 135)	769	Propless / Coding / Using Assistant
James G. Thompson Jr.	Embers	billet in envelope burnt and divined		Apr. 1942	The Phoenix (Issue 7)	26	Billet / Readings Mental Magic / Effects / Q&A
James G. Thompson Jr.	Silver Arrow			May 1942	The Phoenix (Issue 10)	38	Coin / Effect Themes / Penetration / Silk
James G. Thompson Jr.	Blackout Magic	writing of three face down cards is revealed in darkness	Also published here Im Dunkeln ist gut munkeln (James G. Thompson Jr., Intermagic, 1999) Inspired by Greta Annemann's Eyes of the Unknown (Theodore Annemann, Mental Bargain Effects*, 1935)	Aug. 1942	The Phoenix (Issue 15)	61	Dark Room Effects Mental Magic / Effects / Divination / Miscellaneous
James G. Thompson Jr.	Builder-Upper	revelation of a writing, luminous paint		Aug. 1942	The Phoenix (Issue 15)	62	Dark Room Effects Mental Magic / Effects / Divination / Miscellaneous
James G. Thompson Jr., Bruce Elliott*	The Coin Dowser	coin is found with a dowsing rod in the dark		Aug. 1942	The Phoenix (Issue 15)	63	Coin / Effect Themes / Mental Stuff Dark Room Effects Divining & Dowsing Rod
Franklin V. Taylor	Materialization	coin appears with the help of a spring clothes-pin and a handkerchief	Related to Double Or Nothing (James G. Thompson Jr., Franklin V. Taylor, Top Secrets of Magic — Volume 2, 1967) Variations Fruit Cup (Orson Welles, The Phoenix, 1944) also in: Fruit Cup (Genii, 2000)	Nov. 1942	The Phoenix (Issue 22)	91	Coin / Gaffed / Folding Coin / Effect Themes / Appearance & Vanish with Reproduction Routines / With Props / Miscellaneous Clothespin & Peg
James G. Thompson Jr., Charles Nyquist	Daub	securing it and what to use		Dec. 1942	The Phoenix (Issue 24)	101	Cards / Principles / Daub
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)
James G. Thompson Jr.	Than Which No Whicher	one of the kings is chosen, cards dealt and performer says stop when the king is reached		Jan. 1943	The Phoenix (Issue 26)	107	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Stop Trick / Position indicated by Performer
Charles Nyquist, James G. Thompson Jr.	Sefalaljia III	ring tied on string, without cover	Also published here in "Magikern" September 1952. also in: Sefalaljia III (Charles Nyquist, Hokus Pokus, 1953) Related to Christmas Cord (David Britland, Spell-Binder, 1981) also in: Christmas-Schnur (Intermagic, 1989) Variations Cabbalistic Cord (David Britland, The Talon, 1980)	Jan. 1943	The Phoenix (Issue 26)	108	Ring / Finger Rings / Penetration / Ring and String
James G. Thompson Jr.	Mystery on the Half Shell	coin production, vanish and penetration of the pocket		Jan. 1943	The Phoenix (Issue 26)	109	Coin / Effect Themes / Appearance & Vanish with Reproduction Routines / Bare Handed Coin / Gaffed / Shell Coin / Effect Themes / Penetration / Clothing
James G. Thompson Jr.	Digit-Telepathy	medium reveals card		Jan. 1943	The Phoenix (Issue 26)	109	Cards / Principles / Coding / Using Assistant Mental Magic / Effects / Telepathy Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / by Assistant
James G. Thompson Jr.	Coin Betcha			Feb. 1943	The Phoenix (Issue 28)	118	Games / Bar Bets & Puzzles Coin / Effect Themes / Gags / Miscellaneous
James G. Thompson Jr.	T.T.T.		Related to T. T. T. (James G. Thompson Jr., Top Secrets of Magic — Volume 3, 1968)	Feb. 1943	The Phoenix (Issue 29)	120	Thimble / Routines
	Improved "The Eyes Have It"		Related to The Eyes Have It (James G. Thompson Jr., The Jinx, 1940) also in: The Eyes Have It (Practical Mental Effects, 1944) The Eyes Have It (The Living End, 1972)	Feb. 1943	The Phoenix (Issue 29)	120	Propless / Coding / Using Assistant Cards / Principles / Coding / Using Assistant
Charles Nyquist, James G. Thompson Jr.	Pointer	card is secretly signed on one side of the face, put back and spread so the signature is not seen, card is found		Apr. 1943	The Phoenix (Issue 32)	133	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Single Card
Charles Nyquist, James G. Thompson Jr.	Key Card Placement			Apr. 1943	The Phoenix (Issue 32)	133	Cards / Principles / Key Card / Key Card Placements
Bruce Elliott*	The Back Room	on Hen Fetch, John Scarne, James G. Thompson Jr. Orson Welles, Dunninger and Tom Osborne		Apr. 1943	The Phoenix (Issue 33)	138	Articles / Columns
Verne Chesbro, James G. Thompson Jr.	Popper Upper	match on business card covered by matchbook, penetrates it twice, match vanishes in the end	Related to Strike One (James G. Thompson Jr., Verne Chesbro, William H. McCaffrey, Gerald Kosky, Top Secrets of Magic, 1956) also in: Streichholzereien (Intermagic, 1991) Variations Penta-Match (Stewart Judah, The Pallbearers Review, 1975) also in: Streichholzereien (Intermagic, 1985)	Sep. 1943	The Phoenix (Issue 43)	176	Match & Matchbox / Matchbox & Matchbook Match & Matchbox / Match / Penetration Match & Matchbox / Match / Vanish Business Cards
James G. Thompson Jr.	"Peek-Deck" Pappy	Taylor's Peek Deck, as a code	Related to Peek Deck (Franklin V. Taylor, The Phoenix, 1942) also in: Peek-Pack (Hokus Pokus, 1968) page 199 for an improvement Variations Sventalism (Max Maven, MAGIC*, 1999)	Oct. 1943	The Phoenix (Issue 46)	188	Propless / Coding / Using Assistant Cards / Principles / Coding / Using Assistant Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Svengali Principle / Other Applications & Handling of Long-Short-Deck Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Peek Pairs (glued at bottom)
Bruce Elliott*	The Back Room	on L. Vosburgh Lyons, a demonstration where a doc is beheaded, an improvement to Taylor's Peek Deck by James G. Thompson Jr., Fred Mosteller and his spelling trick ("Bravo!")		Nov. 1943	The Phoenix (Issue 48)	199	Articles / Columns Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Peek Pairs (glued at bottom)
James G. Thompson Jr.	Duo-Finale	three spectators think of something, write it down and seal their thought in an envelope, performer divines all three		Dec. 1943	The Phoenix (Issue 51)	208	Billet / Readings Mental Magic / Effects / Divination / Miscellaneous
James G. Thompson Jr.	The Phoenix Routine - Accent on Extemporaneous Variety	no cards program with tricks from Phoenix		Mar. 1944	The Phoenix (Issue 56)	228	Articles / Articles
James G. Thompson Jr.	Life Liberty Or -	trick performing for friends over phone	Also published here Magazine Mentalism (James G. Thompson Jr., Self-Working Mental Magic, 1979) Related to Printer's Demon (John Hudak, The Pallbearers Review, 1967)	Mar. 1944	The Phoenix (Issue 57)	234	Propless / Phone Effects Book / Book Test / Magazine Test
James G. Thompson Jr.	One Way to One-Way	using slop shuffle for orientating a borrowed deck which has a one-way feature	Related to One-Way Sorting with Slop Shuffle (Edward Marlo, The Phoenix, 1945)	May 1944	The Phoenix (Issue 60)	244	Cards / Principles / One Way / Miscellaneous Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Slop Shuffles
James G. Thompson Jr.	Fantasy in Red and Black	slop shuffle red black separation, card location, lead in for a red black riffle shuffle set-up		May 1944	The Phoenix (Issue 60)	245	Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Divided Deck Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Single Card Cards / Sleights / Culling / Red-Black Separations
James G. Thompson Jr.	Yoo Hoo, Dear!	several cards are remembered by putting a knife somewhere in the deck		May 1944	The Phoenix (Issue 60)	245	Cards / Principles / One Way / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Multiple Cards
James G. Thompson Jr.	Double or Nothing	coin held with clothespin is put in a handkerchief and vanishes	Variations The Back Room (Bruce Elliott, The Phoenix*, 1944)	Aug. 1944	The Phoenix (Issue 67)	272	Coin / Effect Themes / Vanish Routines / With Props / Miscellaneous Clothespin & Peg
Bruce Elliott*	The Back Room	response to John Snyder jr. letter, on Walter Gibson, the Annemann parade in the Linking Ring, James G. Thompson Jr., Richard Himber, Dariel Fitzkee and Harry Blackstone		Aug. 1944	The Phoenix (Issue 67)	275	Articles / Columns
Bruce Elliott*	The Back Room	Richard Himber, a strange bar bet by Mystic Craig, idea by Paul Morris for Thompson's Double or Nothing, Puzzle	Inspired by Double or Nothing (James G. Thompson Jr., The Phoenix, 1944)	Sep. 1944	The Phoenix (Issue 68)	279	Articles / Columns Games / Bar Bets & Puzzles
James G. Thompson Jr.	Impromptu Vision	reading writing on paper card covered with handkerchief, classic move from ball/coin through handkerchief used	Also published here Impromptu Vision (James G. Thompson Jr., The Jinx, 1936) Related to Penetrating Vision (James G. Thompson Jr., Mental Bargain Effects, 1935) World's Easiest Message Reading (George B. Anderson, You, Too, Can Read Minds*, 1968)	1944	Practical Mental Effects	44	Billet / Secret Reading Methods & Peeks
Theodore Annemann*, Percy Naldrett	The Phantom Artist	celebrity chosen, large paper sheet is folded and cut, silhouette of chosen person is seen	Also published here The Phantom Artist (Theodore Annemann, Percy Naldrett, The Jinx, 1937) also in: The Phantom Artist (Theodore Annemann, Percy Naldrett, The Jagged Edge, 2006) Related to Entre Nous and You (James G. Thompson Jr., Top Secrets of Magic — Volume 3, 1968) Additional Notes (Jeff Busby, Gene Nielsen, The Bag Book*, 1985)	1944	Practical Mental Effects	116	Paper / Miscellaneous Paper / Origami Effects Mental Magic / Effects / Divination / Miscellaneous
James G. Thompson Jr.	Shades of Sherlock Holmes!	medium out of room, then returns to divine type of murder and a playing card transposes with the Ace of Spades (Death Card)	Also published here The Passing of Sherlock Holmes (James G. Thompson Jr., The Jinx, 1940) Related to Milbourne Christopher's Column (Milbourne Christopher, Hugard's Magic Monthly, 1949) Li'l Hooker (Jack Kent Tillar, Magick, 1991) Variations Witness For The Prosecution (Andy Nyman, Short, Punchy & Mental, 1997) also in: Witness for the Prosecution (Bulletproof*, 2010)	1944	Practical Mental Effects	136	Propless / Coding / Using Assistant Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Two Cards / with Delays or Revelations Games / Murder Game
James G. Thompson Jr.	Who Killed Mr. X	written name is divined with story presentation	Also published here Who Killed Mr. X? (James G. Thompson Jr., The Jinx, 1938)	1944	Practical Mental Effects	162	Games / Murder Game Paper / Envelopes / Window Envelope Mental Magic / Effects / Divination / Miscellaneous
James G. Thompson Jr.	Gabbatha		Also published here Gabbatha (James G. Thompson Jr., The Jinx, 1938) also in: Gabbatha (James G. Thompson Jr., Top Secrets of Magic — Volume 3, 1968)	1944	Practical Mental Effects	210	Mental Magic / Effects / Living and Dead Test Slate / Flaps & Moving Parts
James G. Thompson Jr.	Mephisto Thot	medium divines things written on papers	Also published here Mephisto Thot (James G. Thompson Jr., The Jinx, 1938)	1944	Practical Mental Effects	259	Propless / Coding / Using Assistant Mental Magic / Effects / X-Ray Eyes & Blindfolds Paper / Envelopes / Miscellaneous Mental Magic / Effects / Divination / Miscellaneous
Verne Chesbro, James G. Thompson Jr.	Copy Cat	one Si Stebbins, the other brainwave/invisible deck	Also published here Copy Cat! (Verne Chesbro, James G. Thompson Jr., The Jinx, 1940) Related to Do As I Did (Darwin Ortiz, Darwin's Theories, 1976) also in: Do as I Did (Darwin Ortiz at the Card Table, 1988) Variations El Milagro (Juan Tamariz, La Baraja Multiefecto, 1980) The Miracle (Verne Chesbro, James G. Thompson Jr., Juan Tamariz, Mnemonica, 2004)	1944	Practical Mental Effects	294	Cards / Effect Themes / Do as I Do / Two Decks Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Only for Special Stacks / Si Stebbins Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Rough and Smooth Decks / Brainwave & Invisible Deck
James G. Thompson Jr.	Utility Routine	Svengali deck with the different cards stacked, ends clean, bridge deal finale	Also published here Utility Routine (James G. Thompson Jr., The Jinx, 1939)	1944	Practical Mental Effects	304	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Bridge Cards / Effect Themes / Chaos & Order / Deck Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card Cards / Sleights / Switches / Deck & Thick Packet Switches / In context of Routine Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Only for Special Stacks / Si Stebbins Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Svengali Principle / Svengali Deck Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Spectator locates Card / Miscellaneous
James G. Thompson Jr.	The Eyes Have It	coding only with eye movement	Also published here The Eyes Have It (James G. Thompson Jr., The Jinx, 1940) also in: The Eyes Have It (James G. Thompson Jr., The Living End, 1972) Related to Improved "The Eyes Have It" (The Phoenix, 1943)	1944	Practical Mental Effects	322	Propless / Coding / Using Assistant Cards / Principles / Coding / Using Assistant
James G. Thompson Jr.	Moonlight Madness	thorough discussion of his and Julia Thompson's Two-Person Code Act, involving flash light for coding, ESP coding General Test Analysis Questions	Also published here Moonlight Madness (James G. Thompson Jr., The Jinx, 1941) Related to Thought Transmission (Dr. Lazlo Rothbart, Chap's Scrapbook, 1939) Improved Light Communicator (Tony Corinda, Two Person Telepathy, 1959) … and 1 more Variations The Photon Phenomenon (Robert Cassidy, Triple Edge, 2003)	1944	Practical Mental Effects	332	Propless / Coding / Using Assistant Mental Magic / Effects / Two Person Telepathy
Franklin V. Taylor, Warner Perry, James G. Thompson Jr., R. C. Buff	Peek Deck	with several ideas and handlings	Related to Perspectives (Richard Busch, Vibrations, 1992)	1945	My Best	111	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Svengali Principle / Other Applications & Handling of Long-Short-Deck Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Peek Pairs (glued at bottom)
James G. Thompson Jr.	Out of These Hands			1945	My Best	115	Cards / Principles / Key Card / Key Card Principles Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge multiple Card Location
James G. Thompson Jr.	Double or Nothing	Coin disappears with the help of a spring clothes-pin and a handkerchief		1945	My Best	195	Coin / Effect Themes / Vanish Routines / With Props / Miscellaneous Clothespin & Peg
James G. Thompson Jr.	Moonlight Madness	with flashlight bulb attached to the performer's rear	Related to (3) Electrical Two-Person Communicator Unit: CODE (Tony Corinda, Two Person Telepathy, 1959)	1945	My Best	265	Propless / Coding / Using Assistant Light & Fire / Flashlight
James G. Thompson Jr.	Biographical Sketches of Contributors	Theo. Annemann Charles Arbuthnot George E. Arrowsmith Roger Barkann Sylvan Barnet Joseph L. Barnett Raymond L. Beebe Eugene Bernstein J. B. Bobo John N. Booth Tom Bowyer Vynn Boyar Joan Brandon Fred Braue John Braun Lu Brent R. C. Buff Clyde F. Cairy Loring Campbell Jack Chanin Frank Chapman Forest V. Chesbro Milbourne Christopher Eddie Clever Stanley Collins Mystic Craig Thomas J. Crawford John J. Crimmins, JR. Paul J. Curry Del Monte Harry Dobrin Ronald B. Edwards Bruce Elliot Professor El-Tab Dr. E. G. Ervin Dr. Henry Ridgely Evans Val Evans "Hen" Fetsch Thomas B. Fitzgerald Dariel Fitzkee Sid Fleischman Joseph Harman Fries Martin Gardner Teral Garrett Walter B. Gibson Arnold L. Grubin Nelson C. Hahne Hathaway Royal V. Heath Charles H. Hopkins Jean Hugard Mark Jacobs R. M. Jamison F. H. Jeudevine Maurice Kains George G. Kaplan George Karger Joseph A. Karson Wilbur Kattner Gerald Lynton Kaufman Howard B. Kayton, M.D. The Great Kolar Gerald Kosky Abril Lamarque William W. Larsen Sid Lorraine Art Lyle L. Vosburgh Lyons Richard F. Madden Greer Marechal, JR. George McAthy William H. McCaffrey Jack McMillen Harry Mendoza Orville Meyer John W. Mifflin Chester Morris Paul Morris Frederick Mosteller Robert A. Nelson C. A. George Newmann Grady S. Nicholson Dr. Cecil E. Nixon Charles Walter Nyquist Dell O'Dell Tom Osborne George Harrison Pittman Julien J. Proskauer Clayton Rawson Ralph W. Read Dolf Rudin Herb Rungie Ned Rutledge James J. Sanders Lucille Pierce Saxon Sigmar - The Magician Jerry Sorensen Willard S. Smith George Starke Dr. Raymond V. Stone, SR. (RAMO) Harlan Tarbell DR. Franklin Taylor J. G. Thompson, JR. Jack F. Trebel M. Van Reese Jack Vosburgh Audley Valentine Walsh Peter Warlock Herman L. Weber Bob Weill William H. Wilson Tommy Windsor Howard H. Wise Ed. Wolff Michael F. Zens		1945	My Best	347	Articles / Biographical
Franklin V. Taylor	Taylor's Cups and Balls	three cups, gaffed, thread and sponge, gimmicked possibility to make a ball appear under a cup	Also published here Taylor's Cups and Balls (Franklin V. Taylor, Classic Secrets of Magic, 1953) Variations Cups and Balls (James G. Thompson Jr., Franklin V. Taylor, Top Secrets of Magic, 1956) also in: Automatisches Becherspiel (Intermagic, 1983)	Jan. 1945	The Phoenix (Issue 75)	304	Cup / Cups & Balls / Two & Three Cups Routines / Routines Cup / Cups & Balls / Two & Three Cups Routines / Gaffs
James G. Thompson Jr.	The Phoenix Routine #2 - Accent on Mediumistic Ease	program with tricks from Phoenix		June 1945	The Phoenix (Issue 85)	344	Articles / Articles
Edward Marlo	One-Way Sorting with Slop Shuffle		Related to One Way to One-Way (James G. Thompson Jr., The Phoenix, 1944)	Aug. 1945	The Phoenix (Issue 90)	367	Cards / Principles / One Way / Miscellaneous Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Slop Shuffles
James G. Thompson Jr.	The Phoenix Routine #3	program with tricks from Phoenix		Sep. 1945	The Phoenix (Issue 91)	368	Articles / Articles
James G. Thompson Jr.	Homing Eagle	marked half dollar and english penny change places, with handkerchief		Feb. 1946	The Phoenix (Issue 101)	407	Coin / Effect Themes / Transposition / Copper & Silver / With Props
James G. Thompson Jr.	Thompson's Discontented Card		Also published here Thompson's Discontented Card (James G. Thompson Jr., Top Secrets of Magic — Volume 3, 1968)	May 1946	The Phoenix (Issue 105)	422	Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Routines Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Rough and Smooth Decks / Miscellaneous Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Backer / Same Color
Paul Fleming (reviewer)	My Best	by James G. Thompson Jr.		1946	The Paul Fleming Book Reviews — Volume II	115	Reviews / Books, Manuscripts, Notes
Jean Hugard (reviewer)	To Whom it May Concern	by James G. Thompson Jr. commentary on material taken and republished without consent		Jan. 1946	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 3 No. 8)	190	Reviews / Books, Manuscripts, Notes
James G. Thompson Jr.	Hoiman the Spirick	comedy presentation for spirit buzzer, spirit bell, rapping hand etc.	Also published here Hoiman, the Spirick (James G. Thompson Jr., Top Secrets of Magic, 1956) also in: Hoiman, the Spirick (James G. Thompson Jr., Intermagic, 1999)	Feb. 1947	The Phoenix (Issue 119)	479	Mental Magic / Effects / Seance Stuff
J. B. Bobo	Bottom Up	Method I (tabled transfer cut from bottom card to top) Method II (Hindu shuffle to bring bottom card to top)	Variations Elevator Aces (James G. Thompson Jr., Top Secrets of Magic — Volume 3, 1968)	1947	Watch This One!	18	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Hindu Cards / Sleights / Cuts / Transfer- & Displacement Cuts
J. B. Bobo, James G. Thompson Jr.	Silver and Copper	Number One Number Two Number Three Number Four (J. G. Thompson, Jr.)		1947	Watch This One!	108	Coin / Gaffed / Copper-Silver Coin / Effect Themes / Transposition / Copper & Silver / Solo Coin / Effect Themes / Transposition / Copper & Silver / with Spectator
Gerald Kosky	Matchaskill	miraskill with matches	Also published here Matchaskill (Gerald Kosky, The Magic of Gerald Kosky, 1975) Related to Strike One (James G. Thompson Jr., Verne Chesbro, William H. McCaffrey, Gerald Kosky, Top Secrets of Magic, 1956) also in: Streichholzereien (Intermagic, 1991)	Feb. 1948	The Phoenix (Issue 145)	581	Match & Matchbox / Match / Mental Stuff Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Miraskill & Variations
James G. Thompson Jr.	Pocket Seance	blank cards, name is divined and message appears	Also published here Pocket Seance (James G. Thompson Jr., Top Secrets of Magic — Volume 3, 1968)	May 1948	The Phoenix (Issue 150)	601	Paper / Appearing Writing, Photos, ... Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Rough and Smooth (not full deck) Mental Magic / Effects / Seance Stuff Mental Magic / Effects / Divination / Miscellaneous
James G. Thompson Jr.	XX	one of four cards is selected and packet wrapped with a rubber band, medium divines card		May 1948	The Phoenix (Issue 151)	610	Cards / Effect Themes / Rubber Band & Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / by Assistant
Roy Benson	It's Magic	Benson bowl routine	Also published here Benson Bowl (Roy Benson, Classic Secrets of Magic, 1953) also in: Es ist Zauberei (Roy Benson, Intermagic, 1974) Related to The Benson Plunger (Mike Caveney, Duke Stern, Magicomedy, 1981) also in: The Benson Plunger (Wonders, 2013) Variations Cups and Balls (James G. Thompson Jr., Franklin V. Taylor, Top Secrets of Magic, 1956) also in: Automatisches Becherspiel (Intermagic, 1983) Chinese Chow (Fred Kaps, The Art of Close-Up Magic — Volume 1, 1967) … and 1 more	July 1948	The Phoenix (Issue 156)	627	Spongeball / Benson Bowl Routines
James G. Thompson Jr.	Specious Specie	lengthy coin transposition routine, then multiple coin production and vanish, with handkerchief	Also published here Specious Specie (James G. Thompson Jr., Top Secrets of Magic — Volume 3, 1968)	Aug. 1948	The Phoenix (Issue 157)	630	Coin / Gaffed / Copper-Silver Coin / Effect Themes / Appearance & Vanish with Reproduction Routines / With Props / Handkerchief Coin / Effect Themes / Transposition / Copper & Silver / Solo Coin / Effect Themes / Transposition / Copper & Silver / With Props Coin / Gaffed / Shell
James G. Thompson Jr.	Pip Pip	cutting at a thick card, pips		Oct. 1948	The Phoenix (Issue 161)	647	Cards / Sleights / Cuts / Real Cuts / One Handed Cuts Cards / Principles / Locator Cards / Thick Card
Bill Simon	The Chinese Cut	cutting procedure with perpendicular configuration	Related to In-the-hands Chinese Cut (Bill Simon, Tyler Wilson, Reinventing the Real, 2010) Variations Kreuz-Abheben (James G. Thompson Jr., Intermagic, 1999) In-the-hands Chinese Cut (Bill Simon, Tyler Wilson, Reinventing the Real, 2010)	1949	Controlled Miracles	6	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Single Card Cards / Sleights / Cuts / False Cut / Complete / Tabled
Milbourne Christopher*	Milbourne Christopher's Column	marking a spectator to get a number transmitted to assistant in other room Chalk Mark Telepathy Think of an Object Think of a Man Find the Pin Chairback Transmission Getting the Chalk Colors Afterthought	Related to The Passing of Sherlock Holmes (James G. Thompson Jr., The Jinx, 1940) also in: Shades of Sherlock Holmes! (Practical Mental Effects, 1944)	Nov. 1949	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 7 No. 6)	599	Propless / Coding / Using Assistant Articles / Columns Mental Magic / Effects / Two Person Telepathy
James G. Thompson Jr.	Forward, Junior			1949	Hello Sucker! — Encyclopedia of the 3 Shell Game	4	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
James G. Thompson Jr.	Jocko - The Great	routine with hand puppet, puppet makes handkerchief vanishes and appear and disappear, performs a mini die box and eventually finds selected card	Also published here Jocko the Great (James G. Thompson Jr., The Best in Magic, 1956) Related to Jocko, The Great (James G. Thompson Jr., Top Secrets of Magic — Volume 2, 1967)	Jan. 1951	The Phoenix (Issue 220)	879	Silk & Handkerchief / Vanish / With Props Silk & Handkerchief / Production & Appearance / With Props Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Force and unusual Discovery Children Magic / Routines Cards / Effect Themes / Dice & Cards Doll & Puppet / Miscellaneous Dice (large) & Blocks / Die Box
Bruce Elliott*	The Back Room	on James G. Thompson Jr., Dai Vernon, Hugard's Magic Monthly, Al Baker, Harry Blackstone, Gali Gali, Washington Irving Bishop		May 1951	The Phoenix (Issue 229)	917	Articles / Columns
Bruce Elliott*	Tipsy Turvy		Related to Elliott's Card Change (Bruce Elliott, Controlled Miracles, 1949) On the Elliot's Card Change (James G. Thompson Jr., The Phoenix*, 1951) … and 1 more	Sep. 1951	The Phoenix (Issue 238)	951	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Single Card / Front Cards / Sleights / Switches / Single Card Switches / Glide
James G. Thompson Jr.	On the Elliot's Card Change		Related to Tipsy Turvy (Bruce Elliott, The Phoenix*, 1951)	Oct. 1951	The Phoenix (Issue 240)	961	Articles / Letters
Edward Marlo	Bottom Slip Cut	in the hands	Related to Bottom Slip Cut (James G. Thompson Jr., The Cardwright, 1988)	1952	Control Systems	26	Cards / Sleights / Cuts / Slip Cuts / Bottom / Hands
James G. Thompson Jr.	Two Pennies on the Leg		Variations The Ball Beneath (Jackie McClements, A Lecture, 2004) also in: The Crimp, p. 437	1952	Modern Coin Magic	143	Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / Hand to Hand / Normal
, James G. Thompson Jr.	Copper and Silver Transposition	all with copper/silver coin Number One Number Two Number Three Number Four (J. G. Thompson, Jr.)	Also published here Copper and Silver Transposition (, James G. Thompson Jr., Magic with a Copper/Silver Coin, 1988)	1952	Modern Coin Magic	243	Coin / Gaffed / Copper-Silver Coin / Effect Themes / Transposition / Copper & Silver / Solo Coin / Effect Themes / Transposition / Copper & Silver / with Spectator
James G. Thompson Jr.	Routine No. 17			1952	Modern Coin Magic	350	Coin / Gaffed / Copper-Silver Coin / Effect Themes / Appearance & Vanish with Reproduction Routines / Bare Handed Coin / Effect Themes / Transposition / Copper & Silver / With Props Coin / Gaffed / Shell
Dr. Jacob Daley	Motile!	sympathetic coins, on handkerchief	Also published here Mobility (Dr. Jacob Daley, Self-Working Coin Magic, 1989) Related to Motile (Dr. Jacob Daley, The New Modern Coin Magic, 1966) Numismatic Necormancy (James G. Thompson Jr., Top Secrets of Magic — Volume 2, 1967)	Feb. 1952	The Phoenix (Issue 249)	994	Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / Matrix / Two Cards
Milton Kort	Kort Coin	coin vanishes repeatedly and appears in spectator's various pockets four times	Also published here Cuckoo's Coin (Milton Kort, Kort, 1999) Inspired by Flyaway Coin Routine (Tony Slydini, Stars of Magic, 1951) Related to Kort Coin (Milton Kort, The Phoenix, 1953) also in: Cuckoo's Coin (Kort, 1999) Variations Pocket Piece (James G. Thompson Jr., Milton Kort, Top Secrets of Magic — Volume 2, 1967)	May 1953	The Phoenix (Issue 282)	1128	Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / Pocket Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / Spectator's Body (except hand)
Franklin V. Taylor	Taylor's Cups and Balls	three cups, gaffed, thread and sponge, gimmicked possibility to make a ball appear under a cup	Also published here Taylor's Cups and Balls (Franklin V. Taylor, The Phoenix, 1945) Variations Cups and Balls (James G. Thompson Jr., Franklin V. Taylor, Top Secrets of Magic, 1956) also in: Automatisches Becherspiel (Intermagic, 1983)	1953	Classic Secrets of Magic	187	Cup / Cups & Balls / Two & Three Cups Routines / Routines Cup / Cups & Balls / Two & Three Cups Routines / Gaffs
Roy Benson	Benson Bowl		Also published here It's Magic (Roy Benson, The Phoenix, 1948) also in: Es ist Zauberei (Roy Benson, Intermagic, 1974) Related to The Benson Plunger (Mike Caveney, Duke Stern, Magicomedy, 1981) also in: The Benson Plunger (Wonders, 2013) Variations Cups and Balls (James G. Thompson Jr., Franklin V. Taylor, Top Secrets of Magic, 1956) also in: Automatisches Becherspiel (Intermagic, 1983) Chinese Chow (Fred Kaps, The Art of Close-Up Magic — Volume 1, 1967) … and 1 more	1953	Classic Secrets of Magic	209	Spongeball / Benson Bowl Routines
Charles Nyquist	Sefalaljia III	ring tied on string, without cover	Also published here Sefalaljia III (Charles Nyquist, James G. Thompson Jr., The Phoenix, 1943) also in: in "Magikern" September 1952. Related to Christmas Cord (David Britland, Spell-Binder, 1981) also in: Christmas-Schnur (Intermagic, 1989) Variations Cabbalistic Cord (David Britland, The Talon, 1980)	1953	Hokus Pokus (Vol. 14 No. 1)	92	Ring / Finger Rings / Penetration / Ring and String
James G. Thompson Jr.	Jocko the Great	routine with hand puppet, puppet makes handkerchief vanishes and appear and disappear, performs a mini die box and eventually finds selected card	Also published here Jocko - The Great (James G. Thompson Jr., The Phoenix, 1951) Related to Jocko, The Great (James G. Thompson Jr., Top Secrets of Magic — Volume 2, 1967)	1956	The Best in Magic	229	Silk & Handkerchief / Vanish / With Props Silk & Handkerchief / Production & Appearance / With Props Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Force and unusual Discovery Children Magic / Routines Cards / Effect Themes / Dice & Cards Doll & Puppet / Miscellaneous Dice (large) & Blocks / Die Box
James G. Thompson Jr.	Preface			1956	Top Secrets of Magic	ix	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
James G. Thompson Jr.	Pasteboard Presto			1956	Top Secrets of Magic	13	Articles / Articles
James G. Thompson Jr.	Sleight Intended	reference lists for basic moves Controls Changes Forces Miscellaneous		1956	Top Secrets of Magic	26	Articles / Articles
James G. Thompson Jr.	Peas and Cues	routine, several phases	Also published here Das Nusschalenspiel (James G. Thompson Jr., Intermagic, 1981)	1956	Top Secrets of Magic	32	Nut / Shell Game
James G. Thompson Jr.	Two Minds Get Together	several things written on business cards are divined by performer, living and dead test	Also published here Gedankenrendezvous (James G. Thompson Jr., Intermagic, 1977)	1956	Top Secrets of Magic	37	Mental Magic / Effects / Living and Dead Test Business Cards Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Miscellaneous Mental Magic / Effects / Divination / Miscellaneous
James G. Thompson Jr., Verne Chesbro, William H. McCaffrey, Gerald Kosky	Strike One	longer routine with matchbooks and matches, matchbook appears, match penetrates card, color of head change color, paddle routine, prediction of amount of matches and eventually matches transform into salt	Also published here Streichholzereien (James G. Thompson Jr., Intermagic, 1991) Related to The Jumping Match or Toothpick (William H. McCaffrey, Greater Magic, 1938) Popper Upper (Verne Chesbro, James G. Thompson Jr., The Phoenix, 1943) … and 1 more	1956	Top Secrets of Magic	44	Match & Matchbox / Matchbox & Matchbook Match & Matchbox / Match / Penetration Match & Matchbox / Match / Transformation Match & Matchbox / Match / Mental Stuff Salt, Pepper & Sugar / Transformation
James G. Thompson Jr.	Matchbook Switch			1956	Top Secrets of Magic	46	Match & Matchbox / Matchbox & Matchbook
John Scarne, Verne Chesbro, James G. Thompson Jr., Ben Dalgin	Spheroid Skulduggery	balls appear, split and change into small skull then into bigger skull, two in the hand one in the pocket	Also published here Zwei in die Hand... (James G. Thompson Jr., Intermagic, 1999)	1956	Top Secrets of Magic	57	Ball / "Small" Ball / Routines Ball / "Small" Ball / Classic Routine (e.g. Pop-Up Move) Random Object / Two in the Hand, One in the Pocket
James G. Thompson Jr.	Safety Pin-Up	five safety pins link and unlink, moved on handkerchief and one is stretched as a climax	Also published here Meine Sicherheitsnadel-Routine (James G. Thompson Jr., Intermagic, 1998)	1956	Top Secrets of Magic	64	Silk & Handkerchief / Penetration Safety Pin / Penetration / Handkerchief Safety Pin / Penetration / Linking Pins Safety Pin / Transformation
James G. Thompson Jr.	Double Ring Ceremony	longer routine with two Jardine Ellis Rings, off rope and ribbon, on wand and with a tube where a ball appears	Also published here Doppelring-Zeremonie (James G. Thompson Jr., Intermagic, 1978)	1956	Top Secrets of Magic	73	Ring / Jardine-Ellis Ring
James G. Thompson Jr.	Tarot Telepathy	medium divines selection	Also published here Tarot-Telepathie (James G. Thompson Jr., Intermagic, 1987)	1956	Top Secrets of Magic	83	Cards / Principles / Coding / Using Assistant Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / by Assistant
James G. Thompson Jr.	Hoiman, the Spirick	routine für Dr. Taylor's Improved Spirit Buzzer, electronic	Also published here Hoiman the Spirick (James G. Thompson Jr., The Phoenix, 1947) also in: Hoiman, the Spirick (James G. Thompson Jr., Intermagic, 1999)	1956	Top Secrets of Magic	89	Mental Magic / Effects / Seance Stuff
James G. Thompson Jr., Franklin V. Taylor	Cups and Balls	ball on a string inside cup Taylor's Cups and Balls Variation Cups and Balls, classic routine with three cups Benson Bowl Routine Variation	Also published here Automatisches Becherspiel (James G. Thompson Jr., Franklin V. Taylor, Intermagic, 1983) Inspired by Taylor's Cups and Balls (Franklin V. Taylor, The Phoenix, 1945) also in: Taylor's Cups and Balls (Classic Secrets of Magic, 1953) It's Magic (Roy Benson, The Phoenix, 1948) also in: Benson Bowl (Classic Secrets of Magic, 1953) Es ist Zauberei (Intermagic, 1974)	1956	Top Secrets of Magic	93	Cup / Cups & Balls / Two & Three Cups Routines / Routines Spongeball / Benson Bowl Routines
James G. Thompson Jr.	Strictly One Sided	three routines with different paddles Jumping Gems Mystery Paddle Thompson's Magic Maker	Also published here Völlig Einseitig (James G. Thompson Jr., Intermagic, 1994)	1956	Top Secrets of Magic	108	Knife & Paddle / Paddle Routines
James G. Thompson Jr.	The Real Top Secrets		Also published here Die Wahren Geheimnisse der Zauberkunst (James G. Thompson Jr., Intermagic, 1978)	1956	Top Secrets of Magic	117	Articles / Theory & Essays
James G. Thompson Jr.	Presto - The Coins Through the Table	four coins	Also published here Presto (James G. Thompson Jr., Intermagic, 1978) Variations Coins Thru Table (Derek Dingle, The Pallbearers Review, 1973)	1956	Top Secrets of Magic	120	Coin / Sleights / Lapping / as a Transfer Coin / Effect Themes / Penetration / Table / One by One
James G. Thompson Jr.	Holding Back a Coin		Related to Holding Back a Coin (James G. Thompson Jr., The Pallbearers Review, 1973)	1956	Top Secrets of Magic	121	Coin / Sleights / Holding coins back while throwing to other hand
Tony Corinda	(3) Electrical Two-Person Communicator Unit: CODE	with torch	Related to Moonlight Madness (James G. Thompson Jr., My Best, 1945)	1959	Two Person Telepathy	252	Propless / Coding / Using Assistant Mental Magic / Effects / Two Person Telepathy
Tony Corinda	Improved Light Communicator	based on the Thompson method	Related to Thought Transmission (Dr. Lazlo Rothbart, Chap's Scrapbook, 1939) Moonlight Madness (James G. Thompson Jr., The Jinx, 1941) also in: Moonlight Madness (Practical Mental Effects, 1944) … and 1 more	1959	Two Person Telepathy	252	Propless / Coding / Using Assistant Mental Magic / Effects / Two Person Telepathy
Tony Corinda	(9) Time Codes	coding, both count at the same time	Related to Telepathy by the Clock (James G. Thompson Jr., Between Two Minds, 1967) also in: Der Uhrzeit-Code (Intermagic, 1987)	1959	Two Person Telepathy	260	Propless / Coding / Using Assistant Mental Magic / Effects / Two Person Telepathy
Dai Vernon	Fan Force	bottom card slid to other side, fan broken at any point	Related to "One Hand Fan Force" (Judson Brown, Genii, March 1937, p. 13) also in: One Hand Fan Force (The Fred Braue Notebooks, 1985) The J. B. Fan Force (Page Wright's Manuscript, 1991) Butler Fan Force (Frank Butler, Top Secrets of Magic, 1956) … and 5 more Variations Fan Force (Harvey Rosenthal, The Trapdoor — Volume Two, 1990) Pressure Fan Force (Bruce Cervon, Hard-Boiled Mysteries*, 1998) … and 3 more	1960	More Inner Secrets of Card Magic	73	Cards / Sleights / Force / Fan Force
Tony Slydini	The Paper Balls in the Hat	one by one four napkins are rolled in a hand into balls and disappear, then they appear in a hat that was presented empty	Variations Sly Max (Irv Weiner, The New Jinx, 1964) Paper Caper (James G. Thompson Jr., Tony Slydini, Top Secrets of Magic — Volume 2, 1967) … and 2 more	1960	The Magic of Slydini	37	Paper / Traveling Paper / Vanish Paper / Paper Napkin
James G. Thompson Jr.	Premonition, A Prize Winner	"The Little Man"		1961	Still More Miracles in Mentalism	57	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Premonition & Named Vanish
James G. Thompson Jr.	Five to One	billets in hat, secret divination and reading		Jan. 1961	The New Phoenix (Issue 353)	239	Billet / Readings Magnet / As Hidden Method / Miscellanous Clothing / Hat
James G. Thompson Jr.	Low Bow to Don Tanner		Inspired by Don Tanner's "Six Card Mental Test"	June 1961	The New Phoenix (Issue 358)	260	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Slit Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Backer / Same Color
James G. Thompson Jr.	Prologue	glossary		1961	T-Formation	3	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
James G. Thompson Jr.	T-Formation	as a force and a key card placement, two methods What is it? The Basic Position The Pullover The Pushover Using the Pullover Using the Pushover		1961	T-Formation	5	Cards / Principles / Key Card / Key Card Placements Cards / Sleights / Force / Stabbing Force / Miscellaneous
James G. Thompson Jr.	The Peek Crimp	with inserted card in deck, top card		1961	T-Formation	9	Cards / Sleights / Crimps / Corner Crimp
James G. Thompson Jr.	Force from the Middle	stabbing force, with card perpendicular to the deck Above or below Break? Force Getreadys The Cross Card		1961	T-Formation	9	Cards / Sleights / Force / Stabbing Force / Miscellaneous
James G. Thompson Jr.	Transposed	selection is stabbed in the deck and transforms into second selection, selection is then found at stabbed position		1961	T-Formation	13	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Two Cards / Normal
James G. Thompson Jr.	Card Turnover	while turning deck over, card from the middle ends up reversed on top		1961	T-Formation	14	Cards / Sleights / Reverses / More for One Card or a few Cards / Active
James G. Thompson Jr.	Controlled Double Lift			1961	T-Formation	16	Cards / Sleights / Multiple Lift / Top / Break
James G. Thompson Jr.	The Last Word			1961	T-Formation	18	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
James G. Thompson Jr.	Norman's Ark	Gilbreath Principle idea, shuffling face-up and face-down		Oct. 1964	The New Jinx (Vol. 3 No. 30)	123	Cards / Principles / Gilbreath Principle
John Hudak	Printer's Demon	phoned medium reveals content on a page on freely selected newspaper, see p. 874 for credit information	Related to Life Liberty Or - (James G. Thompson Jr., The Phoenix, 1944) also in: Magazine Mentalism (Self-Working Mental Magic, 1979) Variations Stop Press (John Hudak, Karl Fulves, Self-Working Mental Magic*, 1979)	Jan. 1967	The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 2 No. 3)	77	Newspaper / Newspaper Test Propless / Phone Effects
Karl Fulves* (reviewer)	Top Secrets of Magic - Volume 2	by James G. Thompson Jr.		Nov. 1967	The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 3 No. 1)	132	Reviews / Books, Manuscripts, Notes
James G. Thompson Jr.	Preface			1967	Between Two Minds	4	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
James G. Thompson Jr.	Without Benefit of Magician	three methods to reverse a card in a one way deck	Also published here One Mitwirkung des Magiers (Ned Rutledge, James G. Thompson Jr., Intermagic, 1987) Related to The One-Handed Reversal (James G. Thompson Jr., The Secret of the Butterflies, 2017)	1967	Between Two Minds	6	Cards / Principles / One Way / Miscellaneous
Ned Rutledge, James G. Thompson Jr.	Mental Scales	spectator deals amount of cards on the table, stops and remembers next card, performer cuts same amount and locates selection	Also published here Mentalwaage (Ned Rutledge, James G. Thompson Jr., Intermagic, 1987)	1967	Between Two Minds	7	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Miscellaneous Cards / Principles / One Way / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Super-Senses / Packet thickness Cards / Principles / Locator Cards / Pencil Dot or similar Marks Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Miscellaneous
James G. Thompson Jr.	One Way to One Way	method to sort a one-way deck	Also published here Das heimliche Sortieren eines Einwegspiels (Ned Rutledge, James G. Thompson Jr., Intermagic, 1987)	1967	Between Two Minds	9	Cards / Sleights / Culling / Miscellaneous Cards / Principles / One Way / Miscellaneous
James G. Thompson Jr., Ned Rutledge	Five Think	five times four card, impromptu version with slop shuffle	Also published here 5 Karten werden gedacht (Ned Rutledge, James G. Thompson Jr., Intermagic, 1987)	1967	Between Two Minds	10	Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / Princess Card Trick (Matrix)
James G. Thompson Jr., Ned Rutledge	Las Vegas Eyes	cards apparently marked, several times a card is selected and divined, eventually a card is put face up in the deck and cards named above and below, marking is seen with sunglasses	Also published here Las Vegas Augen (James G. Thompson Jr., Ned Rutledge, Intermagic, 1979)	1967	Between Two Minds	12	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Cards are apparently marked Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Miscellaneous
James G. Thompson Jr., Ned Rutledge	Future Terrific!		Related to J. G. Thompson's "Future Terrific" in "Linking Ring", June 1947	1967	Between Two Minds	16	Articles / Articles
James G. Thompson Jr.	Basic Glide Force	cards are cut in the hands, glide holds force card back		1967	Between Two Minds	16	Cards / Sleights / Force / Cut Forces / Miscellaneous
James G. Thompson Jr.	How'd He Know?	on slip of paper, with basic glide force		1967	Between Two Minds	18	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card
James G. Thompson Jr.	One Step Ahead	variation on How'd He Know?		1967	Between Two Minds	18	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card
James G. Thompson Jr.	The "In" Card	two cards, written on blank card, card stabbed in center	Also published here Mitten Dazwischen (James G. Thompson Jr., Intermagic, 1987)	1967	Between Two Minds	19	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Multiple Card Prediction Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Rough and Smooth (not full deck) Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Facer / Different Faces
James G. Thompson Jr.	Anyone You Touch	Hull's Nu-Idea Deck with prediction paper between cards		1967	Between Two Minds	22	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Forcing Deck Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Rough and Smooth Decks / Miscellaneous
James G. Thompson Jr., Ned Rutledge	On Edge	edgemarked deck	Also published here Das Kantenmarkierte Spiel (James G. Thompson Jr., Ned Rutledge, Intermagic, 1987)	1967	Between Two Minds	23	Cards / Principles / Locator Cards / Edgemarked Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Marked deck / Edges & Bevel
James G. Thompson Jr.	Fabric Fantasy	three thought of cards are removed and put under a handkerchief, performer divines all three, edgemarked deck	Also published here Tuchfantasie (James G. Thompson Jr., Intermagic, 1987)	1967	Between Two Minds	24	Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Miscellaneous Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Marked deck / Edges & Bevel
Ned Rutledge, James G. Thompson Jr.	Medium Rare	edgemarked deck and code	Also published here Das hellsehende Medium (Ned Rutledge, James G. Thompson Jr., Intermagic, 1987)	1967	Between Two Minds	26	Cards / Principles / Coding / Using Assistant Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / by Assistant Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Marked deck / Edges & Bevel
James G. Thompson Jr.	Deck Stabbing	stabbing a knife next to a named card, edgemarked	Also published here Kartenstechen (James G. Thompson Jr., Intermagic, 1987)	1967	Between Two Minds	30	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Stabbing Routines / with Knife on the table Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Marked deck / Edges & Bevel
James G. Thompson Jr.	Sympathesia	medium removes selected card from a deck, two decks, easy code	Also published here Sympathesia (James G. Thompson Jr., Intermagic, 1987)	1967	Between Two Minds	30	Cards / Principles / Coding / Using Assistant Mental Magic / Effects / Two Person Telepathy Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / by Assistant
Ned Rutledge, James G. Thompson Jr.	Two Minutes to Telepathy	easy two person code, word for values and suits	Also published here Zwei Minuten zur Telepathie (James G. Thompson Jr., Ned Rutledge, Intermagic, 1987) Related to En Rapport (Theodore Annemann, "En Rapport"*, 1937)	1967	Between Two Minds	32	Cards / Principles / Coding / Using Assistant Mental Magic / Effects / Two Person Telepathy Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / by Assistant
James G. Thompson Jr., Ned Rutledge	Perfecz Poker Face	performer stops at named card		1967	Between Two Minds	33	Cards / Principles / Coding / Using Assistant Cards / Principles / Assistant Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Stop Trick / Position indicated by Performer
James G. Thompson Jr.	Telepathy by the Clock	seconds counting	Also published here Der Uhrzeit-Code (James G. Thompson Jr., Intermagic, 1987) Related to (9) Time Codes (Tony Corinda, Two Person Telepathy, 1959)	1967	Between Two Minds	34	Propless / Coding / Using Assistant Mental Magic / Effects / Two Person Telepathy
Ned Rutledge, James G. Thompson Jr.	Murder, INC.	murder game, with ten pieces of information and assistant organizing everything while performer is out of the room	Also published here Mord Incorporated (James G. Thompson Jr., Ned Rutledge, Intermagic, 1999)	1967	Between Two Minds	38	Propless / Coding / Using Assistant Games / Murder Game Mental Magic / Principles / Assistant
James G. Thompson Jr.	Blackout Magic	classic one ahead routine, with reading in the dark presentation	Inspired by Greta Annemann's Eyes of the Unknown (Theodore Annemann, Mental Bargain Effects*, 1935)	1967	Between Two Minds	46	Mental Magic / Principles / One Ahead Mental Magic / Effects / Special Powers Mental Magic / Effects / Divination / Miscellaneous
James G. Thompson Jr.	A Dark Secret	same card is reversed in the deck, spirits turned cards over in the dark	Also published here Ein dunkles Geheimnis (James G. Thompson Jr., Intermagic, 1999)	1967	Between Two Minds	47	Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Miscellaneous Mental Magic / Effects / Seance Stuff Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Rough and Smooth Decks / Brainwave & Invisible Deck
James G. Thompson Jr.	Embers	billet in envelope is burnt, divination of word		1967	Between Two Minds	48	Billet / Secret Reading Methods & Peeks Mental Magic / Effects / Divination / Miscellaneous
James G. Thompson Jr., Ned Rutledge	Telastrophy Jr.	with tricolor pen, three things written on blank cards, match perfectly with what performer has written	Also published here Telastrophy Jr. (James G. Thompson Jr., Ned Rutledge, Intermagic, 1981)	1967	Between Two Minds	58	Mental Magic / Principles / One Ahead Mental Magic / Effects / Divination / Miscellaneous
James G. Thompson Jr.	Keys to Entertainment	routine for Key-R-Rect, borrowed finger ring on lock		1967	Between Two Minds	64	Key / Seven Keys to Baldpate
James G. Thompson Jr.	The "Good Republican"	prediction of future president, humorous routine	Also published here Der gute Christdemokrat (James G. Thompson Jr., Intermagic, 1987)	1967	Between Two Minds	65	Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Miscellaneous
Ned Rutledge, James G. Thompson Jr.	Before the Presses Roll!	headline prediction in nest of envelopes, sent by mail	Also published here Vor Drucklegung (Ned Rutledge, James G. Thompson Jr., Intermagic, 1977)	1967	Between Two Minds	69	Newspaper / Headline Prediction Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / By Mail
James G. Thompson Jr.	Preface			1967	Top Secrets of Magic — Volume 2	cxxxv	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
James G. Thompson Jr.	Silver Shenanigans	chapter intro on the following coin tricks		1967	Top Secrets of Magic — Volume 2	137	Articles / Articles
James G. Thompson Jr.	Numismatic Necormancy	longer coin routine, where four coins are produced using two cards which also change faces, a pencil and a handkerchief; coin produced from two cards, vanishes and appears again using pencil, coin is then split into two and coin travels to second in other hand several times, coin penetrates handkerchief, chink-a-chink with handkerchief and two cards, continuous production of coins with handkerchief (Chanin), ending with lighter and cigarette	Related to The "Pencil" Coin Vanish and Reappearance (James F. Herpick, Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 1, 1941) also in: The "Pencil" Coin Vanish and Reappearance (Intermagic, 1978) Motile! (Dr. Jacob Daley, The Phoenix, 1952) also in: Mobility (Self-Working Coin Magic, 1989)	1967	Top Secrets of Magic — Volume 2	137	Coin / Sleights / Sleeving Coin / Effect Themes / Splitting Currency & Fusions Coin / Effect Themes / Appearance & Vanish with Reproduction Routines / Bare Handed - Production only Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Multiple Cards Coin / Effect Themes / Appearance & Vanish with Reproduction Routines / With Props / Cards Coin / Effect Themes / Appearance & Vanish with Reproduction Routines / With Props / Handkerchief Coin / Effect Themes / Vanish Routines / With Props / Stick Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / Matrix / Two Cards Coin / Sleights / Vanish / Single Coin Vanishes / With Props Coin / Effect Themes / Penetration / Expansion of Texture
James G. Thompson Jr.	Flight Four			1967	Top Secrets of Magic — Volume 2	154	Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / Hand to Hand / Normal
James G. Thompson Jr., Milton Kort	Pocket Piece	coin vanishes repeatedly and appears in spectator's various pockets four times	Inspired by Kort Coin (Milton Kort, The Phoenix, 1953) also in: Cuckoo's Coin (Kort, 1999)	1967	Top Secrets of Magic — Volume 2	155	Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / Pocket Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / Spectator's Body (except hand)
James G. Thompson Jr.	Just Passing Thru	eight rings and a handkerchief used		1967	Top Secrets of Magic — Volume 2	159	Ring / Linking Rings / Routines
James G. Thompson Jr., Eugene Laurant	Linking Methods	Forward Link Heel Link The Crash Link (Laurant)		1967	Top Secrets of Magic — Volume 2	167	Ring / Linking Rings / Links, Unlinks & Phases with Key Ring
James G. Thompson Jr.	Colormatic Leapfrog	routine for Royal Wonder Block, cigarette produced as climax		1967	Top Secrets of Magic — Volume 2	178	Cigarette & Cigar / Appearance & Production / Miscellaneous Apparatus & Dealer Props / Wonder Blocks
James G. Thompson Jr.	Velvet Slate	board to visibly reproduce numbers and symbols for two-person telepathy act With Bills With Numbers With Designs		1967	Top Secrets of Magic — Volume 2	183	Propless / Coding / Using Assistant Mental Magic / Effects / Two Person Telepathy
James G. Thompson Jr., Grady S. Nicholson	Lucifer's Lucifers	electric match, match vanish Do As I do with matchbox, thimbles appear and vanish, two in the hands with heads of matches		1967	Top Secrets of Magic — Volume 2	191	Match & Matchbox / Matchbox & Matchbook Thimble / Production & Appearance Thimble / Vanish Match & Matchbox / Match / Animation Match & Matchbox / Match / Vanish Random Object / Two in the Hand, One in the Pocket
James G. Thompson Jr.	Cards - Anyone?	chapter intro		1967	Top Secrets of Magic — Volume 2	199	Articles / Articles
James G. Thompson Jr., Mark Weston	It Went Thataway!	two card transposition without deck, envelope used, 15 of Diamonds as climax		1967	Top Secrets of Magic — Volume 2	199	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Two Cards / Normal Paper / Envelopes / Switching with single Envelope & Two-Way Envelopes Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Facer / Different Faces
James G. Thompson Jr.	Fantasy in Red and Black	red black separation while doing Slop Shuffle, not just red and black but in preparation for a riffle shuffle which does not alter colors		1967	Top Secrets of Magic — Volume 2	202	Cards / Sleights / Culling / Red-Black Separations Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Slop Shuffles Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / by Magician / Miscellaneous
James G. Thompson Jr.	Fatigued Finger Flinger's Panacea	combination of Si Stebbins and half forcing stack, selection ends up at position indicated by second selection and matches prediction		1967	Top Secrets of Magic — Volume 2	204	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Card(s) at A Number(Numbers) Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Forcing Deck Cards / Sleights / Force / Forcing from a Forcing Deck Cards / Principles / One Way / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Only for Special Stacks / Si Stebbins
James G. Thompson Jr.	Supersensitive Faculties	stacking shuffled deck to Si Stebbins by naming cards, routine using the stack, weighing cards, location of selection while deck is in pocket, lie detector		1967	Top Secrets of Magic — Volume 2	205	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Single Card Cards / Effect Themes / Super-Senses / Packet thickness Cards / Sleights / Stacking / Stacking without Shuffling Cards / Effect Themes / Super-Senses / Memory / Miscellaneous Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Only for Special Stacks / Si Stebbins Cards / Effect Themes / Lie Detector (without spelling)
James G. Thompson Jr.	Jocko, The Great	routine with hand puppet, puppet makes handkerchief vanishes and appear and disappear, performs a mini die box and eventually finds selected card	Related to Jocko - The Great (James G. Thompson Jr., The Phoenix, 1951) also in: Jocko the Great (The Best in Magic, 1956)	1967	Top Secrets of Magic — Volume 2	208	Silk & Handkerchief / Vanish / With Props Silk & Handkerchief / Production & Appearance / With Props Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Force and unusual Discovery Children Magic / Routines Cards / Effect Themes / Dice & Cards Doll & Puppet / Miscellaneous Dice (large) & Blocks / Die Box
James G. Thompson Jr.	Folding Stuff	chapter intro		1967	Top Secrets of Magic — Volume 2	212	Articles / Articles
James G. Thompson Jr.	Ring Around the Half-See!	coin in handkerchief is pushed through smaller ring, repeated with different Method		1967	Top Secrets of Magic — Volume 2	212	Coin / Gaffed / Folding Coin / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ring while wrapped in Handkerchief
James G. Thompson Jr., Franklin V. Taylor	Double Or Nothing	coin vanishes with the help of a spring clothes-pin and a handkerchief	Related to Materialization (Franklin V. Taylor, The Phoenix, 1942)	1967	Top Secrets of Magic — Volume 2	216	Coin / Gaffed / Folding Coin / Effect Themes / Appearance & Vanish with Reproduction Routines / With Props / Miscellaneous Clothespin & Peg
James G. Thompson Jr., Verne Chesbro	Le Petite Cirque	longer routine consisting of Grandmother's Necklace, silk through rope, cut and rest, ring and rope		1967	Top Secrets of Magic — Volume 2	219	Rope / Cut & Restored Silk & Handkerchief / Penetration of Other Objects Ring / Ring and Rope Routines & Moves Rope / Penetration / Grandmother's Necklace aka. Cords of Phantasia
James G. Thompson Jr.	Slide, Brother, Slide!			1967	Top Secrets of Magic — Volume 2	227	Rope / Knot Effects / Sliding
James G. Thompson Jr.	On Paper	chapter intro		1967	Top Secrets of Magic — Volume 2	229	Articles / Articles
James G. Thompson Jr., Tony Slydini	Paper Caper	one by one four napkins are rolled in a hand into balls and disappear, then they appear in a hat that was presented empty, using Kleenex	Inspired by The Paper Balls in the Hat (Tony Slydini, The Magic of Slydini, 1960)	1967	Top Secrets of Magic — Volume 2	235	Paper / Traveling Paper / Vanish Paper / Paper Napkin
James G. Thompson Jr.	Famous Crimes	chapter intro		1967	Top Secrets of Magic — Volume 2	238	Articles / Articles
James G. Thompson Jr.	Who Killed Mr. X?	name of murder is divined, blood stains appear under paper		1967	Top Secrets of Magic — Volume 2	242	Paper / Envelopes / Switching the Envelope Paper / Envelopes / Window Envelope Mental Magic / Effects / Divination / Miscellaneous
James G. Thompson Jr.	Entre Nous	thoughts on building a mentalism act, with concrete routines and tipps	Related to Entre Nous and You (James G. Thompson Jr., Top Secrets of Magic — Volume 3, 1968)	1967	Top Secrets of Magic — Volume 2	245	Mental Magic / Theory and General Comments
Karl Fulves*	ESP + Math	ESP cards are shuffled and distributed, performer knows who has a pair in his cards, see also p. 728 for comment, p. 840 for comment by Jerry Fulton	Related to ESP + Math (Karl Fulves, Riffle Shuffle Set-Ups, 1973) Shift Left (Karl Fulves, When Psychics Play Poker, 2004) … and 1 more Variations ESP + Math (Karl Fulves, Charles Hudson, The Pallbearers Review, 1968) also in: ESP + Math (More Self-Working Card Tricks, 1984) Scarlock's Card (Peter Alexis, The Pallbearers Review, 1968) also in: Scarlock's Card (Riffle Shuffle Set-Ups, 1973) … and 9 more	Feb. 1968	The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 3 No. 4)	162	Cards / Principles / Gilbreath Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Miscellaneous ESP Cards / Divination Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Other Stacks / Full Deck
James G. Thompson Jr.	Cards & Pellets	"A Treatise" - Some Basic Moves	Also published here Karten und Kügelchen (James G. Thompson Jr., Intermagic, 1973)	June 1968	The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 3 No. 8)	183	Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Miscellaneous Billet / Miscellaneous
James G. Thompson Jr.	Some History	on Cards & Pellets effects, starting in 1920	Related to reference by F. I. Geohegan on p. 230	June 1968	The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 3 No. 8)	184	Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Miscellaneous Billet / Miscellaneous
James G. Thompson Jr.	Some Analysis	of Cards & Pellets		June 1968	The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 3 No. 8)	185	Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Miscellaneous
James G. Thompson Jr.	Cards & Pellets - Some Early Original Routines	three cards written on billets divined, four methods and some further references and ideas	Also published here Einige Frühe Originalroutinen (James G. Thompson Jr., Intermagic, 1973)	July 1968	The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 3 No. 9)	192	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Carbon Card Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Miscellaneous Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Cyclical & Tetradistic
James G. Thompson Jr.	The Master Key	master move bottom slip cut	Related to "Magic To Delight" (Thompson Jr.)	July 1968	The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 3 No. 9)	193	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Ovette Master Move (Kelly Bottom Placement) Cards / Sleights / Cuts / Slip Cuts / Bottom / Hands
Henry Christ, James G. Thompson Jr.	The 203rd Force	continued on p. 198	Related to An Old (sheared) Black Ram² (Michael Weber, Paul Curry, An Old Black Ram², 2010)	July 1968	The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 3 No. 9)	194	Cards / Principles / Locator Cards / Pencil Dot or similar Marks Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Miscellaneous Cards / Sleights / Force / Cut Forces / Henry Christ Force Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Backer / Same Color
James G. Thompson Jr.	Cards & Pellets - Finale	further remarks on the Three Pellet Trick, cards written on billets are divined		Aug. 1968	The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 3 No. 10)	198	Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Miscellaneous
James G. Thompson Jr.	Stripper Deck Reversals	two methods		Aug. 1968	The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 3 No. 10)	198	Cards / Principles / One Way / Miscellaneous Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Stripper
James G. Thompson Jr.	Peek Deck Origins	and Telomatic Deck	Related to Any Card At Any Number Variation - One Man Billet Routine #3 (Robert Cassidy, The Artful Mentalism of Bob Cassidy — Volume 2: Fundamentals, 2013)	Aug. 1968	The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 3 No. 10)	198	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Svengali Principle / Other Applications & Handling of Long-Short-Deck Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Peek Pairs (glued at bottom)
James G. Thompson Jr.	Tossed Out Deck Comments			Aug. 1968	The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 3 No. 10)	199	Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Tossed Out Deck
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)
George B. Anderson*	World's Easiest Message Reading	information written on business card, pile of business cards wrapped in handkerchief	Related to Impromptu Vision (James G. Thompson Jr., The Jinx, 1936) also in: Impromptu Vision (Practical Mental Effects, 1944)	1968	You, Too, Can Read Minds	34	Billet / Secret Reading Methods & Peeks Business Cards
James G. Thompson Jr.	Preface			1968	Top Secrets of Magic — Volume 3	cclxiii	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
James G. Thompson Jr.	Aces on Parade	chapter intro		1968	Top Secrets of Magic — Volume 3	265	Articles / Articles
James G. Thompson Jr.	Gold Medal Aces	longer four Ace routine, location, traveling, transposition effects with vanishing deck ending Alternate Procedures for Routine Architects		1968	Top Secrets of Magic — Volume 3	265	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Cavorting Aces Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Christ Aces Cards / Effect Themes / Vanish / Deck Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Dr. Daley's Last Trick Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / One by One
Henry Christ, James G. Thompson Jr.	Bridge Aces	lost and found Aces		1968	Top Secrets of Magic — Volume 3	267	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Christ Aces
James G. Thompson Jr.	Elevator Aces	all Aces on the bottom travel to the top, one by one	Inspired by Bottom Up (J. B. Bobo, Watch This One!, 1947)	1968	Top Secrets of Magic — Volume 3	268	Cards / Sleights / Cuts / Transfer- & Displacement Cuts Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Elevator / Deck
James G. Thompson Jr.	Cavorting Aces			1968	Top Secrets of Magic — Volume 3	272	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Cavorting Aces
Brother John Hamman, James G. Thompson Jr.	Final Ace Routine	six double ended cards Effect Number 1 - The Aces Vanish and Gather Together Effect Number 2 - The Aces Definitely Vanish and Gather Together Again Effect Number 3 - The Aces Definitely Shown in the Piles Before Being Vanished Effect Number 4 - The All-Fair Layout Repeated	Also published here Final Aces (Brother John Hamman, The Secrets of Brother John Hamman, 1989) Variations The Atomic Aces (Alex Elmsley, Brother John Hamman, The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 1, 1991) also in: Los Ases Atomicos (La Magia de Ascanio — Vol. 5, 1992) Final(ly) Aces (Brother John Hamman, Ron Bauer, Final(ly) Aces, 2006) … and 1 more	1968	Top Secrets of Magic — Volume 3	280	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Fake Indices Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Ace Assembly / Classic Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Ace Assembly / Gaffed
James G. Thompson Jr.	Two Faces	ideas and sequences for using double facer cards for gaffed assembly		1968	Top Secrets of Magic — Volume 3	283	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Ace Assembly / Gaffed Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Facer / Different Faces
James G. Thompson Jr.	A Couple of Rolling Bones	dice routine, production, chink-a-chink, through table, color change, mis-spotted with Dizzy Dice finale That's How Dictators are Born Two Opposite Sides Always Total 7 Sometimes There Are Missspotted Ones Appearances Are Often Deceiving Four Sides Of Two Dice Should Total 14 Spots May Change But Always Total 14 Another Example Sometimes All Spots Jump In Summary, It's 7 That's Always Important Homing Pigeons, But More About That Later Multipliers Too Peregrinators All Not In But Through The Woodwork Chameleon? Yes, sir! Chaperoned Travelling More About Homing Pigeons Disintegration Chameleon Again Diminishing Squeeze Inflation		1968	Top Secrets of Magic — Volume 3	287	Dice (small) / Penetration Dice (small) / Transformation Dice (small) / Traveling Dice (small) / Paddle Move Dice (small) / Production & Appearance
James G. Thompson Jr.	Meet Mr. Silkworm	production of three silks using a spool of thread and Joseph Maynard's Premier Silk Gimmick, more silks are produced as climax		1968	Top Secrets of Magic — Volume 3	296	Silk & Handkerchief / Production & Appearance / With Props
James G. Thompson Jr.	The Worlds First and Last	combination of Mental Epic and Syl Reilly's Brain Echo		1968	Top Secrets of Magic — Volume 3	305	Slate / Mental Epic Board Book / Book Test / Routines
James G. Thompson Jr.	I Only Cheat A Little	chapter intro on gambling expose routines		1968	Top Secrets of Magic — Volume 3	311	Articles / Articles
James G. Thompson Jr.	Jack Of All Squirts	gambling routine, Erdnase stacking, Zens Poker Deal, Matching the Cards, 52 cards with same faces as climax		1968	Top Secrets of Magic — Volume 3	311	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / "Magic"
James G. Thompson Jr., Bruce Elliott*	Possible Late Starters	false dealing demo, with duplicate		1968	Top Secrets of Magic — Volume 3	315	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / False Dealing
James G. Thompson Jr.	The Alger Boys	chapter intro		1968	Top Secrets of Magic — Volume 3	319	Articles / Articles
James G. Thompson Jr.	Upsadaisy			1968	Top Secrets of Magic — Volume 3	319	Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Routines
James G. Thompson Jr.	Thompson's Discontented Card		Also published here Thompson's Discontented Card (James G. Thompson Jr., The Phoenix, 1946)	1968	Top Secrets of Magic — Volume 3	327	Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Routines Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Rough and Smooth Decks / Miscellaneous Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Backer / Same Color
James G. Thompson Jr.	The Right Spirit	chapter intro		1968	Top Secrets of Magic — Volume 3	331	Articles / Articles
James G. Thompson Jr.	Gabbatha		Also published here Gabbatha (James G. Thompson Jr., The Jinx, 1938) also in: Gabbatha (James G. Thompson Jr., Practical Mental Effects, 1944)	1968	Top Secrets of Magic — Volume 3	331	Mental Magic / Effects / Living and Dead Test Slate / Flaps & Moving Parts
James G. Thompson Jr.	Pocket Seance	blank cards, name is divined and message appears	Also published here Pocket Seance (James G. Thompson Jr., The Phoenix, 1948)	1968	Top Secrets of Magic — Volume 3	332	Paper / Appearing Writing, Photos, ... Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Rough and Smooth (not full deck) Mental Magic / Effects / Seance Stuff Mental Magic / Effects / Divination / Miscellaneous
James G. Thompson Jr.	False Faces	chapter intro		1968	Top Secrets of Magic — Volume 3	335	Articles / Articles
James G. Thompson Jr.	Oh, Well	coins appear and vanish again		1968	Top Secrets of Magic — Volume 3	335	Coin / Effect Themes / Appearance & Vanish with Reproduction Routines / Bare Handed Coin / Gaffed / Shell
James G. Thompson Jr.	Specious Specie	lengthy coin transposition routine, then multiple coin production and vanish, with handkerchief	Also published here Specious Specie (James G. Thompson Jr., The Phoenix, 1948)	1968	Top Secrets of Magic — Volume 3	336	Coin / Gaffed / Copper-Silver Coin / Effect Themes / Appearance & Vanish with Reproduction Routines / With Props / Handkerchief Coin / Effect Themes / Transposition / Copper & Silver / Solo Coin / Effect Themes / Transposition / Copper & Silver / With Props Coin / Gaffed / Shell
James G. Thompson Jr.	Silver Grass-Coppers	transposition of three copper coins with three silver coins	Inspired by Paul N. Rylander's "Silver and Copper" in "The Sphinx" January 1950.	1968	Top Secrets of Magic — Volume 3	338	Coin / Gaffed / Copper-Silver Coin / Effect Themes / Transposition / Miscellaneous
James G. Thompson Jr.	Soft Wood Under Glass	two coins under glass, chosen one through table then glass		1968	Top Secrets of Magic — Volume 3	340	Coin / Effect Themes / Penetration / Table / All at once Glass / Through Table (Paper Cover) Coin / Gaffed / Scotch and Soda
James G. Thompson Jr.	Colorfusing Knife	using John C. Stanfield's Colorfusing Knife		1968	Top Secrets of Magic — Volume 3	344	Knife & Paddle / Paddle Routines
James G. Thompson Jr.	Mr. Silkworm & Company	various ideas and tricks with handkerchiefs, floating silk using Sid Fleischman's The Million Dollar Gimmick, color changing silks and knot effects, use of Improved Nang Poo Cabinet as climax		1968	Top Secrets of Magic — Volume 3	348	Silk & Handkerchief / Animation Silk & Handkerchief / Color Change Silk & Handkerchief / Miscellaneous Silk & Handkerchief / Knot Effects / Miscellaneous Silk & Handkerchief / Production & Appearance / With Props
James G. Thompson Jr.	Entre Nous and You	on the Two Person Telepathy Act Program Outline	Related to The Phantom Artist (Theodore Annemann, Percy Naldrett, The Jinx, 1937) also in: The Phantom Artist (Practical Mental Effects, 1944) The Phantom Artist (The Jagged Edge, 2006) Moonlight Madness (James G. Thompson Jr., The Jinx, 1941) also in: Moonlight Madness (Practical Mental Effects*, 1944) … and 1 more	1968	Top Secrets of Magic — Volume 3	358	Propless / Coding / Using Assistant Cards / Principles / Coding / Using Assistant Games / Tic Tac Toe Mental Magic / Effects / Two Person Telepathy
James G. Thompson Jr.	Popo Ree	chapter intro		1968	Top Secrets of Magic — Volume 3	371	Articles / Articles
James G. Thompson Jr.	T. T. T.		Related to T.T.T. (James G. Thompson Jr., The Phoenix, 1943)	1968	Top Secrets of Magic — Volume 3	371	Thimble / Routines
James G. Thompson Jr.	Financial Nightmare	bill transposition with story presentation	Also published here Financial Nightmare (James G. Thompson Jr., The Jinx, 1939)	1968	Top Secrets of Magic — Volume 3	373	Bill / Transposition
James G. Thompson Jr., Jerry Ross	Grains Of Mystery	using a pea can		1968	Top Secrets of Magic — Volume 3	374	Can Bowl / Rice Bowl
James G. Thompson Jr.	All-Star Backfield		Inspired by Frank Garcia's "The Four Blank Routine"	1968	Top Secrets of Magic — Volume 3	375	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Printing & "Unprinting" Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Wild Cards Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Svengali Principle / Svengali Deck Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Facer / Different Faces
James G. Thompson Jr.	Tramp, Tramp, Tramp	theatrical story setting, wand sticks to hand		1968	Top Secrets of Magic — Volume 3	376	Wand & Stick / Animation
James G. Thompson Jr., Herman L. Weber	Look, Ma, No Wings!			1968	Top Secrets of Magic — Volume 3	379	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) Across / Classic & Variations
Roy Walton*, James G. Thompson Jr., Jim Snapp, Evan Shanahan	Etcetera			May 1969	The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 4 No. 7)	258	Articles / Letters
James G. Thompson Jr.	Joint Signature	"based on a card problem entitled Two-Card Quadrille", card signed on back by spectator as prediction, turns out to be later selection which is signed on the face	Variations Jointly Does It (Peter Duffie, Applications, 1993) Fusion (Dave Campbell, Five Times Five — Scotland, 1998) also in: Fusion (The Dave Campbell Legacy, 2004) … and 1 more	Oct. 1970	The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 5 No. 12)	365	Cards / Effect Themes / Topological Effects / Fusion Cards / Effect Themes / Illogical Things / Signed Card & Mystery Card
James G. Thompson Jr.	Disjointed Account	two coins, one jumps from hand to hand, shell		1972	Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 7	243	Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / Hand to Hand / Normal
James G. Thompson Jr.	Eye Spy	spectator writes with lipstick on mirror, performer divines the information		Winter 1972	The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 7 No. 6th Folio)	491	Mirror Billet / Secret Reading Methods & Peeks Mental Magic / Effects / Divination / Miscellaneous
James G. Thompson Jr.	Twin Forcast	two predictions written on business card, business card stabbed into deck between prediction	Related to Two For The Seer Saw (Jerry K. Hartman, Epilogue, 1975) Variations Twocast (Jerry K. Hartman, Means & Ends, 1973) Future Vision (Karl Fulves, James G. Thompson Jr., Self-Working Mental Magic*, 1979)	Winter 1972	The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 7 No. 6th Folio)	491	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Multiple Card Prediction Cards / Sleights / Force / Stabbing Force / Miscellaneous
James G. Thompson Jr.	Third Eye	window envelope handling, see p. 527 for idea by Bob Still		Winter 1972	The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 7 No. 6th Folio)	492	Billet / Secret Reading Methods & Peeks Paper / Envelopes / Peeking
James G. Thompson Jr.	Tangible Intangible	presented as thought-of card		Winter 1972	The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 7 No. 6th Folio)	493	Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / free Choice (all 52 cards) Cards / Sleights / Estimation / Visual Estimation Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Miscellaneous
James G. Thompson Jr.	Master Move as Switch	replacing card to bottom, actually second from bottom		Winter 1972	The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 7 No. 6th Folio)	494	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Ovette Master Move (Kelly Bottom Placement) Cards / Sleights / Switches / Single Card Switches / Miscellaneous

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